"What don't you understand? What do you need to know? If I want to hear about military and state affairs, I will naturally go to those ministers. The reason why I want to listen to you is that I want to hear about things that are far away from the country and the emperor.
topic."
Mingzhu thought for a while, but still didn't know what to say. The main reason was that she didn't dare to speak casually for fear of exposing her flaws. Finally, the emperor started to ask her:
"Where do you live? Your family must be quite poor, right?"
"Yes." Mingzhu decided to blame Tang Lizi's life experience on herself, "My family is just outside Chang'an, and my family is very poor."
"Then you entered the palace and became a palace maid?" the emperor asked absently.
Mingzhu understood. It seemed that the emperor didn't know her origin at all. He thought she was a maid beside the queen and had just been chosen to serve as a bedchamber, so she took advantage of the situation and said:
"right."
"Who else is in your family?"
"There is only my mother. And she is very ill." Mingzhu didn't know why she told the emperor this. Maybe it was because from the first time she saw the emperor, she felt that he was also an unfortunate person.
Therefore, I felt a deep sympathy for the emperor and wanted to share my misfortune.
"Really? What kind of disease is it?" The emperor seemed to be moved by Mingzhu's miserable appearance, and finally stopped wandering as before and focused his attention on Mingzhu.
Mingzhu shook her head gently:
"I don't know, but it's difficult to cure."
Although what Mingzhu said was unclear, the emperor easily accepted her words, because this was in ancient times, and the medical level was very underdeveloped, so people often got strange diseases and died inexplicably.
So the emperor didn't ask anything, but nodded sympathetically:
"Birth, old age, illness and death are all God's will. Mortals like us cannot resist these things. As a daughter, you just need to fulfill your filial piety."
Mingzhu responded softly and wiped the tears from her eyes with her sleeves.
The emperor asked again:
"But once you enter the palace, it will be difficult to visit your mother again, right?"
Mingzhu was stunned for a moment, then remembered that once a woman became the emperor, she could no longer enter and exit the palace at will, so she quickly said:
"Oh, yes."
The emperor sighed:
"Actually, I think this kind of thing is a bit unreasonable. Women who marry into the private sector can still go back to their parents' home, but girls who marry into the palace can't even go back to their parents' home. But this is a royal rule, and I don't do it either.
The solution. Let's do this. Tomorrow I will send someone to bring the royal doctors to your home to see if they can cure your mother's disease. The royal doctors are always better than those ordinary quack doctors."
This time Mingzhu was really stunned. She really didn't expect that the emperor would say such words. She looked at the emperor for a while and then remembered that she should be grateful, so she quickly said:
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor waved his hand:
"This is a small effort for me, but it saves your mother's life, and for your family, it prevents a family from being destroyed. Of course, this kind of thing should be done. But I'm worried that the imperial doctor will also treat it.
It’s not good for your mother’s illness.”
Mingzhu looked at the emperor, not knowing what to say for a moment. Of course the emperor couldn't really save her mother, because her mother was in modern times, and if everything went well, this man wouldn't survive tomorrow. But she didn't know why.
, now Mingzhu's determination to kill the emperor has wavered, because she discovered that the emperor is not actually a bad person.
The emperor poured himself another glass of wine, drank it in one gulp, and then asked as if talking to himself:
"Your mother must be very nice to you, right?"
"Well, okay." Mingzhu replied, "My mother has always treated me very well, but I was disobedient when I was a child and always made my mother sad. Later, I grew up and became sensible, but my mother..." Mingzhu suddenly felt sad.
, choked with sadness.
The emperor raised his head, looked deeply at Mingzhu, and after a while he said:
"Don't be sad. I also have a daughter, so I can understand your mother's thoughts. As long as she knows that you have grown up and become sensible, she will be happier than anything else." The emperor's voice became lower and lower. It seemed that he
She seemed even sadder than Mingzhu, "Besides, your mother is luckier than me, because you will think that your mother is good to you, but my daughter doesn't think that I am good at all."
"How could it be? You are very kind to the princess." Mingzhu said, because she really felt that the emperor was very kind to Princess Anle and simply obeyed his words.
The emperor shook his head sadly:
"My daughter is just the opposite of you. When we were suffering in the past, she thought I was good to her, because at that time I gave her all the good things in the family. But after I became the emperor, I obviously gave her more things.
More, but she became more and more dissatisfied with me and became more and more dissatisfied with me. She even had a big fight with me today because I didn't agree to hand over the entire country to her!" The emperor punched her hard.
On the table, the anger and helplessness in my heart were obvious.
No matter how you look at the current emperor, he is a mentally and physically exhausted father who is tortured by his ineffective children. Mingzhu couldn't bear it, so she bit the bullet and comforted:
"Your Majesty, don't worry, she will be fine when the princess is older." In fact, Mingzhu herself didn't believe such lies, but she really couldn't find anything else to say.
It seemed that the emperor didn't believe her. He just drank another glass of wine and changed the topic:
"Mingzhu, do you think I am a good emperor?"
"Ah? Of course." Mingzhu blurted out. There seemed to be only one standard answer to this kind of question.
But after hearing her answer, the emperor just shook his head tiredly:
"I know you will say this, but in fact I know very well that I am not a good emperor."
Mingzhu did not dare to answer the words, but just lowered his head and listened. These words seemed to have been piling up in the emperor's heart for a long time. He also needed to find time to find someone to talk to, so he ignored Mingzhu's expression and kept talking.
Up:
"Not everyone can be the emperor. I have always wanted to be a good emperor. Especially because I have lived among the people, so I understand the sufferings of the people better than other royal families. I once thought that I must be a good emperor."
We must build the country well so that all people can live a safe and happy life. But when I actually sat on the dragon throne, I realized that I did not have the ability. The ministers kept it from me and did not tell me the truth.
situation, but I know that the country is not governed well now, and the people do not think that I am a good emperor!" He suddenly sighed deeply, "I am really afraid that the Tang Dynasty will be ruined.
In my hand."
Mingzhu was really horrified. She really didn't expect that the emperor would have these thoughts. It seemed that he was not a foolish emperor, but just lacking in ability. And if a person can understand his shortcomings so thoroughly and have repentance,
Heart, this is already very rare.
The emperor said again:
"Many times, I think that it might be a good thing if I die earlier, because then I can naturally hand over the throne to others."
"You can also hand over the throne to someone else now!" Mingzhu blurted out, and a bold plan had been formed in her mind. She had to find a way to persuade the emperor to abdicate, so that the emperor would not have to die. Although he was not a good person
Emperor, but he is a good man, and good men should not die in vain!
"Give the throne to someone else?" the emperor whispered.
"Yes, abdication of the throne has been a tradition since ancient times. Since you no longer want to be the emperor, why not give the throne to a capable person? In this way, you no longer have to bear this burden, and the country will also
It can be managed, and maybe the conflicts between you and the princess will disappear naturally." Mingzhu said quickly.
The emperor stared at the pearl thoughtfully:
"I didn't expect that you, a little girl, know a lot. Then have you ever thought about who I will hand over the throne to?"
Mingzhu didn't dare to talk nonsense now, she deliberately looked confused:
"I don't know about this. Anyway, just leave it to someone who is suitable to be an emperor."
The emperor nodded:
"I have had this idea before, but once I expressed my intention to abdicate, the queen asked me to hand over the throne to her, and the princess asked me to hand over the throne to her. In fact, neither of them can be the emperor.
, but they just insist on doing it!”
Mingzhu suddenly said:
"Then you simply don't discuss it with them and make your own decision."
The emperor's expression suddenly became decisive:
"Perhaps it's time for me to make a decision. I'd rather lose my wife and daughter than the Tang Dynasty!"
Mingzhu felt happy. If the emperor could really decide like this, then all problems would be solved. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from outside the door:
"Princess Anle has arrived."
Mingzhu panicked, but before she could react, Princess Anle had already walked in. She was all dressed up in a beautiful dress, as if she had specially dressed up for the crime that was about to happen tonight.
"Father." Anle stepped forward and bowed to the emperor.
The emperor looked at her:
"Your Majesty, why are you here?"
"I know your father is here to drink tonight, so I came here specifically to accompany him." Anle said, holding up a small wine bottle in his hand, "Father, this is a good thing I brought specially for you.
Please give the emperor a taste of the wine." As Anle spoke, he poured a glass for the emperor and held it in front of him.
At this time, the eunuch's exclamation suddenly came from outside: