Emperor Mingzong's words exploded like a thunderbolt, shaking several people in the imperial study.

It's just that the prince's heart is full of ecstasy, and Zhang Xu and Li Yan are subconsciously incredulous, which also appropriately hides the worries in their hearts.

Only Lin Ruo froze in place, looking at Emperor Mingzong in a daze for a long time, opening his mouth and unable to say a complete sentence.

"The Emperor...... Emperor...... The Emperor ......"

"Minhui, what are you doing in a daze? Thank you for it! ”

The prince suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and urged Lin Ruo.

Emperor Mingzong glanced at the crown prince imperceptibly, his gaze refixed on Lin Ruo, and slowly spoke: "Minhui, are you dissatisfied with my decision? ”

In his voice, he couldn't discern the emotions of the Son of Heaven at the moment

Lin Ruo came back to his senses, took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, the corners of his mouth barely pulled out an awkward smile, and his voice also trembled with a hint of uncertainty in his voice: "Your Majesty, you ...... Are you kidding Minhui? ”

"You don't joke, what's the matter, does Minhui think there's something wrong with my decision?"

The prince just wanted to open his mouth and reminded Lin Ruo again, but this time, Zhang Xu's hand was fast enough and he tugged the prince's back swing hard, and finally blocked the words that the prince wanted to say in his throat. But if the scorching gaze poked at Lin Ruo substantially, he couldn't wait to kowtow to her and kneel down to thank the emperor.

Lin Ruo knelt on the ground with a thud and said uneasily: "Your Majesty, this is ...... This is an important matter for the imperial court, the Lin family is just a businessman, and it is afraid that it will be inappropriate to supervise this matter, so please ask the emperor to think twice. ”

Li Yan also knelt down with Lin Ruo, but never said a word.

He entered the palace this time, although he was nominally Lin Ruo's brother-in-law, but he had no fame, and he was the son of the big shopkeeper under the Lin family, and in the eyes of the emperor, he was actually a descendant of the Lin Mansion. Lin Ruo is the young lady of the Lin family, and she is the princess of Rong, she knelt down, how could he stand aside when he entered the palace with her?

"But just now you gushed to refute the Confucian view of 'not in his position, not in his government', although the Lin family is not in his position, but he has the talent to plan this government!" Emperor Mingzong smiled meaningfully, "Your uncle has prepared a large dowry for you, and I feel that if this 'Qingmiao Law' is to be implemented properly, it is really necessary for the Lin family to come forward." ”

Lin Ruo "chuckled" in her heart, looked at Emperor Mingzong, who was not like a joke, and then looked at the prince who was looking at her eagerly, her heart sank, and the whole person fell down, and her forehead slammed on the back of her overlapping hands: "Minhui is brave, beg the emperor...... Take back your fate. ”

The words "take back your fate" seem to have a thousand weights.

Compared with the shock and anger of the crown prince, Emperor Mingzong's reaction can really be described as "understatement".

"Minhui, are you trying to resist the order?"

There was no obvious anger in Emperor Mingzong's tone, but there was some playfulness with a deep meaning.

Lin Ruo did not answer, still maintaining the posture of prostrating on the ground, and repeated: "I implore the emperor to take back his fate!" The tone was a little more determined than the previous one.

"Minhui!"

Emperor Mingzong's voice suddenly sank, and this sound frightened the crown prince, Zhang Xu, and even Chen Guan to kneel on the ground tremblingly, not daring to raise their heads.

Lin Ruo still turned a deaf ear, and said loudly again: "I implore the emperor, take back your life!" ”

The emperor was angry.

This is something that everyone in the study knows all too well.

The needle drop in the imperial study room was quiet, and Emperor Mingzong did not speak for a long time, and the people kneeling on the ground did not dare to come out.

"Please ask the emperor to step back and forth, the slave and maid have something important to say."

"This matter is related to the safety of the royal family, and the emperor is asked to step down!"

"Please Your Majesty, step back and go!"

It was as if my mind had drifted back to more than thirty years ago......

The stubborn woman also knelt in front of the imperial study so firmly, but she did not prostrate herself on the ground, but looked straight at him with such a pair of fearless and fearless eyes, and always saw the bottom of his heart.

Her voice is just as crisp.

"Actually, I wasn't too scared at the time, but the emperor, you have been silent, the more silent I am, the more panicked I become......"

"But I thought later, it's really worth it to exchange my humble life for the peace of the Queen Mother, so I'm not afraid. However, the way you looked at that time, Your Majesty, was really scary. No wonder everyone says, 'When the princes are angry, they will be bloody; The emperor was furious, and the blood flowed like a river'. Fortunately, the emperor is a Ming monarch, and he didn't ask me about my crimes, which can be regarded as a blessing......"

This was the answer he gave when he asked her if she was really not afraid when she broke into the imperial study and angered him.

The princes were angry, and the blood was thousands of miles; The emperor was furious, and the blood flowed like a river......

Emperor Mingzong looked at Lin Ruo, who was kneeling in front of the imperial case and trembling, and for a while, his thoughts were a little blurred.

Is it her?

Sure enough, when she broke into the imperial study and faced his fierce gaze, she was scared......

"Chen Guan, you all retreat to the side hall."

Back then, it was also Chen Guan who served in the imperial study, so on the surface, there was nothing wrong with what he said.

Chen Guan has served Emperor Mingzong for decades, although he feels that there seems to be something wrong with his master, but under the anger of Long Yan, he did not dare to ask questions, and was busy leading the prince, Zhang Xu and Li Yan to the side hall.

Although the prince was unwilling, he did not dare to disobey.

Li Yan hesitated slightly, but after all, he was silently dissuaded by the old eunuch Chen Guan with his eyes, and left.

In the huge imperial study, only Emperor Mingzong and Lin Ruo remained.

One sat behind the royal case, and the other knelt on the cold floor tiles.

"Kite, get up!"

Emperor Mingzong seemed to be still obsessed with the memories of the past, forgetting that the person kneeling in front of him was Lin Ruo, not Lin Yuan'er. blurted out a voice with rare tenderness.

He even involuntarily got up, walked to the person who suddenly froze in a kneeling posture, and carefully helped her up: "Kite, you get up, what do you want to say, I know, I believe!" I immediately sent people to Puji Temple to save my mother. You stay here, don't go anywhere......"

Don't go anywhere!

It's too dangerous over there, the sword has no eyes, and you're going to get hurt......

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Mingzong suddenly realized that something was wrong, and Lin Ruo's panicked "Emperor" had already fallen to the ground in fright again, and the "poof" sound made Emperor Mingzong completely sober.

In this imperial study, there is no Lin Kite.

Yes, it's just Lin Ruo.

Emperor Mingzong narrowed his eyes, and his face sank.

"The Emperor's ......"

The sound of mosquitoes and flies finally broke the silence, and Emperor Mingzong raised his hand, rubbed his sore temples, and did not return to the dragon chair behind the imperial case.

lowered his hand, looked at Lin Ruo who was trembling condescendingly, and told himself firmly that Lin Ruo's stubbornness was the same as Lin Kite'er; But Lin Ruo is not Lin Kite after all, because Lin Kite has never been so afraid of him......

After a long time, Emperor Mingzong finally said calmly: "Get up." ”