The past life is cold and the present life is warm

Kangji was a little anxious, and finally raised his head and said with red eyes: "Master Guo, the Crown Prince also knows about this matter. If you don't believe it, you can ask the Crown Prince."

When the Protector heard that Kang Ji mentioned Shao Zhikan, he raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, then put this woman in the dungeon first. When Khan'er comes back, let her interrogate her in person."

Kangji forced out a smile that was uglier than crying. He hugged his fists towards the Protector and said, "Young man, go and tell the Crown Prince now to ask him everything he wants to ask." After saying that, Kangji turned around and left.

The Lord Protector waved his hands to the two guards and motioned for them to take He Lanxi away. After that, he finally sat down on the main seat, powerless.

He suddenly felt that his life in the past ten years since Yi'er's death seemed like a joke. A child raised by others, while his own child suffers like an unwanted wild child.

He took two women he didn't love, and one of them killed his beloved. Another woman made it impossible for her to pay back the favor she owed her in this lifetime.

He suddenly didn't understand. What had he been living for for more than ten years? And what has he been guarding for more than ten years?

He wanted to cry, but he found that he couldn't cry. He wanted to shout but felt weak.

He stood up and walked towards the cellar in his yard. One person went in and out more than a dozen times and took out all the fine wines he had collected over the years. He went to the stable to find a carriage, dragged a cart, loaded all the wine on the cart, and drove the cart to the palace himself.

The soldiers guarding the palace gate were confused for a moment when they saw the Duke Protector's posture. But they didn't dare to stop them, so they had to send someone to report to the emperor quickly. Then a small team of people were sent to follow just in case.

At this time, the emperor was interrogating He Changzai with an angry face in He Changzai's palace. But He Changzai shook his head in disbelief.

"It's impossible. Chang'er is the one who listens to me the most. How could he leave me alone and run away? Doesn't this confirm his charge of rebellion? Someone must have deceived him again and was deceived. Your Majesty You have to believe me, I. Chang'er has no second thoughts."

The emperor ignored her and said as if talking to himself: "Lan Xin, you can be considered an old man who follows me. Apart from the queen, you are the only one who has followed me the longest.

Others don't know, but I know. You really love me, so I have always been tolerant of you.

People ask me why I am so kind to you. It's because you are my last place of weakness.

Even if you are already this old. I still dote on you just like I doted on the little girl back then.

But the life in the palace these years seems to have made you forget your feelings for me.

Just thinking about fighting for power. On the contrary, I still miss your tenderness. Look what I changed in the end.

Maybe this is God's punishment for me.

Xiao Xiangzi is right. I am the emperor and whatever I say is what I say. Even if I kill you, you want to destroy the reputation I care about, but I wrote the history books.

In the end, don’t the people want to sing my praises? From today on, I will hand you over to the queen. As for how you die, it depends on the queen's mood. "

"Come here. Send He Changzai to the queen. Tell the queen that her status, life and death, will be decided by the queen from today on."

After speaking, the emperor shook his sleeves, stood up and left directly.

He Changzai wanted to rush over and hug the emperor's leg. He was immediately held down by the little eunuch who followed him.

Eunuch Fu looked at the emperor's back, turned around and said to He Changzai with a smile: "Master, if you have anything else you want to say, you can tell this servant, and I will tell it to the emperor."

He Lan wanted to beg for mercy and threaten her, but she found that it was useless. The emperor's words just now showed that he had given up on protecting his reputation.

I'm afraid next. He would then forcibly order other princes to donate their precious blood. The last trump card in his hand seems to be of no use. The most important thing is that the trump card in his hand has become his talisman.

Seeing that He Lanxin seemed to have nothing to say, Eunuch Fu clapped his hands and asked the two young eunuchs to follow He Lanxin and go to Kunyi Palace with him.

As soon as the emperor returned to the royal study, he saw a young eunuch waiting at the door of the palace with an anxious face.

The emperor was a little strange and asked him what was going on. The little eunuch hurriedly said: "The guards guarding the palace gate just now came to tell me. The Lord Protector drove a flat carriage and brought dozens of jars of wine to the imperial study. .

They didn't know what was going on, so they could only send people to follow the Lord Protector. Then someone was sent to give a quick shout-out. "

The emperor was a little upset. He didn't want to see anyone at this moment. He was just about to order someone to drive the Lord Protector back when he looked up and saw a carriage slowly coming this way.

The emperor sighed, a little helpless, wondering what kind of style the Lord Protector was talking about. So he waved his hand and said to the little eunuch: "Just say that I'm not feeling well and don't have the time to play around with him." After saying that, he turned around and entered the royal study.

The little eunuch was in a dilemma, hoping that Eunuch Fu would come back soon.

Although the Duke Protector's carriage was moving slowly and leisurely, it was still a carriage, and it soon arrived in front of the imperial study.

The little eunuch saw the Protector and shouted to the Protector through the steps and railings: "Your Majesty has been unwell for the past two days. He just fainted this morning. It's really not suitable to drink with you."

The Protector didn't even raise his head. While unloading the wine on the cart, he said to the young eunuch: "Go and tell the emperor that if he drinks this wine with me today, I will grant him a wish tomorrow. It can be anything. wish."

The little eunuch was spinning anxiously. It's true that the emperor is physically unable to drink, but the temptation is indeed big enough. Why hasn't Eunuch Fu come back yet?

The emperor in the store vaguely heard the Lord Protector's words and put down the book in his hand. Frowning. I wonder what kind of medicine the Protector of the Country sells in his gourd? When the little eunuch came in, he readily agreed.

After a while, the Protector took the lead and held four jars of wine, followed by several guards guarding the door. Each of them also held two jars of wine and followed the Lord Protector.

At one time, he carried more than a dozen jars of wine into the imperial study room. He put the wine into the hall and told the young eunuch: "Go get two bowls and bring a table and chairs. Today I want to get drunk with the emperor before we retire, and let the imperial kitchen prepare the sobering soup for the emperor."

The little eunuch saw that Eunuch Fu had not come back yet, and did not know where Eunuch Fu was now.

I had no choice but to follow my companions. Split up. The person who moved the table moved the table, the person who moved the chair moved the chair, and he went to find Wu Qun.