When Caiyi was captured, she knew she was in doom. "Your Majesty, this slave deserves to die. I didn't see the situation clearly. I was frightened at that time. I beg your Majesty to have mercy, and I beg the princess to have mercy." There were guards all around, and she just wanted to She could not commit suicide unless she wanted to implicate her family.
As Cai Yi spoke, the twelve people below all begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, please have mercy, Princess Huang, have mercy. Your Majesty, Princess Huang, have mercy. Your Majesty, Princess Huang, have mercy." There was a cry of mourning, and the guards standing around seemed to be made of clay sculptures. generally.
The emperor seemed not to have heard those who begged for mercy, and his face remained calm. Seeing that Wen Wan was still in a daze, she sighed slightly. He couldn't let Wen Wan develop the same temperament as Fu Hui, otherwise he would not love her, but harm her. Therefore, suppress the intolerance in your heart and harden your heart and say, "Wen Wan, these people framed you, so grandpa will hand them all over to you and let you deal with them."
Wen Wan looked at the emperor blankly, and then looked blankly at the dozen people kneeling on the ground. The emperor's words echoed in his mind, leaving it to her to deal with. Leave it to her to deal with it. Kill them? Thinking of this, Wen Wan trembled a few times. She looked at the emperor for help, hoping that the emperor would let her go. Although she knew that sooner or later she would be stained with blood, she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
But the emperor ignored the gentle plea and looked as calm as water. The scene suddenly became very strange. Others, on the other hand, didn't dare to take a breath. It stayed like this for several minutes.
Eunuch Wen didn¡¯t look good when he saw it, for fear that Wen Wan would keep holding back. He hurriedly came over and said, "Princess, the servant who dares to frame the master falsely will be punished by being chopped with a knife, or beaten to death with a stick."
"Being beaten to death with a stick is still a light thing," Wen Wan opened her eyes wide. Eunuch Wen nodded firmly. Wenwan looked at the emperor again. The emperor said expressionlessly, "If you dare to instigate the Tian family to separate their flesh and blood, you will be punished. More importantly, the three clans will be punished."
Wen Wan finally became extremely sure that the emperor¡¯s grandfather really wanted her to kill someone. Ask her to kill everyone here. Kill someone, ask her to kill someone. When Wen Wan thought of this, her head went crazy. He stood there as if he were stupid. After all, there is still a gap between imagination and reality.
"Your Majesty. The Concubine Xian wants to see the Emperor." A eunuch came over to report.
The emperor said with a gloomy expression, "Let her stay there. No one is allowed to come in without me."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch hurriedly went to deliver the message.
Concubine Xian got the news from outside, and her eyes became cloudy. She wanted to go just now. It's just that the guards sealed everything here. She didn't let him in either. But she had already received the news from all the maids and eunuchs present since that day. They were all locked up by the emperor. But today, he was taken out and taken to the edge of the pool. Concubine Xian knew something was wrong.
The emperor looked at Wen Wan and his face became paler and paler. I couldn't bear it, but I held it back. Even a few servants in the palace could bully her and make false accusations against her. It's because he found this girl to be kind-hearted and wouldn't do anything to them. otherwise. With their great courage, they didn't dare to frame Wen Wan. Now it's just perjury. After that, what will happen next? Could it be that a hundred years later, when he has no one around to take care of her, will he be the same as Fu Hui? He relented once, and he must not relent a second time.
Xia Ying saw Wen Wan being silent for a long time, biting her lip and holding her hands tightly, not expressing her intention. But the emperor made up his mind that the princess must take action. She didn't think the emperor's decision was wrong, on the contrary. She thought it was because the emperor loved the princess very much and was willing to spend time for her, which made her feel very happy.
Xia Ying looked at Wen Wan and bit her lower lip. She knew that at this moment. She can't be tough with Wen Wan, she has to be soft. She knows that Wen Wan is a filial child, and no one knows this better than her. So I decided to be gentle with Wen Wan, and stood next to Wen Wan and said softly, "Princess, the wind is strong now. Your Majesty is getting old. If you stand here for a long time, it will be bad for your health. What if you catch a cold? Princess, You have always been the most filial person, can you bear to let the emperor stand here and blow the cold wind? "Princess, can you bear it?"
Wen Wan looked at Xia Ying, everyone said she was wrong. Everyone is forcing her to change, forcing her to adapt to this society where people kill people.
I don¡¯t know whether it was a coincidence or the emperor¡¯s cooperation, but the emperor coughed several times very promptly. Eunuch Wen said worriedly, ¡°Your Majesty, your health is not good, so you should go back. What should you do if you catch a cold?¡±
The emperor waved his hand, "I have nothing to do. Cough, cough"
Wen Wan raised her head and saw that the emperor was indeed coughing, then lowered her head. I was struggling in my heart. She knew that this was a sign that the emperor loved her and vented his anger on her, also to test her courage. But, this is not to do anything else, but to kill someone, asking her to kill someone. Wen Wan looked at the emperor and then at the guards surrounding him, knowing that this was an idea that the emperor's grandfather had already made.
?Deep in her heart, Wen Wan wanted to tell the emperor that she was unwilling to kill people, but she couldn't express her words. She knew very well that the emperor's grandfather was doing it for her own good, and she could not let down the emperor's love for her. I was afraid that if I expressed it, it would chill the emperor's heart. In that month, she had actually thought about it very clearly and understood it in her heart. This is not modernity, this is not a legal society, this is a society of the aristocratic class, this is a society that can take human life lightly. If she doesn't take a stand today, if she lets them go, she will be reduced to a stupid person like the princess in the eyes of others.
¡°If she doesn¡¯t deal with these people today, she will be looked down upon by others. Maybe the emperor didn't accept his kindness and didn't know how to understand his kindness to him. Maybe he just ignored his mother as he did to his mother. If she becomes an abandoned son, she still has a way to survive. The reason why Concubine Xian doesn't dare to do it openly but only in secret is not because the emperor's grandfather is watching over her. If the emperor's grandfather leaves her alone, then the wise concubine will crush her to death as easily as crushing an ant to death.
But killing, killing. She cherishes life so much. In her mind, life is the most respected thing in the world, and even seeking death easily is an unforgivable sin. She herself cherishes life very much, but this time, she was asked to kill thirteen lives at once. She couldn't do it, she didn't dare to take the lives of so many people.
Wen Wan didn¡¯t know how long she stood there, while everyone around her was waiting. Eunuch Wen hurriedly put the cloak on the emperor. The emperor quietly waited for Wen Wan's decision.
Wenwan is struggling, struggling fiercely. Thinking of what happened next, he looked at Xia Ying's anxious eyes. Wen Wan smiled bitterly, in fact, she had been escaping. In fact, she has always known, ever since she was a slave, that this society is a society without human rights. The lives of servants and the lives of common people are in fact nothing more than straw, and can be taken away by the aristocracy. She couldn't stand it, so she just felt that it was enough for her to have a clear conscience. But even if she wanted to have a clear conscience, others wouldn't allow her. In those years, she also knew that there were many spies around her. Xia Ying handled several batches, although she always emphasized that if she could spare one life, she would spare one life. But she didn't ask whether Xia Ying had killed him. In other words, she didn't have the courage to know. She knows how cruel this society is. It's just that she doesn't want to face this cruelty. Even though she has always known that King Zhao and Concubine Xian are not good for her, she has no ability to fight back. So she always thought that she was a turtle, shrank herself into a turtle shell, and pretended that she didn't know this.
Incidents of frightened horses and drowning incidents are pressing forward step by step. It was clear that they would never let him go. Even if she wanted to continue hiding in her turtle shell, they wouldn't allow her. She had been escaping before, thinking that this would make it over and that when the time came, she could go to the fiefdom and reunite with her uncle, so she had been enduring it. Now my uncle is in the capital and is in a terrible situation. Even if she wanted to run away or hide, there was nowhere to escape. The uncle's words were very clear. Once defeated, what awaited their uncle and nephew would be a disaster.
Wen Wan looked at the person in front of her, the struggle in her eyes became more intense. People are selfish, choosing whether to live in exchange for their own danger; or choose to die, using their death to adapt to this society. Although this multiple-choice question is difficult, there is no doubt about what I will choose. Furthermore, they were not innocent. They dared to frame her just because they were afraid that Concubine Xian and Siyue would kill them. Seeing that she is soft-hearted, she won't do anything to them. If she really lets it go, next time, if she encounters such a situation again, if the emperor's grandfather doesn't believe her, then she has a thousand mouths and can't explain it clearly.
If she makes the emperor's grandfather tired of her, then not only her, but also her uncle's situation may become even worse. And in that case, people like King Zhao will definitely not let them go. Then she and her uncle would become fish and meat that could be slaughtered by them.
Thinking it was here, Wen Wan clenched her fist, and her fingers without nails stung her. She made up her mind, and just when she was about to express what she meant, she saw so many people kneeling in front of her with blood on their foreheads, and their eyes were full of despair and panic. Wen Wan hesitated again.
If so many people were to die at once, she would lose thirteen lives as soon as she said it. In one sentence, there are thirteen names. The gentle people were trembling slightly. Thirteen human lives, not thirteen cats and dogs. Wen Wan closed her eyes and wondered if she would be scared if she really killed thirteen people at once. Can she bear it all at once? The promise was for sure, she couldn't bear it. She also knew that she would not be able to do it after all. But in this situation, it was impossible for her not to punish him. Moreover, if she really kills these thirteen people, she might have to bear the reputation of being violent and careless about human life. It would also be very bad to have a virtuous concubine behind her to add fuel to the flames! (To be continued)