This prince is going to heaven

Chapter 736 Looking Back on the Past

Wen Ruyan talked with Su Bai in the room for a long time that night, and then received the order to let Wen Ruyan enter the palace.

After Su Bai left, An Lingwei walked in with a basin of clear water in person, and Liu Qing'er followed behind her, holding in her arms the clothes that Wen Ruyan should wear when entering the palace.

They seemed to know something, and they didn't say anything after they came in. They just gently washed Wen Ruyan's face, and then waited patiently for him to change his clothes.

During this period, Wen Ruyan didn't speak, his expression was calm and no anger could be seen, but the sadness in those clear eyes made An Lingwei and Liu Qing'er dare not look at him at all.

It was as if one would be immersed in endless sadness just by looking at it.

This might be the realm of the four heavens of inner strength. Wen Ruyan himself didn't know that the emotion in his eyes at this moment was like a whirlpool, and he would drag people into it if he was not careful.

After putting on the clothes, the two of them carefully helped him deal with the wrinkles on his body, but after all the trivial matters were prepared, Wen Ruyan took a deep breath, glanced at them, and said softly: "Let's go! "

And because of this one glance, An Lingwei and Liu Qing'er's eyes turned red immediately, they just felt a sense of sadness enveloped their bodies, and they couldn't recover for a long time.

Royal Palace.

Zhengde Hall.

The flames of hundreds of candles flickered slightly, and the orange light filled the entire hall. Zhou Tianzi, who was dressed in a golden dragon robe and wearing an imperial crown, leaned back on the dragon chair with his eyes slightly squinted. His face looked pale at this moment. , and his breathing was a little short. If you look carefully, you will find that there is a trace of cold sweat on his forehead.

Eunuch Cheng was standing beside him, seeing His Majesty sitting here working so hard, there was a hint of sadness in his expression.

The hall was very quiet, and there was no one else except the two of them.

After a long time, a servant's voice suddenly came from outside the main hall: "Duke Chen Ling Chen is here!"

Eunuch Cheng glanced at Zhou Tianzi and saw him nodding, so he shouted loudly: "Xuan!"

The door of the main hall was pushed open, Chen Lingxin, the Lord of the Town who was wearing a black robe and a jade hairpin on his head, and his temples were slightly whitish, walked in. When he walked twenty steps in front of Emperor Zhou, he knelt down on the ground, Shan Hu said : "Chen Ling, I greet Your Majesty!"

Zhou Tianzi chuckled, and said, "Let's be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Ling got up and stood there without moving. Zhou Tianzi said again: "This is not the court, why should you act like this? Come forward and talk to me five steps forward."

Hearing this, Chen Ling let out a long sigh in his heart. When today's son met him and his ministers today, but used the address he used when Qianlong was in Yuan, Chen Ling knew that his guess today was not wrong.

However, he didn't mean to disobey Tianzi Zhou, he went straight forward and stopped when he was five steps away from Tianzi Zhou. At such a distance, he could even hear Tianzi Zhou's slightly rapid breathing.

"Your Majesty is well?" Chen Ling looked up.

Emperor Zhou smiled wryly, and said: "According to what Su Bai said, I still have two days to live. After tonight, I'm afraid there will only be one day left."

Chen Ling was startled and just about to speak, but Zhou Tianzi interrupted him with a direct wave of his hand, saying: "Brother, don't be surprised, people are mortal, sooner or later, maybe God thinks that I have lived too hard these years, and I can't bear it." Let me work harder."

"His Majesty!"

"It doesn't matter. I have been sitting on this dragon chair for 31 years. I feel like walking on thin ice. I am worried all night long. I am afraid that I will lose to my ancestors and my people. Now I am really tired and I should leave."

Chen Ling immediately covered his face and wept, and said with a sob: "I still remember that when His Majesty was young, he was full of vigor and high aspirations. He used a long spear to drive Chu in the south and Qi in the west and chase the Xiongnu in the north. Your Majesty's heroic demeanor is still vivid today. In the subject's mind, looking at His Majesty now, his energy is not in his prime, and my trivial matters in the Great Zhou Dynasty have also suppressed His Majesty's posture, and these years, His Majesty has suffered a lot!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he burst into tears. An old man in his sixties was crying like a child. Such a scene made the eyes of Eunuch Cheng beside him turn red.

After hearing his words, Zhou Tianzi immediately showed a longing look on his face, and said: "I really miss the days when I was in the front line!"

"Your Majesty!" Chen Ling fell to his knees on the ground.

Zhou Tianzi looked at him with a smile on his face, and comforted him: "Brother, don't cry. In fact, I have already accepted the great kindness of my brother for being able to live until now. I still remember that in the nine years of Chengde, the thousand armors I led The soldiers were surrounded by [-] troops from Southern Chu. If it wasn’t for my elder brother’s willingness to defy the military order and divert support, I’m afraid I would have died there. After that battle, my elder brother was forced to accept fifty battles by Wu Guogong for two whole months. Didn't get out of bed."

"In the tenth year of Chengde, during the battle at Yanziguan in the north, I fell to the ground with six knives and couldn't even stand up. It was my brother who defended me with all his might and blocked dozens of knives for me. My brother's back is raining now. I will still be tossing and turning in pain and unable to sleep, I know it all."

"Your Majesty, don't say it, please don't say it." Chen Ling cried and begged Zhou Tianzi.

"In the 12th year of Chengde, it was still in the northern border. I went deep alone and was targeted by a sharpshooter from the Huns. When the arrow was shot, it was my elder brother who desperately blocked me. I still remember that the arrow shot directly. It pierced through my brother's left shoulder, and if it deviates an inch further down, I'm afraid my brother will die."

The more Zhou Tianzi talked, the more Chen Ling cried, until finally he sat paralyzed on the ground.

"Brother, you said that without you, how could I have survived to this day? I swore at the beginning that after I ascended the throne, as long as I reign for one day, I will promise my brother countless glory and wealth, and I have done it!"

"Your Majesty did not betray your ministers, but your Majesty!" Chen Ling knelt on the ground and cried.

"I'm leaving right now, but two days later I'll pass away and go underground. Without you, who would protect me to the death!"

"I understand, I understand, I understand, I just beg Your Majesty to stop talking, don't talk anymore." Chen Ling wiped his tears with his sleeve, the snot was also the old man who was dragged, he seemed to lose all face at the moment Usually, I wiped my nose several times with my sleeve.

Seeing Chen Ling's appearance, Zhou Tianzi chuckled, and said, "Since I ascended the throne, I don't seem to have had a drink with my brother. Is my brother interested in staying with me today?"

"Chen, Chen Ling, obey the order!"

Outside Zhengde Hall.

Crown Prince Wen Ruyu, Prince Jing Wen Ruyan, Prime Minister Su Dinghe, six ministers, female general Ye Linxue, commander of the Black Cavalry Battalion Xie Shan, and Dutong of the left and right patrol battalions were all on the list, but they were stopped by two eunuchs Outside the main hall.

As soon as the crying in the hall came out, they knew who was inside at the moment, but all kinds of weird expressions appeared on the faces of everyone who heard the crying.

Wen Ruyu and Wen Ruyan were side by side, one with a sad face and the other with a calm expression.The two of them have almost guessed the intention of their father today.

Prime Minister Su Dinghe watched his nose, nose and heart, and stood there quietly, motionless.

The six ministers and the generals standing behind him started whispering.

(End of this chapter)