But he thought about it again, today Nan Luyuan should have practiced the art of war in the General's Mansion, and one with the Nanshang Palace was in the south of the city and the other was in the north of the city, and it would take more than two hours to take the carriage. In this way, did Nan Luyuan spend a whole day looking for himself? With the general's temperament, he can easily let people go and have ghosts.

I don't know what Brother Lu Yuan suffered in order to come.

Nan Luyuan felt that the young man on his back did not move, as if he had a heart, and said, "After you hid this morning, my father called me back to the palace. I've spent about three and a half hours looking for you. Fortunately, General Liang is quite satisfactory, and he only wants me to squat for a day tomorrow and let me come. ”

He paused, "Zixiao, there's no next time, okay?" ”

Nanzi said, "Okay." He said it very quietly. Then he thought of something, and muttered, "What this king is doing today is excessive." I just hope there is no big accident. Will Nan-sama punish this king in the future? ”

Nan Luyuan laughed loudly after hearing this, Nan Ziyu couldn't see his eyebrows, but he had expected that he must be stretched at this moment, a pair of narrow phoenix eyes curved like a hooked moon, and his lips pulled up a curvature like a ridge bend.

Then, Nan Zixiao heard his words with a smile: "Father will not punish you, I can make a guarantee." ”

Nanzi was stunned.

The young man suspected that he had misheard, and hurriedly added:

"Really? Is it necessarily? ”

Nan Luyuan smiled: "Definitely, I promise." ”

The two of them walked back in the thin snow, and a moon was hanging high in the night sky. The main hall of the royal palace is brightly lit.

Nan Zi was startled, so he got down from Nan Luyuan and walked into the hall side by side with him.

Of course, Nan Luyuan was sure that Nan Ziyu would not be punished.

Father's intention was to make Nanzi repentant and honestly become a virtuous monarch, and this goal had been achieved after he had left Nanzi Xiaon for so long. After that, of course, his father would not spend any effort thinking about how to deal with Nan Ziyun, and if he wanted to achieve his goal, he didn't have to spend any time on Nan Zixiao.

Then, the "suffering" of his father is about tonight, when it is time to cut on him.

Nan Luyuan called softly, "Father." ”

Nan Zixiao trembled under the gaze of the emperor, he couldn't guess the emperor's joy and anger, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "Nan Daren, this king is back-"

Unexpectedly, the emperor had already given a salute: "The minister has seen Your Majesty." ”

After saluting, he bowed his head meticulously, got up and said, "Welcome Your Majesty back to the palace." I also hope that Your Majesty will focus on the dragon body and must not act recklessly. ”

Nan Zi knew that this person was very old-fashioned and pedantic in this regard, and he did not correct it, but said: "This king must keep it in mind and will not commit it again in the future." ”

If you lose the courtesy of the monarch and the minister in front of the emperor, it will be a reprimand!

Then the emperor set his eyes on Nan Luyuan, and his expression was already very cold. He said: "Indulge Your Majesty in confusion for a while, make Your Majesty frightened, and do not accompany Your Majesty at all times when he needs it, how are you to be Your Majesty's attendant?" You know what you've done! ”

What's wrong?

If there is anything wrong, it is probably that he teamed up with his father to perform this scene for His Majesty!

But he couldn't refute it, he knew his father's distress. Since the founding of the country, the emperor has been passed down by their family and lineage, and the monarchs of successive dynasties have attached great importance to it, given high rights and status, and given him the surname of Nanshangguo. The surname is the status, but also the responsibility, the emperor is the retainer of the king of the Southern Shang Dynasty since ancient times, and the family rule is "loyal to the lord".

The so-called "Lord" is not the king. Emperor Nanshang was loyal to only one monarch in his life, and he has always been the sharpest knife of the monarchs of all dynasties.

Therefore, the trust of the monarch is the only bargaining chip for their existence.

My father was right, only with the absolute trust of the monarch could he preserve the emperor's family, expand his power without scruples, and consolidate Zixiao's royal power more reliably.

Think about it this way...... He is indeed guilty, reckless, he is really as knowingly guilty as his father.

When punished. The punishment is not innocent.

Nan Luyuan thought so, so he knelt down straight and said, "I know." This is a reckless act, and it is a great sin of rebellion. Lu Yuan didn't know that he was wrong, and he should be punished, and the emperor should be severely punished. ”

Nan Zi was panicked, he stopped between the two and shouted, "The fault is this king!" It was this king who fled without permission and did something excessive. Lu Yuan is loyal to the king, and specially rushed to find the king to return to the palace, what's wrong? What punishment will he be? ”

Besides, isn't Lu Yuan your only son? How can you bear to punish him?

This sentence of Nanzi was in his throat, and he remembered that when his father was alive, whenever he made a mistake, his father just made a show and punished him for reciting poetry and books silently. As long as you admit your mistake and beg for a coquette, most of the punishment will be forgotten by your father. However, how could the emperor be willing to beat his brother?

The news that Nan Ziyu got was that the emperor had a sudden incident today, and he came empty-handed. Because of his status, it was not good to rashly go to Nan Ziyuan openly, so he had to wait in the main hall, urging people to find Nan Luyuan in a hurry. But at this moment, the emperor stared at his son coldly, as if he was as selfless as he reprimanded corrupt officials and villains in the early dynasty.

Nanzi stood aside in a daze, only to hear the emperor respond to him: "Your Majesty, what's wrong!" Serving His Majesty should have been the duty of a courtier, but when he came, he was lazy and missed the time, and he was already guilty of dereliction of duty. I also hope that Your Majesty does not need to have too much pity, lest some people be pampered and arrogant. ”

I saw that he pulled out the soft sword from his waist, and the soft sword was slender and flexible, which was one of the two swords "Han Shu" and "Autumn Water" that the emperor had passed down from generation to generation.

The sword was rather narrow, and it swung like a whip. Then he heard the words: "The king of Nanshang is an attendant of Nan Qi, and he should be punished with whipping?" Nan Luyuan said respectfully: "The criminal slave is willing to accept his punishment." ”

So the emperor used the sword as a whip, fell together, and slammed it on Nan Luyuan's body, the weight of the hand, mercilessly, and each whip brought up a wisp of blood.

It hurts!

He could even hear the sound of the flesh cracking, the swift fall of the sword, with the whistling of the wind, and he felt it slam against his back.

But he was unexpectedly calm, he had been beaten so many times that in the end, he had even gotten used to this heart-wrenching pain.

He even wandered when he was punished, thinking that he had been beaten twice in the previous three days, but all his father's previous punishments were not as ruthless as this time!

Is it that my father has sought perfection all his life, just to become a loyal minister of the first emperor?

Is his son far less important than the family rules and training he engraved in his bones?

Nan Luyuan pursed his lips, his long eyebrows furrowed into three knots, but he didn't say a word.

It hurts, and the whole back seems to be burned by the flames, unable to move at all, stiff and weak.

But his heart was empty, as if he had been pierced thoroughly by tweezers and long cones, and he was so tightly grabbed that even his breath hurt to the bones.

Dereliction of duty and neglect of the monarch shall be punished with at least fifty lashes. Nan Zixiao clearly watched Nan Luyuan receive seventy lashes.

In the end, Nan Luyuan even bleed from the corners of his lips.

The emperor retracted the whip. Of course, Nan Zixiao didn't dare to stop him. With the emperor's temperament, if he stops him, I am afraid that my brother will have to suffer dozens of more whips.

The emperor called him!

The reason is that he can distinguish between kings and ministers, so that when he governs in the future, he will not be arrogant and overpowered. The emperor glanced at Nan Luyuan lightly, and said to Nan Ziyan: "Your Majesty should understand, if you are at fault, who among the four kingdoms will dare to anger you?" ”

Therefore, all the sins of the king must be borne by the courtiers; All the king's losses will be moved to his subordinates.

So he said, "The minister retires." Then he threw his sword on the ground and said, "Wipe it clean, and then roll back." It's gone.

At this time, Nan Luyuan staggered to get up, but the whole person fell heavily to the ground. Nan Zixiao watched as the clothes on his back were torn, the whip marks on his skin were mottled, and large streams of warm blood poured out of the wounds, dyeing his white clothes all red.

Nan Luyuan supported the ground with his elbows, trying to pick up the sword with difficulty. With every step he took, a blood stain appeared on the white jade temple board. Nan Zixiao finally couldn't bear to look at it.

He slammed into Nan Luyuan's side, wanting to reach out, but he was afraid of pulling his wounds. I had to touch his face with my hand and stare at him in confusion.

Nan Luyuan's face was as pale as paper, and he didn't dare to look at Nan Zixiao. But he smiled and groaned: "Didn't I promise it?" You see, your father really didn't punish you, right? ”

Hey, it's weird, haven't you been with the old fox for a long time, and you can even open your mouth to come if you have a deceptive purpose at this time.

Nan Zixiao hugged Nan Luyuan's neck fiercely and buried his head at his side. The young monarch was very aggrieved when he hid alone in the darkness, and he only choked up, but now he cried loudly.

He cried breathlessly, and hissed and cried, "Punish me...... Punish me! I'd rather ask the emperor to punish him severely! Don't do that—hiccup! that you may be punished in my place! ——”

He cried so much that he didn't even call himself free. The little monarch did not suffer the slightest pain, but he felt that he felt an inconsolable pain.

The moon still hangs in the middle of the sky, but the crow of the night crow has stopped.

When Nan Luyuan returned to the emperor's mansion, the sky was already light, and the emperor was sitting next to the desk in the study, and when he heard the movement, he didn't look up, but said: "Go and wash, I asked Aunt Shi to boil hot water." ”

Nan Luyuan looked down at the blood stains on his body, smiled bitterly, and his hand holding the edge of the old wooden wall was slightly cramped from exertion.

Forget it, his father didn't treat him like this for a day or two, he was used to it for a long time.

Nan Luyuan answered, dragging his broken body step by step to the bathroom. In the washroom, there were neatly folded clothes and two small white porcelain bottles placed by the pool. Nan Luyuan walked to the edge of the pool and tested the water temperature with his hands, it was neither lukewarm nor hot, just right. So he slowly descended into the pool and stripped off his clothes.

Some of the wounds had scabbed over and stuck to the clothes, and the peel was oozing blood again.

The warm water slowly caressed his body, and he submerged all the way down his neck and lowered his hair, slowly smoothing it out with water. He tried to move as lightly as possible, but he still inevitably pulled the wound, and his painful face was twitching.

The emperor didn't know when he stood at the door, staring at him silently with a pair of extremely faint eyes.

"Your Majesty repented?" He asked, unable to hear any emotion.

Nan Luyuan tried to stroke his hair, and he couldn't even finish his words in pain, so he gasped: "Yes, father." ”

The emperor looked at his clumsy appearance, sighed, stepped forward and squatted down gently, and wiped the back of his neck with water with his hand, Nan Luyuan's body stiffened suddenly, he couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to resist.

"For the sake of Your Majesty, I let you play this scene and suffer." The emperor sighed, and wiped his back intently, and when his fingers brushed the staggered scars, he paused lightly, and no one noticed.

"Nothing." Nan Luyuan said in a low voice, "For Your Majesty...... It's okay to do anything with me. The emperor sighed lightly: "In the future, if you want to take my place, it would be good to understand this." Today I hit you quite hard, but Your Majesty didn't say anything, and you persuaded me in front of him, right? ”

Nan Luyuan was silent.

The emperor held up his hair, carefully combed him, and said: "There is no need to do these superfluous actions, I am a retainer of the first emperor, and I am assisting Your Majesty, just for the last wish of the first emperor." It doesn't matter if Your Majesty is angry with me, you are his retainer. ”

Nan Luyuan said: "...... Why? ”

The emperor coiled his hair, took the white porcelain bottle, poured a few vermilion pills into the palm of his hand, and water, crushed it in the palm of his hand, dipped it in the index finger and middle finger of his other hand, smeared it on his back along the scar, lowered his eyes and said: "The so-called emperor's retainers, do not seek Mingde and patriotism, as long as they are loyal to the lord, this is enough." ”

Nan Luyuan said in a low voice: "Then what if the Lord is contrary to the country? After asking, my heart trembled, and I quickly thought about how I was so stupid, what I wanted to serve was the monarch, how could the monarch rebel against the country?

After the emperor finished applying the medicine, Nan Luyuan only felt a coolness on his back, and the heart-wrenching pain seemed to be six or seven points weaker, and he heard the emperor say: "Then the family and country will be overturned." ”

Nan Luyuan gasped and turned his head to look at him. When my father said this, his expression was not frenzy, but faint, as if he was talking about such a trivial matter as snow today. He understood that in his father's heart, the first emperor was the head of the family, and there was nothing more important than the head of the family, and if someone rebelled against the wishes of the head of the family, then it would not hurt to destroy this thing.

He paused suddenly, followed the emperor's outstretched hand, climbed his arm, took off his clothes and dressed them meticulously, turned his head to look at his father, and said silently: "Then if the emperor didn't want to keep me...... the emperor said calmly without hesitation: "Then kill you." ”

Nan Luyuan was silent.

The emperor soothed: "It's not promising, aren't you living well." Go sleep, I'll go to the General's Mansion tomorrow. ”

After finishing speaking, he shook his clothes and walked to the door without looking back, as if it was not this important minister of Nanshang with a serious face who had just wiped the back and smeared medicine for his only son.

Nan Luyuan suddenly said: "If you go to the immortal one day, I will never recognize you as my father, I will pray to Your Majesty to bury you in the tomb of the first emperor." Cold sweat oozed from his palms, slimy, but he knew that for ordinary people, his actions were cold-blooded, but in his father's eyes, letting him be buried as a retainer of the king of Nanshang was the greatest honor for him.

After a pause, he added: "I will not weep for the remnants of a former emperor who is not loyal to His Majesty. ”

The emperor's body stopped, and when Nan Luyuan heard his laughter, he saw him looking directly at him, and said with a slight smile: "Knowing the father Mo Ruozi...... Thank you. ”

So the figure of the emperor disappeared at the door, and Nan Luyuan took a deep breath, as if he heard someone lose a sentence in the cool night breeze blowing in the window: "...... I'm sorry. ”

It wasn't until he was lying on his couch that he felt cold and biting, and he really realized that it was already winter.

At dusk the next day, the princess rushed into the palace from the princess's mansion in a hurry and beat Nanzi Xiao fiercely. The palace people didn't dare to stop it, although it was a felony to hurt the dragon body, but Her Royal Highness Wang Nu was the one who really controlled the military power of Nanshang, and she was the only relative of Nanshang Wang Xun, who dared to offend her?

Nan Zixiao was shocked, since he was a child, no one really treated him so ruthlessly. Not to mention that so many people are watching from the sidelines! What happened to make Sister Wang so out of proportion?

"Nan Zixiao, do you know what stupid things you have done?" Nan Zisheng rolled up his sleeves, "Brother Lu Yuan was punished for you yesterday, and today he was lying in the General's Mansion for a whole day, and he was helped back by the attendants!" What the hell do you think? After becoming the king, his vision is high, and his actions are not cleaned up? ”

Nan Zi stood in front of the case, his face and arms were full of bruises that had been beaten out by Nan Zisheng. He already knew that Sister Wang had an unusual affection for Brother Qi, and if something happened to Brother Qi, Sister Wang would be secretly anxious. But today is different, his brother is really in trouble! It's because of his willfulness and unreasonableness!

The palace people retreated in amusement. Only the two sisters and brothers were left in the huge hall.

Nan Zisheng looked at her Wang brother, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have changed in just a short moment. The naughty brother disappeared, and was replaced by the young lord of the Southern Merchants who had a stable color between his eyebrows.