Being without a king or a father is a very serious crime, but the emperor did not say these words in a harsh and angry tone, his voice and face were full of exhaustion.
Chu Yurong raised his head: "Father, I am guilty."
Although he had just met him once not long ago, the emperor still felt a little unfamiliar when looking at this young face.
He has indeed always been a stranger to this young son.
The first time he had an impression of this child was when several eunuchs came to report in a panic, saying that the sixth prince was missing.
What a ridiculous thing it is to lose a prince. How can a prince be lost? Living in the palace, under the eyes of the emperor, although the government affairs are busy, the other princes except the prince cannot teach him personally, but they will meet with the prince every few days.
We had a meal together and one of his sons was missing. Why didn't he notice?
It turned out that he had forgotten a son.
Because the son was in poor health, he was sent out of the palace and raised in a mansion in advance.
Although the prince lived alone outside, he could not be lost. The emperor was furious and sent people to search for him. They searched all over the capital but could not find him. It was not until the iron-faced general who was preparing for war outside sent a message that the sixth prince was with him.
The sixth prince was sent back. He stood in the palace and saw the young son's face clearly for the first time.
At that time, Chu Yurong was ten years old.
The ten-year-old child knelt in the hall, kowtowed respectfully and said, "Father, I am guilty."
He then explained why he did what he did.
"My son heard that the princes and kings were disrespectful to the court, and wanted to take care of his father's worries. To take care of his father's worries requires real skills, so I went to learn the real skills from the Iron-faced General."
When the emperor thought of this, he couldn't help but smile. His son was so sensible. What father wouldn't be proud of him? Moreover, this child really relied on himself, well, and a doctor who was half dead from horseback riding to accompany him from the capital to the military camp.
Even children born among the common people at this age are rarely able to do it.
He was really surprised at the time. He thought that the child who had been born with congenital deficiencies was sick and weak. Unexpectedly, although he looked thin, he had a beautiful face that was full of energy. The half-dead doctor muttered something about himself.
How to cure diseases? His medical skills are miraculous. In short, it means that he cured the sixth prince.
Of course, he was very happy to have a healthy prince. The emperor did not bother to reprimand the young son for his boldness. After some greetings, he also rewarded the doctor with a promotion in the Imperial Hospital. Since he had recovered from the illness, the prince still had to take him back.
I wanted to live in the palace, but the doctor sternly refused.
The prince's illness seemed to be cured, but it was not cured. He also recommended a doctor. This doctor looked like a magician. He asked the emperor to choose another residence for the sixth prince after many inquiries and calculations. He promised to give the emperor a residence in three years.
The prince who recovered from his illness and no longer has any worries.
Everything was for the health of his son, so as a father he naturally did it. At the same time, he was the emperor, and the situation of the princes and kings was critical, so he could not care about this son anymore, and this son seemed to no longer exist. It was not until three years later that General Iron Mask wrote a letter
He said, "Your Majesty, please rest assured that he will take care of the Sixth Prince in the army."
The emperor stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead to relieve fatigue and stopped recalling.
"You said you were guilty at that time, and what did you do next?" He said, "It wasn't that you never committed this crime again, but that you spent three years convincing the Iron Mask General to accept you as his disciple! Chu Yurong
, do you really think you are guilty?"
Chu Yurong lowered his head: "It is a sin for my son to make my father worry and worry."
"But no matter how worried I am," the emperor said, "you have to do whatever you want to do, right? With that Chen Danzhu——"
The emperor's voice paused for a moment, he was lecturing his son, but Chen Danzhu also blurted out, and he felt angry and funny.
Isn't it? Isn't that the same thing with Chen Danzhu? Every day he starts crying that the minister is guilty, and then continues to commit crimes after crying.
"Looking at it this way, you really look like father and daughter." The emperor laughed at himself, "You and I are not at all like father and son."
This was more serious than what he said before about having no king and no father. Chu Yurong raised his head and said: "Father, my sons and ministers are actually very similar to my father. It is so difficult to solve the chaos among the princes and kings. My father never gave up.
, from a young age to now, enduring humiliation and hardship, until success, all the son wants to do is to follow his father and work hard for his father and Great Xia, even if he is sick, even if he is young, even if he suffers hardships, even if there is danger of life and death on the battlefield,
Even if it offends my father, my sons and ministers are not afraid."
The emperor was also familiar with these words: "I still remember that when the general passed away, you were like this-"
Thinking of General Yu's death, even though six or seven years have passed, he can still feel sad. He and General Zhou Qingyu once sat on the ground facing the starry sky, excitedly thinking about how to conquer the princes and kings, and truly unify Daxia. They cried together when they talked about their sadness.
, talking about the scene of drinking together in a happy place, it seems as if it is still right in front of you.
In the blink of an eye, Daxia was truly unified, but he was the only one left.
The emperor looked down at Chu Yurong who was kneeling in front of him.
"I stumbled to the military camp in despair, and saw the general greeting me outside. I was really happy at that time. Who would have thought that when I entered the camp, I saw General Yu lying on the bed, and then I saw you with your mask off——"
The emperor took a deep breath and held his heart. He can still feel the impact to this day.
"You said you were doing it for me and Daxia. That's right. At that time, both I and Daxia were inseparable from General Iron Mask. What you did was indeed something I couldn't refuse. It was something I urgently needed."
"But, Chu Yurong, don't say that everything is for me, you are actually doing it for yourself."
"You never discuss anything with me. You always make your own decisions. What you want is just your heart."
"Chu Yurong, when you pretend to be an iron-faced general, you decide to kill him first and then report him. If you don't act like an iron-faced general, you decide to kill him first and then report him. Then you come here and tell me that you are guilty. Do you really think you are guilty?"
"You have no king and no father, you are lawless, you know your sins and you commit them, you know your mistakes and you make them wrong, you do whatever you want."
"In your eyes, I don't exist at all."
The voice that was neither light nor heavy, neither impatient nor angry came over one after another. The young man's slender and straight neck seemed a little heavy, and his head was about to drop, but in the end he knelt straight and raised his head.
"Father, you are right." He said, "I did it for myself. I escaped from the prince's mansion not to relieve Daxia's worries, but just to see the world outside. I took the
The mask of the Iron Masked General is also because from now on he can lead troops and fight in all directions, and do things that a prince cannot do."
The emperor looked at him: "You only want what you want. Have you ever thought about what you will lose? I told you before the corpse of General Iron Mask, do you still remember?"
Chu Yurong responded: "Father, you said, if you put on this mask, from now on there will be no children in the world, only ministers."
The emperor looked down at the young man: "Then I made a mistake, what should I do?"
Chu Yurong leaned over and kowtowed: "I deserve death for my crime."
The emperor called for someone to come.
Suddenly, several black-armored guards appeared from both sides of the originally empty hall.
The emperor said: "One hundred sticks, and he will be imprisoned in the heavenly prison."
