Riding the Pheonix Chapter 784: Exchange lives
Every time Yang Shu thinks about it, he feels aggrieved for his grandmother.
She went to the battlefield with her father when she was just ten years old and conquered this country. In terms of merit, she is the eldest among Taizu's children.
But she did not covet the credit, nor did she care about power. She was no longer needed on the front line, so she took off her armor and returned to her fields to study with peace of mind.
After her mother passed away, she was afraid that the palace people would neglect her care, so she once took her younger brother to her side and took care of him like her own child.
Several younger brothers were fighting to the death for the position of crown prince. She often mediated between them, but she was powerless and watched them kill each other.
At that time, King Zhao should be her comfort, right?
At least this younger brother is still here and did not interfere in those fights.
But the truth is so cruel. It was this seemingly harmless younger brother who played the most beautiful trick and used his strength to kill the three brothers in one fell swoop.
Yang Shu could not imagine how his grandmother felt when she received the news and sent her second son to respond.
In particular, her second son died of serious injuries after the incident, leaving her devastated.
But at that time, the situation was decided.
Both the prince and King Qin and King Jin fell from power, and they died cleanly in just a few months.
She only has one younger brother left, what else can she do? Should we expose this matter and let him die too?
She could only swallow her grief, keep this matter as a secret, and never mention it again.
But the only remaining brother still didn't let her go.
More than ten years later, knowing that she had taken in her brother’s grandson, she actually forced her to die!
He said it sadly, but since the emperor could do such a thing, how could he be grateful for his eldest sister's loving heart?
Seeing the emperor's unmoved look, Yang Shu was extremely discouraged.
"Until now, you still don't feel that you were wrong?"
The emperor gritted his teeth: "If she hadn't...hidden you, how could I...have today!"
"Grandma never asked me to take revenge!" Yang Shu couldn't help but raise his voice, "She taught me so many things, but she just didn't want me to become a useless person! She even deliberately misled me before she died, making me think that I was yours. Illegitimate child, why don’t you understand her heart?”
"That's to protect you!" The emperor's voice became smoother.
He was flashing his head, recalling that night: "That day, the eyeliner next to her... suddenly came back and said that a visitor had come..."
The emperor knew then that his brother's descendants were not yet extinct.
A few days later, in the name of Wen Guogong, he went to the other courtyard to visit his eldest sister.
The eldest sister was shocked when he heard what he said and begged him to let the child go. He doesn't know his own life experience at all, and it will not pose a threat to him.
But the emperor was still worried.
How did he get to the position? Who would have thought that King Zhao would become the next emperor?
Such a slim possibility finally became a reality. How could he allow an accident to happen?
What then? The eldest sister was actually willing to sacrifice her life.
To this day, he still remembers what she said.
"He has been living with me since he was a child and has no idea about his life experience. How could he think of revenge? If you are not worried, I...I will die on his behalf! If I die, he will have nothing to rely on. Those connections in the military have been gone for so many years and have nothing to do with him. Even if he finds out one day and has different intentions, he doesn’t have the capital to shake you. Is that okay?"
The emperor at that time did not mean what he said: "What did the eldest sister say? Doesn't this mean that the younger brother is forcing you?"
The eldest princess cried and said: "This child has been with me for more than ten years. He has always followed his own desires and acted arbitrarily. He is just a playboy. How can he be thinking about hatred?"
The emperor said: "Sister, you are too modest to say that. He doesn't like going to school, but you always supervise him, and his academic performance is much better than that of the third child. What's more, you also teach him martial arts and teach him The Art of War."
"I truly regard him as my grandson!" the eldest princess sobbed. "Your second nephew died, and even the child died. He didn't even leave any blood. In the past ten years, as long as I think about this This thing makes me heartbroken. I want to keep this child so that he can inherit the legacy of my second son, and I can offer sacrifices to him during festivals in the future, so as to prevent him from becoming a lonely ghost. Your eldest nephew is not living up to expectations. , can't learn martial arts, and see that there is no one in the family who can inherit our career. I teach him this, not to go against you, but just to let him inherit our career! If he can train him to become a general, it will not be for you. Fight?"
The emperor was silent. How could these words move him?
If he is really allowed to inherit his eldest sister's career, wouldn't it mean that the military power will be handed over to him.
How could the emperor be so relieved?
The eldest princess wiped the tears from her face and looked at him imploringly: "Since you don't agree, forget it. He is still young now, so why won't it be up to you in the future? After I die, his life experience will be It will become a secret forever. He will not know who he is, and he will not pose any threat to you. Ah Shao, it seems that for the sake of our decades-old relationship, can we let him go? Sister, please!"
This was the first time the eldest princess said the word "please" to him.
The emperor was slightly moved when he heard her calling his name.
He was too young when he lost his mother. In his memory, the person who took care of him was his eldest sister.
This feeling is different anyway.
"Sister, I don't want to force you..."
The emperor has returned.
A few days later, he heard the news of his eldest sister's death.
Going to the Bolinghou Mansion to mourn, he looked at the cold corpse in the coffin with mixed feelings in his heart.
He cried very sadly. He was really sad at that time.
The death of his eldest sister brought back memories of his childhood.
If possible, he really doesn't want her to die.
The child was also very sad and cried uncontrollably.
The calmest person is Bolinghou.
He received him personally and said to him: "Your eldest sister always means what she says. In all these years, she has never told a lie to you, she has only concealed this one thing."
The emperor wiped the tears from his face and looked surprisingly calm.
He thought, maybe this is the heart of an emperor, right? I was so sad just now ~IndoMTL.com~ But thinking about this incident, I felt that it was a perfect ending for my eldest sister to die like this.
The imperial concubine knew about it, and cried and begged him last night, saying that she just wanted to keep a lineage of her ex-husband and give up the favor.
If possible, he still doesn't want the imperial concubine to be sad.
This result seems to be the best of both worlds, and everyone is satisfied.
Old Marquis Boling said: "Your Majesty, it is better to return to the palace as soon as possible. It is not safe for you outside. I have to take care of the eldest princess's funeral, so I will not entertain her."
Not long after, the news of the old Marquis Boling's death also came.
Outsiders said that they were deeply in love as husband and wife, and the death of the eldest princess was a huge blow to him, so he couldn't afford to fall ill and followed him.
But the emperor knew that this was not the case.
The moment the eldest princess decided to die, old Marquis Boling would not be alive either.
To keep this secret, neither of the couple can survive.