Penal Department

Zhu Yanxi walked in slowly, and Lord Chen, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, greeted him respectfully, only to see that the county lord who had recently been rumored to be in a boil, was dressed in a light yellow palace dress, and his fair face was not powdered, and his ordinary face and eyes were full of sorrow~

Lord Chen was a little surprised, originally thought that she could be loved by the Empress Dowager and not affected by General Zhu's affairs, and Miss Zhu, who was also promoted to the county lord and given the concubine of the prince of the dome, should be at least the national color and natural fragrance, but I didn't expect that it would be so ordinary. Despite this, Lord Chen is worthy of seeing a big scene, and quickly hid his thoughts, and bowed respectfully, "I've seen the county lord!" ”

"Lord Chen doesn't have to be polite~" Lord Chen's mood changed, Zhu Yanxi naturally felt it sensitively, but on his face, he replied quietly.

"Lord Xie."

Nan Xian has been by Zhu Yanxi's side for a long time, and her words and expressions are not inferior to Yan Xi, but she was a little unhappy in her heart, looking at Lord Chen's expression just now, she suddenly felt aggrieved, how good her own lady is, how can they understand, but the back of her hand came from the young lady's gentle and untraced pat, and she retracted her indignation.

"Lord Chen, our county lord wants to meet General Zhu." Nan Xian politely said to Lord Chen.

"The prince has already ordered the officials, the county lord please~" Lord Chen respectfully stretched out his hand to the side, leading Zhu Yanxi and the two of them towards the prison of the Criminal Department.

Half a quarter of an hour later

Zhu Yanxi came to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, the dark prison, only a little light, the environment inside, with a little dampness, but, if you look carefully, you can still find that this prison has been cleaned up, but, despite this, the pungent smell in the prison has not been alleviated, Zhu Yanxi frowned, and walked to his father's cell.

Along the way, all I saw were crowded cells, but fortunately, my father was placed in a relatively comfortable cell, although there were no similarities or differences, it can be clearly seen that the environment inside is still slightly better than other cells.

Xu is eyes looked at Zhu Yanxi and kept frowning, Lord Chen said in a low voice: "County Lord, the emperor is very angry about General Zhu, and the lower officials don't dare, how to arrange this cell, please forgive me." ”

Lord Chen's words, Zhu Yanxi just nodded, "Lord Chen has a heart~ This palace wants to talk to General Zhu, you all go down." ”

Seeing that the county lord did not have the slightest sign of blame, Lord Chen was relieved and bowed his hand: "The lower official retires!" ”

Seeing this, Nan Xian also retreated.

Zhu Yanxi stared at the cell, his father's embarrassment, a burst of sadness, welled up in his heart, no matter what, looking at his father's current situation, he couldn't calm down after all.

The emperor's approach is to avenge his mother's relatives, but also for his own regrets and revenge, over the years, the emperor's thoughts and regrets day after day, after learning the truth, will only be suppressed emotions and bitterness, into a thick anger, for the emperor, the queen mother is hateful, but, this and the queen mother's nostrils out of the father, even more hateful, after all, without the father's assistance, or, the emperor can still look forward to welcoming his mother into the harem.

Zhu Yanxi lowered his eyelids, turned a thousand times, the matter has come to this, his father's time must not be much, but he is like a cowardly hometown, he doesn't know how to face it when he meets.

Zhu Longqing, who was staying in the prison, noticed a gaze, raised his head suspiciously, and followed the gaze, and saw his daughter, standing quietly outside the cell, with a sad face.

And Zhu Yanxi looked at his father who looked up, his face was full of stubble, his face was yellow, he was tired, and his voice was choked, "Father~"

"Hehe, Yan'er, are you here?" Zhu Longqing smiled, the love in his eyes has not diminished at all, Zhu Longqing has never known, Zhu Yanxi already knows everything about the past, only when Yan Xi is sad about his imprisonment, and his words are comforting, "Silly boy, what are you sad about, being a father is just being framed by a traitor, in a few days, the emperor will definitely return my innocence, don't worry." ”

It's just that such words, the face full of relief and love, made Zhu Yanxi's heart a little more sour, and a wry smile spread on his lips, "Father, do you really feel sorry for your daughter?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Yanxi's eyes also moistened, and he had grievances and grievances in his heart, but he was just himself, but he began to be afraid, this father's answer.

Zhu Longqing was a little surprised, looking at his daughter, he was a little panicked, could it be that Yan Xi knew something?

Looking at the panic in his father's eyes, Zhu Yanxi pursed her lips, looked at her father, and stopped talking.

"Yan'er, did you hear something?" Zhu Longqing asked tentatively, but in his eyes, there was a heart that he wanted to hide.

"What should be heard, what should not be heard, all listened to~" Zhu Yanxi was a little self-deprecating, "Even myself, why I was poisoned is clear!" ”

"Nonsense!" Zhu Longqing scolded, "Who is it, chewing the root of the tongue." ”

"Father, do you still want to hide it from me to this day? Do you know that the Queen Mother made everything clear, and did you ever know that the emperor, why can't you tolerate you? His eyes were red, Zhu Yanxi's eyes blinked, and tears flowed down like this.

Hearing this, Zhu Longqing's lips trembled slightly, and he looked at Zhu Yanxi uneasily, "This is the real reason why I was imprisoned?" ”

"Yes!" Zhu Yanxi nodded, flustered, feeling that even the palms of his hands were numb, and his heart was a little hollow, and he was uneasy.

"I know that this should come, it always comes~ Or, this is God's punishment for me, and the retribution is not happy~" Zhu Longqing muttered to himself, "Hehe, I abandoned my daughter back then and forced her mother to death, and her curse before death has always come true~"

Zhu Yanxi listened to Zhu Longqing's words, and naturally knew that what his father said was Yunqi and Yunqi's mother-in-law, and what the Queen Mother said was still different from what she heard in her father's mouth, Zhu Yanxi looked at her father's vicissitudes of life, with remorse in her smile, and couldn't bear to "At least, Lord Yunqi has had a good life over the years." ”

"Yan'er, what are you talking about!" Zhu Yanxi's words, Zhu Longqing naturally understood that he had also guessed about the county lord of Yunqi, but his mother did not tell him whether his suspicions were true or false.

"Over the years, she has lived much happier than me~" Zhu Yanxi sighed, "Before, I either didn't understand why my brother and I would be able to do it, and I didn't understand why I was spoiled so much more than my brother, until the Queen Mother said it, I didn't know, father, you are atoning for your sins~"

"Yan'er, isn't it a favor for you as a father?" Zhu Longqing looked at his daughter's sad expression and hurriedly explained.

It's just Zhu Yanxi, but she kept her head down and looked at the ground, "Is it, Yan Xi can't tell anymore." As the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, my father can do it to me and my younger brother, now, Yan Xi thinks about it, it is really shocking, no wonder the death of my younger brother, you are so mediocre to deal with the two aunts, now, I don't even understand, everything my father has done, can it really be said that there is a trace of father-daughter affection for me? Over the years, father, your pampering, even doting, is it a play on the spot, or is it guilt? What are these doting? Zhu Yanxi clenched her fists tightly and restrained her emotions~

And Zhu Longqing's face was even more guilty, and his voice was hoarse, "Yan'er, that's for my father, I was confused for a while." ”

"Confused?" Zhu Yanxi's tone couldn't help but be much higher, his eyes were full of tears, and he looked at Zhu Longqing with resentment, "Hehe, father, do you know that since many years ago, because of your selfishness, you have harmed your mother's life, and because of your confusion, you poisoned, killed my brother, and also hurt me?" Mother's death, isn't it because of your cooperation with the Queen Mother that your mother has to die? ”

Zhu Yan complained with a voice, and went straight to Zhu Longqing's heart, whipping him on the ground, and Zhu Longqing, in disbelief, widened his eyes, "Yun'er's death is not ......"

The word suicide, Zhu Longqing didn't have the courage to say it~

"Suicide? Father, when you were poisoned, did you ever think that this poison was not only a means for you to threaten your mother, but also a sharp blade for the queen mother to take revenge on your mother? Zhu Yanxi shook her head and said sadly: "Mother, I died to protect me~"

When Yan Xi told himself the truth about Yun'er's death word by word, every word and sentence was like a knife, cutting the flesh on his heart, and it hurt very much.

It's good that he is despicable, but he never thought that Yun'er would die for this, if he had known earlier, perhaps, he would not have done this.

Remorse spread in his heart, looking at his daughter's expression, Zhu Longqing secretly regretted what he had done!

"Yan'er~" Zhu Longqing was annoyed, calling Yan Xi.

"Doesn't my father think he owes me an explanation?" Zhu Yanxi's tone was resentful, "Now, my father's time is short, and Yan Xi, I'm afraid it's the same, I just want to know why all this is." ”

Regarding Yan Xi's words, Zhu Longqing frowned, he was really stupid, thinking that the antidote given by the Queen Mother must be the antidote, looking at his daughter, Zhu Longqing was ashamed, he did it himself, he harmed Yun'er, his son, and his daughter.

In his heart, with a breath of relief, Zhu Longqing seemed to be much older, telling about the past.

That year, in the prince's mansion, he was surprised to meet Na Yun'er, and he was deeply attracted by that glimpse, but he understood his identity and status, if it weren't for today's general being ill and not wanting the prince to have an opinion, how could it be his turn to be a little lieutenant, the intimacy between the prince and Yun'er made him more aware that all of this was a flower in the mirror.

It's just that I never thought that this obsessive look fell into the eyes of the queen mother, who was still a concubine at the time, and soon, the queen mother found herself, tempted herself, and gave a lot of advice, coupled with her desire for power, and felt that Yun'er and the prince together, in the end, it would be difficult to escape the poisonous hands of the queen mother, so she deceived herself and deceived herself and became embarrassed with the queen mother.

Zhu Longqing's words made Zhu Yan speechless, the affairs of the previous generation are not something that he can criticize, but he feels sorry for his mother, who has suffered so much for all these years, but in the end, he also ended up like this.

Zhu Yanxi was silent, and Zhu Longqing also took care of himself and continued.

"Yan'er, or, in your opinion, unbearable, but, even now, I am still glad that I made the decision, I regret it, I just chose to cooperate with the queen mother, Yun'er married me, day and night are unhappy, but, the matter is a foregone conclusion, she also tried her best to play the role of a good wife, but she was unwilling, close to me, until that day, the queen visited, in her words, all revealed that the emperor was unforgettable for her old feelings and cold to the queen, all of this came from the emperor heard that Yun'er and I looked like a god." The corners of Zhu Longqing's mouth were slightly raised.

Zhu Yanxi looked at his father's expression, very disappointed, but now, his father still thinks that he is right, but I am afraid that all this is also calculated by the two of them, and I want my mother to die.

Mother and aunt sisterhood, the queen mother's words, how can the mother make her sister embarrassed, in order to achieve perfection, and force herself, the husband sings with the wife, and raises the eyebrows, this is the truth behind the mother and father over the years, Qin Se and Ming!

It's just that

Zhu Yan thought about it and remembered that what her mother said, the sentence of love was wrong, and the accusations were also for acting! Zhu Yan was shocked and frowned.

Father's next words also made Yan Xi heartbroken, the death of his younger brother was just because of a meeting between his mother and the emperor, and it was because of such a side that his father doubted from beginning to end, and his mother's unchastity!

"What about me?" Zhu Yanxi's tone gradually became cold, and he felt ashamed of such a father.

"What the Queen Mother said is not wrong, the child is a piece of meat that fell from the mother's body, if you want to keep Yun'er, you have to take precautions, my father was also deceived by the Queen Mother, I just want to control your mother in this way, I never thought that it would hurt you!" Zhu Longqing looked at Zhu Yanxi with some guilt, but he was only guilty, for Yan Xi because of this mistake, Zhu Longqing still didn't feel that he had done anything wrong.

At this moment, Zhu Yanxi is already deeply disappointed in his father, remorseful for Yunqi, his father, and guilty of himself, but in comparison, he loves himself more, even if the death of his mother makes him regret and suffer, but to this day, he still doesn't think that he is at fault, but he naively thinks that his father will give him a reasonable explanation.

I closed my eyes painfully, Zhu Yanxi's eyes, tears slipped down, at this moment, I really understood the true meaning of my mother's last letter, I always thought that my mother was alerting herself, not to be deceived by the surface of love, not to despair of my father, but to despair of people's hearts.

Or, my mother already knew about the framing of my father and the queen mother, so between the lines, I want to be myself, self-reliant, only believe in myself, and not rely on others, including my father.

"Father asks for a lot of blessings!" Zhu Yanxi knelt down and bowed to Zhu Longqing, "No matter what, my father's nurturing grace, Yan Xi dare not forget, this knock, thank you for my father's nurturing grace." ”

Zhu Yanxi got up, knelt down again, and kowtowed, "This button, just treat Yan Xi as unfilial piety and bid farewell to his father in advance." ”

Zhu Longqing looked at Yan Xi's demeanor, and in his heart, he was a little worried, "Yan'er~"

"Now, I am the emperor's personal county lord, the fiancée of the prince of the firmament, but I am alone, and I have nothing to do with General Zhu's mansion, I believe that my mother will know and will be pleased, General Zhu, you, take care!" Zhu Yanxi dropped such a sentence, and left the prison quickly.

Walking out of the prison, what greeted me was a familiar figure, a slender body, a cold breath, standing with hands in his hands, between heaven and earth, as if no one dared to disturb.

Nan Xian on the side, seeing the mess on Yan Xi's body and the filth on her forehead, worriedly, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”

This sound also made Tuoba Yuanqiong turn around, his handsome face like a knife, and when he saw Yan Xi's forehead, a dangerous light appeared in his eyes, and he stepped closer, his fingers gently wiped Yan Xi's forehead, and Nan Xian also knew each other and retreated to the side.

"What are you doing here?" Tuoba Yuanqiong's tone was tinged with anger.

"Lord Wang, I'm fine~" Knowing that Tuoba Yuanqiong was angry with the redness and swelling on his forehead, Zhu Yanxi smiled and pulled down Tuoba Yuanqiong's hand, and for the first time, he boldly took the initiative to hold Tuoba Yuanqiong.

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