Yongzhang knelt down and said: "I know my crime and I am willing to be punished by the emperor. I only ask the emperor to forgive my mother for leaving the treasury and save her from the pain of hard labor."
Hong Li said in a cold voice: "Su's crime is extremely heinous. I am extremely merciful in sparing her life. I cannot forgive her."
Yongzhang walked forward on his knees and choked up: "Huang Ama, E Niang has been staying in Xinzheku for twelve years. She has to do heavy labor day and night for more than 4,000 years, and there is not a single day she can't do it.
Come on, she is really pitiful, please show mercy and spare her? I beg you!"
Hongli said indifferently: "I said I can't forgive, I just can't forgive, you stand down!"
Yong Zhang shook his head vigorously and said: "If Emperor Ama is unwilling to forgive E Niang, I will not back down even if I say anything."
Hongli stared at him with gloomy eyes and said, "You don't even listen to what I say, do you?"
Facing his eyes, Yong Zhang showed signs of retreating, but soon he straightened his back and said: "I don't dare, but I don't want to watch my mother die. I have seen her before.
No part of the skin on her hands is good. She either has chilblains or has been soaked in cold water and turned white. If she continues, she will really die. Huang Ama, please have mercy!"
Hongli said expressionlessly: "When she was deposed to the Xin Zheku, she was no longer your mother, so whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with you."
Yongzhang said excitedly: "She was pregnant for ten months and risked her life to give birth to her son. Her blood is in his body, and so is Yongxun's. In this life, they will be inseparable from her."
Hongli suddenly stood up and gritted his teeth and said: "I said it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. She is such a vicious person and she is not worthy of being you and Yongxun's mother-in-law."
"If you know your mistakes and can correct them, you can never do good. This is what the Taifu taught his children. No matter what kind of mistakes she has made, she has paid them back in the past twelve years. Why can't Huang Ama forgive her? Is it right?
You have to force her to death to be happy?"
Hongli stared at him for a long time, and finally shook his head, "No matter what you say, I will never forgive her. Her debt... will be owed until death!"
Yongzhang cried and said: "She is the mother-in-law of Erchen and Yongxun. Why are you so heartless and don't care about any love at all?" Seeing that Hongli didn't speak, he said again: "You want my mother-in-law to pay off your debt, right?"
, OK, I will help her repay it together. From today on, I will go to Xinzheku until I pay off the debt you said!"
"Stop!" Hongli shouted to stop Yongzhang who was getting up and about to leave, and walked quickly to him, with a faint pulsating vein on his forehead, "Are you really going to Xinzheku?"
Yongzhang said without hesitation: "Yes, unless..." Before he could finish, Hongli interrupted: "I will not forgive the Su family. If you want to go to Xinzheku, just go.
If you can't bear the pain, don't come and cry to me."
Hongli's cruelty made Yongzhang so sad that he shed tears, but he was stubborn and quickly wiped away his tears and said: "Don't worry, I will never cry to you even if I die from exhaustion." After that,
He was about to leave, but Sixi quickly grabbed him and said, "Third brother, please tell me what you have to say, and don't get angry with the emperor. The work in Xinzheku is so many and hard, how can you endure it?"
Yongzhang pursed his lips tightly and said nothing. Seeing him like this, Hongli felt angry and shouted: "No need to persuade him, just let him go if he wants. I want to see how much he can bear it."
Heaven's suffering."
Hearing this, Yongzhang shook off Si Xi's hand and walked out quickly. Si Xi said anxiously: "Your Majesty, what should I do about this? Third Brother..."
"Let him go. Don't come and talk to me even if he dies!" After saying this angrily, Hongli rolled his sleeves and returned to sit down in front of the imperial cabinet. He opened the book again and reviewed it, but this time he couldn't read it.
He was so angry that he threw the book on the ground, which frightened the palace people to kneel down quickly, not even daring to breathe.
When Yongzhang rushed to Xinzheku again, it was already dark. He asked the supervisor to keep an eye on those people who were doing the work. He was about to go back to the house to rest for a while. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw Yongzhang standing behind him and hurriedly got up.
He called Qianer in front of him and said flatteringly: "Third Brother, why are you here again? Do you have anything else to say to Mr. Su?"
Yongzhang ignored his words and only said: "Where is the Su family?"
He Fang felt that Yongzhang's attitude was a bit strange, but he couldn't explain it for a moment, so he said: "Ms. Su is still pounding rice, I will accompany you there."
When he saw Su, Yongzhang's tears that he had been holding back suddenly fell down, and he cried: "Eniang!"
Mrs. Su quickly put down the rice pestle in her hand and said in surprise: "Yongzhang, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying when you're so good?"
"If you are unfilial, you will not be able to ask for mercy from the Emperor." Yongzhang's words made Su's heart sink, and she forced a smile and said: "Eniang told you long ago that your Emperor would not agree. If you don't believe it, you must
If you want to ask for it, you should believe it now, right? Well, as long as I can see you, E Niang will be satisfied." Saying this, she suddenly said: "By the way, where is Yongxun, does he have any relationship with you?
Are you going together?"
Yongzhang shook his head and said: "No, Concubine Yi did not allow the fourth brother to go to the emperor's court with his son, and even kicked the son out."
A cold light flashed in Su's eyes, and then she revealed a wry smile, "Yes, Concubine Yi has never liked me, so how could she let Yongxun recognize me as my mother-in-law." As she said this, she stroked away the tears on Yongzhang's face,
He said pitifully: "
Yongzhang, E Niang understands your filial piety, and E Niang has accepted her fate. You can go back. In the future... if E Niang dies, remember to ask for a place for E Niang to stay, so that E Niang does not have to be exposed in the wilderness and suffer.
Hungry dogs gnaw.”
Hearing this, Yong Zhang shook his head repeatedly and said: "No, I will not let you die. I have told Emperor Ama that from today on, your unpaid debts will be paid by me."
You pay me back." With that said, he walked to the rice pounding bucket, held the rice pounding rod and smashed it down hard. He had never done this before.
Something like this happened, and he used too much force. Instead of removing the shells of the millet, it was all over the floor. Before he could smash it again, He Fang hurried over and held his hand. He said in panic: "Brother San, you
He is a noble person, so how can he do such rough things? It is absolutely impossible!"
Yongzhang broke away from his hand and said: "There is nothing to do. E Niang will stay in Xinzheku for one day, and I will stay here with her for one day. From now on, I will do her errands. You are not allowed to embarrass her again."
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After listening to his words, He Fang hurriedly knelt down and said: "Third Brother, I beg you not to embarrass me. If the emperor knows about it, he will kill me!"
Yongzhang ignored him and just smashed the grains again and again. Seeing that he couldn't move him, he had to say to Su who was aside: "Madam, please help persuade the third elder brother. He...how can he treat me like this?"