"Hahaha!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed unexpectedly, "Prime Minister Li, I didn't expect you to have such a courageous son." ”

Li Shanchang gasped lightly: "The emperor smiled, the dog acted recklessly, the emperor was broad-minded, and he didn't blame the dog, which is really the blessing of the dog." ”

"Well, stand down!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and motioned for them to leave.

The stone still wanted to speak, but Li Shanchang pulled his arm: "The minister retreats." They got up and slowly exited the Fengtian Temple.

The sun dances happily in front of the Fengtian Temple, ignoring the suffering of the world.

The white marble columns and steps are crystal clear, and only the history of the emperor is written.

The exquisitely carved flying dragon and phoenix are cracked in the crown, with the majesty and arrogance of the Son of Heaven, and they only want to fly to the top of the heavy eaves palace to be proud of all things in the world.

Li Shanchang and Shi walked out of the Fengtian Hall without looking back.

"You were almost condemned by the emperor just now. Be careful in what you say and do in the future, don't just know how to rush forward, but judge the situation! Li Shanchang was surprisingly gentle, and the stone thought that he would be beaten.

"Dad, the emperor laughed just now, he wasn't angry. Why don't you let me ask Him to withdraw the Decree? ”

"The emperor has already asked us to step down, and if you continue to advise, you will inevitably be condemned!" Li Shanchang looked at the neat plane trees along the road, and even their withered crowns were so consistent.

"You admonish once, and the emperor does not condemn you, because he wants to show magnanimity. If you admonish twice, but the emperor still doesn't condemn you, then he is conniving at you to challenge his authority. You will surely die! ”

"But ......"

"Nothing, if you can't even save your life, what can you talk about saving people? Do you think the emperor is your father? Always like to bargain, have you ever heard the phrase 'you have no jokes'? ”

Li Shanchang was deliberately angry at his son's stubbornness and ignorance of the depths, because he realized that he must be both gracious and powerful, and should not be left alone.

"Dad, what about the people of the Valley of Honesty?"

"Every man has a life, and how many people are beheaded and killed by bad guys every day? Can you handle it all? ”

"I ......" the stone whispered.

He knew that what his father said was reasonable, but he couldn't understand why there was only one person in the world who could have the final say.

Although this man is called the Son of Heaven, he is also a mortal body, and he will make mistakes. His mistake cost the lives of more than 200 people?

In confusion, he glanced back at the imperial city behind him, there was no breath of life, only the roaring stone lion, the obsessed soaring golden dragon and the delusional glass phoenix reborn.

Back home, Stone immediately packed his belongings, and he planned to rush back to the Valley of Honesty. He may have another way - to take the people to escape from the unjustified disaster.

Mrs. Li walked into the stone room with a smile on her face and put down a bowl of chicken soup.

"Mother, I have a shiny copper rod, do you see it?"

Seeing that the stone was packing her luggage, Mrs. Li snatched the burden of the stone, and before her smiling face could completely retract her light, tears rolled out of her eyes like pearls.

"What? Arrived yesterday and leaving today? You don't have any feelings for your mother, your father and this family, do you? ”

"Mother, I have something very important to do, I can't stay at home!"

"Stone, you broke my mother's heart. If you leave this house today, my mother won't have your son! ”

"Mother, don't play with children's tempers. If I don't leave today, more than 200 people will die immediately! ”

"If you go, will those two hundred or so people be saved?"

"I, I...... I have to go anyway! The stone was so anxious that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he snatched the burden, "Give me back my copper rod." ”

Mrs. Li pressed the burden and stared at the stone.

"Mother, mother, I beg you! I have to go! ”

Mrs. Li was uncompromising, holding on to her burden.

The stone didn't dare to use too much force, and after pulling it a few times, seeing that there was no chance to snatch the burden from his mother's hands, he simply gave up. He stomped his foot and rushed to the door.

"Do you want to save people?" Madame Lee shouted at his back, her voice following the footsteps of the stone as she rushed out of the threshold.

The stone froze, and the remaining half of his feet dangled above the threshold, motionless, and he thought he had misheard.

"Come back!" Mrs. Li unwrapped the stone and put the clothes back in the closet.

The stone turned around and threw himself in front of Mrs. Li, his eyes lit up: "Mother, do you have a way to save people?" ”

Mrs. Li tugged at one of the stones' ears: "Sit down!" If my mother doesn't help you, you won't go back to this home? ”

"Mother, mother, tell me quickly, how to save them?"

"What's the hurry? I have to know the cause and effect of this before I can figure it out. Speak slowly! If I don't understand, I can't help you. ”

Shi told Mrs. Li the ins and outs of the matter.

Without Mrs. Li's explanation, he wouldn't be rough on this.

The things of the Honest Valley, the people of the Honest Valley, he carved them in his mind with his own hands, and he will never forget them.

Mrs. Li nodded from time to time, smiled, frowned, and pursed her lips.

Towards the end of the story, Shi still did not see from Mrs. Lee's inscrutable expression that she was sure to save the lives of those people.

"Mother, that's the way it is, tell me how I can save people?"

"How about going into the palace with your father to see the emperor today?"

"If the emperor agrees to withdraw the holy decree, I don't need to be in a hurry. He, the emperor, doesn't know how to be? Authoritarian power! ”

"Shhhh Don't talk nonsense! Mrs. Li hurriedly reached out and covered the stone's mouth, "You are looking for death!" ”

"It was meant to be! He kills his people indiscriminately, is he still worthy to be the king of a kingdom? The sound of the stone forced its way out between Mrs. Li's fingers and lingered in Mrs. Li's ears.

"Shut up! If you want me to help you find a way, you must first promise me one condition! ”

"On what terms?" Madame Lee let go of her hand, but it could be put back to its original position at any moment with lightning speed.

"Save your life first!"

"I'm not going to die, mother, don't worry."

"You talk nonsense all day long, even the emperor dares to scold, isn't this seeking death?"

"I'm ......" Stone lowered his head, tears rolling in his eyes. Anger, grievance, sadness, and helplessness are intertwined into crystal clear tears.

He wanted to throw himself into Mrs. Li's arms and cry like he had done when he was a child.

He wanted to get up to sleep, the sky was still blue, and the people he missed would laugh and talk.

"I know you think there's a lot of unfairness in this world." Mrs. Li touched the head of the stone and whispered softly.

"But it's not something you can change if you want to. You have to know how to behave with people, what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do. Otherwise, all your efforts will be fooling around by yourself, and you will not achieve any of the goals you want to achieve. ”

Mrs. Li leaned her face against the head of the stone and hugged him into her arms.

Stone's restless heart gradually calmed down, and he was grateful for the happiness that God had bestowed upon him—there were always people watching him behind him.

"Let's go find Queen Ma!"

Mrs. Li's words were like earth-shattering thunder, and the stone's eyes lit up.

"The emperor doesn't listen to anyone, only Queen Ma. Perhaps Empress Ma can persuade the emperor to withdraw the holy decree. ”

"Really? Mother. The stone's voice trembled slightly.

In the past few days, he has been like a boat moving forward in a huge wave, and in the moment of hope, despair has come. The innate tenacity in his bones is also on the verge of running out of oil.

Mrs. Li gently stroked the face of the stone: "Child, you will grow up slowly." As long as we have worked hard, we can be worthy of our conscience, right? ”

"Hmm. I know. Mother, don't worry, I won't mess around. ”

Queen Ma's Kunning Palace is famous for its simplicity, and there are few palaces of queens in the past dynasties that can be surpassed.

In addition to the magnificent yellow glazed tiles and the majestic heavy eaves of the palace roof are to match the overall magnificent architectural effect of the Forbidden City, there are no carved beams and painted buildings, no wrong color and gilding, the monotony of the color, the boring decoration, and it is by no means like the residence after a country.

The palace maid lifted the white curtains in several places, and in the center of the room sat a charity-looking old woman, holding lotus embroidery in her hand, and her wrinkled fingers nimbly shuttling through it.

Queen Ma is a rare woman in the world.

When Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled, she could not only sew clothes and make shoes for the soldiers in the rear, but also wear armor and personally go to the battlefield to help Zhu Yuanzhang kill the enemy.

Zhu Yuanzhang led the army to fight at the front, and she appeased the families of the soldiers in the rear and stabilized the morale of the army.

When the enemy was approaching the city, and the situation was critical, she took out all her gold, silver, jewelry, and money to reward the soldiers. The people who were going to flee with their own smuggling were ashamed of themselves and had no place to be ashamed, and all of them dispelled their selfish thoughts.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang routinely added officials to Queen Ma's relatives, but Queen Ma resolutely prevented it. She believes that those who do not have merit should not be rewarded in the same way as those who have merit, and that rewards are based on contribution and fairness.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was ruthless to the hard-working ministers, Queen Ma stood up and persuaded her without exception. Queen Ma is the person Zhu Yuanzhang respects the most, and she is the only one he is willing to listen carefully and adopt suggestions.

"Mrs. Li, you're here!" Queen Ma raised her head and smiled beautifully, except for a pair of eyes, a silver hairpin on her bun was the only thing that flashed all over her body. She set the embroidery aside and tugged at the patched corners of her garment.

"See the Queen!" Mrs. Li saluted with a stone. The heart of the stone was beating wildly.

"No need to be polite, come, sit here." Queen Ma waved at the stone and motioned for him to sit beside her. The stone was stunned, this scene seemed to have appeared in his life, and he did not move.

"Go!" Mrs. Lee whispered, a hand nudging his back. The stone walked slowly over and sat down cautiously.

Queen Ma put one of the stone's hands in her palm and carefully studied the stone.

Her eyes are like water, like the moon, like a soft wind, like sweet rain.

She seems to be looking not only at the face of the stone, the body of the stone, but also at the kind heart and beautiful soul of the stone, and she is looking at the past and future of the stone.