"Cui Hao, I want you to tell me honestly, Brother Prince, how did you die?"

The princess's cold rebuke suddenly trembled in my heart, and the gray-robed monk stood up like a rolling belt, knelt down respectfully at the princess's feet, his body trembled slightly, bowed his head, his face was sad, his tone was choked, and he couldn't say a word.

Even Cui Hao himself didn't expect that Her Royal Highness the princess would come at this time, and happened to hear the real cause of the death of Her Royal Highness the Prince, and immediately regretted not doing it at the beginning, for fear that Her Royal Highness the princess would be angry for a while and do something dangerous to herself.

"You repeat, Brother Prince, you died by suicide under the Imperial City, didn't you?"

By the end, the princess had already roared angrily.

"Princess...... Your Highness ......"

Cui Hao, who was prostrate on the ground, was already in tears, constantly kowtowing and begging for forgiveness.

"Wan'er ......"

The princess's love fluctuates greatly, I am worried about her body, I remember that Aunt Luo Xia said that the princess must not be worried and angry during this period of detoxification, otherwise the blood will rebel and poison into the viscera.

I can't let her have trouble!

I met her frosty gaze, and endured the pain of my heart, and slowly approached her. When I got closer to her, a look of sadness flashed in her cold eyes, and then she asked me coldly, and said:

"You already knew, didn't you?"

There was a trace of guilt in my sad expression, and in the face of her questioning, I was speechless and could only be silent.

Yes, I know. If the reason is nothing more than for her good, it is deliberately hidden from her.

But is this really for her good?

Seeing my silence, which was tantamount to acquiescence, Wan'er's face turned pale and stood in place, her figure looking so lonely. She pursed her lips and trembled slightly, her hands clenched into fists in her sleeves, and her nails sunk into her palms, leaving blood on her own.

When I saw her increasingly hurt expression and her gradually cold face, an expression of great pain and despair that only appears when she was deceived and betrayed by her loved ones, I knew that I was wrong, so wrong.

I hurt her so deeply in the name of loving her......

She didn't look at me again, she turned away indifferently, her steps vague, her body swaying as if she would faint to the ground in the next moment.

I have never seen Wan'er so depressed, I don't feel panicked, three steps and two steps, I took her hand regardless of it, I can't just let her go, absolutely not.

"Let go of me!"

Her words were as cold as her hands.

I held her hand tightly like a straw, what did she mean? Did she mean that I couldn't hold her hand anymore, did I?

She doesn't want me anymore, does she?

"Wan'er ......"

I called to her in a trembling hoarse voice, tears streaming down my eyes.

Her body was stunned, but she still didn't look back at me, she just stretched out her other hand and stroked her forehead, using all her strength to contain the terrible hatred that had been buried deep in her heart for a long time, it was a kind of power that could destroy it, and it was also a monstrous anger that she couldn't contain no matter what.

Gasping for breath, Wan'er felt that her whole person was about to be torn apart, and there seemed to be a hint of begging in her cold tone, Wan'er wanted to break free of my hand but was afraid that it would really hurt me, so she gritted her teeth hatefully and said:

"Let it go...... Gao Chen, let me go, or ...... I'm afraid, I'll not be able to help it, and I'll kill you!"

I noticed her strangeness, and looked at her painful appearance, and I was on the verge of collapse.

Want me to let go of this woman's hand unless I die!

"You can be angry with me, resentful of me, hate me, and even kill me, but you, you absolutely can't, you must not let me let go of your hand, I won't let go if I die, do you understand, Xiao Wan? Die, don't think I'll let you go!"

I angrily pulled her body, let her look into my eyes, saw the heat and madness in my eyes, Wan'er's heart hurt as if a big hole was torn apart, for a while sad and sad, all kinds of emotions came one after another, instantly the breath in the body was disordered, the blood and qi surged, the throat was sweet, and suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood.

This enemy, she is really the biggest obstacle in her life!

It was dark in front of my eyes, and Wan'er suddenly fell into my arms......

As if my soul had been withdrawn, I held her tightly in my arms in horror and shouted her name over and over again in despair.

Wan'er, Wan'er, Wan'er......

But why, no matter how much I called her, no one responded.

In my ears was the voice of Cui Hao calling out to the princess urgently and with concern, but I couldn't hear anything anymore, so I picked her up with a handful of blows, and now there was only one thought left in my heart:

That is to find Aunt Luo Xia as much as possible, only Aunt Luo Xia can save her!

Holding her tightly in my arms, I rushed out of the dungeon like mad, crying out in a frenzy:

"Come on, go find Aunt Luoxia, find Aunt Luoxia for me!"

......

Aunt Luo Xia received the news and quickly rushed to the princess's mansion, but when she saw the two people in front of her, she was still a little flustered by this unexpected situation.

In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the plan, Aunt Luo Xia had already designed a qiē, she not only increased the dosage of several drugs in Wan'er's decoction to make her drowsy without affecting Wan'er's health, but also sent someone to deliberately lure away Wan'er's personal shadow Wei Mei, and used incense to deal with Ziyu and others.

But Baimi finally had a mistake, she still underestimated Wan'er's ability as the commander of the Chinese army, and not long after Chen'er entered the dungeon alone, Wan'er took back the control of the entire princess's mansion by arranging the men and horses arranged in advance.

It seems that she, who is an aunt, is no longer Wan'er's opponent!

After checking the pulse for Wan'er, Luo Xia was a little glad that she had made some preparations for her in case of protecting Wan'er, but now Wan'er was attacking her heart with blood and blood, and the toxins had also invaded her viscera, but fortunately, she had used incense pills to ease the toxicity for her before, coupled with Wan'er's own profound skills, this would not kill her.

It's just that the detoxification is becoming more and more tricky, and the time needs to be delayed for more than a month. Fortunately, Wan'er is not in danger of her life, otherwise, the consequences are really unimaginable.

Looking at Chen'er, who was sitting on the side and looking at Wan'er in a daze, Luo Xia couldn't help but sigh slightly, is the Empress Dowager's move too ruthless for the two children?

"She's fine, she just needs some rest. ”

Luo Xia comforted softly, looking at the two children like this, there was also a faint pain in her heart.

Great, she's okay, I know, she's going to be fine!

Hearing Aunt Luo Xia's words, my heart that had been hanging for a long time was slightly relaxed.

Standing up faintly, Du Bu came to her side, gently holding her hand in her own hand, her hand was still a little cold, rubbing and wanting to give her the temperature, wanting to let her who was asleep know that I was always by her side......

Stretched out his hand to caress her somewhat pale beauty, even in a coma, the sorrow between the eyebrows was obvious, and he stretched out his hand to smooth out the faint sorrow, but as soon as he touched her eyebrows, the gentleness between her eyebrows in the past, and the smile like a flower would appear in front of me, and I thought of the painful and cold look she suddenly revealed in the dungeon, and my heart was dripping with blood.

Gently put her hand back into the quilt, and then gently help her pull the quilt.

I am doing the duty of a husband to take care of and comfort his wife when she is sick, and what I should do next is to make a complete decision for these two defeats!

stood up politely, and then respectfully saluted Aunt Luo Xia and said:

"Aunt Luo Xia, the princess was temporarily entrusted to her aunt to take care of. Gao Chen is going to go out of the princess's mansion, and he will come back soon, and when I come back, I will give an explanation to the empress dowager and you for the tasks you have assigned!"

Facing my somewhat gloomy eyes, Aunt Luo Xia's heart ached, she knew where I was going, and she also knew what choice I would make, and glanced at Wan'er who was still sad in her sleep, Aunt Luo Xia couldn't help but think in her heart, did she really do something wrong?

"Chen'er ......"

Without waiting for Aunt Luo Xia to continue, I pleaded and said:

"Please, Auntie!"

After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the room without looking back.

Pulling out the horse of the princess's mansion, I turned over and got on the horseback, and then hurried to the ancestral house of the Gao family, yes, I must now go to see someone, and that person is my uncle, Gao Qin!

......

By the time I arrived at the mansion, it was already near.

Now that I am the patriarch of the Gao family, the people in the clan will naturally treat me with the courtesy of the patriarch, and when they see me with an angry face, they all get out of the way, bow their heads and stand aside, not daring to look directly.

"Uncle is back?"

I found someone and asked casually.

The man trembled, hurried back to me, and said:

"Your Excellency has returned, and is in the study. ”

Hearing this, I went straight to the study.

happened to come to the door, and almost bumped into his uncle who went out.

Standing firmly, my uncle looked at me with a gloomy face, and the appearance of the wolf bèi, which was really degrading the majesty and bearing of the head of the high family, and said very angrily:

"What kind of body does it become to be so disheveled and look like a wolf?"

I came in a hurry and filled with righteous indignation, where can I care about whether my clothes are neat and orderly, and replied coldly and sarcastically, saying:

"If he is not in good shape, even if he is well-dressed, what is the use?"

"Presumptuous, is this the tone in which juniors should speak to their elders?"

Gao Qin was out of breath, and as soon as he finished speaking, he began to cough violently, obviously sick.

I was slightly stunned, and gradually regained some of my senses, looking at my uncle's old appearance that was not like the past, I couldn't help but feel a pain in my heart, I grew up under my uncle's teaching after all, and the crows still know how to feed back, let alone people?

After tidying up his clothes, he respectfully saluted his uncle and pleaded guilty, saying:

"It's the nephew who has no form, and the uncle is guilty!"

Gao Qin looked at his nephew's sincere appearance and couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"Come with me into the study!"

Knowing that I had come in such a hurry, there must have been something urgent. He called me out and let me go with him into the study.

When I entered the study, I looked at the plaque hanging on the beam of the main hall with the four characters 'loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness', and I only felt that this was a great irony.

I still remember the night before I was nine years old, my uncle specially called Gao Wei and me to the study, and the first road of life he talked to us about was the four big characters on this plaque: "Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness".

Those who are loyal, those who are loyal to the monarch and the country. The country puts the people first and respects the king, so the courtiers take loyalty as the first and their duties as the priority.

Filial piety, effectiveness, sons, good parents. Follow the way, follow the scriptures of heaven, follow the righteousness of the earth. Therefore, filial piety comes first.

The benevolent, the two too. Push yourself and others, and do not do to others what you do not want to be done to yourself. Things are for people, not for themselves, and they are compassionate, generous and gentle, and benevolent.

The righteous are the right people in the world. Do what you should do, don't do what you don't do, see the righteousness, and don't take unjust property from cause and effect, this is righteousness.

I dare not forget my uncle's teachings, whether it is dealing with people or dealing with people, I dare not cross the rules, and respect the virtues and ethics that should be seen as a minister and a son of people.

Because my uncle once told us that a gentleman should be strict with himself, examine himself three times a day, be loyal to his ministers, filial piety to his son, be courteous, wise, benevolent and faithful in fellowship with others, and never be worthy of the four words of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness in this life.

So, is the current uncle worthy of these four words?

Should I ask my uncle about that? But what if I knew?

When my uncle saw me looking at the plaque, he seemed to understand something, thinking that he had been up and down in the sea for many years, and his ambition and original intention had long been exhausted. And he is far away from the political ideal of enriching the country and strengthening the army......

The reason for the qiē thing, if there is a cause, there will be an effect, this is all chosen by myself back then, there will be such a result, it can be regarded as self-reaping the consequences!

Now he is already over half a hundred years old, his temples are gray, and his body bones are long gone, I just hope that what he didn't do back then, their younger generation can continue to complete. If this is the case, he Gao Qin can also be comforted!

"Chen'er. ”

This kid can take on the heavy responsibility, yesterday's table of the Diligent Palace, it can be seen that as long as he is well guided, this child's future achievements will definitely be above himself.

"Uncle, my nephew is brave and wants to ask my uncle to give the "Hundred Officials' Description" to my nephew. ”

As soon as he heard me talk about the "Hundred Officials' Statement", my uncle's face was shocked, and then he understood, sighed slightly, his face was a little desolate, and said:

"You've got it all. ”

"Yes, my nephew knows. ”

yes, I know it all.

The uncle was accused of betraying His Royal Highness the Prince, and used the "Hundred Officials' Description" to purge almost all the Hanmen clans in the court at that time who were loyal to His Royal Highness the Prince, and also took the opportunity to clear the opposition to him for the Empress Dowager.

At that time, he chose to take refuge in the Empress Dowager to maintain the power of the Gao family, and obtained a high-ranking official position, which was to realize his political ideals.

My uncle thought that as long as he controlled the power of the empire, he would be able to carry out the policies he had formulated smoothly, so that the country would be reborn and renewed, and the country would be strong and prosperous.

However, when the policies he formulated were implemented, he discovered that no matter how beneficial the policies of the state were, once they were in the hands of those so-called local officials, they would become legal tools for harming the people and seeking personal gains.

And those nobles in the court only know that they are fighting each other and fighting for power and profit, who can really stand up and do something for this country?

No, it should be said that someone once stood up, that is His Royal Highness the Prince, his foresight and insight, so that Gao Qin and a group of like-minded people were impressed, and then willingly followed the left and right, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was finally defeated by the political strategy.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's reforms failed, and he still failed to change the country, having sacrificed hundreds of lives in exchange for power.

"What do you want to do with "The Hundred Officials' Statement"?"

Gao Qin asked rhetorically with some excitement.

"Keep finishing what Uncle didn't finish!"

Gao Qin took the case, does his nephew mean to pave the way to the peak of power by killing like him?

No, absolutely not!

Gao Qin immediately rebuked angrily:

"No, you can't do that!"

"Why not, didn't you kill so many people to get power back then, just to change the country? What you failed to accomplish, even if you killed as many people, your nephew will help you accomplish it!"

My eyes were full of coldness and determination.

"Uncle will never allow you to repeat the mistakes of the past, and your talent must not be ruined in the struggle for power and profit!"

Isn't his life the best lesson to learn from? We must not let this child follow the path of a powerful minister who only relies on the deterrence of killing to ascend to the throne, because since ancient times, a powerful minister will not end well!

"Hehe, my talent, uncle, do you really think that such a court with corrupt discipline and the powerful ignoring the law of the country will have the opportunity for me to display my talents?"

I couldn't help but laugh bitterly twice, and then said:

"Uncle, after so many years in politics, haven't you ever thought about why the policies you have formulated cannot be properly implemented? Is that because the law and order of this country have been corrupted to the point that the people of the world are not afraid? Is it because of those disorderly people who are lawless and commit rebellion? Or is it because of the governors of prefectures and towns who are empty-eyed and self-respecting? Or are they those gatekeepers and magnates who only know how to tilt power?"

"No, the culprit is none other than the ruler of the dynasty who sits on the throne, holds the affairs of a country, and controls the civil and military officials!"

"Shut up, you're a big rebel!"

"Am I wrong? The Son of Heaven broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. But since ancient times, he has seen this precedent. The regents of the previous emperors of the past dynasties were determined by personal hobbies and hatreds, and there were many things that overrode the law. Ever since Emperor Xiaowen issued the Iron Scroll Danshu to meritorious officials, the laws of this country have lost their majesty to intimidate his courtiers and the people. How can a ruler who regards the law as nothing, and whose courtiers and people are afraid?"

What is the iron scroll of Danshu, it is a certificate of privilege to avoid death given by the emperor to meritorious ministers.

Emperors of all dynasties have the custom of rewarding their courtiers, clan relatives or close ministers with the iron scroll of Danshu, and the courtiers who have obtained the iron scroll of Danshu can be exempted from death no matter what crime they commit, and even seal their descendants, and some are exempted from death as many as two or three times.

"Say no more......"

His nephew could see things so clearly, but it made him, as an uncle, feel a deep fear.

"Then Sima Jiong dared to kill people in the Qinzheng Palace, isn't it precisely because the former emperor once gave him the iron scroll of Sima Jiadan? Why His Royal Highness the Prince's grievances have not been revealed for a long time, isn't it the most powerful proof that the majesty of the country's laws has not existed?"

"What do you want to do?"

"What is already rotten should be discarded without hesitation. I'm going to change this country without hesitation!"

Seeing the deep longing and determination in my eyes, and looking at the hand I gradually stretched out to him, my uncle knew that he could no longer stop the child in front of him from following in his footsteps.

"Uncle, please give the "Hundred Officials' Description" to your nephew!"

"If you want to thoroughly investigate the case of the prince's rebellion, then I can sue you, the person who killed His Royal Highness the prince back then was me!"

How could he see his nephew step down a path of self-destruction?

"Are you saying that on the eve of the prince's rebellion, Cui Tingyou will secretly send someone to hand over the "Hundred Officials' Narratives" to you? Cui Tingyou is not so stupid, he must have sensed the danger, so he will hand over this "Hundred Officials' Narratives", which is related to the lives of hundreds of people, to his most trusted person just in case, and the person he trusts the most is obviously your uncle!"

"How do you know?"

Gao Qin asked in surprise.

"Back then, when you contacted that person, uncle, Gao Wei and I happened to be hiding in the attic, and because of this, I knew the truth about the prince's rebellion!"

"Uncle, it is true that after the rebellion, you killed a lot of children of the Han family and the clan of the gate lord clan through the "Hundred Officials' Statement", but you are not the traitor who betrayed the prince. I promised the princess that I would find this mole for her and make him pay for what he had done. So, no matter what, I'm going to get the "Hundred Officials' Statements!"

"Even if you get the "Hundred Officials' Statement" and find out the traitor, you can't bring that person to justice, can you?"

"I never said that I would rely on the law to punish this man, and they can play with the law, why can't I?"

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

The horror on his uncle's face was even worse, why did he feel that the nephew in front of him was getting stranger and stranger?

"If you want to punish the wicked, you have to be more evil than him, and if you want to kill a fierce person, you have to be more ruthless than him! Isn't it natural to exchange blood for blood and tooth for tooth?"

"I will never hand over the "Hundred Officials' Description" to you, you will not only ruin yourself, but also the entire Gao family!"

"Uncle, the moment you exchanged countless people's families for power, didn't you think that the Gao family would end up like this?"

Hearing my roar, my uncle trembled and sat back in his place.

"You, there is no choice!"

......

With trembling hands, my uncle put a roster on the table from a brocade box and pushed it to me.

I looked at this roster, and what was written impressively was "The Hundred Officials' Description".

It turns out that this is the book "Hundred Officials' Narratives" that has killed countless people!

As he pressed his hand on the roster, his uncle's old voice came again, and he heard only a whispered question:

"Is it worth it for you to do this for her?"

Without hesitation, I held the "Hundred Officials' Deeds" in my hand, I shook my head firmly, and said:

"I never did this for her, just for myself!"

Let me bear such a deep sin on my own shoulders!

......