Chapter 304: Stabbing Himself One Knife at a Time
Early the next morning, Ye Zheng was walking towards the imperial study with the roster in his hand. As soon as he walked out of the garden gate, he saw a familiar figure standing there.
Jian Ruocheng.
Ye Zheng broke out in a cold sweat on his back. He glanced at the imperial study and saw that the door was still closed. In fact, at this moment, there was no way he could beg Zhu Feng to come out.
But he immediately grabbed Jian Ruocheng's arm and pulled him aside.
"Why are you here?!"
Jian Ruocheng frowned and said, "I, I want to ask you something."
"What's up?"
Jian Ruocheng's breath was heavy, and his gentle and bright eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of haze: "Your Majesty, do you know that I once wanted to help Nan Yan leave the palace?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Zheng became furious.
He said, "You also know it's wrong?"
“…”
Jian Ruocheng fell silent.
He frowned and said, "I just learned from my father today that he had actually entered the palace. But this matter is different from what you - and the emperor - think."
“…”
"I'm just worried about her."
“…”
Ye Zheng looked at his bright eyes solemnly.
After a long while, he said, "Master Jane."
Jian Ruocheng raised his head and looked at him: "Hmm?"
"Others shouldn't worry about the affairs of the female officials."
“…”
"Even if I'm worried, I can only worry about it in my heart and can't do it."
“…”
"I think you understand what happened this time."
Jian Ruocheng's brows furrowed even tighter as he asked, "Did the Emperor really misunderstand her because of this incident and therefore put her in jail as well?"
"What if it is?" Ye Zheng asked, "Are you going to the Imperial Study to plead for her?"
"Of course... not."
Jian Ruocheng's eyes looked conflicted and tangled, but he still said, "I can't."
Ye Zheng heaved a sigh of relief at this time: "It seems that you understand."
Jian Ruocheng smiled bitterly: "I know that I can't show up at this time. My presence will only hurt her. So, so many ministers came to ask the emperor for mercy, but I didn't come."
“…”
"But I don't know what else I can do besides this."
“…”
"What can we do to calm the emperor down?"
"Calm down..." Ye Zheng muttered these two words again, then turned back to look at the imperial study, which was even gloomier than the sky, and said in a deep voice, "I'm afraid we really have to wait until he suffers a great loss."
Jian Ruocheng looked at him with a frown.
At this moment, Xiao Shunzi arrived and upon seeing Ye Zheng, he immediately said, "Master Ye, the Emperor is urging us to submit the list."
"oh."
Ye Zheng waved to Jian Ruocheng and turned to walk towards the imperial study.
The atmosphere here is the same as yesterday.
Zhu Feng's expression was even gloomier than yesterday.
As soon as Ye Zheng arrived, he placed the list on his desk. He saw that Zhu Feng's hands, which had commanded thousands of troops and killed countless enemy generals without trembling, actually showed a slight tremor at this moment.
He turned to the first page.
The names appeared before him one by one, and his breathing became lighter with each one he looked at.
However, as he turned the page, his breathing became heavy again.
Ye Zheng watched from the side.
It seems that He Yi is right.
The current emperor is both eager to see the list and afraid of seeing a certain name on it.
He used to kill people without blinking an eye, but now, he was stabbing himself one by one.
At this time, Zhu Feng finally turned to the last page——
Sinanyan!
These three words suddenly caught my eye.
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