Daoxu looked at Emperor Yongxing and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me."
Emperor Yongxing said: "You are from the grassland, and your grandfather was the king of the grassland. More than 30 years ago, the grassland army was defeated by my father and suffered heavy losses, and your grandfather was also seriously injured.
Your father was the eldest prince and should have inherited the throne of the grassland king, but your uncle Ashina Buye contacted another tribe on the grassland and usurped your father's throne.
Your father and mother were both killed by your uncle. In order to avenge your mother, your maternal uncle fought several battles with Ashina Buye, but he was defeated and fled.
You were only a few months old when your uncle usurped the throne.
At that time, your aunt was with your mother, and it was your aunt who risked her life to bring you out.
Your aunt knew that your uncle had contacted many grassland tribes to rebel with him. She didn't dare to take you to seek help from other tribes, so she brought you directly to Yongning Kingdom.
Although the Yongning Kingdom has been at war with the grassland people, my father and I both admire your grandfather, so I took you in.
However, your aunt was seriously injured when she took you away from the grassland, and she died not long after she brought you to Yongning Country."
Daohe stared at Daoxu with wide eyes. He had always thought that he and Daoxu had the same background and were both children abandoned by their parents.
But he didn't expect that his life experience was so different from Daoxu's. He felt a little sympathy for Daoxu.
Daohe patted Daoxu's shoulder again and said, "Don't worry, I will help you fight back and take back your position as the grassland king. I will be the emperor of Yongning Kingdom and you will be the grassland king. In this way, we will not fight again."
The corner of Emperor Yongxing's mouth twitched. The reason why he placed Dao and Daoxu together with Taoist Xuanzhen was exactly this plan.
In this way, they hope to end wars between the Central Plains and the northern grasslands.
When will the fighting between the two sides end? Many people will die in a war. Emperor Yongxing doesn't want more people to die.
But Daohe is too casual. He has just been recognized and he dares to say that he will be the emperor in the future. He really has an extraordinary ambition.
If it were an ordinary emperor, he would definitely think that Daohe’s ambition was too big. He was thinking about becoming the emperor before he even died.
Daohe really didn't take it seriously. If he was allowed to be the emperor, he would be the emperor. If not, he would go back to Ziyang Mountain and become a Taoist priest.
Daohe was happy to be reunited with his father, but he was not too happy. If he really wanted to be the emperor, he would not be willing to do so. It would be much better to be free every day.
Emperor Yongxing had been observing Daoxu's expression. He thought Daoxu would be sad or hateful.
However, he did not see much change in Daoxu's face, not even knowing that Daohe's face changed that much when he was the son of Emperor Yongxing.
Daoxu sighed and said, "Alas..., I didn't expect that we are both children of destiny, but your luck is better than mine."
Daohe said, "Oh, don't be sad, my father will be your father from now on."
Emperor Yongxing was speechless again. He didn't know how Taoist Xuanzhen taught these two little things. Why did they seem a bit heartless?
Emperor Yongxing said to Daoxu: "If you don't want to seek revenge and want to stay in Yongning Kingdom, I can let you live a life of ease and comfort. If you want to return to the grassland to seek revenge, I can also help you."
Daoxu asked: "What are the conditions? What do I have to pay?"
Emperor Yongxing smiled and said, “There are no conditions, you don’t need to pay anything.
I just want you to agree that when you become the king of the grassland and unify the grassland, there will be no more wars and both sides can live in peace. "
Emperor Yongxing also considered for a long time before saying this to Daoxu. Daoxu is only nine years old now. It is indeed a bit early to let a nine-year-old child take on such a task.
But Emperor Yongxing wanted to tell Daoxu these things while he was still young, and then see how Daoxu would react.
If Daoxu had ambitions, Emperor Yongxing's plan would have been different.
Emperor Yongxing would not let Daoxu answer right now. Anyway, he was still young and it would definitely take a few years before he would be allowed to return to the grassland.
Who knew that Xu blinked and looked at Emperor Yongxing, then said with a smile: "Your Majesty, how about I recognize you as my adoptive father. If I become your adopted son, we will be a family in the future, and then it will be legitimate for you to help me."
Daohe's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea. Let's join forces and fight other countries in the future."
Emperor Yongxing really didn't know what was going on with Daohe and Daoxu's brains. Why were their ideas so different from those of ordinary people?
Then Emperor Yongxing asked suspiciously, "You don't want me to help you for nothing, do you?"
Daoxu said: "Your Majesty, if you become my adoptive father, then you are my father. Isn't it natural for a father to help his son?"
Concubine Ye was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. She found that Daohe and Daoxu were both very cunning.
Emperor Yongxing thought that this proposal was not bad. He became Daoxu's adoptive father, and it would serve as a bond between them in the future.
Emperor Yongxing said: "I can adopt you as my adopted son, but this cannot be announced to the public now.
I ask you questions, don't rush to answer me.
You should study hard in the Imperial College first, and then think about the future when you become an adult.
I am telling you these things now because I hope you can have an idea of what is going on so that you can make better plans for the future. Don’t tell anyone about this.”
Daoxu nodded, "Okay."
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The next day, everyone returned to the city.
The next day, people from Shanglinyuan delivered the seeds that Zhang Hulan wanted to the village that Zhang Hulan was in charge of.
Zhang Hulan immediately had someone plow a piece of land, cut the sprouted potatoes into pieces, wrapped them in wood ash and planted them.
I planted all the other seeds, planting the seeds I knew separately. For the seeds I didn't know, I found a piece of land and scattered some of them, waiting for them to grow and then seeing what they were.
Not long after Emperor Yongxing returned to the palace, he announced that Concubine Ye was canonized as empress.
Then Daohe returned to his ancestral home and was directly named the crown prince.
The ministers who had been to Shanglinyuan were mentally prepared, but the rest of the officials were shocked.
However, all the civil and military officials in the court were very happy. Emperor Yongxing still had no prince, which was not a good thing for a country.
If something happens to Emperor Yongxing and he doesn't even have a successor, the world will surely be in chaos.
All the ministers felt relieved when such a great prince suddenly appeared.
When Zhang Xiaobing and Zhang Xinyue heard the news, they were extremely surprised.
Daohe moved into the palace, and Daoxu lived with him.
Zhang Xiaobing asked, ""Can we no longer play together?"
Daohe took out a jade token and handed it to Zhang Xinyue, "Keep this token. You can come to the palace to play with me anytime in the future. When you arrive at the palace gate, give the token to the guard, and the guard will take you to find me."
Zhang Xinyue immediately put the jade token into her arms. Zhang Xiaobing said, "Why only one piece? What about us?"
Daohe said, "This jade token was given to me by my father. There is only this one. When you want to go to the palace to find me, go with Daoning."
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