Emperor Jianming was sitting in the imperial study, not knowing what he was thinking.

He dismissed the eunuchs and maids, and sat silently on the dragon chair under the window, staring blankly at the dust flying in the noon sun.

Not long after, there was a noisy commotion outside.

Emperor Jianming thought that King Guangping had gone and returned. Before he could get up, he heard his precious daughter Princess Zhaofu making a loud noise outside asking to see him.Emperor Jianming only had this one daughter, and he loved her very much, which developed her lawless temper.

He sighed and let Zhao Yuyi come in.

Zhao Yuyi held up the hem of her skirt and walked into the study room. She bowed angrily, "My dear father, I will see you here."

"What's the etiquette of shouting about something?"

"Father." Zhao Yuyi raised his head and showed Fu Rudi's letter in his hand, "What do you mean?"

Emperor Jianming's expression changed drastically.

"How come you have this letter? Where is your Uncle Wang?"

"Here, here..."

King Guangping rolled in like a ball. In the cold winter months, he was sweating profusely.After saluting, he pointed at Zhao Yuyi and said: "This girl snatched the letter, she, she..."

Zhao Yuyi was not afraid at all. She stared at Emperor Jianming and said coldly: "Father! How dare you try to cover up King Chengnan for such a serious crime? General Di Xiao once said that running an army is like running a country. It is better to kill relatives for justice than for selfish reasons. Abolish the law. Now, as the ruler of the world, my father is in vain and cares about the lives of the people. How selfish? How cruel?"

Emperor Jianming was in trouble.

He was choked and couldn't speak, "You, you are so presumptuous!"

"I am not being impudent! I just want to be a mirror for my father." Zhao Yuyi was locked up in the tomb by Di Xiao for many days and taught him many words about governing the country. "Use the past as a mirror to know the rise and fall; use people as a mirror." Mirrors can tell gains and losses. Before Emperor Taizu ascended the throne, his uncle embezzled military pay. General Di reported this matter. What did Emperor Taizu do? Even his relatives and elders whose blood is thicker than water, Emperor Taizu killed them in front of the three armies. I put my head on my head as a warning. What King Chengnan did was ten times and a hundred times more abominable than Uncle Taizu, but you, my father, turned a blind eye and wanted to calm the matter down quietly. Those souls who were killed by King Chengnan , I will never rest in peace under the Nine Springs! Aren’t you afraid that you will come back from your dream at midnight and be found by them?!”

"Bullshit!"

Emperor Jianming turned red with anger.

He raised his palm, intending to slap Zhao Yuyi. Zhao Yuyi did not dodge, but raised his face, preparing to receive the slap openly.

"Impossible!"

King Guangping came up to stop him, "Brother, please calm down!" He stamped his feet towards Zhao Yuyi, "Zhaofu, you kid, don't get involved in this matter..."

"I'm not young anymore. My father and mother have urged me to find a consort several times." Zhao Yuyi sneered, "Even if I am young, I am more sensible than you. My father and uncle Wang, you are covering up King Chengnan's behavior. How can I live up to the teachings of General Di? How can I live up to the ancestors of the Zhao family? A hundred years from now, I will have no shame in going down to see them."

Emperor Jianming's seven orifices produced smoke.

He never expected that Zhao Yuyi had become so eloquent in these days, bringing out Taizu, Di Xiao and others, quoting scriptures, and preaching in a clear and logical way.

King Guangping seemed to be persuaded by Zhao Yuyi.His eyes were red, and he held his mouth and sighed: "Yeah, I'm really embarrassed to face my ancestors. I think Taizu was such an upright person back then. On the third page of the ancestral precepts, the opening line reads 'righteousness' It is righteousness, and where righteousness lies, the king and father may not obey. Therefore, righteousness can destroy relatives. Anger is caused by stinginess, and it is caused by stinginess, and people often ignore right and wrong...'"

"enough."

Emperor Jianming closed his eyes.

He sat back in his chair dejectedly.

Zhao Yuyi walked forward without fear of death, kowtowed and said: "Father, the law has no mercy. Please follow the laws of the Yuan Dynasty, severely punish King Chengnan, and give an explanation to the world!"

King Guangping looked left and right, and sighed helplessly: "Back then, Emperor Taizu could personally deal with his uncle, and Lao Qi committed such evil deeds. I...I have nothing to say. How can I punish my uncle? Please Brother Huang, please give the order." After saying this, his chubby body knelt down next to Zhao Yuyi.

As a result, Emperor Jianming couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to.

Zhao Yuyi was determined to let him deal with it according to law, and King Guangping, as the brother of King Chengnan, no longer protected him.At this point, Emperor Jianming could only kill his relatives out of justice.He slowly walked to the desk, wrote down an imperial edict, and stamped it with a jade seal.

He handed the imperial edict to King Guangping.

"You and Zhou Hai should go to Yunzhou in person, and Fu Rudi will assist you." Zhou Hai was the eunuch Bingbi who was the confidant of Emperor Jianming.

King Guangping tremblingly unfolded the imperial edict, with two lines of tears streaming down his face, "I obey."

After King Guangping left, only Zhao Yuyi and Emperor Jianming were left in the study.

Zhao Yuyi bit her lip, kowtowed to Emperor Jianming and admitted her mistake, "I should not have contradicted my father just now, please punish me."

"That's it."

Emperor Jianming looked at his daughter's bright face and felt that she was becoming more and more different.Although he was arrogant, he understood many profound things, which made him angry but also impressed at the same time.

He said: "I know the reason why you are angry. Back then, your uncle Wang and your mother and concubine..."

"Father, did you mean King Chengnan?"

Zhao Yuyi's attitude was cold when he mentioned this person.

Seeing this, Emperor Jianming stopped mentioning it again and helped her up and said: "I am the co-owner of the world, your father, and the husband of your mother and concubine. There will be an explanation for this matter."

"Thank you, Father."

Zhao Yuyi has a sore nose.

She hated Zhao Hui. After that incident, she never called him "Uncle Wang" again.It was rare for his father to be considerate, so Zhao Yuyi threw herself into Emperor Jianming's arms and began to sob.

*
at the same time.

Yunzhou.

When Zhou Hai, Fu Rudi, King Guangping and others appeared at Chengnan Palace at the same time, Zhao Hui knew that his end was approaching.

He Wuyang was nowhere to be found, and his headache became more and more serious day by day.

Zhao Hui even felt that dying would be a relief.

"Long time no see, Brother Wang."

"Old Seven..."

King Guangping's eyes were swollen from crying during this time. He looked at his haggard, weak and scrawny brother, held his arm and asked, "Why are you here!"

Zhao Hui smiled bitterly.

"It would be nice if you could give me half of the flesh on my brother's body."

He dusted off his luxurious sleeves. The tiny pearls on the golden thread shone brightly in the sun, but they still could not hide his shriveled skin and jagged bones.

When King Guangping heard this, he cried.

Zhou Hai coughed twice and took out the imperial edict, "King Chengnan, please accept the edict."

When King Chengnan saw King Guangping's attitude, he knew that there was no room for maneuver.He did not kneel down in a hurry, but looked at Fu Rudi with a faint look, and asked: "It stands to reason that there are no clues. I underestimated you. Did you really catch Taoist Danyang and Liang Yuan?"

"Your Majesty, if you don't want others to know, you have to do nothing except yourself."

Fu Rudi said softly.

Speaking of which, Danyang Taoist was arrested, Liang Yuan's younger brother named Mao died, and Fu Jiao happened to witness it, it was all cause and effect.

King Chengnan accepted his fate.

With an indifferent expression, he knelt on the ground with his back straight, raised his chin, and commanded Zhou Hai: "Declare the decree."


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