Section XXIII
The old emperor's wishful thinking was to lock up Ziluo first, creating the illusion that he was temporarily out of favor, and then see who jumped out in the follow-up to ask him to punish Ziluo more. Then this person must be the driving force behind the arrest of the daughter of the rebel minister, and he is also the person who covets the throne. I didn't expect all this to make this tenacious and impulsive stupid king and stupid son mess up. ,
How could the emperor not be so angry that he jumped to his feet!
However, after all, the old emperor was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and as soon as he was angry, he frowned and immediately had a way to deal with it. It's just that this time he is going to unjustly kill another important minister of the court, and this person is Master Shangshu Gao of the Criminal Department.
"I know, you go back to the house first!"
"Father!" Ziluo was extremely scared, the kind of place in the prison of the Criminal Department was not something that Yimei could stay in for a few days.
The emperor ignored him and turned around and returned to the palace of the palace, and it was not until he returned to the palace that he quietly glanced at Duke Su. The Duke of Su deliberately put his head close to the emperor, and the emperor whispered in his ear: "You go and summon the squire of the criminal department and the overseer of the imperial history here secretly, and don't let others know." After hearing this, Gonggong Su glanced at the emperor again before bowing his hand and agreeing.
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The next day, at the court meeting, the squire of the Criminal Department took the lead in suing his immediate superior, Master Shangshu of the Criminal Department. He played: "Because Lord Gao knew that His Majesty hated the traitor, he deliberately fabricated a case of the daughter of a traitor in order to win His Majesty's favor." As soon as he finished speaking, he answered the rank and said: "Your Majesty, this kind of treacherous person who cares about human life must be severely punished and disciplined. ”
Gao Shangshu never expected that his subordinates would reverse the black and white ginseng himself, and he didn't expect the courtiers to follow the emperor one by one as if they had discussed it to punish him, but what he didn't expect was the emperor sitting on the dragon chair behind his back, an old man who wanted to protect his son. At this time, the development direction of this matter also caught Prince An who participated in politics in the court by surprise, he thought he had understood the emperor's mind but completely forgot the four words of unpredictable people's hearts, and the other party was still his old man! The next sentence of the emperor made his heart tremble, this sentence was: "Investigate, give me a strict investigation! We must find out who is behind the scenes!"
King An, who was standing in the court, suddenly felt a thorn in his back at this time.
The emperor acquitted Yimei on the spot, and appointed a new plenipotentiary to investigate matters related to Gao Shangshu's case of bullying the monarch. Seeing that at this time, Wang An also wanted to show his loyalty and clear his suspicions by the way, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to be the chief judge. The emperor rejected him without even thinking about it. Su Qi also quickly learned of the sudden change in the situation in the court, and after leaving the palace, she hurried to King An's mansion.
On the other hand, when Ziluo heard that Yimei was acquitted, he also rushed to the door of the prison of the Criminal Department to greet him as soon as possible.
"How are you?" Even though I had gone through the picture of myself and Yimei meeting in this situation countless times in my mind, when I really saw her, there were only these three faint words. However, these three words contain worry and pity, and even the joy of meeting after the catastrophe. Yimei didn't feel aggrieved but moved after seeing Ziluo, her eyes were wet and she smiled at him, and nodded softly, "um". King Ying stepped forward and put the trench coat he had prepared in his hand on her, and whispered, "Let's go back." ”
"You can go somewhere with me first!" Yimei said, grabbing her trench coat and walking forward. Ziluo didn't ask where he was going, he didn't even think about it, so he came to Yimei's side and walked forward with her hand to protect her.
The two men walked towards a remote and desolate place outside the city, and for about half an hour they came to the foot of a hill, and Yimei came to a stop in front of one of the small raised mounds. This is a tomb, a tomb where weeds grow unchecked. The waist-high grass swayed slightly in the wind, as if telling the grievances of the dead souls in the tomb.
Yimei stood and lowered her head, and the tears finally stopped being reserved and rushed out. Ziluo also said very sadly: "I didn't expect a generation of loyal ministers and good ministers to end up like this!" and then started to get rid of the draft. Yi Mei looked at the man who was bending over and busy for a long time with tears in her eyes before she said, "Let's go, get out of here." "Her voice is small, small enough to be carried away by the wind at any time. Because she didn't have faith. Wearing precious brocade but trying to weed, he paused for a moment, and then stood up suddenly, and before he even had time to throw away the grass in his hand, he pulled Yimei and asked, "Do you mean it?"
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, and I wanted to tell you today. Ziluo looked relieved.
Yimei was even more surprised that he had such a reaction, he didn't expect Ziluo to agree to himself so readily. She thought it would take a long time to convince him, and she even thought she would never be able to convince him. In the end, she could only leave the court alone, just as she had come to the court alone. At this moment, Yimei's heart slid through a warm current, which made people feel very satisfied.
"Are you willing?" she asked.
"What is there to be reluctant to!" Ziluo's expression and tone darkened, "I was born in the palace and have lived a life of fine clothes and food since I was a child. But my mother, my dearest person, died tragically in the court, and I don't want you to die in this court one day. Therefore, it is my wish after I met you that we will leave and live some ordinary life. ”
"But in the court, in addition to fine clothes and jade food and bloody killings, there is more power in the sky. The two men bowed three times to the tomb and walked back. Yi Mei still didn't have much confidence in Ziluo's determination and wanted to continue to test him, but was interrupted before she finished speaking, "I don't want to have such power! Ziluo paused for a moment and said, "I always felt that he was lonely. ”
"Then have you ever wondered where we are going without the court?" asked Yimei.
"As long as we're together, we can go anywhere!"
"You're not serious!" Yimei said angrily.
The sun is just right, and the scenery in the suburbs is wonderful everywhere.
Yimei did not return to the palace, but lived directly in Ziluo's Ying Wangfu. As soon as Ziluo returned home, he instructed the housekeeper to arrange for the dismissal of the family's subordinates, and he himself was locked in the study to write a recital for the emperor. After writing the recital, he told Yimei to have a good rest, and he rode out to King An's mansion.
It turned out that although Ziluo thought that he and Yimei had a series of accidents, the prince and Su Qi were making trouble behind his back, but he didn't expect that this person would be his fellow brother. Of course, he doesn't think about his siblings. Ziluo went to Zihao this time to say goodbye to the Tao and ask him to hand in the recital for him. After listening to Ziluo's narration, King An couldn't hide his joy in his heart, he once thought that he would have to go through a fight, but he didn't expect that he had not yet started to automatically quit for convenience. Zi Haoyan can not be happy! However, there is still a sad thing in the good things - Yimei will leave with Ziluo. Even so, Zihao still asked quietly, "Thirteenth brother, have you thought about it carefully?"
"Since I have decided that it is useless to think about it, I hope that Brother Wang can understand this heart. ”
"Alas!" Zihao no longer kept it, but sighed and said regretfully: "Since you have made a decision, I can only bless you as a brother." ”
"Thank you, Brother Wang!" Ziluo arched his hand to King An, "Then I will bid farewell to Brother Wang here." I hope that Brother Wang will cherish himself!"
"Precious!"
King An kept sending Ziluo out of the gate of the mansion, watching his figure disappear into the night. He shouted to Ziluo in the night, "It's easy to walk on the road!" and turned back into the house, a smug and sly smile flashing across her face by the candlelight.
Ziluo and Yimei left the capital in a carriage that night with a maid, a grandmother, and the old housekeeper. The five of them didn't say anything and just hurried quietly, and all five of them had a different feeling in their hearts.
I can't tell the truth.