"Hahaha! Little girl, you are so courageous!" The emperor laughed, then leaned down and glared at her with a fierce look and said: "Don't you know that I am moody and like to skin people alive the most?
?"
"Huh? Really?" Chaoyan blinked, as if he didn't believe it, "But big brother, you don't look like that kind of unreasonable bad guy? Your Majesty, are you kidding me, right? If you want
Why would you wait until now to lend me water if you kill me? And just now you were worried that I would have no place to live. I think you are a warm-hearted and good person."
"You little girl, you are so cute and silly." The one-eyed emperor laughed and touched her head, mounted the horse again, and finally leaned over and glanced at her: "Girl, go back to your brother's house quickly.
If you stay outside carelessly, you will get sunburnt."
After saying that, he waved his riding whip and went straight away.
Chaoyan stared at his back blankly, not knowing that he had just walked around the gate of hell. He just felt that the emperor was approachable and easy-going, and she felt a little reluctant to leave him soon.
When I returned to the palace, it was already afternoon. As soon as I walked into the living room, I heard Qin Zheng getting angry inside: "What did you do? Are you letting the lady go out alone like this? She came to the imperial capital for the first time and is not familiar with the place; why?
Don’t you want to go with her?”
"Go back to your lord, because the young lady doesn't allow us to follow." The maids replied tremblingly.
"You are not allowed to follow, won't you send shadow guards to follow secretly? She hasn't come back yet, hurry up and find it for the lonely king! You are a bunch of losers, if something goes wrong, the lonely king will question you!"
"Brother, I'm back. What's wrong with you?"
Chao Yan walked into the living room and saw Qin Zheng sitting on the Grand Master's chair in the hall with a sullen face. The servants were standing around him.
"Little sister?" Qin Zheng's face suddenly turned gloomy when he saw her coming back. He seemed to be relieved. He stood up and approached her and asked, "Where have you been? Why are you back now?"
"Brother, I'm sorry for making you worry. Don't blame them. I wanted to run out to play by myself. Listen to me, I ran to the gate of the palace." Chaoyan's mind was filled with thoughts of meeting the emperor just now.
Surprised, she couldn't wait to say: "Did you know? I met a one-eyed young man outside, and he said he was the emperor!"
"What?" Qin Zheng was shocked after hearing this. He looked her up and down carefully and was relieved when he saw that she was unharmed. "What on earth is going on? Why did you run to the palace? Did you meet
What else did that person say?"
"I'm sorry to worry you, brother. I wanted to look around at the excitement of the Imperial Palace, but somehow I ended up in front of the palace." Chaoyan smiled sheepishly, walked to the Eight Immortals table, sat down, and took the maid to serve it.
He took a big sip of the iced sour plum soup, "Then I was thirsty and happened to meet a one-eyed young man riding a horse. I asked him to lend me some water, so he lent me some water to drink, and we started chatting. Finally, he said
He is the emperor."
"Then what else did he say?" Qin Zheng walked to the sandalwood chair next to him and sat down.
"He said that the world said he was a tyrant, but he himself didn't like to be a tyrant... I didn't understand." Chaoyan put down the empty tea bowl and recalled, "Brother, the emperor turned out to be a one-eyed man.
?But I don’t feel like he is a bad person. If he is really the emperor, he is surprisingly kind and kind..."
"Little sister, did he only say this to you? Then does he know who you are?" Qin Zheng put a hand in front of his chin and looked at her thoughtfully and asked.
"He didn't ask, so I didn't tell him. I just told him my name was Chaoyan, and then he rode away with a smile."
"That's good, little sister, you are really lucky... That's all. Please don't go out for the time being."
Qin Zheng stood up and said solemnly, "Stay in the house for now, and then go out for fun after a while."
"Eh? Why?" Chaoyan touched his head in confusion, "Brother, have I already offended the emperor?"
"Don't ask so many questions about children." Qin Zheng didn't explain much. He just ordered a few maids: "Come on, help the young lady to rest in the back room and watch over her carefully."
…
But it was said that the one-eyed emperor returned to the palace. He sat in the main hall and asked the maids and eunuchs waiting on him: "Who do you think is the most praised good person in the world?"
"This..." Everyone in the palace looked at each other, as if hesitant to answer.
"It's your Majesty. Your majesty is kind and kind, which is a blessing to all people in the world." A eunuch rolled his eyes and replied cleverly.
"Drag this slave out, scratch his eyes, and skin him alive!" The emperor slapped the table and glared, "Tell lies with your eyes open. I hate sycophants the most!"
"Ah! Your Majesty, please spare my life!" The eunuch shouted in panic. The imperial guards came in and dragged him out, and soon there was no movement.
"Who are you telling the truth? I like to hear the truth." The emperor looked at the trembling palace people around him and asked with a proud smile.
"Your Majesty, I think that the most praised good man in the world should be Prince Ning. He is upright and has no disputes with the world. He is praised by people both inside and outside the court." A eunuch was silent for a moment and finally answered.
"Very good, someone finally told the truth." The emperor laughed, "Come here and reward him with a piece of jadeite Ruyi!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The eunuch didn't expect that he would get such a big reward with just one sentence, so he quickly kowtowed in gratitude.
"I ask you again, who in this world is full of evil, has a cruel reputation, and is hated by the world?" The emperor leaned back and leaned leisurely on the back of his chair and asked.
Now, everyone was silent, no one dared to speak.
"Tell the truth! If you don't tell them all, they will all be executed!" the emperor sternly scolded.
There was a moment of silence, and finally someone answered: "Your Majesty, I thought it might be Zuo Qing who is already dead. He deceived the emperor and neglected his superiors. He committed a heinous crime."
"Hahaha! Zuo Qing?" the emperor laughed, "Here comes someone! Drag this slave out and chop him down! Do you think I am a fool if you use a dead man to count?"
"Your Majesty, please spare my life!" The man screamed and was dragged out.
"Tell me, who is it?"
The emperor stared at the remaining palace guests eagerly and continued to ask questions.
"Hunjun, aren't you the worst and cruelest person in the world?" Suddenly, an old eunuch finally seemed to be unable to endure his rude cruelty anymore, and stood up angrily and said loudly: "Since you want to hear it so much,
To tell the truth, fine, I will tell you that you are the most hated person in the world, and there is no one in the world who doesn’t want you to die soon."