"It's all Li Ruiyun who is doing this. If we don't agree to him, I'm afraid that every night at this time..." Seeing the emperor being tortured by the poison of "Hundred Turns and Thousands of Calming Pills", Zheng Yifei couldn't help but feel miserable. Crying bitterly.
"I know, but tell me, can I...can I promise them?"
Zheng Yifei cried: "But, Your Majesty..."
"I have made up my mind!..." The emperor raised his head and exhaled softly, with a persistent light in his originally dark eyes, as firm as iron, "Even if I am tortured to death by the Calming Pill, I will not bow to Li Ruiyun." ——Prince Guangling is now our hope for the restoration of the Song Dynasty. If we lose him again, then I will have no hope at all..."
Three days later, Li Ruiyun arrived as promised.
"What's going on, Your Majesty, have you figured it out?" Li Ruiyun's deep voice was as calm as water, but his eyes were cold.
Zhao Yu bit his lip hard, and a weak and broken voice escaped from his throat, "Li Ruiyun, I advise you not to waste your efforts. Even if I die, I will not agree to it!"
Li Ruiyun's cold gaze cut into his body like a sharp blade, causing severe pain. "It seems that the emperor still hasn't truly realized the wonderful artistic conception of the resiliency pill that can come back hundreds of times! By the way, let me tell the emperor that the resiliency pill is very powerful." Very, in the future it will become more and more intense in the body and the time will become longer and longer. Please let the emperor experience it slowly! Hahaha..."
As he spoke, he laughed with a creepy evil tone; then Shi Shiran turned and walked out.
When he reached the door, he stopped again, turned around, looked at the pale emperor, and said with a hint of inquiry and provocation in his voice, "If the emperor changes his mind at any time, you can come to me at any time!"
In the next few days, Emperor Zhao Yu experienced purgatory-like suffering that he had never experienced in his life.
It was really painful, so painful that just as the last injury healed, the next torture followed. In the silent night, attacks occurred again and again, destroying and suffocating, and the darkness with no end in sight swept in like strong winds and rains again and again. It felt like flowers withering, like grass breaking off its roots, and it was so painful that I couldn't bear to live.
Zhao Yu truly understood the saying "You can't survive, you can't die", and he understood it vividly.
As Li Ruiyun said, the calming pill has a very strong staying power. It lasted longer and longer in the body and became more intense. In the end, Zhao Yu could no longer bear the severe and painful abuse and vomited a mouthful of blood. Fainted...
Darkness, only darkness. The sky was as dark as ink, and it was impossible to see any fingers. There was no temperature, not even dim starlight. There was only fear and confusion lingering in my ears, lingering in my ears.
When Zhao Yu gradually regained consciousness from the nightmare, he vaguely seemed to hear the sound of sobbing in his ears.
After a while, he saw the man's face clearly. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and murmured: "Servant Zheng..."
When Zheng Yifei saw that he was awake, he couldn't help but burst into tears with excitement. He knelt down in front of the emperor and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, you finally woke up. You scared me to death. The sky has eyes..."
Zhao Yu's heart seemed to be strangled tightly by a big invisible hand, suffocating him severely. He smiled bitterly and said, "If the sky really has eyes, this wouldn't be the case now."
Zheng Yifei lowered his head in sadness and was speechless.
Zhao Yu's trembling limbs seemed to be rooted in place, unable to move even half a step. His whole person fell into endless despair, "Oh! I don't know when this kind of life will end. I've had enough, I really have had enough." Well, it would be better to die than to live in such pain..."
Zheng Yifei kowtowed and said, bleeding: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. The Song Dynasty's thousands of miles of land and thousands of people cannot live without you!..."
Zhao Yu's eyes were hollow and he said feebly: "Stop comforting me. I can't protect myself now, so what about the country and my people? I am now being coerced by Li Ruiyun, and I am in a dilemma. Alas, I really don't know what else to do now." Who can help me get out of this predicament?"
Zheng Yifei's Adam's apple rolled twice, and he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have an idea. I don't know whether to talk about it or not?..."
"Oh?..." Zhao Yu's eyes flashed with astonishment, "Say it quickly!"
Zheng Yifei hesitated for a moment, "Since Li Ruiyun has repeatedly coerced the emperor into agreeing to that matter, why don't we take advantage of the trick and agree to him first, and then find ways to inform Prince Guangling of the truth about the matter, so that he can take advantage of the situation to send troops to rescue the emperor."
Zhao Yu stared at him with red eyes and snorted softly, "It's easy for you to say, but how can you tell Prince Guangling about such a secret? Now the palace is fortified everywhere and the guards are extremely tight. Even a bird can't fly. Go out, let alone a human being?"
Zheng Yifei said softly: "I think the emperor has probably heard about Ling Yun. We can find Prince Guangling through him."
"Ling Yun?..." When this familiar and sensitive name was mentioned again, Zhao Yu's lifeless heart was filled with ripples.
"Exactly." Seeing that the emperor approved his idea, Zheng Yifei became more confident and said hurriedly.
"This is a way, but how can we convey this matter to him?"
Zheng Yifei said: "Your Majesty, we may be able to pass the message through one person, and I also believe that this person will not disappoint us."
"who is it?"
Zheng Yifei said in a low voice: "This person is outside now. Would the Emperor wish to see him?"
The emperor was surprised and said: "Really? Let him in quickly."
Zheng Yifei snorted, turned around and went out. After a while, someone was led in.
When Zhao Yu saw the person coming, he couldn't help but gasped, "You?..."
The man was about thirty years old, dressed as an imperial guard, handsome in appearance, with fair skin, slightly pointed eyebrows, and slightly pursed thin lips.
His face is as clear as a sculpture, his eyes are as clear as ink, and his long eyelashes gently cover his eyelids. Against his tall and tall figure, he exudes a stubborn and persistent temperament from the inside out. .
The person coming was none other than Ding Jiying.
Ding Jiying seemed to have expected the emperor's surprise; he didn't say anything, just prostrated himself on the ground and paid homage to the emperor respectfully.
Zhao Yu looked at Ding Jiying in a daze, a little confused, and was speechless for a long time. After a long time, he turned to look at Zheng Yifei.
Zheng Yifei kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, please listen to what I have to say. Although Ding Jiying is Ding Jinzhi's son, his character and temperament are very different from his father. Especially in recent days, Ding Jinzhi has helped Zhou to do many treacherous and unethical things, which is very disturbing. The gods were all angry, but Mr. Ding was even more disdainful. However, his father had already gone crazy and could not dissuade him from changing his mind.
"Now seeing that the emperor is being coerced by traitors and suffering physically and mentally, Mr. Ding found Wei Chen a few days ago and wanted to negotiate with Wei Chen on a plan to rescue the emperor. Wei Chen was half-believed and dubious at the time, until Mr. Ding handed it over to Wei Chen last night when he was on duty at night. It's a thing." As he spoke, he tremblingly took out a Luan note from his arms and handed it over respectfully.
The emperor took it and unfolded it, only to see dots on the paper, but it was a brocade letter:
"Your Majesty Lingyun begged the Emperor Jin An:
I already know what has happened recently and the emperor's dragon body is in a hurry. In my humble opinion, I can delay the attack first and agree to Li Ruiyun's request. I will try my best to inform Prince Guangling and rescue the emperor from the tiger's den as soon as possible. The book is short but has a long meaning. If you have any questions, please ask Ding Jiying. Please take care of the dragon body and be extra careful, Your Majesty.
This book will be destroyed after reading it. "
Behind it is Lingyun's signature and date.
Zhao Yu looked at this letter repeatedly. It was written in running script. Although the handwriting was a bit sloppy, the bones of each word were prominent, like flowing clouds and flowing water, with dragons and phoenixes dancing, making it look extremely free and elegant.
After carefully identifying the handwriting, there is no doubt that it was written by Ling Yun.
In the confusion and despair, I finally found a glimmer of light and finally saw a glimmer of hope. Zhao Yu held the two corners of the letter tightly and felt his hands shaking uncontrollably.
After a long time, he calmed down the turbulent emotional waves. He turned his head and looked at the two courtiers in front of him who remained loyal in times of crisis. There was something shiny in his pupils, not just tears, but also palpitations. Move, get excited, move.
"Your Majesty..." Also affected by the Emperor's excitement, Ding Jiying and Zheng Yifei also had sore noses and their vision blurred for an instant.
With tears in their eyes, the two of them looked at the emperor eagerly, waiting for the emperor's statement on the situation of life and death...
