Legend of the Orchid

Li Yu died suddenly, Li Zhonglan neither wore filial piety clothes nor kept filial piety, and after a few days of being sad, she fought with Zhao Tingjie again, staying in each other's arms all day long, which made Wang Yunyi's teeth itch with hatred.

Wang Yunyi sneered and wrote a letter, describing Li Zhonglan's crime of deceiving the emperor to her father with embellishments, and described the other party as a sinister villain who would do anything to climb up for fame and fortune.

How could Wang Pu allow evildoers like Li Zhonglan to affect his daughter's status and happiness, and he was definitely a loyal minister, so he soon submitted a copy of Li Zhonglan to the emperor.

Zhao Guangyi was surprised when he first saw the playbook, not because of Li Zhonglan, but because of Li Yu's boldness. He didn't expect that Li Yu, who looked like a frail scholar, had such a cunning side.

If Zhao Kuangyin knew the truth earlier, he would not have to bear the charge of breaking the peace agreement between the two countries, and directly accused Li Yu of forming an alliance with no sincerity, so that the Southern Tang Dynasty might be able to surrender earlier.

However, if the matter is revealed, Li Zhonglan will die.

Zhao Guangyi's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile appeared on his fair face. After all, Li Zhonglan could not escape from his palm. This time, he would not show mercy.

On this day, Zhao Tingjie had something to go out. As soon as he left, the imperial guards swarmed up and took Li Zhonglan into the palace.

Li Zhonglan was baffled, while kneeling in the Yanhe Hall, she secretly scolded Zhao Guangyi for convulsions.

Zhao Guangyi sat majestically on the golden lacquered dragon chair, and asked meaningfully: "Li Aiqing, are your parents still alive?"

Li Zhonglan's eyelids twitched, and he faintly felt that something was wrong. He looked at the emperor's stern expression, determined to take a gamble, and replied: "Your Majesty, my mother has died of illness for many years, and my father Li Yu just passed away not long ago."

Zhao Guangyi shook his head with a smile, and sighed: "That's not what I want to know, Ai Qing should know what to confess."

Seeing Li Zhonglan standing still, he added another sentence: "You should be familiar with this name, Yun Ruolan!"

Li Zhonglan's heart trembled, and she raised her eyes to look at Zhao Guangyi, but seeing that the other party was staring at her clearly, with a look of victory, her face turned pale and her body stiffened.

Over the years, he tried every means to hide his identity, but he still couldn't hide it. In fact, he also knew that such a day would come sooner or later, and how would Zhao Guangyi treat him?

Faced with the emperor's questioning, Li Zhonglan didn't say a word. He still took chances, fearing that what he said would make more mistakes, but if the emperor had the ironclad evidence that he deceived the emperor, would he be more guilty if he lied again?

"Does Aiqing want to resist the decree?" Zhao Guangyi deliberately prolonged the ending to show his majesty.

For a moment, Li Zhonglan was full of thoughts. He was unwilling to admit his guilt like this. The happy life between him and Ting Jie had just begun, and he still wanted to live the days of the gods and couples for decades longer!

As a last resort, he tried to control Zhao Guangyi's mind with a slanted sword, but Dao'an was right, Zhao Guangyi is the Son of Heaven, with a strong mind and mind, beyond the control of human beings, Li Zhonglan worked hard for a long time, until he forced his forehead out Sweat was of no avail.

Seeing Li Zhonglan's stubborn resistance, Zhao Guangyi sneered and said: "You have been with the Prince of Wugong for many years, he should know your identity very well, if you don't recruit him, he will not be free from the charge of harboring, it seems that the prince of the county is at the end of his strength. "

Li Zhonglan was startled, and hated Zhao Guangyi's complacency to death. He knew that the other party was jealous of Tingjie's identity, and always regarded Tingjie as a thorn in his side. Can't keep it either.

"What your Majesty said is true, I am guilty!" Li Zhonglan gave in, knocked her head heavily, and said in a cold voice, "I am a grassroots man who coveted glory and wealth, and deceived Your Majesty and the county king. I deserve a thousand crimes." die!"

Zhao Guangyi stroked the short beard on his chin, and secretly sighed that he had never had such a loyal and infatuated person by his side. Thinking of this made him more determined to take Li Zhonglan down, so he said in a lure: "You don't have to take all the blame for it. As far as I am concerned, the instigator of this matter is the Marquis of Disobedience, as long as you stick to your duty from now on and enter the palace to serve me wholeheartedly, I will spare you from dying!"

After all, she still wanted to occupy him, how could Li Zhonglan allow herself to be controlled by others, so she said coldly: "I deserve death for my crime, please punish me, Your Majesty!"

When Zhao Guangyi saw that the other party wanted to die, Long Yan was furious: "I will give you a toast if you don't eat the fine wine, and I will grant your wish! Someone, take this life-or-death thing down!"

The attendants took Li Zhonglan into the sky prison, and the head of internal supervision suggested: "Your Majesty, seeing Li Changshi's delicate skin and tender flesh, he is not a person who can endure hardship. If he is beaten a few times, he will probably agree."

Zhao Guangyi frowned, and retorted without thinking: "I never like to force others, and Li Changshi's life depends on how he handles it."

After Zhao Tingjie returned to the mansion, he heard Jinyan say that Li Zhonglan was taken into the palace, he was shocked, and hurried into the palace to face the saint, begging the emperor for mercy.

Zhao Guangyi taught the other party with a posture of hating iron but not steel: "Dezhao, you are a noble relative of the clan and an important minister of the court. How can you cover up a person who deceives the emperor? Li Zhonglan has already pleaded guilty and has no remorse. See I can't keep him here."

Zhao Tingjie was furious, but had to hold back, and said in a cold voice: "Li Yu is the one who initiated the crime, why didn't your majesty take him?"

Zhao Guangyi raised his eyebrows, and said with a sullen face, "Of course I won't lose his share! Why should the king of the county worry about it!"

Zhao Tingjie clenched his fists, knelt down on the ground, suppressed his anger and begged: "Lan'er is ignorant and has been taken advantage of by others. Please be merciful to your majesty. This humble minister will definitely do his best for your majesty!"

Zhao Guangyi smiled, seeing his proud nephew kneeling like a stray dog, shaking his head, and said with a playful smile: "I'm very glad that Aiqing has such awareness, but it's a pity that Li Zhonglan doesn't understand, if Aiqing can make him I also understand this truth, so I will naturally let him go."

Zhao Tingjie felt chills in his heart, he was faced with a choice again, but he also knew that he should not force Zhong Lan any more, so he refused, saying: "Lan'er has his own plans, I cannot make decisions for him."

"Okay!" Zhao Guangyi was really angry with this pair of tough guys, and threatened, "This case will be handed over to Dali Temple for trial. No matter what the result is, I will never tolerate it!"

Zhao Tingjie's heart tightened, the muscles on his face were as hard as a rock, and he said in a firm voice: "Lan Er and I have one heart, since your majesty detains him, then detain me too!"

Zhao Guangyi snorted coldly: "What a one-hearted person! I will help you!"

In the evening of the same day, Li Zhonglan saw the jailer escorting a man in a brocade official uniform in the prison. When the prisoner passed by him, Zhonglan was stunned.

It turned out to be a courtyard!

Zhao Tingjie also turned his head to look at him, with reluctance in his eyes, the jailer whipped his back severely, and pushed, "Go, go!"

"Tingjie!" Li Zhonglan shouted tremblingly, reaching out from the cage to reach the opponent, but Zhao Tingjie had been forcibly pushed away by the jailer.

Not long after, the whistling sound of whipping came from a distance, accompanied by Zhao Tingjie's suppressed and painful sobs, lashing Li Zhonglan's heart one after another.

Li Zhonglan's tears flowed down, he called out to Zhao Tingjie loudly, but in response to him, only Tingjie cried out more and more mournfully.Li Zhonglan wiped away her tears, concentrated her mind, and wanted to turn into black smoke to escape from the prison, but he tried many times, but bumped into the iron fence without exception.

Over and over again, the weak body collided with the cage fiercely, and even the bones made a terrible "click".In the end, Li Zhonglan lay on the ground, trying to support her body, her whole body was swollen and painful.

He didn't know that Zhao Guangyi was jealous of his magic power, so he gave him special "treatment". He painted the cage where he was held in cinnabar three times with cinnabar water, suppressed it with talisman paper on both sides of the cage, and buried it half a foot around the cage. A red line was printed, and no one was allowed to approach him that night, and Li Zhonglan's iron cage was isolated like an isolated island.

Li Zhonglan shouted until her voice was hoarse, not understanding why Tingjie should bear her own fault, Zhao Tingjie's voice stopped abruptly, but the sound of whipping continued, Li Zhonglan listened carefully to the whistling of whips with tears in her eyes until the jailer stopped.

Everything was silent, as if the whole world had perished. Li Zhonglan stared blankly at the moss on the cracks of the bricks, and bit his lips with deep bloodstains. At that moment, his soul no longer existed, and his body was nothing more than a walking corpse.

On the second day, Zhao Guangyi condescended to visit Li Zhonglan and found that Li Zhonglan's lips were bloodless and his eyes were swollen like walnuts, like a wandering spirit in hell.

"Let the county king go, I promise you everything." Li Zhonglan said in a daze, her eyes were empty.