Chapter 503 Father and Son
Beijing, Imperial Palace
After being extremely humiliated, the emperor was saved and sent back to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity. Even after the blood on the blue bricks and stones was cleaned, the strong smell of blood could not be concealed.
Corpses were taken away in carts, and the entire palace was filled with the aura of death.
There were not many people serving in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, for fear of disturbing the emperor's rest.
The emperor slept for a whole day and night.
When he opened his eyes, looking at his dragon bed, looking at everything familiar, and seeing that there were no hateful traitors in the palace, the old emperor felt no joy in his heart.
Thinking of the scene of being humiliated in public by Xu Shujian, he wished he could kill everyone who saw his miserable appearance.
"Your Majesty, you're awake!" Su Xiao stepped forward quickly. "The Crown Prince has done a great job in saving the emperor and has detained the remnants of the previous dynasty. Your Majesty can rest assured!"
The emperor shouted angrily, "How outrageous!"
Although his voice was not loud, and because he was too excited, his chest heaved violently and his throat was itchy, but Su Xiao still knelt down at the first moment.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please take care of yourself."
The emperor wanted to sit up but he didn't have the strength. Thinking of his severed tendons in his legs, he became more violent and his face twisted.
"Where is Concubine Shu? Call Concubine Shu to me. I will kill her and cut her into pieces!"
Su Xiao hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu has died at the hands of the traitors. She died a long time ago."
The emperor's face was gloomy and horrified, "That bitch got away with it! Where's the prince? Let him come over."
Su Ying sighed, but when he came back again, the prince was not with him.
The emperor frowned slightly, and Su Xiao immediately said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is still busy and can't come over until later."
The emperor shouted angrily, "How dare you! I am the emperor, and I asked him to come over, but he refused?"
Su Xiao tried to persuade him, but the emperor's temper became even more violent due to this ordeal, and there was a gloomy atmosphere in the Yangxin Palace.
When He Zhiyu arrived, it was already afternoon and almost dusk.
There was no one else in the hall except Su Xiao. The emperor was annoyed seeing the people around and thought that they had seen him in such a miserable state, so he ordered them all to be killed.
"Father was not a man who killed innocent people indiscriminately. If he wanted to kill someone, he would find an excuse for his own reputation."
The emperor opened his eyes and frowned, "How dare you speak to me like that."
He Zhiyu had a calm expression, with a hint of fatigue between his brows.
I sat down and poured myself a cup of tea. I drank it in one gulp and my mouth was filled with a refreshing fragrance.
"Then how do you think I should talk to you, Father?"
The emperor did not answer him, but just stared at him.
After a long while, he said, "You have been pretending to be humble and filial for so long, but now you know that my legs are crippled and you are too lazy to pretend? If I had known that you were an unfilial son, I would have executed you directly."
He Zhiyu heard this and instead of getting angry, he laughed, "Father, I don't understand what you are saying."
The emperor was silent for a moment, "I don't want to talk to you at the moment, go and call the Taoist priest over."
He Zhiyu stood up and slowly walked to the dragon couch, "You go down first."
Su Xiao glanced at the emperor and stood up cautiously.
"How dare you! Did I let you go? Is Dayou mine or his now? Should you listen to me or him?"
He Zhiyu said, "Jingyuan, take him down."
The guards took the man away, and the hall suddenly became quiet.
The veins on the emperor's temples were throbbing violently, as if they would burst through the skin at any moment.
"You are very good, you are very good! Now that you are my master, do you still want to snatch the world from me?!"
He Zhiyu looked at his angry expression, his black pupils were like a vast abyss, and there was no warmth or light in any direction.
"Your Majesty, you are joking. I am the crown prince now. When your Majesty passes away, I will naturally ascend the throne as the new emperor of Dayu. How can you say I was robbed?"
The emperor gnashed his teeth and said, "You really have evil intentions. You wasted so much time outside the city. Did you deliberately wait for the traitor to kill me?"
He Zhiyu said calmly: "Since you know, why are you asking?"
His frankness stunned the emperor.
He Zhiyu: "My father has been cold and selfish all his life. He would do anything to secure his throne. The love between father and son, husband and wife, and monarch and minister are all as light as feathers in my father's eyes."
"I really didn't understand why I, your father's child, didn't get his love. He treated me with indifference, contempt, and annoyance. I didn't do anything to make your father look at me, and it was a waste of time. But your father was infinitely tolerant and patient with Jiang Qiyun from the Marquis of Jing'an Mansion, and raised him by his side to teach him personally."
"When I was young, I was always doubting myself. Was I not doing something well enough? Was I doing something wrong? I was careful with my words and actions, and studied hard, but I still couldn't get even a smile from my father."
The gentle smiles from Jiang Qiyun and He Yanli became a luxury for her.
I could only stand far away and look with envy at the happy scene where my father, He Yanli and Jiang Qiyun were having together.
"I gave you your life. You have enjoyed wealth and glory that ordinary people can never imagine in their entire lives. You are too greedy! I am the crown prince, your father. It is right for me to kill you!"
He Zhiyu suddenly laughed, "Your Majesty has never agreed to anything I have asked for in my life. Even if I kneel for three days and three nights, Your Majesty will still think that I am an eyesore. But Father, I still want to ask you for one thing."
The emperor looked at his clear and calm smile and suddenly felt a chill on his back.
An indescribable weirdness crawled up his body like an evil ghost.
The palace door was opened.
Qiao Jibai walked in.
The emperor seemed to have seen a life-saving straw, "Qiao Jibai, kill the prince, and I will appoint you as the chief of the Imperial Envoy Department!"
Qiao Jibai seemed not to hear what he said, and said to He Zhiyu, "Bei Ming, there is movement."
The emperor shouted, "Didn't you hear what I said? If you kill the crown prince now, I will appoint you as the chief minister of the Imperial Envoy Department! If you kill Qiao Rushi again, I will appoint you as the chief minister of the cabinet! You will be the youngest powerful official since the founding of Dayu!"
Qiao Jibai's mouth was filled with undisguised mockery, "Your Majesty, you are joking. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the heir to the throne. Killing him is a serious crime that violates the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects. Filial piety comes first among all virtues. If I kill Qiao Rushi, I will be killing my biological father, which is even more of a crime of treason."
The emperor was stunned, and his face, which had been quite imposing just now, instantly turned pale.
Qiao Jibai said word by word: "How dare I? I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. But if Your Majesty asks me to kill you, I am happy to do so. After all, Your Majesty has implicated my innocent sister, and I am actually very unhappy."
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