Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 564 Extra

My name is Zhao Guangyuan, and I am the 19th emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty.

The reign title is "Kaiping". After the succession of the heavens, the world will be peaceful for eternity. I like this reign title.

In the 19th year of Zhizheng, I ascended the throne and became emperor. Now it is the 9th year of Kaiping, and I have been emperor for nine years.

It's only early autumn, but I feel a little cold. The flowers in the imperial garden are in full bloom and fragrant, but I'm tired of looking at them.

I am too lazy to stroll around the Imperial Garden. After leaving the Imperial Study, I wanted to change my mind, but I always ended up running into concubines and princes and princesses in various places in the palace.

I'm a little annoyed and a little tired.

I don't want to laugh, I don't want to deal with them. I have laughed less in recent years, and since she disappeared, I don't seem to be able to laugh anymore.

I avoided people and walked to the edge of Wanxia Lake, where I stood quietly looking at the calm surface of the lake.

Just as calm as my heart which has been silent for many years.

My heart won't beat anymore.

This is Wanxia Lake, which I had dug in the palace after I ascended the throne. Wanxia, ​​Wanxia, ​​I wanted to keep her, but unfortunately she left me.

This dug lake is not as good as the lake outside. There is not even a little ripple. I don't want to look at it anymore. It just makes me sad.

I moved again. Leaving Wanxia Lake, passing through the Imperial Garden, and walking for two cups of tea, I could return to the Imperial Study. I'd better go back to the Imperial Study. It's quiet.

"Meet Concubine Liu."

"Prince, you should call her mother," a palace maid corrected.

"I have a mother, and my father did not raise me under the lap of Concubine Liu."

"The Imperial Concubine is the head of the harem and will soon move into the Fengzao Palace. Everyone knows that the golden book and golden treasure left by the Emperor are for our Empress."

"Then I will call you after the Imperial Concubine enters Fengzao Palace."

"Slap your mouth, how can you speak to the prince like that? Even I and the virtuous king have to bow to the prince when we see him. You slaves are so arrogant, you may think you are high and mighty today, but you may fall into the mud tomorrow. How dare you be so presumptuous?"

"Yes, your Majesty has taught me this. I hope Your Highness will forgive my disrespect."

The group walked away leisurely, and the fragrant wind gradually faded away.

The prince stood there stubbornly, his lips pursed and his head lowered. He was a young man with a childish face, but at this moment he looked like an abandoned puppy with nowhere to hide. His figure was thin and lonely, and it made me ache when I saw him.

"Yu'er."

The prince turned his head in shock and looked at me, then he calmed down and walked towards me, politely and courteously, "Father."

I looked at him steadily, sighed, reached out to touch his head, and said softly, "When your mother was here, didn't you always call me daddy? Why don't you call me daddy anymore?"

In these palaces, I miss the ordinary days our family of three lived in the northwest.

Seeing Yu'er didn't say anything, I sighed inwardly.

"Don't pay attention to what others say, my son. You are my eldest son, the crown prince appointed by me personally. No one can surpass you."

Yuer nodded slightly, but did not look happy.

I put my arm around his tender shoulders and said, "Come on, accompany father to the imperial study and help father share some of the burden."

Seeing Yu'er pause and hesitate, I couldn't help but sigh again. In this deep palace, the child without a mother to protect him lived in fear, and he didn't even dare to believe what I said.

"Dad is here."

When I saw Yuer looked up at me and then followed me, I felt mixed emotions.

"If it weren't for your mother, Dad wouldn't have returned to the capital so quickly, nor would he have ascended the throne so quickly. It's because of your mother that we have everything we have now. Dad said that everything he has is yours, and no one else can take it away. Even if your mother is gone, you still have Dad."

"Dad!" Yu'er called me with sobs, her face full of admiration. That word "Dad" made me feel sad.

"Hey, good son."

Looking at Yu'er's face that looks very similar to Xia'er's, I think of her again. When I think of her, my heart aches...

In the twelfth year of Zhizheng, I was imprisoned in the abandoned Jingyang Palace. At that time, a young eunuch came to tell me that my mother did not even have a funeral and was buried in a hurry. Thinking that my mother was gone, my brother the crown prince was gone, and my maternal grandfather's family was gone, I felt completely hopeless.

Just when I was seeking death, here she comes.

I didn't see her, but I could hear her talking. She advised me to live and not commit suicide. She told me that she came from the afterlife and knew about the afterlife. She said there was still hope and that I would have a beloved wife and a smart and lovely son.

I have never encountered such a surprising thing.

In order to make me believe her, she told me many secrets, saying that they were all told to her by me in the future.

I believe it. According to my personality, I would not tell those things to anyone except the closest person.

After listening to her, I contacted the secret guards left by my grandfather, and I also knew that the King of Chu and his men had put drugs in the farewell wine, so I took precautions in advance. On the first night of arriving at the imperial mausoleum, I rescued her who was unconscious outside the red gate of Changling.

I had a romantic affair with her and had Yu'er.

I and she worshiped heaven and earth in front of the imperial grandfather's shrine. Then I arranged for a substitute to stay in the imperial mausoleum and took them mother and son to the northwest.

I changed my appearance and infiltrated the Northwest Army. It took me only two years to recapture my grandfather's old troops. It took me another year to take control of the entire Northwest Army.

Two years later, in the 17th year of Zhizheng, I was finally strong enough that my father and the court officials could no longer ignore me. They deposed the crown prince and named me the crown prince.

I returned to the capital with my wife and children.

Xia Er was named the Crown Princess. In addition to the Crown Princess, my father also arranged two concubines and four concubines for me. There were also many noble ladies who volunteered to be my concubines.

Xia Er was unhappy. I knew she was unhappy, but my position as the crown prince was unstable at that time, and I had to rely on the support of the noble families and powerful ministers in the capital.

But I tried my best to give her the best I could.

But she became increasingly haggard in the East Palace, like a delicate flower slowly withering and losing its vitality.

I see it with my own eyes and feel the pain in my heart.

After he was named the crown prince, my father ordered me to visit the imperial mausoleum on the winter solstice of the following year. I wanted to let Xia'er go out and relax, so I took her and Yu'er to the imperial mausoleum.

I didn't expect this to be the thing I regret most.

After visiting the mausoleum, Xia Er suddenly said to me, "Da Bao, I remembered what happened in the past. My memory has been restored."

Before I could be happy, she held my face with tears in her eyes and said, "I'm leaving. Xiaobao is in your hands. You must treat him well and don't let him be sad. I don't ask for anything in his future, I just want him to be happy."

Then she disappeared.

I searched for her frantically in the imperial mausoleum, looking for her everywhere, wishing I could dig up the ground. But she was like a gust of wind, leaving no trace behind.

If Yu'er hadn't been by my side all these years, I would have doubted whether she had ever come.

She is so cruel, she just left without saying anything.

Yu'er was only six years old at that time.

How could she bear to leave him alone in the cannibalistic harem? Although I can protect Yu'er, it is not easy for a child without a mother to live surrounded by wolves. Doesn't she know?

How could you be so cruel? You don't want Yu'er, and you don't want me either.

I often wake up from dreams at night, and often think of the days we spent in the northwest, which were simple and happy, with only our family of three and no extra women.

As long as she comes back, I will agree to everything she asks and do anything for her.

Three years later, in the twelfth year of Kaiping, Yu'er was eighteen years old. I carefully selected a crown princess and two concubines for him, personally presided over his wedding, and began to let him attend court.

On the winter solstice of this year, I once again visited the imperial mausoleum.

After visiting the mausoleum, I felt tired and took a nap in the bedroom of the palace.

When I opened my eyes the next moment, I seemed to be in another world. It was the afterlife she had described to me in Jingyang Palace and the imperial mausoleum.

I stood at the crossroads in panic, not knowing where to go.

Those black shells, white shells, and all kinds of shells whizzed past me, and then whizzed towards me again. I didn't dare to move a step.

Until I saw a back, "Xia'er!"

I called her loudly, ran towards the figure through the crowd.

Black shells, white shells, red shells, all kinds of shells made harsh sounds in my ears, but I found them extremely pleasant. I laughed. It was the first time in so many years that I laughed so happily.

The article is over. Once again, I would like to thank all the book friends who accompanied Bajiao to the end. Thank you.

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