On the throne in the outer hall of the Lanzheng Palace, Emperor Chengyuan put down the tea cup and looked at Yang Pangui, who was tied up in front of the case, and asked him to look back with a faint smile: "Look who they are!"
Yang Pangui turned his head indifferently, and shook his head with a sneer when the two Lord Protectors stepped forward, pointed at him and called him a "bastard".
"Yang Pangui, your grandfather and father are calling you!" the prince teased with a smile.
When Yang Pangui heard the sound, he sneered coldly without raising his eyelids: "Impermanent villain, how can you talk about your father and ancestors?"
After he said that, he laughed as if he had thought of something funny. Even if the Protector and his son were so angry that they wanted to kick him, he was indifferent.
Emperor Chengyuan waved his hand and had someone stop him before the Protector and his son succeeded.
"You won't survive. I won't lie to you. Because if I don't kill you, the people will not be angry! If I don't kill you, it won't be enough to honor the favor of the imperial court! If I don't kill you, it won't be enough to repay the sacrifice of our great soldiers!"
Emperor Chengyuan tapped his fingers on the table and looked at Yang Pangui with a different look: "The reason why I still let you talk here is because of my identity as 'Yang Pangui', so that you..."
"Emperor Da Chu, you asked me to come here. Isn't it the show off of a winner? Oh, by the way, maybe you are also grateful for using me as a tool to accomplish what you have not finished in the first half of your life!"
Yang Pangui knew that there was no way to escape, so he stopped struggling, and his usually humble and gentle face showed unruly.
The journey from the outer gardens of Kyoto to the Ranzheng Hall was enough time for him to think clearly.
He thought he was the oriole watching the mantis stalk the cicada, but he didn't expect the Emperor of Chu to be the one under the tree with a slingshot ready to go.
"Wonderful! So wonderful!" Yang Pangui laughed until tears flowed down his face. He didn't know whether he was crying for himself or laughing at himself.
He looked at Emperor Chengyuan and his son who didn't say a word, and wanted to extend his thumbs to praise him, but when he moved his arms, he remembered that he was tied behind his back, and he could only sigh: "In terms of cruelty, I'm afraid A Rong and Nu'er Even those jackals can’t compare with you.”
"Yang Pangui!" Yang Xun heard the sound and shouted angrily before Emperor Chengyuan waved his hand to stop him.
Yang Pangui didn't even look at Yang Xun, but looked at Emperor Chengyuan and sneered: "Or, I should say...the emperor of your land of Da Chu has always been very cruel.
In the past, Emperor Gaozu of Yan was chasing Lu in the Central Plains, and gave his old nest to the enemy to destroy and burn; later, Chen Shizong killed three legitimate sons of the Qi Dynasty.
Now, you, the first emperor of Chu, have opened the capital to us, allowed the thirteen surnamed families to collude with us, allowed our army's chess pieces to enter and exit the six armies, and allowed our army to massacre the people in the villages on the outskirts of Beijing! No wonder they say that one general's success will lead to thousands of bones drying up!
Emperor Da Chu, in terms of cruelty, you are much better than me! "
He spoke happily, but he didn't know that the two Lord Protectors were already kneeling beside him, covering their ears and shivering.
"I didn't know that in your heart, I was so wise and forward-looking!" Emperor Chengyuan was not angry, and looked at him with a smile, "I agree with you on the first two; as for the latter... I really didn't expect you to be so forward-looking. There will be no humanity at all, and vulnerable people of the same race and culture can do it."
"Haha." Yang Pangui smiled indifferently, "Qi and Chu have been separated for thousands of years, how can we talk about being connected by blood?"
He suddenly remembered something and asked Emperor Chengyuan seriously: "Emperor Da Chu, since you gave me the opportunity to meet you, then tell me where I failed! You also asked me to go down below to show my respect to the ancestors of Da Qi. There’s an explanation!”
Emperor Chengyuan smiled and asked instead, "What do you think?"
Yang Pangui thought for a while: "Yan Gaozu combined the six counties, and the thirteen surnamed families in the six counties actively cooperated in moving to their ancestral land. Since then, they have had a transcendent status... From the three dynasties to the present, the thirteen surnamed families have long been the head of the Chu family. Their existence It will definitely impose constraints on many government orders, and you may have wanted to reduce the number of aristocratic families for a long time!"
"If the Thirteenth family does not choose to rebel against Chu, how will their status be affected?"
Yang Pangui grinned and dismissed Emperor Chengyuan's answer: "I am also a person who has read history books, so don't lie to others with such high-sounding words!"
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Emperor Chengyuan just smiled and shook his head.
Yang Pangui began to think about it himself: "You may have realized that there are people from Daqi among the six armies. I don't know whether it is difficult to distinguish, or because it is a long-term plan. You have been holding back for today!"
When he said this, he always felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a moment, he raised his head to see Emperor Chengyuan but smiled and said nothing. He couldn't help but raise his voice: "What I just said was the cause, but I don't know where the flaws in my Daqi plan have been for a long time? You guys? When you discover a problem, you will take advantage of it!"
"You have been planning for a long time. There are flaws everywhere. As for when I discovered the problem? Maybe it wasn't as early as you thought? Maybe last year?"
"Going to New Year's Eve?! Impossible!" Yang Pangui quickly recalled his plans and actions, and there was no possibility of them being exposed!
He was convinced that Emperor Chengyuan had lied to him. He was so excited that he wanted to kneel forward, but was held down by two internal guards. Therefore, he could only shout loudly: "Say! Speak! Emperor of Dachu! Tell me, I'm great!" Where did Qi fail!"
Emperor Chengyuan looked at this crazy-looking young man, and the smile on his face gradually faded, leaving only a cool arc on his lips.
He casually leaned on the throne and looked at Yang Pangui: "If you had not done anything to plunder and kill innocent people in the suburbs of our great capital of Chu, I would not be willing to explain it to you. It is a pity that you were unkind and unjust first. Don’t blame me for not having good intentions behind me... you’d better go down and have a discussion with your ancestors to resolve your doubts!”
After Emperor Chengyuan finished speaking, Yang Pangui no longer had the calmness he had before. He blushed, struggled to stand up several times, and was pushed back by the internal guards several times. After several times, his strength dropped sharply, and he resented it. Staring at Emperor Chengyuan, he shouted angrily: "You lied to me! You lied to me!"
"Yang Pangui, you are so ridiculous! Didn't you Qi Qi deceive many people? If you want to talk about deception, your Qi Qi He family is the ancestor of swindlers!" Prince Jiang Huaiqian put down the tea cup and looked at it with a half-smile. Looking at Yang Pangui, "Why are you still so excited!"
"you!"
"Mrs. Protector Ning is here!"
The message from the chamberlain instantly calmed down the frantic Yang Pangui. He was frozen in place as if his acupoints were being tapped, not daring to move at all.
Seeing this, Emperor Chengyuan looked at the middle-aged woman who slowly came forward to kneel down and salute.
"Ms. Ning, the sinful woman, comes to greet Your Majesty." Mrs. Ning was dressed in a plain cloth dress with no makeup or color, and her hair was only held up by the simplest wooden hairpin.
She came into the hall, her eyes straight and her steps flat, but she happened to kneel next to Yang Pangui.
Emperor Chengyuan looked at the mother and son thoughtfully: "Mrs. Ning, I announced your entry into the palace without mentioning the reason, but you dress like this and call yourself a sinful woman... I just don't know, what crime do you have?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the guilty woman is guilty of harboring the former Qi prince."
"Covering? Madam Ning, I'm afraid your wording is wrong!" Prince Jiang Huaiqian couldn't help but "correct" her.
(End of chapter)
