Chapter 110 It seems that you really fell in love with her
Zhou Yao didn't expect Su Ye to hit her suddenly. She was caught off guard and was slapped by him, knocking her off the stool and sitting on the ground.
Covering her face, she turned to look at him in disbelief. "What...what are you doing?"
"What to do?" Su Ye snorted coldly, "Beat you, what else can I do?"
Zhou Yao was even more confused, "Why did you hit me?"
"Stop your stunts in front of me, Zhou Yao! Do you think I can't understand the meaning behind your words? You're just saying that if the eldest prince wants to rape Su Rui, there's no need to use medicine!"
After being exposed, Zhou Yao looked guilty for a moment.
She really meant that.
Although according to the news, Su Rui was definitely dead, but she did not openly bear any blame. She looked like she was resisting out of helplessness.
Who is she, Su Rui? Even if she was forced, the other party is the eldest prince, and all the stigma should be thrown to Su Rui.
Su Rui is a piece of trash to begin with, so why would she need any medicine?
"I didn't mean that. You misunderstood, brother." Zhou Yao refused to admit it.
"You're taking me for a fool!" Su Ye stood up, then kicked him again in anger. "I was fooled by you before, and now you're trying to trick me again. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the eldest prince is interested in Su Rui. If Su Rui had feelings for him, she would have gotten involved with him long ago. You're trying to sow discord between me and want me to work for you, right? You're dreaming!"
In the past, he believed that Zhou Yao was a weak, kind, and yielding person, so he believed everything she said.
But ever since he knew that she was the one who did what happened five years ago and that Su Rui was the one who was wrongly accused, he no longer believed her.
Looking back on the past, every time it was instigated by that bitch Zhou Yao.
You still want to come today? You really think he is a fool.
Completely exposed, Zhou Yao stopped pretending. She stood up, pushed Su Ye away with both hands, and started cursing, "I provoked you? Do you even need to provoke me? You've been treating Su Rui badly since I came to this house. Aren't you the one who most hopes for her death? Why are you pretending now?"
Su Ye was furious and wanted to fight.
But Zhou Yao was on guard at this time, and he had been weak from the last few days, so she avoided him.
"I was right. There's no way to argue. Just do it. Humph, Su Ye, what good are you?"
Su Ye really couldn't argue.
In the past, he really hoped that Su Rui would die on the border.
But after knowing that she was not the one who did it five years ago, although she blamed herself for not explaining it clearly, she still felt a little guilty in her heart.
I don't want her to die, at least not in my hands.
Therefore, he just wanted her to be unable to marry Yun Ji and persecute him and the Yong'an Marquisate.
"Oh, I get it. You're only defending her now because you see she's in power. Do you think she can still come out alive? Dream on! You're the one dreaming! Even if she was forced, the one who was killed was the eldest prince. She's doomed."
Yes, Su Rui is dead.
But he...didn't dare to tell the truth.
Overwhelmed with shame and anger, Su Ye grabbed the stool Zhou Yao had been sitting on and threw it at her. "Get out! Get out!"
Zhou Yao was so frightened that she ran out in a hurry. After she left the door, she burst into tears and shouted, "Su Rui is dead. Even if you smash everything, she will die!"
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At the same time, in the Yangxin Palace.
Yun Ji changed back into a gray-blue robe, knelt with his back straight outside the dragon bed behind the bed curtain, raised one hand, turned the Buddhist beads in the other hand, closed his eyes and recited Buddhist scriptures.
Behind the bed curtain, the emperor was so angry that he was out of breath. He grabbed the medicine bowl from Eunuch Fu's hand and threw it out.
It fell in front of Yun Ji, and the brown liquid splashed all over his body and face, but he seemed to be unaware of it, and the sound of chanting scriptures continued.
"You...you are going to piss me off to death...cough cough...piss me off to death!"
Yun Ji stopped chanting, looked down and said, "It was the Emperor who broke his promise first."
"I... ahem... how could I go back on my word? You said you wouldn't marry a principal wife for the time being, and I agreed. You said you wanted to make that Su family's military slave a concubine, and I also issued an order for you. How could I not do what you wanted?"
"If a person is dead, what's the point of an order? Besides..." Yun Ji raised his eyes and looked directly at the emperor, as if he could see through him completely. "This is also a chess move made by the emperor, a chess move that kills three birds with one stone."
Behind the bed curtains, the sounds died down, leaving only the suppressed coughing.
Every sound seemed to be coughing out the heart and lungs.
Yun Ji calmed his mind and did not retreat or give in.
Finally, the emperor spoke again, and said with regret: "She is just a military slave, you must understand."
"If the emperor hadn't misjudged her, she wouldn't have been a military slave for five years."
"Ahem... I'm the Emperor... I govern the entire Great Zhao. She's just the daughter of a marquis, how could I have the time to investigate everything for her? Furthermore, when Prince Long was away fighting, I arranged a marriage for Changning to stabilize them. Maintaining a balanced governance requires sacrifice, as it was five years ago, and it's still the same now. Yinqin, you must learn to let go of your unnecessary kindness!"
"I can't learn it," Yun Ji retorted calmly, yet with unwavering persistence. "All I know is that the powerful families of today are constantly in power, the people are displaced, and their lives are in dire straits. If governing a country, maintaining a balance, requires innocent people to be reduced to ants and sacrifice their lives to maintain it, then is there any need for governance in this country?"
The emperor pondered for a moment and sighed helplessly: "But sacrifice is inevitable, and I have given her dignity."
"But she doesn't have to sacrifice herself." Yun Jiju argued.
Understanding his resolve, the Emperor's voice was tinged with murderous intent as he asked, "You have been crowned a prince, and there is no turning back. What if I absolutely must kill her?"
"If the Emperor wishes to manipulate me into another version of myself, then I will not obey. Although it may be difficult to return to Buddhism, I can still go to hell."
"Asshole!" The emperor coughed violently in his excitement, but he still gasped and cursed: "How dare you threaten me with your life for a lowly soldier!"
"There is no distinction between high and low in the world."
"Really? Ask yourself, if it wasn't her today, but someone else, would you be saying this to me?"
"No." Yun Ji said without hesitation. "But if it weren't for me, this wouldn't have happened. Karma is a cycle, and it can't be someone else's fault."
"It seems you really fell in love with her."
"I just feel guilty towards her." Yun Ji didn't think he loved Su Rui, but in order to avoid suspicion, he had no choice but to be with her.
This time, it was because he did not realize the emperor's intention in time that she suffered this disaster.
He should have saved her.
"It seems I will have to treasure her in the future. Otherwise, if anything happens to her, you will not care about anything. In your heart, I am no match for her."
Yun Ji said nothing.
This is an unsolvable proposition.
Who is more important, one person or all living beings?
"Forget it, get lost."
Yun Ji stood up and left. The emperor panted and looked at Eunuch Fu with a wry smile and said, "Little Fuzi, do you think I made a mistake? I shouldn't have called this witch back in the first place."
Eunuch Fu didn't dare to say directly who was right or wrong, so he just said, "If it weren't for Miss Su, Prince Yong wouldn't be Prince Yong today."
"Yes, but I didn't expect that beneath his compassionate heart... ahem... he was actually a fool."
"Isn't this a continuation of the same lineage?" Eunuch Fu's words were quicker than his brains, and he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy: "I spoke nonsense, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
The emperor waved his hand without blaming anyone, and looking at the dragon and phoenix carvings on the ceiling of the dragon bed, he said bitterly, "You're right, it's a direct descendant of the same lineage."
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