King's favor is hard to do

That deep wound tore up the illusion of warmth just now.Du Yuzhang felt the warm liquid flowing down, wiped it with his hand, and slowly sat up on his knees.

"Your Majesty. When I supported His Majesty to ascend the throne, His Majesty promised to give me an official position of one person under ten thousand, so that I can carry out the policy of subduing the border barbarians and keeping our borders peaceful. Your Majesty said that as long as the minister can If it is done, Your Majesty will let me do my best and never obstruct my minister!"

"That's because I thought you were going to use force and send millions of troops to crush the barbarians on the border!"

Li Guangning shouted,

"Who knows, you are determined to go your own way and insist on peace talks with the barbarians—don't you know that the barbarians have invaded our Dayan border for decades, and have already brewed a bloody enmity! Reconciliation with them is totally unpopular! Now someone has petitioned you You are a traitor, you are a shameless person, and I want you to be locked up with your treasonous father, and we will be executed together this autumn!"

Du Yuzhang fell silent all of a sudden.He looked at Li Guangning, his eyes gradually turned red.

"My father has already decided... to be killed this autumn?"

"Your Du family supported the Seventh Prince three years ago and wanted to seize my crown prince - even if you later surrendered and returned to my side, the Du family's treason is firmly established. Can you still reverse the case? It has been delayed for three years. , Conspiracy is a capital crime! You, Du Yuzhang, were able to be a high-ranking official and rich in salary because you had the merits of being a dragon at that time; but if the whole family of Du family who conspired against you can also escape the death penalty, what is the power of the dragon? Isn’t it everyone? Dare to come and try to seek rebellion! In the worst case, if the matter fails, just send a son to confess to me!"

"Weichen... understand."

Du Yuzhang bowed his head sadly, and bit his lip hard.His heart was throbbing, and his chest felt tight again.Bloody smell welled up in his throat, and he swallowed it back forcefully.

"Du Yuzhang. I said three years ago that if you are willing to disappear from the court and hide in my harem, I am willing to pardon the world and resettle your family. At that time, you, Du Shi, are no longer a prominent official. You are from a family, but ordinary gentry, no one in the court will stare at you. You stay by my side, and they can all survive."

Li Guangning's voice was low, like a long sigh.He stroked Du Yuzhang's cheek with one hand,

"You are not joking. What I said is still valid today."

"..."

"Would you like to?"

Du Yuzhang closed his eyes.He could feel Li Guangning's palm gently stroking his face, making him want to cry.

But he did not cry.He bit his lip and shook his head slightly.

"If you succumb, Yuzhang can certainly save your family. But the border people have suffered from wars for decades... Who will save them? Are they left to fend for themselves? Your Majesty, in exchange for the war of millions of border people, Du More than a hundred people in the family are safe—I don’t want to!”