Chapter 63 You are the only one who dares to speak to me like this
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Suddenly, the news that Liu Yuxi turned red and turned purple spread among the harem.
The Queen Mother had just burned incense in the Buddhist hall in Houshan that day when she heard a young servant say: "The emperor has killed someone, and several of the servants in charge of the Dragon Palace have killed him. Cut him in two."
As soon as the Queen Mother heard this, her heart went crazy, and the little servant asked, "What did you just say?"
The servant followed Hai Yin's instructions and said: "To report back to the Queen Mother, yesterday Luo Chang'an, the female official of Long Palace, went to Yuliu Palace to steal something and was caught. In order to vent his anger on Xi Concubine, the emperor sentenced Mei Guan,
Luo Changan also had a little maid who took him to the barracks and cut him in half. I am afraid that he has already been cut in two and finished."
The Queen Mother was very unhappy after hearing this, "That's ridiculous! What does the emperor have to do with the affairs of the harem? The Ai family is not dead yet, so it is not the emperor's turn to take care of the women in the harem. What palace did you just say, Yuliu Palace? What happened?
thing?"
The servant thought for a while and then said: "It has been spread all over the harem. The emperor really dotes on the master of Yuliu Palace. In order to have a beautiful smile, he put down his work in the military camp and came back to play chess with her. The concubine Xi said that the emperor gave up all the country for her.
I let it go. However, when Luo Changan argued that he had not stolen anything, the emperor did not investigate and directly sentenced him to be cut in half. He also included Mei Guan and the maid Xiao Tao. His trust in the master of Yuliu Palace was really touching.
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"Why are you so moved? Beauty and misfortune are worthy of being moved! Aijia will tear your mouth apart."
The slave then slapped himself in the mouth, "You deserve to die, slave. I also listened to the comments from the servants of Yuliu Palace, but now that I think about it, these people really have no good intentions. Isn't this charming the emperor?"
"How outrageous! Isn't the slave a human being? The emperor actually sentenced him to beheaded without asking any questions? Even Aunt Mei, the female officer sent by the Ai family to him, was also sentenced to beheaded?" The Queen Mother was so angry that her heart ached, "Is he going to do it?
You can’t bring trouble to the Ai family!”
The emperor is usually said to be a wise emperor, but today he has become so confused because of a woman that he has done such a frivolous thing. It is because of such coquettish people that the emperor will go astray.
Luo Chang'an, this maid is very good. She picked up my bracelet and even returned it to me. I'm afraid there is something hidden about the theft.
The servant shrank and stopped talking.
The Queen Mother sternly said: "Preach the Ai family's will and teach the emperor to spare people from his sword. The Ai family will personally investigate this matter. If the Ai family ignores the Ai family's will and cuts the person into two pieces, the Ai family will pack up their belongings and retire."
Xiang, he doesn’t have me as a mother!”
The slave quickly shouted: "My slave obeys the order!"
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The room in the barracks where Luo Changan was located was the emperor's bedroom. It contained a bookshelf, a large table, and a stone couch.
There is a thin quilt on the stone couch. This simple and unpretentious decoration does not look like the emperor's house, but it looks like the house of a diligent, thrifty and dedicated general. It is said that the emperor led the troops to fight at the age of seventeen. It must have been at that time
A habit of informality that has been developed since childhood.
Luo Changan sat on the chair all night, and the eastern sky gradually turned fish-white, but she was not sleepy at all.
At any moment, she would be cut in half, and she was in a state of confusion.
She realized that if the ruler of the world was a person who did not care about justice, then she would have no way out no matter what.
There was a dagger on the table, quietly placed in the sheath. Luo Changan walked over, pulled out the dagger, and slashed it towards his left index finger.
Before the cold edge cut through the skin of his fingers, a hand even colder than the edge grasped Luo Changan's wrist holding the dagger, and the man's strength tightened.
Luo Changan felt pain, and let go of the dagger with a groan. The dagger fell straight down to the floor, making a harsh sound in the quiet early morning.
"This dagger is for me to assassinate my enemies, not for you to harm yourself."
Di Qianao's displeased voice sounded in Luo Changan's ears.
He is back.
Luo Changan stared hard into Di Qianao's eyes, and their eyes met like sparks of lightning. There was a look of distress on his handsome face that surprised her, "I am not harming myself, I am proving my innocence."
Di Qianao lowered his head and looked at the table, and found that a piece of white rice paper had been spread out. He understood immediately and said softly: "How do you prove your innocence? Write a letter in blood and present the facts to me?"
Luo Changan said solemnly: "Yes."
"There is no need to write a blood letter."
Di Qianao let go of her wrist, then lowered his body to pick up the dagger, carefully put it into the sheath, and then put the dagger in his sleeve, not giving her a chance to touch the dagger.
"Even if you write it, I won't read it. So there is no need to waste blood."
"Why don't you see it, emperor? The emperor loves his people dearly, and his servants are also your subjects! The voices of the people should not be heard, can you see it?"
"It can be heard, but does not need to be seen. Blood letters are not necessary." Di Qianao said warmly: "Tell me, what do you want to write?"
"I want to write that although my status is low, my heart is magnanimous. I know that taking without asking is stealing. I know that I don't pick up things on the road, and I am upright and upright!"
"I want to write about the palace concubine and the powerful minister's wife joining forces to frame a slave!"
"I want to write that the emperor not only failed to investigate the matter thoroughly, but also protected it! I want to write that since ancient times, evil has never suppressed good, justice should not be suppressed, and the truth should not be covered up!"
"I want to write that I am unwilling, I am wronged, I am angry, the emperor's justice was defeated by the concubine's cloud-sleeved skirt!"
"I want to write that the emperor is a once-in-a-lifetime confused emperor, a debauched bastard!!"
Luo Changan expressed his thoughts at once.
Di Qian'ao patiently listened to her shocking words. Every word could make him sentence her to death for being disrespectful. He sat down slowly on the chair and actually pursed his lips and smiled.
Luo Changan's heart was beating wildly. She knew that she must be dead. From his cold smile, she knew that her end had come.
But who cares, he has already been sentenced to be cut in half. If he dies on either side, he will die happily. There is nothing to be afraid of.
"There are thousands of people who surrender to me, but you are the only one who dares to speak to me like this."
"It's better for me to put my words out in the open than for someone to deceive you behind closed doors."
"I understand, you are blaming me."
Luo Chang'an thought about it seriously and said unwillingly: "Emperor, I used to think that you are a man of integrity, love for the people, and a person who understands righteousness. There is a rumor that you once defended a common man who stopped a dragon from filing an imperial petition.
Luo Changan was once heartbroken by the legend of justice. But now... I have seen you with my own eyes, making me extremely disappointed."
"Chang'an," Di Qianao stared deeply at Luo Changan's cheek, "Thank you for your trust. But... I am far from being as good as you said. Even though I know that I cannot govern with personal emotions. But...