Chapter Seventy-Four: Inclusion in the Harem
"Prime Minister, I have always respected your virtues, and your achievements in assisting the emperor are always remembered by me, but I have no hatred with you, why do you want to find my stubble with General Cai Xiao repeatedly? In the past, I took into account brotherhood, but I only thought that General Cai was still young, so he was a little more temperamental, so I tolerated it again and again. But you have intensified, and I really have offended you two somehow, and I have asked you to ignore the etiquette and law, and accuse the Son of Heaven in the court, and your behavior really makes me feel cold......"
Yi Zhixing is still as peaceful as before, but the eyes are undoubtedly about to erupt out of the power and poison, from this moment on, Yi Zhixing's hatred for the prime minister and Yi Zhilin will officially surging out of a new chapter, Yi Zhixing is no longer hiding, and directly exposes the sins of these two people. He wanted to prove to everyone that he was not stupid, but that he had just been unwilling to think too much.
The mask that the Son of Heaven relied on was not what Wu Huai wanted, he desperately wanted to touch the true ferocity under the gentle skin of Yi Zhixing, and it was best to expose it in front of everyone, and be completely overturned in the sun, which was destined to be sinister and feared by everyone. With such a thought, the next moment, Wu Huai made a gesture, and then spoke.
"Your Majesty, the minister didn't accuse you, the minister is just a member of the Yin Dynasty, how dare you doubt the intentions of the Son of Heaven? It is indeed His Majesty's actions that make the ministers incomprehensible, not involved in the harem, but unwilling to include the person he loves in the Yin Palace, which is incredible. If the rumors of this time have not leaked out, is it possible that Your Majesty will hide his personal feelings for the rest of his life? The minister was really worried about His Majesty's safety before he dared to say some unpleasant words, after all, the woman who could keep His Majesty from being involved in the harem was also clearly revealed. ”
The prime minister has been bowing his head, although the posture of this speech is indeed a lot milder than that of Shicai, but the provocation wrapped in the words is not less than the last moment, since Yi Zhixing will spread out the cards, so the prime minister will also spread out the cards.
The ordinary officials and ministers around looked at Wu Huai's unscrupulous words in horror, and refused to participate in it for a long time. Because they know that this turmoil in the court has long belonged to the confrontation between the Son of Heaven and the general, as well as Yi Zhilin and the Prime Minister, but today's actions of the Son of Heaven are indeed a little unexpected to them, Yi Zhixing, who was alone in the past, was gentle and subservient, but now it seems that he wants to fight the woman he loves to the end, and the courtiers can only find such the most appropriate excuse to explain the change in the temperament of the Son of Heaven today.
"The prime minister can rest assured, I don't get involved in the harem just because the government is busy, to be honest, I don't even have time to see her, how could I be bewitched by her so I don't want to set foot in the harem? The prime minister's speculation is really ignored. ”
"I still don't know, Your Majesty. How can a bewitched person know if he is deceived? Just like the person who is in the Lushan Mountain, how can he know the true face of the Lushan? Maybe Your Majesty, you have already strayed into the trap of that witch, in order to prevent the Son of Heaven from falling into decline, and I hope that Your Majesty will execute this person quickly, and this woman must not stay. ”
Yi Zhilin hurriedly hurried to add another fire to the already anxious atmosphere of the court, and the aggressive words were euphemistically expressed in a gentle voice, and the courtiers around him were terrified, and the words they didn't dare to say in their hearts were completely said by this little general. In the final analysis, Zhilan is now in the hearts of the ministers, and she must be the demon woman in the history books who harms all living beings and wants to fall into the way of a faint king.
I thought this was a ridiculous wording, and no one could respond to it, but after a while, the court, which had maintained solemnity, suddenly became a group of responses, and the momentum became violent.
"Your Majesty! The minister thinks that General Cai's words are indeed reasonable! This woman's intentions are not to be speculated, and she really can't be kept! ”
"Your Majesty's involvement in the harem is already a preliminary clue, if you don't stop it in time, this person will be in endless trouble in the future, and completely bewitch Your Majesty, your wise heart!"
"I hope Your Majesty will execute this person as soon as possible! This is the strong will of our courtiers! ”
It is clear that in the Yin Dynasty, prejudice against women was deep-rooted, and once a man went beyond the distance, his guilt was often forced to be inflicted on women. If today's son is not involved in the harem, in order to protect his beloved, he still bears the stigma of concealing his private affairs, which is really puzzling, so that the courtiers have to wonder if the strange behavior that has appeared frequently in the line of Qi Yi is the instigation of the woman behind it.
However, the face of the Son of Heaven is sad now, he doesn't seem to want to sacrifice Zhi Lan's head, not because of how worthy of nostalgia this woman is, but he deeply understands that if he cuts off Zhi Lan's head, he will only be willing to be Yi Zhilin and the prime minister below. If the Son of Heaven is unwilling, he will be criticized by the government and the opposition, and his reputation that has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people will also be severely damaged, and the good name on which the Son of Heaven depends will only gradually come to the point of collapse, which is of course the true wish of Yi Zhilin and the Prime Minister. No matter how bad it is, the Son of Heaven will inevitably give up his love for the sake of maintaining the stability of the court, at least for the moment, the prime minister and Yi Zhilin did not doubt the existence of the person loved by the Son of Heaven. In this way, it seems that what to do is also wrong.
In the endless petitions, Yi Zhixing's heart was undoubtedly boiling on the quenching, he didn't expect that the situation he was facing today would be so tricky. Of course, he didn't plan to give up Zhi Lan's life for Yi Zhilin's disgusting mouth, not even for a moment, because in his opinion, Yi Zhilin's existence was much more hateful than Zhi Lan's.
Boundless anger churned in his heart, and Yi Zhixing's mask tended to collapse more and more.
At this moment, Yan Qi beside him opened his mouth.
"Your Majesty, why don't you sacrifice Miss Zhilan's life, anyway, she is also a prisoner of the Yin Kingdom, and from now on, Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about her identity being exposed to everyone."
"Ridiculous! Sacrificing her life, what should Concubine Wen, who already knew all this, think of me? In her eyes, didn't I become a ruthless monarch? If she thinks deeply, she may notice from her past memories that the relationship between me and Zhilan is suspicious, and then she is afraid that she will not be sure that I am a ruthless king, but a master who sacrifices his subordinates for the sake of ambition. ”
The Son of Heaven looked solemn, and his eyes turned to the body of the general below. But seeing that the general did not speak for a long time, let alone argue for the person who accused the Son of Heaven as in the past, Yi Zhixing completely understood the isolation and helplessness of the position he was standing on now, even Mo Hongfeng, who had blindly helped him in the past, was now with all the courtiers, they just wanted to get rid of the woman who might endanger the situation in the court in the future.
However, Yi Zhixing was unwilling, and the situation became more and more severe, the more he wanted to face the dilemma against the current, no one could easily veto his mind, and he had long been at the mercy of others.
The next moment, the gentle skin was no longer there, but it was not possible to completely expose the evil truth as Yi Zhilin wished, what Yi Zhixing showed was only the majesty and solemnity of being a human king, of course, his voice also changed calmly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I really don't want to defend myself, but what I want to tell you is that these so-called demagoguery charges of my loved ones are nothing more than imagination. She is just a quiet woman, she does not fight, she does not even dare to speak loudly, she never expresses her opinion on weekdays, except for talking about the private matters between the two of us, she always cares about the safety of the poor people, and she is not the kind of witch you say she is talking about. As a human servant, you speak disrespectfully to ordinary good people, and speak ill of the woman I love, and I will endure it, but I must not become a monarch who indiscriminately insults and kills others at will, which is not in line with my original intention of ascending to the high position in the first place! I can't just dispose of her life because I have an emotional connection with her, since I am the Son of Heaven, I have to walk the right way, and I will not be a tyrant who can easily take the lives of others as you say! I will never let the statement of the Yin royal family be spurned by the world again! If I go back and dispose of other people's lives at will because of rumors, dare to ask all Aiqing, in the future, do you dare to guarantee that your actions will not provoke gossip? Will I be able to take your lives for the sake of the so-called reputation of the Yin Dynasty? If you can be so fearless, it is not impossible for me to take the woman's life now. ”
After a sonorous rhetoric, no one dared to continue to ask the Son of Heaven to execute Zhi Lan, after all, they really can't control this kind of thing, if they provoke it, won't their lives become child's play?
The prime minister and Yi Zhilin who provoked all the incidents below are indeed good at arguing, but it cannot be denied that Yi Zhixing is also proficient in sophistry and performance, the woman he said does not exist at all, and the image of Zhilan is incompatible with the demure girl, but he uses his own sophistry to put the ministers in an unrighteous situation, it is obvious that it is no longer the woman behind the Son of Heaven who is bewitching the Son of Heaven to degenerate, but the courtiers below are pushing the Son of Heaven to a bloodthirsty state with their own hands, and the Son of Heaven has repeatedly reminded them, What they do now with their own hands will endanger their safety in the future.
At this point, the court was silent, and no one dared to be this bird.
Not only that, Yi Zhixing's majestic image of changing his previous face is indeed inexplicably palpitating, and before the mask is completely exposed, the ministers are already frightened.
The prime minister and Yi Zhilin secretly gave a look, and Yi Zhixing could calmly spit out this at this time, which they really didn't expect.
Perhaps sensing the horror and horror of everyone, the Son of Heaven really wanted to ease the unspeakable atmosphere at the moment, so he continued.
"Of course, there is something wrong with my act of concealing my private feelings, no matter what the reason, it is difficult for me to clear up my guilt, I want to make amends, I don't know what your opinion is."
Yi Zhixing's words are just decent words, in the end, under this scorching atmosphere, no one dares to say anything to seriously deal with the disrespectful words of the Son of Heaven. However, he never calculated the consequences of his decent words.
"That being the case, I ask Your Majesty to include this woman in the harem, which can be regarded as an explanation to the ministers."