The temperature in Dongnuan Pavilion is not as high as before. When the old dean is not here, His Majesty always likes to open the windows. Although the wind in the cold winter will feel a bit biting, the emperor needs to be in good spirits all the time. There are too many things in this world of Daning that require him to deal with it in the most rational and sober state at all times.

He must make himself awake. If he is too tired, he will rely on external forces. Cold wind is one of the external forces.

The prince soon arrived outside the Donghunting Pavilion, his eyes were still red. I don’t know if it was because of hatred or because of crying. When the two of them met again, the atmosphere was a bit strange. No one spoke first. The prince saluted respectfully. The emperor waved his hand and signaled, and then there was no communication again.

The wind was a little loud, maybe because the room was too quiet.

"Do you hate me?"

The emperor suddenly asked.

The prince suddenly raised his head and looked at the emperor, opened his mouth but said nothing.

The emperor reached out to the teacup in front of him and stopped in the air. He didn't wait for the prince's answer, but he knew the answer, but in fact he knew it.

"I know that I actually have a great responsibility for your fault today. We father and son have never talked seriously once. Before in the Eastern Palace, you said you wanted to fight me. You also said that people in the world hate your mother and you don't hate them. If people in the world don't help her, you can help her. I was only angry at that time..."

The emperor looked at the blank imperial decree on the table with a few drops of ink.

"I have already written an order to abolish your position as crown prince, but I cannot write it."

The emperor looked at the prince: "I suddenly realized that over the years, I have always been a cold-eyed attitude towards your growth. First of all, I was wrong. I did not fulfill my responsibility as a father. Your mother... treated you well, far more than I did to you. Later, I woke up but didn't tell you this because I felt that the men of the Li family would always understand the truth more than other people's children."

After the emperor said these few words, the prince's face turned a little red. This was the first time in many years that such words were said from his father. He felt a little incredible, a little ridiculous, and even a little pitiful.

His eyes were redder than when he just came in, and his eyes were slightly wet.

"Father."

The prince knelt down: "Since the father wants to talk to the son minister with heart, the son minister also has a lot of things he wants to say to the father, but..."

He shook his head: "I just thought that my father probably didn't have time to listen to my ministers about this. My father was always so busy. Da Ning was so big that my father couldn't have time to spare. Moreover, my ministers were a little unwilling to say these words, so I couldn't say them even more. Today, my ministers want to say, my father, please listen to my ministers finish their words."

The emperor nodded: "Today I will do nothing, I will talk to you."

The prince was lying on the ground, as if he didn't dare to look at the emperor's eyes, and he seemed to be unwilling to look at the ground. He looked down at the ground, silent, as if he was sorting out his words, and as if he was regretting.

After a long time, the prince let out a long breath.

"Father, I have never thought of passing the throne of Daning to my sons, right?"

The emperor's expression was stunned. Although he did think so, when the prince asked in person, he still didn't know how to answer.

"The father doesn't need to answer, because

I know the answer for my son.”

The crown prince still did not look up: "My son knows that the ability of the father is far from his father. If he asked me to choose, he might not choose himself... There is a saying that the father may not believe it, but what Mr. said was heartfelt. It was not recently that the father did not want to pass the throne to his son. I guessed it at least a few years ago, but why did the son still fight?"

The prince raised his head and looked at the emperor: "Because the father did not tell the sons directly, because the sons felt that they were not ashamed of their mother's teachings, and the mother hoped that the sons would do it, so the sons would work hard to do it. If the sons were not knowledgeable enough, they would try their best to learn to satisfy the fathers. But the sons knew that some abilities were not born with, and even if they studied hard in the future, they would not have them."

He paused: "Kerchen just was unwilling to give up."

The emperor was silent, without any expression, because he could not express anything.

"If the father scolded the son minister hard today, he would probably feel relieved... Because such a father is a real father, his mother has never beat the son minister, and his father has not, but his son minister does not feel happy and satisfied."

The emperor sighed long: "Lai Cheng is right."

The prince looked at the emperor, and the emperor explained: "I have asked Lai Cheng to chat for a while after I came back from you. Lai Cheng said, of course, I have to teach you a lesson if my son is disobedient. If he doesn't point out the wrong things, what can I do if I don't point out the wrong things? So I thought for a long time before I asked Dai Fangzhou to call you over."

The prince's shoulder trembled slightly: "The son minister has been waiting. In the contemporary era, he sent a boat to the East Palace and said, "When Your Majesty asked you to get over, the son minister is happy, really happy, because when the father said the three words "Get over", he has a son minister in his heart, and he values ​​the son minister very seriously."

He crawled on the ground again: "Father, my son knows that he is wrong."

The emperor let out a long breath and his eyes were slightly moist.

"I have said a long time ago that the Li family's children will not be that bad."

"Do you want to destroy me."

The prince took a deep breath and said in a very relieved tone: "The son-in-law will explain everything to everyone, and the son-in-law will also kneel down to beg for the forgiveness of Concubine Yi... The son-in-law did not be a son or a eldest brother, and the son-in-law was not worthy of being the crown prince anymore. After the father left the Eastern Palace, he thought for a long time and finally made up his mind. The son-in-law wanted to leave Chang'an and give the position of the crown prince to his second brother Changye. He is more capable and courageous than the son-in-law. He is the most suitable person."

The prince looked at the emperor's eyes and said word by word: "Abolish all the power of the titles of my sons. I left Chang'an as a commoner. My son knew his shortcomings and his despicableness. Only studying abroad can broaden my horizons and only studying abroad can make a thorough understanding. My sons want to take a walk in the world of our Daning. If one day I come back, I feel that I can really let go and will do my best to assist Changye."

The emperor's hands were trembling slightly, very light but very fast.

"you......"

Before he could say anything, the prince had already kowtowed: "Father, please help me. Tomorrow, the minister will apologize in front of all civil and military officials, and will apologize in front of Concubine Yi. I only ask the father to keep this guilty body for the minister to reform. If the minister feels that he cannot really let go, the minister will not return to Chang'an."

His forehead was pressed against the ground: "I was suddenly very scared and regretful, I didn't

If you set a decent example for Changye, you must let Changye know that this is wrong. If your father does not deal with him, it will make Changye feel that it is okay to make a mistake. The minister is no longer qualified to take charge of Daning, and you cannot let Changye know whether it is right or wrong."

The emperor was silent, his hands trembling more and more violently.

"If the father is not at ease with me, I can send three two people to take care of me. They will follow me wherever my son goes, and report my father to know everything, and you can also order me to take care of me in various prefectures and government offices where I go."

The emperor closed his eyes and waved his hand: "You go, I...real."

The prince knelt there and kowtowed three times, got up, strode away without looking back.

The emperor couldn't help but stand up and walked to the door. He vaguely hoped that the prince would look back and say a few more words, but the prince walked very quickly, as if he was escaping and hiding.

The emperor was ready to depose the prince, but he was not ready to make the request by the prince himself. At this moment, the emperor felt that he was really not worthy of being a father, and he felt like a clown.

This was the first time that the emperor felt that he was really wrong and that he was not as brave as his son to admit it.

"Release the boat on behalf of others."

The emperor shouted weakly: "The old dean entered the palace."

Dai Fangzhou, who was already scared at the door, responded quickly. All this he had just witnessed made him feel unable to believe his eyes. As one of the closest people around the emperor, Dai Fangzhou certainly knew that His Majesty's intention was to depose the prince, but just like the emperor, if the emperor issued an order, it would be better to accept it. The prince himself said it directly and even he felt very sad.

cabinet.

Not long after, Lai Cheng knew what happened in the East Warehouse just now. After all, the cabinet was so close to the East Warehouse. After Dai Fangzhou went to issue the imperial edict, he hurried over and said to Lai Cheng. Lai Cheng pondered for a moment, gave a few words, then got up and walked towards the East Warehouse. His Majesty asked him to go home to accompany his family, but Lai Cheng did not leave. The cabinet was complicated. As the chief minister, how could he leave just by saying that?

Hearing the footsteps, the emperor knew that Lai Cheng was coming, but he didn't look up and pointed to the chair opposite: "I really feel that I was wrong this time and cannot forgive me... Nagasawa is a person who can teach him, but I didn't teach him well. I know that it was too late to reflect. Dai Fangzhou's mouth was too fast. He must have told you what happened just now... Lai Cheng, don't persuade me anything. That was the decision made by Nagasawa himself. You, have a drink with me."

"yes."

The invader leaned over: "I am also greedy for wine."

The emperor looked at Dai Fangzhou with a panic look on his face: "The old dean will come here soon. If you ask someone to prepare hot pot, you need white tofu that the old dean likes, green bamboo shoots that Lai Cheng likes to eat, and......"

The emperor was silent.

He originally blurted out that he wanted to have the small crispy meat that Nagaze also liked to eat, but he didn't say it. Every time he and the old dean and others had a plate of small crispy meat in hot pot, he would remember that Li Changze was still a toddler and was chewing on it. However, he never told anyone that it was what Li Changze liked to eat.

How old was he at that time?

The emperor sat there silently, and Lai Cheng also fell silent.

"Little crispy meat."
Chapter completed!