Listening to Zhao Xi's voice, a wry smile appeared on Zhao Ling's face.

Is he willing to go to the sword mountain and the sea of fire? Hehe! If he knew Yue'er's news, even if he asked him to go to Daoshan and Fire Sea in person, he would not frown.

The smile on Zhao Ling's face was always light and faint, and he didn't move while sitting on the wide cross-backed wide chair, a pair of dark and heavy eyes quietly fell on Zhao Xi and Luo Qing, and after sweeping a few circles around the two of them, he said: "My business, I will take care of it myself, you two have been very busy recently, especially the seventh child, you are about to marry the princess, you must cultivate yourself and clean up your Xiwang Mansion well; In the past, you lived in the palace as a big man, and there was no one around you to take care of you, so it didn't matter if you lived casually, but you will soon become someone's husband, and you can't be as sloppy as before; Recently, I have a lot of things, but I really lack skills, you just keep an eye on yourself, if there is anything that needs the third brother, come to the third brother, and the third brother will lend the clouds to you. ”

Listening to Zhao Ling's generous and soft voice, Zhao Xi knew that this was the third brother supporting himself and then explaining to himself about his marriage to Qing'er; From childhood to adulthood, everything about him is closely related to the third brother.

When he was young, he was more favored than the third brother in front of his father, but occasionally he was bullied by other brothers, and the third brother often stood up to protect him; Although his riding skills were taught by his father, his swordsmanship and martial arts were taught to him by the third brother; When the third brother was sent to the battlefield by his father, he was still young at the time, and he didn't know that the battlefield was dangerous, and what he looked forward to every day was not that the third brother was safe, but kept telling the third brother to come back soon and bring him gifts.

Now that I think about myself in my childhood, how heartless I was, if it weren't for such a half-brother to protect him, I'm afraid his growth would not have gone so smoothly.

Now, however, he had hurt the most important brother to him for his own benefit; Especially when he saw him being so depressed by himself, he still cared about himself, Zhao Xi felt that he was simply the most heinous bastard in the world; I hurt the people closest to me, and I don't have the courage to face him directly.

Luo Qing was wrong, he was a coward at all, and he was not a hero at all; What qualifications does he have to make the third brother treat him so well, and what qualifications does he have to be his younger brother?!

Thinking of this, Zhao Xi suddenly burst into tears, and while he mustered up the courage to look at Zhao Ling, his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground with a 'poof', and said in a terrible voice: "Third brother, you kill me, it was I who caused you to become what you are now, it was I who deceived the third sister-in-law and made her leave you, it was I who helped my father and the emperor, and I hurt you and the third sister-in-law for myself." ”

Luo Qing, who was standing beside Zhao Xi, closed her eyes in a tremor after hearing Zhao Xi's painful confession, and at this time her face also showed a look of pain, but more of a distress and helplessness for Zhao Xi; This man, I'm afraid he has never done anything bad in his life, otherwise, how could he be so miserable in front of his brother.

She had been helping Zhao Xi find a way from the beginning, hoping to solve the problem between their brothers with the least damage, but before she could open her mouth, this stupid man recruited everything in front of the prince. Oh he! simply used a way that seemed to blow himself up, and disclosed what he had done wrong in front of the prince, such a stupid method was unbearable to witness.

Zhao Ling didn't see the distressed and helpless look on Luo Qing's face, but looked at Zhao Xi who was kneeling on the ground with tears on his face as if he had been clicked on the acupoint, and after the air was quiet for a long time, he slowly stood up with a chair, his dark eyes seemed to be wrapped in the coming storm, and he asked in a calm voice, "What did you just say?" I didn't hear clearly. ”

Zhao Xi didn't have time to wipe the tears on his face, knelt down a few steps towards the position where Zhao Ling was standing, and confessed: "Third brother, I did something wrong, and I took the third sister-in-law apart from you; If it weren't for me, the third sister-in-law wouldn't have left you, and if it hadn't been for me telling a lie, the third sister-in-law wouldn't have been disheartened with you; It's me who is wrong third brother, you beat me or kill me, and I have no complaints. ”

Zhao Ling's expression was still heavy, like an ice sculpture, after hearing Zhao Xi's confession, there was no change in the slightest, but the gradually changing hoarse voice revealed his emotional fluctuations: "You said, you saw Yue'er?" What did you say to Yue'er? Why were you able to meet Yue'er? Why did you, your father, and the two of you get together at this time? ”

Zhao Xi had already decided to confess everything, so in the face of Zhao Ling's question, there was no need for him to continue to cover it up, and explained truthfully: "Third brother, after I received the third sister-in-law's flying pigeon message, I knew that the Imperial Forest Army surrounded Ling Wang's Mansion, so I decided to come to the palace to visit the third sister-in-law at that time; But unexpectedly, my father had already expected everything, and he called me to Tai'an Palace, and told me that if I didn't help him in this matter, he would make a move to Luofu; Third brother, you should know how much your father attaches importance to you, I know very well that my father is not easy to say these words to scare people, if I don't help him, Luofu and Luo Qing will not end well. ”

Zhao Ling's eyes were red and he looked at Zhao Xi: "To put it bluntly, what did you help your father?" ”

Zhao Xi lowered his head and said, "I helped my father deceive the third sister-in-law, and you were not under house arrest in the palace, but on the side of my father; Chu Shizi's escape from prison was known to the third sister-in-law, and the father and emperor surrounded the Ling Wangfu with the Imperial Forest Army, and it was clear that he was coming for the third sister-in-law, and you were not by the third sister-in-law's side at this time, as long as I gave a little language guidance, the third sister-in-law would think that you and the father were together, in order to want to take the Jingbei Hou Mansion; The military power of the Jingbei Hou Mansion is too big, there used to be the Jiang family in the way of his father's eyes, and the father had no time to take back the military power, but now that the Jiang family is gone, the Jingbei Hou Mansion has become the thorn in his father's heart; The third sister-in-law thought that both the father and you wanted to unload the mill and kill the donkey, and the third sister-in-law even misunderstood that you gave up on her again in front of the world; Isolated and disheartened, the third sister-in-law left you. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Xi kowtowed to Zhao Ling fiercely, letting the tears in his eyes fall to the ground in large pieces, and said: "Third brother, I am not as good as a beast, I am selfish and despicable, I dare not disobey my father, and I hurt you even more for myself; The third sister-in-law trusts me very much, she will not doubt what I say, third brother, you love me even more, but I let you down and make you sad, third brother, you will punish me heavily, I committed a capital crime, I deserve to die! ”

"I really want to kill you!"

Zhao Ling finally rounded his red eyes and roared at Zhao Xi, who was kneeling on the ground.

Then, he spared the desk and came to Zhao Xi's face, grabbed Zhao Xi's collar, lifted him up from the ground, looked at him coldly, and said, "I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that in the end, the person who stabbed me in the back would be you." ”

Zhao Xi's eyes were full of tears, and he found that he was not only afraid that Luo Qing would be disappointed in him, but he was also afraid that the third brother would be disappointed in him; But now, he saw a deep disappointment and distance from him in the eyes of the third brother; For a moment, he felt that he was pushed far away by the third brother, so the third brother who had grabbed his hand and taught him to hunt rabbits seemed to have been ruthlessly 'killed' by himself.

"Third brother, I know it's wrong!"

"Wrong? Do you think your mistake can cover up what you did? Seventh, I have never been thin with you; Yes, when your father coerced you, you were meat on the chopping block, but have you ever thought that when you helped your father hurt us, when you used our trust in you to consume our feelings for you, you were also driving us to a dead end; You keep saying that you have committed a capital crime, and I want me to punish you severely, but I ask you, if you were given another chance to choose, what would you choose? Continue to help your father? Or confide in your third sister-in-law? ”

Zhao Xi didn't expect the third brother to ask him this question, yes, he regretted that he had hurt his closest brother, but if he was given another chance to make another choice, he would probably ...... I'm afraid it will ......

Seeing Zhao Xi's hesitation, Zhao Ling raised his head and laughed twice, and then slammed Zhao Xi in his hand to the ground with tears in his eyes, because he already knew his choice without him answering.

Luo Qing didn't want to watch Zhao Xi bear all the pain alone, so she quickly knelt on the ground and pleaded with Zhao Leng: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the prince has made a mistake and is an unforgivable crime, but at this time, if you let him answer those unrealistic questions, it will not change the current result in the slightest." At that time, the emperor coerced the prince, and the prince hurt His Royal Highness and Niangniang in order to protect me. If there are no courtiers, the prince's heart for Your Highness is absolutely unshakable by anyone. ”

Zhao Ling panted roughly, listened to Luo Qing's words, and slowly turned his head to look at her: "You're right, it's all because of you, it's because he wants to protect you that he hurt my woman." ”

Zhao Xi immediately heard the danger from the third brother's words, and quickly raised his head to look at the third brother, and at the same time stretched out his hand to protect Luo Qing, who was kneeling beside him, behind him, and looked at the third brother nervously: "Third brother, what are you going to do?" No! Qing'er is innocent, please don't hurt her. ”

Zhao Ling looked at Zhao Xi, who was dedicated to protecting Luo Qing, and sneered: "You also know that she is innocent, but when you hurt your third sister-in-law, have you ever thought that she is also innocent?" You know that she is very nervous in her heart and values her family, you know that I have fallen into the trap of my father, and I can't help her who is trapped in King Ling's mansion; But you still treated her worse, Zhao Xi, do you know that you not only forced her away, but also ruthlessly strangled me in her heart. Can you understand the pain in my heart and the betrayal I have endured? Someone has to pay for your actions, and you're not, it's this woman. ”