After being given a marriage to a rival

Chapter 80

Yun Yang nodded, put down the tea bowl, glanced at Yuan Li, and followed Yun Qingyang away.

??The door of the quiet room is closed, and the room is filled with light blue sky.

??Nie Wenyuan did not take her seat, but knelt down on one knee and performed a standard military salute.

??Yuan Li immediately stood up and helped each other: "What is the meaning of the princess?"

??Nie Wenyuan maintained her kneeling posture, with firm eyebrows and eyes: "We warriors have made a promise. Since I promised to tell His Highness the truth, I will never break my promise. But before I say it, I want to ask Your Highness to promise one thing."

?? Yuan Li nodded: "Princess, please tell me."

?? Nie Wenyuan: "This matter is all the fault of Yangyang's youth and ignorance. Even if he really wants to pursue the crime, the crime is only in the Changsheng Palace and has nothing to do with the Northern Border Army."

"I don't ask His Majesty to keep secrets, and I don't ask His Majesty to protect him. I just ask His Majesty to keep the Northern Army from being implicated in front of His Majesty. If possible, it would be good to keep the other four sons of the minister. They have followed the ministers and his wife to and from the battlefield since they were young. Regardless of how powerful they are, they all have the courage and loyalty to serve the country to the death. Even if they don't want to be generals, they can still be pawns and continue to guard the northern border for His Majesty."

?? Yuan Li pondered.

?? He had expected that there should be a lot of inside information about this matter, otherwise, with that little thing's silly, innocent and ignorant character, how could he have anything to do with the Shuoyue people.Unexpectedly, the matter became so serious that Nie Wenyuan and her four sons were entrusted with life and death by the northern border army.

??Yuan Li: "I promise the princess alone."

??It wasn't until daylight that Nie Wenyuan came out of the quiet room.

?? Cong Ying arranged everything and came back to report to Yuan Li. Seeing Yuan Li sitting behind the tea table with a dignified expression, she tentatively asked: "What did Princess Changsheng say to Her Highness? Could it be serious?"

?? "It's a little troublesome."

?? Yuan Li asked: "Is there any whereabouts of Huyan Lianzhen?"

Cong Ying shook her head: "Not yet."

?? "How many hidden guards are left in the mansion?"

??"20 people."

?? "Send them all out, be sure to find this person as soon as possible."

Cong Ying was taken aback for a moment, worried: "But in this way, the defense of the Eastern Palace is too weak."

??Yuan Li: "Gu is enough to protect himself, let's do it according to Gu's orders."

?? Cong Ying can only take orders and go down to make arrangements.

?? Yuan Li sat alone in the quiet room for a while, then got up and went to the dormitory next door.

?? Yun Huan was leading people to sweep the house, when she saw Yuan Li coming, she hurriedly approached and saluted: "His Royal Highness."

?? Yuan Li nodded and looked into the dormitory.

?? Yun Huan said: "Your Highness came to look for Xiao Shizi? Xiao Shizi is not inside."

?? Yuan Li was surprised: "Where did he go?"

?? Yun Huan: "The little prince caused a catastrophe this time, and almost implicated His Highness and the princess, and was punished by the prince to kneel down in the ancestral hall."

??Yuan Li was taken aback, inquired about the location of the ancestral hall, looked for it, and found that in the dark room, the young man was facing a memorial tablet, kneeling listlessly on the bluestone ground.

?? Hearing someone coming in, the boy subconsciously straightened his back.

?? Yuan Li said: "It's lonely."

??Yun Yang was taken aback.

?? Turning around, seeing that it was indeed Yuan Li, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Why are you here?"

?? Yuan Li did not speak.

??Yun Yang dodged his eyes twice, and said, "You already know everything, don't you?"

??The young man drooped his head.

?? "I have killed so many people. If my elder brother hadn't helped me, I should have paid for their lives. In fact, I have been feeling uncomfortable these years. At the beginning, I always had nightmares at night, dreaming that they came Find me. It’s all right now, I’m not that afraid of death anymore, and I didn’t dare to tell you the truth at first, it wasn’t because I was afraid of death, but because I was afraid of hurting my father, mother, concubine and brothers.”

"So you feel guilty, even if you get angry with your brother, you don't dare to fight back, right?"

?? Yun Yang waited for Yuan Li to ridicule or criticize, but he did not expect such a sentence, raised his head, and stared blankly at Yuan Li.

?? Yuan Li said: "Actually, living with guilt is sometimes not easier than dying, isn't it?"

?? Yun Yang's chest suddenly felt sour.

??The boy shook his head with red eyes: "You don't have to defend me, I did make a big mistake."

?? Yuan Li shook his head: "I'm not defending you, I just want to tell you that what happened back then was not entirely your fault. You are just an ignorant child who doesn't have the ability to distinguish right from wrong and good from bad. You Also a victim."

?? "I... am also a victim?"

?? "Of course, you have been deceived by your feelings. It is very likely that you will be wary of any outsiders for a long time. It may be difficult for you to communicate with others, and naturally you will not be able to make new friends. Your parents and brothers If you are not around, you will become more lonely, and gradually, you will have no expectations for your friends, will you?"

??Yun Yang couldn't speak, but tears fell down uncontrollably like beans.

?? Because he was a child, no one has ever told him that you are also a victim.You were cheated of your feelings, you dared not make friends anymore, and you grew up alone.

?? In fact, you have paid a heavy price.

??From the father to the concubine, from Uncle Zhou to the family general in the mansion, everyone tacitly kept silent. No one dared to mention this matter in front of him.

?? He knew that they were silently accusing him in their hearts.

??The elder brother is so good, if it wasn't for taking the blame for him, he would have already been promoted to the position of the right general by now.And the father, the queen, and the concubine value the eldest brother so much.

??He actually never forgot that after the concubine mother heard the news that her elder brother took the place of his crime, the lights in the room stayed on all night.He also hid behind a rockery and listened to the secret discussions of his family and generals. His elder brother was almost killed by the military law.

?? When he was a child, he liked to cling to his elder brother the most. After that incident, he never had the courage to stand upright in front of his elder brother.

??He is not in good health, and he always has to worry about his mother and concubine, spending a lot of money to get him pills from so far away.He was useless, so he came to the Imperial Capital, and after experiencing so many things, he suddenly found that death was not so terrible.

??He is dead, the eldest brother can inherit the throne, and those souls can also revenge and revenge, and no longer run into his dream.

??He went with Huyan Yuheng, and he didn't want to live for a long time, but just wanted to find an opportunity to drag this person to hell together.

??Yuan Li took out the handkerchief silently and handed it to Yun Yang.

?? The teenager cried even harder.

??Yuan Li waited patiently until the young man was tired from crying, then slowed down his voice, and said, "You haven't fully recovered from your heart disease. If you continue crying, I'm afraid you will commit the same crime again."

??Yun Yang tried her best to stop sobbing, wiped her eyes carelessly, and said, "Thank you for comforting me."

?? "Gu is just telling the truth."

??Yun Yang looked at Yuan Li pitifully: "Are you going back to the East Palace?"

?? Yuan Li nodded.

?? He usually doesn't talk to people and stops here, and he won't give any extra explanations.

??But at this moment, I deliberately added a sentence: "There is something to deal with."

??"Um."

?? Yun Yang nodded unhappily: "Then I can't see you off. I will thank you when I have a chance in the future. I wanted to invite you to eat northern cakes."

?? Yuan Li asked: "How long will you kneel?"

??Yun Yang: "I don't know, it may be at night, or it may be tomorrow morning."

?? Yuan Li frowned and looked around the gloomy darkroom of the ancestral hall.

?? After pondering for a moment, he said: "Huyan Yuheng's whereabouts are unknown. It's not safe for you to stay here. How about going back to the East Palace with Gu."

??Yun Yang's dull mood seemed to have been poked a big hole suddenly, and light came in.

?? "Back to the East Palace?"

"Yes. You are Gu's concubine. It's only natural that you go back to the East Palace with Gu. No one has the right to stop you."

??Yun Yang was taken aback, and said honestly: "I don't want to stay here. But you know everything about me, you can use this reason to request peace with me, and I don't seem to have any reason to go back with you."

?? Yuan Li said: "That's a lonely matter, you don't need to think about it, right now you are still the princess, that's enough."

?? "But where is the father..."

?? "Go and talk alone."

??Yun Yang nodded, wiped his eyes immediately, and stood up.

??It was gloomy here, and there was no one there. He simply didn't want to stay any longer.

??Because of kneeling for a long time, both legs were about to lose feeling, Yun Yang staggered, and almost fell to the ground again, but fortunately, Yuan Li caught him in time.

??Yuan Li rubbed Yun Yang's knees for a while, making sure that the boy's legs were free of qi and blood and no longer numb, so the two walked out of the ancestral hall together.

??Yun Qingyang just came over with Nie Wenyuan, and Nie Wenyuan was still carrying a food box.

?? Seeing the scene now, both of them were taken aback.

??Yun Yang looked at Yuan Li with a guilty conscience.

??Yuan Li took a step forward and said: "Gu is about to take Yangyang to bid farewell to the two generals. Since the two have come, Gu will say hello."

?? His attitude is cold, but it is not rude.

??Yun Qingyang naturally knew that all this was not because of Yun Yang's affairs, but because of the old incident back then.

?? Nie Wenyuan smiled and said: "There is no rush to leave for a while. The dining room just happens to have a new snack. Yang Yang's favorite Yulu Tuan. Your Highness stay here and try it together."

?? Yuan Li naturally had no such plan.

??But after thinking about it, this little thing has been kneeling in the ancestral hall for so long, so it should need some food, so it doesn't matter if you stay to eat.

??Just as she was about to answer, Yun Huan suddenly rushed over and said to Nie Wenyuan, "Princess, there are people coming from the palace."

?? Nie Wenyuan was surprised: "What's the matter?"

??The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet just ended last night. According to the usual practice, there should be no urgent political affairs today.

?? Yun Huan: "It's Eunuch Fei from the palace. He said that His Majesty has ordered His Highness the Crown Prince Xuan to enter the palace with the young prince for questioning."

?? Nie Wenyuan frowned: "Which one is Eunuch Fei? Isn't Eunuch Luo the one serving by His Majesty's side?"

?? A voice came in coldly: "It's the eunuch next to the queen mother."

?? Nie Wenyuan looked at Yuan Li.

?? Yuan Li said: "It's okay, since the father is asking questions, you can just take Yangyang into the palace alone."

??Nie Wenyuan always had some bad premonitions in her heart, so she said: "Let Yunxiao go with you, and if there is any urgent matter, I can send a message back in time."

?? Yuan Li nodded.

?? Eunuch Fei was waiting at the gate of the mansion. Seeing Yuan Li coming out, he flicked his whisk and pretended to smile: "Your Highness, Princess, please get in the car. Don't make Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager wait in a hurry."

?? After getting in the car, Yun Yang couldn't help asking, "Even you can't guess what's going on?"

?? Yuan Li shook his head: "Gu really has no clue."

?? But he never fights unprepared battles, let alone allow things to go completely out of control. He said so, but he secretly thought about it in his heart, imagining various possibilities and countermeasures.

??Yun Yang saw that he was thinking, so he didn't bother him again.

?? Soon to the gate of the palace.

??The two got out of the car, and when they arrived at Qinghui Hall, they saw that there were many people sitting in the hall.

?? In addition to the Queen Mother and Emperor Sheng Yuan sitting at the top, there are Concubine Yu, the eldest prince Yuan Yue and Su Yu below.A white folded cloth was wrapped around Su Yu's neck, blood was oozing from the white folded cloth.

?? After the two saluted, Yuan Li asked: "I don't know what the father wants to ask?"

Before Emperor Sheng Yuan could speak, the Empress Dowager said firstly, "Last night, an assassin hid in Concubine Yu's palace, not only frightened Concubine Yu, but also attacked Yuan Pu who went to pay her respects this morning. Fortunately, Yuan Pu escaped the catastrophe The guards have captured the assassin, and the assassin confessed that his real identity is the eldest prince of Shuoyue Kingdom, named Huyan Lianzhen, who sneaked into the palace last night to find Yun Yang, how could Yun Yang know someone from Shuoyue Kingdom? , Tell me, what is going on here?"

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