Lord, your mask fell off

Chapter 234 You Did Nothing Wrong

It was rare to see the Supreme Emperor with a sad face, so Chu Qingyan walked over involuntarily.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Is today's pastry unappetizing?" She could only think of this reason at this time.

"No." The Supreme Emperor shook his head.

"That's it?" Chu Qingyan was curious.

The Supreme Emperor glanced at her, then shook his head lightly, "Yan girl, it's time to go."

Chu Qingyan was stunned for a moment, "Grandpa, where are you going? Are you not with us?"

"No, I'm going to go to other places, so I won't go with you." Although the Supreme Emperor said a little bit reluctantly, his tone was still very firm.

Chu Qingyan knew that once he made a decision, it would be difficult to change it, so she nodded, "Have you told His Highness?"

"Let's wait!" The Supreme Emperor smiled, and then said to her as if remembering something, "Yan girl, this journey is more difficult than imagined, if you feel that you don't want to go, just tell Xu'er, He'll take you home."

Chu Qingyan laughed out loud immediately, "Grandpa, you underestimate me too, I'm not the kind of person who quits despite difficulties."

"That's good, that's good, Gu go talk to Xu'er." The Supreme Emperor turned and walked towards the person standing under the tree.

Chu Qingyan touched her head, looked at the back of the Supreme Emperor, and felt a little strange, it didn't seem to be the temperament of the Supreme Emperor.However, he had been the emperor for decades, and he always had a side that he didn't understand. With her small head, she couldn't figure it out, so she gave up anyway.

And Xiao Xu, who sensed someone behind him, turned around, and when he saw that it was the Supreme Emperor, his expression didn't fluctuate too much, as if he had already expected it.

"Grandfather, are you leaving?" he asked.

The Supreme Emperor did not deny it, "Xu'er, Grandpa didn't leave so soon, but what happened in Pingyang City still can't make Grandpa feel at ease."

"That's a crime committed by the Liu family, and it has nothing to do with you." Xiao Xu frowned slightly, persuading him.

The Emperor Taishang shook his head and smiled lightly, "Actually, in the final analysis, Gu Tai indulged the Liu family. If Gu didn't give them so much convenience, how could they become Xixuan's cancer, freezing three feet is not a day. cold."

"Where is Grandpa Huang planning to go after leaving here?" Xiao Xu asked.

"Go to Zhongnan Temple, find old friends, recite scriptures, chant Buddhist scriptures for Xixuan, and wash away the sins of so many years!" The Supreme Emperor laughed, and the laughter was more open-minded and open-minded.

Feeling that the emperor's grandfather had made up his mind to go, Xiao Xu could only express his support.

"Then when will you leave?"

"It's better to hit the sun than to choose a day, just today!"

"Okay, I wish Grandpa the Emperor a safe journey. If you need anything, just send a message to your grandson." Those indifferent eyes still couldn't hide their concern.

The Supreme Emperor was about to lift his feet but stopped because of his words. He turned his eyes and looked at his most satisfied grandson in front of him pityingly, "Xu'er, if you can't hold on one day, just let it go, no one will blame you."

"Grandson always remember the teachings of Grandpa Huang." Xiao Xu responded with a slightly bent waist.

The Supreme Emperor moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything, but waved at him, walked to the carriage prepared by the guards, looked back at everyone, and got into the carriage without looking back. Dust away.

Chu Qingyan looked at the direction where the Supreme Emperor was leaving, feeling a little emotional in her heart. At the beginning when they met in the Yingwang Mansion, he pretended to be an old beggar and tried every means to make things difficult for her, just to test her. Later she realized that it was not just a disguise, in order to catch up with her. Come to rescue, the Supreme Emperor has suffered too much.

She remembered that when she was in the inn, the big ice cube told her why the Supreme Emperor was so obsessed with the pastries she made. With just a few words, she had already felt the infatuation and regret of the Supreme Emperor for the late Empress Dowager.

Perhaps it was because of his love for the Empress Dowager, Ai Wu Ji Wu, favoring the Liu family, but he didn't know that such a behavior planted a cancer in the whole Xixuan.

When Liu Ying was arrested and the Liu family lost power, the Supreme Emperor felt that he was ashamed of the entire royal family, and guessed that in the next few days, the Liu family might be uprooted by Emperor Xixuan. I will think about leaving and going to the temple to pray for Xixuan and spend my old age peacefully.

In fact, putting everything aside, the Supreme Emperor is still a very loving elder, at least in the tragic childhood of Big Ice Cube, he played a loving role, at least he was more amiable and respectable than Emperor Xixuan later.

Chu Qingyan looked under the tree, with her back turned to her, the somewhat lonely figure couldn't help walking over.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, Xiao Xu didn't turn his head, but spoke very slowly.

"When I was just born, the first person to hug me, apart from the nanny who delivered the baby, was Grandpa Huang."

Chu Qingyan stopped in her tracks and listened attentively.

"The second is the queen mother. At that time, the emperor was busy with everything and had no time to take care of it. During the full moon, it was the emperor's grandfather who gave me this name. He hoped that I could be a strategic and broad-minded person."

The tone is light and light, as if telling someone else's story.

In early winter, at noon, the wind is not so cold, on the contrary, it has the warmth of the sun.

Just blowing on Chu Qingyan's cheeks, she felt a prickly cold, which seemed to transfer to her chest.

"What happened next?" Chu Qingyan asked.

She froze as soon as she opened her mouth. She never thought that her voice could be so hoarse one day. She sighed softly, what should I do? Before she could listen to it, her heart ached.

Xiao Xu didn't seem to sense the strangeness in her voice, and continued to speak.

"I can't remember what happened afterwards, but the only thing I can remember is that the high fever persisted several times, and it was Grandpa Huang who came from elsewhere to stay by my side until my fever subsided."

"Grandpa Huang treats you very well." Chu Qingyan sighed softly.

"Yes, Grandpa Huang treated me really well." Xiao Xu smiled lowly, but no one could hear the faint sadness in that voice, "It's a pity that I uprooted the Liu family he was protecting with all his heart."

Chu Qingyan didn't think that he was blaming himself, and immediately stepped forward, walked in front of him, wanted to hug him to give him strength, but finally hesitated, but only held his sleeve, raised her head, and firmly He said in an unwavering tone, "Big Ice Cube, you are wrong, I think Grandpa Huang couldn't bear to do it, and you helped him solve the problem that made him hesitate, you didn't do anything wrong, it was wrong It's people's hearts, greed can't stop swallowing elephants, this is the Liu family's own fault."

Xiao Xu paused slightly, looked down at the person in front of him, looked into her firm eyes, and suddenly curled his lips slightly, "I find that you seem to have grown a lot."

Seeing him go from proclaiming himself to being the king, Chu Qingyan knew that he had recovered from self-blame.

"That is, time is passing, trees are growing taller, and I am also making progress!" Chu Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief, then raised her head and boasted.

Xiao Xu smiled lowly, Chu Qingyan was taken aback, she seemed to hear the big ice cube laughing.

Before he could see it clearly, he was embraced into an embrace that smelled neither of grass nor of flowers.

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(End of this chapter)