The food is still warm, but the wine is about to be drunk, and I don't know why the two people's wine is drunk very quickly, especially Zhuang Yong, one cup after another, with his amount of wine, not to mention a pot of wine, even if he adds three pots, he may not be drunk, but he is drunk, and his eyes are a little confused.

Shen Leng knew that he was happy, and there was sadness in happiness, people were the most complicated, and it would never be possible to have only one simple feeling.

Shen Leng wanted to know what he was upset about.

"You drink slowly, and it's okay to have this pot of wine."

Shen Leng looked at Zhuang Yong and said, "You drank too fast, and mine won't give it to you." ”

Zhuang Yong smiled: "I just think that this wine tastes too good, and the taste of the dish is too good, so it is inevitable to be greedy for a cup." ”

"You've got gray hair."

Shen Leng sighed: "People with white hair shouldn't lie. ”

"Why shouldn't people with gray hair speak?"

"Because when people at this age lie again, it's hard to see, time has left more than wrinkles on your face, and it's hard for others to see your mood when people of your age want to hide something."

Shen Leng sat forward: "Master, have something on your mind?" ”

"Master?"

Zhuang Yong laughed: "This title is good, very good." ”

Shen Leng didn't speak, just looked at him.

"What did you just say about the time to stay here and that, and what did you say so vaguely and elegantly, it's nothing more than two words...... Acting, people, when I was a child, I acted for the adults in my family, when I was young, I acted for the men and women I cared about, when I was middle-aged, I acted for everyone to see, and in my later years, I acted for my juniors and myself. ”

Zhuang Yong looked at the wine glass: "It is said that children are simple-minded, where is simple, children's plays are good, they know when to cry and when to laugh, when they are young, in order to please the people they like, all kinds of dramas are handy, whether it is joy or sadness, they are all good at it, it is easy to act, it is easy to act, in fact, the worst thing to act is middle-aged." ”

"There are parents and children, and it is necessary to look at the boss to look at colleagues, look at the distance to see relatives, look at His Majesty's holy will, and look at the people's will, how difficult is it? A man, if he is not tired in middle age, it can only mean that he is not successful, if it is said that middle-aged people have to act, then when they are old, they like to act, and those who are not pretentious act are even less hypocritical, and those who are hypocritical are more hypocritical, the former is distressing and the latter is sad. ”

He raised his head and looked at Shen Leng: "Only when there is no one to act, sit there like a wooden man and face yourself, people in this world are willing to give a smile to others without stinginess, but they are always stingy with a smile to themselves, if you really talk about it, everyone is most disappointed by themselves." ”

When Shen Leng heard these words, he knew that Zhuang Yong was really old.

"You know I'm a good reader."

Zhuang Yong paused for a while and said: "Good reading is because when reading is pure, comfortable, there is a different world in the mind, sometimes people put down the book after reading will enter a very immersive state, others think they are recalling the content of the book, but in fact they have entered a certain state of their own fiction, very relaxed." ”

"My biggest wish was to have a thatched house, a room of books, and tea, which was enough for this life, but the times did not allow it, Your Majesty did not allow it, so I grabbed a knife and put on armor, I have always said that I am not a soldier but a literati, but where is there a literati."

Shen Leng handed Zhuang Yong a handkerchief, and Zhuang Yong took it and asked, "I'm crying?" ”

Shen sneered: "You don't know? ”

Zhuang Yong didn't know.

He looked at the handkerchief that Shen Leng handed him, and instead of wiping his tears, he folded it and put it in his cuff and put it away, this action seemed to turn into a knife and cut Shen Leng's heart.

"Stingy, take my handkerchief."

Shen sneered and lowered his head to hide the sadness and guilt in his eyes.

"I just said something extraneous."

Zhuang Yong drank the wine in the cup, raised his hand to touch the wine jug, only to find that the wine jug was empty, he was silent for a moment and then pushed the wine jug away, and the glass was turned upside down.

"Very good, very satisfied."

Shen Leng asked, "Really don't drink it?" ”

"Really, you can't be too full of everything, I'm six minutes drunk now, people, seven points of drunkenness will talk nonsense, eight points of drunkenness will be nonsense, nine points of drunkenness will go crazy, ten points of drunkenness will die."

Zhuang Yong said with a smile: "Now six points are drunk, just right." ”

Shen sneered: "Is it beautiful? ”

"Meizizi."

Zhuang Yong leaned back, this action seemed to announce that the wine was over, but the wine was no longer drunk, and the words still had to be said.

"I'm going to tell you those irrelevant things because I don't have anyone to say them, and if I take one of my men casually and say them after three or two glasses of wine, they will scare them half to death, and they will think that I'm really drunk and really old and confused...... Now let's say something about you, about me. ”

Zhuang Yong looked at Shen Leng's eyes and said: "I know that you are a person who will definitely do something if you decide something, and you must have been thinking about finding an opportunity to tell Your Majesty to transfer me back to Chang'an, Leng Zi, you are a smart person, smart people should not do things that should not be done, Your Majesty believes in you but can't indulge you, and now that you have reached your bottleneck, Your Majesty can't give you more, you used too much force before, you should give you everything, what will be given to you, what will be given to you?" Anything you give will affect the balance of the imperial court, the balance of Daning, and Your Majesty is the one who checks and balances. ”

"You should remember what Your Majesty once said to you, what Your Majesty wants to give you is all yours, what Your Majesty doesn't give you, don't fight for it."

Shen Leng suddenly remembered the conversation with the emperor, when the emperor said this sentence, he didn't understand it at the time, and always felt that there was something else to mean it, but later Shen Leng had vaguely guessed that his identity might be related to the emperor, so the meaning of this sentence became clear.

"I'll tell you a story."

Zhuang Yong pointed in front of him: "Change a cup of tea first." ”

Shen Leng got up, took away the wine glass in front of Zhuang Yong, and came back with a cup of hot tea after a while.

"A story about His Majesty."

Zhuang Yong was silent for a while, as if sorting out the words.

"Your Majesty actually didn't pay attention to him when he was a child, because His Majesty was not born to the Queen Mother, but His Majesty was born different, every time he asked a question, only His Majesty's answer pointed directly to the hearts of the people, so the Emperor decided to send him out of Weiyang Palace, because the Emperor's edge was too revealing to cover other princes, and naturally he also overshadowed the prince."

"You know, Your Majesty is studying in the Yanta Academy, teaching the old dean, now this is a beautiful story, but in fact? In fact, behind it is sad, other princes are all studying in Guozijian, but His Majesty is in Yanta Academy, how bitter was His Majesty's heart at that time? But His Majesty never said it, nor did he show it, and at that time, the old dean felt His Majesty's suffering, so he treated His Majesty really well, and when he entered the academy, His Majesty was so old...... His Majesty's family affection that he had never felt in the palace was felt in the academy, he was only sent to the academy when he was only a teenager, and he couldn't go back to the palace for food and housing, how could the child not want his father? ”

Shen Leng felt a pain in his heart.

"Later, when His Majesty was sixteen years old, the black martial arts came to attack, and the old dean did not allow His Majesty to go, but His Majesty had to go, and now everyone says that His Majesty had the responsibility and courage at that time, but there is a sentence that Your Majesty only said to the old dean, if it wasn't for the old dean who mentioned it to me later, I don't know."

"Your Majesty said, I am a useless person by birth, and this uselessness is not up to me, so if my useless body can kill the enemy in the northern Xinjiang and die, maybe he will think I am useful."

Shen Leng's heart hurt a little more.

He will feel that this is His Majesty's father.

"Your Majesty shines in Northern Xinjiang, but why does it shine? It's not because His Majesty has the will to die with the heart of death, whether it is on the battlefield or not, people who are not afraid of death will always be more terrifying, but because His Majesty is not afraid of death, the first emperor felt that His Majesty was terrible, and after His Majesty returned from a great victory, he deposed all his military rights and was named the king...... Leng Zi, have you ever thought carefully about what the word "Liuwang" means? ”

Shen Leng never thought about it.

Zhuang Yong let out a long breath: "At that time, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty had already seen clearly, His Majesty was a person who was abandoned by the first emperor, and then later, there was a good story, that is, the queen married His Majesty despite the opposition of her family and accompanied Her Majesty, but ...... Is that really the case? ”

Zhuang Yong looked at Shen Leng: "If it weren't for the will of the first emperor, would the queen be able to marry Your Majesty?" The reason why the queen stayed with His Majesty was just because the emperor didn't worry about His Majesty, he was worried that His Majesty would go to fight for it, and there was a saying that it was a sin that should not be said if you are a courtier...... The throne can only be Li Chengyuan's, it must be Li Chengyuan's, His Majesty's Wen Taowu is above Li Chengyuan, the first emperor is worried about His Majesty's scramble, so he will arrange a person to monitor him, and this person is the queen. ”

"The queen is a scheming person, I don't know how many times I have quarreled with Your Majesty before the descendants of the palace, she is unwilling, her fate is actually handed over to a deposed prince, she is so unwilling, all the love of husband and wife is the appearance, she is willing to act, Your Majesty will accompany her to act."

Zhuang Yong's hands trembled slightly: "Later, Your Majesty met Concubine Zhen, at that time, Your Majesty only wanted to be with Concubine Zhen until she grew old, and the queen was even more dissatisfied, even a deposed prince was robbed by her, how could she bear it." ”

"But fate, it can play tricks on people, why did the first emperor die?"

He asked.

There were only two people in the room, so the words were a little presumptuous, if it was in front of anyone except Shen Leng, Zhuang Yong would not say these words.

"The first emperor couldn't have children."

The first emperor he was talking about was Li Chengyuan.

"The first emperor couldn't have children, but he blamed these on his queen, Queen Su naturally felt wronged, but the first emperor would give her a look every day, and even beat her more than once, not only Queen Su, the concubines in the harem at that time were all beaten and scolded by the first emperor, and people were forced to do everything in a hurry, so the first emperor died suddenly, and died suddenly."

Zhuang Yong looked at Shen Leng: "Isn't it pathetic?" ”