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Shao Erxue hurried to the palace.

Ordinary officials were not allowed to enter and leave the palace without being summoned, but court painters were an exception, but there were many restrictions. They had no way to go to Emperor Song's bedroom, so they had to kneel outside the palace far away and beg for summons from Emperor Song.

Emperor Song was already seriously ill, but after what happened in the morning, he became so anxious that he fainted on the dragon bed.

At this time, more than a dozen old imperial doctors in the dormitory were taking turns to diagnose and treat there, it was impossible to summon Shao Erxue.

The crown prince and several princes stood guard in front of the dragon bed overnight, some sincerely, some falsely.If Emperor Song really died at this time, then a bloody battle for the throne would be inevitable.

Shao Erxue knelt outside the hall until the next morning, Emperor Song still did not wake up.

According to the usual practice, all the affairs of the court will be temporarily handed over to the crown prince. It can be said that he is the most powerful person in power now.

As the time approached noon, Shao Erxue's face was ashen. Up to now, the only way to go was to rob the Dharma field.

About to get up.

At this time, the crown prince walked out of the bedroom, passed by his side, turned back after a second thought, and asked the eunuch beside him, "How long has he been kneeling here?"

"It's almost a day and a night."

"Why?"

The eunuch then told the crown prince about Su Shiqing and Liu Shuying.

The crown prince raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and a cunning flashed through his sharp eagle eyes.

So he walked in front of Shao Erxue, looked at him coldly, and said, "Master Shao, your apprentice committed the capital crime of messing up the court and deceiving the emperor. You can't save him."

Shao Erxue's face was pale, and he kowtowed and said: "His Royal Highness, in fact, the people who mess up the court and bully the emperor are lower officials. Please find out the truth and let Gu Meisheng live!"

As soon as these words came out, the crown prince was really shocked. Why did Shao Erxue protect such a small painter?

But he was not interested in the truth, what he was interested in was the value that Shao Erxue could use, so he sneered, turned the wrench in his hand, and asked, "How do you say that?"

Shao Erxue explained: "Xiaguan met Ying concubine in Shaocheng. On the way to pick her up to the palace, Xiaguan fell in love with her for a long time, so the painting found in the palace was painted by Xiaguan, and Tao Xun was also drawn by Xiaguan. Letting Gu Meisheng secretly bring it to Ying Concubine is because I am ashamed of my trust in the Holy Majesty, and I am ashamed of my painting academy, no matter what punishment, I will accept it without complaint, I beg Your Highness to let Gu Meisheng live!"

The crown prince reminded: "Do you know what you mean by saying that? If the situation is true, then you will be beheaded instead of that painter."

Shao Erxue pleaded: "His Royal Highness, what I said is true, please let Gu Meisheng go, and punish this lower official!"

The crown prince narrowed his eyes slightly, which was exactly what he wanted: "Why do you want to give up your great future and take the blame for someone who has nothing to do with you?"

Shao Erxue raised her head with sincere eyes.

"He is a very talented child, and his contribution to the painting world in the future is immeasurable. If he loses him, the painting academy will be eclipsed by the painting methods that have been sticking to it for thousands of years! His paintings are the most vibrant paintings , there is no other talented painter like him in this world! If he is really guilty, let the teacher, the lower official, bear it for him! Your Royal Highness, I beg you to let Gu Meisheng rule. The official's crime!"

The crown prince began to admire the painter in front of him who had a very high honor in the painting world. Isn't he himself a talented person?But how much courage does it take to protect the person you believe in at the expense of yourself?

"Okay! The Crown Prince can help you this time, even without your life, but you must do one thing for the Crown Prince."

Shao Erxue stared at the crown prince's snake-like eyes, feeling a chill deep in his heart.

"His Royal Highness please order."

"The prince wants you to kill someone."

"who?"

"The leader of the Red Turban Army, Lihuo."

The crown prince took out a portrait of a masked man from the sleeve of the boa robe and handed it to Shao Erxue.

"This man is very skilled, his whereabouts are concealed, he is elusive, and he is very strategic. The prince sent many killers but failed to finish him."

"How does His Royal Highness know that I have the ability to kill him?"

"The prince remembers that you were taught by Master Huang Liu. If your swordsmanship is ranked second, no one will dare to be the first. Therefore, if you are willing to help the prince, then it is just a sentence from the prince to get rid of the crime of the painter. It's just a matter of words."

Shao Erxue's gaze turned cold. He was indeed a teacher of Master Huang Liu, but before his death, Master Huang Liu made him swear that he would never use the sword skills he taught to kill people, so he hadn't touched a sword for three years.

"Okay, I promise His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Since you want to cover the crime, you have to do enough drama. You immediately write a few love letters and send them to the Ministry of Criminal Justice as evidence of your crime. The crown prince will then send someone to the Lenggong Palace to have Liu Shuying sign and pledge, proving the innocence of that painter and your adultery. Affection'."

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness!"

……

Outside the palace, a fast horse galloped down the street towards the Meridian Gate.

The officers and soldiers immediately held up the imperial edict and kept shouting, "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

Although his yelling could be heard from a long distance, the horse was so fast that passers-by were knocked back and forth because they had no time to dodge. The official seemed to have something urgent to do.

On the execution ground, after the execution officer threw out the token, the executioner sprayed wine on the knife, pulled out the token behind Su Shiqing who had been tortured so badly, and then raised the big knife emitting a cold light, and was about to attack him. cut off his head.

The audience around closed their eyes in fear, and the painters who came to see Su Shiqing off all turned their heads away in embarrassment.

In the crowd, a man in black wearing a bamboo hat quietly clenched his sword around his waist.

The subordinates beside him dissuaded in a low voice: "My lord! Doing it now will expose our whereabouts!"

How can Jie Ao control so much, the sword is out of its sheath.

Just at this critical moment, there was a loud shout not far away.

"Leave people under the knife!"

The executioner stopped in time, and the supervisor stood up from his chair to meet the edict.

The officials immediately read out the content of the edict issued by the crown prince: "At the order of the crown prince: after investigation and verification, Gu Meisheng is indeed innocent and has no crime of dirtying the court, and his teacher Shao Erxue is the one who deceived the king. Therefore, the original penalty of beheading Gu Meisheng will not be carried out, and the criminal Shao Erxue will be exiled to Wanling Garden, and he will be removed from the post of court painter to accept the imperial edict!"

At the end, he added another sentence: "Master Supervisor, let him go quickly!"

"Yes!"

The supervisor hurriedly took a step forward, received the edict, and then ordered his officers and soldiers to quickly untie Su Shiqing.

Su Shiqing, who was already tortured to the point of being unable to support herself, fainted because she couldn't bear so many stimuli for a while.

"Great!"

The onlookers cheered loudly for His Highness the Prince's kindness, and several painters who were close to Su Shiqing hurried over to set up Su Shiqing.

Seeing this, Jie Ao immediately withdrew his sword, and finally let go of his hanging heart. He didn't leave with his men until he saw Su Shiqing being sent back to the Academy of Painting.

Picture Academy.

In a daze, Su Shiqing felt pain all over her body, haunted by nightmares, and was finally awakened by the beheading scene in the dream.

"what!"

He sat up abruptly from the bed, but the wounds all over his body were involved, and he grinned in pain.

Luo Yong hurriedly supported him: "Meisheng! Are you awake?"

Su Shiqing remembered the content of the edict he heard before he fell into a coma, and grabbed Luo Yong's collar in shock and asked, "Where is Master Shao?!"

"You still have injuries on your body, so don't get excited!"

Su Shiqing burst into tears immediately, and shouted in pain: "Why? Why did Brother Han Su do this? No way! I have to find him!"

Luo Yong quickly pressed his shoulder: "Don't go! Mr. Shao is probably out of the city gate now, where are you going to find him? What's more, you are still injured, how can you go?"

Su Shiqing's voice was hoarse, and she said sadly: "I must go to him, he is clearly taking the blame for me! He is innocent! I'm going to tell the truth!"

"Gu Meisheng!" Wang Peilin couldn't understand his appearance, so he said angrily: "Now, don't you understand Master Shao's intentions? He did this for you!"

"I don't need him to do this for me! It's my fault, I can bear it alone, why should you help me?"

Today was supposed to be his big day!Why take the blame for him, is it worth it?

Wang Peilin was obviously annoyed by his ignorance. He grabbed his hand and shouted: "Because of your hands! He exchanged his whole life for you! So you have to cheer up, so that you can I will not disappoint his good intentions for you!"

"I don't know!"

Su Shiqing, who had difficulty accepting and understanding, pushed them away forcefully, and limped out of Dongzhai regardless of her injuries.

Everyone looked at his thin back that was gradually going away, and felt very uncomfortable. Shao Erxue and he were both so young and so talented in painting, why did God want them to be tortured like this?It's really resentment and injustice, and it's hard to get angry.

After leaving the painting academy, Su Shiqing limped and ran crazily on the street, fell down and got up and continued running, as if falling to death was the best relief.

The images of getting along with Shao Erxue are intertwined in his mind. The past is vivid in his memory. He can't calm down his guilt for Shao Erxue's self-destructive future.

This damn talent for painting made him and Liu Shuying fall into hell, and pushed Shao Erxue into the abyss.He didn't care about talent or painting at all, so he couldn't understand why Shao Erxue did this.

I don't know if the heavens still have a little mercy for him, but they let him meet the team escorting Shao Erxue.

Su Shiqing immediately chased after him and shouted.

"Brother Han Su! Brother Han Su!"

Shao Erxue was sitting in the cage, her hair was disheveled, her hands and feet were handcuffed together.The originally empty eyes flashed a trace of panic because of hearing Su Shiqing's shout, he stood up hurriedly, grabbed the wooden railing and saw Su Shiqing who kept chasing and running.

"Go back! Don't follow me any more!"

"Brother Han Su!"

Su Shiqing followed all the way out of the city, fell down many times, and her clothes were stained red with blood from new and old wounds.

Shao Erxue originally thought that he would retreat in the face of difficulties, but who knew he was so stubborn, so she begged the escorting officials and said, "My lord, please wait a moment! Tell me to talk to him before leaving."

The escorting officer said helplessly: "Okay, stop."

The team finally stopped, and Su Shiqing staggered feebly and ran to the cage, tears streaming down like a kite with a broken string.

"Why, why do you want to take the blame for me!"

Shao Erxue looked at the wounds on his body and face distressedly, couldn't help but stretched out her hand tremblingly to wipe away his tears: "Look at you, why did you make yourself like this?"

Su Shiqing held Shao Erxue's hands, stroked her face, and begged with sobs: "Brother Han Su, let's go to His Royal Highness and clarify the matter, it's not too late to go now!"

Shao Erxue shook his head slowly: "I rescued you with great difficulty, how could it be possible to go back?"

Su Shiqing cried uncontrollably: "But, why is this...? Why do you want to do this...?"

How could Shao Erxue dare to express her heart, she just said a reason that sounded reasonable, and her words revealed infinite tolerance and love for him.

"You are extremely talented, and you have talents that ordinary people dare not expect. As a teacher, how can I bear to see you fall like this? What's more, I was just exiled. You don't have to be so sad, and don't blame yourself, because... All of this is my own choice, and none of your business."

"But, if you leave, you won't be able to come back!"

Shao Erxue said sincerely: "It's a blessing in disguise, but you know it's not a blessing. Even if it's for me, in order to keep our common wish, you have to stay in the Academy of Painting, become a court painter, and break out your own world in the painting world. It’s not wasting all my painstaking efforts, understand?”

The exhausted Su Shiqing shouted loudly: "I don't want it! I don't want to be a court painter, I just want you to come back!"

"obedient."

At this time, the escorting officer urged: "It's time, let's continue on our way."

After speaking, the escorting team continued to move forward.

Su Shiqing held Shao Erxue's hand tightly and refused to let go, so Shao Erxue had to break his hand cruelly, and then turned around, not letting herself see his running figure.

The team gradually drifted away, Su Shiqing could no longer catch up, and finally passed out again due to his serious injuries.