Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 697 What are you afraid of?
"What did you say at that time? You said that as long as you have breath, you will never let me suffer any wronged; you also said that as long as I return to the Zhao Mansion, I will never be helpless again."

A burst of sadness welled up in his heart, and Zhao Xiwei's eyes turned red suddenly: "But in the end, I forgot everything!"

"I haven't forgotten." Zhao Ziyi coughed violently, "I didn't..."

He lowered his head, not daring to look at her: "Miss Wei, I haven't forgotten, I promised your mother, I will remember everything..."

He smiled bitterly: "It is precisely because I have never forgotten that I have to fight to the death..."

"Then you go fight yourself!" Liu Jishan asked with a stern eyebrow, "You want to fulfill your promise, but let A Wei die for you? Do you know how cruel the old witch's methods are? If you exchange her for hostages, why not?" Didn't think about the consequences!?"

Zhao Ziyi raised her head, wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.

When he spoke again, there was no hesitation, only calmness: "Miss Wei, the crown prince has given you a jade order, and the imperial guards in the inner palace are all dispatched by you. If you enter the palace this time, the queen mother will not dare to act rashly..."

Yuling...

Ah……

The last ray of light in Zhao Xiwei's heart was also extinguished at this moment: "Yes, the prince gave me the jade order. He is a stranger to me, and he will take care of my safety, but what about you?"

"Your blood is flowing on my body, but you want to send me to die."

She looked at him, with a hint of sarcasm on her lips, "If I had known today, when I was at Suzaku Gate, I shouldn't have called you father!"

These words are not serious, Zhao Ziyi's face turned pale: "Miss Wei, I didn't let you go to die, Gu Yong and I have set up an ambush outside the palace, as long as you give the order, we will lead our troops to charge Come in, I won't let you—"

"So what?!" Zhao Xiwei interrupted him: "When you say this, do you think I'm a little girl who doesn't understand anything? Isn't it because I have this jade token in my hand that I was asked to confront the Queen Mother head-on? "

She raised her hand, the white jade was flawless, and the red tassels hung down, like a handful of cinnabar flowing down her fingertips.

"Seeing this jade order is like seeing the prince." She rubbed the jade stone with her fingertips, and stared at him with slanted eyes: "Whoever holds this thing can justifiably kill the rebellious party. I said, this thing is for you to hold." Why don't you accept it?"

Being questioned by her daughter, Zhao Ziyi was a little embarrassed: "I..."

He wanted to explain something, but thousands of words rushed out of his throat, but he stopped them abruptly.

Zhao Xi smiled: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid of arousing the prince's suspicion? Or are you afraid of losing Miyagi?"

"Yes, Your Majesty angered you because of the queen's affairs. You need to turn the tide to prove your loyalty, but you can't make great achievements to backfire; the queen mother framed you because of party disputes, so you have to cleanse your political enemies, but you can't bear the blame. Cruel and merciless infamy. With all kinds of pressure on you, you are like being in a sea of ​​swords and flames, and your success or failure may be lost forever. But if I come forward, there will be no such danger. It will not make His Majesty suspicious, but also convince the world. Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will only think that you are innocent—"

After a pause, Zhao Xiwei admired from the bottom of his heart: "I have to say, my father, he really has no plans!"

These words were more serious than before, Zhao Ziyi couldn't stand it any longer, she leaned her upper body slightly against the chair: "In your eyes, is dad such a ruthless person?"

Zhao Xiwei didn't answer, but closed his eyes tiredly.

When she said that passage just now, she was very calm and indifferent.

But after he finished speaking, a burst of bitterness suddenly surged in his heart, as if he was in a sea of ​​bitterness, which was endless.

I still remember that on the first day she entered the mansion, she believed with full confidence that he was protecting her and loving her.

But in the end, she still expected too much.

She laughed silently.

Zhao Xiwei, Zhao Xiwei, no wonder Liu Jishan said you are stupid, you are really stupid!
In fact, you have already saved enough to be disappointed, why are you still hesitating?Why do you still want to remember?

The high gate compound is not her home after all.

The most common emotion in the world, to her, is the moon in the water, the flower in the mirror, which is beyond reach.

She has no one to rely on, no one to trust.

She heard a voice in her heart, calm and indifferent——

"From now on, on this road of life, you can walk alone! Don't count on anyone! No one can love and protect you unconditionally!"

Putting away the last struggle in her heart, she opened her eyes, looked at the man in front of her lightly, and asked, "Did you know that the crown prince gave me the jade order?"

When I asked this sentence, my heart suddenly jumped.

Those puzzling mysteries, at this moment, have the answer!

She squinted her eyes and looked at his knees: "Your legs have never been broken! You are all pretending!"

Zhao Ziyi's face was a little embarrassed.

"I understand!" Just as the light of the sky broke and the last darkness was severely torn apart, she suddenly realized: "I understand! The granary caught fire, and you pretended to be disabled. The prince was afraid that you would lose power, so he made up his mind to marry me To be a concubine. Not long after that, he saw through your tricks, but it was too late to do so, until the matter of the queen's extinction aroused His Majesty's fury, and the two things combined, so he abolished me like this..."

She pressed on step by step, and asked in a tense voice, "Is that so?"

She smiled tremblingly and said word by word, "You are such a good father. Everyone says you are unparalleled in scheming. In my opinion, you are not only scheming but also ambitious! It's okay to do anything for power, but you You can use your own daughter as a pawn and send her into the arms of another man with your own hands!"

"It's not like this!" Zhao Ziyi clenched and loosened his fingers, and hurriedly explained: "Sister Wei, you misunderstood Daddy, Daddy thought..." He slumped in the chair, a little at a loss: "Dad thought You like him, that's why... Daddy is doing it for your own good..."

Zhao Xi sneered slightly: "Whether it's for my own good or for your own good, you know exactly!"

Taking a deep breath, she showed a distressed expression for the first time, "What I thought was a godsend, turned out to be just my father's scheming, and what I thought was a happy relationship, turned out to be just my father selling his daughter for glory..."

She knew that her marriage was not pure enough, but that didn't mean she could accept the truth.

She has endured so much suffering and suffered with her mother since she was a child, but she has never lost her dignity as a human being.

But what did Zhao Ziyi take her for?

She remembered the few quarrels she had with Li Xuanye.

Every time it was very tense, and every time his attitude was abnormal.

At that time, she only thought that the two had just gotten together, and he was the one who was held in the hands of the emperor since he was a child, so he was naturally arrogant.

As he explained afterwards, he was in power and governed since he was a child, and he didn't know how to accommodate others.

But now I realize that these two men have gone through so many tricks by her side, but she has been kept in the dark from the beginning to the end!

Zhao Xiwei had never felt so embarrassed before.

An indescribable emotion filled his chest: "Do you still want me to go back to him? Do you still fantasize about letting me sit firmly in the East Palace? Do you want me to push me out so cruelly? Playing a bitter trick? So that he will feel guilty and let you reap the benefits?" After a series of questioning, she paused, "Do you think that he must have me in his heart?"

(End of this chapter)