"It turns out that I am too ignorant and my vision is too narrow."
Zhu Sijia had never thought that there were many games behind the falcon training in the past, and Yan Xiu was willing to take the trouble to explain it to her so clearly from beginning to end.
He had seen so much and knew so much. Zhu Scarlett was truly envious. Even if she lived her life again, she still wouldn't be able to think about problems from his level.
It's because her vision is too small, and she can only see the little things that are not worth mentioning compared to the righteousness of her family and country.
As long as the relatives are not removed, the Qin Dynasty will not have peace.
Zhu Sijia heard Yan Xiu mention that the Zhang family had been corrupt, perverted the law, and practiced favoritism for many years.
If it were not for Li Woyun to go to the rescue and relief work, the people in the North would fall into the hands of local officials promoted by his relatives and the same party, and the people would not be able to make a living. I am afraid that half of them would not survive last year's winter.
And if you want to get rid of your relatives, it will not be accomplished in a day. Yan Xiu can only wait for the opportunity to kill him with one blow.
So he has been waiting for so many years. He has promoted military officers to check and balance his relatives for many years. He has been able to spread his intelligence and search for evidence everywhere. If he can have more power to drive his relatives to death, he will tightly grasp it.
Zhu Sijia has no intention of blaming Yan Xiu. She knows that as an emperor, you cannot be too sentimental, but you cannot be too ruthless and lose your humanity, as this will also lead to catastrophe for the common people.
She just wanted to stick to the few principles of justice in such a world where she couldn't help herself.
But all principles are useless in front of the emperor's art.
Her perseverance was not wrong, and Yan Xiu's behavior was not wrong either. What was wrong was the treacherous official of a family who did not care about human life and was disrespectful to the common people and gods, but was wrong to Zhang Wanyao who never put the lives of enslaved palace maids in his eyes. .
Yan Xiu didn't expect that just a few words from him would make Zhu Sijia gloomy.
It was hot in summer, and he was afraid that Scarlett Zhu would think he was too hot, and that she would be upset by these things, so he hugged her without caring about anything:
"Don't think too much. I have never thought you were ignorant. The principles you want to stick to are exactly what I am most powerless to do at the moment. When it comes to character, Cicada is the rarest person in the world who has a clean breeze and integrity. I feel ashamed of myself." Fu Ru.”
"I promise you, after this incident, I will be the most lonely emperor in history, and together we will be a saintly king and empress who will last forever."
Zhu Sijia turned around and faced him, smiling so hard that her eyes were crooked: "It's getting late, let's not talk about this anymore, let's go to bed first."
Then he whispered: "I am not a person of Qingfengjingjue. I will spend my money and I will take revenge."
Once the relative falls, the Queen Mother will regroup various forces to rebel, and the Yan Palace will also be involved.
Yan Xing deliberately avoided this disaster by being clever, but Zhu Siyi's death was approaching.
Zhu Sijia's eyes suddenly lit up.
Yan Xiu couldn't understand this light, so he thought her mood had improved. He pinched Zhu Sijia's face:
"Okay, I remember, Zhu Sijia is petty and careless. Yan Xuanzhi swears to God that he will never make Zhu Sijia angry again from today on, otherwise he will be careful of her revenge in the future."
Zhu Scarlett: "You are so annoying."
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The next day, Tai Chi Palace.
Hu Shunhai brought a bowl of ginseng soup to Yan Xiu and said, "Your Majesty, you have been reviewing the memorials for two hours. Please take a rest."
Yan Xiu was indifferent: "It's only been two hours, no problem, bring the ginseng soup and I'll go to Changle Palace for dinner."
The voice of the young eunuch suddenly came from outside the main hall.
"Fang Shunchang, please go back first. His Majesty is still dealing with political affairs and has no time to see you."
Fang Shunchang? Oh, he's the one who wants to take the blame for Zhang Wanyao.
Yan Xiu put down his pen and signaled Hu Shunhai to let people in.
He wanted to see what excuses Zhang Xiang asked her parents to teach her.
Fang Xinyue walked into the main hall and knelt down in front of Yan Xiu's table with a plop: "Your Majesty, please save my concubine's life."
Yan Xiu slanted his body, leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and slowly moved his sore wrists: "Shall I save you?"
Could it be that he had miscalculated? She did not come to Tai Chi Palace to plead guilty.
Fang Xinyue slowly raised her little face. She had shed tears all night, and her beautiful eyes were swollen into two walnuts. She was so miserable that Yan Xiu couldn't even remember what she looked like.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, can you please allow the palace servants to step aside for a moment?"
Seeing Yan Xiu's face, no matter how handsome and good-looking it was, Fang Xinyue admired her immensely, but those unfathomable black eyes and the curved corners of her mouth always made her feel frightened.
The palace attendants in the main hall quickly retreated, leaving only Hu Shunhai, his confidant.
Yan Xiu took a sip of tea and asked in a loud voice: "Fang Yue, what do you have to say?"
Hu Shunhai reminded in a low voice from the side: "Your Majesty, Fang Shun often calls Fang Xinyue. If you call her wrong... next time, please continue to call her by her title."
He said it as if he also remembered the position.
Being called by the wrong name by Yan Xiu made Fang Xinyue even more nervous. She knelt down and cried for half a day without saying a word.
Yan Xiu cleared his throat: "My time is limited. If you don't tell me and go back home, don't waste my time."
Fang Xinyue hurriedly cried: "I said it, I said it."
She honestly told the story of yesterday's mother-in-law coming to the palace to talk to her at night.
It turns out that Fang Xinyue's family also has an idle brother who is industrious and indifferent to food. In addition, Fang's father's official rank is too low and he has not been promoted for many years. As a result, this brother has no way to embark on an official career.
The Fang family originally thought that their daughter would be favored once she entered the palace and would help the Fang family rise to prominence. However, they did not expect that Fang Xinyue's entry into the palace for so long would only be a minor anomaly.
Seeing that the Fang family was about to be ruined, Zhang Xiang secretly met Fang Xinyue's parents with a large amount of money and jewelry.
He promised the Fang family that as long as they persuaded Fang Xinyue to take the blame for Zhang Wanyao and confess to murdering Duan Yun'er and framing Yu Xin, not only would Fang's father be able to get a good word in front of Yan Xiu, but he would also be promoted to the rank of fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Punishment. , Fang Xinyue's brother can also take over Fang's father's current position as the seventh rank left supplementary.
This is undoubtedly a huge temptation for the Fang family, as long as she sacrifices her daughter.
Fang's mother went to the palace to persuade her all night, and Fang Xinyue cried all night.
She is not willing to be reduced to a pawn in the hands of her parents, not willing to be a stepping stone for her good-for-nothing brother, and not willing to take the blame for Zhang Wanyao.
What will be waiting for her?
It's not just as simple as relegating himself to the cold palace, Yan Xiu hates other people plotting against him most in his life.
If he knew that so many troubles were happening under his nose, and he dared to scheme against his teacher's daughter, it would be an exaggeration to punish her for the crime of deceiving the emperor and have her divided into five parts.
After much thought, Fang Xinyue decided to take a gamble and die anyway. Losing the bet and dying would be much happier than dying in vain with an infamy.
After all, Fang's mother was her mother, and she felt sorry for her daughter who was born in ten months' gestation. Naturally, she couldn't bear to see her die.
Fang Xinyue was moved by her love and reason, and asked Fang's mother to go home to persuade Fang's father, secretly report the matter to Yan Xiu, and present the criminal evidence and stolen goods of Fang's father to Yan Xiu to protect himself.
And she herself ran directly to Tai Chi Palace to expose Zhang Wanyao as the real murderer.
