Chapter 002: Confession Edict
Xiao Rui's tone was cold: "You really disappointed me too much. ”
He threw a stack of silk cloth papers in front of Xiao Qi.
"Your father and brother inspected the barracks, and the nearby villagers had to bow three times and bow nine times, and your father privately stationed Hunan soldiers and plotted to rebel is also ironclad and undeniable. They are busy outside the palace, you pay attention to my every move in the palace, bribe the palace people to record the government, and you record what I have said and done with the courtiers and find a way to send them out of the palace. What a good combination of inside and out...... I was completely kept in the dark, not reminded by the courtiers, I still don't believe that the Long family, whom I have always trusted, would do such a dirty thing!"
Xiao Qi looked at the words on the paperwork, and his lips couldn't help but tremble.
This describes in detail how the Long family betrayed the royal family and how they colluded with foreign enemies to influence the situation of the war.
Who can do that?
It's a willow thrush.
Xiao Qi understood all at once.
"The concubine has lived in the cold palace for a long time, and the three guards inside and outside the cold palace are guarded, how can she still be in harmony with her father. Holy Vision. ”
"Triple Guard...... Even if you are a triple guard, you are not easy to run in front of me. Most of the people in the Royal Guards have followed your father and brother, and if you want to send something out, isn't it difficult?"
"Zhu'er. Xiao Rui said coldly: "If you enter the cold palace without taking your personal maidservant, I don't think it's right." When the guards caught her, she was passing on the news from inside the palace to spies outside the palace. The spy is a close confidant of your father, who has been a guest of the Dragon family for several years, traveling back and forth between Kyoto and dozens of border cities, in the name of a merchant. Zhu'er is your confidant, they talk very happily and you can see that they often correspond, do you dare to say, you don't know anything?"
Xiao Qi looked at Xiao Rui in shock.
The 'facts' in front of her caught her off guard, and she couldn't tell which part was true and which part was false.
Zhu'er is the eyeliner of the Long family in the palace?
How is this possible.
"Is this what Liu Thrush said right, Liu Thrush, her hostility towards me is clearly exposed, she caught Zhu Er, Zhu Er must be difficult to distinguish!
However, Xiao Rui didn't care about these at all, in his heart, the Long family's rebellion was a foregone conclusion, and it was impossible to make changes.
"This is a confession, sign it. ”
Xiao Qi looked at the paper that was thrown in front of her eyes in astonishment, and the evidence of the Long family and her crimes was written in cinnabar. As long as she signed and pressed her handprint, the Long family's 'crime' became a sure fact.
Xiao Qi felt a burst of sadness.
He didn't listen to her at all, and he didn't want to listen to her.
The gentleman is like a jade jade like a wife, she studied day and night, and it was easy to weave the Yingluo, which was worn on his waist on the wedding day. That is her admiration for her husband, every stitch and thread, all of which are her yearning for her future life.
However, Yingluo is still in his waist, but it is already a thing and a person.
He decided that the Long family had rebelled, and I am afraid that he had long forgotten the promise he made to her back then.
He said he would always believe her.
"The Long family was wronged, and I don't sign it. ”
Xiao Qi coaxed his eyes and said in a trembling voice.
Xiao Rui had long expected her to say this: "Your brother Long Si has been locked up in the water prison for four months, you know, he has been poisoned by the cold, and his body will never be able to withstand the cold breath in the water prison. Without your internal strength, how long do you think he can hold on?"
Xiao Rui's tone was cold and emotionless.
Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows: "You are threatening me! You are threatening me with my brother's life!"
She hated being threatened the most in her life, and it was helpless to enter the cold palace at the beginning, and now, she couldn't imagine that Xiao Rui, who she trusted the most, would threaten her with her brother's life to sign a confession edict.
"I repeat, the Long family is not guilty, and my brother was guilty because he offended the Queen Mother and did not marry her niece. My fourth brother already has a sister-in-law and a child, so how can he marry another person? This makes sense anywhere. But the queen mother relied on her high status, so she dominated the family affairs of the courtiers at will, and she had to persecute her brother, so she let her brother go to prison. He just withdrew from the marriage of the county lord, at most he was charged with the frontier, but if you don't let him go, you will frame him for rebellion!"
Xiao Qi said loudly: "The face of the royal family is face, and the courtier's life is nothing? ! Why should I lose the happiness of my sister-in-law and nephew for the sake of a county lord?" My Long family has been loyal to Da Chu for generations, how ridiculous it is to be framed and slandered like this!"
"You are not allowed to talk about the Queen Mother. Xiao Rui said coldly.
"Have you forgotten how the Long family repelled the Hunan army, maintained the stability of the border passes, and how they sent you to the throne, without the Long family, how could you ascend to the throne!"
Before Xiao Qi could finish speaking, he was slapped hard by Xiao Rui.
Her face was so hot that she slammed to the ground.
Xiao Rui was furious, squatted down, squeezed her chin hard, and forced her to look at herself.
"Let me tell you, without the Long family, I am also the son of heaven of Da Chu. You have been proud of your dragon family for too long, controlling the government and coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven, I tell you, such days have passed. As long as I reign for one day, I won't let your Long family be so arrogant. ”
Xiao Qi's words touched Xiao Rui's bottom line.
The Long family is a thorn in his heart, a fact that he tries his best to deny but can't get rid of.
When he competed for the throne, he was in danger, and he had to cling to the Long family, making him stand out among the princes.
Now, the power of the Long family is getting bigger and bigger, so big that it threatens his imperial dignity, and he must make a choice.
"Sign it, don't make me angry again. Otherwise, your brother will die!"
Xiao Rui gritted his teeth.
This is the first time Xiao Qi has seen a bloodthirsty light in Xiao Rui's eyes.
He had changed, and he was not at all the boy she had first met.
She remembered her father's warning to her, you can talk about love to Xiao Rui, but you can only respect the emperor.
Now that I think about it, she is just a bridge between Xiao Rui and the Long family, perhaps, Xiao Rui never really liked her at all, so before she got married, her father would say such serious words to her, and he would have a sad face.
Xiao Qi didn't sign, Xiao Rui didn't let him, and the two were stuck there. The willow thrush, who had been waiting outside, walked in on his own.
Seeing Xiao Rui's face full of anger and Xiao Qi who fell to the ground in embarrassment, the corners of his lips slowly hooked.
"What's the matter, Holy Lord, you have something to say, don't lose your temper, you are angry with your body, and you are also cheap Don't be evil. ”
She walked in front of Xiao Qi, looked down at her, and said to Xiao Rui obediently: "If the saint trusts the concubine, let the concubine persuade the sister." Concubine Long's sister was reluctant to sign the confession edict because she had been in the cold palace for several years and didn't know the powerful relationship. The concubine and the sister are like sisters, and they know the sister's personality the most, so it is better to give it to the concubine, perhaps, the sister will listen to the concubine and return to the saint. ”