Pei Xiaoyuan was slightly moved.
He slowly knelt down again towards the person in front of him.
"People are not plants, so how can they not understand? Since I was summoned to the capital, Your Majesty has been very kind to me. I have committed crimes many times, but Your Majesty has always forgiven me. When you married the princess to me, your favor to me was unprecedented in the world. I remember every detail in my heart and will never forget it. I came here tonight, but I didn't know that it was an act of treason and betrayal of the princess's kindness to me. Even if I die a thousand times, I can't repay the princess' kindness. However, I still have to come."
"When a person dies, the light goes out. My father and those eight hundred dead warriors are nothing more than a few idle talks after dinner in the eyes of the world. Those who sympathize with them sigh a few times, and those who despise them slander a few words. Not to mention a hundred years later, there are probably not many people who can still remember them, or even willing to curse them. However, to me, they are my father, my brother, my uncle. Everyone has a surname and a name, a wife, children and a family. They are not dispensable dead people. The historian can forget Beiyuan and wipe out the blood that this group of people shed for the Holy Dynasty at will, as if they had never fought for the Holy Dynasty. But here, I am asked to be like others, pretend that nothing has happened, and wipe out everything, in exchange for a prosperous life. I am afraid I can't bear such a blessing."
While he was speaking, the emperor's eyes drooped deeply, his face was indifferent, and he looked a little haggard. After he finished speaking, there was a moment of silence, and then the emperor raised his eyelids.
"So, what is your demand that you come here tonight?" he asked calmly.
"I have just made it clear, please let out the person behind the scenes. If my father and uncles really do not deserve the injustice and humiliation, then please ask the court to give them the explanation they deserve." Pei Xiaoyuan kowtowed and stood up.
"I will give you the explanation you want when the time comes!"
"That's it! Go back! Be a good consort and consider my suggestion."
At this point, the emperor's voice also revealed a bit of fatigue and loneliness. He supported himself on the couch with one hand and moved his body, as if he was going to lie back down slowly. However, the young man in front of the couch did not make a sound.
I guess he is still kneeling there, motionless.
The emperor's half-lying body paused in the air for a moment and he frowned.
"Why, you're not leaving yet?"
He shouldn't have come tonight.
No one knew better than him what it would mean if he came. All the gorgeous brocade robes would be torn off, revealing the true face underneath, which no one knew what it looked like. No matter what the true face looked like, as long as he took this step, the new world of bliss and tenderness that he had accidentally entered would no longer be his to possess.
If he had never known her, if she was not the daughter of the man in front of him, perhaps he could have used other methods to resolve this old matter that had been lingering in his heart for nearly twenty years. Even, blood for blood.
However, there are no ifs anymore.
When revenge became impossible, then, all that was left was to face it head-on and seek the minimum justice that the dead deserved. This was the only thing he could think of doing now. How could he turn around and leave just because of such a casual reply