Chitose words

Chapter 419 Feeling guilty
Emperor Jing Fu Jingyan stared at his biological sister in silence. After a moment, he suddenly smiled.

"My sister was ill a few days ago, and she was confused. It doesn't matter. I'm open to all kinds of things, so naturally I won't blame the emperor."

Xie Zhao also smiled and said lightly:
"Your Majesty said yes, so be it. However, I will never stay in the city that never sleeps and spend the rest of my life."

Her tone was not serious, but it was loud and clear:
"Mr. Yu, I am the goddess of the Shentai Palace and am not subject to the orders of the Tianchen Court.

On a personal note, let me say something disrespectful - I am His Majesty's sister-in-law.

Even when the late emperor was still alive, he never forced me to act. I presume that your majesty would not be so unkind? "

Hearing this, a smile flashed across Nanxu's eyes.

Just now, the little emperor used his human and sophistication to control his army, trying to arouse the anger of the officials.

The emperor said that it was Princess Tianchen who took the initiative to leave the Shentai Palace, and he, Nanxu, became the unkind, domineering person who persecuted their siblings.

Now, Xie Zhao has repaid him in the same way, saying frankly that he has no intention of taking off his divine robe and becoming the master of Zhaoge.

And directly expose the emperor's hypocritical words in front of everyone, let's see how he can stand up to reason!
The buzzing sound in the hall is endless!
This was the sound of everyone being astonished and couldn't help but whisper with the ministers around them.

"What your Highness means is that she has no intention of leaving the Shentai Palace? Then didn't we wrong the high priest before?"

"The old minister is a little confused. Didn't His Majesty say that it was His Highness's intention to return to the palace? What, what is going on?"

"If His Highness is unwilling, we really shouldn't force him."

"Yes, what's more, if His Highness is sitting in the Shentai Palace, it will not only make the warriors in the Southern Dynasties dare not use force to violate the prohibition and offend the court, but it will also deter the powerful in the four realms!"

"Yes, although this is very hard for Chitose, it is of great benefit to me in the Southern Dynasty.
If His Highness is willing to practice hard in the Shentai Palace and guard the surrounding areas, it will indeed be a blessing to the dynasty. "

Everyone was talking about it.

On the high platform near the emperor's throne, no matter the Bai family and his son, the Xunyang County Prince, or even the high priest of Nanxu himself, all remained silent for some reason.

They are waiting for the emperor's attitude.

The next moment, the emperor's eyes were like daggers, and he looked coldly into the palace.

Suddenly, there was silence in the Yaochi Palace, and no one dared to say anything!

It can be seen that the emperor's power in the court now cannot be underestimated!

Emperor Jing suddenly smiled and said:
"What Sister just said is true. When my father was alive, he loved Sister the most and never had the heart to force Sister to do anything.

Then I also have a question for my sister. If my father left a decree when he died, ordering you to take off your divine robe and return to Zhaoge City when you become an adult, what would your sister do? "

"I wonder if Her Royal Highness, Princess Tianchen, is willing to fulfill the late Emperor's only... death wish for you in this life?"

It was so quiet in the main hall that you could hear the falling leaves.

Xie Zhao looked back at Fu Jingyan quietly for a long time. After a while, he finally shook his head gently and raised one corner of his lips.

It turned out to be the case.

She just said that the emperor had vowed so much before that he would definitely make her resign from the position of goddess of Shentai Palace.

It turns out that this is the trump card he holds in his hand?
Xie Zhao frowned.

Emperor father actually left a posthumous edict for Fu Jingyan?
Regarding this matter, it was something she had never expected before.

The high priest of Nanxu frowned deeply and couldn't help but said:
"Ah Ci."

At this time, a smart person like her must not be confused!
Xie Zhao gently raised his hand to stop his next words.

Immediately he raised his eyes to look at the emperor who was confident of victory and whose eyes were filled with excitement.

"Since Your Majesty said that he has my father's final will in hand, then where is the oracle?"

Emperor Jing smiled lightly and waved back gently.

"Yuan Ai, show the late emperor's imperial edict to the eldest princess."

Yuan Ai remained silent.

He took out a long and narrow brocade box from his sleeves with great care, then bowed and walked quickly down from the throne, bending his waist almost to the point of folding in half. He presented the brocade box with respect and said:

".Chitose, please."

Xie Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly and slowly looked away from Fu Jingyan.

Immediately, he raised his hand to open the gold thread wrapped around the outside of the brocade box, opened the lid, and took out the bright yellow scroll in the brocade box. At this time, everyone's eyes fell on her.

Xie Zhao unfolded the imperial edict and read it ten lines at a time.

Then he smiled slightly sarcastically.

The handwriting on the imperial edict is indeed the handwriting of the late Emperor Weidi Fu Shang.

Judging from the slippery handwriting, it does seem like it was written when the late emperor was seriously ill.

The late emperor's decree at the end actually said, "Princess Tianchen Fu Jingci will take off her divine robe and return to Zhaoge City after she turns eighteen. The new king should take it seriously."

But the strange thing is that in the imperial edict, between "after the age of eighteen" and "take off the divine robe", there is a thick drop of ink!

Obviously, this is clearly the late emperor's final edict. There is a word between "after the age of eighteen" and "take off the divine robe"!
But that word was now covered up by the emperor Jingdi with a drop of old ink!

What is this obscured word?

Even if Xie Zhao had never seen it with his own eyes, he could guess that they were inseparable at this time.

This word, in all likelihood, is "ke"!
——In other words, the edict left by the late emperor Wei Emperor clearly stated that "Princess Tianchen Fu Jingci can take off her divine robe and return to Zhaoge City after she turns eighteen, and the new king should take it seriously." "

"Take off the divine robe" is the command!

But "taking off the divine robe" is just another life choice given to her!

A difference of one word means a thousand miles of error!

One is to command, the other is to love.

It is expected that this edict left by the late Emperor Wei when he was critically ill was intended to prevent his beloved daughter from having to be forced to serve the gods all her life without freedom. It was also intended to convey the last sentence: "The new king should cherish it most"!
And this is completely different from what Emperor Fu Jingyan said before!

——This imperial edict was originally intended to restrain the new king, but it turned out to be perverted by the new king and used as a rope to restrain Princess Tianchen!
However, times have changed and the late emperor has been dead for many years.

Who can prove that the edict left by the late emperor before his death was "the divine robe can be taken off", or was it because his hands slipped due to serious illness that he accidentally left a drop of ink between the two words?
Xie Zhao smiled coolly.

She really didn't expect that Emperor Jing Fu Jingyan had this kind of plan!
He wanted to use a so-called late emperor's edict to check and balance her, and use the observance of etiquette and filial piety that people in the Southern Dynasties cared about most to suppress her.

If she should not issue this so-called "edict" of the late emperor today, I am afraid that her reputation will be eclipsed in the hearts of many courtiers and civil servants.

Everyone in the world knows how much the late emperor loved her more than his daughter.

And if she rejects the so-called late emperor's only request before his death, which is to love his daughter, in front of everyone, then she is going her own way and has no respect for her elders.

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Xie Zhao faced the slightly worried gaze of the Nanxu High Priest and the surprised or confused gazes of everyone in the audience, slowly raised his other hand, and then——

"Shh" sound!
Bright yellow rags of silk flew into the night as everyone in the hall was shocked!

Broken like bright yellow butterflies all over the sky.

It was Xie Zhao who summoned a small amount of internal force and shattered the late emperor's "edict"!
When Nanxu saw this, his brows suddenly tightened!
Of course, he didn't disagree with Xie Zhao for ruining the edict calling a deer a horse, but he didn't agree with Xie Zhao that he was still using his true energy rashly at this time!
The High Priest of Nanxu has a clear understanding of Xie Zhao's current physical condition, and naturally knows that rash use of Qi will only bring harm to Xie Zhao but no good.

It was just a matter of destroying a will. He could do it for him, so why bother to take action himself?
Emperor Fu Jingyan was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then his face turned completely cold when he realized what had happened.

"Sister Royal, you are so outrageous in destroying the imperial edict in public!"

Xie Zhao smiled and said:
"Your Majesty, Fu Jingci has done many impudent things in his life, and this is not the least of them."

"——You! Do you really dare to disrespect the late emperor's final wishes?"

Xie Zhao said calmly: "Whether this is what my father meant, I think your majesty should know better than me."

Fu Jingyan's face was livid and he slowly exhaled.

"Sister, you are so rebellious and disrespectful to our ancestors. You are really unworthy of the late Emperor's love and affection during his lifetime."

Xie Zhao's face turned cold, and she lightly shrugged and smiled.

"Who are the people who are rebellious and who are the people who are pretending to be disrespectful to our ancestors? Does your Majesty really have no idea?

As for facing his father a hundred years later, Fu Jingci has a clear conscience.

However, I feel guilty towards the people of Tianchen and the ancestors of the Fu family——

I feel ashamed that I never taught your majesty well, so that now you have gone further and further wrong and become what you are today! "

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