Chapter 20: Punishment
In the face of Emperor Jianyuan's anger, Xie Yanhe secretly felt bad, she knew that she was self-defeating.
It's just that the accusation of Emperor Jianyuan only made Xie Yanhe feel ridiculous.
If Gu Jiuheng is slandering, what about the prince who listens to slander? The prince of a country listens to and believes, how stupid is it?!
However, even though Xie Yanhe was not angry in his heart, he didn't want to cause trouble for his husband, so he could only say against his will: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and the courtiers don't dare." ”
"Don't dare?" What a "don't dare"! Wei Zhao sneered in his heart, doubting his original decision for the first time.
Probably because this little girl stayed in the barracks all the year round with her in the early years, compared to the rough soldiers, the little girl preferred the gentle and jade-like scholars. Gu Jiuheng is like this, and so is her cousin Gu Yan, who can always make her look the other way.
Wei Zhao will never forget the scene he saw in the palace on a sunny afternoon: the little girl was holding a white cat with blue-green mandarin duck eyes and white snow in his arms, and Gu Jiuheng was holding a book in his hand and was teaching the little girl.
The handsome young man's voice was warm and beautiful when he taught, and when the little girl raised her eyes to look at her husband, a pair of crooked eyes seemed to be full of stars.
That was the first time Wei Zhao had tasted jealousy.
This kind of negative emotion is like a frenzied aquatic plant growing under the dark water, even his heart is as cold as iron, it is wrapped in pervasiveness, making him breathless. Even though...... At that time, the girl was still his future daughter-in-law.
Wei Zhao used the power in his hand to select Gu Jiuheng as the young master of the crown prince, separating the two people from a distance. But his dark mind is like an ice-breaking pool, and under the undisturbed surface of the water are countless surging dark tides.
Wei Zhao often laughed at himself and thought that even though he was a king of life and death, he couldn't control his emotions, and he knew that he shouldn't, but he could only let his desires burst and spread, and finally got out of control......
But now, the situation is becoming clearer. The crown prince has already married a wife, and Gu Jiuheng stands on the opposite side of sleep.
But what Wei Zhao didn't expect was that Mianmian would intercede for Gu Jiuheng.
Wei Zhao's deep ink eyes flashed with a hint of darkness.
He looked at Xie Yanhe's eyes like a bottomless pool of water, as if he was about to drown Xie Yanhe in the pool.
Xie Yanhe suddenly looked away from her back, and she looked away a little uncomfortably.
Seeing this, Wei Zhao faintly withdrew his gaze, and his hoarse voice did not distinguish between joy and anger: "You care about this gentleman of yours." ”
Xie Yanhe's heart suddenly lifted, for fear that he would harm Mr. Gu because of his intercession.
However, to her gratification, Emperor Jianyuan seemed to have just unintentionally sighed and skipped the topic.
"Mianmian, after Xie Han pacified Xizhou, I want to crown him as the general of the auxiliary state, and when he has served in the position of the protector of Anxi for three years, he can return to Beijing to reunite with you. After returning to Beijing, I reserved the position of hussar general for him, and he will defend the Beijing division in the future. ”
Wei Zhao stepped down from the throne and stopped in front of Xie Yanhe, placing one arm on the back of Xie Yanhe's chair, forming an intimate and possessive posture.
Xie Yanhe's body instinctively leaned back, but Wei Zhao held down his shoulder.
Xie Yanhe's eyes immediately appeared with a thick panic, and she said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty......" Immediately, a soft flutter covered her tender red lips in a panic.
If it is heard by the palace people outside......
"Mianmian, are you afraid of me?" Wei Zhao picked up a strand of Xie Yanhe's hair, the touch between his fingers was silky, Wei Zhao couldn't put it down, and couldn't help but put it between his nose and sniffed it gently.
The faint fragrance of the girl's hair made him stretch his eyebrows, and Wei Zhao put it between his lips and kissed it.
Xie Yanhe was like a little beast caught in a trap, surrounded by thorns, and she had no way to escape.
Two lines of tears rolled down the girl's snow cheeks, and Xie Yanhe looked at the emperor with sad eyes, his eyes full of pleading.
"Your Majesty, the courtiers first promised to marry the prince, and then the prince repented of her marriage, if the courtiers are not clear with Your Majesty again, how can they still have the face to live in the world."
Xie Yanhe knew very well the injustice of this world to women, a pair of bright eyes full of tears, and those beautiful eyes were full of despair.
Xie Yanhe only hated himself now for why he came back from Jiangnan. If he was still in the Gu family, with his grandmother and cousin to protect him, how could he fall into the desperate situation he is in today.
"Mianmian, I promised you to the prince, this is the most regrettable decision I have ever made." Wei Zhao now hates him for being obsessed with his son as long as he thinks that the woman he loves has had a relationship with his son.
Obviously, he could also give her the most honorable position of a woman in the world and give her the best everything in the world, but he gave her to the prince for the sake of Gangchang.
Royalty has never been a place to talk about rules. How sloppy and ridiculous I was at the beginning!
If it weren't for the previous will, maybe now, Mianmian wouldn't have avoided himself like a snake and scorpion.
Wei Zhao retracted his thoughts. Looking at the silent weeping appearance of his beloved woman, he couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted, and he compromised: "That's it, I'll give you a while, go back and think about it." ”
Do you still need to think about such a ridiculous thing?
Xie Yanhe was at a loss in his heart. However, in a moment, her expression became firm again. She couldn't let her deceased parents be disgraced by herself.
"Your Majesty!" Xie Yanhe broke free of Wei Zhao's clamps, and she knelt on the ground on her knees, her snow-white forehead smashing a dazzling red mark on the cold floor tiles.
Xie Yanhe smiled sadly: "Does Your Majesty love my appearance?" She pulled out the golden hairpin in her hair with her backhand, and the sharp end of her tail pressed against her face like ice crystals and snow.
Xie Yan and his subordinates exerted their strength, and bright blood beads poured out from her snow-white skin, and the extreme red and white reflected each other, as poignant as a red plum in the snow.
It all happened unexpectedly.
"Stop!" Wei Zhao shouted in a deep voice.
He snatched the hairpin that Xie Yanhe was holding in his hand, his ink eyes sank, his deep gaze was extremely cold, and there was a cloud between his eyebrows that could not be dissolved.
He fixed his gaze at the young and jade-looking girl in front of him: cloudy sideburns and misty mustaches, delicate and delicate; The eyebrows are like spring mountains, the eyes are full of autumn water, like a fairy who has fallen into the mortal world, and he smiles lightly, all of which are soul-snatching.
However, at this moment, the girl is like a flower that has lost its moisture, her expression is sad, her eyes are broken, and she is so fragile that she seems to be about to ride the wind.
Wei Zhaojunyi's face gradually became covered with a thick layer of frost, and the color in his eyes became more and more terrifying.
"Mianmian, are you so disgusted with me?" Looking at the piercing wound on Xie Yanhe's face, Wei Zhao couldn't tell whether he was more angry or more distressed in his heart.
It was the first time Xie Yanhe had seen such an Emperor Jianyuan.
is no longer an elder who dotes on her, but as a generation of heroes, the unfathomable power of the heavens, such a domineering and unparalleled majesty makes Xie Yanhe feel a deep chill from the soles of his feet, and her fingertips are as cold as ice. It seems that in the next moment, she will turn into powder in the majesty of the Son of Heaven.
It turns out that this is the real Your Majesty.
Xie Yan and her braided teeth tightly clasped the red lip flap, and it was not until she tasted a smell of blood between her lips and teeth that she could barely restrain the heavy fear in her heart.
At this time, she can't retreat! Take a step back, what awaits her is a catastrophe!
"Courtier......" Xie Yanhe's trimmed nails like peach petals pinched her tender palm hard, and the sharp pain of the broken nails suddenly made her sober up a little.
Xie Yanhe raised her eyes, her pale face had regained her composure, and her gaze was unwavering, as if she had the will to die: "Your Majesty, the courtiers ask you to fulfill it." ”
Wei Zhao didn't expect that the girl who was raised by his thousands of pets would cry aggrievedly when she bumped her knee in the past, but now her temperament is so strong.
It was so strong that Wei Zhao wanted to tie her to the leg and beat her hard.
Wei Zhao said in a deep voice: "Mianmian, do you know what kind of fate you will fall into once you don't have my protection?" ”
Of course Xie Yanhe knows.
In fact, she already knew about it three years ago.
Those who used to welcome her in every way changed their faces in an instant, as if everyone could step on her.
The disdain and ridicule hidden in her eyebrows, the ridicule and invincing in the shadows, haunted her like maggots on tarsal bones, like nightmares.
The taste of falling from the clouds to the dust, the humiliation and despair, made her want to die immediately.
At that time, she was too weak, so she would follow her grandmother's arrangement to avoid Jiangnan, and now, she is just re-experiencing this taste.
Even so, Xie Yanhe thinks that it is better than being ruined, and it is better than letting his parents be ashamed because of her.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to fulfill it." Xie Yanhe's forehead slammed heavily on the ground, and his calm voice revealed unshakable determination.
Being repeatedly contradicted by Xie Yan and others, Wei Zhao's dark ink eyes couldn't help but have a trace of annoyance. Anyway, she had to kowtow to break her head and bleed, and he would fulfill her.
After a while, Wei Zhao coldly hooked his thin lips: "Okay, I will fulfill you!" ”
"Feng Ying!" Wei Zhao shouted.
Feng Ying, who was waiting outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, turned pale, he hurriedly pushed the door in, and out of the corner of his eye, he secretly glanced at the county lord of Yonghe who was kneeling on the ground.
When he saw the shallow wound on the flawless snow cheek of the county lord of Yonghe, Feng Ying's heart chuckled, and he quickly lowered his eyes: "What does Your Majesty command?" ”
"After receiving the sign of the county lord of Yonghe, you will not be allowed to enter the palace without a summons in the future!" Wei Zhao had already returned to the throne, and his handsome face was as cold as ice.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Feng Ying's mind turned: This Yonghe County Lord is really bold, and he has angered His Majesty several times. If it is a different person, I am afraid that the grass on the grave is three feet high, that is, the county lord of Yonghe relies on the emperor's favor to dare to refute His Majesty's face.
Although His Majesty seems to be ruthless this time, Feng Ying knows that the two people in front of him are fighting with immortals, and they may be reconciled one day.
Feng Ying didn't dare to treat the county lord of Yonghe like he did with the minister who had fallen out of favor, his respectful tone was the same as before, and he said very carefully: "County lord? ”
Xie Yanhe handed a jade plaque of mutton fat and white jade to Feng Ying, she wiped the blood beads on her skin with a handkerchief, and knelt there silently.
"Stand down!" Wei Zhao's tone was cold.
He picked up a letter on the imperial case in his hand, as if he didn't want to look at Xie Yanhe any more.
"The courtiers are retired!"
Xie Yan and Ji Ji bowed down.
After kneeling for a long time, Xie Yanhe's knees were a little numb, and when he got up, his body involuntarily stumbled, but fortunately he was helped by Feng Ying, who was quick in his eyes.
Wei Zhao's heart fell back at this time. He lowered his eyebrows and thought to himself: Feng Ying, this minion, is still quite eye-catching!