"Yeah, how did it get to the point where it's hard to end?" Zhong Mingwei murmured, squinting at the bronze three-legged incense burner on the windowsill. After a while, he continued, "This is about the King of Pingxi. Of course, I have to be extremely cautious. My father and the queen mother repeatedly warned me at the time. But I understand. The meaning behind their words is completely different. My father wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate all of the King of Pingxi's old acquaintances in the court and completely cut off all the foundations for the King of Pingxi to rebel. He didn't care whether the King of Pingxi would really rebel. What he cared about was that even if the King of Pingxi wanted to rebel, he couldn't. And what about the queen mother? She was afraid that my father's anger would affect the King of Pingxi. But the Xu family, which was in its heyday at the time, and the Queen Mother were very angry. The King of Pingxi was a thorn in the father's side. As the Queen Mother, who was born in the Xu family and was the mother of the King of Pingxi, she had no choice but to give me advice. But what could I do? Seeing more and more ministers being involved, the Queen Mother became more and more restless. She was afraid that if things continued like this, the King of Pingxi would be called a traitor. Later, in order to protect the King of Pingxi, the Queen Mother and the father reached a tacit agreement that the case would not affect the King of Pingxi. And the Xu family had to withdraw from the court. "?
"They have different thoughts, but they don't care about the lives of the officials implicated in the incident. As for me, a cowardly and incompetent prince, I can do nothing but obey orders. I even have to be the executioner myself." At this point, Zhong Mingwei let out a long sigh and buried his face in the crook of Meiya's neck. After a long while, he spoke again, "Girl, am I...especially useless? Especially...cowardly?"
Mei Ya didn't say anything, but just hugged Zhong Mingwei tightly. She knew that Zhong Mingwei must be feeling very upset and blamed himself to the extreme. She wanted to comfort Zhong Mingwei, but her lips trembled, and she didn't say anything. She just hugged Zhong Mingwei tighter.
Zhong Mingwei was right. He was indeed cowardly and incompetent. He could do nothing but watch those officials become victims of the struggle between the Queen Mother and the Emperor. He even had to personally send them to the execution ground.
Is this his fault? ?
Isn't this his fault? ?
Mei Ya couldn't figure out what was going on, she just hugged Zhong Mingwei tighter. ?
"On New Year's Eve that year, it was this hand," Zhong Mingwei raised his right hand tremblingly. He stared at the trembling right hand, and his voice was also trembling. "I approved the memorial submitted by the Ministry of Justice. Then at noon on the first day of the New Year, 18 officials were beheaded, 20 officials were imprisoned, and were exiled to Ningguta with their families."?
Mei Ya also looked at the trembling hand. While listening to Zhong Mingwei's voice, her heart ached. She reached out and held the trembling hand, and then pulled the hand back into the quilt: "Mingwei, it's all over."
"I can't get over it," Zhong Mingwei smiled bitterly and shook his head, sighing, "I don't claim to be a gentleman, and my hands are stained with blood, but I have never regretted it. I treat others the way they treat me. I have always had a scale in my heart, but since the New Year's Eve of that year, the scale is gone."
"If it's gone, then find it back again," Meiya held his face, forehead against his forehead, nose against his nose, and said softly, "Now you are no longer the incompetent prince. You are my man. You have to become strong, both physically and mentally, otherwise how can you be worthy of my devotion?"
"Deeply devoted?" Zhong Mingwei's heart warmed up, and he kissed Mei Ya with his lips pursed, "Where did you learn such nice words?"
"When we were making dumplings that day, Sister An said she could sing Kunqu Opera. I had never heard it before, so I asked her to sing it for me, and that's how I learned this line," Mei Ya was a little embarrassed. She kissed Zhong Mingwei and said shyly, "Is it because I said this flowery words that it's particularly... particularly awkward?"
"What's wrong with it? It sounds very nice," Zhong Mingwei said softly, looking into Mei Ya's dark eyes, and added, "I will teach you whatever you want to learn in the future."
"Well, can you sing The Peony Pavilion?" Meiya asked hurriedly, "Sister An sang it beautifully that day, but I only remember one line, 'Love comes from nowhere, it's ever-lasting, the living can die, the dead can live', and I can't remember what came after that."
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