The sound of "fourth brother" brought Yinzhen's thoughts back to more than twenty years ago. At that time, Mei'er had not yet married Yunhu, and he had not yet competed with Yunhu for the throne. Although there was intrigue, it was not so cruel as to kill each other.
He wanted to marry Meier, but Meier fell in love with Yunhu and married him. From then on, everything began to change.
On the other side, Nalan Meier's voice continued, "Fourth brother, I know you have always been very kind to me. When I was a child, you would do it for me no matter what I asked. So I have always respected you and treated you as my own.
Just like my brother, this respect has not changed even after marrying Yunhu. Now, I just want to ask you to spare Yunhu's life. Isn't that even possible?"
Yinzhen stared at her for a long time, and suddenly said: "Meier, if I and Yunshu are in different places today, and I am locked in a prison without seeing the light of day, and I will be questioned and executed at any time, Mei'er, you will suffer so much for me."
Are you begging Yunhu?"
Nalan Meier was silent for a long time and said: "The Emperor is the Nine-Fiveth Supreme Being and he has the power over the world. Why does he need me to ask for you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Yinzhen laughed, but there was endless sadness and sadness in the laughter. When the laughter gradually disappeared, he shook his head and said: "No, Meier, at that time I believed
You will never ask permission for me just because you have known me for many years, because I know everything in your heart.
No." The last sentence he said was extremely desolate, "I will never forget the time when you came to accuse me for Yunhu. At that time, you refused to listen to my explanation and just blamed me blindly and said
I am mean, ungrateful, moody, and even said that it was impossible for Emperor Ama to pass the throne to me."
Nalan Meier didn't expect that he would remember it so clearly. She didn't know how to answer the question for a while, and then he hesitated for a while and said: "I... I was talking nonsense because I was worried about Yunhu. In fact, I regretted it after I went back.
The fourth brother is a generous man and is good to his brothers. How could he stir up trouble in front of Emperor Ama? It’s all because I was obsessed and talking nonsense at the time. I still hope that the fourth brother..."
"No, you are not talking nonsense." Yinzhen interrupted her and said: "On the contrary, every sentence and every word I said at that time was from your heart. Mei'er, you have always understood how I feel about you.
I know, but you always think that I am not as good as Yunshu in every way. He is gentle and elegant, but I am cold.
He has a cold face; he is kind to others, but I am ungrateful; he cares about the people, but I am moody, so in the end you chose Yunhu as your husband." He twitched the corners of his mouth and wanted to smile, but there was something serious about the corner of his mouth.
There was no way he could relate to it. Every word that came out of his mouth was like a knife stabbed into his heart.
It hurt like his mouth, but no matter how painful it was, he would continue to say, "The night of your wedding was like a nightmare to me. The treasure I had guarded for more than ten years was married to someone else.
I was very sad and drank a lot of wine, but what about you? You were having sex with Yunhu in the bridal chamber and didn’t think about it at all.
You have been to me. Ask yourself, no matter how bad I treat others, I will not treat you with any slightest contempt. Whatever you want, I will try my best to find it for you. If you want a star, I will never dare to pick the moon. Unfortunately,
No matter what I do, I will get your disdain and willful trampling."
Nalan Meier couldn't hold her head up after what he said, and muttered: "Fourth brother, I already know I was wrong."
Yinzhen said in a cold voice: "Really? Why do my words sound like perfunctory words, just to let me let Yunshu go?" Just as Nalan Meier was about to speak, Yinzhen said: "Su Peisheng, go and take me in."
Get the brocade box from the top cabinet."
"Hey!" Su Peisheng quietly stepped back. After a while, he came up with a brocade box the size of his palm. Yinzhen took it in his hand and opened it, but it turned out to be a red jade bracelet that had been broken into several pieces. Nalan Mei
Er recognized it at a glance as the one he returned to Yinzhen, but he didn't expect it to be broken, let alone that he would keep it.
"This bracelet was a gift I gave you for your wedding. You said that you liked the transparency and beauty of red jade, so I found the best piece of red jade and found the best master to make it into a bracelet.
I gave it to you, but I didn’t expect that this bracelet would break into pieces in my hands in the end. Perhaps, this is God’s will, just like what you said that day aroused my desire to fight for the throne, everything is destined by God.”
Nalan Meier never expected to hear such a sentence, that is to say, Yinzhen really had no intention of competing for the throne at that time. It was him who was not resentful of the injustice suffered by Yinzhen, so he treated Yinzhen well.
He immediately scolded him, but the result was that he just aroused his desire to fight for position, which made Yunhu regret it for the rest of his life. He... he was the culprit who harmed Yunhu.
For a moment, Nalan Meier was so confused that she didn't know what to say. After a long time, she said, "Yes, I failed my fourth brother's love, but this has nothing to do with Yunhu, so why should you vent your anger on him?"
"Yes, you have betrayed me, but I am not dealing with Yunsi because of you. Although I have always disliked Yunsi, for your sake, I have never treated Yunsi harshly, even if he had previously planned to harm Yunsi.
If I want to help my fourteenth brother ascend the throne, I just want to
I took away his job, accepted the title, and didn't touch his salary at all. But this time he really went too far. He not only harmed my son, but also killed so many innocent people. If he is spared,
, how do you want me to explain it to the people of the world?"
Nalan Meier panicked, thinking of words that could convince Yinzhen, "But...but he is the emperor's biological brother!"
"From the moment he competed for the throne, he never treated me as an older brother. In that case, why should I treat him as a younger brother again." After saying this, he closed his eyes and said with deep exhaustion:
"Meier, please get up. There is no need to beg me again, because I will never let Yunhu go."
Yinzhen's words made Nalan Meier feel a sense of despair, "Fourth brother, are you really so cruel?"
Yinzhen opened his eyes, and there was no trace of wavering in his dark eyes, "It's not that I'm cruel, but that Yunsu deserves to die for his crime. So, no matter who comes to save me, I will never forgive him."
"Fourth brother..." Before Nalan Meier could say anything else, Yinzhen had already said: "Su Peisheng, send Nalan Fujin back."
Seeing that Yinzhen had made up his mind, Nalan Meier had no choice but to leave. After he left, Yinzhen stared at the broken bracelet in the brocade box for a long time and said in a loud voice: "Four joys."
Sixi, who was waiting outside, heard Yinzhen's call and quickly walked in and bowed: "My servant is here."
Yinzhen threw the brocade box into his arms and said, "Take this thing and throw it away. I don't want to see it again."
Si Xi looked at the bright red jadeite in the brocade box, feeling quite pity, but she didn't dare to touch Yinzhen's troubles at this time, so she took the brocade box and hurried down.
[Author's digression]: I couldn't connect to the Internet at home just now. I was very anxious. Fortunately, it's fine now. Sorry for keeping everyone waiting. Four updates today.