Emperor Hong Zheng was very ironclad and looked at Yan Rongling.

"Prince, you don't have anything to say to me? I want to hear your explanation. ”

Yan Rongling quickly recalled the contents of the letter. In the secret letter, he did instruct Yang Yin to act when he saw the opportunity, but he couldn't let Xiao Yao return to Beijing alive.

This was irrefutable, Yan Rongling knelt down: "Father, since Xiao Yao has been missing for many days, then you should treat him as dead." ”

"If you just want Xiao Yao to die now, I won't be angry. I just want to know, a few years ago, the Liao people should enter the Yumen Pass, is that what do you mean? ”

Emperor Hong Zheng's eyes were like falcons, staring at Yan Rongling, waiting for his answer.

"It's not. As the crown prince, he naturally knows what is possible and what cannot be done. This was not done by the sons. ”

Emperor Hong Zheng looked at Yan Rongling, although he was not as beautiful as Xiao Jiu, he was indeed a beautiful man.

How could such a man with outstanding appearance and noble birth do such a thing that dishonors his conscience and insults his ancestors and ancestors.

"You don't have to quibble, I have eyes. How did you defeat the Liao people in such a quick time, isn't it because of this name? ”

Emperor Hong Zheng kept talking in a low voice, and when he said this, he couldn't hold back his anger anymore, grabbed the Pixiu jade paperweight on the table, and smashed it towards Yan Rongling.

Yan Rongling didn't dare to dodge, and the Pixiu paperweight flew past his sideburns, marking a bloody mark, and finally landed on the marble floor, shattering.

"Father, the son doesn't have it, do you have any evidence?"

"Evidence?"

Emperor Hong Zheng didn't laugh angrily, looked at Yan Rongling coldly, and said in a deep voice: "My words are evidence!" If you weren't the prince, if you weren't my son, you'd be on the ground right now. ”

"What does the father mean that this head can stay on the shoulders of his sons for a few more days?"

Emperor Hong Zheng saw that Yan Rongling's expression was flat, and he was even more angry, and roared in a low voice: "Rong Ling, how can you do such a thing for a woman? ”

"Father, this is not an ordinary woman, this is my most beloved woman. When you forced your son to give up on her, you should have thought that there would be today. ”

Yan Rongling slowly raised his head, his eyes were cold and complicated, and he looked at Emperor Hong Zheng.

There was a small wound on his sideburns, and blood snaked down from the wound, forming beads of blood. Dripping from the chin to the placket, a fiery red flower blooms.

Emperor Hong Zheng's heart tightened, and he said coldly: "I gave you a choice. ”

"No, Father. You didn't give your son a choice. If you had chosen Mingzhu at that time, I was afraid that Mingzhu would have died, right? ”

Yan Rongling knelt on the ground with a blank expression, but his back was straight, and he looked at Emperor Hong Zheng calmly. The eyebrows and eyes, which are usually as warm as jade, are now like cold knives out of the sheath, cold and fierce.

Emperor Hong Zheng was speechless and hesitated: "I just made the best choice for the sake of my ancestors and the society of the country. ”

"Father, the son is not a puppet sitting on a dragon chair. Erchen wants to govern the world and the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou. I also want to join hands with her, stand on the highest place, and accept the worship of 10,000 people. It's a pity that my father was unwilling. ”

Yan Rongling said, as if she felt a little sarcastic, and pulled out a smile that was more ugly than crying.

Emperor Hong Zheng was heartbroken and said angrily: "Could it be that the continuation of the thousand-year-old national honor of my Yan clan is not as good as Mingzhu alone?" ”

"Father, even if the son marries Mingzhu, what impact will it have on Yu Dazhou Guozuo? Besides, there is the Queen Mother, as well as the Guanwen Marquis Mansion, and the Qinguo Mansion is here, even if my son's ministers are weak for three thousand and only take one scoop to drink, what if they do. ”

As soon as Yan Rongling thought that Mingzhu was married to Xiao Yao, he felt like a knife.

If his father had agreed to this family affair earlier, it would not have been Xiao Yao's turn to marry Mingzhu at all, and he would not have married Zhang Dandan.

Emperor Hong Zheng let out a rare sigh and said: "Rong Ling, you have been in the court for many years, and this dragon chair is easy to sit on. Either there was a war in the east, or a flood in the west, and from time to time there were assassins, ground movements, pestilences, and droughts. How can you still be blinded by the love of children? ”

"Erchen knows that his father is diligent and loves the people like a son, but he doesn't know what this has to do with Mingzhu?"

Emperor Hong Zheng rarely explained: "The power around Mingzhu is too great, if she is the queen, there will be a situation of the harem's sole favor." So if she has been unpregnant, you have to trust other people, how will she be willing? As long as you have two hearts in the future, the world will be in chaos. ”

"Father wants to say that Mingzhu is a first-class demon girl?"

Emperor Hong Zheng did not answer, but asked again: "Then if one day, someone catches the pearl, aren't you even willing to give up the country?" ”

Yan Rongling didn't answer, the self in the dream would be such a fool.

But now I have the ability to protect my sweetheart, and I don't have to put my fate in the hands of others. The father is just alarmist, hypothetical.

"Since my father said that the power behind Mingzhu is not ordinary, how could she fall into the hands of others and use it to blackmail me?"

Emperor Hong Zheng saw Yan Rongling's answer, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After a while, he said majestically: "As the crown prince, collaborating with the enemy and treason is an unforgivable crime. If you still want to go your own way, I can only let you go back to the East Palace to reflect on yourself. ”

Yan Rongling raised his head and looked at Emperor Hong Zheng calmly.

"The father wants to ban the feet of his sons, is he trying to make time and let Ye Shisan save Xiao Yao, right? Isn't my father considerate of his sons at all? ”

Emperor Hong Zheng also lowered his face and said lightly: "Xiao Yao is in the country and at home, I have to save it." ”

"Then if the son-in-law must let Xiao Yao die, what will happen to the father?"

Yan Rongling didn't give an inch, and the pleading in his eyes was about to overflow his eyes, making Emperor Hong Zheng, who had always been hard-hearted, shaken a little.

"Rong Ling, I am not the only prince of you, if you really don't want to be the prince. I wouldn't mind changing people? ”

Facing the threat of Emperor Hong Zheng, Yan Rongling suddenly kowtowed to Emperor Hong Zheng, then raised his head and said with a firm gaze: "Father is forcing his son?" If Yan Shaoxun becomes the crown prince and ascends the throne as the emperor in the future, will there still be a place for his sons? ”

Emperor Hong Zheng looked at Yan Rongling, who looked sad but had a somewhat crazy look in his eyes, and suddenly he didn't know what to say?

"Okay, you first remove all your duties and go back to the East Palace to stay. After Xiao Yao returns to Beijing safely, I will let you out. ”

After Emperor Hong Zheng finished speaking, he pressed his temples with his hands a little tiredly.

But what he didn't expect was that Yan Rongling got up from the ground and didn't receive the order to thank him. Instead, he calmly took back the secret letter from the royal table.

"Rong Ling, what are you going to do?"

Emperor Hong Zheng was really furious at this time, he didn't expect that Yan Rongling would dare to resist the decree and disrespect.

But the more terrifying thing was behind, Yan Rongling strained his hands, and the secret letter turned into pieces of residue.