"The concubine pleaded with the Holy One...... Let Du Zhenghai have a way to live......"

Mo Shuiling's pleading for sorrow not only aroused the slightest pity from the emperor, but also aroused the jealousy and resentment in his heart.

His eyes were scarlet, his chest rose and fell violently, and he said almost word for word: "I can promise you anything, but this is not the case!" ”……

The light was mottled, reflecting Mo Shuiling's cold porcelain-like face, which became more and more bleak as frost; She let out a low groan of pain, a moment of confusion in her dark, blank eyes.

The emperor's eyes were dark, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Tell me, what is the relationship between you and that man?" ……”

Mo Shuiling's lips were stained red with blood, and he moved slightly a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything.

"Don't tell me he's just your savior." The emperor hooked the corners of his mouth, with a somewhat teasing sneer on his face.

"......" Mo Shuiling frowned slightly, and the pain between his eyebrows was fully revealed, revealing a bit of sadness.

The emperor raised his head slightly, his eyes revealed a bit of playfulness and scrutiny, and said quietly: "Do you remember a few years ago, Du Zhenghai was thrown into the prison and was about to be beheaded, when the Queen Mother pleaded for him, and my royal sister Huanyu also had something to do with him; Even you, the imperial concubine who has never asked about state affairs and has few desires, are even more righteous and affectionate to Zhenxiao, just to save his life......

"So many people are circling around him, trying their best to save him from death, and he's just a grass man with no roots in the court - don't tell me it's just a coincidence......"

In the voice, the words that Mo Shuiling had said to him at the beginning clearly lingered in his ears:

The concubine privately thought that what the Queen Mother said was very good. One is that Du Zhenghai's sin is not to death; Second, this matter is related to the interests of the county lord and the queen mother, which is not trivial, and the saint must be cautious! “

"The concubines have heard that the saint governs the world with benevolence and virtue, and the grace and righteousness cover all the people; If the Holy Lord can pardon Nadu Zhenghai this time, the Queen Mother will be happy, and the county lord will also be grateful to the Holy Longen, and the subjects will praise the Holy Lord's benevolence and love for the people, and they will be loyal to the Holy God. ” ……

The emperor has always been well-read and memorized, which can be said to be unforgettable; He is very kind and loves Concubine Ling, so he likes what she has said and done.

So although so many years have passed, the scene at that time is still vivid and fresh in my memory.

After thinking about it, he understood it thoroughly, and he was still a little confused at the time, but now he is cheerful and understands everything.

"Why don't you speak? Answer me! His cold eyes stared at her without blinking, and there was a bit of pressure in his tone.

"Holy ......," Mo Shuiling couldn't help but murmur in pain.

At that moment, she only felt that her liver and intestines were broken, and even her own breathing was painful, "Does the Holy Lord have to force the concubine to say everything?" ”

"Yes, after all these years, I really don't want to be kept in the dark all the time, let alone being pointed at behind my back, or even reduced to their ...... Laughing stock ...... "At this time, he felt that his heart was beating fast, and his speech became incoherent.

"Rest assured, the concubine has never done anything sorry for the saint, so the saint will not become a laughing stock...... The concubine swore to heaven that the relationship between me and him has always been innocent, jade and ice, and there is really nothing! ”

When he said this, Mo Shuiling's tone was steady and firm, without the slightest hesitation.

"Oh? ........." The emperor looked at her in disbelief, and there was still some doubt in his voice.

"Now that the matter has come to this, does the Holy Lord think that there is still a need for the concubines to continue to conceal it?" Mo Shuiling's eyes were red, but his eyes were staring directly at the person in front of him, without the slightest fear or evasion.

"At the beginning, the concubine's sister was framed by a traitor and suffered a tragedy; The concubine's father also died in a foreign country - if it weren't for Du Gongzi's hoeing to help the weak and helping the concubine when she was most lonely and helpless, the concubine would have died a long time ago, and how could she have the opportunity to see the saint again?

The concubine admitted that she did have a good impression of Du Gongzi, and even had some admiration - but the concubine swore to the sky, and between the concubine and him, it was really affectionate, reasonable, and abided by etiquette, without any transgression! ……”

She talked eloquently and eloquently, with all the dignity and reserve of a strong and chaste woman, with a clear conscience; In those eyes as clear as water, there was stubbornness and unwillingness, but there was no fear and submission to him.

The emperor was also deeply infected and shocked by her awe-inspiring and imposing. Looking at her resolute eyes, he felt his throat choke.

"Holy Lord, concubine...... The concubine is dying......" Her weak body suddenly twitched in pain, and another stream of salty blood foamed out of her throat; Her face was pale and her breath was short, like a drowning person, with nothing to rely on.

The emperor's heart sank, "Ling'er, cheer up, I will go to the imperial doctor immediately!" ”

"No...... I used it. As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are also good; The bird is about to die, and its song is also mourning, and the concubine now has only one thing to plead with the emperor......"

"What's the matter?" The emperor said indiscriminately.

"Please let Du Zhenghai go......"

"Speaking of which, do you only have this man in your heart? Just now you said that it has nothing to do with him...... Haha......" The emperor suddenly laughed bitterly, the laughter was deep and hoarse, with irrepressible forbearance, and his whole body was as stiff as a stone.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that mental cheating is sometimes more intolerable than physical infidelity.

"Holy ......" Mo Shuiling's wet and misty eyes were still wide, and he just looked at him stupidly.

Her breath had become weaker and weaker, her throat seemed to have been burned by fire, and she was only gasping for breath with difficulty, and she could no longer make any sound.

Zhao Yu looked at her eyes full of persistence, only to feel that his chest was getting tighter and tighter, and he was almost breathless. He finally nodded tearfully, "Okay, I promise you......"

Elder Mo Shui let out a long breath, and a smile of relief appeared on his beautiful and childish face. The sparkle in her eyes vanished, and her pupils slowly dilated.

The emperor only felt that his arm was sinking! Everything in heaven and earth seemed to fade in that instant.

He lowered his head in despair, pressed Mo Shuiling's soft body tightly against his chest, bit his lip hard, desperately suppressed and tried to stuff his choking back into his throat, but he found that it was all in vain in the end.

He couldn't help crying......

That night, the moonlight was hazy, like a layer of mist, scattered and deserted, making people feel an indescribable loneliness and sadness.

Emperor Zhao Yu sat depressedly in the palace of nourishing the heart, staring blankly at the beautifully framed beauty picture scroll on the wall, and sighed from time to time.

The beauty of the picture scroll is Mo Shuiling. Her temples are loose, her long sleeves are elegant, her eyebrows are like distant mountains, her eyes are like autumn waves, and her smile is intoxicating.

Silently looking at the beauty on the scroll, his thoughts passed through the tenderness of his mood, spreading little by little like a light mist, lingering for a long time, and finally drifting away in a helpless sigh.

He couldn't help but think of years ago. At that time, Mo Shuiling had just entered the palace, and if he had obtained a treasure, he arranged for Feng Lin to invite the best painter in the capital to paint Mo Shuiling's true face......

Now the things are there, but the people are gone. Looking at the Yiren in the painting, he raised his face, and the tears could not be stopped any longer.

At this time, there was a slight knock on the door outside, and Feng Chaoying walked in lightly, and cautiously reported: "Holy Lord, Commander Li outside has something very important to report to the Holy Lord, I don't know if the Holy Lord will see it or not?" ……”

Zhao Yu calmed down and said after a while: "Let him come in." ”

"Yes." Feng Chaoying bowed his head and replied respectfully, turned around and went out.

After a while, Li Zhishan came in and respectfully paid homage to the emperor.

"Just say anything." Zhao Yu turned his back to him and stood expressionlessly, without a little fluctuation in his cold voice.

Li Zhishan said: "Weichen just got the news that he found Lingyun's traces on the post road ten miles east of the capital. ”

The emperor's eyes lit up: "Oh? ……”

Li Zhishan said in a low voice: "It's just that Ling Yun is extremely cunning, and the few passers-by who met him are not his opponents, and when the officers and soldiers arrived, he was already ...... Escaped......"

The emperor couldn't help but be disappointed. He turned his head coldly and glanced at him lightly, like a lonely ice sculpture, cold to the bone, "Is this the important thing you want to report?" ”

Li Zhishan's eyelids trembled, and he said quietly: "Weichen still has a word." ”

"Say."

Li Zhishan hesitated for a moment, considered the tone of his speech, and said cautiously: "Weichen...... Wei Chen dared to ask the saint, for Du Zhenghai, I don't know how the saint will deal with it? ”

The emperor's eyelashes were half-constricted, and he pressed down two shadows, "Does this have anything to do with what you just said?" ”

Li Zhishan's gloomy gaze flashed, "Of course there is." That Lingyun is strong in martial arts and extremely cunning; And he is in the dark and we are in the light, and it is not easy to catch him. If you want to make it happen, you have to outwit. ”

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at him with burning eyes and said, "How can you outwit?" ”

Li Zhishan said: "Lead the snake out of the hole." ”

"Go on."

Li Zhishan pondered slightly, and said with a bit of inquiry: "Even if you lure the snake out of the hole, you naturally have to have bait." So Weichen has an idea, can he use Du Zhenghai as bait? ”

"What do you mean—" The emperor slowly turned his face and glanced at him meaningfully.

"Notices were posted all over the capital, informing the world that Du Zhenghai would be executed at the entrance of the vegetable market at three o'clock in the afternoon three days later."

Li Zhishan lowered his face slightly, his eyes covered with a treacherous luster, and said in a deep voice: "Ling Yun and Du Zhenghai are close friends, with his character, he will definitely come, when the time comes, as long as we set up an ambush around, we will definitely let Ling Yun die and have no place to bury!" ”……