Chapter 86: Cruel Emperor vs. Deadly Sister (12)

"What happened to Lord Jing?" Nanny looked at the king's figure leaving in a rage, very puzzled.

If her eyes were correct, she seemed to see that Lord Jing's eyes were red, as if he had just cried. Shi

Yi shook his head, "I don't know."

Nanny had heard that the king was moody, and seeing it today, she felt that it made sense, and secretly thanked herself for not entering the palace when she was young.

"Mammy, you have worked hard all day, go back and rest." Shi Yi had been running around all day and was exhausted, his eyes were full of fatigue.

"Yes." Nanny lit the incense in the room to help sleep, and then she walked out lightly. Shi Yi

slept well all night.

But Zhao Jinyuan returned to the palace overnight and was angry in the Qinzheng Hall.

His mind was full of the embarrassing scene of himself crying in the Prime Minister's Mansion and running out of the door.

Seeing that he looked unhappy, Eunuch Wu left early.

He was the only one in the hall, empty.

In a trance, he recalled the last time he saw his father before he died.

At that time, in order to seize power, the queen directly placed Emperor Zhao under house arrest in the palace and did not allow anyone to approach. Even the eldest princess could not see Emperor Zhao.

By chance, he found a secret passage and sneaked into the palace.

This huge palace was empty and quiet, and there was not even a palace servant to serve.

He walked to the bed with courage. The person on the bed had gray hair and a haggard face. He knew at a glance that his father's death was near.

"You are here." Emperor Zhao seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time.

He knelt in front of the bed in a hurry and whispered: "Father."

Emperor Zhao's hands could not stop shaking, and his turbid old eyes showed a touch of joy. He held his hand tightly, "This world can only be yours."

"Father, the queen has taken power, and I am afraid it will be difficult for me to get what I want." He was weak at that time, and his elder sister followed the eldest princess to the fiefdom. It was already difficult to survive, so how could he dare to worry.

Then, he saw his father crying for the first time: "Ayuan, what you owe your brother can only be repaid by becoming the king of the Jin Dynasty."

The young boy learned the truth about his brother's horse riding and falling into the lake from his father's crying.

It turned out that his father knew that the queen hated him, and also knew that after his death, he would not tolerate the two brothers, so he made a decision early to sacrifice one and save the other. Originally, his father planned to save his brother, but since the queen adopted him, she always doted on him, making his brother arrogant and overbearing, and he was actually spoiled. The queen's "praise to death" strategy made it impossible for his father to blame him, and he could only make the best of the situation. From then on, everyone could only see that Emperor Zhao rewarded the eldest prince with gold, silver and jade, but turned a blind eye to the younger prince. They all thought that the position of the prince must belong to the eldest prince, and even the queen believed it. But those were just superficial.

In private, Emperor Zhao never urged his elder brother to study, nor did he teach him any principles, so that he brought up a good child to be overbearing, willful and simple, and he must get what he wants. When Emperor Zhao knew that his queen was going to kill his eldest son, he sent someone to do something to the eldest son's horse, which would make the horse easily frightened. Emperor Zhao originally just wanted his eldest son to recover from the injury of falling off the horse and avoid the queen's murderous hands, but he did not expect to become the queen's accomplice and kill his eldest son.

Since his eldest son drowned, Emperor Zhao was worried every day, and his heart was suffocated, and he gradually fell ill. The queen took the opportunity to imprison him.

He also heard his father say, "My son, if you become the king of the Jin Dynasty, you can't keep any relatives. Even your elder sister, Wei Shiyi, she must die. If we don't get rid of these powerful relatives, our great Jin will definitely not be passed down from generation to generation."

He didn't have time to answer at that time, and the queen's voice came from outside the door. After a quick last look at his father, he crawled into the tunnel and climbed out of the dark palace.

Later, when his father passed away, the young man swore in front of the spirit that he must fulfill his father's last wish and become the king of the Jin Dynasty.

But he never thought of hurting his elder sister's life.

Later, his elder sister came on the day when the queen abolished the prince and helped him to ascend the throne. Then she personally helped him get rid of the queen's party, selected capable ministers for him, and went to war with the Kingdom of Jiang for him... Every one of them was a favor and affection, and he remembered them deeply in his heart. He dared not forget them, and could not forget them.

On a snowy night three years ago, he had the chance to hear the conversation between his elder sister and the nanny.

The nanny asked his elder sister "Is it worth it?" His elder sister definitely answered "worth it." Three years have passed, and his feelings for his elder sister have not changed, but he is not sure whether his elder sister still has that heart for him.

"Your Majesty, Wu Gongfu wants to see you." Eunuch Wu didn't want to disturb him, but Lord Wu was famous for his stubborn temper and would not turn back until he hit the wall.

"Your Majesty!" Lord Wu knelt on the blue brick as soon as he entered the hall, his voice was sad, "Daying is invading!"

"Daying?" Zhao Jinyuan suddenly turned around and looked at him, "How could this be!"

Dajin and Daying have always been facing each other across the sea, and they have lived in peace for many years. Why did they suddenly attack? He couldn't figure it out.

"I don't know, but Daying's army has occupied several docks in the neighboring sea. My Dajin men have never fought at sea, and they are retreating step by step." Lord Wu couldn't hide his grief, "Even my child died in the naval battle."

"Is there no general in my Dajin who can defeat Daying?!" Zhao Jinyuan calmed down and thought about the right person.

"Your Majesty!" Lord Wu sighed, "The king of Daying proposed a condition for peace."

"What is the condition?" Zhao Jinyuan had a bad premonition.

"When the king of Daying was visiting my Jin Dynasty, he happened to meet the princess in the market. He fell in love with her at first sight and has never forgotten her for ten years." Lord Wu looked at the increasingly cold expression of the young king, and his tone became more cautious and gentle, "So this time I specially sent someone to discuss with you. If the princess is willing to form a hundred-year friendship with him, Daying can cease hostilities with Jin for a hundred years."

"How dare you!" Zhao Jinyuan waved his sleeves heavily, knocking down the candlestick. The red candle tears fell to the ground and then quickly condensed.

"I won't allow it!"

"Your Majesty! Now is not the time for love." Lord Wu tried to persuade him.

"She is no longer the princess of the Jin Dynasty. She is my prime minister and my general." Zhao Jinyuan stood on the high steps and said word by word: "I will never let her go to marry. You rejected the king of Daying."

"Your Majesty, if the Great Jin Dynasty is destroyed, will ordinary people still have a place to stand? The princess is still the princess, the prime minister is still the prime minister, and you are still the king?" Wu Gongfu patted his chest, crying blood, "My son died in the war, don't I feel heartbroken? Isn't everything I do for the people?"

Zhao Jinyuan just looked at him quietly, waiting for him to finish.

"Your Majesty!" Wu Gongfu wanted to continue persuading.

"Go away." Zhao Jinyuan waved his hand, "The matter of the princess's marriage is just a joke between you and me."

"Your Majesty, the people of the Great Jin Dynasty..." Wu Gongfu wanted to continue persuading.

Zhao Jinyuan smiled indifferently: "Without my sister, what use do I have for this world!"

In ancient times, a day and night was divided into twelve hours, namely: Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, and Hai. Each hour is equivalent to two hours in modern times. The ancients named each hour according to the time when the animals in the twelve Chinese zodiac signs appeared. Zishi 23:00-1:00, Choushi 1:00-3:00, Yinshi 3:00-5:00, Maoshi 5:00-7:00, Chenshi 7:00-9:00, Sishi 9:00-11:00, Wushi 11:00-13:00, Weishi 1:00-15:00, Shenshi 15:00-17:00, Youshi 17:00-19:00, Xushi 19:00-21:00, Haishi 21:00-23:00.

(End of this chapter)