Chapter 102: Hurting for the sake of not being merciful
When Zhuo Yi returned, Zhuo Quan was listening to his subordinates report on the casualties of the soldiers.
After Zhuo Quan was done, he looked at Zhuo Yi and said, "Martial arts have grown a lot during this time. ”
Zhuo Yi nodded and said, "Dad, I didn't catch Chen Jin." ”
Zhuo Quan waved his hand unmindfully and said, "I didn't catch the best." ”
Zhuo Yi was stunned, and he didn't understand Zhuo Quan's thoughts. Zhuo Quan did not explain.
Zhuo Yi asked, "Dad, how is my mother?"
Zhuo Quan frowned and said, "If you have time, go back and see her more." ”
Zhuo Yi nodded, and the longing in his heart became a little stronger.
Zhuo Quan said again: "You... You go out, I have something to say to the girl. ”
Zhuo Yi was stunned for a moment, looked at his father, and then looked at Ji Tong, who nodded at him. So he went out of the tent and waited outside.
Zhuo Quan looked at Zhe Tong and said, "Girl Tong, Yi'er didn't bully you, right?"
Zhitong hurriedly replied: "No, Brother Yi is very good to me." ”
"That's good, you and Yi'er have been married since childhood, and your Aunt Zhuo and I directly regard you as our daughter, and we are going to decide on your daughter-in-law. Do you know why I want to kick Yi'er out of the house?" said Zhuo Quan.
Zhi Tong thought about it and replied hesitantly: "Tong'er doesn't know. ”
Zhuo Quan smiled lightly and said, "You girl, are you thinking about protecting the Zhuo family?"
Ji Tong's face turned red, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.
Zhuo Quan nodded and said: "There is this reason, but it is not the most important thing, the main thing is that I hope that the two of you can stay away from the court and find a place where you like to live happily." ”
Zhi Tong asked suspiciously, "Why?"
Zhuo Quan said: "If there are wars all over the place, the people are displaced, the people are struggling to make a living, bandits are rampant everywhere, and there is a state of depression, I am afraid that the Zhao family will not be in the world for long." ”
"In that case, Uncle Zhuo and the non-resignation retired?" asked Zhi Tong.
Zhuo Quan said: "Although Your Majesty is very suspicious today, but it is still a favor to my Zhuo family, how can I live up to the holy grace." ”
Zhitong already understood what Zhuo Quan meant, she looked at Zhuo Quan and said, "But I'm worried that Brother Yi won't listen to me." ”
Zhuo Quan looked at Zhi Tong and laughed, making Zhi Tong confused, Zhuo Quan said: "Silly girl, Yi'er loves you very much, in this world except for me and his mother, the only one who can make him willing and obedient is you." ”
Zhi Tong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Will it be?"
"Yes, girl, don't be so reasonable, sometimes you need to make trouble unreasonably, be fierce, if you are angry, he will be afraid. Zhuo Quan taught Zhi Tong.
Zhi Tong's face turned red again, and he said, "Will this make Brother Yi annoying?"
"You girl, this character will suffer in the future, you just need to grasp the degree, don't worry, I believe you can subdue him." Zhuo Quan said.
Zhuo Yi waited outside for a while, only to see Zhuo Quan and Zhitong walk out. Zhuo Quan looked at Zhuo Yi and said, "Be good to Tong girl, if I know that you are bullying her, I will not be able to spare you." ”
Zhuo Yi hurriedly nodded and said, "Dad, don't worry, I will treat Tong'er well." ”
Zhuo Quan nodded and said, "I hope you will do what you say, you can take Tong'er away." ”
Zhuo Yi still wanted to stay and help his father, Zhuo Quan said: "You go, you don't need your help here, go back and see your mother." ”
Zhuo Yi finally left with Zhitong, and the two headed towards Zhao Jing.
The two entered the city in disguise and secretly arrived at Zhuo's mansion. Zhuo Yi took Zhitong to perform light skills and flew into Zhuo's mansion.
Zhuo Yi looked at his mother who was sitting in the courtyard with a haggard face, and couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, so he walked quickly to the front of him and knelt down, shouting, "Mother." ”
Ding Lan's body trembled when she heard the voice, she turned her head to look at Zhuo Yi, and then stretched out her trembling hands and slowly touched Zhuo Yi's cheeks. She reached near Zhuo Yi's cheek and stopped, as if she was afraid of something, and then she looked at Zhuo Yi and said to herself, "It would be nice if it was really Yi'er." ”
Zhuo Yi heard his mother's words, and tears remained. He grabbed his mother's hand and put it on his face, looked at his mother and shouted again, "Mother, it's me, I'm back." ”
Ding Lan finally came back to her senses this time, suddenly cried, looked at Zhuo Yi and said, "Yi'er, it's really Yi'er, my Yi'er, you're back." ”
"Well, mother, I'm back, it's the child's unfilial piety, which makes my mother worried. Zhuo Yi said with tears in his eyes.
Ding Lan took Zhuo Yi's hand and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." ”
Zhi Tong also walked out at this time and said, "Aunt Zhuo." ”
Ding Lan looked at Zhi Tong when she heard the sound, and she saw that Zhi Tong's expression was not joyful, but suddenly nervous.
Zhuo Yi was stunned, and Zhi Tong didn't know why.
Ding Lan didn't want to look at Ji Tong with a side face, and said, "Yi'er, I'll ask someone to prepare a meal, you wait." ”
After Xianglan finished speaking, she went and ordered her subordinates to cook.
Zhi Tong looked at Zhuo Yi suspiciously and asked, "Auntie, what's wrong?"
Zhuo Yi also looked at his departing mother suspiciously, and then looked at Shi Tong and comforted: "It's okay, she may be a little overjoyed." ”
When it was time for dinner, Ding Lan kept giving Zhuo Yi vegetables, but he didn't manage Zhitong. Zhuo Yi also found out that something was wrong with his mother, and he kept serving vegetables to Zhi Tong, trying to comfort Zhi Tong.
Ding Lan's eyes flickered, occasionally peeking at Zhi Tong, and then pretending to eat by herself, she seemed to be guarding against Zhi Tong.
With the skills of Zhuo Yi and Zhi Tong, Ding Lan's movements could naturally be discovered, and the two of them were puzzled, but it was not easy to ask, but Zhi Tong felt uncomfortable. Zhuo Yi also felt the stiffness of the atmosphere.
A few days later, Zhuo Quan's class returned to the court. Zhuo Yi wondered why his father returned to the court so early. So he asked, "Dad, have you already assessed the rebels?"
Zhuo Quan shook his head and said, "No, later they just dispersed the rebels, and they fled into the mountains and forests in small groups. ”
"Then why did you return to the court?" asked Zhuo Yi.
Zhuo Quan sighed and said: "Your Majesty is still wary of me, he doesn't want me to lead the army for a long time, and when I disperse the rebels, he will urgently order my squad to return to the court." ”
Zhuo Yi said angrily: "Your Majesty's suspicion is too heavy today, and it is really difficult for the generals to have room to play, just a little good situation, he came here again, isn't this a let the tiger return to the mountain, waiting for them to make a comeback?"
Zhuo Quan looked at Zhuo Yi and said, "Silence, don't talk nonsense." ”
Zhuo Yi was annoyed and stopped talking.
Zhuo Quan came back to alleviate Ji Tong's embarrassing atmosphere.
Just a few days later, the princess's maidservant Xiangwei suddenly came to Zhuo's mansion and said that she wanted to see Zhuo Yi.
Zhuo Yi was secretly frightened in his heart, and thought to himself: "How does the princess know that I am back?
Zhuo Yi thought about it and decided to meet Xiangwei, Xiangwei's eyes were red when she saw Zhuo Yi, and she looked at Zhuo Yi and scolded: "Zhuo Gongzi, what is there about my princess who is sorry for you, you have to do everything you can to get out of the marriage." ”
Zhuo Yi was ashamed in his heart, and felt that he couldn't stand Zhao Hui, so he said: "No, the princess is very good, but I am not worthy of her." ”
"The princess never felt that you were unworthy of her, you don't know how happy she was to know that His Majesty had promised her to you, she was happy every day, dressed up seriously, and just wanted you to see, that time was her happiest days. But in the end, you really tried your best to get out of the marriage, after she heard it, she fainted in a hurry, and since then, she has been washing her face with tears all day long, and she has never been happy again, do you know how she spent this time? The whole person has lost weight, but in a few days she is so thin that you can see the bones. You say that you are not worthy of the princess, but it is just your excuse, you are for the beautiful woman who woke up, right?" Xiangwei cried.
When Zhuo Yi heard Xiangwei's words, he was ashamed and anxious, and he didn't care about Xiangwei's words, and asked directly: "How is the princess now?"
Xiangwei said angrily: "Don't be pretty." I'm here today to get justice for the princess. ”
Zhuo Yi nodded and said: "I know I'm sorry for the princess, I can only promise you, as long as it is within my ability, and it is not a matter of harming nature and morality, I will do my best to help the princess complete it." ”
"Hmph, okay, you said it, we swear by high-five, if we violate this oath, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. Xiangwei said.
"Good. Zhuo Yi nodded.
The two high-fived their vows.
Xiangwei said: "At this time, there is one thing for you to help. ”
Zhuo Yi glanced at Xiangwei, and said with some doubts: "What's the matter, you can say it." ”
"Recently, there was news in the palace that Ji Bin, the sixth prince of Yan State, sent an envoy to Zhao State, and I heard that his real purpose was to ask for marriage. Xiangwei said.
"Oh, there are two suitable princesses, one is Princess Yongshou and the other is Princess Jianing, which princess does Your Majesty want to marry?" asked Zhuo Yi.
"The sixth prince Ji Bin is the second son of Empress Yanguo, and Princess Jianing's mother is just an ordinary maid, and the most suitable one is Princess Yongshou. Xiangwei said.
"What is the character of these six princes?" asked Zhuo Yi.
"Well, the rumors are good, I heard that he is full of poetry and books, very talented, and gentle and elegant. Ah Xiang said.
"In that case, it would be good for the princess to marry him. Zhuo Yi said.
Ah Xiang glanced at Zhuo Yi and said, "Of course it's good, I also think it's much better than you, but the princess doesn't want to, she knows the news and wants to commit suicide." ”
"It's... Then what do you want me to do?" Zhuo Yi said helplessly.
"Either you persuade the princess to marry this sixth prince willingly, or you let her die for you. Xiangwei said.
"It's... What can you do?" asked Zhuo Yi.
"Why do I have a way to come to you?" Xiangwei said angrily.
Zhuo Yi was speechless, so he had to say, "I'll try, but I need to find a way to meet the princess." ”
Xiangwei thought about it and nodded and said, "I'll arrange this." ”
Zhuo Yi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait." ”
Just as Xiangwei was about to leave, Zhuo Yi asked, "Eh, how do you know I'm home?"
Xiangwei snorted and said, "Naturally, someone told me." ”
Zhuo Yi said: "Then doesn't Your Majesty also know?"
Xiangwei said: "Does Your Majesty know, I don't know, there are eyeliners everywhere in Zhuo's Mansion, but since I can know, do you think I can hide it from Your Majesty?"
Zhuo Yi was shocked when he heard this.
Xiangwei said again: "You don't have to worry, if Your Majesty wanted to punish you, he would have done it a long time ago, and would he have waited until now?"
Zhuo Yi nodded and said, "Okay, you can arrange it." ”
A few days later, Xiangwei brought a palace maid out, and then put Zhuo Yi in disguise as the palace maid and brought it in.
Zhuo Yi arrived in the Yongshou Palace and looked at the unseemly woman sitting there who was emaciated. The woman's willow eyebrows were slightly locked, as if she had locked up endless sorrow, and her melancholy eyes seemed to be incomprehensible, reflecting a sad face on her face. Zhuo Yi's heart felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. The shame in his heart was a little more, and he slowly walked in front of the woman, but the woman didn't make any movement, just kept in a daze.
Zhuo Yi called softly: "Princess." ”
The princess still didn't react, Zhuo Yi walked to the front and looked at the princess who had no focus in her eyes and shouted, "Hui'er." ”
The princess focused her eyes on Zhuo Yi, and then she exclaimed with joy: "Brother Zhuo Yi, you are back, you have come to see me?"
Zhuo Yi nodded and said, "I've come to see you." ”
Zhao Hui looked at Zhuo Yi and suddenly burst into tears, and said, "No, you're not, Brother Zhuo Yi doesn't want me anymore, he doesn't want me anymore." ”
Zhuo Yi looked at the woman in front of him, and his heart was moved, helpless, and distressed. The love of the woman in front of him, he can't afford to pay it back in his life, he can't bear it, he can only bear Zhao Hui, and it is inevitable to owe her. But he hoped she could do well.
Zhuo Yi looked at Zhao Hui and said, "Hui'er, don't be like this, Brother Zhuo Yi didn't want you." ”
Zhao Hui looked at Zhuo Yi and said: "You are really Zhuo Yi's brother, you haven't called me Hui'er for a long time, since you grew up, you have always called me princess, never call me Hui'er again, I hope you will always call me Hui'er." ”
Zhuo Yi said: "Hui'er, I will call you Hui'er in the future." ”
Zhao Hui said with tears in her eyes: "Really?"
"Really, Brother Zhuo Yi won't lie to you. Zhuo Yi said.
"Don't you want Hui'er anymore?, isn't there something wrong with Hui'er?" Zhao Hui looked at Zhuo Yi and asked tightly holding Zhuo Yi's hand.
Zhuo Yi shook his head and said: "Hui'er is good anywhere, she is one of the best women in the world, Brother Zhuo Yi has always said that you are your own sister." ”
Zhao Hui cried and overturned the cups and plates on the table in front of her, and said, "I don't want to be your sister, I want to be your wife." Brother Zhuo Yi, will you marry me?" Zhao Hui looked at Zhuo Yi expectantly.
Zhuo Yi looked at Zhao Hui's expectant eyes and said, "I have no choice, Hui'er, forgive me, there is also a woman like you waiting for me, I can't bear her." ”
Zhao Hui cried and said, "In that case, what are you doing here? Laugh at me? Come and see a stupid woman who has lost her soul for you? Show your compassion?"
Zhuo Yi looked at Zhao Hui and shouted, "Hui'er, it's not..." ”。
"Don't call me Hui'er, you are not qualified, I am a princess, I am the princess of Zhao Kingdom. Zhao Hui was in tears, staring at Zhuo Yi fiercely.
Zhuo Yi looked at Zhao Hui's sad eyes, and only felt extremely guilty and painful in his heart. He bowed and shouted, "Princess." ”