hand?
It's about Cheng Ning's burn.
"It seems that Concubine Xi personally cooked and prepared a soup for Your Majesty. She even burned her hands for this purpose."
When Wei Yanzhou heard this, a trace of darkness flashed in his eyes.
"What kind of soup can she make? She is better at killing people than making soup."
Cheng Ning couldn't possibly cook.
When I was still young, there were winter hunts in Yanjing every year.
When you arrive at the hunting ground, you usually have to spend the night.
Once, he and Cheng Ning were in a team, but because Cheng Ning was so excited, he lost all the guards who were following him.
When it gets dark, I can't tell the way in the natural hunting ground, so I can only rest where I am and wait for someone to come find me.
I was hungry and hunted a few pheasants.
Wei Yanzhou, a dignified prince, cannot possibly roast chicken.
Cheng Ning volunteered: "I'll do it! My sister will definitely not let you go hungry."
She rolled up her sleeves, plucked the chicken's feathers, and threw the chicken into the fire.
Half an hour later, a black chicken stand was harvested.
Wei Yanzhou lifted the chicken and looked at it for a moment, then put it down and clapped his hands: "Good chicken."
He was surprised: "Commander, there are always those who fall behind when marching and fighting. When food and salary are not enough, what do you eat at that time?"
Cheng Ning's face turned red: "I'm really hungry, I can eat it even if it's pureed."
"..."
Even after a few years, when my hands are burnt red, the soup is still unpalatable.
Wei Yanzhou looked at the cup of soup on his desk.
There is no color or fragrance.
Not as good as one finger of the dishes in Xie Nianyao's palace.
And it was cold.
But he picked it up and drank the soup spoonful by spoonful.
Wang Xi was extremely anxious: "Your Majesty, let me warm it up. It's going to be bad for your stomach if it's cold!"
Wei Yanzhou turned a deaf ear.
"Find someone to take care of Chen Yili," he handed the soup cup to Wang Xi: "Nothing else needs to be done."
"Yes Yes!"
His Majesty finally relented, and Wang Xi felt a little melancholy.
He was about to exit when he was stopped again: "Also, tell Meng Xin to keep her mouth shut from now on. If she feels that life in the hospital is too easy, I don't mind letting her change her place."
The tone was cold.
How could Wang Xi not understand that in the final analysis, Cheng Ning was able to know the news so quickly because of Meng Xin.
She has been popular since she was a child, and she has close friends all over Yanjing.
It's not uncommon for one or two people to commit crimes and deliver news to her.
Guessing Wei Yanzhou's mood, Wang Xi hesitated again and again. There was something else he wanted to say but he didn't dare.
"His Majesty."
Wei Yanzhou glanced at him: "Why are you hesitating? Tell me."
"General Cheng... I want to see you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Xi felt an even more deadly silence coming.
He didn't even dare to raise his head or look at Wei Yanzhou's face.
I even wanted to slap myself, why did I mention it, knowing how much His Majesty... hates Cheng Fengxu.
"See me?"
It took a long time before Wei Yanzhou gently dropped the word, as if he had been chewing it between his teeth for a long time, full of murderous intent.
Wang Xi quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."
"Okay." Wei Yanzhou actually agreed: "Speaking of which, I may not have seen General Cheng for a long time."
On a snowy night, I had to go out despite the strong wind.
No one expected that His Majesty would visit the prison in person at this time.
The Cheng family was divided into special cells, each in their own place.
The bright yellow suede boots made a frightening clicking sound in the dirty prison.
In the dark prison, the man crawling on the rice stalks moved slowly.
He raised his head, and his eyes, which looked very similar to Cheng Ning's, had aged even more after months of imprisonment.
Cheng Fengxu squinted his eyes and recognized who was outside the door: "Your Highness."
"Bold, this is His Majesty the Emperor!"
Cheng Fengxu slowly moved to the cell door. His old hands were holding the door open, and there were wounds on his body from torture.
The person in front of him was wearing a dragon robe and had a sinister expression. He was indeed no longer the worry-free Second Highness six months ago.
"Your Majesty?" Cheng Fengxu coughed twice: "You know how you came to the throne. The Cheng family has never rebelled!"
Wei Yanzhou just stood in front of the door with his hands behind his back, motionless.
No one could clearly see the deep murderous intent in his eyes.
Suddenly he chuckled: "The throne was inherited from my father. You led troops to support King Yong and were arrested by me. How come it's only been three months and Mr. Cheng has forgotten it?"
"You lied! Your Majesty, how could the late emperor pass the throne to you!"
In the past few months, he had wanted to see Wei Yanzhou countless times, but the other party refused.
Just like a dream, he didn't believe that Wei Yanzhou's claim to the throne was innocent, let alone that this man wanted to put the Cheng family to death.
Cheng Fengxu was dressed in tatters, with white hair hanging loosely on his temples, and his pupils were cloudy.
He once stood firm and was a victorious general who fought countless battles.
One day he ended up in prison, no better than a rat or an ant.
"Do you not believe that the throne fell to me, or do you not believe that you have suffered such an ugly defeat?"
Wei Yanzhou narrowed his eyes and smiled.
"Cheng Ning, Cheng Ning will not let you act like this!" Cheng Fengxu said hoarsely: "Didn't you respect her before? When she comes back from the northwest -"
"The general must have been in prison for too long and there is no news. Cheng Ning returned to the court two months ago. She is now my concubine Xi."
What?
Cheng Ning is a concubine?
Cheng Fengxu's eyes darkened: "What have you done to her?! Do you really think you can be the emperor? Your temperament is not suitable for being the emperor at all!"
"Are I not suitable for being emperor because of my temperament, or have you been provoking my father to make him feel that I am not suitable for being emperor? Cheng Fengxu, do you dare to tell the truth?"
Growing up, the thing that Wei Yanzhou heard the most was how different his temperament was from Wei Yanshu's.
He didn't care at first. Anyone who wanted to be the emperor could do it.
He had no interest in the position at all.
But when some truths were revealed, he discovered that he was the one who was targeted from the beginning.
Why.
Why?
"What do you mean by that? What on earth did you do to Cheng Ning?" Cheng Fengxu grabbed the cell door and smashed it with a clang: "What on earth do you want to do?!"
He didn't recognize Wei Yanzhou in front of him.
This is not the person he grew up watching!
"General Cheng, you are so pretending." Wei Yanzhou didn't want to waste words with him, he straightened up and sarcastically said: "Why are you meeting me?"
Cheng Fengxu originally had a purpose: "Let Cheng Yi and Yi Li go. They are not involved in court affairs."
"General Cheng is so naive." Wei Yanzhou was like a madman: "I won't even let Cheng Ning go, so how can I let your son and grandson go?"
What?
"You mean, in Yili's belly——"
Wei Yanzhou nodded cheerfully: "I heard it's been more than three months. Unfortunately, he was a sinner since he was born."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left without further delay: "I thought General Cheng wanted to repent, but he didn't want to just beg for mercy. If so, there is no need to ask for permission next time."
"Remember, these are retributions."
Cheng Fengxu was left holding the door open, and after hearing that Chen Yili was more than three months pregnant, he slid to the ground inch by inch.
The Cheng family was convicted and executed in spring.
According to Jinyang law, pregnant women are not killed.
But even if he doesn't die, the child will be the grandson of the guilty minister when he is born, and he will live in prison as his home for the rest of his life.
Why does Wei Yanzhou carry so much hatred?
Wei Yanzhou, whom he had thought had the least chance of getting, actually succeeded to the throne.
And Cheng Ning...Cheng Ning is the concubine.
His children's futures were ruined.
**
After leaving the prison door, the wind and snow rushed to my face.
Wei Yanzhou waved away the hand holding the umbrella for himself. He was extremely violent, almost to the point of killing.
Wang Xi followed, not daring to speak.
Wei Yanzhou raised his feet and left when his whole body felt cold as he stood there.
"Go to Linhua Palace."
