Zhao Yuan's words made Liu Xunyi stunned, and a touch of ominous premonition quietly rose from the depths of his heart.

"Master Hou, this is ...... What do you mean?"

"Looking for clothes, Ben Hou watched you grow up, and knew that you were brave and strategic, loyal and courageous, and you would definitely become a pillar of the country in time. Zhao Yuan didn't seem to dare to look directly into Liu Xunyi's eyes, his eyes were wandering, his expression was hesitant, and he kept looking at him left and right, "Ben Hou hopes that you can have the world in your heart and aim in all directions, and you should not be bound by the personal feelings of your children......"

"Master Hou!"

Liu Xunyi knew that Zhao Yuan was deliberately going around in circles, and if it was something else, he would definitely judge the situation and never ask aggressively. But today is different, it is about Zhao Xin, Liu Xunyi can't turn a blind eye, he must break the casserole to ask to the end, and vow to ask the cause and effect clearly.

"Looking for clothes, in fact, this matter ...... Ben Hou didn't intend to hide it from you. Under Liu Xunyi's almost longing gaze, Zhao Yuan hesitated again and again, and finally said in a hesitant voice, "I will find you alone tonight, and I also intend to tell you the truth......"

"The truth?" Liu Xunyi's heart tightened, and his anxiety became stronger, "What truth?"

"Something about Zhao Xin......"

"What's wrong with Xin'er? Could it be that something happened to her?"

"No! she's fine, she's ...... All is well. Seeing that Liu Xunyi was so eager to get news from Zhao Xin, Zhao Yuan's heart became more and more uncomfortable, "It's just that she is no longer 'Lord Xinde' now, but 'Princess Xinde'." ”

"Princess?" Liu Xunyi was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand Zhao Yuan's voice, and hesitated, "What do you mean?" Why did the 'county lord' suddenly become a 'princess'?"

"The emperor has adopted her as a righteous daughter. Zhao Yuan looked at the thoughtful Liu Xunyi and said word by word, "Do you know that she canonized the princess...... What does that mean?"

"I know!" Liu Xunyi's heart was mixed, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried, "Xin'er has become a princess, which means that the difference between my status and her is getting bigger and bigger, and the distance between me and her is also ...... Farther and farther away. ”

Facing Liu Xunyi's muttering, Zhao Yuan did not answer, but looked at him silently with complicated eyes, as if waiting for him to get out of the "sea of love".

"Xinde...... Princess......"

Liu Xunyi's brows were tightly locked, and Zhao Xin's smile kept echoing in his mind, and he suddenly felt that his heart was wrenching and extremely sour.

"Looking for clothes, you are still young and have an unlimited future, don't be trapped by love and cut yourself off. Zhao Yuan persuaded, "There is a saying that 'a big husband has no wife'." In the future, when you become famous and become the king, you will be able to choose the women of the world, what kind of woman you want to find......?

"Why?"

However, in the face of Zhao Yuan's bitter persuasion, Liu Xunyi couldn't listen to it at all.

At this time, his heart was in turmoil, his thoughts were myriad, and he suddenly shook his spirit, and a terrifying light burst out of his eyes, staring at Zhao Yuan with a helpless face, and asked: "For no reason, why is Xin'er recognized by the emperor as a righteous daughter?"

Seeing that Liu Xunyi was obsessed and unmoved by his good intentions, Zhao Yuan simply put his heart sideways, his expression gradually became solemn, and he said frankly: "As the saying goes, 'long pain is better than short pain', since you have to know the truth sooner or later, Ben Hou will no longer be verbose." I'll tell you, because only when she is promoted to princess can she be qualified to make peace with Mongolia and be the princess of Mongolia!"

"What?"

Zhao Yuan's words were like a heavy hammer, smashing on Liu Xunyi's heart, which made his heart sink immediately, as if he fell into an ice cave in an instant, and then fell into the sea of fire, undergoing repeated torment of ice and fire, bones and blood froze into frost, and all internal organs were burned. For a while, his breathing was blocked, his heartbeat was stagnant, and the whole person froze in place like a thunderous blow, unable to return to his senses for a long time.

"Looking for clothes, the Mongols suddenly retreated north, do you think it is really the credit of Xifu?" Zhao Yuan explained, "If it weren't for them using the name of 'harmony' and marrying tens of millions of taels of real money, how could the Mongols easily retreat north? The Mongol army of the Western Expedition traveled thousands of miles for a long distance, and the loss of money and food was huge, and it was now at a critical moment of shortage of troops and food." Xifu gave them a large amount of money and grain on the grounds of 'harmony', which was called 'dowry', which was actually a military salary to fund the Mongol expedition to the west. This matter can not only satisfy the greed of the Mongols, but also save the face of the imperial court, and will not be poked in the backbone by the people of the world. ”

As for this, Zhao Yuan's eyes couldn't help but flash a flash of indignation, and said: "It is obvious that Xifu is cowardly, and he does not hesitate to spend his treasury to curry favor with the Mongols." However, they shamelessly boasted in the court, boasting that they could only succeed in the negotiation and return triumphantly by 'braving the wind and snow', 'not avoiding swords and axes', 'exhausting their efforts', and 'exhausting their lips and tongues'. It is simply shameless, despicable and indecent! However, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is weak, and once we start a war, our chances of victory are slim, so the emperor knows that 'peace and kinship' is the next policy, but he also has to bear the humiliation and humiliation, and make compromises. On the contrary, he wanted to add officials to the group of traitorous villains who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and the civil and military officials were even more helpless, and they had to praise them. Now, Xifu has made meritorious contributions to saving the country and is proud, but in fact, they are just talking about it, and the errand of really raising gold and silver still falls on our Dongfu in the end. The prime minister was furious about this, and he had to take medicine all day to support himself. ”

"Peace with Mongolia...... Be the princess of Mongolia......"

At this moment, Liu Xunyi had no intention of listening to Zhao Yuan's "righteous indignation", because his mind was now full of Zhao Xin's sad appearance of being forced to be helpless, at the mercy of others, and unable to survive and die.

Thinking of this, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but be sad and angry, extremely ashamed, his fists clenched, and the muscles of his whole body trembled violently.

"Why?" Liu Xunyi clenched his fists and claws, chewing his teeth and piercing his gums, "Why is it Xin'er? The emperor obviously has a princess of Ruiguo, why did he choose Xin'er and his relatives?"

"Now, there is only one princess of Rui under the emperor's knees, how can he be willing to marry her far away?"

"Even so, you can choose other county lords......"

"The matter of harmony, Nairong Wang Ye took the lead in proposing and tried his best to promote it. Therefore, Zhao Xin was sent to make peace with his relatives...... It is also the meaning of King Rong. Zhao Yuan knew Liu Xunyi's thoughts, so he interrupted, "Zhao Xin is not only born with fairy jade quality, national color and natural fragrance, but also proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting. This section is far from being comparable to other county lords. Moreover, Prince Rong and the emperor are brothers of flesh and blood, in order to repay the emperor's favor and share the emperor's worries, Prince Rong had to endure the pain of Zhao Xin ......"

"Nonsense!" Liu Xunyi became more and more angry the more he listened, so that he became angry and made disrespectful remarks, "Prince Rong simply wanted to invite favor and flattery in front of the emperor, so he pushed Xin'er into the fire pit! Anyway, Xin'er is not his biological daughter, of course he doesn't care about Xin'er's ......life or death."

"Presumptuous!" Zhao Yuan's face sank, and he said angrily, "Liu Xunyi, do you know what you were talking about just now?"

"Am I not right?" At this moment, Liu Xunyi could no longer care about the law of respect and humility, and when he thought of Zhao Xin's situation, he couldn't help but be angry, "The prince died at an early age, and the emperor has no children so far, and Prince Rong has always wanted to succeed his son into the palace to become the crown prince, and he can ascend to the throne and become the new monarch in the future." For this reason, he will do whatever it takes to curry favor with the emperor, and even sacrifice Xin'er......"

"Bastard!"

Liu Xunyi repeatedly uttered rebellious words, which made Zhao Yuan unbearable, so he angrily picked up the teacup on the case and smashed it at Liu Xunyi.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, the teacup hit Liu Xunyi's forehead impartially, shattering in response, and the hot tea overflowed his face, mixed with a wisp of red blood, slowly flowing down.

"Liu Xunyi, you are too presumptuous!"

"Master Hou, I ......"

"Do you know that just by what you just said, the imperial court is enough to cut you with a thousand knives?" Zhao Yuan said angrily, "At that time, not only will your life be lost, but the entire Tianji Pavilion will be affected by you, and even the Marquis will have to be buried for you!

"Master Hou, I'm just ......"

"That's enough!" Zhao Yuan mercilessly interrupted Liu Xunyi's argument and said in a deep voice, "The court has already decided on this matter, and Ben Hou just informed you tonight that you have an old relationship with Princess Xinde, not to discuss with you, let alone listen to your disloyal and unfilial words." ”

Knowing that Zhao Yuan was angry, Liu Xunyi was like an evil today, not only did he not know how to back down, but he fought with Zhao Yuan with reason: "After Xin'er is a hero, how can the court treat her like this......?

"Ben Hou doesn't know, doesn't the imperial court know? The emperor doesn't know?" Seeing that Liu Xunyi dared to contradict himself, Zhao Yuanqi's seven orifices were on fire, and his five organs were smoking, "Ben Hou can tell you plainly that Zhao Xin was chosen to go to Mongolia and kiss, and no one forced her, let alone forced her with a knife, everything was her willing!"

"What?" Liu Xunyi was shocked, and instantly confused, "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Xin'er can't agree to kiss, she can't abandon me......"

"Liu Xunyi, this is the Tianji Pavilion of Lin'an City, not the Xianwang Mansion of Luoyang City! You are facing the imperial court and the emperor, not the lawless grass in the rivers and lakes and no one in their eyes. Zhao Yuan angrily lectured, "This marquis ordered you to restrain your temperament, avoid words, and bring your gangster spirit in Jianghu Middle School to the imperial court." Otherwise, Ben Hou would rather kill his relatives in righteousness, and he would not keep your prestige of insulting the Tianji Pavilion! Moreover, even Zhao Xin knows how to sacrifice his life to go to the disaster, and he will be a mortal enemy, but you are a dignified seven-foot man who does not distinguish between public and private, and is confused. What kind of system?"

"But ......"

"Get out!" Zhao Yuan no longer gave Liu Xunyi a chance to refute, and said sharply, "From today onwards, you have thought about it behind closed doors in the room, and you are not allowed to step out of the door without Benhou's order!"

"Master Hou, I ......"

"Get out!"

Seeing that Zhao Yuanqi's face was red and trembling all over, Liu Xunyi couldn't help but feel unbearable, even if he had more indignation in his heart, he had to stop talking at this moment, crying and swallowing.

He forcibly suppressed the bitterness in his heart, bowed to Zhao Yuan tremblingly, and then staggered out of the study, gradually disappearing into the vast night like a walking corpse.

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