Outside the palace gate, everyone rubbed their buttocks and watched the broken car leave.
The eunuch at the door hurriedly came forward to greet him: "My servants respectfully welcome your Majesty back to the palace. Please enter your sedan chair."
Li Yuanzhao waved his hand casually and stepped forward to get on the sedan.
The eunuch quickly added: "The Supreme Emperor ordered Marquis Jianye to go to Taoyuan County with King Wu."
Li Yuanzhao turned back: "Taoyuan County? Why did the emperor go to Taoyuan County when my father is not in the palace? And I have just come back. What's the point of calling them two alone?"
The eunuch said awkwardly: "The Supreme Emperor has been living in Taoyuan County for more than two months. This servant has just received the order not long ago. The Supreme Emperor said that His Majesty should enter the palace as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation without delay."
"He wants to meet Marquis Jianye and King Wu alone."
Li Yuanzhao looked at Fang Zhengyi, who nodded and said, "Your Majesty, family and country matters are important, and the rest are trivial matters. You go and do your work first."
Li Yuanzhao sighed: "Hey... well, I really don't know what the emperor is thinking. He didn't call me when I came home! You go back quickly, I will definitely be too busy alone."
...
After much twists and turns, I returned to Taoyuan County.
Outside Emperor Jing's palace, King Wu's breathing quickened slightly.
Seeing an old friend again, this is one's own peer, one's own brother, and one's own enemy.
As a complete loser, my emotions are so complicated that it is difficult to describe...
"Let's go."
Fang Zheng walked in first, turned a few turns and arrived outside Emperor Jing's study.
In addition to the guards at the door, Guo Tianyang was still there.
He lay on the rocking chair by the door, covered with a thin blanket, and fell asleep.
The whole person is a lot fatter than a year ago, and he looks old and fat.
Fang Zheng stepped forward and pushed him.
Guo Tianyang opened his eyes, and his eyes suddenly burst into surprise: "Brother Xian is back!"
Immediately he wanted to get up, but he didn't get up after getting up twice.
Instead, the rocking chair kept rocking.
Guo Tianyang scratched the cocoon hard: "Brother, please give me a hand."
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Lie down, Brother Guo. I'll knock on the door."
"Hey, okay." Just after Guo Tianyang agreed, he suddenly became frightened when he saw King Wu behind him.
I wanted to say something, but I didn't know what to say.
King Wu looked down at him and said calmly: "Are you not dead yet?"
"I...."
Being asked like this by a traitor, Guo Tianyang instinctively wanted to curse, but when he thought that he was a relative of the emperor, he endured the humiliation.
Fang Zhengyi stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Father, I am you, Fang Zhengyi."
Emperor Jing's voice came from inside the house: "Zhengyi is back... I asked the fourth child to come see me, please wait."
Fang Zheng glanced at King Wu and opened the door to make a way out.
When King Wu entered the room, Guo Tianyang suddenly became anxious.
"Dear brother! Your Majesty is alone in there. It's not safe! Those rebels are very hateful!"
"Don't worry, Brother Guo, nothing will happen."
...
In the room, the two brothers looked at each other.
It was Emperor Jing who spoke first: "Fourth, you are getting old."
"Brother Huang is getting old too."
Emperor Jing stretched out his hand and motioned for him to sit down.
"How does it feel to be an emperor?"
King Wu closed his eyes and shook his head slowly.
"Why is this so... My father was very harsh on you back then, but you shouldn't remember it for the rest of your life. I asked you to live in the capital and give you whatever you wanted, but you insisted on making yourself king and even sent people to assassinate me. .”
King Wu opened his eyes with tears in his eyes.
"Brother Emperor, am I wrong? My father insulted me and punished me just because I like strange skills and tricks. Look at this world, would anyone still say such a thing now?"
"I built my own fiefdom, and then you took it away. Did I do anything wrong? I just want to prove myself and get back what belongs to me... I did nothing wrong."
Emperor Jing was speechless.
As an emperor, the world belongs to him, so he can consolidate his strength and take back the vassal territory.
He also felt that he was never wrong, although it was not justified and the method was a bit despicable.
"If the emperor calls me here just to humiliate me, then there is no need. I am already prepared to die."
"If I were in power, you would definitely die." Emperor Jing's tone seemed to be speaking out of home, "But I don't want you to die after I know the war situation in the west."
"Yuanzhao is a good emperor. He will surpass me. He will definitely surpass me! He is facing the real world. I want the world to know that he can wage war against the rebels and forgive the traitors for their actions. everything."
"If he wants to become the master of the world, he must have the universe in mind."
"I want you to live, and I want everyone in the world to know that you are alive. Starting from tomorrow, go back to your palace, and I will send you servants. You will not be allowed to step out of the capital for half a step from now on."
King Wu smiled dejectedly and said, "You still want me to be your chess piece?"
"I am only here for my son. I don't care about anything about you." Emperor Jing said lightly, "The capital is very exciting. Go live your own life. Just think that I am making up for you on behalf of my father..."
.....
Outside the door, Fang Zhengyi stood next to Guo Tianyang, chatting with each other.
"My dear brother, your memorial is so amazing! We have never admired anyone in our life. You are the number one. I think His Majesty lives by your memorial."
"If you don't talk about this, why is the Crown Prince supervising the country? Why isn't the Supreme Emperor watching from the palace? Why did he come to Taoyuan County?"
Guo Tianyang suddenly sighed and said: "Your Majesty...is ill, that's why he moved here."
"What disease?" Fang Zhengyi asked nervously.
"It's not a serious illness." Guo Tianyang said with a slap in his mouth, "I always forget things, am always sleepy, and have poor physical strength... I had a few ugly appearances, and I went to see the imperial doctor a few times, but nothing was wrong, so I prescribed it. Ordering the soothing soup was of no use. His Majesty felt that he was afraid of causing more scandals in the palace, so he moved here."
Alzheimer's disease?
This idea hit Fang Zhengyi like a bolt from the blue.
Emperor Jing was obviously in good health when he left. Why did something like this suddenly happen more than a year ago?
If this is really the disease...there is no solution at all...
"Brother, don't worry, it's nothing serious! It's always like this as you get older."
"Let me observe." Fang Zheng frowned.
At this time, the study door opened and King Wu came out, looking a little tired.
Fang Zheng pointed to the door.
Fang Zheng hurriedly ordered the guard at the door to keep an eye on King Wu and entered the study directly.
As soon as he entered the study, he was greeted by the smiling face of Emperor Jing.
"sit down."
As soon as Fangzheng sat down, he saw a teacup and teapot on the table, and quickly poured a cup of tea for Emperor Jing.
His eyes were staring at his hands intentionally or unintentionally.
"Father, drink tea."
Emperor Jing said hello, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
The hand holding the tea trembled slightly.
This should be the hand of a warrior...
Fang Zheng suddenly felt sadness welling up in his heart.
The hero is too old to be able to defeat the sharp knife of time.
Emperor Jing finished drinking the tea and said, "If you are interested, Zhengyi, those greeting cards of yours..."
"That's nothing. I live by the word filial piety!"
Emperor Jing laughed loudly, waved his hand and said, "I just want to ask you how you wrote this poem. It's not the same. In time for the festival, I have to add two wonderful lines."
"I once had a dream about Wenquxing coming to earth. It seems to me that you don't study much, and your literary talent is so outstanding. It seems that you might have been Wenquxing in your previous life."
"It seems that my secret was discovered by my father." Fang Zheng pursed his lips and smiled.
Emperor Jing was stunned: "I said you were descended from Wenquxing. How are you so immodest?"
"Who says I'm not?"
"You...what do you mean? Tell me quickly!"
"Father, you are kidding me. I am not a literary star. It is just that I have richer life experiences. I will tell you about it when I have time. By the way, father, why don't you ask how the situation is on the battlefield in the west?"
"Yes... the report on the battlefield was too rough. Please explain it to me carefully."
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