When Emperor Wu Zong was about to write down Huo Linye's name on a piece of edict, his eyes were filled with sadness.
Extreme disappointment surged into my heart, and even the hand holding the pen was trembling.
He wrote the three words "Huo Linye" with such force that they almost came out of the paper.
Eunuch Desheng originally wanted to take the edict away, but when he reached out, Emperor Wu Zong raised his hand to block him.
"Your Majesty, I will put this edict away. I will take it out after the matter is settled."
Emperor Wu Zong remained silent, but his hand fell on Huo Linye's name. His expression quickly turned cold, and he sneered softly: "You are not worthy of being a prince... In your next life, you will be reincarnated as a child of an ordinary family. Over the years, I have worked hard to feed the dogs. Take it!"
The edict was directly thrust into Eunuch Desheng's arms.
In order to save the emperor from being upset, Eunuch Desheng quickly took the edict and sealed it.
Everything calmed down, and Emperor Wu Zong slumped down on his chair and looked up at the people in the palace.
When he stood up, Emperor Wu Zong seemed to be a different person. The affection between father and son just now disappeared, and only the emperor's solemnity was in his eyes.
Mr. Feng knew what Emperor Wu Zong wanted to do, so he said: "Your Majesty, the common people have a good way to catch them all at once. It can also consolidate your Majesty's country and never fall down for eternity. I don't know. , Your Majesty, do you want to listen?"
Having said that, Emperor Wu Zong was not in a hurry to ask about the identity of the person in front of him: "Tell me about it."
Mr. Feng was pushed to Emperor Wu Zong, lowered his voice, and talked about his plan in detail.
Outside the window, the wind became louder.
The entire imperial city seemed to be shaken by the strong wind.
In the imperial study, everything was calm as usual. Listening to the arrogant rumblings outside, Emperor Wu Zong slowly sat down with a smile, his eyes full of calculation and scrutiny: "Feng Rentian, you understand people's hearts and methods very well. Why, I have never heard of a person like you before, what is your origin?"
Mr. Feng's voice was hoarse and he smiled slowly: "Your Majesty, the common people were just the people of Duan's Villa in the past, but now, almost all of Duan's Villa is in Huo Shenzhi's hands. If he waits for him to give the entire Duan's Villa to Embezzlement, wanting His Majesty’s position is just a matter of thought.”
Emperor Wu Zong looked at him with an increasingly different look: "Can Lao Jiu own Duan's Villa? Didn't Duan's Villa disappear a few years ago?"
When the old owner died, Duan's Villa was almost gone.
Now they are all in the hands of Lao Jiu. If he controls them all, the country will be in catastrophe!
"The common people know that Your Majesty still has doubts, so please ask Your Majesty to secretly summon someone to the palace!"
Under the underground palace of the imperial city, Emperor Wu Zong met Duan Lingxiao, whom he had not seen for a long time.
"How did you become like this?" Emperor Wu Zong looked at the blind Duan Lingxiao, as if he had aged many years and was almost the same age as him.
I remember how high-spirited and well-maintained she was before, but now...
Mr. Feng clearly caught the unusual way Emperor Wu Zong looked at Duan Lingxiao. He just pretended that he didn't know anything and asked: "Duan Lingxiao, your Majesty is in front of you now. Just say anything you have to say. Your Majesty will definitely make the decision for you." of."
Suddenly, Duan Lingxiao knelt down hard, as if he had collapsed, and couldn't help but started crying: "The child is dead!"
Emperor Wu Zong frowned: "What did you say?"
"Our child is dead!" When Duan Lingxiao said this without any warning, even Emperor Wu Zong was stunned.
"Don't be unclear, but you and I know it best! That night, when I entered the palace, you got drunk and forced yourself on a girl on the rockery. Do you still remember!"
For Emperor Wu Zong, women were like a plaything, something for him to vent, and a vessel for having children.
It was a common thing to favor a palace maid, so how could he remember it?
When Duan Lingxiao heard him say nothing, he knew that he had forgotten all this.
But she can't forget it!
because……
"I was only thirteen years old at that time! I originally followed the concubine into the palace for a visit. I lost my way and was caught by you who was drunk. You got so drunk that you pressed me behind the rockery and forced me to Killed me! At that time, the late emperor was still alive, and it was so dark that you couldn't see anything. You woke up and realized that I was so young. If the late emperor knew about it, he would definitely rebuke you. What did you do? You didn't even know how young I was. I didn’t even see my face clearly, and threatened me not to tell anyone about this matter! This is a token that was torn from you!"
Duan Lingxiao was trembling all over when he thought of what happened back then.
If it weren't for these, she would have married Huo Shenzhi long ago!
How can it be like now? The family is gone, the family fortune is gone, even the eyes are blind, the daughter is dead, and the son can’t be found...
With a good hand of cards, the night he meets Emperor Wu Zong, it will be completely over!
"Woooooooo..."
Eunuch Desheng handed the token in Duan Lingxiao's hand to Emperor Wu Zong: "Your Majesty, this is the Tongxin jade pendant that Empress Zhou gave you on your wedding day. It was carved by the Empress herself. But later, Your Majesty said that this jade pendant was lost. , then I can never find it again..."
Emperor Wu Zong might forget other things, but it was absolutely impossible for him to forget what was written by Empress Zhou.
Looking at Duan Lingxiao crying on the ground, things that happened more than ten years ago gradually appeared in his mind.
There was indeed one night when he was drunk and favored a very young palace maid for the first time.
He didn't even see the other person's face clearly at that time, and he never thought about taking him back.
It is very common for a prince to randomly ask a palace maid to leave after the incident. Those palace maids would not dare to tell anyone, and who would go out of their way to see the palace maid's appearance, let alone that palace maid is so young? .
Emperor Wu Zong held Jade Pendant's hand a little nervously.
"The common people know that His Majesty still cannot accept this matter, but it doesn't matter. Let Duan Lingxiao tell His Majesty all the ins and outs of the matter. Your Majesty is preparing to do the next thing." Mr. Feng reminded him loudly.
Duan Lingxiao trembled his lips and choked out: "Afterwards, I left the palace and quickly looked for abortion pills. But who would have thought that after drinking it, there was still nothing I could do. And my body is not suitable for giving birth to a child, otherwise it will be difficult again in the future. I was pregnant. But the only thing I thought about was Huo Shenzhi. For this reason, I wanted to give him the child. But who would have thought that he would find out and the matter would become a big deal and bring it to my father. The situation was turbulent at that time. , I knew there was no such possibility with Huo Shenzhi, so I wanted to avoid it first and wait a few years before coming out. After all, he had promised my father to marry me."
