By the lake, Mu Jingnan was holding one hand behind his back, looking at the sparkling sleep on the lake, with a dark light in his deep eyes. Listening to the footsteps approaching behind him, he pursed his thin lips and said nothing.
Looking at the man in the light blue brocade robe in front of him, Mu Yangtian couldn't help but darken his expression. He vaguely remembered when the little boy who only reached his waist had grown into a taller man.
Is he still tall and straight enough to be a man of his own?
And the most important thing is that he is no longer the little boy who would lie in his arms and cry when he was wronged. The distance between him and him is getting farther and farther.
Mu Yangtian's handsome face became increasingly sad. He closed his eyes slightly and whispered, "Could it be that you really don't want to call me father again?"
The wind blew slowly, and the words seemed to be blown away in the air. There was a long silence.
Mu Yangtian smiled bitterly, as expected, he still refused to forgive him. Even though he knew the truth of what happened back then, mistakes were mistakes after all. In his eyes, he was still a murderer.
Suddenly, a misty voice came from Sui Feng, with a calm tone, "What does a title mean?"
Doesn't it represent anything? Maybe to outsiders, he is an emperor who has endless glory, but who can understand the pain in his heart during those countless nights. Mu Yangtian raised his head, looked at the man in light blue brocade robe in front of him, and was about to prepare
As he spoke, at this moment, he turned around and looked at him. However, the long and narrow red phoenix eyes were full of coldness. With just one glance, he turned his head and looked away, as if looking at the person in front of him one more time made his eyes dirty.
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Mu Yangtian took a step forward, put his hands behind his back, looked at the scenery on the lake, and sighed: "I am just an ordinary father. I also hope that my children will wrap around my knees and that my father will be kind and my son will be filial." However, he has none of these. At least,
There is no such thing in his mind.
"Children? Haha..." Mu Jingnan looked away from the people beside him, with a mocking smile on his lips. He looked sharply ahead, his handsome face filled with coldness, "Aren't all your children?
By your side? As for father being kind and son being filial, the fourth prince is extremely respectful to you. Haven’t you already gotten what you want?”
Turning his head to look at Mu Jingnan, looking at his sharp eyes and his cold face, Mu Yangtian's eyes instantly dimmed and he whispered: "You know very well who I am referring to.
"
Mu Jingnan mocked and said, "Clear? Who can know the emperor's thoughts?" He turned his head to look at Mu Yangtian and said coldly, "I also thought I knew it very well, and my mother and concubine probably felt the same way, but in the end
, we were all wrong.”
"You still refuse to forgive me? What happened to your mother and concubine was not my original intention. You should know it in your heart." Mu Yangtian said loudly, a trace of sadness flashed across his face, "That year,
I killed my favorite woman and abandoned my favorite son, do you think my heart doesn't hurt?"
Are you heartbroken? Mu Jingnan raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Looking at the painful look on his face, he suddenly felt funny. He still remembered what he saw when he rushed to the imperial garden that night: his mother and concubine were lying on the ground,
A sword penetrated deeply into her heart, and the blood spilled out like running water, while his so-called father looked at her angrily and questioned her, not caring about her life or death at all. What he was eager to ask for proof was,
Did she betray him or not, and was the son she gave birth to the bastard the Queen Mother called him?
He raised his eyes and looked ahead, and said coldly: "That night, you know better than anyone else what really hurt your heart."
Mu Yangtian was stunned, his eyes were slightly closed, and his face became increasingly gloomy, "I thought, thought..." However, when he said this, he didn't know how to continue. This was the biggest mistake he had done in his life.
The thing that happened was also the thing that he regretted the most. The woman explained everything clearly before he died in pregnancy, and he realized that he was wrong, that he had misunderstood her, but he also lost her forever.
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Seeing that Mu Yangtian was silent, the sarcasm on Mu Jingnan's face became even more intense. He sneered and said, "Do you think the concubine had an affair with an outsider and gave birth to me secretly? Do you know that I really would rather I was the child of someone else and the concubine?"
." He looked at the people next to him with stern eyes, and his words were sonorous and powerful, but these words hit Mu Yangtian's heart like a heavy hammer.
Mu Yangtian's body trembled slightly and he took a few steps back unconsciously. He looked at Mu Jingnan in confusion. He actually wished that he was not his child, haha... It was really ironic. He only felt a fishy sweetness in his throat.
The taste rises.
"You killed my uncle, you killed my mother-in-law, you ruined my mother-in-law's happiness, you ruined my aunt's happiness, and almost ruined my life, ha, but to this day, maybe, I still have to thank you, if
If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be who I am today, so Your Majesty doesn't have to feel guilty, and there is nothing more to talk about between you and me." Mu Jingnan glanced at Mu Yangtian with cold eyes, turned around, and faced directly forward.
Go.
Looking at the departing figure, Mu Yangtian felt anxious and said repeatedly: "What on earth do you want me to do? What do you want me to do before you are willing to forgive me?" Perhaps it was because of his excitement that he only felt the pain in his heart.
A cramping pain hit him, and he raised his hand to touch his heart.
"You don't need to do anything, because what I want never needs to be done by others. However, speaking of this, I have discovered something very interesting recently. I would like to know if you know the truth.
, I really can’t wait to see what kind of expression it will look like. Of course, I hope that you will continue to treat me as a bastard, otherwise, I will not be used to it." As he said that, the light green figure never stopped,
Leave directly.
After hearing his last words, Mu Yangtian's handsome face turned pale. He stared at the figure that walked away decisively with wide eyes. The hand on his heart suddenly increased its strength, "Ahem..." Suddenly
He coughed, and then with a "pop..." sound, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
Princess Palace
After Concubine Rou sent Yun Yan over, she left without entering the princess palace.
In the hall, Yun Yan was sitting at the table, drinking tea, and his eyes fell on Mu Zhaoyang beside him.
Next to him, Mu Zhaoyang nervously held the teacup and lowered his head, as if he didn't dare to look into Yun Yan's eyes.
"Have you really decided?" Yun Yan put down the tea cup and looked at Mu Zhaoyang and said.
Mu Zhaoyang's expression froze, her hands shook, and the water in the tea cup splashed out. She quickly wiped her hands with her sleeves, looked up at Yun Yan beside her, and lowered her head again when she thought of what happened that night.
, what she said to her that day, she thought she would never want to see her again.
"Don't worry, I will respect your choice." Yun Yan just thought she was concerned about her thoughts and couldn't help but smile.
Hearing these words, Mu Zhaoyang was stunned, frowned slightly, bit his lip and whispered: "Father has already discussed the wedding date with Emperor Nan Yao."
"Do you believe me?" Yun Yan looked at Mu Zhaoyang and said.
His mind was shaken, Mu Zhaoyang looked at Yun Yan in astonishment, looked at her serious expression, and nodded unconsciously.
Yun Yan frowned and said in a serious voice: "If you are unwilling to marry him, I will naturally find a way to cancel your marriage."
Mu Zhaoyang was stunned again. Does she care about her so much? But...she lowered her head unconsciously again and whispered: "Why don't I want to marry him? If you marry him, you will be the queen, and you can escape.
Let’s leave this palace.”
Really? Yun Yan let out a breath, looked at Mu Zhaoyang's gloomy look, and said harmoniously: "You can think about it again. If you have an idea, come to the Sixth Prince's Mansion and tell me." As she said that, she stood up.
, "Your sixth brother is still waiting for me, I'll leave first." After saying that, he turned around and prepared to walk outside.
Seeing Yun Yan about to leave, Mu Zhaoyang also stood up. She opened her mouth, with a look of hesitation on her face, and finally said, "You disappeared that night. Sixth Brother was very worried about you."
"I know." Yunyan said.
"You don't know!" Mu Zhaoyang suddenly said loudly, she gritted her teeth, "Sixth brother always seemed indifferent to others no matter what happened, but that night, he was like a leopard on the verge of madness, full of violence.
He is angry, as if he has just come back from hell. He is trying his best to maintain his final clarity, just to find the root of his madness. And you are the root."
Yunyan Qianran said, "I know." She was not stupid, how could she not feel anything. However, this was also what she was most afraid of.
Really? Do you know? Mu Zhaoyang smiled and said nothing.
Yun Yan turned around, looked at Mu Zhaoyang and sighed: "Your mother-in-law came here with me just now, but she left without coming in. She loves you very much, and you should understand that women in the palace are lonely.
, and in those long years, the person who stayed with her and gave her all the comfort was you. Your marriage far away was not intended to stab her in the heart. No matter what decision you make, you must remember,
She is the one who loves you the most." As she said that, she turned around and walked out of the palace door.
Looking at the departing figure, Mu Zhaoyang's expression became increasingly sad. Yes, she was very willful and hurt her mother-in-law and herself. But what could she do? She stayed in this palace like this.
She always felt a little awkward when she was with her sixth brother, and she felt awkward in her heart. She had no other choice but to marry far away.
After leaving the princess palace, Yun Yan raised her eyes and saw a man in a light blue brocade robe walking towards her. She smiled slightly. Even in this bright summer, his aura was not disturbed at all. In this place
Under the sunlight, his body was also covered with a thin layer of brilliance, but today, there was a hint of solemnity between his eyebrows.
Yun Yan greeted him directly, walked up to him, took his hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go home."
Go home... Every time he heard her say this word, he would feel inexplicably relieved. Looking at the clear smile on her face, the haze in Mu Jingnan's heart also dissipated, and his handsome face became even more relaxed.
With a hint of tenderness, he said, "Okay." He held her hand and the two of them walked directly forward.
After leaving the palace, the two of them got on the carriage and returned to the Sixth Prince's Mansion. Along the way, both of them were silent. Although Yun Yan wanted to ask him how his chat with Mu Yangtian was, she remembered his cold and hard expression when she saw him just now.
Her face, she sighed, was probably not very optimistic.
"What are you thinking about?" The person next to her suddenly turned his head and looked at her and said.
Yun Yan came back to her senses and shook her head, "It's nothing." She knew he wouldn't want to mention anything related to Mu Yangtian, but as soon as she said it, she regretted it because there was one more thing she hadn't asked him about.
"It's really nothing?" Mu Jingnan raised his eyebrows, looking at Yun Yan's annoyed look, he couldn't help but smile, "Aren't you curious about what happened after I went to see Empress Dowager Gao yesterday?"