Chapter 700: Is There a Heart?
Zhao Wensong pondered for a moment, still having doubts:
"However, the soldiers came all the way, waiting for this last achievement, and now that it is like this, I am afraid that the morale will ......"
It is undeniable that even Zhao Wensong himself came to see this capital that has gone through countless ups and downs with the intention of meritorious service.
Mr. Yuan shook his head:
"It's too much...... Although morale is important, if you become a sword in the hands of the prince who cannot be controlled at all, and you are only full of killing energy, then how will you be peaceful in the future?"
"His Royal Highness is not a murderer, and this is not a chaotic era for a change of dynasty, and you should also learn to face the day when you will have to put your sword in the sheath one day. The existence of the army and soldiers is not to blindly attack cities and plunder land, but more to protect the family and defend the country. β
"If it's too sharp, it's too rigid and easy to break after all, what does Vice General Zhao think?"
Zhao Wensong only felt a shock in his heart-
Yes, they have already killed the red eyes along the way, and they have long forgotten that they and the guards of the capital, and their enemies, are born from the same root, the same people of Great Qi, and the same people!
They even forgot that they might have been comrades who fought side by side when the Hu invaded!
In fact, as a military general, who doesn't have a clear account in their hearts?
In all dynasties, whether it is a change of dynasty or a change of dynasty, or a rebellion against the throne, once successful, the generals will inevitably return the sword to the sheath.
Because it takes a knife to fight the world, but it takes a pen to defend the world, once the world is decided, it is certain to emphasize literature and light martial arts, and those generals with high achievements do not seem to end well.
Especially more than 200 years ago, when Chen Taizu of the previous dynasty founded the country, the generals who followed him to fight the world were all suspected and feared because of their accumulated military exploits and military power in their hands, and in the end, none of them died well, and they were all slaughtered.
Thinking of this, Zhao Wensong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and felt inexplicably lucky-
The Great Qi Taizu was still generous and benevolent to the merits he followed, and His Royal Highness the Prince is acting like this now, and he does have the style of Taizu, does this mean that these generals can not only get a glory and wealth in the future, but also get a good death?
After figuring this out, Zhao Wensong didn't entangle with Mr. Yuan more, and went back to talk back to the lieutenant generals.
It is not known how they talked in detail, but since that day, the impetuousness in the army seems to have been suppressed by this sudden wind and snow, and no one has come forward to enter.
The palaces of the imperial city were also covered with snow, and all the glazed tiles were covered, leaving only the vermilion wall standing in the snow.
The beauty in the Zhaoyang Hall is still the same, but it has changed from the previous warmth to a cold ice cellar.
The Emperor was imprisoned in the place where he spent most of his days and nights, and could not get out of the place.
Without the burning earth dragon, he was already shivering from the cold, but Wei Beihou refused to give him even a thicker coat, and even the palace maid and eunuch standing on the side were dressed thicker than him.
When he angrily reprimanded the Marquis of Weibei for mistreating him as an emperor, he got a cold answer from the Marquis of Weibei:
"How did my daughter die, and how did my sister get tortured to death by you? This is what you deserve!"
The Emperor was amazed:
"You really want to avenge Concubine Shu! She poisoned me and killed my heirs, and I treated her like this, which is considered light! Do you know ......?"
The emperor was halfway through speaking, and saw Xu Chenglin walking in, but he stopped again.
Then a mocking smile appeared on his face that was blue and white, until he looked up to the sky and laughed:
"Hahaha! It's ridiculous, if one day you know what your good sister has done to you, you will definitely regret it! Xu Qinhou, you are really blind, stupid!"
"What do you mean?"
The Marquis of Weibei intuitively felt that the emperor was trying to say something he didn't know.
But the Emperor never answered.
He seemed to be smiling too proudly, and he leaned on the dragon chair and didn't speak, but kept laughing, and even laughed so much that water shone out of the corners of his eyes, like madness.
Wei Beihou and Xu Chenglin also stood coldly in place, looking at him coldly until his laughter gradually stopped.
"In my life, the only person I can't stand is Cheng Huan. β
"And you are but fools who think you are wise, and all you do is make wedding dresses for others. β
The cold voice echoed in the Zhaoyang Palace, seemingly carrying the mystery of fate, making Wei Beihou's heart intuitively rise with a sense of foreboding.
Xu Chenglin glanced at the emperor with a heavy gaze, turned his head with a cold face, and put a food box in front of the emperor.
"The emperor has a meal. β
The color of the food in the food box is not bad, but there is no trace of heat coming out, and looking at it makes people feel a chill in their stomachs.
The emperor didn't dislike it, but the moment he picked up the chopsticks, his eyes swept over the palace maid who was standing on the side, and he was suddenly touched by a deep-rooted quirk, and swept all the food in front of him to the ground with a "bang", and he bent down and began to vomit non-stop.
ββ¦β¦ Get out of here!"
When the palace maid who was standing on the side trembling heard this, she was so frightened that she was about to kneel on the ground.
But when their knees were bent halfway, they remembered that now their power of life and death was no longer in the hands of this embarrassed emperor.
They all looked at Xu Chenglin with blank eyes.
Xu Chenglin sneered:
"It's just a person standing next to you, and you're so disgusting that you can't eat? You're still alive and well, but what about Cheng Huan? You're facing an imposter every day, will you be disgusted?"
After speaking, he glanced coldly at the palace maids who were eager to flee immediately:
"Stand up for me, don't leave for a moment!"
Those who are familiar with the emperor know that the emperor will never allow the palace maid to serve by his side, but no one knows that the emperor would have such a quirk!
"Xu Chenglin, I have never treated you badly, how can you humiliate me so much!"
In the face of Xu Chenglin's deliberate embarrassment, the emperor shouted while spitting.
"You have never treated me badly, but my sister and aunt died at your hands, what do you think I can do to you?"
After Xu Chenglin finished speaking coldly, he turned around and walked out.
The door of the Zhaoyang Hall was pushed open from the outside again.
Wei Wan, who was wrapped in a thick cloak, walked in from outside with a food box, walked in front of Xu Chenglin, and saluted him before he could speak.
"Xu Shizi, Mr. Yuan promised me that he would promise me three conditions, and I will honor the first one today. β
Xu Chenglin turned his head, not wanting to see this face that was exactly the same as the former Cheng Huan.
He turned to Wei Wan's side, and his eyes fell on the equally surprised emperor:
"You're going to use up your first condition for this person, are you really moving to him?"
Wei Wan lowered her head and did not answer, but saluted again:
"How to use the three conditions, this is my business, and I ask Xu Shizi to fulfill it. β
The light in the Zhaoyang Hall covered by the curtain was dim, and the look on Xu Chenglin's face could not be seen clearly, but he could hear his sigh with emotion:
"Xiao Shaoyun, I didn't expect that a person like you can actually get some sincerity, how can you deserve it?"
After speaking, he waved his hand, ordered all the palace maids to retreat, and then walked out with the Marquis of Weibei, leaving only Wei Wan and the emperor in the palace.
The emperor stared at Wei Wan silently, but Wei Wan obediently presented the emperor with dishes and chopsticks as before the palace change, and then said softly:
"The emperor hasn't eaten well for a few days, and today's meal is specially ordered by the concubine, so the emperor can taste it." β
Looking at her face with a slight smile, even calmer than before, the emperor's heart was completely trance.
Wei Wan...... Counterfeit...... Mr. Yuen...... Condition......
If by this time, the emperor still doesn't understand what is going on with this woman in front of him, he is a fool.
"They sent me on purpose...... But why is your face so similar?"
The emperor didn't go to pick up the dishes and chopsticks offered by Wei Wan, and the person seemed to gradually come back to his senses, and asked in a calm voice.
Wei Wan put down the chopsticks in her hand, raised her hand and touched her face.
"Actually, the emperor shouldn't ask his concubines like that. What the emperor should know is not that I will look like it because I have to be sent to the emperor, but because I look alike, the concubines will be selected. β
In fact, until now, the concubine hopes that she has never had such a face. β
At the beginning, when the whole family survived because of this face, she was extremely grateful for this face, but at this time, in the face of his eyes that had no temperature at all, Wei Wan really hoped that she was not picked at the beginning.
"Then, when you appeared on the shore of Taiming Lake, your clothes, the first words you said to me, and your habit of not eating coriander......"
"They are all concubines. β
Wei Wan interrupted the emperor's questioning and confessed completely:
"There are people who teach concubines, and that person may be the real Empress Xiaoyuan. β
finished speaking, but smiled at the emperor again, with a hint of happiness and madness in his expression:
"But Your Majesty, you will probably never find out where Empress Xiaoyuan is, right? All that can be left by your side is just a concubine - Your Majesty, you should be able to remember clearly now that the concubine has never been Xu Chenghuan, and the concubine is just Wei Wan!"
"The concubines can finally use their own dignified names, and finally don't have to stay by the emperor's side in other people's skins, Your Majesty, do you think this is good?"
The Emperor had already bowed his head and hid his face under the bright yellow sleeves of his coat.
The emperor crouched on the cold desk and wept silentlyβ
Cheng Huan, Cheng Huan!
How could you be like this? How could you just abandon me?!
How can you personally teach someone exactly like you to send it to me and trample on my sincerity like this?!
There is no need to look at it anymore, and there is no need to ask again, Wei Wan also knows that he is crying bitterly for Xu Chenghuan, who has made all this unrecognizable.
The pleasure on Wei Wan's face completely disappeared in the emperor's intermittent choked voice, and she stood up, grabbed the emperor from the table, and pushed him to the ground.
The emperor's tear-stained face appeared in front of Wei Wan's eyes, which ignited the anger she had been suppressing, her embroidered shoes embroidered with plum blossoms stepped on the emperor's dragon robe, her hands tightly grasped the emperor's placket, her eyes were full of angry tears, and she asked the emperor fiercely:
"Xiao Shaoyun, do you have a heart?!
"I am so good to you, I have done everything possible to please you, and I have endured you in every possible way, but you only think of a dead man!"
The sweet voice in the past became high-pitched and sharp, almost piercing people's eardrums, and the emperor was stunned for a moment before waving his hand and pushing Wei Wan away.
"I never asked you to do anything to me, it was you who asked for something to stay by my side!
The Emperor seemed to have been detached from that deep grief in an instant, and his expression of indifference had reverted.
He pulled his dragon robe from Wei Wan's feet, stood up, and looked condescendingly at the woman with a resentful expression.
"Wei Wan, I never asked you how to do it. Because you've never been the person I wanted. β
Such a sentence was enough to knock Wei Wan into the abyss, and Wei Wan knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.
Xu Chenglin stood under the eaves, and he had already heard every move in the hall clearly.
Hearing the emperor's ruthless answer and Wei Wan's unwilling cry, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips.
A woman who has forgotten her duty falls in love with a wolf-hearted man, what else can she do except such an ending?
After Cheng Huan knew Xiao Shaoyun since she was a child, did she treat Xiao Shaoyun badly?
All her affection fell on Xiao Shaoyun's body, and she never gave anyone a slight, she loved him so much, but what did she get?
Is it in Xiao Shaoyun's heart, Cheng Huan and the Xu family's kindness to him is not because of affection and loyalty, but just for Cheng Huan's position as the queen?
He was even a little glad that Cheng Huan didn't have to be like today, listening to Xiao Shaoyun say this sentence "You are for yourself, not for me".
After Wei Wan left crying, Xu Chenglin also stepped to prepare to leave.
But he heard the sound of the emperor chasing him out behind him.
"Xu Chenglin, please, let me see Cheng Huan, I just want to see her again!"
Xu Chenglin turned around and stood opposite the emperor.
The wind and snow swept over them, gradually covering the plackets of the two men's clothes.
There was even a thin layer of snow on the emperor's eyebrows and eyelashes, and he looked humble and pitiful.
"Then why did you kill her yourself? I said, she doesn't want to see you again. β
"I thought, I thought that as long as everything came according to my arrangement, I would be able to live forever with her...... I don't know why it's like this...... Xu Chenglin, as long as I see her, I will immediately Zen!"
"You go to her and tell her that if she wants to see me, I will tell her why I killed her with my own hands!"
"Otherwise......"
The emperor looked at the magnificent palace that once belonged to him, and smiled cruelly and resolutely:
"The palace is so big, if I seek death, I can always find an opportunity. I will definitely let the Qin Palace, even if he gets the throne, he will be covered with dirty water and stigma, and he will not be able to see the ancestors of the Xiao family without shame, and he will be scolded by people for eternity!"
Is this a fish that wants to die and the net is broken?
In fact, such a thing as a rebel killing the emperor is commonplace in the history books.
But Qin Wangfu has endured it until now, and he still has such a reputation on his back, and he is reluctant to come to Chenghuan.
What's more, the cause of Cheng Huan's death is involved......
Xu Chenglin sighed and turned into a cloud of white mist in the wind and snow.
"Okay, I'll make one last run for you, and if she's willing to see you, I'll take you there. β