Return of the Swallow

Pang Xiao's people did things very neatly, and they sent Qin Huaiyuan back to the city safely in the early morning.

Qin Huaiyuan stepped into the morning light and went to see Yuchiyan without hesitation.

He is not a person who is on the horns of bullshit. He knows that the situation is over, and he has to learn from loyal ministers to die.

Having survived under the Emperor's hands for so many years, and several ups and downs, Qin Huaiyuan has changed from a simple person full of ideals to a person who now knows how to think about his family.

Now that he knows that he can't beat Da Zhou, it is better to think about how to get the most benefits for the emperor.

Yuchi Yan was in a good mood today, perhaps because she saw Qin Yining yesterday, and now when she closes her eyes, she still remembers how docile Qin Yining looked when he lowered his eyebrows as he sent him down the mountain.

More likely, after meeting Qin Yining, some of the inherent attachments in his mind were finally shattered. Yuchiyan felt as if her heavy shackles had been stripped away, and her whole body became lightened from her heart.

"Emperor, Qin Taishi asks to see you."

"Please." Yuchi Yan was about to say something to Qin Huaiyuan, and the answer was a little eager.

After a while, Qin Huaiyuan quickly walked into the imperial study and saluted, "I see the emperor, long live the emperor and stay healthy."

"Be flat, sit down." Yuchi Yan smiled.

Qin Huaiyuan thanked him, sat down on the official hat chair brought by the servants, and said with a smile, "Looking at the emperor's expression, there seems to be something happy today?"

Yuchi Yan smiled and said: "It's not that there is anything to be happy about, but that I really figured out some things, and I feel a lot lighter in my heart. You came just right today, and even if you don't come, I will announce you."

Qin Huaiyuan saw that Yuchiyan seemed to be very interested, so he asked cooperatively, "What did the emperor figure out?"

Yuchiyan stood up and said sternly: "Yesterday, I went on patrol in micro-clothing, and I walked in the city for a long time, and saw the tragic state of the city."

Qin Huaiyuan saw the emperor's brows furrowed, unable to hide his distressed expression, so he hurriedly knelt down and said, "We are incompetent, so I can't share the emperor's worries."

"No, you've done a good job." Yuchi Yan helped Qin Huaiyuan to stand up and said, "Master Qin has done a lot for me and for the people of Dayan. It's just that the heaven does not bless you, the time and place are favorable to people, We have none of it."

Yuchiyan smiled bitterly and said, "When the emperor handed over the throne to me,

In fact, it's not that I value my talent, it's just because he has no other candidates to inherit, to help him take the blame. He hid a lot of money and threw an empty shell to me, just to save capital for a comeback in the future. Once the Dayan Dynasty was defeated, he might as well not be the disgraceful king of the country. , only records that I am the last emperor of Dayan. "

Having said this, Yuchiyan closed her eyes and clenched her fists, "To tell the truth, my heart is full of resentment. I have never received any love from my father, and as I grew up, my father grew up. When the emperor looked at me, what he saw was not the father's love for his son, but a deep fear.

"I know that he is afraid that I will take away his position. He does not give me as much care as the uncle does. I sometimes hope that the uncle of Dayan will sit in the country, and maybe it will not come to an end so quickly. . But it's too late."

Yuchiyan turned her back to Qin Huaiyuan, not wanting Qin Huai to see her cowardly tears. But his thick nasal voice had revealed the fact that he was crying as an emperor, as a man.

Qin Huaiyuan knelt on the ground again, listening quietly to Yuchiyan's confidence, and felt a burst of sorrow in his heart.

When the Emperor Taihuang was in power, he was more than jealous of Yuchiyan, he was jealous of everyone! Is it only Yuchiyan who feels the pain? As a courtier, he devoted most of his life to the imperial court. Wasn't he playing with the applause of the emperor, wanting to kill and hold him?

He could understand Yuchiyan's pain. Because he also suffers from the same pain, the kind of pain that is entrusted to inhumans, and that his ambitions cannot be fulfilled, maybe the pain of not getting his father's attention is not much different, right?

"I went out yesterday and saw the scene of Yizi eating." Yuchiyan's voice trembled, "I saw with my own eyes an old woman in rags, nibbling on the hand of a half-baked child... I really wanted to kill myself at that time!

I don't want to be the king of the subjugated country, so I have been reluctant to admit my failures, gritted my teeth and persisted until now, but for the sake of my ridiculous self-esteem, it was innocent people. Master Qin, I was wrong. From the beginning, I was wrong. "

Yuchi Yan turned around, tears on her face, but her eyes were firmer than ever before: "From the very beginning, I should not put the people into trouble just for my own selfishness. As an emperor, I cannot seek happiness for the people, but If you want to use Wanmin as a tool to build your status, what is the difference between you and your father? The same selfishness, the same stupidity."

"Emperor, you have done a good job." Qin Huaiyuan persuaded: "If you had ascended the throne ten years earlier, Dayan would never have died. When you took over, some things were irreversible. It's no wonder you."

Qin Huaiyuan's persuasion was actually exaggerated, because Yuchiyan's talents were really limited.

But this sentence, for Yuchiyan, was the most timely affirmation when he was most self-denial.

Yuchiyan felt that as long as there was one person who could understand him, then he would not be so wronged when he was the king of the subjugated country and saved the lives of the remaining people in the city.

"Teacher Qin, thank you very much." Yuchiyan laughed, but tears were welling up, he said in a heavy nasal voice, "I can't be selfish anymore, I can't let everyone be buried with me on the throne, I decided to surrender Da Zhou. ."

"Emperor..." Qin Huaiyuan's voice choked.

Although he knew that there would be this outcome, once the decision was made, the country Qin Huaiyuan had defended with most of his life would be equivalent to perishing. At the same time, there are also the hard work and youth that he invested in, as well as the great dreams of many youthful high-spirited things.

He was sad and helpless.

But he is not an emotional person. The general trend is gone, the general trend is gone, and there is no way to return to the sky, then you have to find another way out.

"Emperor." Qin Huaiyuan wiped away tears, took out the envelope from his arms with trembling hands, and said, "I got up early this morning and found this thing on my pillow. I opened it and saw that it's really...Emperor, I dare not Rumors, please see the emperor."

Yuchi Yan was stunned when she heard the words, and hesitantly took the letter, and after unfolding it to read it carefully, her thin and pale face was already devoid of any color.

Although he has already decided to surrender, his own decision is really different from the feeling of surrendering after being betrayed.

"These people are really, good, good, they are my good ministers and my good husband-in-law." The emperor raised his voice to the sky, howling and weeping, "All the generals have rebelled, half of the ministers have rebelled, and even my father-in-law has betrayed me. Damn me! My country has already fallen, what else can I do? What can I do other than capture it?"

Qin Huaiyuan was sad, and closed his eyes and wept.

The king and the minister burst into tears as they hugged each other.

At this time, they didn't realize that outside the imperial study, Queen Li Yanyan quietly backed away, gave Eunuch Lu who was beside the emperor a wink, and left quickly.

Eunuch Lu lowered his eyebrows, as if he didn't see the queen at all.