Maybe it's because he devoted all his energy to the political power. The Holy One almost never cared about the battles in the harem, allowing them to mess with each other. He would only take action when it was absolutely necessary, but by then it was mostly too late.
Concubine Ronghua was the victim of the battle in the harem. When the Holy Majesty finally wanted to save her, Concubine Ronghua had already gone west and would never come back.
The rain washed this ordinary and plain tombstone, and in the slightly raised mound was buried the biological mother of a prince and a princess.
The two stood side by side in the rain, standing in front of the grave, without saying a word.
until someone arrives.
"Am I late?"
The familiar voice sounded behind the two of them.
Liu Lan and Liu Jun turned their heads at the same time, and saw the Holy Majesty approaching with an umbrella.
Completely different from his usual appearance, the Holy Majesty is wearing casual clothes at this moment, his messy hair has been combed neatly, and most of his beard has been shaved off, making his whole face look much more energetic.
He was alone, without any guards around him. He was holding a black umbrella and stepped on cloth shoes. He let the wet mud make the shoes dirty, but he still ignored them and stepped forward a few steps to the two children.
Liu Lan and Liu Jun came to their senses, and hurriedly said, "I pay my respects to Father..."
The Holy Majesty took the initiative to prevent the two from saluting and prostrating.
His smile is like that of a kind old father, and his tone is as gentle as spring breeze: "In front of her tomb, there is no need to perform these big gifts... Besides, today I am not as a saint, but as a father and husband." The identity is to sweep her grave."
He doesn't even call himself "I".
Liu Lan and Liu Jun looked at each other, nodded at the same time, and then made room for Liu Chengkong.
Liu Chengkong stepped forward slowly, came to the tomb of Concubine Ronghua, and squatted down halfway.
He stretched out his hand and touched the icy tombstone, his eyes were full of melancholy: "This monument has been around for some years, and before she knew it, she had been gone for so many years."
"It's been 13 years." Liu Jun said.
"It flies so fast." Liu Chengkong said calmly.
He got up slowly, and then silently raised the umbrella to block the rain that fell on the tombstone.
Immediately, the other hand took out a jug of sake from his chest, and opened the jug with true energy.
Crash.
The crystal clear wine flowed down and landed in front of Concubine Ronghua's tomb.
Liu Chengkong said indifferently: "She liked to drink this Yushuang sake very much before she was alive, and she would drink a few glasses every time she lost her temper, but her drinking capacity is very poor, and she would always get very drunk, and then mutter bad things about me on the bed .”
Liu Jun and Liu Lan stood aside and listened silently, without saying anything.
It's just that Liu Jun clenched his fist silently, as if he wanted to say something, but he suppressed it.
Liu Chengkong finished pouring the wine, and then said: "I came in a hurry today, I only prepared these, I don't know if she will be angry at the spring."
Liu Jun's eyes changed, and he said in a deep voice, "I already said I would come a few days earlier, why do I still say [hurry]..."
"Second Brother." Liu Lan gently tugged at Liu Jun's clothes: "Father still needs to take care of the government affairs before coming to sweep the tomb, so naturally he is too busy."
Liu Jun didn't say a word, just stared at Liu Chengkong.
After listening, Liu Chengkong lowered his head, his eyes full of guilt: "I probably did the same back then. I paid too much attention to government affairs, so I ignored her feelings."
Discourse and this.
He raised his head and looked at Liu Jun and Liu Lan, his lips could not help trembling: "She... ever told you about me? What did she say?"
The memories of the past were brought back, and Liu Jun said coldly: "My mother said, she never saw that you were a heartless person."
"Second brother." Liu Lan reminded in shock.
"It's okay." Liu Chengkong waved his hand, and said to Liu Lan, "Lan'er is the same, do you have something to say about your mother's matter?"
Liu Lan's delicate body trembled slightly, and her eyes immediately lowered.
True.
They knew better than anyone that their mother's death was entirely due to the inaction of the man in front of them.
Liu Lan staggered her eyes away from Liu Chengkong's body, and her eyes fell on the tombstone: "My mother still had a glimmer of hope in her father until she died. She always thought that you would come to pick her up personally...but you didn't."
Liu Chengkong sighed: "It seems that I did owe her a lot."
"Mother also said that if she dies, she doesn't want you to visit her grave." Liu Jun stepped forward and came to Concubine Ronghua's tomb.
He stared at his mother's grave silently, recalling all about his mother, his expression became more and more gloomy.
"Because she said, you definitely won't remember what she likes."
This sentence falls.
Both Liu Jun and Liu Jun looked at the empty jug in Liu Chengkong's hand.
Liu Chengkong also lowered his head, looked at the jug in his hand: "I remember."
"Yes, you remember."
Liu Jun said lightly: "Mother really likes Yushuang sake, but she can drink very well. I have never seen my mother get drunk. She can even drink this Yushuang sake as tea."
"The one in your impression who got drunk and muttered bad things on the bed is probably another woman, not my mother."
Liu Chengkong: "..."
The atmosphere suddenly became extremely cold.
The air seemed to be frozen.
Liu Chengkong was holding the jug, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
Liu Jun took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in his heart, and instead placed a bouquet of flowers in front of his mother's grave.
"My mother's words are not wrong."
He said lightly, then lowered his head to Liu Chengkong: "My son, please leave first."
Say it.
Liu Jun then turned and left.
He was walking in the rain, his back was as lonely as a lone wolf.
Seeing this, Liu Lan quickly wanted to smooth things over: "Today is too special for the second brother, Father, don't blame the second brother, he just..."
"I understand." Liu Chengkong nodded, looked at the direction Liu Jun was going, and said meaningfully: "He likes his mother very much, I have understood this for a long time."
"Lan'er too, today I'm not the Holy One, I'm just an ordinary father, an ordinary husband, you can scold me like Jun'er, because it is indeed I who betrayed her."
Liu Lan bit her lower lip lightly, but still didn't speak.
Liu Chengkong smiled, stretched out his hand and patted Liu Lan's shoulder: "Lan'er, I have actually done many things, but most of the time, I had to do so."
Liu Lan glanced at Liu Chengkong: "Including mother's matter?"
"Including her affairs." Liu Chengkong let out a long breath helplessly, and then looked up at the sky with a sad expression: "The burden on my body is too heavy, so heavy that sometimes I have to give up some lust."
"Like what happened to your mother, like the snowstorm 14 years ago."
"14 years ago?" Liu Lan didn't know why Liu Chengkong suddenly mentioned this special year: "Fengxue...are you talking about Concubine Luoying?"
Liu Chengkong nodded: "She is really powerful. The other concubines are pregnant with dragon seeds, and they want to be known all over the city...Only she didn't make a sound, and she gave birth to a son until the snowstorm, and sent her child out overnight. Imperial City."
"Father didn't notice it?" Liu Lan couldn't believe it for a moment.
In the imperial city, the holy majesty with all-hands-eyes, how could he not even notice that his concubine was pregnant?
Liu Chengkong glanced at Liu Lan: "Because someone is hiding it for her, and that person has a very high position and great power, so he can hide it from my eyes."
Liu Lan didn't ask about that person's identity, but continued to ask: "Then what happened...that child..."
"Gone."
Liu Chengkong shook his head: "I was sent out of the imperial city, and I don't know where he went. I always wanted to find him."
It was when Liu Lan wondered why Liu Chengkong suddenly brought up this matter——
Liu Chengkong's next sentence left Liu Lan stunned on the spot.
"And then give him a peaceful death."
"..."
Liu Lan's face was as white as paper.
She never thought that her father would say such words.
However, soon, Liu Chengkong explained: "Because I have to do this, even if it is my child."
"Why?" Liu Lan asked in surprise.
"Because someone once calculated that that child...will shake the foundation of the entire Dalie Dynasty, and may even push me off the throne, and make the entire Dalie Dynasty deviate from the original plan."
"And that person is the owner of Guigu Valley, the person with the most powerful calculation method in the world."
Liu Chengkong looked at Liu Lan: "Lan'er, do you think... can I let that child go?"
Liu Lan remained silent.
Because she can't choose.
If killing her own child could make the entire Dalie Dynasty stable and healthy—even if such a choice was placed in front of Liu Lan, she would not be able to make a decision.
One side is the common people of the dynasty, and the other side is his own flesh and blood.
Whether life is equal, whether it can be measured by numbers...too many questions linger in her mind, making Liu Lan unable to tell what is right and what is wrong for a while.
She cannot choose.
Liu Chengkong stretched out his hand, touched Liu Lan's head, followed the trend, and gently stroked Liu Lan's cheek: "Lan'er, I really did too many wrong things, but every wrong thing... It's all forced."
"I don't expect other people to understand me, I just want to tell you... Tell Jun'er and the others that the seat on the emperor's court is not so easy to sit on."
"From the moment you sit on the throne, you are no longer yourself, no longer a father, no longer a husband, no longer a friend, just a promoter of the dynasty, nothing more."
"Lan'er."
Liu Chengkong touched Liu Lan's face, and said in a deep tone, "If one day you also sit on that throne, will you make the same choice as I do?"
"Father..."
Do not know why.
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