in the sound of swallows

Chapter 92 What I Know When I'm Eight
Early this morning, news came from the palace that the emperor vomited blood last night and his condition worsened.Prime Minister Gu hurriedly came to the north courtyard to look for Gu Chaobei: "Follow me into the palace!"

Shen Guiyan was at a loss, why did the emperor take Gu Chaobei into the palace when he was critically ill?
Gu Chaobei didn't ask this question. He changed his clothes and followed Prime Minister Gu and went out. Although he also had an expression of "None of my business" on his face, his eyes were a little nervous.

The emperor is dead at this time, how can the prince beat the queen?It's no wonder he wasn't turned into a puppet emperor in the end.The lives of the people on their side are in danger.

Hastily rushed into the palace, the palace was tense.The prince arrived at Yuqian early in the morning and was testing the medicine in front of the bed.The Empress Dowager and the Empress stood aside with solemn expressions.

In the past, the empress dowager and the empress wanted to kill the emperor because there were still six princes, and when the emperor was gone, they could still support their children and grandchildren.Now that the sixth prince is gone, if the emperor goes away again, won't the throne fall on the prince's head?

The prince holds part of the military power and is backed by the elders of the imperial court. It is very difficult to deal with him. Ten thousand queens are unwilling to ask him to take the throne.

The people in the hall had different thoughts, all thinking about their own plans, but few people really cared about the seriously ill emperor in bed.

"Prime Minister Gu is here." There was a notification from outside, and Prime Minister Gu led Gu Chaobei inside.

"The Prime Minister is here." The Empress Dowager said, "You are the one who speaks the most in the court. The emperor is seriously ill today, and the will is about to be made. You will be the one to write it."

Prime Minister Gu also knew that a decree must be made today, so Gu Chaobei held a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and yellow brocade in his hands.

The prince looked back at Gu Chaobei, feeling much relieved.The queen didn't care about such a person who was holding ink, and she also heard a lot of rumors that Gu Chaobei was a rascal, a dou who couldn't help him, and was probably bought by the sixth prince with money.It's best to deal with such people, and don't take them to heart.

"Since you want to write the will, you all go out." The emperor looked at the empress dowager and the prince with half-opened eyes: "I trust Prime Minister Gu, and he will definitely write down what I mean."

"Yes." The queen saluted, glanced at the prince, and helped the queen mother out.The crown prince also got up, went out and closed the door.

The only sound in the quiet bedroom was the emperor's occasional cough.

"Bo Yong, come here." The emperor said softly.

Prime Minister Gu went forward, knelt by the bed, his eyes were moist: "Didn't the emperor behave well a while ago?"

"Illness comes like a mountain." The emperor chuckled twice, glanced at Gu Chaobei next to him, his eyes sparkled, "This child is here too."

"Yes." Gu Chaobei held his pen and ink, looked at him calmly, without saluting.

"It's great to grow up so big." The emperor smiled and said, "Having a good daughter-in-law and a good father, I feel at ease..."

Gu Chaobei had a mocking smile on his face, and looked at the emperor lightly, without making a sound.

"How should the will be written, Boyong, do you know?" The emperor coughed twice and asked.

Prime Minister Gu kowtowed: "I understand."

After kowtowing, he got up, took the things that Gu Chaobei was holding, went to the table outside, and brushed away.

Gu Chaobei didn't look at it, the crown prince has been established, and there will be no deviation in the will, probably to pass the throne to Ming Xun, and then let Prime Minister Gu assist the government.

He is now looking at the old man on the bed.

He is not old even if he is old, he is only in his 40s, but his face is covered with spots, the corners of his eyes are wrinkled and streaked, and his hair is also gray.

For the throne, he has already broken his heart.After so many years in power, he still failed to remove the screen placed behind the court hall.

The aristocratic family is big, and the next step is to see what the prince will do.

"Come here." The emperor beckoned to him.

Gu Chaobei walked over with a numb face, knelt down beside the bed, stretched out his face and said, "Do you want to touch my face and say 'you really look like your mother'?"

The emperor was taken aback for a moment, his eyes dull.

"I'm not a fool, if I knew it earlier, you don't have to be so burdened." Gu Chaobei said carelessly: "Didn't you go to the Prime Minister's Mansion when I was eight years old? I heard and understood everything I said. "

The emperor took a deep breath, looked at the person in front of him, and murmured: "Eight years old..."

He still remembers the eight-year-old thing?

"Bei'er is so healthy, so I feel at ease." The emperor at that time sat in the prime minister's study and sighed: "I am a dragon son, but I have to change my name and surname to live under your protection. I am really sorry for Chanjuan."

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be sad. My ministers will regard the prince as their own son." Prime Minister Gu said, "It's fine to have an ordinary life in the future, but I won't fight in the royal family. Your empress will also feel at ease."

The little man holding the cricket outside the window listened to the words completely, and didn't even know the cricket had escaped from his hand.

Since the age of eight, Gu Chaobei has been extremely stubborn, and it is difficult to become a master.The prime minister was so angry that he didn't fight, he reprimanded him and defended him at the same time, he just wanted to live up to the emperor's trust.

"I underestimated you." The sickly emperor smiled lightly, "I didn't expect you to be sensible so early."

Gu Chaobei rolled his eyes: "Children who have no mother since childhood are sensible early."

He actually wanted to ask who his biological mother was.But now that I'm older, my biological mother hasn't been around for a day, and I won't have any feelings if I know it, so it's better not to ask.

"I am sorry for you." The emperor closed his eyes and said, "When I die, you can live well."

Putting it lightly.Gu Chaobei frowned and said: "It's easy for you to kick your legs now, what about the prince? If you are not yet full-fledged when you ascend the throne, don't you have to go up to court under the watchful eye of that old witch like you?"

The emperor coughed unceasingly at what he said, but his spirits improved: "Life and death are destiny, and I don't want to."

"Then hang on for a while longer and die slowly." Gu Chaobei stopped talking and said in a muffled voice, "It's not worth it to die now, I haven't hugged a grandson, my son is almost dead, Jiangshan is still in my wife's hands There is only one such useless emperor as you in history."

"You child..." The emperor shook his head with a smile, closed his eyes a little tiredly and said: "I am also tired today, you and the prime minister, put the will behind the plaque in the court hall, and then go back."

Gu Chaobei glanced at him, pursed his lips: "Understood."

Prime Minister Gu wrote the will outside, but he didn't hear what was said inside.It just felt that Gu Chaobei was in a bad mood when he came out.

"What's wrong with you? Can't you offend the emperor?" Prime Minister Gu frowned.

"No." Gu Chaobei waved his hand: "I was just thinking, what do the imperial physicians in the palace do for food? Even good people get sick, but they can't find out the reason."

Prime Minister Gu pursed his lips: "You shouldn't care about these things."

Gu Chaobei smiled faintly, as if he shouldn't be in charge, he is just the prime minister's son.

After letting go of the will and leaving the palace, Gu Chaobei didn't go to the school grounds, but went back to the north courtyard and got bored on the bed.

Shen Guiyan looked at his expression, went up to give him a hammer on the back, and asked softly: "What's wrong?"

Gu Chaobei said: "I am not very happy that the irrelevant person is about to die."

Shen Guiyan raised her eyebrows: "If it's really irrelevant, why would you be unhappy. Being able to be affected by someone means that person is very important to you."

Gu Chaobei was taken aback, and his face was stinky: "What's important? I have carried it all by myself for so many years. I didn't do anything, and you expect me to think he is important?"

There was an awkward air all over her body, which made Shen Guiyan smile.This person is really, occasionally childish, making people dumbfounded.

"If it's not important, why are you unhappy?" Shen Guiyan patted him and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand, or you don't want to admit it, time will give you the answer. When you look back after many years, you can always see clearly Things you can't see clearly."

Gu Chaobei took a deep breath, buried his head under the quilt, his eyes were a little sour.

Gu Chaodong left the mansion to build another mansion, and Gu Chaonan found a position in Taichang Temple, and he has also started to get busy recently.There was no one in the mansion, only Xu Mengdie occasionally came to talk to Han Jiangxue and Shen Guiyan.

"Why does Mengdie look unhappy?" Shen Guiyan looked at her and asked, "Didn't the second brother seek an official position?"

Xu Mengdie forced a smile and said: "It's not your second brother's problem. He is good, but I am the bad one. I haven't been able to get pregnant again for so long. The doctor said, I may be because of the last time Miscarriage, can't get pregnant again."

Both of them were taken aback when they heard that, Han Jiangxue hurriedly pulled her and said, "Can't get pregnant? This is a big deal, you should go and see it!"

"What's the use of reading?" Xu Mengdie said with a wry smile: "It's probably time for Mr. Xianggong to set up his wife's office. I only hope that he will marry a good-bred man and come back to fulfill his dream of having a son."

Han Jiangxue looked at Xu Mengdie, and for some reason felt that he was also a fallen person in the world.Although it was not because of her heirs, she was reunited with Yuwen Houde no matter how difficult it was.

Thinking of Yuwen Houde, Han Jiangxue looked back subconsciously.He has been here almost every day for the past few days, but for some reason today, he hasn't shown up yet.

Yuwen Houde suffered retribution.

Originally, he was going to come to Gu's residence with something, but he met a group of thieves on the way, who forced him into an alley, and they were about to put him to death.

"If you want to die, let me die to understand." Yuwen Houde looked at these people and said: "I have no grievances or enmity with you, if I lose my life today without an explanation, then even if I turn into a ghost, I will not let you go you!"

There are some hooligans in front of you, who use money to do things, and when they heard the words, they betrayed the customers without any professional ethics: "It's a beautiful girl who thinks you are in the way and wants to get rid of you. Don't blame our brothers if she dies. People’s money, just to eliminate disasters for people.”

beautiful girl?Yuwen Houde's face turned pale, and he immediately thought of Han Lu.

How could she be cruel to herself?Yuwen Houde scolded that little bitch in his heart, but now he was dripping with cold sweat, thinking of ways to leave.

Helpless, the road was blocked, and his life is over today!

When the knife fell, Yuwen Houde closed his eyes, only regretting in his heart.He shouldn't have been obsessed with ghosts for a while, not only failing Xue'er, but also losing himself.

(End of this chapter)