Liu Dingben still raised his head and stared at Chen Mu quietly as before.
"Can we come out and chat?"
Chen Mu was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse: "It's cold outside. If you have anything to say, come inside and say it."
Chen Mu didn't dare to ask him to go out alone late at night. Now he couldn't believe the prince anymore.
Once inside the house, Chen Muping retreated from the two Qianjun soldiers, and then said calmly: "Your Highness, what's the matter?"
Under the candlelight, looking at Liu Ding now, it was hard to see any pride on his face. It was full of sadness. I think the fact that his father was about to die was a big blow to him.
She sat on the chair and kept fiddling with her fingers. After a while, she heard him say: "If I say that everyone wants to harm you now, only I, Liu Ding, have never thought that Puyang went to assassinate you and it was not my master.
Shi, do you believe it or not?"
Hearing this, Chen Mu was stunned for a moment, but soon recovered.
"If Your Highness wants to talk about this, please come back."
Liu Ding gave a wry smile, and then didn't mention the matter again: "I'm here to ask for your help. Because of our friendship in the past, I ask you to help me."
Chen Mu was noncommittal: "Please speak."
"My father is about to die soon. Although I am the heir to the throne, my mother has already taken away all the power. Even if I ascend to the throne in the future, I am afraid that I will just be a puppet on strings for the rest of my life, interfering in the affairs of the harem. This is my father's fault."
The emperor doesn’t want to see it.”
Upon hearing these words, Chen Mu immediately thought about what they meant, but he still asked: "What do you want me to help you with?"
Liu Ding's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Lead the army northward, and Qingjun will be on your side!"
I have seen the words "royal ruthlessness" in many books, but when Chen Mu was exposed to it, he could feel how profound the word "merciless" must be!
For power, the father and son hired an outsider to kill their wife and mother.
If this person is really just an animal, all etiquette, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are just a fig leaf to cover up human nature.
After pondering for a long time, Chen Mu said in a deep voice: "There are also many troops in the Longxia Frontier Fortress. Why did you and His Majesty the Emperor choose to look for me?"
This is what Chen Mu is really curious about. Who among the top officials in the imperial court today does not say that he intends to plot against the Longxia Dynasty?
Leading the army to the Qing Dynasty's side in Beijing, we can see that through the ages, too many generals have quelled the chaos and then sat on the throne of the emperor.
For such a crucial matter as Qing Junzhi, Chen Mu believed that anyone could do it, but he would never be an option.
As for Liu Ding, he shook his head with confusion, and then just said: "Father... wants to see you. I believe you can get the answer from him."
After that, Liu Ding stood up and walked to the door, then looked back at Chen Mu: "I'm leaving. If... you still trust me, just follow me."
In the end, Chen Mu couldn't resist the doubts in his heart and followed him.
It was early spring, but the cold wind was still biting at night. Silent all the way, Chen Mu quietly followed Liu Ding, and soon arrived in front of the emperor's palace.
The candlelight in the room was sparse, and even though I hadn't entered the door, I could hear a few coughs from the old man.
When he opened the door and walked in, he saw the old emperor dressed in white silk leaning back on the edge of the bed.
He was already old, and now that he was suffering from this illness, his appearance became even more haggard and tense.
"Chen Mu, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
The old emperor slowly turned his head and said feebly: "Ahem! King Shuchuan dares to come...how brave he is."
"Your Majesty called me to come, so I dare not disobey."
"Stop talking nonsense and come here."
The old emperor patted Chen Mu's hand and then smiled slightly: "Are you still wondering why I would leave such an important matter to you?"
Chen Mu couldn't hide it at all: "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of luring a wolf into your house?"
As soon as these words came out, the old emperor smiled instead of being angry: "When a person is about to die, he has figured out everything. Even without you, Chen Mu, the country would have been in chaos sooner or later. This time you have
The world's food, but you didn't take advantage of this to rebel. If your guess is correct, you should be taking care of Japan, right?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Mu's face suddenly froze. He had always thought that the old emperor was an out-and-out fool, but he didn't expect that he actually saw the world's pattern so thoroughly.
"I'm actually not as unbearable as you think, I'm just a bit cowardly, cough! It's precisely for this reason that I chose you. Today, this dynasty does need people like you, but can you
Promise me something?"
Chen Mu said nothing and just nodded lightly.
The old emperor glanced at Liu Ding, and then said slowly: "Even if you have ambitions and want to control the entire world,... can you just be a powerful minister and wait until the end... to return the world to my Liu family?"
When he said this, the old emperor was already using a very pleading tone. He was too helpless now. If this hanging dynasty fell into the hands of Empress Du, it would soon be destroyed.
If he wanted to regain the imperial power and let Liu Ding secure the throne, the old emperor knew that he had to rely on Chen Mu, but he also knew that Chen Mu would not be willing to be controlled by others, so he had to take the first step back.
From now on, the world will be in the hands of Chen Mu, but when Chen Mu walks into the loess, please return the world to the hands of Liu.
But this approach is nothing more than treating a dead horse as a living horse.
This time, Chen Mu did not refuse. If he could truly monopolize the power of the world, why would he bother to plan a rebellion?
It can be seen that if there is a special order from the emperor, no one will stop the Shu army from arriving outside Weiyang Palace.
"If your majesty is trustworthy, I will be obliged to do so."
The old emperor waved his hand: "Go down, I don't have much time left, I want to say a few more words to Ding'er."
Chen Mu nodded, and then stepped back lightly.
As for now, only the father and son are left in the huge palace.
The old emperor reluctantly stood up, stroked Liu Ding's cheek, and said with a mocking smile: "Both your mother and I are both tall and tall. Look at you, the majestic prince, you are thin and short. From now on... don't take that medicine anymore."
If you take it, it will harm your body."
Liu Ding's pupils suddenly shrank!
"Father...Father, do you know?"
This news can be described as a shock. After all, I have been hiding this matter since I was born. Apart from my mother, there is no way that anyone else will know!
Furthermore, since the father knew this, why... did he pass the throne to himself?
The old emperor seemed to hear Liu Ding's thoughts, and he sighed leisurely: "How could the father not tell whether his child is a boy or a girl? As for the throne... I can only say that I prefer it. I have seen you like this since I was a child.
Girl, I always feel like I can’t see enough..."
But before the old emperor finished speaking, Liu Ding could no longer control his emotions, threw himself into the old emperor's arms, and burst into tears.
Now there is no supreme emperor, only a dying old father.
Liu Ding had already burst into tears. It was not until tonight that he truly realized what father's love was. In the cold dynasty, love was something too lacking.
She just thought, how nice would it be if time just stopped?
But at the end, the old emperor just sighed leisurely: "If you are a man, please step back. I am... really tired now."