The Lotus County Lord returned to King Yuan Wei's bedside and looked at him in a panic.

His breathing was struggling, and his eyes were blankly open.

It's really sick, maybe time is short, and before I leave, I must let my daughter understand the reason.

"You get down on your knees." He commanded the lotus.

Lotus knelt down, which meant that her father was going to explain what was going on to her, and thinking of this, her throat was hot, and she desperately held back tears.

"Our Yuan Kingdom is a small land, and the area is only twice the size of the capital of Puguo, why has it always been able to exist independently?"

"The daughter is dull, please make it clear to the father."

"It's just that we can leverage our strength. All the nations want to annex us, but they fight each other, and no one will allow anyone to swallow us. ”

"Father, now Emperor Pu Xuan is obviously bullying us, let me be his son's side concubine! Why am I unreliable if I have to marry? Don't you feel aggrieved? Lotus felt that her father was very swoon.

"Yuan is a thousand-year-old country. Yuan Guoren has a sense of pride in his country, and his living habits are completely different from other countries. They don't want to be people of other countries, they don't want to obey the laws and rules of other countries. In order for them to live and work in peace and contentment according to their wishes, we must ensure that Yuan can be independent and free from war. For the sake of our Yuan people, our father and daughter were a little wronged, which is nothing. When King Yuan Wei said this, he was a little out of breath.

"Don't say it, my daughter understands!" Lotus hurriedly got up and touched his chest to help him calm down.

"Understand what? Tell me about it! King Yuan Wei pushed her hand away and asked uneasily.

"If we refuse to marry, Emperor Pu Xuan will no longer protect us, and the Northern Snow Country and the Tiger Kingdom will come to bully us, and we will have no peace in the country."

King Yuan Wei's face showed relief and said, "In order for the people of Yuan Wei to be able to live independently, you must sacrifice your personal independence for this. ”

Lotus nodded sadly. As soon as his brother left, his father was critically ill, and the future of the entire Yuan Weiguo was heavily pressed on his shoulders.

I can no longer be the carefree Lotus Lord I was at the beginning.

"Remember, the weak must learn to surrender, to use their strength. We are only superficial submissions, and the pride of our hearts will never be extinguished. ”

Lotus nodded.

"You swear to me to live for the people of Yuan, not for yourself."

Lotus stretched out her hand, took out her sword, and slid it into the palm of her hand, letting the blood flow out, as a sign that she would defend her vow with her life.

Seeing this, King Yuan Wei closed his eyes and rested with satisfaction.

My daughter is very smart, she can understand it at a point, and her illness is worth it.

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In the lobby of the Criminal Department, the public trial of the Banyue case began.

The presiding judge is Fan Le, the secretary of the Criminal Department, that is, Fan Lu's father.

The day before the trial, he received a silver tael from Father-in-law Zhe, asking him to deal with Banyue strictly.

He didn't dare not accept it.

As soon as Father-in-law Ochre left, he returned to the room and suddenly met Fan Lu's disdainful gaze.

"You...... You scared Lao Tzu, when did you come back? Fan Le patted his chest.

"Dad, you say one thing and do another, you are not worthy of being my father!" Fan Lu said angrily.

Before, my father nodded in front of the eunuch, and I saw it all.

"You know a fart, you don't have a father, how can you be where you are today!"

"The so-called 'spotless, fresh breeze on both sleeves', who do you say to listen, 'Cang is full of birds, and the grass is full of foxes and rabbits' to describe you more appropriately."

Fan Le didn't refute, nor did he get angry, and said sullenly: "You come with me." Then he hugged the silver taels on the table and walked towards the small ancestral hall in the backyard.

In the ancestral hall, above the ancestral tablet, hang a plaque, on which the book "just as a mountain".

If it were in the past, Fan Le would feel full of excitement when he came here, and he would be proud of his father.

But now, he glanced listlessly at the scribbled words, and felt that it was fake.

Fan Le bolted the door of the ancestral hall, removed the puff cushion on the ground, and turned a certain row on the table.

Fan Lu watched coldly from the sidelines, only to see a bang, and a tunnel appeared on the ground.

"Take the menorah and follow me." Fan Le commanded.

Fan Lu made a move and went down the tunnel with him with a candle.

Below the staircase is a square basement, about the size of the ground level of the ancestral hall above.

It was surrounded by shelves, and the shelves were filled with gold and silver treasures.

Fan Lu said in surprise: "Dad, I always thought you were a poor ghost, it turns out that you have embezzled so many things!" ”

"But I've never used it."

"Why do you want to accept it if you don't need it?"

"If you don't accept it, do you think your father can keep this official hat?"

"But how many unconscionable things have you done to collect money from others and eliminate disasters for others?"

"The Father does not receive all the silver and gold of any man, but only the things of the officials who are greater than me. If I accept it, it means that I am obedient, so that my position will not be replaced. As long as I'm here, I'm guaranteed to be as fair as possible, and it's better than if I'm fired and other bad guys take my place. ”

Fan Lu seemed to understand his father's good intentions.

He looked at the treasures, and under each of them was written who had given it, the date, and the reason.

"I don't need to, because I know that one day, these things will be revealed to the world." Fan Le said and put the gold and silver sent by the prince on the shelf, and wrote:

"The prince appointed the ochre father-in-law to send it, Gengzi Year Mid-Autumn Xin Chou, Banyue embezzled military salaries."

Fan Lu saw it, and his nasal cavity was a little hot.

"Dad, if the incident happens, you still accept bribes, and you can't escape the blame."

"Lu Er, if you are wise and foolish, it is rare to be confused, and it is the way for people like us who have no deep roots to survive in these warrior clans." Fan Le said with a sigh.

When it comes to the Shi clan gatekeeper, thinking of the bullying and contempt he has received since he was a child, Fan Lu said excitedly:

"The reason why Banyue has been ostracized is that his appearance has challenged the rules of those clans. They are afraid that in the future, more and more Banyue will appear, so that they will no longer enjoy the benefits of hereditary succession. Therefore, Banyue is the hope of our common people. Dad, you must help him! ”

"There are a lot of things I can't do. The power of the prince is not something you and I can contend with. Fan Le was not hopeful about this, "He has always refused to give up until he achieves his goal." ”

"Why didn't you report this matter to the emperor?"

"Does the emperor believe in his son or in his father? Isn't it an egg touching a stone for a father? ”

"At the end of the day, you're cowardly and think you've done justice, but you're actually helping to do it."

"When you are weak, don't use your mantis arm as a car, Taoguang is to break out one day in the future, not to die in the powerless present. Pan Yue was able to get through this difficulty, and he had to rely on himself. I can't help him. Fan Le straightened the note, "Go, I have to rest early for my father, tomorrow, I am very nervous." ”

Fan Lu looked at his father's tired figure and was full of emotion.

What qualifications do you have to condemn your father, and aren't you equally powerless?

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"Mighty—"

"Do! Quiver! Do...... "The officials standing on both sides shook the killing rod and jumped on the floor.

Banyue knelt there upright, his face was fearless, and his eyes were closed.

The hall was full of dignitaries.

After the table case is Fan Le, the secretary of the Criminal Department.

On the left, the deputy judge sits Prime Minister Liu Shangqing.

Liu Shangqing is full of white hair, with criss-crossing wrinkles on his face, which gathers the intrigues of the years, and looks like an old treacherous and cunning person.

He has high power and self-esteem, and he holds his neck high and deep, and wants to pose as impartial, but everyone understands that he is an authentic prince.

On the right, the deputy judge sits Dali Temple Qing Yu Ying, a middle-aged man, with a flushed complexion, black eye circles, fat, as if he has an excessive nightlife, and is the father-in-law of the emperor's eldest son, Shan Jiantong.

The eldest son of the emperor is also the eldest son, born to the deceased queen, and it stands to reason that he should be canonized as the crown prince.

But in the process of fighting for power, Yanagigami's faction won.

Moreover, the prince's biological mother, Concubine Chun, was very favored by Emperor Pu Xuan, and under the internal and external attacks, Emperor Pu Xuan ordained the fourth prince Shan Ni Xin as the crown prince.

According to the ancient system, the elder does not stand the young, so not only the emperor's eldest son Shan Jiantong is not convinced, but also the courtiers who support him, including Dali Temple Qing Yu Ying, etc. are not convinced.

Therefore, in this trial, what the prince is most worried about is Yu Ying making trouble.