When the sun gradually set, the eldest princess Zhaomao who knelt under the stone steps of the Qianqing Palace gradually felt that her physical strength was exhausted, she was proud since she was born, how could she have knelt outside in such a scorching June sun, the floor tiles under her knees were extremely hot, she could feel the burning of the skin and flesh of her knees, as if she was burned, and the bones in the flesh were also numb and almost unstraight.

At this moment, Zhaomao's face was like snow-white rice paper, her lips had become pale because of the scorching sun, and even cracked and peeled off, her originally proud and straight back gradually became stiff at this moment, and the sweat on her face and body had covered me for not knowing how many layers, completely wetting her plain clothes, and she could almost see a large area of water stains spreading on her back.

Even if she wanted to maintain her composure and didn't want to lose her dignity as the princess of the town in front of this group of inferior palace people, but after this noon exposure, she couldn't control her trembling body from kneeling for too long, even if the sun was not as hot as at noon, she could still feel the sun.

Gradually, she felt that her eyes were gradually blurred, as if white, as if covered with a thin layer of puffs, when she raised her hand to touch her head, but her eyes suddenly darkened, as if blind, when she was frightened and confused, she lost consciousness and fell straight down.

When he heard the noisy sound outside, Emperor Jianheng frowned hesitantly, Feng Wei immediately walked out, and when he was about to reprimand, he found that Zhao Mao, who had fallen under the stone steps and was motionless, couldn't help but be stunned in his eyes, and hurriedly walked back and told Emperor Jianheng.

Emperor Jianheng's expression did not change much when he heard this, he seemed to be very indifferent, he just stopped the pen in his hand, and rarely raised his head and ordered him to send people to the side hall and ask the imperial doctor to go for treatment.

When the sun sets, the sky gradually floats a red glow, and the light falls lightly in the hall, sprinkled with faint golden rays.

"Your Majesty. ”

Hearing Feng Wei's voice, Emperor Jianheng didn't say anything, but just raised his head and met Emperor Jianheng's silent and cold eyes, Feng Wei immediately bowed his head and said, "The eldest princess took the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, went to the summer, and has woken up." ”

"Then send them back. ”

Seeing that Emperor Jianheng lowered his head without paying attention, Feng Wei was slightly embarrassed and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the eldest princess is already outside the palace, saying that she wants to see Your Majesty." ”

The air gradually became stagnant, and when Feng Wei couldn't help but drop a drop of cold sweat, the voice of Emperor Jianheng finally came from above, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Biography. ”

Feng Wei hurriedly took the order, and the next moment, the eldest princess Zhaomao, who was dressed in plain clothes and looked weak, suppressed the pain in her knee and walked in slowly.

"The guilty minister Zhao Mao knocked to see His Majesty. (Note: Sisters and brothers of the imperial family were also courtiers to the emperor.) ）

Emperor Jianheng raised his head and saw the eldest sister in front of him, who had the same blood as himself, kneeling reverently in front of him, with her forehead against the marble bricks, leaving no trace.

The palace people gradually retreated, only Feng Wei stayed under the emperor's instructions, I don't know how long it took, Emperor Jianheng suddenly sighed, ethereal.

"Imperial sister, please get up. ”

"The sinner doesn't dare, the people in the sinner's house have done such a rebellious thing, it is because the sinner has not taught well, and I beg Your Majesty to give the sinner the sin of negligence. ”

Oversight?

Emperor Jianheng looked at the imperial sister in front of him, and did not speak harshly, but stood up silently, stepped down from the dragon seat, and personally helped Zhao Mao and said, "You and I are a family." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Mao couldn't help but be moved, his eyes were red, and he couldn't help shedding tears, Emperor Jianheng saw this situation, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve, and personally wiped his tears for the eldest sister in front of him, and said with a little helplessness and sigh: "In the past, it was the eldest sister who comforted me, and now, it is time to change me to comfort the eldest sister." ”

Speaking of which, Emperor Jianheng had already helped Zhao Mao up, folded the wet handkerchief in his hand, and couldn't help but say: "This time, the people in the eldest sister's mansion have done too much. ”

Zhao Mao's body couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and he was about to speak, but he saw that Emperor Jianheng was a little helpless and said: "Now that the whole country is angry, they can't stay, and the eldest sister should be able to understand me." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Mao immediately knelt on the ground and sobbed guiltily: "Everything is the fault of the sinners, and they have not been taught well-"

Speaking of this, Zhao Mao looked at the emperor pleading with a pear blossom and rainy face, and said with a bit of desolation: "The criminal minister knows that the people outside have a lot of criticism about the criminal minister and Liulang, and this time the incident is also caused by the connivance of the criminal minister, and the criminal minister does not dare to ask for His Majesty's forgiveness, but-"

Zhao Mao gradually choked up as he spoke, and couldn't help but lower his head, but the words he said were sincere and sad.

"Although the criminal minister is the princess of the heavenly family, he has been blessed with His Majesty's grace and the princess of the town and country, and he should be satisfied with no worries about food and clothing, but even so, he can't change the fact that the criminal minister is also a woman, since Pingyi's father left, the criminal minister does not know how many lonely and cold days he has spent alone, those days are enough for the criminal minister to sit in the princess's mansion, count how many houses and how many floor tiles there are in the mansion, and the criminal minister is afraid to live such endless days. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Jianheng silently looked at Zhao Mao who was kneeling at his feet, and couldn't help but move slightly in his eyes.

"Since the criminal minister met Rokuro, he felt that he had gone back again, back to the time when he was not married, the criminal minister was afraid to leave him, and he would spend this life in endless waiting, and become a silver-haired woman, without a trace of anger, maybe all this is contrary to the world in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of the criminal minister, it is a kind of companionship, a kind of happiness. ”

In the end, Zhao Mao once again sincerely put his forehead on the ground, without a trace of complaint: "This time it was Liulang who made a mistake, and the guilty minister did not dare to ask His Majesty for forgiveness, but only dragged the hairpin to beg His Majesty to lower their sins, and also to lower the sins of the sinners." ”

The words fell, the hall was quiet, time flowed like flowing water, Emperor Jianheng could not see a trace of emotion on his face, only quietly looked at Zhao Mao under his feet, as if he was scrutinizing, and seemed to be pity, which made people wonder through.

"Wang Yunzhi and them, they will be convicted by Zhao Prison, Imperial Sister-"

Hearing the sound of Emperor Jianheng's sudden pause, Zhao Mao's body was almost imperceptible, and even Feng Wei on the side couldn't help but silently prick up his ears to listen.

This time, he could not escape the crime of negligence, and he returned to the house to think about it for four months and was fined for one year. ”

As soon as these words came out, Feng Wei, who lowered his head, couldn't help but be shocked in his eyes, and Zhao Maodeng, who was kneeling there, choked up and said, "Sinner, thank Your Majesty Longen." ”

……

When Zhao Mao humbly retreated, there was silence in the hall, only the emperor and Feng Wei, Emperor Jianheng silently looked at the little tears under his feet, and suddenly said loudly: "Do you think I am too favoritic." ”

As soon as the words fell, Feng Wei immediately lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, trembling and said, "The slave doesn't dare." ”

Emperor Jianheng chuckled suddenly, turned to look at Feng Wei on the side, and gradually became serious in his eyes: "Not only you, but the world will think like this." ”

"Do you know why Your Majesty did this?"

Feng Wei lowered his head when he heard this: "Slaves and maids don't dare to speculate on the holy will. ”

Hearing this, a slight smile appeared in Emperor Jianheng's eyes, and then he turned to look indifferently at the place where Zhao Mao left.

"Because my hands are stained with the blood of too many brothers. ”

Feng Wei was shocked when he heard this, and he only felt that his lips couldn't help but go numb, but Emperor Jianheng was extremely calm, and his words gradually carried a little self-mockery.

"I don't know how many midnights I dreamed that my brothers came to call me with blood on their faces, they wanted to take me away, how could I get their wish!"

Emperor Jianheng glared angrily when he said this, and then his eyes were dark, and the corners of his mouth gradually hooked up a cold and disdainful smile.

"So I want to be a Ming monarch, like Tang Taizong, and use the work of this life to erase the killing and bloodshed in the history books, I don't want the world to think that I am a cruel tyrant who is cold and ruthless and kills all his compatriots, so she can't die yet, at least not yet. ”

Because Emperor Jianheng knows very well that there is no empire that can go on forever, one day, the world of their Xiao family will be taken away by others, for the sake of their own righteousness, they will subvert history in the history books, they will not care what his brothers and sisters have done that the law of the country is intolerable, they will only refute him as a cruel and tyrannical emperor who killed all his compatriots, at that time, Zhao Mao was not a sinner who took the blame for himself, but a poor sister who was full of birds and a good bow.

This is something he cannot tolerate!

In his life, he cares about the dragon position under the throne, and he cares more about the reputation of the future generations, both of which, even if it is a fish and a bear's paw, he has to ask for it!

At this moment, Feng Wei raised his head, he saw Emperor Jianheng's desolate and indifferent face, and gradually understood the emperor's hard work for himself.

For the eldest princess Zhaomao, raising male pets and conniving at male pets to do evil is far from enough to become a sharp blade that justifies slaughtering her.

Although Emperor Jianheng has now had a murderous intention, he will not do it easily, and if he wants to do it, he must have a reason that is deterrent enough, this reason must be strong enough to erase all the sacrifices made by Zhaomao for her, the emperor's younger brother, enough to destroy all the merits she has made, so that not only the world in the present world, but even the world for generations, think that Emperor Jianheng killed Zhaomao, not the selfish thoughts of flying birds and good bows, but as a Ming monarch, get rid of the great evil and evil, and benefit the people for the benefit of the world.

Thinking about it, from ancient times to the present, in the hearts of every emperor, in every dynasty and the world, there are only two major sins that can exert such a deterrent power.

Rebellion and national capital.

No matter which one of them, it will endanger the national glory and make everyone in the world endanger themselves, and there will be no peace.

After Emperor Jianheng's seemingly tolerant disposal this night.

Feng Wei understands this now, Xiao Yi and Xie Yun understand.

Gu Yanling also understands better.

Since this is the case, then this knife will be handed to Emperor Jianheng by herself.