Chapter 530 The Princess Who Was Widowed Early (23)
"Father!" Shi Yi tried to stop him, but was stopped by Emperor Rui. "It's none of your business for now!"
Gu Changfeng pressed his hands on Emperor Rui's big palm and tried to pull it off, but it was in vain, like an ant trying to shake a tree. He screamed hoarsely, "Father, I don't want to die yet."
"Have you opened the brocade bag and looked at it? The silk inside is your mother's legacy." Emperor Rui did not relax his strength, but instead used more and more force. Gu Changfeng's face was already red, and he felt that he was almost unable to breathe. He nodded vigorously in the hope that the other party would spare him.
When Shi Yi heard Emperor Rui's words, his mind suddenly became clear. All the things had been connected into a complete clue - Song Weicheng was Emperor Rui's man. And Emperor Rui had been paying attention to Gu Changfeng's movements. In other words, Emperor Rui knew everything she did.
"My eldest daughter is still the smartest." Emperor Rui did not look back. He guessed that she had figured out everything based on her breathing changes.
Shi Yi looked at Emperor Rui with an indescribable scrutiny in her eyes. She knew he was wise, but he was almost as smart as a demon.
Emperor Rui admired the prince's struggle for a long time before letting go, and said with some dissatisfaction: "You are still not up to the task, kid. At the critical moment of life and death, you still want to persuade the enemy who wants to kill you. You are such a good-for-nothing."
Gu Changfeng covered his neck and coughed. He was shaking with fear and shock. He seemed to understand what Emperor Rui said and taught, but he didn't dare to confirm it. At the same time, the blood in his bones was finally aroused.
"Be bolder. You are already a legitimate prince. You don't need to please anyone. Not even me." Emperor Rui patted his cheek and recalled the past. "When your mother entered the palace, everyone was staring at her, waiting for her to make a mistake and be punished. I was still young at the time and thought I could keep her by being a little cold to her. I only favored her once, and she had you. You can more or less guess that the suffering and calculations she went through were closely related to the Queen Mother. She died of heavy bleeding on the night she gave birth to you, and everyone in the palace was waiting for how I would deal with you. The Queen Mother was also waiting for my idea."
"You were so small, so soft, and your face was red, like a cat. I felt sorry for you because you lost your mother at birth, but in fact I threw you into the arms of the midwife roughly. My preferences determine everything in this palace. I hate you, and naturally no one in the harem will like you. Only then can you spend these days in peace." Emperor Rui snorted lightly, "Otherwise, do you think you, a powerless prince, can live to this day?"
Gu Changfeng sobbed softly, "I don't want to be born, and I don't want to live such a life without dignity. I just want to be born in an ordinary family and live a plain life with my parents."
"You are really useless." Emperor Rui turned around and spit out the turbid air in his heart, "I knew you were like this a long time ago. The first time I saw your mother, I guessed what kind of child she would give birth to."
Gu Ni has always been well protected by her father. It is because she was protected too well and too cleanly that she always wants to break away from the environment she grew up in.
Although her homeland was destroyed by Emperor Rui, she loved him. She fell in love with him the moment he broke into her boudoir with a knife. So, even though she didn't know Emperor Rui's identity, she followed him.
After she followed Emperor Rui into the palace, she found out that it was a scam. But she was too weak to take care of herself without her father's protection. In a strange place, she dared not trust anyone except Emperor Rui. Even if Emperor Rui killed her father.
"You want to be an ordinary citizen? When you really experience the life of the lower class, you won't have such an idea. Any wealthy and powerful person can make your family live a life worse than death. Stand up! You are not afraid of being laughed at by the Empress Dowager when you are sad in front of her coffin." Emperor Rui directly pulled the prince up from the ground. He looked at the eldest princess, his eldest daughter, and smiled gently and warmly, "This child will make you, as a sister, worry more in the future."
"Father..." Shi Yi was a little embarrassed. Facing Emperor Rui, she felt like a clown.
"You are my most intelligent daughter and the third person who impressed me the most." Emperor Rui wanted to reach out and hug her, but found that it was inappropriate as the child was already grown up. Like all ordinary fathers in the world, he withdrew his hand with a smirk, "Live a good life in the future and don't worry about it anymore. Song Weicheng will be a good destination." Emperor Rui thought about it seriously and said, "If you are still thinking about a prince consort, Lan Yu will also be fine. Anyway, you are the eldest princess, and no one dares to stop you if you want to take in a few male favorites. I won't, and your seventh brother naturally won't."
Gu Changfeng wanted to speak, but was slapped on the back by Emperor Rui. Emperor Rui looked at his somewhat silly daughter and knew that she must be having a lot of inner thoughts now, but he had been pretending all his life, and now he would not continue.
"Do you know why I told you two about the Empress Dowager? It's not to let you remember how cruel and vicious she was, but to let you understand that the change of a person's life destiny depends more on yourself. If you don't seize the opportunity and fight for it, no one can help you." Emperor Rui recalled what the late emperor had deliberately told him the night before his death.
The Empress Dowager had a life of ups and downs, but she was lucky. She really got the late emperor's undivided love. The late emperor asked him to treat her well, respect her, not hate her, and not let her suffer any grievances.
"You should be the most dazzling woman in Kyoto. Don't be limited by your status. Don't be fascinated by the harem struggle. You should find your own world. You are my first child, and I look forward to taking care of you with all my heart. No matter when, you must remember that your father cares about you. And I am most optimistic about you." Emperor Rui looked at Shi Yi and finally remembered what she looked like when she was a child.
Chubby, like a lucky doll. Even now the girl has grown up, lost all her immaturity, and has a few wrinkles on her brows.
"Marquis Mingji has been ready to make a move. Since he can't hold back, I won't continue to tolerate his treachery." Emperor Rui glanced at the eldest princess, and from the change in her expression he knew that she had known about this matter for a long time.
"I have owed many people, but I have never owed you. Because this beautiful country will be yours in the future." Emperor Rui patted the prince's still very young shoulders, his eyes as vast as mountains and rivers, "Marquis Mingji intends to rebel, I will pacify this country for you. After that, you will have no worries for the rest of your life and enjoy eternal peace."
Gu Changfeng choked up, he never thought that Emperor Rui had such a deep father-son affection for him.
(End of this chapter)
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