Chapter 106: Night Trial Yanyan In the palace, which seems to be still full of spring, winter has quietly arrived.
He didn't feel much during the day, but at night, when the cold wind blew, he couldn't help but shiver. Gao Decai took the clothes in his hand and put them on the emperor. When he walked to the window and was about to close the window, the emperor couldn't help shouting.
He said, "Don't turn it off, just turn it on."
"Yes! Your Majesty." Gao Decai pushed the half-closed window open again.
"Decai, do you still remember General Su Zhenhaisu?" The middle-aged emperor stared down at the scenery outside the window and asked Gao Decai, seeming to be recalling something, with a sad expression on his face.
Gao Decai walked to the emperor's side and whispered, "Of course I remember. I still remember that when General Su was alive, he often made you unhappy, but good advice is hard to hear. General Su is always thinking about the emperor and the whole world."
For the sake of the dynasty, your Majesty, please let him do it."
Gao Decai's words brought back the emperor's memories. He still remembered the battle with the Yunchi Kingdom. Thirty miles from Cangshan Mountain to Yi Valley, the abandoned military equipment of the Yunchi Kingdom filled the mountains and swamps. Su Zhenhai led
With a large army, he defeated enemies one after another, expanded the territory for more than 700 miles, captured several cities of Yunchi Kingdom, captured thousands of Yunchi Kingdom soldiers, and returned almost completely victorious. However, on the way back, General Yunchi led by
A small group of soldiers hid in the canyon on the way back. When he returned with a complete victory and gave up his vigilance, they were killed in an ambush by the general of Yunchi Kingdom. Although they returned with a complete victory, everyone was not happy. The emperor was missing.
A minister who swears loyalty to the death, and the people are missing a general who swears to defend the territory to the death.
"Your Majesty?" Gao Decai shouted softly from the side. The Emperor woke up from his memories, looked up at the cold moon outside the window, and asked Gao Decai, "Do you think the evidence Zhaoyue presented today is credible?"
Gao Decai had no expression on his face and replied in a low voice, "This servant can't say whether he believes it or not, but until he finds no other evidence, he can only believe it. However, the third elder brother also has Xia Yanyan as the princess of Yunchi Kingdom.
The evidence, in this case, the slaves will be confused and don’t know who to believe.”
When the Yunchi Kingdom was mentioned, the expression on the emperor's face changed slightly. For more than ten years, he had been confronting the Yunchi Kingdom from the north to the south. There was not a day when he didn't want to annex the Yunchi Kingdom. However, fighting requires the right time, the right location, the right people, and thoroughness.
To annex Yunchi Country, what is even more needed is strategy.
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do now?" Gao Decai asked.
The emperor stood up thoughtfully and walked to the window, staring at the cold moon in the sky. For a long time, he turned and looked at Gao Decai. His cold eyes suddenly burst out with blazing fire, and the corners of his lips raised, "Gao Decai, go and take Xia Decai."
Take Yanyan to Qianqing Palace, I have something to ask her."
In the palace in early winter, with the cold moon hanging high at night, you can vaguely see petals of various colors flying everywhere, confusing reds and beguiling greens, existing harmoniously.
She had been summoned by the emperor early in the morning, and again in the evening. She walked in the direction of Qianqing Palace, the cold wind blowing on her body, and she unconsciously curled up her arms to hug herself.
When passing by the Royal Garden, I happened to see a petal detached from the gorgeous flower, lying quietly on the ground, even forgetting to struggle. Yanyan walked over and picked up the withered petal, put it in the palm of his hand, and it was bright red.
.Luohong is not a heartless thing. It turns into spring mud to protect the flowers, so it forgets even its struggle.
"Why are you still lingering there? Leave quickly."
Eunuch Gao's sharp voice came to her ears. Yanyan held the petals in her hands, straightened up and walked quietly behind him. As soon as she entered the Qianqing Palace, Yanyan felt much warmer.
The emperor was resting on the soft couch with his eyes closed. He said nothing and stood quietly aside. Gao Decai walked to the soft couch and called softly, "Your Majesty."
Because he was sleeping lightly, Gao Decai just shouted softly, and the emperor opened his eyes. He looked up and saw her, and sat up without any expression on his face. He could only salute, and after saluting, he just stood there quietly.
He straightened up and sat on the wooden chair. The emperor glanced at her and suddenly coughed.
"Your Majesty, are you okay? Are you infected with the cold? Do you want to be the doctor?" Gao Decai said from the side.
"No problem, please step back first." The emperor waved his hand to signal him to step back.
"Then the servant closed the window for you. It's cold at night." Gao Decai walked to the window, lowered the wooden window, and left the room quietly. Only Yanyan and the emperor's room became even quieter.
Yan Yan raised his head and looked at the emperor, only to see that his face was pale and he was looking at her with a gentle expression. There was a hint of softness in his cold face, and he did not glare at her angrily like before.
As the king of a country, it must be very tiring to be burdened with large and small burdens. He has to deal with government affairs, govern the world, and also deal with the competition for favor in the harem. Thinking of this, she doesn't hate this person who has sent her to this country so many times. The emperor of the prison. Since ancient times, for any emperor, he is definitely standing at the highest point and walking at the forefront. His every move is watched by all the people in the world, so he has to be cautious. Moreover, every move As an emperor, in his heart, the first place can only be the world, and no one or thing can surpass it.
She thought that if she were the emperor and faced a person who might threaten his plan at any time, she would probably choose to sacrifice this person. Thinking about it, the emperor was still quite kind to her.
"Do you know why I asked you to come to ask questions so late?" The emperor, who was sitting on the wooden chair, seemed to have his eyes traveling through her body to her heart.
Yanyan raised his head, met the sharp gaze, and replied, "I don't know."
The emperor raised the corners of his mouth slightly, hid his hands in his sleeves, and said: "Why, after staying in prison for a few days, my temper has been worn away. You were quite bold before, why don't you dare to guess what I mean now?" I’m thinking about it.”
With their eyes facing each other, Yanyan suddenly lowered his head, raised his hand in his sleeve, and opened his palm. The still bright remaining flowers lay quietly in his palm.
"Your Majesty, what do you think of this petal?" Yan Yan looked up at the Emperor quietly and asked.
The emperor looked at her puzzled, "Why do you ask me what I think of this petal?"
Yan Yan smiled softly and said, "I feel that the situation of this petal is just like mine, and the one who controls this hand is you, the emperor. As long as you squeeze it lightly with your hand, the petal may be crushed at any time."
The emperor listened to her words and suddenly laughed softly, "What a smart girl, are you implying that I never gave you a chance to argue?"
Yanyan lowered his hand and looked at him quietly.
"Well, I will give you a chance to defend yourself now. I want to see how you defend yourself." The emperor looked at her with a smile in his eyes, waiting for the words to excuse himself.
After a few seconds of silence, Yanyan said: "Your Majesty, I am not defending myself, and I don't need to defend myself. It's because I have always believed that the pure will become pure, and the turbid will become turbid. However, the world is such a reality.
Cruel, even if the slave is not a spy, there are still people who are trying their best to frame the slave as a spy. And more importantly, at first, the emperor believed the evidence and regarded the slave as a spy. Even if the slave has a hundred mouths, he can't stand up to the things in front of him.
There was no evidence, so I simply chose silence.”
The corners of the emperor's mouth were frozen, waiting for her to continue.
Yanyan paused and then said: "It wasn't until today, when the Emperor Xuannu asked the maid, that the maid knew that Zhaoyue was actually my sister. At that time, even I couldn't believe it. I never knew there would be such a sister, nor
I didn’t know that the father who shouted so many times when I was a child was not my father. Now that there is evidence to prove that I am not a spy of the enemy country, I naturally want to defend myself, let alone be accused of being a spy for no reason."
Yan Yan calmly looked at the emperor on the wooden chair. Little did he know that her palms were already soaked with fine beads of sweat, and the petals in her hands were also soaked in sweat and became smooth, exuding a faint floral fragrance.
"Your statement is reasonable, but with both pieces of evidence in front of you, which one do you think I will choose to believe?" The emperor looked at her with a frozen mouth, a gentle look in his eyes.
Looking into her eyes, she felt happy in her heart. She was even more sure that the emperor had no intention of killing her, but he still had no intention of letting her go.
"The emperor will ask me this. I make a bold guess. It is more likely that the emperor will choose to believe that I am not a spy." Yan Yan tried his best to maintain his composure.
The emperor suddenly smiled, "Yes, I have chosen to believe that you are not a spy."
Yanyan's tense heart suddenly relaxed, but she still couldn't expose her emotions in front of the emperor, so she had to work hard to maintain her composure. She had never felt that life was so happy. Thinking of those who committed suicide, they would
People who give up their lives easily are really not worth it for them.
"Go get me a glass of water." The emperor suddenly said.
Yanyan immediately walked to the coffee table and suddenly found that his feet were already a little stiff due to nervousness. He touched the teapot, turned around and raised the teapot in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the tea has gone cold. I will go and change the pot of hot tea for you."
Come."
The emperor closed his eyes and leaned on the wooden chair and nodded. Yanyan was about to turn around and walk out when she heard a noisy sound coming from outside. Yanyan grabbed the teapot in her hand and she heard that the voice outside was Qi Feng's.
Suddenly, she felt excited. Since that day he broke up a relationship and went to the prison to see her, she has never seen him again.
"Seventh Brother, the Emperor has ordered you not to go in." Gao Decai shouted loudly outside the house.
"Father, father!"
Yan Yan heard Qi Feng shouting loudly outside and didn't dare to break in.
"Let him come in." The emperor's voice was not loud, but the voice outside was stopped by Gao Decai. Yanyan turned around and looked at the emperor, only to see that his eyes were still closed, but his brows were tightly furrowed.