Ding Jiying's seemingly simple and casual words seemed to make the point, instantly awakening Li Ruiyun's originally dark and unclear feelings, and at that moment he suddenly realized.
No wonder the emperor suddenly agreed so happily to write the edict to recall Prince Guangling - and at the beginning, he would rather bear the abuse of "Calming Pill" than live in death rather than relax a little.
It turned out that before this, he and Ling Yun had just planned that his loyal minister would rush to the three passes to convey the secret order to reveal the truth to Prince Guangling! Because he has no fear, the emperor will be unscrupulous!
Furthermore, Ling Yun sneaked into the palace and secretly met with the emperor, but he didn't want to be caught off guard, so he had no choice but to disguise himself as a personal bodyguard and hide behind the emperor...
Thinking about the situation at that time, how nervous they must have been waiting! That's why the emperor hastily wrote down that edict, wishing that he would immediately send him to go on a walk and thus get away with it. What's deplorable is, why was he so slow at that time and didn't see any clues?
What made him even more dissatisfied was that he had clearly noticed that something was wrong with the guard behind the emperor, but why didn't he take another step forward to expose the secret, but let him go so easily?
What a mistake! What a mistake!
"Ling Yun, Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." He murmured these names repeatedly, and the evil aura in Li Ruiyun's eyes surged.
After all, the culprit is still the emperor who is still extremely restless even though he has been imprisoned!
Zhao Yu, you are quite powerful! Although you have fallen into such a situation, you can still make ministers such as Ling Yun, Ding Jiying, and Prince Guangling serve you wholeheartedly, and they are loyal and willing to die without regrets - it's great, it's really great!
In this case, I will accompany you to continue to fight unyieldingly, and let things end wherever they begin! …
As his thoughts reached this point, a cold light flashed across Li Ruiyun's eyes, which made people shudder. Without saying a word, he went out and ran towards the side hall where Emperor Zhao Yu was imprisoned.
The rain finally poured down, thunder rumbled, and lightning spread its claws, instantly tearing apart the dark sky. The entire Ouchi Palace was shrouded in a gloomy and terrifying atmosphere, as if announcing the arrival of an unknown disaster.
The side hall was very dark. Even though it was daytime, the candlelight was still dimly lit, and the masonry floor was cold and hard.
Emperor Zhao Yu sat numbly in front of the tables, his eyes empty and confused, like an abyss of endless darkness, so cold and emotionless; Zheng Yifei, the loyal and unyielding guard, stood aside with a languid expression.
In the gloom and gloom, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly came from outside; then the door of the hall was kicked open with a bang, and a sinister and vague figure broke in menacingly from the outside.
His back was straight, with a cold and murderous aura; his whole body was even more violent, and the flickering candlelight shone on his angular features, which was extremely aggressive.
The person who came was none other than Li Ruiyun.
Zhao Yu felt a chill running straight into his heart, as if the god of death was coming in person. Before he could react, he heard a "clang" sound, and the opponent's sword was unsheathed. The sword energy tore through the wind, and the sword power was exhausted, and it hit his heart without any explanation.
Zheng Yifei on the side was caught off guard and was frightened so much that his heart beat wildly and he couldn't help but scream.
"Li Ruiyun, you... what are you going to do? Do you really want to commit rebellion and plot regicide?" Zhao Yu's voice trembled.
"Hmph, conspiracy to kill the king? What if I really kill you? A subjugated king who has been reduced to a prisoner, still shamelessly calls himself 'superior'?" Li Ruiyun's tone was harsh, revealing his undisguised anger. ridicule.
"You..." Zhao Yu's face turned red and white, and he was choked to the point of being unable to speak.
Li Ruiyun didn't bother to talk to him anymore and went straight to the point, "Tell me, on the night when you wrote the edict of Xuan Guangling King Zhao Rui to return to the capital, did Ling Yun come to the palace and have a secret meeting with you?"
Zhao Yu's jawline tightened, and there was a layer of panic in his indifferent eyes.
"Did you entrust him with a secret order to rush to Sanguan to find Guangling King Zhao Rui to expose those things?"
Zhao Yu's face was as pale as death.
"It's because you were confident that you wrote that edict unscrupulously, right?"
Still silent.
"I've been asking for a long time, why didn't you answer? Are you acquiescing or resisting?" Li Ruiyun looked like a wolf deep in the mountains and forests, grinning and his eyes blood red.
"Li Ruiyun, I... I really don't know what you are talking about." Zhao Yu's body slumped on the chair, his crossed hands protruding from the white joints due to excessive exertion.
Li Ruiyun laughed angrily, "As expected of a monarch and his ministers, all of them are stubborn and stubborn - it can be said that you will not shed tears until you see the coffin, and you will not give up until you reach the Yellow River! In this case, I will make you convinced. You can talk!”
As he spoke, he slowly retracted the long sword that was forcing the emperor, turned around and ordered the white feather Taoist priest and others who hurriedly followed behind him, "Bring this person up."
Bai Yu responded in a low voice, waved his hand gently at the guards on both sides, and the two dejected and embarrassed people were pushed and pushed forward.
It was Ding Jiying and Zhou Huaiyi.
"Your Majesty, do you still recognize these two people? Do you want to know what is going on? Would you like Mr. Li to tell you carefully from beginning to end?" Li Ruiyun said sadly, with a smile on his lips. Heart-warming.
Of course, there was no need to talk about Ding Jiying; as for Zhou Huaiyi, although the emperor had not personally summoned him, Ding Jiying had just taken advantage of the convenient opportunity of guarding the emperor to quietly talk to him about the matter two days ago.
Seeing these two miserable people, the emperor immediately understood the general outline of the matter, and a dense layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Your Majesty, do you have nothing to say now?" Looking at the Emperor's embarrassed expression, Li Ruiyun curled his lips in a bad way.
"Li Ruiyun, you...what do you want?" The emperor's head drooped weakly, like an animal that had lost all hope.
"Whatever I want, I want things to end wherever I want them to start." Li Ruiyun said quietly: "Your Majesty, didn't you secretly summon Ling Yun to the palace last time and entrust him with the secret decree to reveal the truth? He gave the secret decree to Zhao Rui, the king of Guangling, so that Mr. Li failed in his success, lost his wife and lost his army - now I will make back all the losses I have caused to you!"
"..."
Before Zhao Yu could say anything else, Li Ruiyun suddenly waved his hand, and Taoist priest Bai Yu stepped forward, spread a pair of yellow silk brocades on the desk, and placed pen and ink beside it.
The emperor's expression suddenly changed, "What do you mean?"
Li Ruiyun walked directly to the emperor's desk, poured himself a cup of tea, held the cup lightly with his slender fingertips, took a sip, and said slowly: "Please ask the emperor to write another secret decree to Ling Yun, just tell him : Things are going smoothly now. Everyone on Mr. Li's side is kept in the dark and stupidly doesn't know anything. However, Your Majesty, you are trapped in the enemy's hands and miserable. You are looking forward to them day and night to rescue you from the sea of misery. ; And this is also a great opportunity to rescue the holy driver from danger, let him negotiate with King Guangling and others, and come to the palace to rescue him as soon as possible, without any mistake!"
"Li Ruiyun, you have such a vicious mind. You are using me as bait to trick Ling Yun and my imperial uncle into throwing themselves into a trap and coming here to die!"
"Haha, your Majesty is worthy of being your Majesty. You can read someone Li's mind right away!" Li Ruiyun narrowed his eyes and smiled like a crescent moon.
"I will never destroy the Great Wall and put my loyal ministers and generals in a dangerous situation and suffer the torture of you rebellious ministers and traitors for no apparent reason! Li Ruiyun, even if you really kill me this time, I will not agree!" Zhao Yu's hands were clenched tightly into fists, shaking slightly from the exertion.
"Your Majesty, are you sure?" Li Ruiyun still had a smile on his face, but he could see a bit of turmoil in his eyes.
The emperor suppressed the noise all over his body and nodded with clenched teeth.
"Since the emperor is so ignorant of praise, it's a shame that Mr. Li is so rude." Li Ruiyun glanced at the man opposite him coolly, his eyes were dark and strange, and there was no trace of light in his pupils. He was not like a living person. The eyes you should have...
