Wishful Things

He followed the servant to the emperor's residence hall, and was invited into the side hall. He did not see the emperor, but saw Emperor Baoqing.

This was the first time the two met after he broke off the engagement with the other party.

And he soon discovered that there was no one else in the side hall.

Empress Baoqing told him about her heartfelt love, and said a lot of so-called unchanging words——

Looking at the tearful woman in front of him, he was even puzzled at the time.

He thought that although he had a marriage contract with the other party, he had never violated the rules in the slightest. It must be known that the two of them had never even spoken a single word in private. Where did the other party's intention come from?

And what kind of intention is it that, even after the marriage contract is broken, she can still say such words that disregard the dignity of the royal family?

Since he was a child, he put the family's interests, honor and disgrace at the top, and he couldn't understand the passionate intentions of that girl back then.

Just because I can't understand it, I can't imagine that there are people in this world who are so desperate for love, and it's wishful love——

He didn't intend to listen any more, leaving behind a sentence "Di Ji is probably drunk", and wanted to leave this place.

However, Baoqing Emperor Ji deceived him to come here, but it was not just to express his wish.

After three years of suffering, she made up her mind this time.

When he was about to leave, a group of palace people surrounded the empress who had heard the news and broke into the side hall.

Emperor Baoqing's clothes were ripped into a mess, and she rushed towards him.

Emperor Zhaoren Longyan was furious and questioned him aloud.

He truthfully explained the cause and effect, but it was only regarded as sophistry.

Emperor Baoqing knelt down in front of the empress, crying and saying that she didn't want to be a crown prince at all, and her heart was tied to him, and she begged her father, empress and empress to fulfill her wish.

What's more, they were forced to die on the spot.

The empress asked her where she put her royal face, and she said that she would give up her identity as Emperor Ji and stay with him even if she changed her name.

He stood there watching this scene, feeling extremely absurd.

This matter has been deadlocked for nearly two months, and Emperor Ji Baoqing really fell ill for two months, and insisted on refusing to take medicine. After winning this daughter, the Wu family was called into the palace to discuss.

He is already married to his regular wife, and the Wu family will not allow him to divorce his wife and marry another.

The fault of this matter is not their Wu family, and the Wu family in Ningyang has never had to bow to anyone.

His father disapproved of this matter, but due to the insistence of the royal family, he gave a sentence - if he wanted to enter the Wu family, Emperor Baoqing could only be a concubine.

She said yes.

On the day when she left the palace, the empress, who was heartbroken and disappointed to the extreme, decided to sever ties with her, and only regarded Empress Baoqing as dead.

In the eyes of the world, Empress Baoqing really fell ill and died.

One night, his wife's dowry maid "Bai Zhi" was carried into Wu's house by a small sedan chair through the side door.

Recalling the explanation of these antecedents, King Dingnan looked at Wu Jingling whose face was changing, and continued: "...After she entered the Wu family, the people in the house did not treat her harshly, and your aunt never treated her badly. Half of it is difficult, although she is a concubine, she lives alone in the same courtyard, and the food and clothing expenses are not comparable to that of an ordinary concubine. But she slowly fell ill. This illness starts from the heart."

No matter how the Wu family treats her harshly, few people know her true identity. Since she is the concubine of the Wu family, everything is incomparable to that of Emperor Ji.

Identity, habits, the eyes of people around, everything has changed drastically.

The freshness and joy at the beginning could not support the passing of the long years.

Besides, even though he could ignore her previous calculations and give her face, he couldn't give her what she really wanted.

Later, she seemed to regret it, and began not to want to see him.

He never set foot in her yard again.

At the same time, the situation of Dasheng Dynasty was gradually declining, and she occasionally sent her servants to inquire about the news outside.

What really crushed her was the news of the death of Empress Zhaoren that year——

"...Do you think I'll believe it!" Wu Jingling gritted his teeth and said, "It's clear that you tricked her and took advantage of her! And you treated her coldly in every possible way...causing her to die with hatred!"

The Mid-Autumn Festival feast was clearly arranged by him, which coaxed her into losing her mind, threatened her with the Emperor Ji's reputation, and forced the Empress Zhaoren to agree...but it turned out to be her scheme to deceive!

The Wu family had already made arrangements for this, that's why she entered the mansion as a concubine as a maid. How could it be the Wu family's concession and generosity? !

Also... After he finished using her, he abandoned her, and he refused to see her again until she died-how could it be that she didn't want to see him!

Everything seems to have traces to follow, but it is very different!

She was so infatuated with him that she was willing to give up everything, so how could she not want to see him again until she died? !

It doesn't make sense at all, it doesn't make sense at all!

It is the father who is lying!

King Dingnan: "You keep your mouth shut because I took advantage of her. Needless to say, she lost her status as an imperial concubine. She is just an ordinary concubine, useless at all. The Sheng Dynasty was in decline at that time, and my Wu family stood outside the dispute, why should I spend so much effort on her!"

Wu Jingling shook his head - he didn't believe it!

"You said that she died of depression because she was neglected by me. Although it is barely reasonable for you to speculate, you have underestimated her. Have you ever thought that she was blindfolded by love when she was young? She has learned the way of being a king, and she has also been a child of a man. Seeing the decline of the country, the emperor's father can hardly support the situation-do you really think that she will not regret it, and will not be ashamed? "

"The reason why she doesn't want to see me is also for this reason. Seeing it is like a mirror, like seeing the terrible mistakes made in the past."

"..." These words pierced Wu Jingling's heart like an ice pick.

Looking at King Dingnan, he suddenly laughed.

"How high-sounding it is...Everyone of the family, always act so decently! And so calmly! It seems that there is never the slightest mistake!" His eyes were filled with tears at some point: "What about me? What am I? Also Did your Wu family think about her situation in the mansion, and show mercy to her children!"

King Dingnan closed his eyes, and said word by word: "Now it seems that this is the only thing I did wrong——"

Wu Jingling laughed even louder.

Well the only thing you did wrong!

At this time, the letter left by Emperor Ji Baoqing before her death had been sent to the study.

King Dingnan said: "You are a smart man, if what I said is true or not, you must be able to tell from this letter."

Wu Jingling unfolded the letter with trembling fingers.

His eyes moved slowly on the letter paper, with a half smile on his face, "...you deserve it, you really deserve it!"

Dear concubine does not want to be a concubine, but commits herself to being a concubine!

Hold it in front of the other party with infatuation, and don't care if he wants it or not!

It deserves it!

Everything is self-inflicted!

Wu Jingling tore up the letter like a madman, as if he had never read it.

Looking at the mad second son, King Dingnan's tone has almost returned to calm: "You, like your biological mother, are too paranoid in temperament, like a ball of fire, which will burn yourself to ashes at every turn, and you are destined to hurt others. Hurt yourself."

"...No matter how much you say? I am the son of Emperor Baoqing, and this is a vague fact that cannot be changed!" Wu Jingling's face was full of anger and sarcasm, and more of it was to stick to his dignity and never let that support The stubbornness of my thoughts collapsed: "If you lose, you lose...the winner is the king and the loser, you just kill me! Why do you need to say more!"

King Dingnan slowly got up from his chair.

"That's all I said today, and it's all about you and my father and son." The tears in the old man's eyes were forced back, and he said in a calm voice: "I brought you into this world, and I should bear your fault. If you tried to kill me, you and I will just settle the matter. But your brother, A Yuan, they don't owe you anything—"

Hearing the phrase "the fate of father and son is over", Wu Jingling was stunned, and the crazy expression was all condensed on his face.

The old man with a straight back but too thin walked past him without looking at him again.

Everything suddenly quieted down.

In an instant, it seemed as if everything in the world had left him, and all voices disappeared, and suddenly he was the only one left in the world. He could only face himself, and there was no room for escape.

The door of the study was opened.

But because of the rainy weather, no light came in.

"A Yuan—"

"The grandson is here."

"It's up to you to deal with it..." The old man's voice seemed a little tired.

Wu Chao answered "Yes".

Wu Jingming and Wu Ran came over.

"Azhang, take grandfather back to rest." Wu Chao confessed.

Wu Ran responded and stepped forward to help the old man.

Wu Jingming glanced at the familiar but unfamiliar figure standing in the study, and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, and left with the old man.

Hearing the sound of footsteps going away, the figure in the study dwindled little by little, as if his strength was slowly drawn away, until he knelt down on the ground powerlessly.

Beside him are pieces of torn letter paper.

He sat like this, and after an unknown amount of time, there were footsteps approaching behind him.

The young man stood beside him, and asked, "Is the master behind the Purple Star Sect second uncle?"

Although it was a question, there was no uncertainty in his tone.

He had checked the Purple Star Sect, and even the Wu family had placed people in the Purple Star Sect. Now that he thought about it, Second Uncle should have noticed all of this.

Therefore, it is possible to hide and deal with it seamlessly.

Wu Jingling didn't answer, but it was tantamount to acquiescing.

"There have been rumors in the past four times that the Purple Star Sect has found the blood of the former royal family and wants to support it to restore the former dynasty. It turns out that the road for the second uncle has been paved long ago."

In this way, there is a name.

The 800,000 taels of silver that was taken away was used for the hoarding of soldiers and horses.

If the Wu family is fully controlled in the future, the Wu family will be the grain storehouse and silver bank in his hands until it is exhausted, leaving only an empty shell.

He really didn't want to be the head of the family, no head of the family would sacrifice the power of the whole family for his own selfishness.

In the past, in the eyes of everyone, the second uncle was a flirtatious playboy, even the grandfather once sighed, saying that the second uncle had nothing but intelligence but refused to use it in serious things——

Only now did I realize that it was used where they could not see it.

It's just that the second uncle has been acting on his own will from the beginning to the end, and his heart is full of unrealistic and extreme ideas. It is extremely difficult to win by doing things like this.

"When did you start to doubt..." Wu Jingling sat there, bowing slightly, no longer the noble and dignified posture of a child from an aristocratic family.

"Last year, the matter of Yingyue Tower."

After finding Suishan, he learned that during the suspended animation on the way to Beijing arranged by his grandfather, someone wanted to take advantage of the chaos to take his life——

After the grandfather learned of this, he quickly found out about the second uncle.

The explanation given by the second uncle is very meticulous and reasonable, from the personal attendant accidentally leaking the plan, to the prostitute Lan Xiang-Lan Xiang is the daughter of the former governor, who sneaked into Ningyang to avenge the Wu family.

Later, he also checked, and the identity of Lan Xiang was indeed the daughter of the governor.

What the second uncle said is true.

Thinking about it now, it is indeed true, Lan Xiang's identity as the daughter of an official in the former court must be true, and she is even a member of the Purple Star Sect. She is attached to her second uncle and is willing to die to protect her.

But at the beginning of the investigation, there were no other suspicious clues, or it was time to stop.

But he didn't.

He has been secretly investigating, not only the second uncle, but also other people in the clan.

Later, with more and more clues, two people were identified as very suspicious, and one of them was the second uncle.

This game is specially set up for the second uncle.

And by doing so, he caught another big fish, another person he had suspected all along—he and Zhang wanted to call Fifth Uncle's clan elder.

After investigation, this person had a deep collusion with the imperial court.

Calculating the time, most of them should have been detained by grandfather's people by now.

This is big fish.

But at this juncture, the torrent was surging, no matter the size of the fish or shrimp, they could hardly wait to get out of the water.

Exactly one clean up.

"So, you all know..." Wu Jingling opened his mouth. He had just argued anxiously, but now his voice was hoarse: "You know, I killed you twice."

"I know." Wu Chao said, "This time, I sent it up for Second Uncle to 'kill'."

Wu Jingling laughed feebly.

The laughter was no longer full of sarcasm as before, but rather sad.

"A Yuan...are you disappointed in Second Uncle?" He said in a low voice, "I thought that we would never see each other again, even if you were disappointed in me, luckily I couldn't see it, There is no need to face it.”

While speaking, he raised his head stiffly, and looked at the high yellow rosewood cabinet next to the desk. The cabinet was inlaid with a half-person-high mercury mirror. He always paid attention to his appearance, and often looked at himself in the mirror...

Looking at himself in the mirror at this time, he suddenly felt a little dazed.

As if talking to himself: "Even the second uncle himself is quite disappointed in himself..."

Wu Chao didn't know if his so-called disappointment in himself was disappointment in his big dream being shattered, or in what he had done.

Or both.

The human heart is always complicated.

"But I still have some clever tricks, right?" Wu Jingling smiled feebly, and said, "At least I've lied to you smart people for so many years, and it's only been discovered until now..."

Wu Chao looked down at him: "Is it really all a lie?"

If it is deceived by true feelings, it will naturally be difficult for people to suspect and distinguish.

True and false, but there is always some truth, and even more truth than false, which may be the reason why people are more likely to be deceived by their closest relatives.

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