Seeing Zhao Hongrun looking at him with an unkind look, Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, made a sensible excuse and left.
Looking at the leaving figure of Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Hongrun snorted coldly and cursed in a low voice: "Another old fox."
"again?"
Emperor Wei's brows couldn't help but twitch, feeling that his son was scolding him as well.
After coughing, Emperor Wei changed the subject and said, "You can't say that. After all, the King of Nanliang stood on our side last night..."
"Not sure." Zhao Hongrun said with a sneer.
"Oh?" Emperor Wei looked at Zhao Hongrun with some confusion, but Zhao Hongrun said calmly: "I met the Dangshan Army on the way back."
"...Oh." Wei Tianzi blinked.
"So, the King of Nanliang was not necessarily on his father's side, but he guessed that his father had mobilized other armies besides the Nanyan Army, so he made a wise choice after weighing the pros and cons.
." Zhao Hongrun analyzed rationally.
"..." Wei Tianzi squinted his eyes and said nothing. After all, Zhao Hongrun's analysis was indeed reasonable.
After a long while, he asked: "Last night you led a group of people on horseback and left the palace to capture Yuan Ri, right? Did you capture him back?"
Zhao Hongrun hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to reveal the truth to his father: "There are some things that I want to ask Uncle Six in person... In addition, Uncle Six took the initiative to come back with me."
"Hmm." Emperor Wei nodded, and then whispered: "You have grown up, and you can make up your own mind... After returning to Daliang, I will issue an edict to arrest Yuan Ren. You should understand what I mean."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, and then he raised his head and asked Emperor Wei: "Father, why did you hide it from your son?... I believe my father had anticipated Xiao Ni's rebellion yesterday, right? Otherwise, the Nanyan Army and the Dangshan Army would not have
I came here for no reason, but why didn’t I tell my subordinates? If the Shang Shui Army or the Yanling Army had been there last night, it wouldn’t have been so dangerous.”
After hearing his son's slightly accusatory question, Emperor Wei fell silent.
In fact, in the final analysis, it is still his pride that causes trouble, and he believes that the grievances and grievances of the older generation should not be interfered by the younger generation.
However, contrary to expectations, Xiao Ni hid deeper than he expected. Even Ai He, the deputy general of the Nanyan Army, was a member of Xiao Ni, thus killing Wei Mu and making the scale of last night's rebellion even greater -
- Emperor Wei really didn't expect this.
The Nanyan Army is like this, but what about Chenggao Army, Dangshan Army, Fenxing Army, and even Junshui Army, which are the other six battalion armies?
Are there any remnants of the Xiao family lurking among them?
"I hope the Nanyan Army is just an exception."
Emperor Wei thought worriedly.
Seeing that Emperor Wei didn't speak for a long time, Zhao Hongrun realized that his father did not want to discuss the issue about Xiao Ni in depth with him, so he wisely left.
After bidding farewell to Emperor Wei and reporting his safety to Concubine Shen Shu, Zhao Hongrun returned to Zhen Palace with Wei Jiao, the chief of the imperial guards.
At this time, the Zhen Palace was surrounded by guards from the Jun Shui Army outside, while inside the palace, there were Su Wang Guards and Qing Ya Zhong on duty, providing double protection to ensure the safety of the Zhen Palace.
After nodding and greeting the Junshui soldiers guarding Zhen Palace, Zhao Hongrun walked into the palace and came to his own bedroom.
In the room, King Yi Zhao Yuanli and his clan chief Wang Yan were sitting in the room, waiting for Zhao Hongrun's arrival.
When he saw Zhao Hongrun, Wang Jun's mood was a bit complicated, because he finally persuaded King Yi Zhao Yuanli to flee. However, when he met Zhao Hongrun on the way to escape, King Yi Zhao Yuanli immediately changed his mind about fleeing and followed
Zhao Hongrun returned to Zhongyang Palace.
Wang Yan knew very well what this meant.
"Are you here, Hongrun?"
After seeing Zhao Hongrun walking into the house, Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli smiled and said hello.
Zhao Hongrun nodded, and then ordered Wei Jiao, the chief of the Zong Guard: "Wei Jiao, you go out first."
"Yes." Wei Jiao left obediently.
Seeing this, King Yi Zhao Yuanli also ordered Wang Jian, the chief of the clan's guards, to leave the house.
"I heard that Ying'er, Que'er and the others were also imprisoned in this Zhen Palace?" Seeing Zhao Hongrun sitting opposite him, Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli asked with a chuckle.
"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded, not hiding anything, and said truthfully: "I asked Mi Jiang and the guards to watch them."
"Oh..." Zhao Yuanli responded without saying anything else.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun reached out and lifted the teapot on the table. While pouring a cup of tea for Zhao Yuanli and himself, he asked: "Uncle Six, what is going on?"
Zhao Yuanli picked up the tea cup and took a sip. After a while, he said melancholy: "Hongrun, I still remember that you asked me about 'her' before we went hunting together in Chenggao."
Zhao Hongrun nodded, he knew that the woman Zhao Yuanli was talking about was Xiao Shu'ai, the woman that the Sixth Uncle Wang had never forgotten.
"... When you asked me what she regretted most, I told you that what I regretted most was that I couldn't muster up the courage to talk to her..."
"..." Zhao Hongrun was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly understood that what Liu Wangshu said about "not being able to muster up the courage to speak to her" was that in the story Liu Wangshu told, he did not ask about Xiao Shuai's best friend.
thing.
After all, according to the joke bet between Emperor Wei and Zhao Yuanli at the beginning, if Zhao Yuanli mustered up the courage to ask Xiao Shuai's maiden name, maybe this woman would become Princess Yi.
"...In fact, it's not." While Zhao Hongrun was thinking about it, Zhao Yuanli shook his head, and then sighed: "What I regret most is that I didn't stop her at the beginning... At that time, she begged me to try to help Zhao Yuanli and his son.
Taking the baby boy and escaping from Daliang, I actually guessed that doing so would only further anger Brother Si Wang, but I really...I couldn't refuse. That was the only time she begged..."
"Is she prepared to sacrifice herself?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
"No." Zhao Yuanli shook his head and said seriously: "If she wants to sacrifice herself, I will stop her ruthlessly. I will even kill Zhao Yuanli and the baby boy with my own hands to cut off her thoughts.
...But she said that as long as I managed to take away Zhao Yuanqi, his son and the baby boy, she would try to persuade Brother Si Wang...I believed it at that time, because Brother Si Wang was really obsessed with her."
"..." Zhao Hongrun sipped the tea in silence.
Zhao Hongrun was more or less aware of his father's obsession with Xiao Shuai, just like Chen Shuai, who looked exactly like Xiao Shuai, or the ruined palace that was exactly the same as Youzhi Palace. All signs proved that even today,
His father still loves Xiao
Shuai was so obsessed with it that after Xiao Shuai died, his father found Chen Shuai as a replacement. He even hid all the furniture and belongings that Xiao Shuai had used in the abandoned palace in the palace and let the imperial guards guard it.
, so that he can see things and think about people from time to time.
Zhao Hongrun guessed that maybe Xiao Shuai didn't expect that his father's reaction would be so big at the time. Maybe she thought that as long as the parties involved - Zhao Yuanwen, his son and the baby boy were no longer in the palace, she would plead with him afterwards.
Will be soft-hearted.
"The depth of love and the depth of hatred..."
Zhao Hongrun sighed secretly.
In his opinion, his father did love Xiao Shuai so much that when he found out that Xiao Shuai had betrayed him, his father was furious. He was so angry that he couldn't control himself, so he made a regretful move.
What happened was that Xiao Shuai was killed by mistake.
If they were just dispensable concubines, the old man ignored the emperor's majesty and killed people with his own hands? Moreover, he used a decorative sword hanging on the wall?
Zhao Hongrun didn't believe it.
He felt that if his father really wanted to kill Xiao Shuai, there were many ways, so why bother to do it himself? As long as he gave the order, there were many people in the palace who would do it for him.
What's more, according to his father's character, if his father still had sense at the time, if he really wanted to punish Xiao Shuai, the best way would be to send people to recover Zhao Yuanmin and his son, and then punish them in front of Xiao Shuai.
Execution - this is in line with the old man's violent character when he was young.
However, the old man killed Xiao Shuai at that time, which shows that the old man was indeed blinded by anger at that time, which is the so-called impulsive killing.
But after the anger passed, it was too late to regret everything.
"I killed her with my own hands. You know, Hongrun, I killed her with my own hands... If I had stopped her and refused to help her, even if she would hate me, she would still be alive in the end..."
Holding the tea cup with trembling hands, Zhao Yuanli whispered.
After a long time, Zhao Yuanli took a deep breath and continued: "After her death, the Fourth Brother Wang was worried that Xiao Boyuan, the Marquis of Nanyan, would avenge his daughter and support Zhao Yuanli after learning about it, so the Fourth Brother managed to frame the Xiao family... her
Her death was the beginning of the whole disaster. If the Fourth Prince had not killed her by mistake, whether Zhao Yuanwen escaped from the Wei Dynasty would not affect the position of the Fourth Prince. As long as she was still in Youzhi Palace, the Xiao family of Nanyan would
It is impossible to oppose Brother Si Wang... I said last night that at that time, Xiao Boyuan expelled Zhao Yuanqi, and Xiao Luan led the cavalry to catch up with Zhao Yuanqi and his son that night and killed them, but because of her death
, which made the Fourth Brother have murderous intentions towards the Xiao family...and this is all my fault."
"..." Zhao Hongrun said nothing while sipping his tea.
"After I helped Xiao Luan escape from Dali Temple, he found me about six or seven years later. I originally thought he was planning to kill me. However, he said that I still had some kindness to the Xiao family, so he did not kill me.
Meaning, he just wanted me to tell Brother Si Wang that this matter would not end so easily, saying that he, Xiao Luan, would come back one day and reveal the truth about the "Nanyan Marquis Xiao Boyuan's rebellion" case... He also said,
He has recruited a group of dead men and is preparing to assassinate the descendants of my Ji Zhao family... I tried to persuade him to stop and promised him that one day he would make sure that the Xiao family was avenged, but as a condition, he must not do anything that would endanger me.
Things about Da Wei..."
"However, Xiao Luan has been lying to you, right, Uncle Six?" Zhao Hongrun asked calmly.
Zhao Yuanli smiled bitterly when he heard this. He had to admit that Xiao Luan had not taken his promise to heart from the beginning. Rather than redress the injustice of the Xiao family, Xiao Luan wanted to destroy the entire Wei State and make Zhao Yuanxi the king of subjugation.
"Hongrun, go back to Daliang. If I guess correctly, Xiao Luan will create chaos in Daliang."
"Daliang?" Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked, "Why?"
Zhao Yuanli paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Because, he has always suspected that the baby boy from back then was still alive, that is, Yulong's half-brother..."