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"Your Majesty, did you really order the Lu family and the Wei family to be beheaded?" Qiu Luoxue rushed to Xia Zimo and asked.
"The edict has been issued, haven't you seen it?" Xia Zimo didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.
"I saw that, that's why I came to ask you." Qiu Luoxue said.
"If you see it, why do you want to ask me?" Xia Zimo asked.
When the eyes of the two touched together, Qiu Luoxue felt that the firmness in Xia Zimo's eyes made him strange. It seems that because she has been too close recently, she has forgotten a little that the person standing in front of her is the most noble king in the world, the person standing at the top of the food chain of feudal society, he holds the power of life and death in his hands, and it is the bottom line that people can't touch.
"Marquis Lu, Lu Wenxuan and Wei Qing, they did something wrong, even if they died, they deserved it, but their families were not wrong, they were just innocent people." Qiu Luoxue said.
"When a loved one sins as if he had sinned himself, there is no innocent person in this world. They are wrong, and the fault lies in the families of those who rebel. Xia Zimo's expression was resolute when he spoke, and the majestic aura of the king on his body had always suppressed the aura of Qiu Luoxue.
"Maybe they don't want to be part of those people's family, they just don't have a choice. Why should they bear the fault of others? There are more than 100 people up and down the Lu family and the Wei family, and that is more than 100 lives, how can they ...... How can you kill it so easily? Qiu Luoxue was not to be outdone, and even spoke a little louder.
Compared with Qiu Luoxue's annoyance, Xia Zimo seemed very calm, calm and a little cold, he said: "In my eyes, they are just rebels who want to destroy my country."
"Your Majesty, what do you have in your country?" Qiu Luoxue asked, "Are there no people?" β
"You just need to remember that I have you in my country, and that's enough." Xia Zimo looked at Qiu Luoxue and said.
For a moment, Qiu Luoxue was moved by his words, but Qiu Luoxue also knew that he still did not intend to let go of the innocent Lu family and the Wei family, and still wanted to behead them all over the house.
"However, those people are His Majesty's subjects, because of them, His Majesty's country is born, but now you are going to kill your own subjects. The people of the world will only say that you are cold-blooded and ruthless, that you are a cruel king, and they ......"
"I don't care what people in the world think, they are the ones who want to rob me of my country, I want them to understand that my country can't be moved, no one can move it. Let those courtiers understand that this is the end of betrayal of me. β
"Marquis Lu and Wei Qing who betrayed Your Majesty are not members of the Lu family and the Wei family, they are just ......" Qiu Luoxue wanted to correct Xia Zimo's key too much, so her tone was a little anxious.
"Enough, I don't want to hear that. Now that I have issued an edict on this matter, it is impossible to change it. The execution will be carried out in three days, and the Prime Minister will come to prison. β
Qiu Luoxue looked at Xia Zimo almost with an incredible look, she obviously heard Xia Zimo's words clearly, but she was still not sure and asked again, "Did you just say that I should be imprisoned?" β
"Yes."
"You know I'm against this."
"That's why you go, you should grow up, you can't always be a child."
"This has nothing to do with whether I grow up or not, I will not regard human life as a mustard at any time, and I will not be as ruthless and cruel as you."
"It is precisely because you always have this kind of thinking that you are like a naΓ―ve child, I told you that the court is the most dangerous place. Every step is bound to be bloody, and you have to get used to it. β
"I can't fit in, and I won't adapt. I won't go to prison, please take back your order. Qiu Luoxue knelt down as she spoke, her head bowed deeply.
"Then try it and see if you can bear the consequences of not doing so." Xia Zimo looked at Qiu Luoxue who was kneeling on the ground and said.
"Are you threatening me?" Qiu Luoxue asked.
"You can take it as a threat." Xia Zimo said.
"What if I don't?" Qiu Luoxue asked again.
"You will be the one who dies."
Xia Zimo's tone did not carry any emotion, which made Qiu Luoxue extremely strange. She has always forgotten that Xia Zimo is also a ruthless emperor. He used to be kind to himself, as if they were really friends. But today, it seems that Qiu Luoxue has thought too much. This supreme king only has his power and country in his eyes, no friends, no love.
But why does Qiu Luoxue feel so wronged? The moment Xia Zimo said those words, she couldn't help but shed tears. For whom are these tears? For him? For yourself? Or is it for ......
"I can't do it." Qiu Luoxue looked at Xia Zimo with tears in her eyes and said.
Xia Zimo squatted down in front of Qiu Luoxue, lifted her chin with her hand, and said: "If you can't do it, you have to do it, this is something you should learn as a prime minister, there is still a long way to go, you can't always be so soft-hearted, otherwise it will only be you who will die."
"I don't want to be a prime minister, and I don't want to learn this, you let me go." Qiu Luoxue pleaded.
"It's late." Xia Zimo said.
Qiu Luoxue left crying, maybe because she was afraid, maybe because she was sad, or maybe she felt wronged. Xia Zimo's mood was also very melancholy, and the moment she cried, he regretted it. As Qiu Luoxue walked away step by step, his heart also went away, and he followed her.
Nie Yuan was waiting for Qiu Luoxue outside the hall, seeing that her eyes were slightly red when she came out, and there were still tears in her eyes, he asked suspiciously, "Are you crying?"
"Nope." Qiu Luoxue denied it, but as soon as her voice came out, it was obviously crying and aggrieved.
Nie Yuan was already very sure that she was crying, and asked, "Why are you crying?" Didn't you go to discuss matters with Your Majesty? β
"Don't mention that person to me, he's a ruthless, mediocre and cruel man, and I'll never pay attention to him again." Qiu Luoxue said angrily.
"Okay, then ignore it, let's go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion." Although Nie Yuan's tone still showed no traces of emotion, it was doting.
"I don't want to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, you can take me away." Qiu Luoxue looked at Nie Yuan and said.
"Where?" Nie Yuan asked.
"It's good to go anywhere." Qiu Luoxue replied.
"Okay." To Qiu Luoxue's surprise, Nie Yuan actually agreed and fulfilled this agreement.
Nie Yuan really took Qiu Luoxue away, and the two of them found a horse and went out from the East City Gate, walking aimlessly all the way.
The news in the palace has always spread very quickly, and within an hour, almost everyone in the capital knows the news that the prime minister came out crying from His Majesty's imperial study, and everyone speculates about what happened.
"I heard that Luo Xue went out of the palace crying today." Xia Ziyan couldn't resist his curiosity, and immediately went into the palace to ask Xia Zimo after receiving the news.
"News is fast." Xia Zimo said lukewarmly.
"Of course, everyone in the capital knows." Xia Ziyan said, "What did you do to him?" β
"What can I do to him?"
"This is going to ask you, Brother Huang, I don't know." Xia Ziyan said.
Xia Zimo glanced at him and asked, "Are you here to question me?"
Xia Ziyan smiled and said, "No, I'm here to report to the imperial brother, Nie Yuan went out from the East City Gate with Luo Xue, and no one knows where they are going."
"Is it possible to run away from the country again?" Xia Zimo muttered.
"You teach me how to ride a horse." Qiu Luoxue and Nie Yuan came to the suburbs, and their speed was full, it seemed that they were not running away in a negative mood, but going for a walk in the suburbs.
"Today?" Nie Yuan asked.
"Well, today, now." Qiu Luoxue turned her head and smiled at Nie Yuan, her smile was incomparably bright, and she didn't have the appearance of crying just now.
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"Legs clamped between the horse's belly, hands hold here." Nie Yuan said as he handed the reins to Qiu Luoxue, who was sitting on a horse. "Then, take a picture when you want to go......"
"I know, like this, drive~" Qiu Luoxue couldn't wait to move forward, and before Nie Yuan could finish the rest of the words, she patted the horse's buttocks, tightened the reins, and let the horse run.
"Do you know how to stop?" Before Nie Yuan could react, Qiu Luoxue had already ridden away, leaving him alone and asked in a daze.
What answered him was Qiu Luoxue's pig-like cry: "Ah...... Help, how do you stop this? Nie Shi, save me......"
Nie Yuan really didn't have an ordinary headache, seeing her like this, he immediately rushed forward, fortunately, he was very good at light skills, his speed was extremely fast, and the trees on both sides enabled him to better play his light skills.
Qiu Luoxue only learned how to let the horse go, neither turning nor stopping, the horse has been running frantically forward after being photographed, the speed is extremely fast, scared her screaming and practicing, but there is nothing she can do but call for help to Nie Yuan. But Nie Yuan hasn't come over yet, and she has encountered even more trouble.
"Tree ...... Trees, what should I do? Stop, stop, ah~~" The horse kept running forward, but there was a big tree in front of it, and Qiu Luoxue was even more scared now.
Since you can't dodge, what can you do? Just close her eyes, out of sight is quiet, so she simply closed her eyes and waited for the moment when she hit the tree.
Just when the horse was about to hit the big tree in front of him, Nie Yuan tapped the tree next to him with both feet, using the momentum to bounce himself, and he landed steadily on the horse from the air, holding the reins tightly with both hands, forcing it to stop before the horse hit the tree.
Quiet, without the neighing of the horses, in addition to quiet, there is also the sound of his own "bang" heartbeat, and the sound of Nie Yuan's breathing.
"Is it safe?" Qiu Luoxue asked, and it was not difficult to hear from her tone that she was frightened.
"I haven't learned to stop yet, how can I start casually? Have you always been reckless? Nie Yuan's voice came down from Qiu Luoxue's top and entered her eardrums, it was a voice with anger and concern.
"I was wrong." Qiu Luoxue obediently admitted her mistake.