Chapter 28: The Blade
The people in the palace were silent, Chu Ziyin was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and Emperor Yuan looked at Concubine Feng coldly, waiting for her to answer.
After a long time, I saw Concubine Feng sneer. "Because the palace is not convinced!"
After quickly standing up, wanting to go straight to Yu Zhao, a guard immediately stepped forward to restrain her, but seeing that she had completely lost her usual dignity and stability, she scolded fiercely: "Why can you be in power when you enter the palace, and you can still have the honor of raising the concubine of the first queen." He looked at Chu Ziyin, who was kneeling down next to him and wanted to plead, his eyes and tone were full of sadness. This palace has served His Majesty for so long, but he can only watch his son being beaten by the wind and rain outside, and he can't do anything. ”
"Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant, I didn't teach it ......well" Concubine Shen didn't finish mocking, she was immediately thrown to the ground by a force, it was Concubine Feng who broke free, stepped forward and pinched her viciously and said: "And you, every time you rely on your family background to yell at me, this palace has long wanted to kill you......"
The resentment that had been suppressed for many years broke out at this moment, and the guards used a lot of effort to pull her away, and the Buddha beads on Concubine Feng's body were torn off and scattered all over the ground. Concubine Shen was so frightened that she was incoherent, and she stepped back and pointed at her and said, "She's crazy...... She's crazy......"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Chu Ziyin hurriedly bowed his head and pleaded: "Please also ask my father to forgive my mother for the sake of being with you for many years." ”
"Rebel son, you are not qualified to call me father!" Emperor Yuan reprimanded sharply, filled with grief and indignation, and held on to the table and gasped and ordered: "Concubine Shen and the idle people will exit first." ”
Although she was puzzled, seeing Emperor Yuan's angry appearance, Concubine Shen was frightened in her heart, and hurriedly took the person away. Concubine Feng was restrained on the ground, lost the strength to resist, and said in despair: "Your Majesty, it is all the concubines who hate because of jealousy, and it has nothing to do with Ziyin, he is your child after all, you can't deny him." ”
"Do you think you've given birth to something good?" Emperor Yuan's eyes were red with anger, and he swept all the things on the desk to the ground. Pointing at Chu Ziyin and scolding: "I thought he could reform himself, but now he colluded with the criminal ministers to rebel and seize my country!"
Hearing this, Chu Ziyin raised his head in shock, and said in a trembling voice: "Father...... Erchen did not. ”
"See for yourself!" Emperor Yuan threw Chu Zikai, Chu Ziyang, and all kinds of information collected by the secret agents in the palace to him. "The evidence is conclusive, how can you escape."
Chu Zikai told on the side: "The batch of military rations you bought for the rebels, this king has already intercepted it, presumably Qi Xing will not last long with that batch of rebels." Moreover, the secret room where Qi Xing's western suburbs hid his belongings was also sealed. ”
The evidence was conclusive, Chu Ziyin knelt on the ground and was silent, Concubine Feng was incredulous, looked around at a loss, and walked to him with great effort, holding his face that was burned beyond recognition. While crying, he asked him: "Ziyin, you didn't have it, right, you told your father that you didn't, they framed you." ”
Seeing that he still didn't speak, Concubine Feng was extremely angry, and shook him vigorously and urged: "You say, how can you do such a thing as rebellion!" You don't, right? He pointed at Chu Zikai with hatred: "Prince, it must be you, remembering the old hatred and designing to frame him." ”
Chu Zikai didn't answer, he looked ahead with a cold face and didn't know what he was thinking. Chu Ziyang arched his hand and said: "Feng Niangniang, this is indeed the case, all kinds of evidence can prove that the eldest brother colluded with Qi Xing, and also used interests to lure the displaced victims to strengthen the power of the rebel army. ”
"You talk nonsense!" Although the shouting was loud, everyone could hear the strength of the bluff. Concubine Feng knew in her heart that it was impossible to falsify this information, but as soon as such charges were confirmed, Chu Ziyin would definitely die, and she was extremely flustered in her heart, and she couldn't help but catch who bit whom. Pointing at people indiscriminately and convicting them, it took a long time to sit down and sit down on the ground.
"Erchen is not qualified to call your father?" Chu Ziyin, who had been quiet, finally spoke, his eyes were red and he looked at Emperor Yuan and said with a smile: "Then why did my father give birth to me, if it was for a moment of pleasure, why didn't he strangle me to death when I was born?" Since you have raised your sons, why do you deviate your heart so obviously? ”
"Him!" pointed at Chu Zikai and roared angrily: "What is he, what is his cheap concubine?" I am the eldest son, why can my father only see him! The sons and daughters are not convinced, and they are all persecuted by their fathers to this point! ”
"Shut up!" Hearing him mention and insult Concubine Shu, Emperor Yuan was so angry that he couldn't stop trembling on his body. Chu Zikai also suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. "If this king is incapable of taking on the great responsibility, he will give up his hand to the virtuous. Why do you think you are virtuous? It is not a big deal if the talent is not excellent, but those who can only use despicable means to deceive in the shadows will always be like mud, and it will be difficult to succeed. ”
"Chu Zikai, you bastard, you are not qualified to judge me!" Chu Ziyin was extremely angry, secretly touching the dagger in his sleeve, as soon as he remembered that the big event had been defeated and there was no room for reversal, his brain was hit by anger and hatred, he threw away Concubine Feng who was holding him, and stabbed Chu Zikai with the dagger.
"Your Highness, be careful!" Knowing that this person was sinister, Yu Zhao had been observing Chu Ziyin's movements. Seeing that he really had murderous intentions, he was anxious, and hurriedly reminded him loudly.
Fortunately, Yu Zhao reminded him, Chu Zikai reacted quickly, dodged sideways, kicked his dagger away with a roundabout, and slammed his hand, and suddenly heard the sound of broken bones. Followed by Chu Ziyin's screams and Concubine Feng's cries. As soon as he let go, he fell straight to the ground, screaming and struggling in pain.
Yu Zhao hurriedly approached, secretly observed Chu Zikai, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was not injured.
Emperor Yuan was completely disappointed, shook his head with a sad face, called Feng An over, closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, and said with difficulty: "Prince, Yin, don't repent, don't respect your father, give yourself ......"
In an instant, Concubine Feng's cry and begging for mercy echoed in the imperial study. "Your Majesty, he is your first child, you can't ...... You can't be so hateful......" Seeing that someone came up and dragged Chu Ziyin away, Concubine Feng wanted to chase after her, but she was thrown on the ground and couldn't get up. He stared at Emperor Yuan with hatred. "Your Majesty, if the tiger poison does not eat the child, you will be punished."
Hearing this, Emperor Yuan's figure paused, and slowly turned around to leave. I didn't want to take two steps, I was sad from my heart, I became angry, I was so stuck in my heart that I hurriedly held on to the wall, but to no avail, I fainted along the wall.
Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to call, Yu Zhao hurriedly went outside to order someone to invite the imperial doctor, but when he came back, he saw that Concubine Feng had already held the dagger and moved to a distance of only five feet away from Chu Zikai. Everyone's attention was on Emperor Yuan at the moment, no one paid attention at all, seeing that the dagger was about to fall on Chu Zikai's back, Yu Zhao's breath stagnated, and he used all his strength to hit Concubine Feng.
This movement made everyone look over, but they found that Concubine Feng was even more angry, no matter who was in front of her, she waved her dagger vigorously with red eyes. In a panic, he grabbed Yu Zhao, who was closest to him, and his eyes stabbed straight into her heart. Fortunately, Yu Zhao struggled, and his body was crooked, and he only made a cut on his arm.
As if the scene of the year had reappeared, Chu Zikai's heart was about to jump out when he saw this scene, and he couldn't care about anything, so he came up and kicked Concubine Feng away, protecting Yu Zhao tightly, but he was so scared that he couldn't speak.
Noticing that his hands protecting him were shaking, Yu Zhao comforted: "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”
Chu Ziyang immediately ordered someone to press Concubine Feng away, and it happened that the imperial doctor came, and he hurriedly carried Emperor Yuan into the inner room for treatment. Chu Zikai turned around and trembled and stretched out his hand to check Yu Zhao's injuries. "Zhaozhao, I'm sorry."
"I don't blame you." Yu Zhao grabbed his trembling hand and comforted him, then raised his head and raised it inside: "Let's go and see how Your Majesty is." ”
There were palpitations, Chu Zikai was still difficult to calm down, and after exhaling a breath to calm down, he went in with her.
As Emperor Yuan wished, Chu Ziyin walked silently, and Concubine Feng was so desperate that she hanged herself in her palace. issued a death order to blockade, and no one else knew about Chu Ziyin's collusion with the criminal ministers to commit treason. Emperor Yuan woke up after an hour of coma, but it was difficult to fall asleep, lying on the bed alone with his eyes open, and his tears soaked the pillow towel.
After all these experiences, Yu Zhao couldn't sleep, sitting on the edge of the bed and looking at the starry sky in a daze. There was a voice from the study inside, which was expected. So he did not turn his head or move. It wasn't until the man approached that he turned around, and immediately fell into his arms. Listen to him say softly: "It's been a long time since I've been so scared as I am today......"
"We're all fine." Yu Zhao caressed his back, and the pond in the back garden was full of lotuses, and there were a few frog chirping. It has been unusually hot since the evening. Sure enough, it started to rain at this time, and it gradually became heavier, and the fragrance of rain mixed with soil penetrated through the window, and the two hugged each other to enjoy the night rain and clear lotus scenery. At this moment, all the things that have nothing to do with each other are left behind, and the body and mind are clinging to each other, and they can't bear to open their mouths first to break the beauty of the moment.
A gust of night wind blew the rain slightly tilted and entered the window, and Chu Zikai protected Yu Zhao inside, so that she was not attacked in the slightest. He turned around and closed the window again, the wind and rain were blocked outside, and the candle flame was burning inside the house, giving people a sense of reassurance.
Yu Zhao wiped some of the rain on his body with a handkerchief, but he grabbed his hand and looked at it. "What you have in your hands, I've always wanted."
"Handkerchief?" Knowing that he was talking about the bell, he deliberately pretended to be stupid and threw the veil at him. "Here you go, no thanks."
Originally, according to the rules of the Yu family, a bell would be worn as soon as the girl was born. The treatment is given to those who are destined for life. Yu Zhao heard Yu Lu say that Chu Zikai didn't know about it originally, but once he saw Chu Ziyang also carrying a bell, and when he asked, he realized that it was sent by Yu Zhu. immediately remembered Yu Zhao's this, so he was reluctant to return it that day, but he was afraid that Yu Zhao's heart knot was not opened at that time, and he still returned it.
This moment is different, Chu Zikai feels that the bell is rightful for him. Now that I see it, I am even more persistent, Yu Zhao will follow wherever he goes.
"If you don't give it to me today, you won't be able to sleep when you go back." He sat in a chair with a solemn look, as if he was talking about territorial matters with his neighbors.
Yu Zhao was helpless, and took the bracelet wearing the bell with great difficulty, and waved his hand to indicate that he couldn't take it off. Chu Zikai stepped forward and gently opened a secret button, and the bracelet was immediately opened. Only then did Yu Zhao realize that he was holding his hand that day, and he couldn't bring it in after wearing it for a long time.
Before he could come back to his senses, he saw that he only took off the bell happily, and the bracelet was buckled back again. "It's an exchange of tokens, and you won't be allowed to rely on it in the future."
After playing cheap, he turned his head and said that he was about to take it back. Chu Zikai accepted it when he saw it, and hurriedly fled with the bell. Yu Zhao looked funny, and the gloom in his heart was mostly dissipated, and he gently blew out the candle flame and walked out of the study.