V2.Chapter 292

Nanzhao's situation has been frequent in recent days. First, the female monarch was embarrassed in public and lost her face, and then the sacred object was stolen, the female monarch neglected her duty, and then it was revealed that her consort was the king of Zhou Yan, all of which made the monarch feel deeply. tired.

What is even more tired is that his daughter, who was raised by himself, has become such a ruthless and ruthless person, and he has abolished her daughter's position as a queen.

Isn't he heartbroken?

Of course it hurts!

But as a monarch, he can't have only children's private affairs in his heart.

He has to think about the world first.

He doesn't think of himself as an impeccable monarch, and he made a lot of mistakes when he was young, but he understands what is right and what is wrong.

However, it is precisely because of understanding that my heart is even more bitter.

In order to avoid being disturbed by the courtiers and the Queen's Mansion, he took the queen out of the palace and lived in the house he bought.

Xiaodiji is the Queen's flesh and blood, and the matter of dethroning her cannot be hidden from the Queen. After the Queen heard the news, she did not blame him, but sat in the room and washed her face in tears.

The king felt breathless.

In the afternoon, he got on the carriage and went to the Gu Palace.

The Gu Palace and the National Master Palace are equally famous, and they are also called the two peak forces of Nanzhao.

But only the monarch himself understands that in his heart, there is no distinction between Gu Palace and the National Master Palace, and even after the death of the old national teacher, the only person who can trust him is the old Confucius in the Gu Palace.

Old Kong Gu is many years older than the monarch, and has reached the age of old age.

He has long since stopped asking about world affairs, so he can stay at the Gu Palace for the elderly with peace of mind.

He has a secluded courtyard. During the day, someone will come to clean it and prepare his meals for the day. In addition, he is the only one in the courtyard.

His body is still strong, his ears are bright and his eyes are clear, and he is not worried about falling.

He was plowing in the backyard when the king came to see him.

"This kind of thing, leave it to the servants to do it, the dignified Gu Palace, can I eat a piece of food without you?"

As the king said this, he stepped forward, stretched out his hand to take the hoe in his hand, and helped him back along the way.

Kong Gu smiled and handed him the hoe, but he didn't let it go.

His hands were full of silt, fearing that the dragon body of the monarch would be stained.

Old Kong Gu smiled and waved his hand, signaling the monarch to go first.

The monarch did not insist on helping him. He took the hoe and walked out of the backyard. He put the hoe in the corner, and did not forget to look back at Old Kong Gu who was walking slowly.

Old Kong Gu was getting old in the end, and he was not as steady as the young man. He walked extremely slowly and staggered slightly.

He walked to the water tank, stretched out his skinny hand, grabbed the water ladle hanging on the branch, filled half a bucket of water, washed his hands carefully, and then invited the monarch to his tea room.

The tea room has large windows and bright light.

There is no extra furniture in the tea room, only a cabinet against the wall and a low table in the center.

The floor was spotlessly clean.

The two took off their shoes and stepped into the tea room.

Kong Gu walked to the front of the cabinet, opened the door, and took out a cushion and handed it to the monarch.

He doesn't often entertain guests here, and there is only one cushion, which he usually sits on.

The king took the cushion and sat down opposite him.

Old Kong Gu supported the short case with both hands and sat down slowly.

Seeing that he was a little overwhelmed, the monarch sighed, "Does the servant still come here only for cleaning and cooking? Don't you keep someone by your side on weekdays?"

Kong Gu didn't like to drink hot tea when he was a child, and all the tea he had here was cold.

He picked up the teapot, poured a bowl of herbal tea for the monarch, and said in an old but breathless voice, "I can still walk, and when I can't move, ask someone to take care of me."

It was not the first time that the monarch persuaded him, and the answers he got were never fresh.

So the monarch stopped talking.

Kong Gu took out a food box from the short case, and opened it slowly with his inflexible hands: "Your Majesty is lucky, someone just sent a box of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes this morning, I remember that Your Majesty loved it when I was young. I don't know if I like it now or not."

"I won't eat it now," said the king.

When he got old, the imperial doctor would not let him touch sweets. He thought about it a few years ago, but now he has given up.

"Ah, you seem to have said it last time, your memory is not good." Old Kong Gu took a piece and ate it with great interest.

The sweet-scented osmanthus cake is soft and glutinous, and it melts in the mouth. He likes it very much.

The monarch drank tea slowly.

Neither of them spoke.

But not embarrassed.

The king felt a long-lost peace in his heart.

After eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Kong Gu asked the monarch, "Is Your Majesty's mind gone?"

The monarch has come and gone, and sometimes he can be liberated without saying a word, but today, he shook his head: "Not yet."

Old Kong Gu stretched out his arm and said, "What's new in the imperial capital recently?"

The monarch lowered his eyes, and said with difficulty after a long while: "I have no children in my life, I accept this life, to protect Nanzhao's luck, I also accept my own flesh and blood to send out of Nanzhao, but why do children raised with heart still be disappoint me?"

Kong Gu took a sip of tea: "This one is disappointing, isn't there another one? Wait until that one disappoints you, and then act like this desperate look."

"..." I can't answer you like this.

The monarch sighed and said: "The old national teacher had a prophecy, 'Nanzhao's qi will be exhausted, good fortune and bad luck will be born, and there may be a turning point.'

Old Kong Gu didn't answer.

The king didn't really want to ask for advice when he came to him.

Sit quietly for a while.

The monarch said, "Gu always asks me to find that child back then?"

Kong Gu took a sip of tea: "I can't find it."

The king has a meal.

He heard Old Kong Gu say again, "Let's see if I can invite you back."

The monarch frowned, just as what was going to happen, Kong Gu opened his mouth with a sigh rather than a sigh: "People are not plants, how can they be ruthless? Hearts are full of flesh. You didn't want her at the beginning, but now you expect her to want you?"

"..." Can you stop choking people like this when you keep talking?

The king said coldly, "I didn't say I wanted to recognize her!"

"Oh." Old Kong Gu took another sip of tea.

At this point in the conversation, the monarch finally felt a little embarrassed, but it was only him who was embarrassed. A man of Old Kong Gu's age was no longer disturbed by the world, and he was very comfortable.

The monarch's heart was a little blocked: "She grew up in the countryside, who knows what she will look like, and I have a nephew from the side, who is no worse than Di Ji."

Old Kong Gu continued to drink tea.

The monarch sat upright and said, "She is the fate of Tiansha Guxing. Will I bring this little disaster star back to bring disaster to the common people?"

Kong Gu said, "Your Majesty is not a Lonely Star, and I have not seen His Majesty's sons and daughters."

Really, really going to be pissed off by this old guy...

Kong Gu said again: "The old national teacher said back then that good and bad are born, Your Majesty, don't forget, the misfortune depends on the fortune, the blessing and the misfortune lie in the back, the secrets of heaven are beyond the mortals of you and me can understand. Since this The one who brings blessings fails to benefit the common people, so how can His Majesty decide that the one who is in trouble will bring trouble to the world?"

The king could not say a word.

When the baby Emperor Ji was sent out of Nanzhao, he was opposed by many court officials. Niudan was the most violent one. He said that the world was in chaos. Blame what a swaddle doll does.

He didn't listen to Niudan.

Although Old Kong Gu didn't stop him, his eyes clearly didn't agree with him.

But after that, Kong Gu seemed to have forgotten about this matter, and he never mentioned it until he abdicated. He thought that Kong Gu had forgotten about the child long ago.

"Have you always remembered her?" the king asked. "Do you also think that I did something wrong back then?"

Old Kong Gu did not answer him, but said: "Before the old national teacher died, he came to see me in Old Gu Palace. Does Your Majesty know what he said to me?"

"What did he say?"

"He said two words."

"What word?" the king asked.

"Strange." Kong Gu said.

"strangeness?"

Old Kong Gu nodded: "Yes, it's just weird, but he didn't say anything about what he was wondering."

The king fell into deep thought.

Kong Gu's old words changed the point: "The child grew up in the folk, I am afraid that he has suffered a lot, and his parents don't want her."

For more than 30 years, the monarch could not remember what the child looked like, and he could not even remember whether he had hugged her when she was born.

But he remembered that snow.

Nanzhao never snows.

On the night she was sent away, there was a heavy snowfall in the sky.

Concubine Yun cried and said, send it off later, the child will freeze to death on a heavy snow day.

The boy looked at him with wide, curious eyes.

Xu is not aware that he is about to be abandoned.

I thought I was going out to play, but my calves kicked very hard.

He turned around.

The palace door closed coldly.

Outside the palace gate, the child's heart-wrenching cry was heard.

He never looked back.