The king actually knelt down to himself, Bai Shangshu was so frightened that his face turned pale, he was busy helping King Xiao up, but he refused to get up, she only said: "Teacher, if you don't promise me, I won't get up." ”

Bai Shangshu sighed and said: "Okay, if your daughter can really stick to her duties, unlike you back then, who disregarded her responsibilities and broke her trust in the world, then Weichen will assist her with her heart, but then she has to wait until she has the ability to become the king, so you can always get up!" ”

When Xiao Wang heard this, she was extremely happy in her heart, she stood up, laughed with tears, and said: "I am relieved that the teacher can agree, but there is another thing I hope the teacher can promise me." ”

"Anything else?" Bai Shangshu felt a little disgusted and didn't want to listen to it anymore.

"According to the law, if my daughter becomes the king, then she needs to carry out the punishment against me, but I know my daughter too well, she regards my mother as her life, and it is too cruel for her to let her execute me with her own hands, so I hope that you will do the work for you, the teacher, and no one else can replace the next king to do this, so please you!"

"This..."Bai Shangshu was very embarrassed, he had to deal with the student he had loved and feared, how could he bear it, "I'm afraid Weichen can't overstep his authority to do this, so..."

"Teacher, do you want to see my child endure the pain of beheading his own mother with his own hands at such a young age? She's just a kid after all! "King Xiao has now forgotten his status as a king, and has completely become a loving mother, a mother who cares about her children.

Bai Shangshu was silent, his eyebrows furrowed together, he looked at his student, the pain in his heart was actually no less than that of Jielan, he sighed and said, "I knew this was the case, so why bother in the first place?" Even if that child doesn't execute you personally, knowing that her mother was punished and died, and her soul was beaten under the Nine Shadows by eternity, she must be unable to let go of it for the rest of her life! ”

Xiao Wang's expression darkened, she knew that if she died one day, her daughter would be in great pain, but all this was a fate that could not be changed, she turned around, she didn't want her teacher to see her so sad look, she only lamented: "Even if it is pain, it is something that cannot be changed, so, Lan, the first thing she has to learn may be how to bear the pain." ”

Jielan, who was next to the door outside the house, heard the conversation between her mother and Bai Shangshu, the soul of her body seemed to come out of her shell, her body was trembling uncontrollably, trembling so much that it seemed so difficult for her to move her steps, her eyes were full of despair, at this moment Jielan already felt the pain, the kind of person who couldn't change her fate and had to cruelly accept the pain of losing her dearest, but did she really want to do this? Is it really like this to lose your dearest? She is unwilling, absolutely unwilling, she finally met her mother, how can she lose her again?

Just when she was in a messy thought, Princess Nanrong came over with her entourage, she looked at Jielan who was leaning against the door, and then looked into the house, and saw King Xiao and Bai Shangshu talking, she knew that Jielan was eavesdropping on their conversation here, she smiled indifferently and said, "I don't know what Sister Jielan is doing here?" ”

Jielan suddenly heard Nanrong's figure, she was very shocked, she was afraid that her mother would find out that she was eavesdropping outside, so she hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Nanrong, and quickly escaped from here, Jielan pulled Nanrong into her house, and the black pig was a little shocked when she saw Jielan and Princess Nanrong coming in together, "Lan, you..."

Jielan closed the door, and when she saw that no one was chasing her outside, she was relieved. Nanrong saw Jielan's embarrassed appearance, and secretly snickered in her heart, but there was a worried look on her face, and she only said, "Sister, what's wrong?" Did something happen? ”

Jielan calmed down and said, "Sister Nanrong, you mentioned to me before that if one day I become the throne, my mother will be executed by my own hands, right?" ”

When Nanrong heard this, her heart immediately became angry, before the final victory or defeat, how could she say that she would be the king, she suppressed the anger in her heart, and said: "Yes, I also feel very sorry for this matter, but since the king has abandoned the throne for twenty years, it is helpless to accept the punishment, so I still hope that my sister can be relieved?" ”

"Is there no other way? I remember you said that if you were to be on the throne, you would be able to forgive my mother's sins, wouldn't you? Jielan seemed to grasp a life-saving straw at this moment, hoping that she could save her mother.

When the black pig heard Jielan's words, it seemed that the implication was to give up the throne, he knew that Jielan was in a hurry now, so he would say such a thing, and he hurriedly persuaded: "Lan, what are you talking about, you can't have this kind of thought, otherwise the king will definitely be very disappointed." ”

If it was before, Nanrong might be very happy to hear Jielan's words, and she would definitely think that she would give up the throne and let herself ascend the throne, but after the sacrificial ceremony, Nanrong no longer believes in Jielan, she feels that the woman in front of her is really hateful again, how can she fall for her plan again, she said coldly: "My sister said this but was too rude to my sister, how can I Nanrong be the kind of person who covets power, and wants to get the throne, I Nanrong has confidence that I can rely on my own strength, not on my sister's concession." ”

When Jielan heard Nanrong say this, she knew that what she had just said offended her, and she knew that the black pig had something inconvenient to say here, so she said to Long Yi: "Long Yi, you go out first, I have something to say to Sister Nanrong, you are guarding outside, okay?" ”

The black pig was afraid that as soon as he left, Jielan would ask this Nanrong to help him on the condition of giving up the throne, so he said that he would not leave, shook his head and said, "No, Lan, I know that you want to give up the throne to save your mother, but this will not work." ”

Seeing that the black pig insisted on not leaving, Jielan was a little angry, and she reprimanded loudly: "I said let you out, don't you go out yet?" ”

Jielan had never accused Long Yi so harshly, Long Yi heard Jielan's words, his heart was blocked like a boulder, and his heart slowly sank, as if he had been hit by a fatal blow, he lowered his head, walked to the door, opened the door and went out silently. After Long Yi went out, Jielan faced Nanrong alone, feeling a little guilty in her heart, and only said: "I'm sorry, I should have sternly refused to be the choice of the prince during the sacrificial ceremony, but for some reason things have become like this, I am really a little sorry." ”

Nanrong smiled indifferently: "There is nothing wrong with my sister, my sister is the person chosen by the prince, why do you need to withdraw, if you want to withdraw at this moment, wouldn't it seem that my Nanrong just relied on luck to get the throne, so what should the ministers say?" Nanrong looked at Jielan's disappointed expression and said, "But I also know what my sister is worried about, who doesn't love her mother as a daughter?" It's me and I will choose all means to give up everything for my mother, although I can't do anything for your mother, but I think there is one thing that can help you, sister? ”

Jielan was very puzzled, she didn't know what Nanrong was talking about, so she hurriedly asked, "Sister, what are you talking about?" ”

Nan Rong took out a jade pendant from his arms, and then handed it to Jielan, who took this ornament made of bamboo, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Isn't this the bamboo jade that my mother carried closely?" How can it be in your hands sister? ”

"It's not the king's business, it's another man's business, but it just happened to be in my hands." When Nanrong saw Jielan's expression, she knew that she had fallen into her trap.

"Another man?" Jielan was even more confused.

"Yes, I don't know what this man has to do with the king, but the only thing I know is that he may be the former general Long Ke who escaped from the royal court." Nan Rong said very calmly.

Jielan was very surprised when she heard the name Long Ke, because she knew that the person who had this name was the father who abandoned her, and she said in a trembling voice: "You are talking about the Imperial General Long Ke, right?" ”

"Yes, maybe Sister Lan is very familiar with this person's name, isn't it?" Nanrong knew that Jielan had completely fallen into the trap she had laid.

"How did you get this thing from him?" Jielan couldn't believe what she heard.

"In the twenty years that the king disappeared, my father sent the royal court guards around every year to check the news of the king and the general Longke, and later found your mother, but did not see your father, so we continued to send troops to patrol, and finally found your father in Jinzhaocheng, I was going to bring him back, but your father was so strong in spirit that he fled again, and inadvertently left this thing, I once saw the exact same bamboo jade worn by the king, I thought that maybe it was the love between him and the king, but I didn't have to, so I planned to give it to you to see. Nanrong said this calmly, without the slightest fluster.

"And where is my father now?" Jielan was already in tears, thinking that her father, whom she had never met, was still alive, and that she could let her mother, who was waiting for her foolishly, see him again, Jielan felt extremely excited.

"A few days ago we found his traces again, because my father cherished his life, so I planned to persuade him to take the initiative to return to the royal court, so that he might be exempted from punishment, but he did not listen to the guards, my father personally went to persuade him, it is useless, I think, in this world, I am afraid that only you and your mother can persuade him!" Nanrong begins to tempt Jielan into her own trap.

"Then I'll tell my mother, let my mother go and see him, I'm sure he'll listen to my mother." After Jielan finished speaking, she wanted to go outside the house to tell her mother that she already knew about her father.

"If you tell your mother, and if you ask her to see him, I believe that your mother's punishment will be ten times heavier, and your father will be immediately imprisoned and punished, but even then, will you still go?" Nanrong's words made Jielan stop instantly.

"Punished? Why? Isn't my mother qualified to see my father anymore? Thinking of her mother's misery, Jielan seemed to cry.

"Now that the king has chosen to return to the royal court, it means that she has chosen to cut off her relationship with General Long Ke, if she goes to see him now, it proves that she is not in love, that is to deceive the world, don't say it is your mother at that time, I am afraid that even you will be implicated." Nanrong said the stakes, and made Jielan stop her behavior.