Bestow glory to the king

Chapter 426 Entering the Palace for an Audience (11)
Feeling a lump in his throat, Tianhedi took a deep breath, walked out from behind the dragon case, raised his hand to Shen Xi and said:

"Get up." His voice seemed to be much older, and Shen Xi also felt that there was something strange about him, but he didn't look up at him, and stood up without looking sideways.

Tianhedi looked at the tall and slender child in front of him, who was taller than him, and his whole face was inherited from his mother, only those eyes, sharp and stern, belonged to the Feng family.

There was another touch in his heart, Tianhedi felt that his hands seemed to be shaking a little, could it be that he was really old?As an emperor, he has hardly lowered his head in his life, but at this moment he lowered his head in front of the child, and asked him in a hoarse voice that he couldn't bear to hear himself:

"Can you play chess? Play a game with me."

Shen Xi raised his eyes to look at Tianhe Emperor in surprise, he is only in his early forties now, but his temples are already grey, his figure is not frail, but tall and strong, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe on his body, he is very mighty , without being angry and majestic, but at this moment, he was looking at himself with those slightly expectant eyes, it would be a lie for Shen Xi to be indifferent in his heart, he lowered his eyelids in a hurry, cupped his fists and said:
"According to the order."

Emperor Tianhe nodded, and the eunuch Li Mao, who was holding a pen, hurriedly recruited two young eunuchs, such as Nuange, to clean up the chessboard. The four seasons in the Nuange are like spring, and it is the eastmost room of Yuanyang Hall. The emperor sometimes stays in the Nuange The court received ministers and workers, but most of them were relatively close cabinet ministers and the like. So far, the noble Nuan Pavilion has never received anyone who is as famous as Shen Xi, but has no official position.

I couldn't help but look at this man with admiration again, and I was even more suspicious of this man's identity.

The two entered the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Tianhe pointed to the side of the chessboard, and asked Shen Xi to sit down, Shen Xi bowed his hands, lifted his robe and sat down, Tianhe Emperor sat down opposite him, Shen Xi respected him as his teacher, and dropped a son first , Tianhedi followed closely.

After a few pieces fell, the dull atmosphere in the Nuan Pavilion did not ease up. Shen Xi seemed to be fine, concentrating on the chessboard, but Tianhe Emperor couldn't help but look up at him from time to time. Seeing him seemed to be seeing him. His appearance when he was young, but this child was much calmer than he was when he was young. He was always very arrogant when he was young, because he was made a prince when he was born. Despite his arrogant temper, he also did a lot of bad things that made his father and the civil and military headaches, but this child is not. He grew up as a child of an ordinary family. Not so unrestrained, his eyes seem to be condensed with great thoughts, his lips are tightly pursed, and he looks very serious.

That's right, it's not easy for him to be the number one in the exams at this age, and he certainly doesn't have extra time to play around. He asked Shen Ye a few years ago if he wanted to give his only son a favor. However, Shen Ye refused. He only said that the child's ambition was not here, and he never forced it.

But if he really didn't want to be here, why did he want to get the fame by himself?Could it be that he was too ambitious, he didn't want to rely on the utilitarianism of his ancestors to embark on the path of grace, but relied on his own ability to obtain fame like a talented person in the world.

Such stubbornness and arrogance are exactly the same as his mother.

Tianhe Emperor couldn't help smiling when he thought of this, a son fell between the white mountains and the black waters, and suddenly said:
"Actually, do you know...your mother and I...are old acquaintances?"

(End of this chapter)