Qingchuan History

Chapter 922 Vortex
After Mingluan Hall was repaired, it was even more magnificent than before. Ruan Xueyin always felt that this was the beginning of some changes in Gu Xinglang's heart.

Because she has been staying in the Wanlan Hall for the past few days, he also handles political affairs in the Mingluan Hall at night, so as not to let her hear anything.

The number of guards outside the gate of the high hall increased significantly, and they were all unfamiliar faces. When they saw her, they all bowed together, and the commanders went in to report.

In private, Ruan Xueyin did not need to inform most of the halls in the palace, including the Mingluan Hall. Obviously these people were not familiar with the rules, and she did not make it difficult for them, standing outside the threshold and waiting.

Diyan came out quickly and welcomed her in, "Your Majesty is still waiting for a report, and he will soon be returning to the Wanlan Palace, why should His Highness make this trip?"

Ruan Xueyin followed him to the side hall, "It just happened to send King Ning out of the palace, passing by, let's take a look."

Gu Xinglang was lying at his desk in the depths of the large side hall, his whole body was made of jade white, which was extraordinarily bright under the bright light, but his face was half-buried and looked dark, which inexplicably made people feel timid and dared not speak casually.

Di Yan opened his mouth, but didn't utter a word.Ruan Xueyin stepped forward to worship, "Your Majesty, Wan'an."

Gu Xinglang raised his eyes, his face was still as frosty for the first moment, seeing her face and eyes, Fang eased the frostiness and smiled, "Pick me up?"

Ruan Xueyin also laughed, "Yes. After watching the elder sister and seeing off the seventh brother, I don't want to go back alone, so I just come and wait for you."

"Hurry up. You go to the side hall to sit for a while and eat something. I'm done with this side, so I'll come to find you."

"The concubine has something to report." Ruan Xueyin said, sweeping the inkstone from the corner of her eye.

Gu Xinglang frowned indistinctly, signaling to retreat.

"What needs to be reported here?"

If it's not a political matter, you can go back to the Wanlan Palace later to say it; the Mingluan Palace's report is mostly a political matter, and the two of them have something to say first.

"Your Majesty is arresting people all over the country recently?" She intentionally did not use words of punishment.

That face, dark when he buried his head, was too bright when he raised his head.Ruan Xueyin still couldn't see his expression clearly, she clearly slept together every night, but now she felt strange.

"I thought that day was clearly agreed upon."

"Your Majesty, you can't." Ruan Xueyin said quickly, knelt down and made a big salute, "It is true that the situation cannot be settled easily, but many of the so-called evidences of the common people are framed, and Chunfeng even made it clear in front of the government and the public in the city But the princess knows the truth, but the monarch ignores it, and uses it as a criterion to judge crimes and sentencing, isn’t it a careless disregard for human life?”

"presumptuous."

The four characters of recklessly dismissing human life are overused. "The concubine is disrespectful. But—"

"You go back first." Gu Xinglang lowered his head and stopped looking at her.

At this time, you can't make trouble, especially yourself, you have to stand by his side no matter what.Ruan Xueyin thought that it might make more sense to go back to her pillow at night, and she was not stubborn, so she saluted again and turned to leave.

Before going far, I heard him call Diyan.

"Go and find out who said what to the queen, find out, and deal with it according to the order."

"Yes. Dare to ask Your Majesty, what Yiling means—"

"Were you not there when the order was delivered?"

"Yes, yes, I understand, so let's do it."

Ruan Xueyin heard it in her ears, but felt her hands and feet were cold.Diyan's footsteps approached, and seeing that she hadn't gone out yet and was about to lead the way, Ruan Xueyin asked:

"How to deal with it according to the order?"

In fact, the two soldiers inside the palace gate had already told her, but she insisted on confirming it again.

Diyan showed distress, "Your Highness—"

Ruan Xueyin turned around and went to the side hall.

"Your Highness!" Diyan yelled anxiously, unable to stop her with her hands, she slapped her thigh straight on the spot, "Ouch!"

"Just because they told me, you're going to take their lives?" She didn't salute this time, and rushed straight into the side hall, blurting her words before she could stand still.

Gu Xinglang didn't raise his head immediately, and kept leaning over his desk, but his hand holding the pen tightened suddenly.

"This is the emperor's order." He replied after a while, still not looking up, his tone was calm.

"This is a fallacy!"

"You are presumptuous!" He finally couldn't hold back the fire, and threw the lake pen with his hand, the ink splashed everywhere, and the pen barrel rolled to Ruan Xueyin's feet.

Ruan Xueyin just looked at him like that.

He also looked at her deeply, and said word by word: "What I have experienced, you know better than anyone else. You also know why you are acting like this now. In Turning the Waves Palace, even you yourself are such admonitions."

The authority of the emperor must be reaffirmed, so the emperor's order must not be violated-whether the soldiers who speak to her are not guilty of death, they disobey the will of the emperor, and they are contemptuous of the imperial power-in the past, perhaps they would not be recognized as such It is important, but this time is not that time. To bring back some "distorted" rules, the means must be tough.

This is to serve as an example to others.

Ruan Xueyin was indeed very clear.

"They are all from the Shenji Battalion." But the faces of the two soldiers are still in their minds, and their sincerity is still very fresh, "When you were not in Jidu, they were your backing to defend the capital and obey orders , they are meritorious people."

"They shouldn't talk too much." Gu Xinglang sat in the golden dragon chair, and his voice was like golden jade, "It's a crime to challenge the king's prestige at an extraordinary time; I urge you to rush to the Mingluan Hall and pull you into the current situation , this crime two. For a few lives, it should be merciful; for the overall situation, it is worth killing."

Ruan Xueyin has devoted too much effort to the overall situation, and has been coerced by the word overall situation for too long.This time she agreed to let go of it, in addition to weighing the pros and cons, but also because she was physically and mentally exhausted, she did not want to continue to be coerced.

"They are praying for their relatives." She avoided talking about the overall situation and said instead.

"Their relatives may not be convicted. Why do you think I will kill indiscriminately?"

Ruan Xueyin was silent. "There are really so many anti-people? In Luozhong County, there are more than ten households? This is not the complete number, is it still continuing to investigate and deal with it?"

It will only involve more lives.

"Some people, who may not be directly involved, fan the flames and secretly help. Ji Ping said that I have lost, and Xiao Zihuai's last statement about the whole country and the people is not just alarmist. I can only promise that I will Miskilling is minimized."

"If Ji Ping and Xiao Zihuai's words, is it a trick?"

"I've never denied the possibility. But there are two sides to the matter. It took them several years to incite the court, but couldn't they incite the people at all? Anti-people, there must be."

"You are making such a big move," Ruan Xueyin looked down at the lake brush under her feet, and the ink droplets in the distance stained the smooth ground, "I'm afraid that you really fell into their trap, and I'm even more afraid that you will be ruined in this battle because of your reputation for half your life." .”

"I have no choice." Gu Xinglang restrained his arrogance slightly, "This battle has come to this point, the huge waves are enough to submerge the entire Qi Palace, and I have to fight back with the same huge waves. Standing like Qingchuan."

Of course Ruan Xueyin understands this truth, she has always understood it.

She had nothing to say, but she couldn't move.

He got up at last, stepped down the broad steps, and walked up to her. "Don't stop me, Xiaoxue. If you stop me, I really can't go on."

Ruan Xueyin looked up at him, "I've always thought that everything that can last for a long time must be gentle and relaxed. I'm worried that you may be wrong."

"Accuracy needs to be explored. This was discussed in Rong Rongxuan before."

"You are in Jidu, and the people who execute the emperor's order are in various cities and counties. Even if you are accurate, they may not be. Your order is too dangerous." Ruan Xueyin couldn't help but think about it—he was involved, she almost Can think of all possibilities in an instant.

"That's not the case, there is no way to create huge waves, and there is no way to end this situation." Gu Xing's voice became farther away, and his eyes were farther away, whether he was looking at the door or window or the moonlight.

He is right, but also fallible.There is no other choice.Let the opponent have no choice, let the only choice be both right and wrong, the most brilliant plan is nothing more than this.Ruan Xueyin's heart was overwhelmed.From what step did they step into this vortex that cannot be reversed?

"Thousands of miles protected those people who came back from us. I rewarded them. I thanked them personally and sent people to send them back to their hometown. You said that the rewards and punishments are clear. I think I have done it. I ask myself that I won't be too upset because of the national investigation. Lose the hearts of the people."

Ruan Xueyin felt sorry for her, and reached out to shake his hand, "The momentum is enough, so let's stop earlier. The courtiers—"

Before he finished speaking, Di Yan spoke loudly.

It was the report that Gu Xinglang was waiting for.

"I'll wait for you in the Wanlan Palace."

After she finished speaking, she left, and bumped into the person who came to answer the conversation outside the hall.

It was Captain Shenji himself, named Feng Lei, with a face as sharp as a knife and an axe, with an awe-inspiring murderous aura.

Feng Lei caught a glimpse of the female family member from the corner of his eye, knew it was the queen, and saluted immediately.

Ruan Xueyin nodded slightly.

Diyan led him into the side hall.

Ruan Xueyin didn't move forward, but stopped at the same spot for the second time, and soon heard the content of the report.

It is a string of official names.

When she heard the fifth one, she started counting, adding one by one, and when the names were finished, there were 73 in total.

"All in place?"

"At this moment, we are all outside the Zheng'an Gate, waiting for your Majesty's order!"

There was a moment of silence.

Then Gu Xinglang said "Go".

Ruan Xueyin heard the footsteps approaching, and it was the three monarchs and ministers who came out, and subconsciously turned sideways to avoid it.

Seeing that she was still there, Gu Xinglang was a little startled, and passed by without stopping.

"Your Majesty." Ruan Xueyin regained her composure and called softly.

"Let's talk about it later." Gu Xinglang was about to step out of Mingluan Palace.

"Your Majesty!" Ruan Xueyin knelt suddenly, quite loudly.

Gu Xinglang had no choice but to turn his head, his eyebrows furrowed.

Ruan Xueyin had no choice but to use tricks, her eyes were foggy, and she looked at him with watery eyes.

She is rarely like this, so Gu Xinglang can't look down on her, and he has been vicious against her a lot recently, so he really can't be cruel.

"Wait outside." He instructed Di Yan and Feng Lei.

Then approached, stood and looked down at her, "So what?"

"Your Majesty wants to execute a total of 73 officials outside Zheng'an Gate?"

The conversation just now was so brief that there was no question of beheading at all, but Ruan Xueyin couldn't think of any other possibility.

Gu Xinglang's patience reached the limit tonight, he took a deep breath, squatted down, approached her face, looked into her eyes,
"From now on, you don't care about the current situation anymore, and you agreed; beheading the anti-officials is the same as beheading the people, and you have just argued it clearly. Enough."

"It's too much!" Ruan Xueyin gritted her teeth and paused every word, "I am advising you now, not out of compassion, but only based on the current situation. They should be punished, but how many officials are there in the entire Qi Ting Center? To kill more than seventy people in one breath, you—"

"Since you have heard it all, you should know that many of these people are not of the same rank as to ascend the Ming Luan Palace and discuss political affairs with me—"

"But there are quite a few. Officials above rank five accounted for nearly half!"

"Forty percent."

"Your Majesty!"

Both could see each other's face in each other's pupils.

"In the same situation, you in the past would not have gone too far. This is one of the reasons why the concubine insisted on admonishing. Let's judge the severity from the severity, kill some, dismiss and imprison some. Put those in prison, let them go first. After a few days, your lord still feels that he should be beheaded, and then deal with it. The external troubles will subside, and the internal troubles should be resolved in a more gentle manner. At this time, it is definitely not the best policy to kill the Quartet!"

Gu Xinglang's eyes gradually froze, and his voice was also cold, and he uttered a few words slowly:
"You still want to save him, don't you?"

Ruan Xueyin didn't understand at first.

The next instant he reacted, "He—"

"Lying lifelessly in Zhenguo Temple, until Chunfeng took Ji Qi there, he became alive. Did you give life-saving medicine?"

"Yes."

"Deliberately not telling me, intending to hide it?"

"Chunfeng took Ji Qi to Zhenguo Temple, the king will definitely receive the report, how can the ministers and concubines hide it."

"That is, you think I will turn a blind eye and close my eyes and spare him?"

"Your Majesty spared his family, including his father."

"That's why he should be punished." Gu Xinglang's tone was extremely flat, like ice, "one person apologizes on behalf of the whole family, this is the greatest pardon I can give. He forced the palace in front of the Zheng'an Gate in front of everyone in the world. I have said everything that should not be said, and I must die."

Only then did Ruan Xueyin understand why he asked her if she still wanted to save Ji Ping. "He's outside Zhenganmen right now?"

"The head of the officials is just kneeling just like that day."

Ruan Xueyin didn't expect that a pair of life-saving medicine could drag Ji Ping's life to this day.

Gu Xinglang understood her thoughts at a glance, and smiled, "You have worked hard, and I don't want to spoil the scenery too much. These days, Henry Zhang will take care of her at Zhenguo Temple. Otherwise, he would not be able to kneel in front of the palace gate at this moment. "

After taking care of it, he was saved half-dead, and then he was taken to the execution ground and killed again.Ruan Xueyin felt that her hands and feet were stiff and she stepped back.

"For the sake of elder sister, can't it?" She felt that her mouth was not her own, and her voice was not her own. She moved her eyes away from his face and settled on the dragon pattern on the hem of his clothes, "She is for you, for Gu's." , the hand-slashing husband--"

"Did you cut your hand? Didn't you all play together?"

"Ji Ping may die, it's a gamble!"

Gu Xinglang shook his head.

"It's still the same as in the past, making everyone think he's dead—" Ruan Xueyin knelt and took half a step forward, approaching him again.

"It's too late. He has already knelt under the Zheng'an Gate."

"It could have been a lie! He was sent to Zhenguo Temple with a dead body, you—"

"I've had enough of endless mercy and forgiveness." Gu Xinglang said lightly, standing up.

"You will kill elder sister." Ruan Xueyin burst into tears, "She has sacrificed so much for Gu Shi, you should pay her a favor—"

She couldn't finish.

Gu Xinglang turned around and left.

After a stick of incense, Tangli came to call the Luan hall to "lead the people", and Ruan Xueyin was still kneeling there.

The moonlight is like splashed ink, white and bright, permeating every brick, only Daqi's empress is dim in the shadows, with a few strands of hair fluttering in the night wind.

"Your Highness." Tang Li also knelt down, half-prostrated, raised her head and said softly, "It's cold at night, let's go back first, shall we?"

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