"I don't want you to hate me even more in the future."

Hearing this, Liu Saner frowned slightly and said hurriedly: "How could I——"

"Shh——"

Before he could finish speaking, I stretched out my hand and put it gently on his lips. He suddenly froze, but I didn't say anything more. I just showed a faint smile, a little tired, and a little exhausted after struggling.

, but never let go of his hand, just slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

From that day on, although Liu Saner still hid his affairs from Aunt Liu and the others, he no longer had the need to hide it from me, so he went home often.

People change slowly or quickly. Sometimes some people may be stubborn and stubborn for decades without changing a single thing. Sometimes, one thing, overnight, changes.

It can completely change a person's life.

Liu San'er is different.

His changes are bit by bit, like a stream mixing into a river, with no trace visible, but by the time you notice, he is no longer the same as before.

Maybe it's because he has to do too much work in Pinxiangyuan every day, not only with his hands but also with his brain. He is much thinner than before. His upright face has become more angular, his nose is high and his lip line is clear and translucent.

A hint of handsomeness; his eyes were sunken due to exhaustion, but he couldn't stop his gaze, which became deeper and deeper day by day.

That is a more penetrating light than clarification.

……

Before you know it, winter has arrived.

Winter in the south is not like that in the north. The cold wind howls and the snow seals the sky. The humid air carries a moist chill, but it does not penetrate people. Just like my poor days now, although I am poor, it is always enjoyable.
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That afternoon, I was sitting in the yard cutting the dried fish into strips, while Liu Saner was sitting at the table nearby, lying on it and helping people write letters.

I had already cut up half of the basket of dried fish. When I looked up, I found that he had not finished writing, but was staring blankly at the tip of the pen that had been blown dry by the wind.

I looked at him several times and finally couldn't help but ask: "San'er, whose letter is this?"

As if he suddenly woke up, he looked up at me and said, "Oh, Aunt Zhao's letter."

"And for her son?"

"Well," he nodded: "The fighting at the border seems to be tense. Aunt Zhao has not received their letter for a long time and has been very worried."

I frowned slightly.

These days, I have never left this small courtyard, nor can I hear the loud sounds of killing on the battlefield, but the cold wind from the north still blows to the south with a trace of blood and into my life.

The war at the border is indeed not optimistic, especially in early winter. If we cannot win at this time, the food and grass on the grassland will dry up, and the war will have to be postponed. This is what Huang Tianba guessed before, and the Celestial Dynasty and Shengjing will form a long-term conflict.

Confrontation would not be of any real benefit to Shengjing.

Therefore, they must do their best to break through the northern defense line at this time.

The war should have reached its most tragic moment.

And that man, it should be difficult for him now...

Just when I was slightly lost in thought, Liu Saner suddenly raised his head and said to me: "Qingqing, what kind of person do you think the current emperor is?"

"..."

I didn't react for a while and looked at him stupidly. After a long time, I slowly said, "What do you want to ask me?"

Liu Saner simply put down the pen in his hand, turned around and looked at me, and said, "Qingqing, what kind of person do you think the current emperor is? Is he a good person or a bad person?"

"..."

He looked at me seriously, as if waiting for my answer, but I was speechless.

For a moment, the entire small courtyard fell silent.

In fact, now, I rarely think about the past, and I rarely think about the people in the past. Even if I think about it inadvertently, I will no longer feel pain or sadness, because everything is too far away. I jumped off the boat.

After that moment, everything seemed like a lifetime ago.

Pei Yuanhao is just a distant person in memories.

However, Liu Saner, my current husband, asked him like this in front of me. It was like a picture scroll from a past life that suddenly broke into the dream of this life, and it was so blurry that it was both real and illusory.

I don't know how long I was silent before I came back to my senses. I slowly lowered my head and continued to cut the dried salted fish in my hand. While cutting, I said, "Why do you suddenly ask me this?"

Liu San'er said: "These days, the students in Pinxiangyuan are all talking about the emperor. Although I have been listening, I always feel a little weird in my heart."

"Oh? Why?"

"I think that although what they said makes sense, it's not all right."

With a click, I cut the last piece of salted fish into two pieces. I gently put down the scissors in my hand, turned my head and looked at him with a smile: "Oh? Then tell me, why are they not both right?"

Liu San'er frowned slightly and said slowly with a hint of doubt: "These days, what they are talking about is that the emperor forced the palace to seize the throne, mutilated his brothers and feet, fought for years for his own selfish desires, levied and extorted money, and ignored the suffering of the people.

He is the greatest tyrant in ancient and modern times."

After hearing these "rebellious" words, I didn't say anything. I just asked, "Then, what do you think?"

Liu San'er said: "To say that the emperor forced the palace to seize the throne and mutilated his brothers and sisters, although we did not see it with our own eyes, there are widespread rumors. I think there should be traces to follow, not groundless rumors, but to say that he did not care about the suffering of the people,

He is a tyrant, I think it seems to be exaggerated."

"Why?"

Liu San'er said: "I still remember a few years ago, oh, the year we first met, hungry people from all provinces poured into Yangzhou. I heard that he, who was still the prince at the time, held a cold wind banquet and a pure water banquet.

He planned to lure those profiteers to provide rice and grain for disaster relief. Later, when a plague broke out in Yangzhou City, I heard that he did not leave the people in the city to flee for their lives. Instead, he quickly mobilized medicinal materials from various places to find a way out for the patients.

After the potion was prepared, he set off back to Beijing."

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I listened quietly, with a slight smile on my lips.

Every word Liu Saner said is familiar to me, and I have personally experienced every thrilling moment in it, but now it sounds like it is just a distant story.

Liu San'er continued: "These things have been witnessed and experienced by the people of Yangzhou. I think that a person who can do these great things, a person who can truly think about the people, will not be a tyrant. On the contrary, he is a rare

Only a wise king can do what he does."

I smiled slightly and said, "So, what kind of person do you think he is?"

Liu San'er seemed a little hesitant. After hesitating for a long time, he finally said slowly: "So, I think he may not be a very good person, but he should still be a good emperor."

I don’t know why, but when I heard Liu San’er’s words, I wasn’t too shocked or surprised.

I was just stunned for a moment.

...He may not be a very good person, but he should still be a good emperor.

I don’t know why, I feel like I should know it, but it’s not until now, just now, when Liu Saner said the last word, that I suddenly realized it.

However, to say that it is a sudden enlightenment is just enlightenment.

What really surprised me was Liu Saner.

I have always known that people here have a not so good trait. They like to speculate on others with their own thoughts, and then accuse and criticize them. As a scholar, I point the finger at the court, especially this trend. But Liu San

Son, but he is not such a person.

When he had doubts in his heart, he did not listen to one side or blindly accept other people's thoughts. Instead, he thought, pondered, and sought the truth for himself. This is not only a kind of wisdom, but also a kind of wisdom.

Very good quality.

He is really like his father and brother...

Looking at his serious expression, I smiled slightly and said nothing more. I lowered my head and was about to pack it away. When he saw it, he hurriedly came up to stop me. He picked up the basket filled with salted fish segments and put it on the bamboo rack.

While busy, he asked: "Qingqing, do you think what I am thinking is right?"

I sat on the chair and smiled slightly: "I think what you said is not wrong."

Liu Saner laughed happily. After he had sorted out the things on the bamboo shelf, he slowly walked back to me and said, "Qingqing, if what I said before is correct, then I think something is strange."

I raised my eyebrows slightly: "What's weird?"

"Since the current emperor should be considered a good emperor, why do the people not only fail to support him, but instead blindly oppose him?"

My raised eyebrows slowly wrinkled.

Liu San'er also said: "Since he is a good emperor, of course what he does is for the good of the people, and the people just want to live a good life, but why are the two sides so conflicted like now? It's like -

"It seems like-" He looked up at me, smiled secretly and said: "It's like two people. If you like me and I like you, then when we get married, life will be like this, even if it's difficult,

But also very happy."

"..."

"But if two people clearly like each other but are never happy together, then there must be a problem between the two people."

"..."

"The emperor is like this now. I think some of the decrees he issued are not as heinous as the students said. Just like this season, the court has levied heavy taxes three times. But as you told me before, there is a war in the north. If

The supply of grain and grass is insufficient and the imperial court is defeated. We may have to experience another massacre of the city or even the genocide. In other words, this battle must be fought. There is nothing wrong with the emperor's expropriation of grain and grass. But since it is not wrong, why do the people oppose it? There should be a problem in this.

."

As he spoke, his eyebrows also wrinkled: "What's the problem?"

As he murmured, he lowered his head and thought. He was completely immersed in his own problems, and I sat in front of him, speechless for a long time.

That familiar, uneasy feeling came to my mind again.

Liu Saner...

At this moment, a burst of light laughter suddenly came from outside, as light as the wind. Before Liu Saner could react, I had already raised my head and saw a pair of charming eyes slightly bent,
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