Because when you really fall in love with someone, you no longer have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. Even the countless thoughts in your mind are reduced to only one: being with the one you love, even for just a moment.
He thought that things would eventually develop as he expected, and even thought that if possible, he would just return the position to Aze.
As for him, he just needs to be someone close to Aze, so that their plan will not fail in the end, and he and Aze can live the life they want.
But things in this world are unpredictable. When he knelt in front of the late emperor's bed, he was already facing the final choice.
"Jiang'er, father knows that you resent him. Father has been repenting all these years, but now the time has come to move on." Emperor Gan sighed, his turbid eyes staring straight at Long Mujiang.
"Father was young and impetuous at the time. All he had in his eyes and heart was the country of Gan. That's why he did such a ridiculous thing and harmed you children."
"But now there's no turning back. Father doesn't ask you to forgive him, but he wants the people of Gan Country to beg you to be the next monarch of Gan Country."
Long Mujiang looked at his father, whom he had respected since childhood. The former emperor was now just an old man lying on his sickbed. There was pleading and unwillingness in his cloudy eyes, but no regret.
"Father, do you really regret it? But I don't see any indebtedness to you and others in your eyes." Long Mujiang took a deep breath, and when he opened his eyes again, he had completely calmed down.
His father did not regret doing this at all, but in the end he found that he had missed a step, but he was powerless to change it, so he felt so unwilling.
He even had a strong premonition that if his father could still hold on, he would not have chosen him to be the final emperor. Instead, based on all the plans, he would have recalculated and trained a qualified emperor.
"Regret? Jiang'er, when you sit on your father's position, you will understand his painstaking efforts. At that time, you will know that the so-called regret is not useless." Emperor Gan laughed sarcastically, but also happily.
"As the monarch of Gan State, the most important thing is to put Gan State first, not any personal feelings. That's why I gave up those two children. An emperor cannot be emotional." At this moment, Emperor Gan seemed to have regained his former majesty.
"Jiang'er, I want you to promise me that no matter what happens in the future, you must put the country first. That child can give you some beautiful memories, but he can't be the one who controls your thoughts!"
"But father, there is something I cannot do. I have already..." fallen in love with him.
Long Mujiang shook his head in pain, not daring to look into Emperor Gan's eyes. Being on the sidelines, he could watch all the misfortunes, standing high above, looking down on all the participants.
But he has already entered the game. Being in the chess game, he can no longer treat everything that Aze does coldly and heartlessly.
If he hadn't still had some sanity left, he might have told Aze everything.
"You won't. Since I have chosen you, I naturally understand what you will choose in the end." There was a dark light flashing in Emperor Gan's eyes, and he reached out and touched the head of his adopted son.
"Jiang'er, just remember, if Gan Country doesn't have a monarch, it will eventually become a slave to another country. Even if Minglan Country reaches that point, it may not necessarily help Gan Country establish a new monarch."
The empress had a look of disdain on her face, but she was also wary in her heart. Such an Emperor Gan was the most terrifying, because he calculated everyone's thoughts, and then wove a big net that covered everyone and included everything.
He was also glad that Emperor Gan was dead, otherwise, if it had really come to this, he believed that with Emperor Gan's ambition, he would definitely not allow the Minglan Kingdom to continue to exist.
"Gan Country is quite interesting. They train people, but in the end, they abandon them because of fear. No wonder Gan Country has always been the dominant country among the two countries." The empress said sarcastically.
Long Mujiang just smiled bitterly and didn't say much. He understood the empress's implication. It was this kind of operation that finally achieved victory, and it was also this kind of operation that made Gan Kingdom always the most turbulent one.
Next door to the bedroom, Lan Nuoling was in a trance. She had not expected to hear such a secret in the end, but she also knew that it was best for her to leave now.
So she stood up and walked out in a daze. Some people greeted her along the way, but she ignored them. It was not until she got on the carriage and saw Xu Tianze sitting inside that she came to her senses.
"Brother." Lan Nuoling forced a smile and greeted Xu Tianze.
"Sometimes the truth is often the cruelest. Since you have heard it, why do you still want to cover up the truth?" Xu Tianze handed Lan Nuoling a cup of tea.
"Did you know all this from the beginning?" Lan Nuoling stared at the teacup in her hand. The tea was obviously warm, but it couldn't warm the coldness in her heart.
"At the beginning, how could the ant who was kept in the dark know what the people behind him were thinking? It was just that he was trained too well, so the ant learned to reflect and to endure." Xu Tianze lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the slowly receding palace wall.
In fact, he didn't want Lan Nuoling to know the truth at all, because since coming to Haojing, he could feel that Lan Nuoling really treated him as his own brother.
That's why when the letter was taken out, Lan Nuoling was asked to stay away. But when Lan Nuoling went to the next door and the empress did not stop him, Xu Tianze understood that this was a tacit consent that Lan Nuoling knew these things.
Having been dealing with the powerful all his life, Xu Tianze certainly knew what "next door" meant. It meant allowing someone to listen in the dark. The so-called wall that isolates sound sometimes has the same meaning as nothing happening.
"Do you want to know why father asked me to come to Minglan Country?" Lan Nuoling was stunned for a moment after saying this, then she shook her head and changed her words, "Father said that I came to Minglan Country for other things."
"Do you still believe in that so-called purpose now?" Xu Tianze retracted his gaze and looked at Lan Nuoling.
Although he didn't see anyone and had no martial arts skills, he couldn't tell whether there was anyone in the bedroom, but sometimes, smell was also a way to identify people.
That smell had long been engraved in his bones, so he could tell that the person was coming even without seeing him.
Lan Nuoling looked so absent-minded now. It seemed that she had heard the whole truth, otherwise she would not be so haggard.
Lan Nuoling did not answer whether she believed it or not. She just remained silent, and then stated the purpose, the reason she had always insisted on.
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