When Concubine Wan Gui stood beside the emperor, she still felt that the emperor was not that close to her.
Even if she leaves Geling this time, no matter where she goes, the emperor and her are almost always together.
But she knew very well that as long as the emperor was still working hard for the world, and as long as the day he was looking forward to had not yet arrived, he would never belong to her alone.
He is still the emperor of the world, the emperor of Dayu, and the future.
He had traveled to many places with her, and all he cared about was her.
However, she could clearly feel that every breath that the emperor was with her was actually still thinking about state affairs and his unfinished great cause.
"Your Majesty, if you want to go back, we can go back at any time."
Concubine Wan Gui said in a very soft voice, the tenderness in every word was her only favor and love for the emperor.
She used to be such a proud person. It didn't mean that there was no man in the whole world who could like her, but that there was no man in the whole world who could get into her heart.
That year, her father tried his best, even threatening her with her mother, and finally forced her to come to the Emperor's side. Her first thought was to rescue her mother and leave this so-called home.
That day, the emperor had a rare drink and talked a lot with her.
The Emperor said, I know why you came to me. In the eyes of others, I am a god that they cannot see. It is not even unattainable, because they can't even look at me.
But I know that in your eyes, I am just a foolish king who does not care about death. I see my shadow in your eyes through your eyes.
That day, the emperor chatted with her from night to early morning. She didn't say a few words at first, but later on, she talked more and more.
A person as arrogant as her would not fall in love with that man just because of a conversation, even if he was the emperor, even if he was really different.
The Emperor said, I know why your father worked so hard to get you to come to me.
I just hope that when you are by my side, you can look at it carefully, and if you are willing, think about it carefully.
I hope you can give me some time and don't rush to kill me, whether in terms of life or reputation.
Wait until you see clearly what I want to do, then think about what you want to do.
From that day on, the emperor never came to see her again.
And she never took the initiative to find the emperor. She just lived in the slightly cold palace. She began to get to know the emperor seriously and guess what the emperor would eventually do.
At this moment, on the wall of this small city she had heard of before, when she looked at him again with eyes full of curiosity, those beautiful eyes had long since lost their curiosity, only feeling distressed.
.
"I said I would accompany you, but I'm just sorry for you because I was half-hearted in accompanying you this time."
The emperor looked at the mountains not far away and sounded calm, but in fact, she could hear the guilt in his words.
The emperor said: "Since I became the emperor, what I want to do has never changed."
He said: "But you also know that no matter how many things I do, how many people I kill, how many evils I destroy, or how many chronic diseases I cure, for this two-hundred-year-old Dayu, I am only treating the symptoms but not the root cause."
"I must be a lunatic... What I want to do has never been thought of by any emperor since ancient times, including those emperors who are called ancestors. At most, they can only achieve it."
When the emperor said this, he let out a heavy breath.
"In your eyes, am I crazy?"
The emperor turned his head and looked at Concubine Wan Gui.
Before Concubine Wan Gui could answer, the Emperor continued: "Am I stubborn? No... I am paranoid or arrogant."
Concubine Wan Gui hesitated for a moment and then nodded.
The emperor then smiled: "Yes, I am just a lunatic. How can anyone be so cruel to his country?"
Concubine Wan Gui nodded again and said: "Yes...Since the beginning of history, there has never been any emperor as crazy as your Majesty."
Her answer is yes.
"Your Majesty is a madman."
The emperor smiled, so relieved.
Concubine Wan Gui held the emperor's arm and stood beside him, accompanying him to look at this small city and lonely mountain that suddenly appeared in their lives.
He is the emperor, she is the noble concubine, everything in this great jade river and mountain seems to be a part of their lives, but as long as they have not met, it seems that they should not be theirs.
Everything you know but haven't met has nothing to do with you until you meet it.
Even if it is the beauty that you like and is as beautiful as a fairy, it is the majestic country that you long for.
"I can't go back. Even if I accompany you out this time, I still can't concentrate on you, but you know that my health is really not that good."
The emperor said: "If I wait any longer and wait until I can accompany you wholeheartedly, I might not be here anymore... So, please forgive me for my half-heartedness. This trip is not perfect, but after all
Had."
Concubine Wan Gui's hand held his arm a little harder than before.
The emperor let out a long breath again. In the cold mountains, the breath seemed to float far away.
"I think back on everything I have done in the past twenty years, and every game I have laid, is just to prepare for the final battle. I can take out every design and every situation individually. In fact, I
I’m quite satisfied.”
The Emperor said: "But I have never thought about letting future generations know clearly what I have done. In terms of my status, I have no need to let them know anything. In terms of their status,
There is no need for them to know anything. Most ordinary people can just enjoy the peace and tranquility in the future."
He turned his head to look at Concubine Wan Gui and said seriously: "But I must let you see with your own eyes what I have done."
Concubine Wan Gui laughed and said: "Because if a man does something particularly naughty, but the woman he loves fails to see it, that will definitely be the biggest regret in life..."
The emperor smiled and said: "When I was young, I would ride a horse and put on a more handsome posture for girls to see."
Concubine Wan Gui asked with a smile: "Which girl has ever seen His Majesty when he was young and vigorous?"
The emperor said: "You know."
Concubine Wan Gui asked: "I know? Which one?"
The emperor said: "The one my father married."
Concubine Wan Gui suddenly remembered that the girl who was recruited into the harem was probably the first time the emperor had a crush on a girl.
But she never asked about this girl.
"and after?"
She suddenly wanted to ask today, although she also knew that there would be no answer to this question, because even the emperor didn't know how that girl was doing now.
"Later..."
The emperor let out a heavy breath again.
It was because of this reaction that Concubine Wan Gui suddenly realized that the girl who was just a flash in the pan actually had a place in the emperor's heart.
Only then did she suddenly realize that what the master had said to her turned out to be true.
Master said that when love is first awakened, it will fade away, be forgotten, and pass, but it will not disappear. It will live in the corner intermittently. Every time you think about it occasionally, it is the evidence that you are alive. It will live as long as you live.
She waited for what the emperor would say next, but the emperor just said "Later" and then fell silent, as if he had a lot to say, and as if every word actually related to him, so it was okay not to say anything.
But today, Concubine Wan Gui looked particularly curious.
She asked further: "Your Majesty, why didn't you say anything?"
The emperor smiled and said: "Later I discovered that she had never been clear about it for a moment."
Concubine Wan Gui's heart moved.
"Sometimes I think about it, it's actually quite fun. At that time, I thought I was showing off something in front of her because I liked her."
"Later I thought carefully about whether I liked her. You know, I am a person who will think seriously about anything no matter what."
Concubine Wan Gui nodded, of course she knew that no one understood the emperor's character and conduct better than she did.
The emperor continued: "The answer I finally came up with is... I may regard her as a mother or a eldest sister, but it is definitely not the kind of love between a man and a woman."
Concubine Wan Gui asked: "So when the late Emperor wanted her to enter the palace, His Majesty did not stop her?"
The Emperor said: "I didn't stop you because the late emperor once talked with me about this matter. He said, son, father must let you understand a truth now. What you want to protect but cannot protect is your weakness."
Concubine Wan Gui felt nervous.
"He is indeed not a good emperor, nor a good father, but he spent half his life trying to make ends meet and survive, trying hard to teach me something..."
"The late emperor said that for her, you don't know what you want, whether it is a wife or a sister, but for her, you have shown that you care about her at this time, which is to put her in front of her.
in front of your fierce enemies."
The Emperor sighed: "That's when I realized that when I was weak and powerless, even caring about someone could become a means for the enemy to threaten me."
Concubine Wan Gui lowered her head, feeling a little unspeakably sad.
"Think about it, I really don't care about her that much, but the late emperor used her to teach me a lesson. If the late emperor hadn't recruited her into the harem, she would have lived a miserable life...
"
Speaking of this, the emperor looked at Concubine Wan Gui and said: "Can you imagine it? The emperor of Dayu wants to protect a maid, but he has to give her a place in the palace..."
For some reason, Concubine Wan Gui asked again: "What happened next?"
The Emperor said: "Later, her father quietly arranged for her to leave the palace and stay away from Geling. She no longer had to feel the sinister hearts of those who had nothing to do with her. She later got married, and they should be in love with each other."
Concubine Wan Gui could understand from this sentence that the emperor really wanted to protect her, because at that time, whenever the emperor mentioned his thoughts about a certain person to others, that person would become a weapon for those people to deal with the emperor.
"She is older than His Majesty?"
"Bigger."
"Then she should have a house full of children and grandchildren."
"Yes, we should have had children and grandchildren long ago."
Having said this, the emperor turned his head and looked at Concubine Wan Gui: "If my health were better, then at my current age, I should be full of children and grandchildren."