A Ping said: "Your Royal Highness, I come from a poor family and I dare not seek to be your goddaughter..."
Princess Pingrou said with a smile: "How can this be considered a high achievement? We will be a family in the future. I feel friendly when I look at you, so I will accept you as my goddaughter."
"No." Lu Baozhu said jealously, "Mother, you can only have one daughter from me."
A Ping secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Pingrou patted Lu Baozhu's head: "You, you, are even more childish than Lingling."
Lu Baozhu snuggled into Princess Pingrou's arms and said, "With mother here, I can be childish."
A trace of jealousy flashed in Qi Yuning's heart. She had been fighting with Lu Baozhu for many years. There were times when Lu Baozhu got the treasure and she had never been envious.
Only when she saw Lu Baozhu getting along with Princess Pingrou and her daughter, she could not restrain the jealousy in her heart.
A group of people entered.
Qi Yuning returned to the room. Over the past half month, letters from the Qi family's property managers had piled up like a mountain.
Qi Yuning hurriedly took a bath, changed into palace clothes of a princess's rank, and went to the palace with Qi Yu'an to pay homage to His Majesty.
Fang entered the palace gate.
Qi Yuning saw Lu Ze, whom he had not seen for a few days. He was wearing a bright red official robe and walked up to Qi Yuning. He handed the Tang Pozi in his hand to Qi Yuning, "I specially prepared it for you."
Qi Yuning took Mrs. Tang and smiled slightly: "Thank you very much."
Lu Ze whispered in Qi Yuning's ear: "Your Majesty was furious when he learned about Wen Ban's collusion with the King of Shu. He has thrown the Concubine Xian into the cold palace and put the King of Shu under house arrest."
Qi Yuning's smile stopped and he looked at Lu Ze with confusion: "Just confinement? How can we repay the lives of thousands of soldiers of our Qi family army?"
Lu Ze said: "Your Majesty is getting old. He has been a kind king all his life. Now that he has passed the age of sixty, I am afraid that he will not give up his eldest son to death easily..."
Qi Yuning frowned when he heard this.
Qi Yu'an, Qi Yuning, and Lu Ze entered the Zichen Palace and saluted Emperor Shiyuan above.
Emperor Shiyuan's hair was much grayer than before, and he was also much older.
Emperor Shi Yuan sighed and said: "Yu An, Yu Ning, you all should get up quickly. I have no way to teach my son. I didn't know that that beast made such a big mistake for the throne. I am ashamed of Brother Qi Yang, I am ashamed of your parents, and I am ashamed of myself." You guys.
I will not protect the King of Shu, but will demote him and his descendants to common people and imprison him in a miserable and desolate land for the rest of his life. "
Qi Yuning did not get up, but still knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, you are devoted to the people. You are a diligent king who cares about the people of the world. The fault is only the King of Shu. Please punish the King of Shu severely. The King of Shu will not be convinced until he dies." Everyone."
Qi Yu'an also knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, thousands of soldiers died in Beicheng back then. Many soldiers' corpses were buried in the yellow sand, and they could not even return home wrapped in horse leather.
Back then, my grandfather risked his life to defeat Bei Mo and expand the territory for Da Sheng, so that these sacrificed soldiers could rest under the territory of Da Sheng. As a royal son, the King of Shu colluded with Bei Mo. It is really difficult to describe. , should be sentenced to death. "
Qi Yuning knelt down and kowtowed: "I beg Your Majesty to convict the King of Shu of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and grant the King of Shu Lingchi the death penalty."
Emperor Shi Yuan looked at the two brothers and sisters below, rubbed his temples, and sighed: "The King of Shu has committed a heinous crime. I will let him be imprisoned in a darkroom for the rest of his life, never to see the light of day, to atone for the sins of the dead soldiers!"
"Your Majesty!" Qi Yuning pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, the crime committed by the King of Shu was collaborating with the enemy and treason. The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. It is really unfair for Your Majesty to let the King of Shu go so easily."
Lu Ze said: "Your Majesty, what the princess said is absolutely true. The King of Shu not only committed treason with the enemy, but also attempted rebellion, secretly sold weapons, and mined iron ore. All of them were capital crimes. If he were spared lightly, I'm afraid he would be punished. If you cause other princes and princes to follow suit, please Your Majesty severely punish the King of Shu."
Qi Yuning thought that His Majesty would protect the King of Shu, but he did not expect that he would treat the King of Shu so lightly.
It’s also heartbreaking.
More than ten members of his family died because of their loyalty to the Zhao family.
Emperor Shiyuan saw his grandson and the two juniors of the Qi family below, and slowly said: "I am already over sixty years old. From ancient times to the present, how many people have been over sixty years old? King Shu is now almost forty. At his age, I know that I feel sorry for your Qi family, and I will definitely make up for it in the future, but after all, he is also my eldest son, and I really can't bear to take his life."
Qi Yuning said: "I can understand His Majesty's love for his son, but what about my parents? My parents still love their children and their daughters, but they still left me and my brother to rush to the battlefield. I am loyal to Your Majesty, in order to protect the Zhao family, and I beg Your Majesty to make the decision for my parents."
Qi Yu'an on the side raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, three generations of the Qi family have guarded the Dasheng border. My fiancée is pregnant. I ask your Majesty to allow me to return the military power of the Qi family to your Majesty. I can take good care of you in Shengjing City even after leaving the military camp." Wife and children.”
Emperor Shiyuan stood up after hearing this and said, "Yu An."
Although the North Desert has been subjugated for more than ten years, many remnants of the Northern Desert royal tribe did not surrender to Dasheng easily.
Many tribes are still scattered as sand bandits at the junction of Beicheng and Wan Kingdom, and they are all suppressed by the Qi family's troops and horses.
Qi Yu'an returned the military power, but Emperor Shi Yuan knew that there was no better candidate who could shoulder the heavy burden of the Qi Family Army. The Qi Family Army's subordinates were loyal and could not be replaced at the request of the court.
Moreover, if the military power of the Qi family is taken away, his reputation for treating his subjects kindly will definitely be criticized.
Qi Yuning said: "Your Majesty, my grandfather's last words asked me and my brother to be loyal to your Majesty. The children of the Qi family are not afraid of being wrapped in horse leather, let alone going into battle to kill the enemy and defend the Zhao family's territory. However, if the traitor is not eliminated and the traitor is treason, then Qi will be imprisoned." The children of the family are left with a cold heart.
Why should the Qi family fight to protect their territory? It would be better to have children and live in an ignoble existence. There is no need to envy the prosperous people in the Duke Lu's mansion next door. But my Qi family is miserable every year during the New Year! "
Emperor Shiyuan looked displeased and said, "Are you forcing me?"
Qi Yuning raised his eyes and looked at Emperor Shi Yuan and said: "Your Majesty, we are grateful for your care of our brothers and sisters, but the hatred of killing your father and mother is irreconcilable, and the revenge of collaborating with the enemy and treason and killing Dasheng's soldiers will not be avenged, let alone It’s unkind and unjust!”
Emperor Shiyuan said angrily: "Are you saying that I am unkind and unjust?"
Lu Zelian said: "Grandpa, this is not what the princess meant. The generals who died in the Qi family are all brothers of the Qi family. They cannot remain indifferent. Your Majesty, if you do not severely punish the King of Shu, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of all the generals in the world."
Emperor Shiyuan saw the three juniors below and said coldly: "I will discuss this matter with the ministers tomorrow morning. You all should step aside."
Qi Yuning walked out of the Zichen Palace, her eyes filled with chills. His Majesty had been so good to her over the years that she had forgotten that imperial power was imperial power.
Lu Ze said beside Qi Yuning: "The King of Shu is your Majesty's first son. Your Majesty is old and cannot bear to do anything to his own son. However, when we go to the morning court tomorrow, the ministers will not protect the King of Shu, and the King of Shu will get Retributive.”
Qi Yu'an also persuaded Qi Yuning: "Sister, I will definitely avenge my parents." (End of this chapter)
