Kangxi said: "Xuanao Shaobao come in?" The eunuch passed the decree, and after a while, he only listened to the sound of shoes, and Ao Bai entered the upper study, and saw Kangxi practicing calligraphy in front of the table, and kowtowed close and said: "The minister Ao worships the emperor." Kangxi raised his head, put the brush in his hand on the pen holder, got up and said, "Ao Shaobao is here, flat." Ao bowed and said, "Emperor Xie." Standing up, before he could speak, Kangxi asked: "Ao Shaobao is in a hurry to see me, what's the matter?" Seeing Ao Bai's fingers wrapped in a white cloth, he knew that he was inside, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his stomach.

Ao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the minister asked to behead the traitor surnamed Zhu." Kangxi pretended to be surprised and said: "Some time ago, in the court, Ao Shaobao had agreed to the proposal of me and the ministers, and planned to execute the husband and wife after the autumn, why should they be executed in advance now?" Some time ago, a Han man broke into the prison and almost rescued the two traitors. ”

Kangxi said: "It is really rare for Ao Shao to be loyal to the country. However, it is better to ask the imperial grandmother to know about this matter, and ask her old man to decide. Seeing that Kangxi was pushing and shoving in every possible way, and the things that he could obviously decide were to be pushed to the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, he immediately became angry in his heart, squeezed his fist, took a step forward, and said loudly: "The emperor pushes three and four times, is it deliberately biased against the pair of traitors?" Kangxi saw that Ao Bai suddenly became angry, his face was hideous, and he was a little scared in his heart, took a step back, tripped over a chair, and almost fell to the ground, and said: "Ao Shaobao, you ...... What do you want to do?"

Ao Bai felt that he was out of shape, hurriedly took two steps back, bowed and said: "The emperor is angry, the minister is anxious, and he forgot the etiquette for a while, please forgive the sin of the minister." Kangxi settled down and said: "You are also an unintentional mistake, I will forgive you for your innocence." Ao bowed and thanked him, and then said: "What did the minister do just now, what does the emperor want?" Kangxi said: "Ao Shaobao's intentions are naturally understood, but the family has family rules, and the state has national laws." I am the king of a country, and my words are like a mountain, since I said that the husband and wife were executed after the autumn, the whole court and the people in the court are well known, and now they are going back on their word, so the order is changed every day, so where is my prestige, where is my face, and how can I convince the public?"

Ao Bai said: "This ,...". Kangxi's words made him unable to argue. But he was always unwilling, paused for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, having said that, everything must be expedient. I asked the physician to take the woman's pulse, and the doctor said that the woman would be in labor in less than a month. Once the baby is born, whether His Majesty kills him or spares him, and kills him, people in the world will say that His Majesty is cruel and cruel, and has no mercy. Spare him, but he is a remnant of the previous dynasty, and I am a mortal enemy of the Qing Dynasty. How will Your Majesty decide then?"

His question was to the point, and Kangxi couldn't answer it immediately. But his brain turned very fast, and he saw Ao Bai's fingers wrapped in white cloth at a glance, and he turned his words around and asked: "Hey, Ao Shaobao, your finger is injured, how did you get injured, does it matter?"

Ao Bai's face turned red, he hid his finger behind him, and replied: "Emperor Xie cares, the minister accidentally broke it last night, and it doesn't hinder anything." Kangxi said: "Just now Ao Shaobao said that you sent the imperial doctor to the prison to diagnose the woman's pulse, and she is about to give birth, when did it happen?" Kangxi has always been the emperor, although Ao Bai does not take him in his eyes, but after all, he still has some scruples, listening to Kangxi's next question, for fear that Kangxi will know that he went to the prison to find Li Shiyuan and his wife without permission, so he hesitated: "Well, it was a few days ago, Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, how can you care about these little things?"

Kangxi sneered: "Ao Shaobao, do you know that if you hide it from me, you are guilty of defrauding the king." Ao Bai said in a loud voice: "The minister did not hide anything from the emperor. Kangxi said: "I didn't expect Ao Shaobao to be my first warrior in Manchuria, and I dared to admit it!" Ao Bai was so provoked by him, he was angry, and shouted: "What is the emperor's intention when he says this." Yes, I went to the prison to find the surnamed Zhu before, the purpose is to check their movements, such a trivial matter, not to the emperor, this is not a big crime of bullying the king!"

Kangxi said: "Ao Shaobao, that couple is a serious offender in the court, how can I say it's a trivial matter." Moreover, your dignified minister, who took revenge for personal gain, almost killed two couples in prison, your behavior is tantamount to an abuse of lynching, and it is ridiculous to say that you will go out!"

Ao Bai didn't expect Kangxi to know the whole thing so quickly, and immediately felt heartbroken, and said: "Yes, the minister did go to prison, and the couple saw that the minister didn't say anything, so they insulted the minister in every way, and the minister was forced to punish them slightly." ”

Kangxi knew that he was quibbling, and he didn't break it, and asked: "Ao Shaobao is magnanimous, so why are you so anxious to kill the two of them?" Ao Bai said: "Back to the previous topic, because that mother-in-law is about to give birth, and it will be difficult for the emperor to ride a tiger at that time, and the minister is for the sake of the emperor and the Qing Dynasty!"

Kangxi smiled coldly: "Ao Shaobao is really a rare loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty for decades. However, I still said that if I want to kill the third prince and his wife in advance, I must ask the imperial grandmother to decide. I have a son of heaven, and what I have said and set is not counted, how will I rule and call the world in the future? If the imperial grandmother nods, I have nothing to say. ”

Ao Bai couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore, opened his eyes, waved his arms and shouted: "The emperor has pushed a lot, is the minister not as good as those two traitors in your mind?"

Kangxi saw that he was even worse than before, thinking that he was going to step forward and hurt himself, and said in a trembling voice: "You, what do you want to do?" Ao Bai said in a loud voice: "I ask Your Majesty to quickly descend and execute those two traitors to prevent future troubles." Kangxi said: "This matter has already been said, and I have to ask the emperor's grandmother to decide." Ao Bai said: "The emperor clearly doesn't want to kill those two remnants, you are the emperor, kill two rebels from the previous dynasty, why do you still ask the empress dowager to decide, the emperor, do you think I am the minister of life?" said and slammed his fist on the table, the table was smashed loudly, and the pen holder on the table was shaken.

Kangxi was so frightened that he sat on the chair and shouted, "Someone!" The guards outside the door heard the emperor shouting, thinking that something big had happened, and rushed in together. Ao Bai was furious, his emotions were out of control, and when he heard Kangxi shouting, he immediately sobered up, knowing that this disaster was not small, he fell to his knees and said loudly: "Weichen was impulsive, shocked the holy driver, the crime deserves death, please forgive the emperor!"