Chapter 221: Bear the Burden of Humiliation
Although Mei Yin and Mei Yi are not brothers, their relationship is better than that of brothers.
Mei Yi did not treat Mei Yin as an outsider, and the two were inseparable since childhood.
There are delicious things to eat and fun to play with, and they are willing to share, otherwise they will feel tasteless.
When he grew up, Mei Yi was indifferent to fame and fortune, had few desires, and stayed away from officialdom. Mei Yin is studious and progressive, both civil and military, likes to discuss state affairs, and often hits the point of the times, which is deeply appreciated by Mei Sizu.
The two have very different preferences, but they are not estranged because of this, but they have no suspicion of each other, and their relationship is the same as before.
is such a family, the family that has occupied the axis of his life since he can remember, and the family that bathed him like a spring breeze and grew up are all gone.
The courtyard was empty, and the door of the house was like a huge mouth, spewing endless darkness.
Mei Yin hugged her head and cried, beating her chest hard.
Although he knew what he had left this life for, he still hated himself for living.
"Mei Yin!" An hour ago, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had sat down on the throne of Jinluan, was panting and calling out his name.
His age, his body had already trapped him in the palace, and the trip to Xuanyuan Temple had consumed his tremendous physical strength, and his eyes were half-closed, as if he was going to fall on the dragon case at any moment.
"Do you know why I summoned you?"
"The son is dull, please make it clear to the father." Mei Yin's handsome face did not leave any traces of the Marquis of Runan, and he carefully sealed the secret that should not be known in the bottom of his heart.
The imperial grandson proposed that some criminal laws in the Ming Dynasty were too harsh and should be abolished. What do you think? Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes and stared at Mei Yin.
He tried again and again to see a little clue from Mei Yin's face, a clue that could provide a reference for him to make the right decision, but he never succeeded.
"At the beginning of the founding of the country, the harsh criminal law was mainly due to the stability of the country. If the situation is stable today, the sons also believe that torture can be appropriately reduced, so as to relax the hearts of the people and show the emperor's grace. Mei Yin replied.
"Should the chase be canceled?" Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions are becoming more and more obvious.
It is human nature for Mei Sizu to chase and destroy the three clans and cause major trauma to Mei Yin, but why is Mei Yin always so calm, Zhu Yuanzhang can't see anything unusual on Mei Yin's face?
He didn't believe Mei Yin's high-sounding words, since the Mei family was implicated in the Hu Weiyong case, any punishment was deserved by the Mei family, and he himself was atoning for his sins every day.
Mei Yin's excessive composure made Zhu Yuanzhang uneasy.
He felt that something was wrong, he felt that Mei Yin had a fire suppressed in his heart, and he wanted to force this fire out.
"Erchen thinks that the chase should not be canceled." Mei Yin's heart was dripping blood, but the words that came out of his mouth were still light and light.
"If you have sinned, you should be punished, and even if you die, you will not be exempted from sin. The law of the Ming Dynasty treats everyone equally, and the living and the dead bear the same responsibility. ”
"I sometimes think of the Marquis of Runan...... He has served me all his life, and he has gone to the ground, so why bother...... Alas! ”
"Father is worried! If the father is not strict and fair, how can he serve the public? Mei Yin's breath remained unchanged from beginning to end.
"Well, it's good that you can know your father's hard work." Zhu Yuanzhang retracted his gaze, and he found nothing again.
The plum blossom in front of him gave him a basis to trust Mei Yin, but before everything was a foregone conclusion, he had to test Mei Yin one last time.
Spring flowers are blooming, and the azaleas of Yaoyue Palace are blooming all over the courtyard.
Concubine Shu sat leisurely among the azaleas and swinged.
Red flowers, blue flowers, yellow flowers, white flowers, purple flowers, pink flowers, she often disappears in them, becoming one of them.
Her smile is as bright as a blooming flower.
"Mother, the slave is here to help you push!" Xiaoyun wiped off a pair of wet hands, threw the basin for drying clothes on the ground, and flew to the side of the swing.
She was in her thirties, but the girl's heart had not faded in her.
Concubine Shu on the swing looked like a mythical fairy in her eyes, and Xiaoyun couldn't wait to enter the fairyland.
"Hahaha! Xiaoyun, you don't want to push, you want to swing, right? Concubine Shu grinned.
Her happiness is as great as the cuckoo around her, and she can't count it.
"No, mother, slave to push!" Xiaoyun ran behind Concubine Shu and pushed hard.
Concubine Shu's swing immediately swung out of the pile of flowers.
Her body is almost parallel to the ground, and the sky becomes a mirror. In the mirror, she saw the person she missed the most - her brother Chen Youliang.
Her brother stretched out his hands and wanted to hug her. She was the naughty little girl who climbed onto her brother's back. My brother picked her up and ran all over the mountains.
She saw a large patch of azaleas and asked her brother to pick them for her.
The brother told her that in the future he would give her all the flowers here, the land where they grow, everything she liked.
"Brother!" A few tears fell from Concubine Shu's eyes, missing, relieved, and reluctant, she didn't know which one was stronger, but they were all overflowing with happiness.
The swing stopped.
"Mother, do you still want to fly?" Xiaoyun said with a smile.
"I've flown enough, come on!" Concubine Shu got off the swing, and Xiaoyun took it as a matter of course, and sat on it.
"I'll give you a push!" Concubine Shu bent over and rested her hand on the seat.
"Thank you, mother!" Xiaoyun was not polite.
A tall and thin eunuch in his fifties walked out of the kitchen with a pile of firewood: "Xiaoyun, there is no distinction between respect and inferiority!" How can you get a mother to push? The minions are here to push you! ”
The eunuch put the firewood on the ground and patted the sawdust on his hands and clothes. His pale face was tinged with blood, and his torch-like gaze was eager to turn into a whip.
"Hahaha, Jiuzhu, don't take it too seriously! I want to push, you go and get busy with yours! Concubine Shu stretched out a hand to stop Jiuzhu from coming over.
"Mother, how can this be done? It's not good for others to see it! Jiuzhu glared at Xiaoyun and told her to know a little lift.
"It's really fine! Xiaoyun saved my life, what does it matter if I push the swing for her? Besides, I like to push swings for others. Go chop your firewood! ”
Concubine Shu pushed the seat board forward and ignored Jiuzhu no more.
Jiuzhu had no choice but to pick up the firewood and walk to the corner.
After swinging back and forth several times, Xiaoyun was reluctant to give up, until the palace maid in Zhang Meiren's palace sent two pieces of clothing over.
Xiaoyun hurriedly stopped the swing and took over the gorgeous clothes under the envious eyes of the palace maid.
"Our mother is practicing her skills! Hehehe! She added a sentence.
It's not that she's worried about what others are saying, but she's afraid of attracting the attention of Jinyiwei, in case the ubiquitous Jinyiwei investigates the relationship between their master and servant, isn't it asking for trouble?
"Mother, she saw it!" The palace maid had just stepped out of the threshold of Yaoyue Palace, and Xiao Yun said worriedly in Concubine Shu's ear.
Jiuzhu, who heard from all directions, let out a sneer from the corner of the wall.