Li Zhang

The Chonghua Hall is adjacent to the Imperial Study Room, and separated from the Fourteenth Hall where the empresses and concubines lived together by Hualin Garden. It was originally only a place for the emperor to rest occasionally after being tired from writing, and it never attracted attention.But now, this place has suddenly become the busiest place in the palace.

After Li Zhang broke through the ban, the imperial guards dutifully chased him out, and the maids and eunuchs in the Chonghua Palace even came out in full force. In addition, those who followed the emperor and the empress dowager came, all of a sudden. The small courtyard outside Chonghua Hall was full of piles.

Sitting on her shoulders, Mrs. Zhou looked down at Sima Yi who was bowing and saluting, and the guards and palace servants kneeling all over the ground. She immediately recognized Li Zhang who violated the filial piety, and her expression darkened.

"Who is so bold that he dares to violate the rules of filial piety! He still hasn't been dragged out and severely punished!"

"Slow down!" Sima Yi sternly stopped the people who were eager to try, and explained to Mrs. Zhou respectfully as much as possible: "Please calm down the anger of the emperor's grandmother. He has a new funeral in Xuantang, and he is alone allowed to pay filial piety for his mother."

"Paying filial piety for the mother..." Mrs. Zhou chewed the words expressionlessly, looked at Sima Yi and asked: "The Ai family sees him very strangely, I don't know who he is? But why do you want to keep filial piety for your mother in the palace?"

Sima Yi blurted out: "He is a person who loves alone. I was worried that outsiders would harm him, so I brought him into the palace."

Li Zhang's body trembled violently when he heard the words, and he opened his mouth to speak, but the guards sealed the Ya acupuncture point first, and his body couldn't even move.He was getting annoyed when he heard Zhou's cold voice: "My beloved? Is the emperor going to openly accept a male concubine during the guarding period?"

Sima Yi paused, and suddenly realized something. Under the intertwining of Zhou's oppressive gaze and Li Zhang's resentful gaze behind him, he suppressed some uncontrollable emotions, and said sincerely: "I dare not be so disobedient. Gu has lived and died several times, Gu just wants him to take care of himself with peace of mind."

Mrs. Zhou frowned, and turned to look at Li Zhang, seeing him kneeling and staring at Sima Yi's back, his face darkened again, and he asked sharply, "Did you just call the emperor by his name?"

Sima Yi turned around when he heard the words, stared at Li Zhang and warned him fiercely.With a cold face, Li Zhang nodded firmly even though the Ya acupoint was blocked.

Sima Yi slapped him with hatred: "In front of the Empress Dowager, don't hesitate to agree!"

Li Zhang was beaten to the side, his face was burning hot, and the corner of his mouth was bleeding, but he didn't show pain, he just looked at Sima Yi coldly.

The hatred overflowing from Li Zhang's body made Zhou take a deep breath, and his voice became even colder: "This man looks like a coquettish man, and you don't even have half a respect in front of you. The late emperor didn't want to keep him, it really made a lot of sense! Come on!" people--"

"The Empress Dowager!"

"The emperor's self-respect! Aijia doesn't care what you really have in mind. Aijia only talks about his disrespect before the emperor and is completely rude! The censor has also read his book, and everything is well-founded, so A traitor who doesn't cultivate internally and externally, the Ai family doesn't know why the emperor insists on defending him! When the emperor was a prince, he couldn't say how to mourn his family. Now that he is an emperor, he should act according to national principles! The first emperor collapsed and the government and the people were in turmoil , the Yizhou rebels made noise by making noises, and their intentions are clear. In such a precarious time, the emperor didn't want to fight inside and outside, and let the whole court make a lot of noise for a forbidden house. Doesn't the emperor feel ashamed of the ancestors of the Wei Dynasty? !"

The more Mr. Zhou spoke, the more excited he became, the leading staff kicked the floor of the shoulder with all his might, the force was so great that the inner prisoner who was carrying the shoulder couldn't help but wobble.

Sima Yi didn't wait for Mrs. Zhou to speak, he stepped forward to support Jianyu, and said sharply: "Bold! Are you trying to throw the Empress Dowager down?!"

"Slaves don't dare!" The eunuch who was carrying the shoulder pads turned pale with fright, and steadied his steps and dared not move again.

Sima Yi said smoothly: "The Empress Dowager is teaching! I will teach him a good lesson. It is cold, the Empress Dowager will go back to rest first, and I will go to Yongshou Palace later to pay my respects." While talking, he motioned to the eunuch to turn around walk.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhou became more and more angry. She slammed her crutches and asked the inner eunuch to put down her shoulders. She pointed at Sima Yi and was about to speak, when a person suddenly jumped up in front of him. He passed Sima Yi and slapped Li Zhang hard. Another symmetrical slap print suddenly appeared on his face.Li Zhang closed his eyes and endured the tinnitus and dizziness. When he looked up again, he saw Sima Yi had grabbed the man by the neck and fell out.

"Presumptuous! Who let you out?! Alone here, who dares to move!"

The man got up quickly, pointed at Sima Yi, and recited the words of the day of the funeral again, every word was correct.

Sima Yi's face turned black with anger, and he yelled to cover Sima Tui's recitation: "Come here! Take the Thirteenth Prince back and keep him imprisoned! No one is allowed to release him without Gu's order!"

The imperial guards got an order, and two of them went up to set up Sima Tui and left.Sima Tui kicked his legs desperately, repeating the curse words to denounce Sima Yi in his mouth.Sima Tui's mother and concubine cried and crawled over and hugged Sima Yi's leg, begging him to let Sima Tui go, and the other concubines who followed to see the fun also cried and begged, more emotional than crying for Emperor Jing, and the scene suddenly became chaotic , Even Mrs. Zhou was taken aback, forgetting what he was going to say just now.

It was the first time Li Zhang heard that Sima Yi had killed Emperor Jing because of him, and he was shocked and his heart was full of turmoil.He looked at Sima Yi with a complicated expression, not knowing whether to hate or pity, but he didn't want to stay by his side even for a moment.

Sima Yi was overwhelmed by the noise, and instinctively looked for Li Zhang to seek peace, turned his head to meet his quiet eyes, and was delighted, then felt the infinite coldness after the peace, and froze immediately!The fact in his heart that he had never dared to think about resolutely emerged, and his whole body was pierced with blood, but he seemed to be unable to feel the pain.

Sima Yi and Li Zhang looked at each other quietly, with different moods, but they were also isolated from all the disturbances of the outside world. In Zhou's eyes, it was even more dazzling like ridicule!She sneered in her heart, knowing that she would not move the imperial guards, she had already invited the censor, so she asked Sima Yi coldly again: "Mr. Deal with this person?"

Sima Yi was feeling uncomfortable, and waved impatiently when he heard the words: "Gu has already said, he is a lonely person, no one can act rashly!"

Mrs. Zhou nodded: "So, does the emperor insist on keeping him in the palace?"

"Exactly!"

"That's good. The first emperor never made a queen, and the Ai family has ruled the harem to this day. It is impossible to say that they will continue to take care of the emperor before the emperor becomes a queen. Once he enters the palace, he is a member of the harem and must accept the control of the harem. Ai Seeing that he is rebellious and has no rules, and the emperor is in control, the Ai family will discipline you for you first, and wait for the emperor to settle the external and internal troubles, get rid of filial piety, and then hand it over to the emperor, how about it?"

Mrs. Zhou spoke calmly and politely, but there was an ambiguous smile on her face. Seeing Sima Yi trembling, she was filled with a bad feeling, and couldn't help retorting: "...he is not from the harem!"

"Then hand it over to Lord Yushi!"

"Gu said that Li Zhang's private release was an unintentional mistake. He is not an accomplice of the former prince, but was designed by others. Yushi blindly magnifies one-sided words, and I can't let him deal with it indiscriminately!"

"The emperor is careful! Lord Yushi is the elder of the three dynasties. Emperor Lie also praised him very much. How could the emperor criticize him at will!"

"Then the empress dowager doesn't care about his crimes?"

"Your Majesty!" The censor on the side couldn't bear it anymore, and before Mrs. Zhou could say anything else, he interjected, "The evidence for Li Zhang's private release is conclusive, and the consequences of his private release are well known. At this time when people need to be stabilized, Your Majesty How can such selfish protection be convincing, how can the government and the opposition be united in the same hatred!"

"Gu only knows that he is loyal to Gu and has no second thoughts! You blindly seek to get rid of him and feel unhappy, which makes Gu doubt your true intentions!"

The censor knelt and kowtowed: "The Empress Dowager is clearly aware! The official's loyalty has been insulted by this, and the official begs for the bones!"

Sitting in the chair, Mrs. Zhou stretched out her hand to help: "My lord, please get up quickly. The emperor's temperament is inevitably extreme after repeated accidents. Please forgive me, Mr. Yushi. This person must be a bit of a fox to be able to fascinate the emperor like this. Since the emperor insists on keeping him in the palace, then it’s okay, the Ai family will personally expose his human skin!"

"The Empress Dowager!"

"The emperor doesn't need to say much! The Ai family has ruled the harem for a long time, and knows how to measure it better than the emperor! Since the emperor is determined to protect this person in the palace, how dare the Ai family not watch for you! The emperor doesn't care about his own reputation, But the Ai family can’t ignore the reputation of He Gong’s concubine! If this person is determined to stay in the palace, he must either die like those inner eunuchs, or he will be under the care of Yongshou Palace. There is absolutely no reason to live alone in Chonghua Palace!”

Sima Yi was shocked to hear Zhou's unquestionable and deliberate insult to Li Zhang, and suddenly realized Li Zhang's grief and grievance that he had nowhere to argue at the beginning, and couldn't help but look down at Li Zhang.But Li Zhang knelt down in a daze, his head bowed silently, so that Sima Yi clenched his fist and saw blood!

He suddenly hated Li Zhang: Just now he was justified and snarled, but now he is so obedient but who is he doing it for?Could it be that he would rather be tortured by that old woman than leave himself? !

Sima Yi suddenly became more and more annoyed with his thoughts, and he shouted at Mrs. Zhou: "Gu doesn't care what the harem court is! He is a lonely person, and the harem court has to follow Gu! If there is no such rule, then Gu This is a new rule!"

Zhou's face was full of ruthlessness, and his eyes were even more cruel: "What did the emperor say! The more he said, the more he said, the more boundless! If the emperor insists on going his own way, don't blame my master's staff for killing this enchanting and seductive monster!" !"

Mrs. Zhou's voice was not loud, but it made Sima Yi feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He immediately believed that Mrs. Zhou would do what he said, and was afraid that Li Zhang would be killed for it. For a while, he deeply regretted bringing Li Zhang into the palace. , shut his mouth tightly.

Watching Sima Yi's shoulders slumped in satisfaction, Zhou looked at Sima Yi with satisfaction, and said slowly with a slow expression: "The late emperor did not rest in peace, and the court was in turmoil. As an emperor, how could you act willfully and recklessly for a confinement! The Ai family does not learn from the late emperor. What kind of oath do you want, as long as the emperor is a good emperor, the Ai family will allow you to keep him! The second gang poisoned the late emperor together with the family, the Ai family will not tolerate him, and the country of Great Wei will not tolerate him! If the emperor still has a point The bloody spirit passed down by Emperor Lie will calm down this turbulent country! Go! When will the emperor sort out the political affairs of the previous dynasty, and when will he come to see the people in the harem again!"

Sima Yi suddenly felt like his heart and lungs were being torn apart. He knew that Li Zhang was taken hostage by the Zhou family, but he couldn't do anything about it!Now, for the first time, he doubted his original decision. Looking at the mood he desperately wanted to keep, he found that everything was like flowing water and fine sand. No matter how hard he tried to hold it, it was gradually lost irreparably!

Because Li Zhang hated Sima Yi, he stubbornly refused to respond to Sima Yi's defense of him, and even wished to ask the censor to take him away for punishment.After hearing Zhou's familiar harsh insults, he suddenly realized that his struggle for the past few years was a complete joke.In front of these lofty heavenly nobles, what is he?From the beginning to the end, it is just a speck of mud struggling in vain!Even if it flips up against the wind, it's just to be stepped down harder.When did they really see themselves as a person, when were they really willing to understand their own thoughts!It's ridiculous that he would think that that person would respect him, and believe that he really wanted to ask for his forgiveness!

Although he wanted to die before breaking the ban, he still had a little hope deep in his heart, hoping that that person would be like that at that time, that he would show a little respect and fulfill his last wish.In the end, he just watched him tear off the last layer of illusion, bloody revealing the true meaning of his determination to treat himself as a slave!Apart from seeing himself in his eyes, he doesn't even have the slightest respect for his own wishes. It's no different from before!

Ah!Ah!Ah!

Li Zhang laughed silently in his heart, and the remaining thoughts of survival disappeared.His mother has passed away, and he was abandoned by his master again. He is doomed to escape the fate that he can no longer fight for.The sooner you die, the better.The others are just mud stains that have been wiped and then wiped. When they are cremated, they will still lose their innocent heart, so why not worry about it!

Li Zhang no longer hurt himself, and his arrogance turned into ice in his eyes.He raised his head indifferently, and looked over the cornices to the leaden sky, looking forward to flying freely on the day of liberation.

When Li Zhang made up his mind, Sima Yi, who was alone and annoyed, shivered coldly, and couldn't help but follow the coldness to look, and saw Li Zhang's indifferent gaze, which was so indifferent that there was no half-life heat.He suddenly felt as if his heart was being clenched, and he couldn't breathe from the pain!

He suddenly pulled up his clothes and knelt down, beseeching the Empress Dowager with unprecedented sincerity: "The emperor begs the emperor's grandmother to treat Li Zhang kindly! Everything is the emperor's fault! It is the emperor who wants to keep him, not... ...His sincerity, please don't...don't insult him again..." The more Sima Yiyue said, the more sad he was, thinking of Li Zhang's indifference and his own helplessness, he couldn't help but shed tears, regardless of the surroundings Countless eyes, weeping so much that they lost the emperor's appearance.

Zhou never imagined that Sima Yi could disregard Huang Wei to such an extent, he was trembling with anger, unable to listen to what he said from the bottom of his heart, and said in a trembling voice: "You...do you want to be angry and mourn your family again? You See how you still look like an emperor! If you really don't care about this position, you should give it up as soon as possible! The Ai family can't see you as a coward!"

Sima Yi remained silent for a while, then kowtowed respectfully again: "The emperor knows his mistake! The emperor will be a good emperor, please let the empress dowager save Li Zhang's life!"

Zhou's anger remained undiminished, and he snorted coldly: "Why did the Ai family ever say that he would kill him!"

Sima Yi was silent again, for a long time, he stood up slowly, his raised face looked serious, as if he was already a majestic Tianwei that could only be looked up to, awe-inspiring and not to be profaned.He glanced at Li Zhang who was still indifferent, then looked at the crowd kneeling and shivering in the cold wind, bowed slightly to Mrs. Zhou, and said, "The Empress Dowager taught me well, I am alone! It's getting late , Gu still has government affairs to deal with, so Li Zhang asked the Empress Dowager to take care of her! But please remember what the Empress Dowager said today, the day of internal troubles has been settled, and the Empress Dowager must return him to Gu in good condition."

"Sorry and save!"

"Unharmed!"

"it is good!"

After Li Zhang was taken away, Sima Yi seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and completely lost his previous momentum. He froze on the spot and just stared blankly at the direction in which Li Zhang was leaving.He suddenly had a premonition that Li Zhang would stay away from him again, and he could only be as powerless as today.

Not reconciled.

But nothing can be done.

The author has something to say:

This chapter, I had a headache when I wrote it, and I was still not sure after reading it several times.

Sima Yi here should not have entered the state of being an emperor at all, and he still looks like a willful prince when he was a prince. It's really hard to say whether it is reasonable or not.

As for Li Zhang, what he wanted was completely opposite to what Sima Yi wanted, so he couldn't be expected to set up a platform for Sima Yi.

Li Zhang, I have been emphasizing respect here because I think that no matter how much your starting point is for the good of others, if it is not what the person wants, there is no such thing as good or bad. Others appreciate it or not. There is nothing wrong with it, and there is no reason to accuse others of being ungrateful.

I like Wen Kexing's feelings for Zhou Zishu, it's that Wen Guzhu clearly wants Zhou to live, but still respects his wishes.