Uncle Huaiyin followed the eunuch who delivered the order into the palace. He was trembling with fear all the way.
Looking back on his life, he saw that he had only entered the palace a handful of times. Calculating carefully, except for the time when he inherited the title and was personally received by the late emperor, the other few times he sneaked in with his brothers to attend palace banquets. Every time They all glanced at the supreme emperor from a distance, and watched with cold eyes as the important ministers, powerful ministers, and princes in the court who were less than ten thousand were praised by the stars.
At that time, he always had the feeling that all the excitement belonged to other people and had nothing to do with him.
When I came back from the lively palace banquet and was alone, I thought about it again. It would be a lie to say that I didn't envy that kind of life.
But Uncle Huaiyin knows his own weight very well. He doesn't have the brains and doesn't like fighting with others. He is not suitable for the intrigues in the court. If he accidentally gets involved one day, he will definitely end up being shattered to pieces.
Therefore, I just envy you in my heart, I should live my own little life, I should live my own little life, and I don’t have any inappropriate thoughts.
Unfortunately, things went against his wishes. The woman he finally fell in love with was related to a mysterious force of unknown origin. For the sake of his beloved wife, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree to cooperate with those guys with evil intentions.
He knew very well that such cooperation would not end well, so in order to save the lives of his family when the incident came to light, he held back a hand.
Uncle Huaiyin stretched out his hand to touch the pile of evidence hidden in his sleeve, and breathed a sigh of relief. The imperial army and patrol camp surrounded the uncle's house without any explanation. He had already carried the evidence left behind over the years with him. At that time, he thought that once he was arrested and taken to Dali Temple, he would confess directly without being tortured and hand over the evidence at the same time.
Unexpectedly, His Majesty directly sent someone to summon him to the palace. Uncle Huaiyin had the slightest hope that maybe the situation was not as bad as he imagined.
As he walked, he kept thinking wildly. It wasn't until the eunuch who delivered the order reminded him that he had arrived at the imperial study room that Uncle Huaiyin came back to his senses.
He straightened his clothes and nodded towards the young chamberlain guarding the door of the royal study.
"Your Majesty, Uncle Huaiyin has arrived!"
"Let him in."
The little chamberlain gently pushed open the door of the imperial study room and made a "please" gesture, allowing Uncle Huaiyin to go in on his own.
Uncle Huaiyin adjusted his official uniform again, took a deep breath, bowed and walked in.
This was the first time he entered the imperial study. To be more precise, it was the first time he paid homage to Song Jue in the imperial study. He felt very nervous. He was so nervous that he didn’t even know who else was in the room, so he walked directly to the designated area. He lifted up his front skirt, knelt down on the futon that had been prepared, and saluted Song Jue.
"I see your Majesty, long live your Majesty!"
"Uncle Huaiyin, do you know your sin?"
"I know that I am guilty!" Uncle Huaiyin began to sweat on his forehead, "I am guilty of committing a crime that deserves death!"
"Oh? Then my beloved, you might as well tell me what crime you are guilty of!"
Because of illness, Song Jue's voice was a little hoarse, and his tone was not as clear as usual, and he seemed a little deeper, with some majesty that is not common in daily life. It was this kind of majesty that made Uncle Huaiyin somewhat breathless.
"I...I shouldn't...shouldn't..."
"Why is Uncle Huaiyin stuttering?" Song Qiyun looked at Song Jue who looked a little tired. He stood up and walked to the imperial desk. He touched the teapot on the table and waved to the young chamberlain standing beside him, "Master Jin. Have you boiled a pot of herbal tea for Your Majesty? Is it ready? Hurry up and ask someone to hurry up and bring it over when it’s ready."
The waiter in charge quickly left the imperial study room and went to bring medicine to Song Jue.
Watching the young chamberlain leave, Song Qiyun wandered up to Uncle Huaiyin and stared at him condescendingly for a long time.
"Uncle Huaiyin, when you raise your head to speak, you always bow like this. If you turn around after a while, I will find an imperial doctor for you."
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Uncle Huaiyin raised his head and straightened his back and took a few breaths before the dizzy feeling disappeared. He took the opportunity to look around and saw the other people in the imperial study. Except for Song Jue who was looking at him with a smile behind the imperial case, Song Qiyun stood in front of him, looking at him with contempt, and sitting next to him were the Duke of Zhenguo and the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army who were silent, stern-faced, and filled with murderous intent.
"I have met the prince, the prince, and the commander-in-chief!" Uncle Huaiyin saluted the three of them, "Your Majesty, my minister..."
"Uncle Huaiyin, how do you know what purpose His Majesty summoned you to the palace to ask you about?" Song Qiyun approached Uncle Huaiyin and chuckled, "Is there something wrong in your heart?"
"Back to your lord, I... I do have something evil in my heart, I can't deny it." Uncle Huaiyin took a deep breath, "I have only done this one thing that I feel guilty about in my life, and I feel very regretful every time I think about it, but... He smiled bitterly, "If I could go back in time, I would still make the same choice."
"Oh? Why?" Song Jue asked with interest, "Just for a woman?"
"But it is my lifelong wish to win the heart of a person and stay together forever. Although my wife's background is not good, what I like about her is not her background, but her as a person."
"Her origin is not a problem, and no one will ridicule you because of her origin. What really makes people look down on her is that her existence puts you in a dilemma of being unkind, unjust, unfaithful, and unfilial. This is the problem. The real location." Song Qiyun's expression was serious, "Of course, this does not exclude you from doing such treasonous things under the guise of your wife."
"I don't dare. Even if I had a hundred courages, I wouldn't do such a thing."
"But you've already done it." Song Qiyun spread his hands, "No matter what your original intention was, the facts are already in front of you. You just passed the news to them. Do you have anything to say about this? Or do you want to defend yourself? "
"I have nothing to say and nothing to defend. I plead guilty." Uncle Huaiyin took out the prepared evidence from his sleeves, held it in both hands, and presented it to Song Qiyun respectfully, "This is the file I left behind. These are all the messages I have delivered to that mysterious family in the past two years."
"Oh, I am quite surprised that Uncle Huaiyin still has this skill. What a good trick!"
Song Qiyun glanced at him and reached for the thick pile of evidence. Without looking at it himself, he turned around and walked to the court case and placed it in front of Song Jue. Shen Cha had already sent someone to deliver Yan Ruyu's confession before. Just compare the two.
"Your Majesty, I didn't think about this at the time. I just felt that I should keep these things. What I said before was absolutely true. I didn't dare to betray Daxia, nor did I dare to betray His Majesty. However, the situation at that time forced me to do it as a last resort. "Huaiyin Bo kowtowed again, "I can't atone for this serious crime even if I die. I just ask Your Majesty to spare my wife and daughter for the sake of taking the responsibility and confessing my crime. I will die without regrets!"
