Even when Xiao Yuheng ran out of gas, he still showed his ferocity and violence clearly.
The powerful anger really startled Xiao Yu, and he quickly stepped back with his raised leg, standing "ten steps away" honestly.
Just when Xiao Yu was feeling uneasy, he heard Xiao Yuheng's laughter suddenly coming from the dragon couch. The laughter was accompanied by a cough, which didn't make people feel scary, but gave people a sense of mischief.
Xiao Yu had long forgotten the court etiquette taught to him by the chief minister. He even forgot to kneel down and asked like a vulgar country man:
"Then tell me, where should I stand?"
The young emperor on the dragon couch coughed twice more, and his energy level dimmed again with those two coughs.
Xiao Yuwan saw everything.
Seeing that the emperor was exhausted, she came to the bedside and asked the young emperor to lean half of his body on her arms.
Xiao Yuheng was a little like a child at this time. He pointed at Xiao Yu and said, "Sister, look at him like that, he is pretending again."
Xiao Yuwan smiled indifferently, her loving smile seemed a bit far-fetched, her eyes glanced at Xiao Yu, but she didn't say a word.
Seeing Xiao Yu standing there like a piece of wood without saying a word, the young emperor said to his sister: "The last time he saw me, he had such a virtuous attitude. I thought he was really stupid. He was deceived that time. Passed. In fact, he is not stupid, he just doesn’t take me seriously at all!”
Xiao Yu wanted to defend himself, but the young emperor did not give him a chance to defend himself. He continued to say to his sister: "Look at him, he not only wants to come within ten steps of me, but he also won't kneel down to me."
It wasn't until he heard this that Xiao Yu realized his problem and hurriedly knelt down.
The young emperor just smiled. He didn't do anything else but smile because Xiao Yu could kneel down for him.
"What did I tell my sister before? Xiao Yu's bones are harder than his father's. Sister, you must have seen it now. No matter how hard your bones are, you have to kneel down in front of me."
"Your Majesty is the most noble, and you are the Emperor. How can all the people not kneel down when they see the Emperor?"
"You are lying to me again. If it is really the emperor, will I still die?"
Xiao Yuwan did not answer, but shook her head helplessly. There was worry in her red eyes, but she didn't know whether he was worried about the emperor or the kneeling prince.
Xiao Yuheng sighed softly and said to Xiao Yu: "Cousin, I have a hunch that my end is coming. I have no concubines and no children. Apart from my sister, the only ones closest to me in my generation are you and Huainan. Your Majesty, if I pass away, I have nothing to say to the late Emperor, but I want to talk to you before I leave..."
Xiao Yu was still kneeling and silent.
The young emperor frowned: "Don't you want to say something to me? Nice words, truth, lies, even if you complain and curse me, I will forgive you today..."
Xiao Yu prostrated on the ground: "I have nothing to say..."
Xiao Yuheng was silent for a moment. He looked a little disappointed: "Is it because you are afraid of me, so you have nothing to say to me?"
Xiao Yu didn't answer, still lying on his knees.
"No, you are not afraid of me. Among all the people I have met, you are the one who is least afraid of me. You have beaten me in the past!"
Seeing that Xiao Yu still didn't respond, Xiao Yuheng couldn't help but sigh and moved his body, just in time to see Xiao Yuwan's beautiful face. Only this face could make him feel at ease.
The young emperor murmured: "Besides my sister, I am the only one left. Only now do I understand what it means to be alone."
Xiao Yuwan heard his voice and corrected: "Your Majesty is not a loner, he is the Emperor."
"Sister, please stop comforting me," Xiao Yuheng said.
After another moment, no one spoke in the room.
The young emperor felt a little lonely and said, "Sister, please go out first! I want to talk to our Prince of Jiangxia alone for a while."
Xiao Yuwan was a little hesitant, not sure whether she should leave or not.
The young emperor smiled: "Sister, don't worry, I know that he dare not come within ten steps of me."
Xiao Yuwan could only nod lightly. She asked the young emperor to lie down again, tucked the quilt in before turning around and leaving.
The dormitory immediately became quiet again. Neither the emperor nor Xiao Yu spoke. They seemed to be thinking about their own thoughts.
After a long while, the emperor suddenly spoke again, his tone was much calmer, but he also seemed much weaker.
"Xiao Yu, please get up and speak! There are no outsiders here, just us two brothers."
Xiao Yu didn't say anything to thank him, but stood up blankly. He seemed to smell a smell coming from the dragon couch in front of him. It seemed to be a smell before death.
He sniffed, telling himself to stop thinking and listen to the emperor's words attentively.
The young emperor said: "Have I made your life difficult these years?"
"No." Xiao Yu shook his head.
"I can't even say I'm panicking. It must be very hard. I've been pretending to be crazy and stupid for so many years. It's really hard for you..."
Xiao Yu smiled lightly.
"I...I also know that you are not a foolish person, but now, I feel that my end is coming, and I want to talk to you alone."
"What did you say?" Xiao Yu raised his eyes and asked.
The young emperor on the dragon bed let out a wry smile, followed by several violent coughs. Xiao Yu wanted to step forward and pat him on the back, but gave up the plan as soon as he thought of "within ten steps".
"You want to come over here and give me a pat on the back?" Xiao Yuheng suddenly asked.
Xiao Yu nodded.
"But I will not let anyone except my sister come within ten steps of me. Do you know why?"
"If it were an assassin, His Majesty's life might be taken within ten steps."
The young emperor smiled again, and it was very hard, especially when it was accompanied by a cough.
But there seemed to be some inexplicable coldness in that laughter, which chilled Xiao Yu to the core of his heart.
"Ahem... You are right. The emperor has no power to restrain a chicken. He is extremely weak. Anyone within ten steps will kill me. But is there any other meaning beyond that?"
Xiao Yu thought for a while, raised his head and said, "Are you talking about imperial power?"
"Haha... Xiao Yu, you are indeed not a fool. You are right, it is the imperial power. The emperor's power spreads all over the world, and all nations return to their hearts. This is all ten steps away, only ten steps away, Only the imperial power can show its power, which makes people fearful and frightening. If you are within ten steps, the emperor is just an ordinary person, not to mention an assassin, I can't even defeat you. Xiao Yu, think about it, if it's a mountain man When a villager comes within ten steps of me, when he knows that there is no difference between him and me, will he still regard me as the emperor? If thousands of people can come within ten steps of me, they will still respect me. Heart? If so, I lose that sense of mystery in the world, and everyone thinks that I can be the emperor, then what will this world be like?"
Xiao Yu closed his eyes. He naturally knew that there was another development trajectory, but under the productivity conditions at the time, there might not be a good way to achieve communism.
"I know what your Majesty means. A country cannot be without a king or ministers. If the people's hearts are scattered, it will be impossible to muster a strong force to fight against foreigners. So..." Xiao Yu suddenly opened his eyes, "What does your Majesty want to say?"
The young emperor coughed twice, panted for a long time and said: "Xiao Yu, if. I die, can I entrust my sister and the land of Daqi to you?"
Xiao Yu frowned. Xiao Yu was not unclear about what imperial power meant. Even if he could not really touch the imperial power, he could feel that the imperial power was a fatal temptation for everyone. He could make people fall in love with it. Ascending to heaven will also cause people to fall into endless hell.
He couldn't trust Xiao Yuheng. Even if his deadline was tonight, he had to be cautious in what he said.
"Jiangshan, hehe... what a hot potato!"
"He can bring you supreme rights and power!"
"Ten steps away?"
"The imperial power is only ten steps away and within ten thousand miles!"
"The emperor is just a prisoner on the throne."
"It's rare to be sober." Xiao Yuheng agreed with all his strength, "If only I had been as sober as you back then, I wouldn't have wanted this throne. I will give it to anyone who wants it!"
Xiao Yuheng's voice was not loud, but it was deafening enough in Xiao Yu's ears.
But Xiao Yuheng's tone turned to one of sadness: "If I give up the throne, will they let me live? I...I am so conflicted, and I can't choose..."
Xiao Yu looked at this extremely controlling emperor in surprise.
"Perhaps I didn't have so much experience back then. When I was still the prince, I thought that being an emperor was better than anything else. As long as I became an emperor, I could do whatever I wanted, do whatever I wanted, and have whatever I wanted. All in the world. , could it be the land of the king, the shore of the land, or the ministers of the king? I am the master of the whole world, and everyone must surrender at my feet. In order to be the emperor, I let the Jiankang Palace become a river of blood, and kept killing and killing. , I thought that I had been cutting off the moths in the imperial court, but there were too many moths, and I found that I had touched the foundation of the country, and the entire empire was crumbling, but I didn’t know how to deal with it.”
"His Majesty's difficulties are very difficult. Xiao Yu has read history books and is already aware of them."
"Haha, you are smart. Do you know how shocked I was when I first took charge of government in Taiji Palace and saw those things that were so rotten that they couldn't be any more rotten? If I had known that the country was in such decline, I would have been beaten to death. I don’t dare to be this emperor anymore.”
Having said this, the young emperor seemed to have fallen into a dazed state, and he shook his head.
"The country has long been in trouble, but the ministers I want to rely on are secretly competing with me. They act righteous in the court and save the people from misery, but secretly they are competing for profits with thousands of people. I am tired of it. If there are too many, just kill a bunch of them! But if you kill too many, the foundation of the imperial court will be loosened. The people I use later either have no real talent, are rhetorical, or are cynical. There are not many people who are really useful. Haha... In the future, I I am not willing to kill the ministers, but the aristocratic families, the nobles of the court, including the local officials and the princes of the feudal territories, all intensify their efforts. They only care about their own interests, are greedy for pleasure, and do not take the country and the country seriously at all. Nothing can be done."
Xiao Yu smiled lightly, and there seemed to be some irony in his smile.
He finally mustered up the courage to tell the truth for once: "My foolish brother has read ancient and modern times and believes that the emperor's virtue is the cornerstone of the country. If the emperor has good conduct, the country will be stable; if the emperor's heart is shaken, the country will fall. If this If the emperor of a country is insidious and cunning, the country will fall and all the people will be in ruins."
The young emperor was furious, but he couldn't use any extra strength.
"You...you are saying that I am immoral..." Suddenly the young emperor became furious and smiled casually, "Yes, I deserved it for killing my father because of my father-in-law. I did not do a good job as an emperor... Xiao Yu, if I If I die, can my brother be Yao and Shun?"
"Your Majesty wants me to succeed as emperor?" Xiao Yu asked, his expression unusually calm.
"Can you take on this important task?"
Xiao Yu slowly shook his head and took a few steps back.
"Yu Di has thought about becoming the emperor, but after telling His Majesty these things today, Yu Di is shaken. With Yu Di's talent, I may not be able to do the job."
"You've thought about becoming an emperor, why not?"
"Long live your Majesty." Xiao Yu bowed deeply.
Xiao Yuheng began to cough rapidly. He tried to prop up half of his body and said with a wry smile: "Can I really live long? Do people in the world hope that I live long?"
Xiao Yu retreated out of the door, and finally looked up at Xiao Yuheng.
The young emperor's expression suddenly changed, as if he had murderous intent.
