Chapter 13: Fighting in the Open and Dark
After a night of drinking, Faithfulness's head hurts a little! Getting up from the couch with difficulty, he was like a mortally wounded soldier getting up from the battlefield, looking around for something with his blurred eyes!
Finally, he almost crawled to the table, picked up a bottle of Coke from the table and poured it down his throat!
The thirsty throat was finally moistened after a night of smoking, and Reliance felt a lot more refreshed!
After drinking a bottle of Coke in one go, Faithfulness burped several times, and finally lay back on the ground very satisfied!
Raise your head and look at the carved ceiling! A lavish chandelier is glowing softly. Although the golden sunlight outside had slipped through the cracks between the curtains, it did not affect the majesty of the chandelier ruling the room at all!
Faithfulness turned his head and looked around a little dazedly! The house is still so messy, littered with groceries! The bottles that had been drunk for a long time were thrown everywhere, and they were almost piled up.
Faithfulness smiled, he was still ignored like that, just like when he was a child!
Even if he was later made a prince, even if he is now valued, even if he is personally approved by the emperor as the next emperor!
However, it seems that nothing has changed! The eyes of the people around him were only a little more respectful, but the indifference hidden deep in his bones could not be changed! It's something that goes deep into the bone marrow and can't be discarded in this life!
Faithfulness understands that the best life for an illegitimate child like him living in the royal family is nothing more than that! Live a carefree life, don't have any ambitions, and be the emperor's younger brother! He shouldn't even have a dream, because that might bring him the biggest killing!
There was a knock on the door, and the head of the attendant came in! He didn't have Faithfulness's permission, and Faithfulness didn't care about that! All the people around him were sent by the emperor, what right does he have to say no to others!
The attendant frowned and looked at the mess in the room, and almost covered his nose with his hand!
One of the biggest reasons why the well-educated royal squire looked down on Faithfulness was that his life was too sloppy and not at all like a noble royal descendant!
"Your Royal Highness, His Majesty the Emperor wants to summon you!" As if he was perfunctory, the attendant didn't wait for a faithful answer, and said directly: "You have ten minutes, clean up!" Meeting the emperor is a big deal, so don't lose your manners! The Guards are already waiting outside the door, please hurry! ”
The door was slammed shut, and Faithfulness was the only one left in the room! As soon as qiē returned to reality, the house was still so messy, and there was no one around! This is freedom, this is paradise, there is no humiliation, there is no humbleness!
Ten minutes later, Xinshi, who had simply packed up his clothes, was sent to the car with a frown on the squire's face!
Since Faithfulness has taken possession of certain powers, he has left the palace and lived in another palace of the royal family! The emperor's explanation was to give Faithfulness a better freedom of action, but Faithfulness did not understand it so much, he thought that it was his brother who was deliberately alienating him!
The luxury motorcade waved the national flag of Fuso, and under the escort of the Hucong Guards, it galloped all the way towards the imperial palace in the center of the city! The distance between the palace and the Imperial Palace is not far, but the crowded streets of Fuso have become the biggest obstacle to speed!
Reliance opened the window and poked his head out gently! Mt. Fuji blows in the morning style and softly! This is the gentle breeze of the beautiful hometown, how unforgettable it is!
The convoy soon drove into the palace! Under the gaze of the guards, the whole convoy looked particularly majestic!
The more than 20 black-clothed bodyguards who got out of the car were also all mighty, they were all warriors selected from the Emperor's personal guard, and each of them was a good player! According to the emperor, it was for his brother's safety!
At the entrance of the Emperor's Imperial Palace, as usual, there are guards from the left and right forces! The simple distinction is between the government guard and the emperor's personal guard! The two gangs looked at each other angrily, but when they saw Faithfulness, both sides rarely smiled!
"Ahh It's His Royal Highness! A smile broke on Murakami's face, and he bent down to Shinshi with great respect! Among all the servants, only this old man who has worked in the royal family all his life may be the most sincere!
Faithfulness helped Murakami up, he was very moved, and every time he saw this old man, he would be particularly moved! After being indifferent for a long time, the sudden appearance of someone who cares about you will often make people remember it for a lifetime!
Murakami smiled and stretched out his hand towards the palace: "Your Royal Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Look my hair is a lot grayer! The days to come will be one day less! I'd love to have a good chat with you, but His Majesty the Emperor is already waiting for you! What a pity! ”
A sincere smile filled Murakami's face, and Faithfulness felt that his eye sockets were a little sour! The old man in front of him has accompanied him all his life, always extending his rough but warm hand when the whole world has abandoned him!
Now his waist is bent and his hair is gray! Even the folds on the face are much more than before, and they are as ugly as tree bark! Is the one who cares about himself destined to go away, while he has to live forever in this sad world?
Faithfulness didn't dare to think about it anymore, he was afraid that the tears would not stop flowing out! Holding Murakami's hand tightly, he strode towards the Emperor's palace! His back is even more depressed, and he no longer has the vitality of a young man!
The Emperor's palace was a little dark, the curtains around him were tightly drawn, and only one or two lamps barely illuminated the square inch under his feet!
The emperor still sits high on his throne, but today his table is no longer full of piles of various papers, but very neatly replaced with a cup of tea!
Tea drinking is a traditional custom of the Fuso people, they learned the tea ceremony from Huaxia, and since then it has been carried forward and integrated into their culture!
The Emperor waved his hand at Tashishi and motioned for him to sit down! Faithfulness nodded, and sat down expressionlessly at a table that the attendant had already arranged for him!
Since that damn assassination, this was the third time he had seen his brother, and the silence around him was terrible, and the estrangement between the brothers seemed to have deepened, and nothing had changed at all without the magnanimity of the emperor!
"Faithful, long time no see!" The emperor first said, "I'm sorry that the affairs of the country are too busy, and I really don't have time to meet you!" I don't know what I gave you, have you done it well? I'd love to take a good look at you! ”
Faithfulness smiled slightly, he even felt that his smile was perfunctory, and he didn't know what it was like in the eyes of the emperor!
He said lightly: "You are the emperor, and the whole country is yours!" I don't dare to ask for anything, I just want to be your sensible and obedient brother honestly! As for the things you told me, cleaning, unclogging the sewers or something! I didn't dare to do my best, so I sent myself to do it with the workers! ”
The Emperor's hand shook, and the teacup in his hand trembled! He gently put down the teacup and said with a smile, "It seems that your grievances are not small?" Is it your brother who snubbed you? ”
Faithfulness let out a breath from his nose: "Don't dare, don't dare, you are the emperor who is high, I am just your courtier, how dare I think like that!" ”
"And say no!" The Emperor smiled and pointed at Nobuyoshi: "I know you're tired of doing all those things, but you have never had any experience in government affairs, and I'm just training you!" I can't give you the position of Minister of War from the beginning, I think even if you are sent to the army, you will not be able to command the army to fight! You have to take your time, no! ”
"I know my brother's hard work!" Faithful said perfunctorily: "My brother wants to train me to be a sanitation hero, this is what Prince Renzhi should do, my brother's hard work is really great!" ”
Faithfulness is no longer the child who was led around by the nose, now he has his own mind! Especially after being teased by the beautiful woman of the poisonous spider, he seems to have seen a lot of qiē!
The Emperor shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You still don't understand my intentions, look at you, you're still talking angry!" ”
The Emperor's face was flashing with various expressions, and his eyes did not take away from Faithfulness for a moment! It's just that he was in the dark, and Faithfulness, who was sitting in the distance, couldn't detect the emperor's fierce facial expression!
"Actually, I called you here today!" The Emperor said lightly: "I want to delegate you with a heavy responsibility!" ”
Faithfulness was stunned, the whole person stood up from the seat, and he asked in surprise: "You want to appoint me with a heavy responsibility?" Won't you let me continue cleaning? ”
The Emperor laughed, shook his head and said, "How can we royal nobles always do those things!" I told you just now, I'm just training you! But it doesn't seem to be needed anymore! When your edges and corners are smoothed, you don't have any sharpness, and you're getting older! That's more real than worth the loss! So, I'm going to entrust you with a lot of responsibility right now! ”
"What's the heavy lift?" Faithfulness seemed a lot more anxious than usual, for the emperor's sake! This younger brother, who has been neglected by himself for a long time, is looking for an opportunity to prove himself!
The emperor said word by word: "Minister of Communications, the transportation of the whole country will be in charge of you from tomorrow!" ”
Watching the back of Faithfulness disappear from the palace, a dark shadow stands up from behind the emperor! He was half-kneeling beside the emperor, his body wrapped in darkness without a trace of wind!
The Emperor's voice was as cold as ice: "Don't ask me about the following matters!" It's your job, you know? ”
The man in black seemed to move, and in the absolute darkness, there were two sharp rays of light flickering!
Reliance got into the car, and he hid in the back seat alone, still shaking because of the excitement! He looked at the driver in the front seat, and he didn't pay attention to him at all!
Faithfulness carefully took out a small note from the most intimate place in his arms! After trembling for a long time, he finally slowly opened the small note!
There were a few lines clearly written on it in English, and Faithful shed tears of pain!
"Brother, you still can't rest assured of me! Eventually, you're going to have to do it to me! ”