The prince is very cruel

"She would come to see me every two months by boat, bringing with her clothes she had sewn, meals she had cooked, and cakes she had made herself. She never blamed me, but instead always supported my dreams silently."

"Five years passed like this, and she grew from a young girl to a grown woman."

"That was also the year our ancestor passed away. The leaderless Bashan fell into chaos. Before he died, our ancestor grabbed my hand and asked me to lead the Bashan people to live a good life."

"My heart was filled with pain and struggle, because as the ruler of Bashan, I was not allowed to marry outsiders. This was the ancestral precept. This position had been my ideal, but when the moment came, my heart was broken."

"This position is like a tight ring. If I wear it, I won't be able to give her an explanation. If I don't, I'll have to give up all my years of perseverance and watch my people fall apart and suffer in dire straits. I'll also be charged with being a coward and a traitor..."

When he said this, he was still in pain. The centenarian trembled, covered his face with his hands, and choked with sobs.

This is the pain deep in his heart, and also the dark history that he cannot bear to mention.

Guan Ning was silent and moved.

He probably understood what happened next. The ancestor chose the clan members instead of the young girl.

He chose his ideal instead of the woman who silently supported him.

He opened his mouth and looked at the old ancestor who was a little emotionally unstable. He wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know what to say.

a long time.

The old ancestor adjusted his mood and said, "Ning Fei, will you look down on me?"

Guan Ning just shook his head.

"Old Ancestor, you have your own difficulties and responsibilities. People always feel that the path they didn't choose is full of flowers. What if you had chosen that girl instead of your clan members?"

"You will still suffer and live in guilt, but the object of your guilt will change."

"I can only say... there is no perfect solution in this world. I will not let down the Tathagata, nor will I let you down."

There is no way to have the best of both worlds. I will not let down Tathagata and I will not let you down… The old ancestor’s lips trembled as he muttered silently. His cloudy eyes seemed to have traveled through a decade, and then he actually covered his face and cried!

The gray-robed old man in the distance was shocked. The ancestor actually broke down and burst into tears?

Over the years, the lonely old ancestor would often be dazed and lonely, thinking about his youth, and sometimes even choked up for no reason, but he had never broken down and cried.

But Guan Ning's words actually made this centenarian cry!

He wanted to come up and comfort them, but Guan Ning stretched out his hand, indicating that it was okay and told him not to come over.

Just like that, Guan Ning and the old man in gray remained quiet, not disturbing the old ancestor, and just waited quietly.

A long, long time passed.

The old ancestor stopped crying and wiped away his tears. He looked even older, like a leaf in the wind, withered and dead.

"Ning Fei, I'm sorry to make you laugh at me, an old man." He laughed, hiding the bitterness in his heart.

Guan Ning smiled bitterly: "The most profound love in the world cannot be laughed at."

"deep feeling?"

"How can a treacherous person like me be considered affectionate?" The old ancestor laughed at himself.

Guan Ning said seriously, "I can see that the old ancestor once loved that girl, otherwise he wouldn't still feel guilty and unable to let go after all these years."

The old ancestor looked at Guan Ning with gratitude.

Then he said: "Later, I became the ancestor of Bashan."

"She came to look for me once, but I didn't dare see her, nor did I have the face to see her. So she waited for me outside Bashan for three days and three nights, and finally left in despair."

"That day, I hid and watched her leave."

"For many years afterwards, I didn't marry. It was a kind of punishment for myself."

"I know I don't have much time left, I want to... see her again, cough cough cough..." As he said this, he began to cough violently.

It is not easy to live to this age, especially in ancient times. It was unacceptable to be healthy.