Chapter 1337 Queen of Daxia

Hearing this, Xia Fengye clenched his fists and looked at the old man in front of him.

In order to stabilize the court, his father married into many aristocratic families, which allowed Daxia to be completely stabilized after the war. However, because of this reason, there were many princes.

But even if the children were born to concubines of humbler status, the Empress Dowager would see them with her own eyes.

Even when they were young, the imperial grandmother would still talk to them.

None of them were her favorite.

There wasn't one she disliked.

But he only remembers it very clearly about himself!

When he was young, he saw the Empress Dowager walking alone in the Imperial Garden with wine in her hand, so he stepped forward to pay his respects.

The Empress Dowager looked at him and said, "You look like your grandfather. Now that you are old enough to drink, will you have a drink with me?"

Only him!

He was the only one who had ever drank with the Empress Dowager, who was the most mysterious and noble among all the royal relatives!

He was the only one who was told that he looked like his royal grandfather!

And now.

I heard the words 'That's why I don't let you be the emperor'.

The old King of Shu, who had finally seen this person, clenched his fists and said, "Grandmother!"

Xia Fengye knelt on the ground and raised his head, as if he had mustered up his courage.

Grandma was originally walking towards the lobby, but she turned back to look at Xia Fengye.

When Xia Fengye saw the old man's look at him, a hint of cowardice suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Since ancient times, there have been many imperial courts and concubines in the harem, and all kinds of troubles are inevitable. However, in the harem of the past, there were no fights and no dirty tricks, only because of the existence of this old man.

Once a concubine was pregnant, and another concubine sent her rouge mixed with musk.

As a result, the concubine was beheaded by the guards on the same day, but Emperor Zhaodi turned a blind eye and just went to Hua'e Tower to apologize.

Seeing that Xia Fengye didn't say anything, the grandmother looked at him calmly and turned around to continue walking towards the lobby.

Although Su Changan was rubbing his wrist which had just been pinched by his wife, he ran over happily to get a chair and put it away. He also brought a low table and plenty of tea, water and snacks.

Xia Tingyu looked at Su Changan like this.

Especially after she had cleaned up, she looked at her grandmother with a smile on her face.

How to say it.

What a lackey!

So disgusting!

Huh~~

Xia Tingyu looked at Su Changan with contempt in his foxy eyes, but there was a smile on his face and some envy in his eyes.

If she were serving the grandmother, she would be even more servile than this!

Su Changan caught a glimpse of Xia Tingyu's eyes and immediately responded with disdain. "You want to steal my job?"

Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes and was too lazy to say anything.

Xia Fengye, on the other hand, clenched his fists and looked at his grandmother: "Grandmother, I..."

But he still couldn't speak when he opened his mouth. But after gritting his teeth, he finally asked the question that he had been holding back for decades, "Why did you choose Xia Huachang back then?"

After this question was asked, Su Changan and others all looked at Xia Fengye.

There were only five of them in the courtyard.

When Aunt Sun, Feng Chun and others saw Grandma coming, they immediately left the yard after paying their respects.

Grandma didn't answer immediately. Instead, she sat down, leaned against the chair, supported her face with the back of her hand, and looked at Xia Fengye coldly.

Xia Fengye mustered up the courage to continue, "My grandson is no less capable than Xia Huachang. Furthermore, all the aristocratic families supported me back then, and I had many more capable people around me than Xia Huachang. Even the ministers in the court mostly supported me in succeeding the throne. Even my father intended for me to succeed him, but you chose Xia Huachang. Did you forget that he killed the sixth and seventh brothers? And I'm not your favorite grandson?"

Xia Fengye's voice became increasingly louder, but by the last sentence, it sounded a little weak. His tone was full of doubt, yet a hint of helplessness.

Just like Xia Fengye himself, it is very complicated, as if he is asking a question, but also as if he is asking another question.

But Grandma just looked at him, "Qingge."

When Xia Fengxiang heard this, he immediately looked at his grandmother and said, "My grandson is here."

Grandma said: "Issue an order to abdicate the throne to your uncle."

“!”

Xia Fengye was immediately stunned.

Even Su Changan, Xia Fengxiang and Xia Tingyu looked stunned.

but

Xia Fengxiang immediately bowed and said, "Yes."

But when Xia Fengxiang walked towards the desk, Xia Fengye glanced at her back and then looked at where Grandma was: "What do you mean?"

And Grandma looked at Xia Fengye: "This is the difference."

Xia Fengye looked puzzled.

Grandma said: "Your grandfather, your father, or the fourth brother, even your eldest brother, would stand up and say "OK" at this time. Even your eldest brother would never ask such a stupid question, but would ask for military power. But you are surprised..."

Grandma brought the teacup to her lips, but did not drink it. Instead, she looked up at Xia Fengye and said, "Even this girl didn't ask a single question, but answered yes directly."

Xia Fengye paused and took a few deep breaths. "Grandson doesn't understand what the Empress Dowager means. Besides, if you really let me sit..."

Having said that, Xia Fengye looked towards Xia Fengxiang who had already picked up the pen and started writing, but his voice stopped abruptly.

But immediately, Xia Fengye showed his determination: "My grandson will control the military power of the world!"

But after saying that, Xia Fengye actually smiled, then looked at Grandma: "Is it too late? Now everything is too late! Now, even if I sit in that position, I will only be a puppet! Grandmother, you are doing this now, trying to tell me that if I lose, I lose completely. But, Grandmother, I just want to know why you chose the fourth brother back then. It's not me who did nothing wrong back then, but the fourth brother was decisive and ruthless, and the court officials impeached him one after another."

Grandma picked up a donkey roll and took a bite: "Changan, tell him why."

Su Changan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xia Fengye: "Uncle, the reason you ask this question now is why Grandfather and Grandmother didn't choose you."

Xia Fengye looked at Su Changan.

Su Changan said: "Although I don't know what happened back then, but when Grandma asked you to sit on the throne just now, you should have agreed."

Xia Fengye couldn't help but sneer: "Go up and become a puppet emperor?! Let the world laugh at you?"

Su Changan had a blank expression on his face. "After you took the throne, even if you were a puppet emperor, you still had a chance to turn the tables, because you were the one sitting in that position. The people of the world don't know what a powerful minister is. They only know that the Great Xia Emperor is the one sitting on the dragon throne. This was a glimmer of hope, but you gave it up. Giving up means you have nothing left, not even a glimmer of hope."

While Su Changan was talking, grandma finished eating the donkey rolls and glanced at Xia Tingyu's table. She found that there was no such snack, so she took the plate and looked at Xia Tingyu.

Xia Tingyu hurried forward and took it with both hands.

Grandma said, "Little Thirteen."

Xia Fengye was originally looking at Su Changan, and when he heard the Empress Dowager calling him, he turned his head to look over.

Grandma spoke up, "Even Huang Chao was called out, and this girl and Chang'an only have Luo Changfeng and Kuyue by their side. Yunxiao isn't around, and you even have the strong support of the southern noble families. And yet, you still lost."

Xia Fengye looked at his grandmother and immediately replied, "My grandson overthought it at the time, so he didn't send troops to help."

Grandma continued, "That night, I watched the Fourth Brother gather his troops at Chengtian Gate, while your own troops, without needing to gather, voluntarily came to your residence. Your numbers far outnumbered the Fourth Brother's, yet you hesitated."

Xia Fengye clenched his fists even more.

Grandma continued, "Do you still remember the questions your father asked you and the fourth brother?"

Xia Fengye nodded: "Remember, I chose the throne, and the fourth brother chose to control the world's troops!"

Grandma spoke up, "Your father told me that he knew you wanted both, but you didn't dare ask for it, so he chose the throne."

Xia Fengye: "I thought I could only choose one."

Xia Fengye was not a fool, but rather very smart. At this point, he already understood what the Empress Dowager wanted to say, and he also knew that the Empress Dowager had answered his question.

but.

Xia Fengye looked at his grandmother. "Even if I'm overly cautious, Xia Huachang still has his own flaws, Grandmother! It's not that I refuse to accept the current outcome. I know I've lost, so I'm willing to accept whatever Xia Huachang does to me. I lost this time, too, so I came to the capital instead of dying in Shu. But at the same time, I just want to see you and ask you face to face, why... why not me! Is it just because of my personality?"

Grandma's eyes remained the same as before, she just looked at Xia Fengye and said, "Your father planned to kill you and Old Eight before he died."

Hearing this, not to mention Xia Fengye, even Xia Fengxiang couldn't help but look back.

Grandma spoke up, "Your father's ability to judge people is so great that even your royal grandfather would sigh in admiration. He saw you and Old Eighth saying that you would bring disaster to the future emperor. And since so many children had already died, he no longer cared."

"But the fourth son and his wife came to the palace and presented your father with a painting, a picture of a tiger."

Xia Fengye was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously said, "The tiger is the king of all beasts. Who dares to offend its wrath? Only the love between parents and children will make them look back at every step."

Grandma continued, "When your father saw this, he laughed. Looking at the Fourth Prince, he knew he had made the right choice. Before he died, he gave you the painting. But what did you do?"

Xia Fengye looked at his grandmother and subconsciously looked at Xia Tingyu.

Worthy!

I don't feel any guilt towards Tingyu.

But the image in my mind was of the little girl covered in blood standing in a sea of ​​corpses and blood.

When Dian Junming brought Xia Tingyu to Shu, he looked at him and said, "Your Majesty, the princess was assassinated. Are you really not going to care about this?! She is still a child."

Xia Fengye didn't answer, but just watched in the dark as the girl hugged her pillow and cried in fear.

His daughter must not be afraid of these things since childhood, otherwise she will fail like him in the future!

And his daughter must also learn to be ruthless and learn to kill from a young age!

so.

He secretly helped Xia Tingyu poison the entire Chen family, and even watched his own daughter kill his own grandfather's entire family in revenge.

Then

Xia Fengye suddenly thought of the second and third brothers.

In order to prevent his daughter from having those indecisive feelings, he set up a trap to let the third brother in. As a result, his daughter did not kill the third brother.

But the third child's legs were broken and he has been lying in bed ever since.

Lao Wu's "Tingyu is so kind, you should encourage it."

The second brother’s private indulgence.

The fourth brother was very smart and kept away from me, especially after the hairpin incident, he didn't dare to get close to me.

What did I do?

Xia Fengye thought of the scene when he first saw the painting. When his father passed away, the eunuchs in the palace delivered the painting to him immediately.

But I just took a look at it and threw it aside.

But

Looking at Xia Tingyu, Xia Fengye clenched his fists: "I'm not wrong!"

Xia Fengye looked at his grandmother and said, "I did nothing wrong!"

Grandma stood up, glanced at him, and said nothing. She looked at Su Changan and said, "Send someone to tell Wan'er that swords are not allowed in tomorrow's competition. All other weapons are allowed except swords. As for the moves, only stabbing and blocking are used."

Su Changan nodded.

Grandma looked at him and continued, "Since you don't need a spear anymore, you can just use a branch to fight. You can only use it to pierce and block."

Su Changan looked at his grandmother in confusion, "What if the old Taoist priest, Yu Taohua, and Aunt Yan are drawn in the same situation?"

Grandma nodded and walked out of the yard.

When Xia Fengye saw that his grandmother was about to leave, he kept calling her "Grandmother", but his grandmother completely ignored him and just walked out of the yard.

And watched the old man pass away like this.

Xia Fengye slumped on the ground with a dull look on his face. It seemed as if he had received an answer, but at the same time, he hadn't.

Family love.

Did I lose because of family affection?

Xia Huachang has family affection! ?

Xia Fengxiang looked at Xia Fengye and didn't say anything.

Instead, Su Changan lowered his voice and said, "I think the old man wants to kill me and replace me with a grandson-in-law. Tell me the truth, are you tired of it?"

Xia Fengxiang rolled his eyes at Su Changan and handed the paper he had just written on to Su Changan.

Su Changan looked down and was puzzled.

"If you keep flirting with Xia Tingyu, you'll sleep on the floor tonight!"

"You actually want to wipe her mouth!? I'll give you a place to find your own money!"

"You even made food for her yourself, and she ate it with such relish. Just wait for me!"

"Su Changan! You actually looked at Xia Tingyu so much, you're going to die! Don't touch me for a week!"

Looking at these four lines of words, Su Changan pursed his lips and looked at his wife who was walking towards Xia Tingyu with a smile.

Then he looked down at the contents of the paper in his hand.

After a moment of silence.

He ignored Xia Fengye in the yard, and even less Xia Fengxiang and Xia Tingyu, and walked towards his bedroom.

Regardless of whether this makes sense or not.

I have to hide my secret money first so my wife won’t find it!

…

When Grandma walked out of the yard, no one noticed, just as no one noticed when she came.

only

The old man just walked along the corridor.

Thought of my own children.

The Emperor Zhao of Xia who lay in his arms before his death.

"Mom, will those dead children scold me when they see me?"

"Forget it, let them curse all they want. After all, they were born into the royal family, and they insist on fighting for the throne."

Under that moon, the old man who was always just a child in Li Yunxian's eyes, but in reality was a dying old man with white hair, rested his head weakly on his mother's legs.

Li Yunxian lowered her eyes to look at her child, patted her child gently, and her eyes were unusually calm.

Emperor Zhao chuckled, "Mother, it's time for you, a white-haired man, to send off a young man."

Li Yunxian said softly, "Mother still has black hair, but my son has already turned white."

Emperor Zhao laughed and tried his best to move his body so that he could snuggle in his mother's arms.

The moonlight outside the window is unusually bright.

Li Yunxian raised her eyes and looked outside, humming a nursery rhyme.

I don't know when my face returned to its youthful appearance.

Emperor Zhao, with blurred vision, looked at his younger self, listened to the nursery rhymes he had heard in his childhood, and slowly closed his eyes.

And it was a few years ago

Xia Huachang was sick and haggard, also lying in his grandmother's arms.

Looking at my grandmother, tears welled up in her eyes and she was so weak she couldn't speak.

Li Yunxian has no grandchildren she dislikes, nor does she particularly like any of them, but she just doesn't favor any one over the other.

But looking at Xia Huachang, Li Yunxian hugged her grandson and murmured the nursery rhyme softly.

(End of this chapter)