Chitose words

Ling You hit the nail on the head and suddenly said: "So, how long did your majesty keep it secret, and how long did it take for my mother to know your true identity?"

Tuoba Hong was startled for a moment, then sighed softly after a moment.

"Later, your mother and I became more and more familiar and close.

She stopped calling me 'Prince' and started calling me 'Ah Hong'; and I stopped calling her 'Miss Leng' and called her by her name 'Han Yan'.

My love for her grew even stronger, and I even thought that it would be great if I could stay with her like this for the rest of my life.

I can feel that during the past year when we got along with each other as swordsmen and warriors, she finally let go of her grudges and began to care about me.So I decided to tell her the truth. "

Ling You stared at the suddenly silent man in front of him, frowned and asked:
"and then?"

"Then?"

Tuoba Hong spoke again and slowly told the story of the past.

"Then, I revealed my true identity as the Prince of Hanyong Imperial Court in front of Han Yan. I also told her that I had decided to go back to Guangling City and express my love to my brother Tuoba Xiao, the Emperor of Hanyong, in person.

I will ask myself to leave the royal court of the Zong Tuoba family, give up my position as prince, and from now on I will only be a wanderer in the rivers and lakes. From then on, I will wander around the world and accompany the people I love until my old age. "

Tuoba Hong smiled bitterly and said:
"I could tell that Han Yan was very moved, but she still advised me to be cautious. She was afraid that one day I would regret my haste.

But I know that even if I give up my position as a noble of Hanyong for her, I will never regret it.

What's more, I have no intention of gaining a powerful position in the Hanyong Imperial Court, so it would be a good thing for me to break away from my old clan. "

He laughed and said: "However, in order to make her feel at ease, I finally decided to obey Han Yan's wishes, think about it for a while, and postpone the showdown with the emperor.

Just like that, we bought a small house in Nangezi Lane in Fuzhou.

The house was not big, but it faced the street and the river. It was in an excellent location and was very lively.

Because Han Yan's master and my father had both passed away, and we both had no chance to live in peace, we chose an auspicious day and asked heaven and earth as witnesses to worship. "

Ling or was slightly startled.

It turns out that they actually worshiped in such a solemn manner?
And Tuoba Hong actually wanted to give up his position as Prince of Hanyong Imperial Court for Leng Hanyan, so why did he do it in the end?
Ling You suddenly remembered that the Holy Envoy of the Hulu Holy Altar, Magaya, once said that when Jin Shang of Hanyong was still a prince, he was imprisoned for several years by his imperial brother, the late Emperor Tuoba Xiao. Could it be because of this? This matter?
He suddenly asked: "Are you saying that the meeting, acquaintance, acquaintance, and love between you and my mother were not intentional on your part?"

Tuoba Hong solemnly replied:

"That's right, your mother and I fell in love but ended up being polite, and we were a married couple who worshiped the matchmaker of heaven and earth. However, things turned out not as we both initially expected."

Ling You's eyebrows paused slightly when he heard this.

He patiently put away the "Shaoguang Unparalleled Mace" in his hand, and decided to listen quietly to Tuoba Hong's words.

Except for the voice of Emperor Hanyong, there was no other sound in the big tent.

Just listen to Tuoba Hong continue to say: "We are newly married, so our relationship will naturally become stronger. In fact, I have already decided in my heart to return to Hanyong and leave the imperial court, so that Han Yan will no longer have to suffer because of our status.

I am originally an idle king with no great ambitions, but with the Emperor’s brother in the imperial court, I am superfluous.

Even my existence will bring some constraints and troubles to the imperial brother who has no legitimate son yet.

However, Han Yan still advised me to leave my clan and country because it would have many implications and I needed to think carefully about it.

Later, when she became pregnant, I felt that I could no longer wait and should leave early and return early so that I could return to Fuzhou and be with her before my child was born."

For some reason, when Tuoba Hong said this, he suddenly stopped speaking.

His face was gray, as if his life's happiness had come to an abrupt end here.Ling or felt a chill in his heart.

At this point, combined with Tuoba Hong's expression and the context of time, he could already guess almost everything that happened next.

Ling You was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke for him.

"Later, Your Majesty returned to the Imperial Court of Hanyong and expressed his request to the late Emperor to leave the Imperial Court and demote himself to a commoner. The late Emperor refused and Your Majesty was unwilling to back down. Therefore, he imprisoned you."

A deep feeling of weakness flashed across Tuoba Hong's weather-beaten face.

He said slowly: "Yes. For many years after that, I was imprisoned in the palace and was not allowed to go out.

The late emperor sent out the elite and masters of the Imperial Guard Army to seal my palace airtight, preventing even news from the outside world from coming in.

Until more than two years later, according to the ancestral system of Hanyong's "Shulan Festival", the late emperor was going to inspect the 36 northern tribes.This period of time would last for several months. The late emperor had no legitimate son, so he could only temporarily release me from prison. "

A deep and fleeting hatred suddenly flashed through Tuoba Hong's eyes!

He gritted his teeth and hissed with a smile: "It was also this time that I was released from the palace so that I could communicate with the outside world.

I just learned from my former loyal servant that when I was imprisoned, the imperial brother used my name to pretend that I wanted to see my child, and designed to kidnap you to Hanyong Imperial Court.

Later, the late emperor used the child as a threat and ordered Han Yan to cut off Yu Wen's family, causing Han Yan to die in hatred.This is my lifelong regret! "

Tuoba Hong hoarse his voice and hissed:

"After I got out of trouble, I finally regained some of the power of the imperial court by taking advantage of the opportunity of supervising the country. I also know that the late emperor had no intention of keeping his promise and letting you return to the Southern Dynasty.

I have already lost your mother, so I can no longer break my trust in her spirit in heaven, so..."

Emperor Hanyong sighed and said:
".I am the sinner of Hanyong."

Ling You looked at him quietly for a moment and asked:

"Did His Majesty kill the late Emperor Tuoba Xiao?"

"I must kill him, and I can only kill him."

Tuoba Hong's tone was extremely calm.

"The late emperor had great ambitions and thunderous means, but he acted too extreme.

The situation he has created is too big. If he does not die, the world will be in chaos and the world will be in chaos!I will never sit back and watch you grow up and become a pawn under the control of the late emperor's ambition. "

Ling You frowned and asked: "I heard that the late Emperor Tuoba Xiao of Hanyong died suddenly while inspecting the Dal'e tribe. I guess he was not killed by an assassin. Did you design to poison him?"

Tuoba Hong nodded slightly.

"You are very smart, just like your mother. In the martial arts festival just now, I saw that you are very skilled. I think you followed your mother's good qualities."

He looked at the young man in front of him with a sense of loss, and suddenly said:
"Actually, my father met you once when you were two years old. Unfortunately, you were too young at that time. Guangling City was turbulent and ever-changing, so I couldn't keep you. So when I saw you that day, I could only I’ll hand you over to my cronies to send you away.”

The expression on Ling Or's face was unpredictable.

He really couldn't remember.

However, everything Tuoba Hong said was consistent with many of the clues they had found before.Even after listening to his version of the "story", many of their previous guesses and doubts were resolved.

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