Night chat in the palace (Part 1)

Imperial Palace, Dragon Head Hall.

Wang De waited on Emperor Hongwen to lie down and was about to leave.

Emperor Hongwen, who was sitting on the dragon couch, suddenly sat up again.

"Wang De."

"Your Majesty, do you have any other orders?"

Emperor Hongwen waved to him and motioned for him to go over and sit down next to him.

"During this period, I have been thinking about one more thing."

As the first manager around Emperor Hongwen and his confidant for many years, Wang De naturally noticed that Emperor Hongwen had been absent-minded most of the time recently.

I also understand what he is thinking, but understanding is one thing, but I cannot directly state it.

When serving the emperor, you can be clever, but you can't act too smart, especially if you are smart, but those who are smart will not end well.

Regardless of whether Wang De served Emperor Hongwen regardless of how big or small he was, the relationship between the two was as deep as that of brothers, but Wang De always had a line in his heart that he would never cross.

"I wonder what your Majesty is thinking about?"

"Do you think King Jin knew what happened back then?"

After hearing this, Wang De was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know."

"Then what would he do if I told him what happened back then?"

As soon as these words came out, Wang De was shocked and looked at Emperor Hongwen in great astonishment. He was a little confused as to why Emperor Hongwen suddenly had such a terrible idea.

Wang De also knew very well what happened back then, and that incident must not be exposed, otherwise it would cause unprecedented turmoil in the entire East Continent.

I don’t know how many people will lose their heads by then.

"Why did Your Majesty suddenly have such an idea?"

He knew very well that when this matter was revealed, the first person to bear the brunt would be Emperor Hongwen himself, and he would also be the most affected.

But now that he actually had this idea, he must have thought it over carefully. As a slave, he naturally couldn't stop him, and he could vaguely guess why Emperor Hongwen suddenly had such an idea.

Who knows, Emperor Hongwen shook his head after being silent.

"I don't know, maybe it's because of guilt, maybe it's because I'm too tired these years, or maybe it's because of Yao Yao."

Wang De could understand the first two. After all, he was also involved. He had seen many things along the way.

As for the last reason mentioned, Wang De was a little unsure. After all, it had only been around for so long, how could it have such a huge impact on His Majesty?

"Actually, in recent years, I have been thinking about the past when I was in Jiangdong."

"Yao Yao hadn't appeared at that time."

As he spoke, he reached for the jade pillow behind him, put it on his lap, turned it over, and moved his fingers lightly. Unexpectedly, there was a hidden compartment in the jade pillow.

Wang De was shocked. As Emperor Hongwen's personal manager, he was the most familiar with the things around him, but he hadn't discovered that this jade pillow had any secrets after so many years.

This secret compartment is not big, only two fingers long and wide. There is a letter with yellowed paper folded inside.

As Emperor Hongwen took out the letter and unfolded it, Wang De saw Juanxiu's handwriting on the letter and felt a little familiar.

"This is."

"Ajun's last letter to me was sent by the Crown Prince Jiangdong."

Hearing this, Wang De was startled, and after recalling it, he actually had no impression at all.

It seems that as a general manager, I have not done a good job. I don't know anything about His Majesty.

Emperor Hongwen unfolded the letter and gently touched the faded ink on it with his fingertips.

"Yao Yao spirit phoenix will return forever."

"I think about it for a long time, but it always turns out to be contrary to my wishes."

"There is no end to the calamity, when will I fly?"

If Lu Yaoyao were here at this time, he would be so shocked that his jaw would hit the ground.

Because what Emperor Hongwen said at this time was exactly the same as the sentence deep in her memory that her mother often said when she was alone and sad.

Even these lines of poetry continued to appear in her and his dreams for many years after her mother passed away.

"Actually, you don't know that when you told me that Yaoyao might be my and Ajun's daughter, I actually already had the answer in my heart."

Wang De was still a little stunned, because he didn't know about this letter, and now it suddenly came to him, and he still needed to analyze it.

"You still remember my calligraphy, right?"

"Of course I remember that your given name is Fenghua."

Huh? The next moment Wang De was stunned and looked at the letter in Emperor Hongwen's hand. He understood.

The Lingfeng here should allude to Fenghua. Princess Wanfu is Lu Yunjun's daughter. This poem comes from Lu Yunjun's letter, so the origin of Lu Yaoyao's name is very clear.

While thinking about the meaning of the following words, Wang De seemed to see a picture of a woman feeling sad and sad, and finally died in depression.

For a moment, my heart felt a little clogged.

At this time, Emperor Hongwen across from him had red eyes, tears flashing in his eyes, and a look of guilt and self-blame covering his brows.

"I failed her."

Wang De sighed silently in his heart.

In his opinion, this was a bad fate. Even if Emperor Hongwen did not fail Lu Yunjun, he would still harm Lu Yunjun.

Do you really go to Jiangdong to pick her up and bring her to the capital? Enter the palace? Facing the powerful and domineering Queen Wang, what will happen to Lu Yunjun? Wang De knows very well.

When Emperor Hongwen first ascended the throne, he had many concubines in the harem. However, in the following few years, one by one died of illness or made mistakes and was executed.

The few that are left now are not because Wang and Queen don't want to move, but because they all have people standing behind them and have deep backgrounds, so Wang and Queen can't move.

Outsiders don't know these things clearly, so why doesn't he, the chief manager, also know it?

Therefore, even if Emperor Hongwen really took Lu Yunjun over as promised, the only thing waiting for her would be death.

This is a bad fate. When two people come together, they are destined to have no good results.

"That's why Your Majesty calmed down and came up with that idea?"

Emperor Hongwen did not deny it.

The power of an emperor and emperor, above ten thousand people, is very fascinating. Countless people work hard for this position.

But is this seat really that good?

Some people may be addicted to it, but there are also some people who feel tired.

Emperor Hongwen was also very obsessed at first, thinking that becoming the emperor of a country would free him from certain things and do whatever he wanted. However, as time went by, he discovered that this was not the case at all.

This position was not as good as he thought, or in other words, he found that he was just a puppet controlled by others. He could not do whatever he wanted, but he had always been in control.

Many of the things I wanted to do have become even more impossible to do.

If you don't talk about it far away, let's talk about Lu Yaoyao. She is obviously her daughter, but she can only keep it in her heart and cannot recognize her.

What’s the point of being such a hollow emperor?

"This girl is Yaoyao. Although we only got along with her for more than a year, I like her very much."

"This kind of liking has nothing to do with his status and relationship with me."

Suddenly, the corner of Emperor Hongwen's mouth lifted into a smile, bright and relaxed.

"When I get along with her, I can feel that I have flesh and blood."
Chapter completed!