"I don't want to see him." Fang Zilan's expression turned cold, and Li Shengxuan clenched his fingers, "Fang Zilan, do you really want to do this?"
Fang Zilan could hear the suppressed anger in his words, but she remained unmoved, "Your Majesty, I have made up my mind, and there is no need for others to worry."
Li Shengxuan looked steadily at the stubborn and paranoid man in front of him and sighed imperceptibly. Since he and Fang Zilan have known each other, if there was ever a time when he hated her the most, it would be at this moment.
When Fang Zilan heard the voice, she suddenly thought that she had heard it wrong. Ever since she met Li Shengxuan, he was sometimes decisive and decisive, sometimes strategizing, but he was always calm and composed no matter when and where. Such a sigh should not come from him.
So she looked over subconsciously, and met Li Shengxuan's gaze. There was a sense of loss in it, but more of a nostalgia, which made her unable to bear to look at it any longer, and finally looked away.
Until Li Shengxuan walked away, Fang Zilan never looked outside the fence again.
Now that things have come to this, Mo Han is afraid that he will hate her for the rest of his life. She does not ask for forgiveness, but only wants to use her life to calm the anger of the world and leave a way for Mo Han to survive.
But in the undercurrent of the capital, there has always been a tendency to favor the superior and suppress the inferior. Once a person loses power, the people around him will also fall into a place of eternal destruction, making it difficult to stand up.
Hundreds of officials, headed by Yushitai, finally seized the opportunity and wrote to Shen Fang Zilan for several days, not only demanding severe punishment, but also raising accusations of involvement.
As we all know, the only relative recognized by Fang Zilan is Mo Han, and behind Mo Han is the family of Mo Bin, the gatekeeper of Mushan Gate. Even if the Mo family is eradicated, the impact on the court will be nothing more than throwing a stone into the sea, and it will not be able to stir up too much trouble. Big waves.
The courtiers simply focused their attention on the people around Fang Zilan. From General Li and Qi Duhu who guarded the northern border, to Zhou Lang, the chief of the southeast camp, and even Cao Hong, who had just left Beijing, they all became targets of their attacks. object.
It was like a mad dog that smelled something fishy and just rushed forward to bite it. What it could get seemed not so important. What is important is that the original vested interests must be torn apart.
As the lord of the capital, Li Shengxuan has lived in the palace city of the capital since he was a child, and has long been accustomed to such scenes.
Everyone knows that wildfire cannot be burned out, but spring breeze blows and it will grow again. Therefore, only by cutting off the weeds and rooting out can we get rid of them once and for all.
But is this really the case? Some people fall into the abyss, while others stand on the top of the mountain. The higher you stand, the easier it is to become the target of everyone's covetousness. The royal family is like this, and so are the courtiers.
Once Fang Zilan falls, the generals who have grown up under her will inevitably receive a cold reception. They are all generals guarding the four borders. No matter which one of them has an accident, it will endanger the stability of the capital.
However, the courtiers living in the bustling capital could only see the power in front of them, but could not see the swords at the border. In their eyes, it doesn't matter who the general of the four realms is, as long as there are no wars in the capital, they can sit back and relax.
Only those who have actually been on the battlefield and guarded the border know that war is not a move in the hands of those in high positions, but a matter of life and death for millions of people.
Li Shengxuan stood in front of the palace gate. Outside the palace city separated by a wall, hundreds of officials kowtowed and knelt down, just to wait for an explicit decree.
"Your Majesty, all of you are still kneeling outside the palace." Xia Houzhang said cautiously: "Do you want to..."
"No." Li Shengxuan interrupted Xia Houzhang neatly, "I don't like it, let alone be threatened by others. If they think this can force me to deal with Fang Zilan, then they are wrong."
"Your Majesty, please think twice." Xia Houzhang bowed, "Fang Zilan has confessed to the crime he committed. There is really no reason not to deal with it..."
Li Shengxuan glanced at Xia Houzhang, who immediately fell silent and lowered his head and repeated, "Your Majesty, please think twice."
Xia Houzhang stood in the saluting posture for a long time before he heard Li Shengxuan speak again: "Are all the officials kneeling outside?"
Xia Houzhang hurriedly replied: "Except for Duke Wei, the two adults of the Zhuge family, and the Prime Minister, all the other adults are outside."
Li Shengxuan pondered for a moment, "Including all the lords in charge of Southeast Affairs in Beijing?"
"Including." Xia Houzhang nodded, and Li Shengxuan snorted coldly, "Who did Fang Zilan bring with him? They are unfamiliar white-eyed wolves."
Xia Houzhang pursed his lips and did not dare to speak. He only listened to Li Shengxuan's instructions: "Tomorrow, Prime Minister Fang Chongzheng will have an audience."
"yes."
Ji Ningtian was not surprised at all when he saw Fang Chongzheng. She was Fang Zilan, the daughter of the former Zhenbei General Prince Pingnan and his wife Qin Ji. If something happened to her, how could Fang Chongzheng have the face to see his second wife after his death? An old friend?
However, only five days after the incident, Fang Chongzheng paid a visit in person, which made him more frustrated than Ji Ningtian expected.
"King Yuning is indeed the master of the ghost sect, his methods are treacherous and terrifying." Fang Chongzheng looked indifferent as usual, but his sarcastic words still exposed his emotions.
"Prime Minister, are you in a hurry?" Ji Ningtian raised his hand, and Wu Qing poured a cup of tea for Fang Chongzheng with a wink.
Fang Chongzheng didn't even look at it, and Ji Ningtian wasn't annoyed, "As long as the third lady in the Prime Minister's Mansion stays in the boudoir, what does the fate of Yue Duke Fang Zilan have to do with the Prime Minister?"
"Why does Your Majesty ask questions knowingly?" Fang Chongzheng's voice sounded unreal through the steaming tea mist, but it hit people's hearts every word. "If Your Majesty doesn't have her, even if he gets into trouble in the future, it will be unfair."
Hearing this, Ji Ningtian's hands hidden in his sleeves suddenly clenched into fists, "What do you mean, Prime Minister?"
"The prince knows it well, why do I need to say more?" Fang Chongzheng said, leaning back slightly, "This tea is good, but it's a pity that the heat is too high, and there is no tea fragrance anymore, so don't drink it."
"Prime Minister, even if she dies, that is the path she chose." Ji Ningtian's eyes were heavy, "What can you do?"
"Nothing can be done about it." Fang Chongzheng straightened his sleeves unhurriedly, "I have never interfered in her past, and I will not do so in the future. As the prince said, everything is her choice."
He paused, and his voice was a little sharper, "But no matter how she chooses or what she chooses, as long as she speaks, the Fang family will help."
Help? Ji Ningtian sneered, "Prime Minister, do you take the Fang family too seriously..."
"Your Majesty." Fang Chongzheng stopped Ji Ningtian's words, his tone seemed to be talking about the most ordinary trivial matter, "If Your Majesty doesn't take the Fang family seriously, why would he go to such trouble to erase her memory? Even used poison?"
Ji Ningtian looked stern, and Fang Chongzheng continued talking to himself, "Everything in the world can be bought and sold, and the constant exchange of goods is the way of business. This principle is applicable to all countries. Others don't know what poison is, can they account for it?" Would the Fang family, which is doing all the business in the world, not know?"
