Chapter 218: Clearing the Clouds
Xia Kucao pushed open the door, and sure enough, he saw Ji Zigong waiting at the gate of the garden, and when he saw Xia Kucao, he greeted him with a smile, Xia Kucao frowned, Ji Zigong took the wrong medicine?
"I heard that you have to ask me to resign to you before you let us go?"
Xia Kucao stood in front of Ji Zigong and asked simply and clearly.
Ji Zigong's eyes darkened, and his expression changed slightly, but he didn't get angry: "I just give you time to think about it, and I don't want others to make decisions for you, so as not to regret it too late in the future." β
Xia Kucao knelt on the ground very respectfully, raised his hands above his head and said: "Your Majesty, I respect you as the emperor of the Southern Chu Empire, please accept my worship, in my eyes, your future queen must be a smart and clever woman who can assist you in your great cause, and I have self-knowledge, absolutely incompetent, and I vow to practice, abandon this red dust, the pattern is very small, I have never had delusional thoughts, and I hope that the emperor will take back his life." β
After Xia Kucao finished speaking, he leaned over and bowed again, raised his hands above his head and said: "In addition, I have one more thing to ask for, I have two bosom friends in this palace, I want them to leave with me, they are the people of Nanchu, they have been for generations, and they will definitely be grateful for the emperor's kindness and love in the future." β
Xia Kucao's respectful appearance seemed to laugh at Ji Zigong, and he somehow laughed: "Since you know that I am the most noble person in Southern Chu, then why do you have to repeatedly excuse the unique status I have promised you, you know, there is no one else in this world who can give you such glory except me, others want to get it, but you disdain it." β
Gradually, there was anger in his eyes, not as warm as before, the emperor was moody, everyone knew it, Xia Kucao shook his head: "It's not disdainful, it's that there is no chance to be in the back position, I have already said it very clearly, Hongchen and I are already the past, I asked wholeheartedly, even if you are not in Hongchen's heart, if you are forced to stay, what does it mean, it is better to perform their duties, and they will be friends when they see you in the future." β
Xia Kucao's words made Ji Zigong's eyes red, and he deliberately covered it with his sleeve: "I have waited for you for ten years, but there are only a few words, status and fame can't tempt you, what else can I do to keep you, if I am not willing, how can I lock your soul flying freely in this palace." β
Ji Zigong waved his hand: "That's it, that's it, what if you don't-" Someone behind him suddenly interrupted Ji Zigong's words in the middle of speaking, "Even if the heart is not there, the person is still a thought, and the emperor is really willing to let her go?"
This walk may be goodbye, although the emperor pursues immortality, but the immortal people are precisely these immortal cultivators, and if she turns back, she will go away. β
The eunuch pinched a handful of cold sweat, and only after she finished speaking did she step forward and shouted: "Bold, you also have the right to intervene in the emperor's speech?"
Xia Kucao looked over, slightly, how could it be Xia Zizhu? What is this woman calculating, shouldn't she be the one who is most looking forward to her leaving, it is best to leave forever.
So what does it mean that she suddenly persuaded peace at this moment, she stayed but it did Xia Zizhu all kinds of harm and no benefit, it was like sticking a knife in her heart!
Xia Kucao was about to speak, but Ji Zixuan walked down and said leisurely: "I didn't expect you, Miss Xia, to have such a good relationship with the emperor, but with such a good relationship, how could you suddenly make a black hand at my imperial brother?"
When Xia Zizhu heard this, her eyes widened and she took a step back, pretending to be innocent and said, "What do you mean, I don't understand!"
Then he looked at Ji Zigong, and hurriedly knelt down and said:
"Your Majesty, I just don't want you to make a wrong decision on the spur of the moment, you have worked hard for her, and you are willing to wait for it, everyone can see that you are the king of a country, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth, and she will naturally be moved by you after a long time, I am afraid that after she leaves, you will have heartache, so I boldly admonished and asked the emperor to forgive me. β
Ji Zigong was entangled in his heart, only looking at Xia Kucao, this Xia Zizhu's words also have some truth, is it possible after a long time?
Ji Zixuan pointed at Xia Zizhu and said: "You are here to talk nonsense, don't think I didn't see it, you were the one who set fire to Xia Kucao yesterday, and it was you who was the assassin who was in the back to obstruct and save people, and today you are here to make a big fuss." β
Xia Zizhu panicked, and hurriedly grabbed Ji Zigong's clothes and shook her head violently: "I didn't, I didn't, he was lying, what evidence do you have to prove that I did it?"
She didn't expect this Ji Zixuan to go crazy and even ignore herself, their deal was so easy to say, she was furious, could he be alone?
Originally, she came out to intercede, just to keep the summer grass, the best time to clean her up is in the palace, if she goes back to the Flawless Mountain, it will be very difficult to kill her, if she doesn't kill her, she can't get Ji Zigong's heart in this life, death is the final ending, who knows if she will be fickle and restless?
Ji Zigong frowned and looked at Ji Zixuan: "How do you know it's her?"
Ji Zixuan gritted his teeth, and then told about his deal with Xia Zizhu, and added: "This woman has repeatedly harmed Xia Kucao, and was expelled from the division after killing people in Flawless Mountain, and now after Xia Kucao came to the palace, he killed him with a poisonous needle, and almost returned to the sky without skills, it was the courtier's brother who cast a spell to save him, and the day before yesterday he was ambushed and killed, and that night he attacked and set fire to provoke the emperor, and now she is here to confuse the public, this woman is a first-class scourge, and please ask the imperial brother to investigate, the courtier's brother didn't want to meddle in this mortal matter, but the bad guys do more things!" β
Ji Zigong was furious: "Ji Zixuan, do you mean that you and her join forces to harm me?"
Ji Zixuan shook his head: "No, the younger brother doesn't hurt your heart, just wants to save the younger sister, the dog jumped off the wall in a hurry to listen to her, I never thought that she actually thought of this evil trick, with the calculation of killing two birds with one stone, it was the younger brother who was played by him, and the younger brother did offend the imperial brother, if the imperial brother wants to be punished, the younger brother accepts, I only hope that the imperial brother will not remember the villain and let go of Xia Kucao and her friends." β
Ji Zigong closed his eyes slightly: "Come on, take Xia Zizhu down and go to the dungeon!"
Xia Zizhu knelt all the way to Ji Zigong, hugged Ji Zigong's legs and cried: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't listen to their rumors, I didn't, I didn't harm Xia Kucao at all, Your Majesty, please take back your life, I'm all for you, I will stay in the Wu Clan obediently in the future, and never take a step, Your Majestyββ"
Ji Zigong smiled wickedly and lowered his head to look at Xia Zizhu: "For me?" I remember that I warned you, I can give you glory and wealth, and give you Wu clan a chance to survive in the world, but it doesn't mean that you can climb on my head, if you move her, you will move me!"
Xia Zizhu shook her head violently, and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, listen to me, I am just dissatisfied with her attitude towards you, you are a high king, and she is always coming and going for you, she may have done too much, but I didn't really hurt her."
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, have you forgotten, my father is still working hard for you to make the elixir of immortality, our Wu clan is the most sincere to you, there is no second heart, my father has a lot of experience in making elixir, over time, he will definitely be able to make a unique elixir for longevity, please, let me go, I will never dare again!"
"That's why you dare to be pampered and presumptuous, and break ground on Tai Sui's head? Immortal, I really want to, patriarch, but he can be changed, there is no shortage of capable people, but I hate others to disobey me the most!" Ji Zigong raised his fan slightly, and his words were ethereal: "Don't you take it down?"
Xia Zizhu's cry and begging for mercy can be described as heartbreaking, and several doors came out, Ji Zigong shook her fan and looked at Xia Kucao, and suddenly smiled: "What are you doing so nervous?"
Xia Kucao's palms were indeed sweaty, immortality is the pursuit that every emperor dreams of, just now, she thought that Xia Zizhu's words had worked, and she was going to be forcibly left behind by Ji Zigong again, how could she not be nervous?
But she was stubborn, and shook her head: "I just don't want her to be worthy, and I also admire the emperor's faith, immortality is certainly attractive, but this pursuit of the road is very bearable, Zixuan and I have been practicing hard for decades, can you see the frost hair on the sideburns?
As the emperor, you are responsible for state affairs, your body is the foundation, and it is good to take some elixirs to prolong life, but don't hurt your body in pursuit of this ethereal immortality. β
Xia Kucao said this suddenly, even she was surprised, at this moment, she seemed to think that the man in front of her was the squishy but kind-hearted young man ten years ago.
The scene of the first encounter with him is vivid, the mouth is vicious, but he is kind and rescues her from danger, but they have no fate.
Ji Zigong also seemed to remember the past, and smiled with relief: "I remember the first time I saw you in the Wu Clan, you were embarrassed, and you could even be described as miserable, but your face is still bright and never depressed, bold, and your personality is as stubborn as at this time, you are optimistic, you are smart and clever, you have sharp teeth, and I have never had good words, being with you, and being with the woman next to me is different, I knew then that you never put me as a prince in your eyes."
Now that I am the emperor, I still can't impress you, ten years later, I have taken the road of the king of God for you, but this emperor still can't keep you!"
"You deserve better, I ...... I have nothing to do with you in this life, thank you for saving me and danger many times, I can't repay it, in the future, when I can help the world and save the people, if it is still the world of the Ji family, I will ensure its peace!"
Ji Zigong didn't know if he was crying, he turned around and raised his hand to signal: "Send those two people to the palace gate with them, see you in this life!"
Ji Zixuan knelt on the ground and shouted: "Brother Huang, thank you, my brother will work with you to bless my Southern Chu Taiping." β
Ji Zigong's back is getting farther and farther away, Xia Kucao doesn't know what to feel in her heart, she seems to think Ji Zigong too badly, she still can't see people, the past scenes, this Ji Zigong has never spoken ill of her, and they are all maintained everywhere, maybe this is only to meet better people.