The temperature of the East Warm Pavilion is not as high as before, and His Majesty always likes to open the window when the old dean is not here, although the wind of the cold winter wax moon will make people feel a little biting, but the emperor needs to be in a good state of mind all the time, this Daning world, there are too many things that need him to deal with it in the most rational and sober state at all times.

He must make himself sober, too tired, then rely on external forces, cold wind is one of the external forces.

The prince soon arrived outside the Dongnuan Pavilion, his eyes were still very red, I don't know if it was because of hatred or crying, the atmosphere was a little weird when the two of them faced each other again, no one spoke first, the prince saluted respectfully, the emperor waved his hand to signal, and then there was no communication.

The wind was blowing a little loud, probably because it was too quiet in the house.

"You hate me?"

The Emperor asked suddenly.

The crown prince raised his head sharply to look at the emperor, opened his mouth but said nothing.

The emperor's hand reached out to the teacup in front of him and stopped in mid-air, he didn't wait for the prince's answer, he knew the answer, in fact, he already knew.

"I know that I have a lot of responsibility for your mistakes today, and we have never had a serious talk between father and son, before in the East Palace, you said that you wanted to fight with me, and you also said that the people of the world hate your mother, you don't hate, the people of the world don't help her, you help her, I only have anger at that time......"

The Emperor looked at the blank decree on the table with a few drops of ink.

"I have already written a will to abolish your crown prince, but I can't put pen to paper."

The emperor looked at the crown prince: "It suddenly occurred to me that I have always taken a cold attitude towards your growth for so many years, first of all, I was wrong, I did not fulfill my responsibilities as a father, your mother...... Treating you very well, far more than I treated you, and later I woke up but didn't tell you this, because I felt that the men of the Li family would always understand things better than other people's children. ”

After the emperor said these words, he fell silent, but the prince's face became a little red, for for the first time in many years, such words came out of his father's mouth, and he felt a little incredible, a little ridiculous, and even a little pitiful.

His eyes were redder than when he first came in, and his sockets were slightly wet.

"Father."

The crown prince knelt down: "Since my father wants to talk to my son, my son also has a lot of things that he wants to say to his father for a long time, but it's just ......."

He shook his head: "Just thinking about it, my father probably doesn't have time to listen to what his son says, my father is always so busy, Daning is too big, so big that my father can't be idle for a moment, and my son is a little unwilling to say these words, so he can't say it even more, today his son wants to say, father please listen to his son finish speaking." ”

The emperor nodded: "I won't do anything today, I'll just talk to you." ”

The crown prince crawled on the ground, as if he did not dare to look into the emperor's eyes, and as if he did not want to look, he looked down at the ground, silent, as if he was sorting out his words, and as if he was regretting.

After a long time, the prince let out a long breath.

"Father, in fact, I never thought of passing on the throne of Daning to my sons, right?"

The emperor's expression was stunned, although he did think so, but when the prince asked it himself, he still didn't know how to answer.

"Father doesn't have to answer, because

For the sons to know the answer. ”

The prince still didn't look up: "Erchen knows that there is a long distance between his ability to learn talent and his father, and if he is asked to choose, he may not choose himself...... There is a sentence that the father may not believe, but what the son said is from the bottom of his heart, the son is sure that the father does not want to pass on the throne to the son is not recently, at least a few years ago he has guessed it, but why do the sons still fight? ”

The crown prince raised his head and looked at the emperor: "Because my father didn't say it directly to my son, because my son felt that he was not ashamed of his mother's teaching, and his mother wanted his son to do it, and his son would work hard to do it. ”

He paused: "Keerchen is just unwilling. ”

The emperor was silent and did not say anything, because he could not say anything.

"If today, the father scolded and beat his sons severely, and the sons thought that they would probably be very relieved...... Because that kind of father is a real father, the mother has never beaten the sons, and the father has not, but the sons do not feel happy and satisfied. ”

The emperor let out a long sigh: "Lai Cheng is right. ”

The crown prince looked at the emperor, and the emperor explained: "After I came back from you, I came to Lai Cheng and chatted for a while, Lai Cheng said, of course, my son must be taught a lesson if he is disobedient, and if he doesn't help him point out the wrong place, then what can be done, so I thought about it for a long time, and then asked Dai Fangzhou to call you over." ”

The prince's shoulders trembled slightly: "Erchen has been waiting, and when His Majesty asked you to get over, Erchen was happy, really happy, because Erchen knew that when his father said the three words "Come over", he had Erchen in his heart, and he took Erchen very seriously. ”

He crawled on the ground again: "Father, the son knows that he is wrong. ”

The Emperor let out a long breath, his eyes moistened slightly.

"I have long said that the children of the Li family will not be so bad."

"Abolish the sons."

The prince took a deep breath and said in a very relieved tone: "Erchen will explain everything to everyone, and Erchen will also kneel and beg for forgiveness from Concubine Yi...... Erchen didn't do a good job as a son, nor did he do a good job as a big brother, Erchen is no longer worthy of being the prince, after his father left the East Palace, Erchen thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind, Erchen wanted to leave Chang'an, and the crown prince was given to the second brother Changye, he was more capable and courageous than Erchen, he was the most suitable person. ”

The prince looked into the emperor's eyes, and said word by word: "Abolish all the knightly rights of the sons, and the sons leave Chang'an as a common man, the sons know their own shortcomings, and they also know their despicability. ”

The Emperor's hand trembled slightly, very light but very fast.

"You ......"

Before his words came out, the prince had already kowtowed: "Father, fulfill the son, tomorrow morning, the son will apologize in front of the civil and military officials, and will apologize in front of Concubine Yi, just ask the father to keep this sinful body for the son to let the son go to mend his life, if the son feels that he can't really let go, the son will not return to Chang'an." ”

His forehead was on the ground: "Erchen was suddenly very scared and regretted, but Erchen didn't."

There is a decent example for Chang Ye, the son has to let Chang Ye know that this is wrong, if the father does not deal with the son, it will also make Chang Ye feel that it doesn't matter if he makes a mistake, the son is no longer qualified to be in charge of Daning, and Chang Ye can't be let not know right and wrong. ”

The Emperor was silent, his hands trembling more and more.

"If the father is not worried about his sons, he can send three or two people to take care of them, and they will follow them wherever the sons go, and report everything to the father and the emperor for every word and deed, and he can also order the sons to go to the yamen of various state capitals to strictly guard them."

The Emperor closed his eyes and waved his hand: "You go, I ...... That's right. ”

The prince knelt there and kowtowed three times, got up, and strode away without looking back.

The emperor involuntarily stood up and walked to the door, he vaguely hoped that the prince would turn around and say a few more words, but the prince walked quickly, as if he was fleeing, evading.

The emperor was ready to depose the crown prince, but he was not ready to make this request from the prince himself, and at this moment the emperor felt that he really did not deserve to be a father, he felt like a clown.

For the first time, the emperor felt that he was really wrong, and that he was not as brave as his own son to admit it.

"Ship on your behalf."

The emperor shouted a little weakly: "Rumor the old dean has entered the palace." ”

Dai Fangzhou, who was already frightened at the door, hurriedly responded, what he had just witnessed made him feel that he couldn't believe his eyes, as one of the closest people to the emperor, Dai Fangzhou of course knew that His Majesty's intention was to abolish the prince, but just like the emperor, if it was the emperor's order, it seemed that it would be better to accept it, and the prince himself said it directly, and even he felt sad.

Cabinet.

It didn't take long for Lai Chengcheng to know what was going on in the Dongnuan Pavilion just now, after all, the cabinet was so close to the Dongnuan Pavilion, and after he went to pass the decree on behalf of the boat, he hurriedly ran over and said to Lai Cheng, Lai Cheng pondered for a moment, explained a few words, and then got up and walked to the Dongnuan Pavilion, His Majesty asked him to go home to accompany the family, but Lai Cheng didn't leave, the cabinet was complicated, how could he, as a scholar of the first auxiliary university, say go.

Hearing the footsteps, the emperor knew that it was Lai Cheng coming, but he didn't look up, and pointed to the chair opposite: "I really feel that I am wrong this time and cannot be forgiven...... Chang Ze is a person who can be taught, but I didn't teach him well, I know that it's too late to reflect, Dai Fangzhou's mouth is too fast, he must have told you what happened just now...... Lai Cheng, you don't need to persuade me anything, it was Changze's own decision, you, accompany me to have a drink. ”

"Yes."

The offender leaned over: "The minister is also hungry for wine." ”

The emperor looked at Dai Fangzhou, who looked panicked: "The old dean will come in a while, you let people prepare hot pot, there must be white tofu that the old dean loves to eat, there must be green bamboo shoots that Lai Cheng loves to eat, and there must be ......."

The emperor was silent.

He originally blurted out that he wanted to have a small crispy pork that Changze also loved to eat, but the words came to his mouth but he didn't say it, every time he and the old dean ate hot pot, they would have a plate of small crispy meat, and every time he saw it, he would remember that Li Changze was still a toddler pinching a piece of small crispy meat to gnaw, but he never told anyone that Li Changze liked to eat.

How old was he then?

The emperor sat there in silence, and Lai Cheng also fell silent.

"Little crispy meat."

Dai Fangzhou bowed his head: "The slave knows." ”