Chapter 94 Chapter 93 Now let me think about it

"Don't worry, Xiao Qi has already told me how much Li Kong has done for me during this period. He won't take the credit. I can still afford to give you an identity that no one can comment on."

Before getting off the car, Wei Huaien patted Meng Keshu's hand.

"Ruan Yan's students shouldn't be so timid."

Budu was already waiting outside the car. When Wei Huaien got out of the car, he first recited a Buddhist verse.

"Your Highness Jiarou, you are well."

Wei Huai'en saw that he had become much thinner than the last time they met in Haoyue Tower, so his sarcastic words were replaced by a cold one:

"You're welcome and safe."

Logically speaking, after what happened between her and him, they should not be walking along the royal road in peace like they are now.

But Wei Huai'en keenly felt that the disgusting feeling she had in Budu seemed to have disappeared after he confessed his evil intentions towards her.

It was as if he was originally supposed to be neither sad nor happy, always twisting the beads, and there was no longer any struggle and uneasiness in his soul.

He now looks like the little monk she first met many years ago.

Maybe it's because his Buddha's heart has reached another level. Wei Huaien withdrew his eyes from Budu and looked up at the jade steps.

Step by step, step by step, she thought absently in her heart, when will she climb this ladder again not just to meet Tianyan, but because she is Tianyan?

How long would it take for this day to come? She seemed like she couldn't wait any longer.

Budu was no longer upset because of her sizing up, but he caught a glimpse of the flourishing ambition in her eyes from the corner of his eye, and coughed quietly to bring her back to reality.

"Your Highness, I will ask you about Beizhai today."

"Okay, thank you."

His thoughts were brought back, and Wei Huai'en remembered that he was about to meet Emperor Yonghe. It seemed that he was used to overindulging in Mingzhou and Mengshan during these days, but he didn't even care when he returned to the capital.

Fortunately, Budu reminded her in time, allowing her to calm down and calm down her arrogant eyebrows, and began to speculate on what Emperor Yonghe would ask.

This thank you came from the bottom of his heart. Budu nodded slightly, led her to the door of the palace, and opened the door for her.

Walking into the palace alone, Wei Huai'en was surprised to find that Emperor Yonghe didn't even wear regular clothes embroidered with dragon patterns. Instead, he wore a purple outer robe loosely outside his middle coat. There was a drawing paper spread out on the desk.

What is depicted.

"Father."

Wei Huaien kowtowed.

"Back."

Emperor Yonghe did not let her get up, and his attention seemed to be entirely on the drawing paper.

"Yes, I have been delayed in Mengshan Academy for several days and failed to return to the capital on time. I came here to apologize to my father."

But Wei Huai'en was kneeling upright, his eyes moving upward from Emperor Yonghe's boots to the desk inch by inch, almost meeting Emperor Yonghe's face.

"Oh, you don't want to ask me for forgiveness. You want to ask your eldest brother for his sin."

Emperor Yonghe noticed her disrespectful gaze, paused for a moment, and then continued.

"Colluded with Beizhai, betrayed military intelligence, and released Beizhai's dead soldiers into our Daliang for assassination. My father and son have conclusive evidence, why can't they punish Prince Duan?"

Wei Huaien took a step forward and asked in front of the writing desk.

Emperor Yonghe lowered his eyes on her face, as if he could not see the unwillingness and resentment in her eyes, and said casually:

"He is your eldest brother after all. Besides, aren't you fine too?"

"Father, what do you mean by this? Don't you know that my son is recuperating in Mengshan Academy because he fell off a cliff and broke his bones? How can you say that my son is fine? And why are you protecting Prince Duan?"

Wei Huai'en's originally prepared response strategy was disrupted by Emperor Yonghe's completely unreasonable bias. For a moment, he was so angry that he spoke arbitrarily, and his tone could even be called aggressive.

But today, Emperor Yonghe was like a clay figurine with no temper. He was indifferent to Wei Huaien's offense and did not even stop painting.

"Father!"

Wei Huai'en almost felt the dull pain in the wound between his ribs. He probably breathed too deeply and too quickly and accidentally moved it.

After this question, Emperor Yonghe finally put down his pen and looked up at the aggrieved Wei Huai'en.

"Don't you know better than me why you fell off the cliff? I wanted to kill the gelding a long time ago. It was you who negotiated terms with me to save him. Now it's obvious that you are willing to risk your life. Why,

Are you still blaming others?"

It was simply nonsense and nonsense. Wei Huai'en was trembling with anger, but he was not willing to bear the crime at all.

"I did fall off the cliff to save him, but how could my father not know the order that King Duan gave to the people of Beizhai? Even if I didn't save him, would the people of Beizhai let me go? How could we confuse the facts?

, don’t ask the culprit!”

"To put it bluntly, you just want to take care of the king's life, right?"

Emperor Yonghe sat on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose, not affected by Wei Huaien's emotions at all.

Separated by a book table, here is the resentful Wei Huai'en, and over there is the leisurely and comfortable Emperor Yonghe.

Since entering the palace, Wei Huai'en only knew one thing.

Emperor Yonghe didn't care about her or Prince Duan's life or death at all, these things only bothered him.

What else is there to hide? Wei Huaien took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down like Emperor Yonghe, and spoke coldly like an outsider.

"Yes, I want him to pay for the soldiers who died defending the enemy in the north, the displaced people, and the unjust souls of the people who died in Beizhai."

Want. Want his life, even if it is not for myself, but also for the sins he has committed.

"But you know, he has handed over the Beizhai people to Dali Temple and confessed all the details of his contact with Beizhai. Now all the Beizhai spies have been captured.

There is a wrongdoer and a debtor, and King Duan just used them to intercept and kill you. Should the Beizhai people's crime also be placed on his head?"

Emperor Yonghe threw the report from Dali Temple to Wei Huai'en.

But Wei Huai'en didn't even look at it, because she had already learned about the progress in Beijing through Shangguan Luming, Shui Jing and others. Anyway, Emperor Yonghe didn't know that she was powerful in private, so why bother pretending?

"If you don't want to kill him, there are always a thousand and ten thousand reasons to keep him alive. No need to say anything else, just say that your blood is flowing in his body, and there will be a gold medal for immunity from death. Unless you commit rebellion, you will always be free from death.

Because he is the prince, Longsun is still alive.

But my father, since he was honored as King Duan and was nourished by the common people, he allowed Yan Weiguang and the Nanlin forces to plunder merchants and travelers in Mingzhou, causing trouble to the three states, making the people miserable, and the banditry was rampant for many years.

In the northern border, in order to seize power with his sons and whitewash peace, he ignored the dying of the refugees and the hunger and cold of the soldiers, and misappropriated the relief grain at will to trigger a mutiny. He actually did not seem to repent and colluded with the Beizhai people who took advantage of the situation.

Father, why should all living beings raise such a scum who fails to succeed and fails to succeed? How can we explain to the world if we let him live?"

Wei Huaien has long been unable to tolerate Prince Duan's stupidity and arrogance. Even if it is not for Wei Huaide, Xiao Qi, or herself, she still has too many reasons to demand Prince Duan's life.

"Even if he regrets at the last moment, even if he reserves a backup plan to completely wipe out the Beidi people?"

Compared with Wei Huai'en's indignation, Emperor Yonghe's rhetorical questions were as light as a feather.

"right."

Wei Huaien kowtowed again.

"On the heart, there is no trace."

There was a long silence in the palace, and Wei Huai'en fell on the ground, as if Emperor Yonghe would not get up if he didn't answer.

"I thought you could do anything different."

Emperor Yonghe sighed.

"Why is it necessary? How about imprisoning him in Prince Duan's Mansion? Xing'er has been raised in the palace, and Pei Yi has run away without knowing his whereabouts. Letting him live will not embarrass you, the crown prince, right?"

Wei Huai'en was slightly shocked. She indeed heard the word "Crown Prince" from Emperor Yonghe's mouth.

Is this to use the position of crown prince to make her take a step back?

She hesitated.

Emperor Yonghe saw this, and even though her posture did not move, he knew that she was shaken.

He has seen many people who pray for the people, but sometimes, the difference between right and wrong is just because the price is not paid enough.

If Wei Huai'en looks so much like him, how could he not be tempted by real power?

He went on to say:

"Do you still remember what deal you made with me when you saved the eunuch's life? Wynn, I have allowed you to investigate your subordinates. If you really care about it, how many lives does the eunuch have?"

Tsk. Emperor Yonghe sneered in his heart. He remembered his indulgence and attention to the late empress Jiang Ying, but so what? If you can't have your cake and eat it too, a wise man will always make a choice.

"In a few days, I will issue an edict to make you the first female crown prince of this dynasty. You have done everything I have entrusted to you in an orderly manner, and the people's wishes will be met. Even my seat will be yours one day.

Therefore, even if it is for your own sake, you should not get into power with blood on your hands. Women are soft in nature, and people are more willing to see a prince who benefits all people."

Hearing Emperor Yonghe's words, Wei Huaien straightened his back and looked at him calmly. Xingzi's eyes did not show the temptation and compromise that Emperor Yonghe expected, but instead made Emperor Yonghe less confident.

Just listen to her speak.

"Why do you think it should be different for a woman to be the heir apparent? When you chose your son, did you think you were interested in the woman's weakness and gentleness? When the eldest sister was in the palace, she was more like a princess than your son. Why didn't your father choose her?

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To be continued...