EBE Chapter 348: Choking the Emperor's Neck
Chapter 348: Choking the Emperor's Neck
The voices in her ears overlapped one after another, stirring up ripples in Hua Fei's brain. It turned out that it was this moment, this moment.
The point when a family will inevitably decline after reaching its peak.
Finally came.
"What do you think?"
how do you feel
You are the king and I am the subject, how can I feel?
Nian Shilan originally felt that she had already prepared herself mentally to face this moment tonight. It was a fate that was destined and unavoidable.
She made herself look normal, kept herself calm, and tried to be as emotionally stable as possible.
She thought she could do it.
She spent the whole night recalling how she had had such a conversation with the Emperor in her previous life. She couldn't remember.
It turns out that it’s not that I can’t remember, but that I don’t want to think about it.
At this moment, the anger in Hua Fei's heart was burning like a raging fire, and her chest was filled with unspeakable resentment and rage.
She really wanted to ignore everything and go up to the emperor, grab his neck and ask, "What do you think of this?"
Don't use people with suspicion, don't use people who are suspicious.
Since you can't tolerate it, why do you want the Nian family to work so hard for you!
If you don't want to, why should you favor her and abort the child after it is formed?
Those who are employed are facing forward, those who are not being used are facing backward.
The emperor is cold-hearted and manly, and although he is called a gentleman, even the word "villain" cannot describe the sneakiness and sinisterness in your heart.
It only took a moment for Concubine Hua to calm down the turbulent waves in her heart.
Hua Fei took a deep breath, forced a smile, stood up, turned around and walked back two steps, then turned around and knelt down in front of the emperor again, kowtowed politely, then straightened up and said:
"The Nian family is a banner of the Han army. To have come this far, the emperor has given the Nian family a blessing that several generations cannot afford. My brother made military achievements in the previous dynasty, which is the duty of a minister. The emperor really does not need to reward such merits. I feel that the Nian family cannot bear it."
The Nian family can’t afford it, they really can’t afford it.
After Hua Fei finished speaking, she lowered her head again and bent her waist as well.
The emperor looked at the cautious and dutiful Concubine Hua, and all the suspicions and fears that had arisen in his heart today were greatly soothed at this moment.
But Hua Fei understood that as long as her brother was in the previous dynasty, the emperor would not tolerate him. The countless tests and layouts were like the barbs that would inevitably grow on the hands in winter. When the time came, they would grow out.
If it is not removed, it will be like a thorn in the throat, causing pain all the time and making it difficult to sleep or eat.
"Come, get up." The emperor got off the couch and helped Concubine Hua up. "The floor is cold."
"Your Majesty, you don't know. I always feel that karma is cyclical. Your Majesty is too good to the Nian family. The Nian family may not be able to bear it. The moon is full and then it wanes. The water is full and then it overflows. Where there is more, there will be more. I have served your Majesty for many years, but I have no heirs. Maybe God sees that the Nian family is extremely rich and is unwilling to let me give birth to a prince for your Majesty. Your Majesty is too good to the Nian family. Even God is jealous of them."
The emperor was frightened by the twisted logic.
Isn’t it because the Nian family is so powerful and he is afraid that the Nian family will become more powerful than their master that he has never allowed Shilan to have children?
Shilan could actually think of this.
"Who told you this?" the emperor asked.
"I heard the monk in Baohua Temple talking about this a few days ago. I don't understand much about karma, reincarnation, and energy conservation, but I do know that the emperor is good to the Nian family. I am afraid that the Nian family's nephews will rely on their ancestors' merits to make a living."
"So, Your Majesty, Nianfu doesn't need a first-class male hereditary position. Young boys are impatient and need to gain experience. Such a reward will spoil him. My brother's position and merits in the previous dynasty were also first-class. I know that Your Majesty appreciates my brother, so Your Majesty might as well pick some good medicinal herbs to reward my brother."
"I heard that brother's old leg disease often relapses, which is also the root cause of the injury in the battlefield last year. The emperor gave some good medicine to brother and asked him to take care of his health. The emperor's concern is the highest honor for the Nian family."
These words have been turning over and over in Hua Fei's mind for many times, but they may not be useful. It is just a drop in the bucket to dispel the emperor's suspicion.
Since ancient times, those who have made greater achievements than their masters are always the heroes who die in the end.
Concubine Hua has read so many storybooks, but she has never seen any meritorious official who could turn around and kill the emperor.
She had no intention of trying to fight against this law of history.
Even if my fate is in my own hands, she has no ability to fight against the dragon energy of their Aisin Gioro family.
Moreover, to be fair, the emperor, as an emperor, is a good emperor to the people, not to mention the way he treats the Nian family.
You just be a good emperor, but you can't beat the powerful. She should just stay there and protect her brother and the Nian family.
Even though it's cowardly, I can live a good life. So let it be cowardly.
I hate you, so I curse you behind your back.
"You two brothers and sisters are very close in sync. Today, your brother also submitted a memorial. In addition to talking about the war, he also mentioned that his leg disease had relapsed and the pain was unbearable. He wanted to resign and return home. If you didn't know, you would think that you two brothers and sisters had discussed this and suspected that I wanted to retire at the height of my career."
Although the words were said in a joking tone, they landed with a loud bang, shocking people.
Hua Fei was so frightened that her heart beat a few more times, but the emperor's pressure still made her breathless.
Especially now that Concubine Hua knows the emperor's thoughts, she feels that he is unfathomable and unpredictable.
Anyone who could reach that position would naturally have a lot of complicated thoughts in his mind. A straightforward person like her would still have more thoughts than him even if she lived three lives combined.
"What?!" Hua Fei exclaimed, her eyes full of distress. "Brother, has your old illness really relapsed?"
It turns out that Shilan had no secret connection with the previous dynasty.
"Is brother recovered now? Sister-in-law often wrote to me about the illness brother had suffered in the past. Who could have thought that her words would come true?"
"I have sent the imperial physician with the best medicine to treat the wound."
"That's good. The emperor still loves my brother the most."
Concubine Hua breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the couch, as if she was really unaware of the situation.
In fact, Concubine Hua did not expect that what she said today would overlap with what her brother mentioned in the memorial. She only knew that her brother would resign on his own initiative, and she never asked for the reason.
There are only a few excuses for resigning from office and returning home, so it's not surprising to see them happen.
Speaking of leg disease, it was the result of my brother's efforts to fight for a little status for the emperor, who was still a prince. I think the emperor, who is so smart, will not forget this little bit of old experience.
"Although you are sensible, you deserve a reward for your merits. I can't fail to set an example."