Although spring has come now, the coldness has not subsided at all. Especially the imperial mausoleum located at the foot of the Western Mountain is even colder than other places.
The former empress, now the empress dowager Lin Di, has been waiting here since the day the late emperor Minghui was buried in the imperial mausoleum.
All day long, she had simple meals, meditated and chanted sutras, kept filial piety for the late emperor, and prayed for Lan Yu's common people. The aura of the past had all disappeared. Today, Lin Di does not feel like a lofty empress dowager, but more like a person who devotes himself to practicing Buddhism.
people.
The gray gown, worn on his thin body, made his figure even more frail at this time.
He had his hands closed, holding a string of Buddhist beads and chanting Buddhist sutras softly. A man walked in from outside the door and stood beside him. Lin Di didn't even open his eyes, so he just said:
"I am not hungry at the moment. If I am later, I will tell you. Please step back first!"
After he finished speaking, the person standing next to him didn't make any movement and was still standing beside him quietly. Lin Di couldn't help but feel a little confused, so he opened his eyes.
When he saw the person standing in front of him, someone he had never expected to appear, he couldn't help but show a hint of surprise on his face, but it only disappeared in an instant.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Tianshang, the third child, bowed to Lin Di.
"Of course I came here to visit my father!" Lin Di looked at Xiao Tianshang quietly for a while, then looked away and replied calmly:
"Thank you for your concern. Everything is fine with me!"
After saying that, he stopped talking to Xiao Tianshang and slowly closed his eyes again. As soon as Xiao Tianshang came, he met such a cold face as Lin Di. It seemed that he had expected it, so he didn't feel strange or surprised at all.
"Father, it is now cold and cold at the foot of the Western Mountain, and the houses that have been repaired are very simple and cannot keep out the cold. I see that you are so thin and haggard now, and I am really worried. Is this what you call good?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Di put down the Buddhist beads in his hand and looked calmly at Xiao Tianshang who was standing in front of him.
"Then I would like to ask King Jingkang, what does it mean to be good? Could it be that living in the palace and living a life of fine clothes and fine food, then that is called good?"
Xiao Tian Shang did not expect that Lin Di would ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment, and then said after a moment:
"That's not what I mean, I mean..."
"Prince Jingkang, you don't have to beat around the bush with me here. You only need to tell me the purpose of your coming here today. I will definitely not simply think that you came here specifically to visit me!
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Although he has been low-key and restrained in recent days and no longer interferes with the affairs of the previous dynasty, it does not mean that he has become stupid. After Xiao Tianshang heard this, he met Lin Di's eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything, and he suddenly felt like he had seen through everything.
Feel.
"My father is indeed a cheerful person. In this case, I will no longer have to deal with my father and my son here. My father should have been at the head of the middle palace and enjoy his old age in the palace, but the emperor is narrow-minded. Because in the past
I have some issues with you, so I have arranged for you to guard the tomb of the late emperor. The people who have always guarded the tomb of the late emperor were all the side princes in the harem. When will it be the turn of the emperor and empress to do this in person? It shows how narrow-minded his heart is.
Father, how unfair you are!"
Xiao Tianshang said this with a look of indignation on his face, but Lin Di curled his lips and smiled.
"Oh? What do you want to do?" Xiao Tianshang's expression changed, he knelt on the ground and said seriously:
"So I kindly ask my father not to stay here cowardly anymore. It's time to go out."
Lin Di still had a cold and indifferent expression, but he was already laughing in his heart. Is he another person who is greedy for power and does not know how high the sky is?
"Come out of the mountain?" He seemed to be asking Xiao Tianshang, but more importantly, he was asking himself, and then he smiled helplessly.
"Why do I come out of the palace at this time? Although the conditions in the palace are indeed much better than this, and it is true that I can spend my old age in peace, but is there the late emperor there? No. Since there is no late emperor, what does it matter if I go there? I mean, wouldn't it be better to stay here with the late Emperor and talk to her when you have free time?"
Xiao Tianshang was stunned. She really didn't expect that Lin Di would answer her like this, and she never thought that the affection between Lin Di and the late emperor was so deep.
"Also, you are wrong. It is not that the emperor is narrow-minded and wants me to come to guard the mausoleum, but I came here voluntarily. As for the reason, when you have someone you truly love, wait until one day he suddenly leaves you. If you go, you will definitely understand why you are here today. I know it clearly in my heart. After more than half a year of self-cultivation, I have understood a lot of truths. People, please remember to know how to behave yourself, and don’t aim too high and peep. Other people’s things, because they don’t belong to you, no matter how hard you try, even if you lose your life, it’s still in vain! It’s wise to turn back as soon as possible before anything happens!”
Xiao Tianshang, who was originally kneeling on the ground, stared at Lin Di for a long time with the eyes of a monster, and finally stood up from the ground with a sneer, his eyes full of contempt and disdain.
"Haha... I have never been able to figure out why my father and empress guarded the late emperor's tomb so unconcerned with worldly affairs. Now it seems that the former ambitious empress followed the late emperor's Bintian. Let's go. What I see in front of my son now is just a timid and fearful person with no ambitions and only knows how to copy scriptures and recite Buddha's name..."
After saying this, she paused, as if she still couldn't resolve her hatred, and said fiercely:
"Forget it, I thought that I was mistaken and thought that my father would revive the country for the sake of Lan Yu's country and the people's future. Now it seems that I think highly of you, my father. ...Since my father needs absolute silence, I will not disturb your purity anymore. I will retire..."
After saying that, he turned around and started to walk out. As soon as he took a step, Lin Di said:
"Prince Jingkang, don't blame me for not reminding you that Xiao Tiange is the destined emperor, and he is not something ordinary people like us can fight against. At that time, I had everything ready, so I just had to do it myself. However, because of the late emperor's words, The words awakened me. The late emperor told me, when you gain everything, but lose the most precious and beloved person in your life, even if you become the most powerful person in Lan Yu Kingdom, so what? , you are destined to no longer be happy, let alone happy, for the rest of your life. Today, I will tell you the words of the late emperor, and I hope you will take care of yourself!"
Xiao Tianshang was just slightly startled for a moment, then smiled and said:
"The things that my son and his father value are completely different. I believe that after having the highest position of power in the world, it will be very easy to want anything else. By then, whether it is power, money, or a beautiful man, my son will All the ministers will have it, and they no longer need to be controlled by anyone, so they can truly achieve the supreme status of the Ninth Five-Year Plan!"
Lin Di lowered his eyes when he heard this and said calmly: