"Um!"
Zhu Junan hugged his aunt's neck and leaned obediently in her arms.
He looked at Zhu Xuanyuan on his right with tearful eyes, blinked gently, and then secretly complained to his aunt.
"Daddy is bad!"
Then he turned around and saw Madam Zhu, and he said, "Grandma is bad too!"
Then he looked at his second uncle Zhu Longyuan, fourth uncle Zhu Chunjun, and youngest uncle Zhu Chengying, "Second uncle is bad too! Fourth uncle is bad too! Youngest uncle is bad too!"
This milky little voice, soft but a little fierce, accused everyone of being bad, making everyone in the hall burst out laughing.
Zhu Wuhuan is no exception.
She smiled and pinched the little guy's face. "Are they all bad? So in the eyes of our little Jun'an, there are no good people in this room, right?"
Zhu Junan looked aggrieved. "They chased Mom away! Mom refused to leave! Mom cried! I cried too! But I didn't listen. They didn't listen! They chased Mom away!"
Hearing the child's innocent words, everyone in the room stopped laughing.
How could they have chased Chen Yulan away just now?
They didn't want to implicate her and wanted her to return to her parents' home to find a way to make a living.
But in the eyes of the ignorant child, it was just his mother crying and refusing to leave. Everyone was trying to drive his mother away, and everyone was bad.
Chen Yulan, the mother, couldn't help but turn her head away, tears welling up in her eyes.
Zhu Wuhuan gently touched the little cub's face and said, "Your mother won't leave. Your aunt is back. Your mother won't leave. She will always be with Xiao Jun'an."
The child cannot understand complicated principles, but he can understand this sentence.
His aunt is back to support him and his mother!
With my aunt around, no one can drive my mother away!
Zhu Jun'an jumped for joy in Zhu Wuhuan's arms, mumbling "Aunt is the best" and "I love Aunt", and her tear-soaked little face was filled with the most innocent and lovely smile.
Zhu Xuanyuan had seen that his son was well-behaved before, and he was happy to let his son get close to his sister, so he didn't come to pick up his son. But now, seeing his son jumping in his sister's arms like a little monkey, how could his frail sister hold him?
He hurried over and wanted to take his son away.
"Daddy is bad, I don't want Daddy!"
Zhu Jun'an hugged his aunt's neck tightly, buried his head in it, and refused to let his father take him away.
Zhu Wuhuan hugged the little guy, "Brother, it's okay, I can hold you."
Seeing that she was indeed not struggling, Zhu Xuanyuan gently patted her son's back and said, "Stay still. If you jump around again, I won't be able to hold you steady and you'll fall."
Zhu Junan turned his little butt towards him and ignored him.
Zhu Xuanyuan shook his head helplessly.
He looked at Zhu Wuhuan with a hint of anticipation in his eyes, "Just now, little sister, you said that your sister-in-law doesn't have to go back to her parents' home... Could it be that the emperor..."
"The Emperor has pardoned the Zhu family's death penalty."
Zhu Wuhuan didn't keep anyone in suspense and went straight to the point.
Everyone in the Zhu family looked at her in disbelief!
"Wuhuan, is this true?"
Old Madam Zhu was so excited that her hands holding the teacup began to tremble, and she wondered if she had heard it wrong!
Why did the emperor pardon the Zhu family?
The emperor personally issued an order in front of all the civil and military officials in the court to execute the entire Zhu family in three days. How could he suddenly change his mind?
But looking at the smile on Zhu Wuhuan's face, even though everyone couldn't believe it, they were still overjoyed!
When they saw Wuhuan coming back just now, they all thought Wuhuan was here to see them off for the last time!
Unexpectedly, I came to tell them the good news!
"Mother, the imperial edict is here. If you don't believe me, come and see it with your own eyes."
Zhu Wuhuan held the little guy steadily in one hand, and with the other hand he took the imperial edict held by Suqiu and handed it to his eldest brother who was standing closer.
"Brother, open it and show it to mother."
Zhu Xuanyuan looked at the rolled object covered with black cloth and was very upset!
Whose imperial edict would be covered with this black cloth?
naughty!
No wonder none of them noticed that what Suqiu was holding in her hand was an imperial edict!
He stepped back, not daring to take it. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will prepare the incense table and kneel down to listen to Your Majesty read out the imperial edict..."
"Don't do that, brother! There are no outsiders here."
Zhu Wuhuan grabbed his eldest brother's arm and stopped the others who were about to change clothes to receive the imperial edict.
She raised her chin slightly and motioned them to look outside the door.
"Look, the courtyard is empty. I deliberately didn't let the imperial guards in because I didn't want you to be so bothered by kneeling around."
She tore off the black cloth and placed the imperial edict on the table.
"Well, just look at it this way."
"..." This move immediately made the whole room silent.
Madam Zhu exchanged a glance with her eldest and second sons, then looked at Zhu Wuhuan, slightly accusing him, "Wuhuan, you are being extremely disrespectful to the Emperor..."
"Whether you respect me or not, that's it."
Zhu Wuhuan interrupted Madam Zhu and glanced at the other people in the hall.
Her voice was deep.
"No matter how loyal and respectful you are, when the news of my father's betrayal spread, he didn't trust him one bit. He said the whole family should be executed, and he didn't show any mercy at all."
The hall was silent again.
How could they not have any complaints when the emperor wanted to execute their entire family?
Their Zhu family has been loyal and brave for generations. Since their ancestors, they have been loyal to the court and loyal to emperors of all dynasties. They fought in the battlefields and died on the battlefield!
That battlefield is the burial place of countless enemies, and it is also the place where the souls of the men of the Zhu family return from generation to generation!
The loyalty of several generations did not win even a little trust from the emperor.
As soon as the news from the border arrived, the emperor immediately wanted to execute all 76 members of their family!
Even if they were thrown into prison first, and then convicted and beheaded after a few months when accurate news arrived from the border, they would feel better...
But the emperor didn't even give the Zhu family this little bit of time and mercy!
After a moment of silence, Madam Zhu wiped her tears and motioned her eldest and second sons to go and read the imperial edict. She walked to Zhu Wuhuan and pulled her to sit down together.
"Wuhuan, are you blaming the emperor?"
"Shouldn't I blame you?"
Zhu Wuhuan held his nephew's soft little hand in his arms and answered indifferently.
Madam Zhu sighed softly.
She held Zhu Wuhuan in her arms.
"Mother doesn't know how much suffering and humiliation you endured in the palace in order to obtain this imperial decree to pardon the Zhu family. Mother also doesn't know how the emperor treated you after returning to the harem after the news of your father's treason spread..."
She lowered her head and looked at the top of Zhu Wuhuan's head.
"So even if you blame the Emperor, I won't blame you, and I won't force you to let go of the resentment in your heart."
"But mother wants to tell you that you and the emperor are husband and wife. You can only draw a clear line between you and him if you die. So as long as you live, you must respect him, praise him, and obey him. No matter how much resentment you have, you must swallow it down. When you face him, you must smile..."
"If you don't swallow it, he will kill you in a rage."
She gently stroked Zhu Wuhuan's hair.
"Do you feel aggrieved? Yes, I do."
"But no matter how aggrieved we are, we have to endure it."
"Who made this world the emperor's world? Who made your husband the emperor?"
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