There’s a Dragon Girl in the Desolate Sea: 498. Forty-first dragon scales (eight)
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She was his first wife, he was by his side when he was still an obscure prince, sharing weal and woe, and they spent a long time together. The good, the pain, the sadness, the joy, they all experience it together. Before her death, the empress was most worried about Prince Xiuwen. There were countless beauties around the emperor. When she died, other women would take her place. The emperor would also have many children, but she only had one Xiuwen. She died, what should Xiuwen do?
So she didn't forget to hold the emperor's hand before she died, asking him to take good care of Xiuwen and never forget that they were a family.
This is also the reason why the abolished prince tried his best to deliver the last relic of his mother to Eunuch Jiang. It was a long, long time ago, when the queen was just pregnant, the emperor brought it back for her in a private visit, and at the same time, there was also the birth mother of King Cheng, a talented and beautiful Jiangnan beauty.
This string of beads is not precious, so it was preserved when the prince was imprisoned in Xici Alley. When the emperor saw this string of Buddha beads, he remembered the first empress, and remembered that he was ashamed to treat her, and he ignored her and cared for an orphan at the end of his life, and locked their only son in the alley of Xici.
Eunuch Jiang also sighed with emotion at the right time. Tonight is the fifteenth, and the Mid-Autumn Festival will soon be here.
This is what the abolished prince told him to say. The emperor's face was really moving when he heard it. The Mid-Autumn Festival was also the birthday of the abolished prince. He still remembered how happy he was when the child was first born. Prince Xiuwen has always been the pride of the emperor. He has been generous, talented and intelligent since he was a child. The emperor has exhausted his efforts to teach him. The young prince was afraid that he would follow the example of his ancestors to force the palace to seize the throne, so he was on guard against the prince in every possible way.
This is also the reason why the East Palace found out the witchcraft and dragon robe, and the emperor ordered people to arrest the abolished prince without thinking. The fear in his heart was taken out, so he forgot that Prince Xiuwen was his son, and completely regarded him as an enemy who wanted to **** his throne.
It has been four years now. I saw the relics of the late queen, and I remembered my debt to the late queen. When she gave birth, she brought back a beautiful woman, and she was entrusted by her deathbed and sent Prince Xiuwen into Xici Lane. . All kinds of emotions came up, so he ordered Eunuch Jiang to go to Xici Alley and bring the abolished prince.
The crown prince can be deposed but he doesn't want to see him again!
He is the emperor and father, as a minister and a son, how dare Xiuwen not come? !
Seeing the emperor's anger, Eunuch Jiang said quickly: "The emperor calms down, His Highness, he is now... the old slave can't help crying when he sees it."
"Xiuwen he... how is he?" the emperor couldn't help asking.
"Alas." Eunuch Jiang sighed. "Your Majesty, His Highness's heart is dead. He is no longer the Prince Xiuwen of the past. His high spirits and scolding Fang Qiu were all turned to ashes four years ago. Today, His Highness is just a waste. Can't write. His Highness said that the emperor no longer has to be afraid of his dissent, because he is already a cripple, he will die in Xici Lane all his life, and will never come out again."
Prince Xiuwen, what kind of character is that?
Everyone in the world knows that he is an outstanding young man, stunning, and is the dream of countless noble ladies. His status is noble and high above. He was originally the bright moon in the sky for people to look up to, but now he has fallen into the world and no longer has that light. The pearl is dusty, the white jade is flawed, and it is hard to collect water.
The emperor was full of anger, like a deflated ball, and there was no sound. That is the son he is most proud of, his first child, and there will be more children in the future, and none of them will make him work hard like Xiuwen.
But this child is useless.
I don't know how long it took, the emperor closed his eyes and sighed softly: "You... make arrangements tomorrow, I will be leaving the palace."
"Your Majesty?"
"I'm getting old." Even the emperor had to admit that he was getting older and his sons had grown up, but he was no longer as young and strong as he used to be. Now that the harem has not had a newborn for several years, he knows his own body better than anyone else, and he is already powerless. "Some people's hearts begin to liven up."
"The Emperor—"
"No need to say anything." The emperor waved his hand. "Since Xiuwen refused to come to see me, I went to see him in person. Back then... I didn't even look into it and didn't even give him a chance to defend myself. Now he's frustrated with me, and it's only natural. It's me. His heart, once this heart is cold, it can no longer be warmed."
Eunuch Jiang looked at the emperor's still tall back. The emperor's temples had already given birth to Chinese hair, but there was no one around him who could talk to his heart. After the empress left, the emperor was even more lonely. When Prince Xiuwen was abolished, he truly became a loner. Now, except for the **** himself, there is no one else who can be trusted by the emperor.
Is this the emperor?
Sitting on the country, but only a shadow.
On the second day, the emperor took off his dragon robe and did not disturb anyone. He only brought two guards out of the palace with Eunuch Jiang and went straight to the Xici Alley.
This place, Xici Alley, has always been forbidding members of the royal family. The emperor has never been there, so I don't know how desolate and dilapidated it was. Outsiders don't know how the people inside live, but the Imperial Guard guards here and won't give anyone a chance to come out. Those who entered, all died inside, not even qualified to move into the imperial mausoleum, buried on the spot, a handful of loess, a white bone, disappeared in this life, no one will remember.
There are not many palace people here. Most of them are thin and pale and indifferent. Even when they meet the emperor, they don't have much fear. The people who live here are all walking dead. Why are they afraid of dying? Living here is harder than dying.
The emperor was guided by Eunuch Jiang to the ruined courtyard where the abolished prince lived. He was so timid that he didn't dare to step in.
Standing at the door for a long time before the emperor stepped forward and entered the courtyard. Into the eyes is a green vegetable field, and a man in coarse cloth clothes that has been washed white and has patches everywhere is pouring vegetables with his back to the person. He drew water himself from the well, and when he reached the vegetable field, he bent over, and didn't care that his hands were full of dirt, quietly doing his own work.
Where there is a trace of extravagance, there is also a trace of popularity.
Hearing the footsteps, the person pouring the vegetables turned back. From his back, it can be seen that this person is very thin, and the sackcloth and linen clothes are only a shelf, but no matter how mentally prepared, when he saw the scrawny face of the abolished prince, the emperor still couldn't stand the blow. Deng took a few steps back, his eyes warmed.
It has been four years, no amount of anger has passed, and the guilt of the abolished prince's "treason" has gradually been washed away in the emperor's heart. In the past four years, every time he wakes up from his dreams, he wonders if he was too arbitrary. Woolen cloth? If you give Xiuwen a chance to explain, have you misunderstood him? What if someone framed him? He always remembered the good of abolishing the prince. Xiuwen was smart since he was a child, and he could read and write faster than ordinary children. He was filial and sensible, and he respected and admired both himself and the queen. The emperor suffered from cervical vertebrae pain, so Xiuwen tried every means to find a remedy. During festivals and the emperor's birthday, Xiuwen's gifts were always the most attentive and precious.
When Xiuwen was deposed, would he resent his father and condemn him without even giving him a chance?
Before coming to Xici Alley, the emperor was most afraid that Xiuwen would resent himself. But now he knows that what is scary is not being resented by the child, but that the child sees him as if he saw every grass and every tree. "Your Majesty."
His son, not his father, call him emperor.
"Revised—"
"I'm just a sinner. Four years ago, the emperor stripped me of my name and title." The abolished prince stood up straight. "Now I am a person without a name, and there is no person named Xiuwen here."
"You're hating your father--"
"This place is simple, the emperor is really a dragon and the emperor, it's better not to set foot there." The waste prince didn't care what the emperor said at all, he continued to pour his own vegetables, and laboriously carried the big bucket to the well. He scolded the guards beside him: "What are you still doing! Do you want to ask the prince to do such rough work!"
The guard was stunned by the "Prince" he said, and hurried to **** the bucket of the crown prince. At this time, the door curtain of the room was lifted, and a slender woman walked out. She saw someone rob the crown prince's bucket, and she immediately Just like a tigress protecting her cubs, she grabbed the broom at the door and rushed over, punching at the group of people, and even the emperor accidentally took several blows, and he bared his teeth in pain. "What are you doing! Let go of my husband! Otherwise, don't blame me for killing you!"
My husband? ? ? ?
Eunuch Jiang whispered to the emperor's ear: "Your Majesty, this old servant forgot to mention that this woman is the wife of His Royal Highness Cheng Wang, who is the wife of His Royal Highness Xiuwen. She is a concubine of the Jing Kingdom's palace."
What?
His Xiuwen married a concubine girl? !
Where did King Cheng come from? !
The women in this world should have been chosen by Xiuwen, but now he is married to such a vulgar woman who is holding a broom? ! The emperor took a closer look and found that although the woman had a graceful figure, her face and body had been rubbed with a lot of ashes by some rough work. He chose Jing Guogong's daughter for Xiuwen, the first beauty known as a talented woman, but now Xiuwen is accompanied by such a woman, what a style, what a style!
His hands were shaking with irritation. After beating them, Linglong quickly threw the broom aside, and greeted the defunct prince: "Is Xianggong okay? Are you injured?"