Pei Yuanhao didn't raise his head, but wiped the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief: "If there are rules, follow the rules." ”

Father-in-law Yu immediately said, "Yes." ”

After speaking, he turned around and pointed to the few little eunuchs behind him: "Take them down." ”

The little eunuchs immediately came forward to drag those people, they were so frightened that they kowtowed and cried and begged for mercy, but Pei Yuanhao didn't even look at them, and after a while, those people were taken down, and their cries could be heard from afar.

My brows were furrowed, and I turned my head to look at Pei Yuanhao at this time.

He also looked at me, was silent for a moment, and said, "What's wrong?"

I said, "Is Your Majesty really going to punish them?"

"It's about following the rules. ”

"Concubine Li is dead, after all, they are masters and servants, and it is normal for people to come to pay tribute. ”

"That's why I let me do it according to the rules. ”

He said lightly: "Rules are rules, I can't change orders overnight, otherwise the world will be difficult to govern." ”

I know that his words are reasonable, besides, these people are crashing into him - the Heavenly Dynasty has always put loyalty and filial piety first, if there are old people in the family, then the child can not be sacrificed in a big way when he dies, not to mention that in this palace, secretly sacrificing is a big crime, and it also bumped into the hands of the emperor, not killing him in front of him is already forgiveness, and doing it according to the rules is indeed the best way to deal with it.

So I didn't say anything more, just nodded slightly.

Neither of them spoke again, and the pavilion fell silent.

After a while, he suddenly said, "You're not still upset, are you?"

I turned to look at him and shook my head, "No." ”

He looked at me with a faint smile in his eyes: "Shouldn't you persuade me to say something compassionate?"

I laughed, but I still said seriously: "Your Majesty, this is too much to worry about." Rules are a good thing, but when you do this, others can't pick thorns, and your majesty does things according to the rules, how can I have something to say?"

"Oh?"

"Besides, compassion is cherished, that's what the Queen Mother will say. ”

mentioned the Queen Mother, for some reason, the two of them were silent for a while, the smile in his eyes slowly faded, and he was silent for a while and said: "If you don't say that, don't think so, it's naturally good." ”

I nodded slightly.

After sitting for a while, I saw that he was fine, so I excused myself to go back to see the wonderful words, and I retired, and he did not keep me, and he still sat in the pavilion, drinking tea on the calm lake, not knowing what was in his heart.

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From the lake back to Yuhua Palace, I walked all the way back, just a little cold was sunburned, but the news spread faster than me to the palaces, and when I went back, Su Su and they all knew that the people around Li Concubine were heavily punished because they went to the lake to pay tribute and bumped into the emperor.

While serving me to take off my clothes, Su Su said, "A few of them are really unlucky, why did they bump into the emperor." ”

Mama Wu took the clothes and straightened them up, hung them up, and then said: "That's also their own badness, there are obviously rules in the palace, and they want to break the rules, who is to blame?"

Su Su thought for a moment: "That's right. ”

"But, huh...... A few of them are really miserable. ”

"yes, hit the emperor. ”

I was just listening, and by the way, I brushed my sweaty hair back of my head, and when I heard them talk about it, I said in passing: "It's just doing things according to the rules, what's the matter?" ”

This time, Su Su didn't speak, but Mama Wu looked at me: "Didn't they burn paper in front of the emperor?"

"yes. ”

"Isn't that—"

Seeing that they were all a little stunned, I said, "The emperor didn't punish them heavily, but just let Gonggong Yu deal with them according to the rules." ”

"Really?"

"Of course, what am I lying to you about?"

Mama Wu and Su Su both glanced at each other, and Su Su said, "Oh, we thought that if it fell into the hands of the emperor, a few of them would be stripped of their skin even if they didn't die." ”

Mama Wu also nodded.

I couldn't help but laugh, even Mama Wu, who has always been cautious in her words and deeds, will take it for granted that Pei Yuanhao is really "notorious".

But...... Who is the source of this news?

Now that it has come out, how can Pei Yuanhao deal with these people, but it has not been spread, but the people in the palace have been alarmist and guessy, I am afraid that if it is too late, those people will probably really pass on the words that they have been killed on the spot.

I asked Su Su and them not to go out and talk nonsense, and I inquired by the way, sure enough, the news has spread, and without exception, almost all of them think that those palace maids and eunuchs have committed crimes in the hands of the emperor, and they must be tortured and tortured, and none of them really know, in fact, those people were just punished according to the rules.

This incident made me feel a little crying and laughing.

Pei Yuanhao's temper is violent and ruthless, it's not a secret, when he first took the heir, those charges were already known to the world, today, he is difficult to be merciful, but no one really believes that he will be merciful, it seems that people give people an impression of how important, sometimes, more than the truth.

In the evening, Pei Yuanhao came to Yuhua Palace.

These days he is busy with his go, not only I rarely see him, but also Miao Yan rarely sees him, so when he came today, Miao Yan was very happy, knowing that he was going to accompany us to dinner, and even sat next to him in a proper manner.

The Imperial Dining Room brought a sumptier meal than usual, and a table was set to the full.

Miao Yan first filled a bowl of soup, held it to him with his own hands, and said, "Father has lost a lot of weight these days." ”

Pei Yuanhao smiled softly and took the bowl: "With the filial piety of wonderful words, my father will soon gain weight." ”

Miao Yan smiled with crooked eyes, like a crescent moon, I sat next to me, looked at their father and son's filial piety, also smiled gently, took the bowl that Miao Yan gave me, and was about to take a spoon to drink soup, as soon as I looked up, I saw the people who followed him outside to serve - there was no Yu Gonggong, no Xiaofuzi, only a few little eunuchs.

I asked casually, "Hey, what about Grandpa Yu?"

He lowered his head and took a sip of soup: "I went to run errands." ”

Errands?

It's getting dark, what's going to do?

I wondered in my heart, but I didn't want to ask too much, so I only took a spoon and drank a few mouthfuls of soup, and my stomach was warm, and then I began to eat.

While eating, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and a little eunuch flew in, knelt at the door and said, "Your Majesty!"

I held the bowl and looked up at him, only to see Pei Yuanhao not raising his head, and asked, "Did you find it?"

"I found out, and there were indeed people in the harem who were sacrificing in private. ”

"Which palace?"

"Yunhua Palace. ”

Yunhua Palace?

As soon as I heard this, my heart suddenly jumped suddenly, my face changed, and Pei Yuanhao's eyebrows also frowned slightly, and after a while, I asked, "Concubine Kang?"