Emperor Phoenix

Chapter 170

The light of the fire shone on the boy's pale, sad and indignant face.

His dark eyes did not stare at his father-in-law on the other side, but stared in a direction ahead, full of resentment and hatred.

There, Baozi who was scurrying all over the ground stopped in a daze.

The young man's eyes were burning with black fire, and he was so fiercely angry that he seemed to want to burn all people and things, and burn all the joy and trust in him for a long time.

He didn't pay attention to the saber-wielding sergeant who was staring at him, and didn't look at his father who was watching him anxiously on the other side.

Baozi flinched under his gaze, and was in a trance for a moment, thinking of the comfort and warmth of the days when he was sent under the fence, the old lady who was holding her smiling, and the cook who always stuffed him with snacks , the sister maid who made new clothes for herself, and... the third son who always seemed very impatient and couldn't accept him, but in fact, every time he asked him, he would finally agree.

They...had nothing to do him wrong, even, they hated him very much.

Did I...do something wrong?
Baozi was a little confused, opened his mouth, but couldn't speak, turned around and looked at Qin Changge for help.

With his hands behind his back to the sky, Qin Changge ignored him.

Chu Feihuan sighed, and instead of the vicious and ruthless mother, explained to the poor and unlucky son:
"What your mother means is that you should make your own decisions, and be responsible for what you do. If you feel guilty and angry at being seen by him like this, and want to kill him, then your mother will kill him. If you feel sorry for him, If your conscience wants to let him go, your mother will also let him go, in short, no matter what your decision is, no matter what loss your decision will bring us, your mother will have to think for yourself."

After a pause, he continued: "The choice itself is painful. If it is not painful, then it is not a choice. You are a man, and you are the future emperor. It should not be your behavior to escape. You have to make your own decision."

Taking a breath, Baozi looked at Chu Feihuan with a pale face, but the latter gave him an encouraging smile, and said softly: "Rong'er, the road the emperor will take is extremely painful in itself, but we feel , you fit, you can."

After standing there blankly for a moment, Baozi bit his lip and walked towards Cao Sheng.

When the boy saw him coming, he immediately struggled crazily, shaking the wooden stakes that bound him. Seeing that he couldn't jump over and strangle the boy, he turned his head vigorously, and with a bah sound, he spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm viciously. Come over and curse loudly: "I'm blind, trust you little thief!"

Baozi remained motionless, pushed away the oil stick that was about to wipe his face, wiped it off slowly with his sleeve, raised his head, and said to the bound young man: "I am Xiao Rong, the present prince."

Huo Ran raised his head, Cao Sheng was so surprised that his face was deformed.

"Your father is making trouble and trying to steal my father's country. You and I are enemies." Baozi looked at Cao Sheng quietly.

"No matter what the enemy does to the enemy, it should be done," Baozi said. "I have never been the kind of person who would hug my head and beat me when others bullied me."

Cao Sheng began to calm down, listening silently, listening to the young boy who was ten years younger than him, telling himself the truth that he had never thought of with calmness and reason beyond his age.

"I always thought I should feel sorry for you," Baozi continued, his face pale but his eyes dark, "but I suddenly figured it out just now. I have nothing to feel guilty about. Once I become an enemy, I don't have any pity from my mother-in-law. Your father wants When you snatched my father's country and killed my father's head, did you ever think about feeling guilty because of me?"

Cao Sheng had a thoughtful look in his eyes, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

"My only mistake is that I shouldn't be too cute. I'm so cute that I have won your true love and favor." Baozi smiled self-deprecatingly, "My mother said that the most ruthless thing to deal with a person is to destroy his body." Or secondly, what is more ruthless is to destroy his love, self-esteem and trust, I probably hurt your love and trust."

"But that's not what I want." Baozi grinned, "I can't help it, I just love flowers when everyone sees them."

Qin Changge, who had been listening attentively, rolled his eyes at the sky. Just now, he felt vicissitudes and tragedy. He wondered if the child was pushed too hard. He didn't want him to talk and start thundering again.

Raising his head, panting silently towards the dark place, Qin Changge felt faint grief and sorrow in his heart at this moment. Enemy, my powerful enemy hidden in the dark, if it weren't for your existence, why should I force my only beloved son? Learning to be a king, not just the carefree kid I want him to be?

In front of the bonfire, beside the boys tied up in front of the stakes, the dialogue between winners and losers, children and teenagers is still going on.

"I still want to apologize to you, third son," Baozi bent slightly, "It's not because I lied to you about the sneak attack, but because I have let down the concern and care you have given me during this time, and let down the prince and sisters." For my heart, please remember to tell them, and I apologize to them—if you can still tell them alive."

After finishing speaking, he stopped looking at Cao Sheng with a shocked expression, and walked straight towards Qin Changge.

Wan Jun held his breath, and the wind was silent, waiting for a five-year-old child to make a decision about the lives of many people.

Even the Youzhou army on the other side, who had been angrily scolding the cloth army for preparing for war, seemed to have sensed the strange atmosphere of the Pingzhou army at this moment, and gradually calmed down.

In the vast blue sky and the rustling night wind, tens of thousands of people held their breaths and listened to a child's voice without daring to miss a word.

Listen to him calmly say:

"I've decided not to let him go."

There was a stunned silence in the air.

Qin Changge let out another breath.

Chu Feihuan's brows twitched, and he slowly turned his head to look at Baozi with a firm expression, his eyes were complicated, he didn't know whether it was joy or sadness.

He looked up at the stars, and there, at the corner of the southwest, a star was shining brightly, shining brightly in the blue sky.

now.

An emperor star who is destined to benefit the world and be taken from all over the world rises with Yunni in his arms, soaring above the nine heavens, but the figure of an ignorant child will gradually fade away.

Is this happiness, or helplessness?
Baozi blinked at the old woman who was watching him deeply, and said: "Don't let it go, I still need to use it. I can't waste all my efforts, but..." He lowered his voice to make sure Cao Sheng couldn't hear him, and then said: "Yes Won't you kill him?"

Turning his head slowly, Qin Changge smiled at his son for the first time today, and said lightly: "Very good, I'm glad you know how to be flexible, I always hope that you are not pedantic but also have a certain conscience, you know, uphold the basics His human nature is much better than being a vicious emperor who completely denies his relatives and has a murderous intention."

She squatted down, looked into Baozi's eyes that were as bright as stars, and said, "Son, you must not lose the basic benevolence, righteousness and friendship, and you must not lose the ability to be firm, decisive and ingenious. These two sounds extremely contradictory, but in fact , as long as you stick to certain principles, you can—I hope you can do it.”

"Of course I can," Baozi slapped his long eyelashes and smiled brazenly, "I am your son, and what's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine."

Laughing dumbly, Qin Changge thought about his son, after all, he was not an ordinary child. Worrying that too much of him would be a waste of emotion, he simply stopped talking, turned around, and said to the other side: "Dudu Cao, I heard that your eldest son is stupid. This is your only beloved son, I dare not treat him badly, as you can see, he has not even scratched his oily skin—have you thought about how to take him back?"

The wind on the opposite bank was fierce, Qin Changge's eyes were like a torch, and he saw Cao Guangshi's face was livid, his cheeks were twisted and knotted, and his eyes seemed to be able to burst out with knife light, staring at him fiercely, while Li Han said something in an extremely soft voice , I saw Cao Guangshi gritted his teeth and raised his hand.

Qin Changge immediately calmed down and said: "Cao Dudu, I heard that the third son is also the one whom the Taijun loves the most? Well... I see it is very good, the old man doesn't know about the third son's fall into the enemy's hands, right? She You're getting older, so be careful."

Her words were gentle, earnest and considerate, and she was really caring for Cao Guangshi. Hearing this, Li Han wished to draw his sword and cut her into pieces.

Under the light of the fire, Cao Guangshi's face turned pale again - he could not be coerced, he could kill his son ruthlessly to achieve a great cause, he should not be a son and daughter, but how could he make his mother mourn?The widow mother raised him, not waiting to be pissed off by him!

Raising his eyes, he looked at the opposing army camp. The lineup was well-organized, the army mighty, the formation of the camp was exquisite and strange, and there was such a powerful commander who was deep in the city and could control people's hearts like a finger.

For the first time since the start of the war, he faintly doubted his actions—was he a little too proud?Too rash?Do you trust the Duke too much?Swan geese have been traveling for many years, and I heard the Duke say that Xiao Jue's children are scattered in politics, and they are not the same as before. The court is chaotic and each seeks personal gain.

Now, the envoy from the imperial court is right in front of him. The young man is so thin that he can be blown away by the wind, but there is an inexplicable and powerful oppression in his ruthless, vicious, deep and thin body, no one dares to underestimate it.

Being able to drive such courtiers, how could His Majesty be called "scattered"?
After fighting fiercely for a while, he unconsciously let out a sigh.

Li Han, who had been watching him from the sidelines, saw that the situation was not good, and a stern look flashed in his eyes, and he made a decisive gesture with his hands behind his back.

Cao Guang was extremely filial to his mother, he could kill his son, but he would never hurt his mother.

However, it was Cao Guangshi who was caught in the weak spot, not him.

"hiss!"

The sound of the crossbow firing shook a small square of air, and even more so, the entire Youzhou army. The soldiers in black armor all raised their heads, and saw a crossbow arrow shining red, cutting through the suffocating air, and went straight Cao Sheng, who had an obvious target in the flames on the other side, left!

(End of this chapter)