"Zhuge Liang is really a filial and good son. He dares to be so crazy just because he wants to anger me and use my help to get rid of you, who has made him bear the burden of being unfilial."
Hearing these words, Song's plump body trembled violently again, and a trace of pain like needles flashed in her eyes.
Song's heart was twitching, because Yan Liang's words mercilessly hit her pain point.
As Yan Liang said, the life and death of the Song family is now in Yan Liang's hands. Even if Zhuge Liang still hates Yan Liang, he will at most respond to Yan Liang with silence.
But Zhuge Liang responded with some useless and arrogant words. Apart from irritating Yan Liang, what other purpose could he have?
And if Yan Liang is angered, are you really not afraid that Yan Liang will kill her, his mother-in-law, in anger?
"No, no, Liang'er is a filial son, how could he have such thoughts?" Ms. Song didn't want to believe it, and shook her head desperately in denial.
Yan Liang sneered: "Zhuge Liang is so cunning, and he is the best at pretending to be calm in his life. Could he not understand the consequences of irritating me?"
Yan Liang's understatement of the question easily shattered Song's self-comfort.
Mrs. Song's heart was shocked again, and her head felt dizzy.
Although Ms. Song didn't want to face it, how could she not be clear about this cruel fact.
Zhuge Liang was so smart, how could he not think of what Yan Liang was thinking.
As smart as Zhuge Liang, he knew this, but still wanted to anger Yan Liang. What else could his purpose be other than to use Yan Liang's hand to kill her as a burden.
Mrs. Song's heart was as sharp as a knife, and her eyes were filled with tears.
She recalled the past encounters with Zhuge Liang. At that time, Zhuge Liang talked about loyalty and filial piety all day long, scolded Yan Liang for his cruelty and unkindness, and always talked about assisting Liu Bei, a benevolent king, to rid the world of people.
Yan Liang is an unfaithful, unfilial, and unkind demon.
He is such a good son who talks about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and justice, but now he wants to kill his mother with the help of his enemies!
Even an animal would not do such a vicious thing, but Zhuge Liang did it.
Song really couldn't believe that Zhuge Liang would be such a person.
His mind was severely damaged, and Song's legs went weak. His body collapsed and he sat down, lost in thought, muttering with tears in his eyes: "How could this happen, Liang'er, how could you do such a thing?"
Come……"
Looking at the sad Mrs. Song, Yan Liang had no sympathy, only contempt for stupid people.
"In order to preserve his reputation, Zhuge Liang even petitioned Liu Bei to execute his own brother, let alone a stepmother like you. You should have been mentally prepared." Yan Liang once again exposed what Zhuge Liang had done.
Mrs. Song's delicate body trembled, her eyes flashed with complex colors. Tears slid down her cheeks.
Those tears were full of resentment, which was resentment towards Zhuge Liang.
"Take her down." Yan Liang waved his hand and shouted.
Yan Liang's goal was achieved. Looking at the tearful Mrs. Song, Yan Liang showed no interest and ordered her to be taken away first.
The Song family, who was immersed in sadness, was dragged out by several fierce maids, and the palace became quiet again.
"Zhuge Liang, you want to use my hands to kill your mother, but I won't do what you want. I want to keep this Song family and let her bring greater shame to you, hum."
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Hundreds of miles away, a giant deer.
Zhuge Liang in the Prime Minister's Mansion was pushing a wheelchair and pacing in the hall, his face full of worry.
At this time, rumors were spreading in Julu City. Everyone knew that Zhuge Liang's mother had written a letter, summoning Zhuge Liang to go to Yecheng to fulfill his filial piety.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhuge Liang, wanting to see how Zhuge Liang would face his mother's fate.
He is as smart as Zhuge Liang, but he has no way to deal with it. He can only keep resenting Yan Liang and complaining about the Song family's miserable existence.
In the afternoon of that day, Zhuge Liang was deep in thought in the hall, when his servant came to report that it was the emperor's chariot who came to the Prime Minister's Mansion in person to visit Zhuge Liang.
The emperor is coming in person?
Zhuge Liang was shocked, but quickly calmed down. He was mentally prepared for Liu Bei's arrival.
Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he suddenly had an idea in his heart, and a sly smile quietly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Hurry up and follow the prime minister to greet him." Zhuge Liang was refreshed and hurried out of the house to greet him.
Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked people to push him out of the house and welcomed Liu Bei into the hall.
In the past few days, Zhuge Liang had not left the house on the pretext of recovering from his injuries, and he had not seen Liu Bei for a long time.
After the emperor and his ministers had finished the ceremony, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang very caringly about his leg injury. After asking, he finally asked about Zhuge Liang's mother.
At this time, Zhuge Liang immediately understood that his worries had come true. Liu Bei had indeed come for his family letter. He must have heard the rumors.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang's expression immediately became solemn, and he quickly took out the family letter and presented it with both hands.
"Your Majesty, this is a family letter sent to me by my mother. I dare not keep it privately. I just wanted to present it to your majesty. Now that your majesty is here, I just handed this letter to your majesty."
Zhuge Liang knew that Liu Bei came here for the letter from home, so he took the initiative to give the letter to Liu Bei before Liu Bei could ask questions to show his selflessness and innocence.
Liu Bei was startled and glanced at the letter, but did not accept it. He smiled and said: "This is a letter from your majesty to the prime minister. I can't bear to read it."
"Although this letter was written by my mother, my mother has now fallen into the hands of Yan Liang. My mother was probably forced by Yan Liang's thieves to write this letter. This letter is related to state affairs, and I dare not keep it privately, so I dedicate this letter to you.
Let your majesty see it." Zhuge said sternly.
Liu Bei still didn't answer, pretending to be curious: "So that's the case, but I wonder what the traitor Yan wrote in this letter?"
When the Chu envoys entered the city, they had already publicized the contents of the letter. Of course Liu Bei knew what the contents of the letter were, but now he could only pretend not to know.
Zhuge Liang pushed the wheelbarrow forward, placed the letter in front of Liu Bei with both hands, and sighed: "My mother was forced by the traitor Yan to write this letter and order my ministers to go to Yecheng to fulfill their filial piety."
Sure enough.
Liu Bei frowned slightly, but waved his hand and said: "The Prime Minister and I are honest with each other. I will naturally believe what the Prime Minister says, so there is no need to read this letter."
Zhuge Liang then took back the letter.
"Prime Minister, what are you going to do? Do you really want to go to Yecheng?" Liu Bei asked worriedly.
Zhuge Liang showed grief and anger, "Although my mother was forced to write this book, our Han Dynasty governs the world with filial piety. How can I ignore my mother and become an unfilial son?"
Hearing this, Liu Bei's expression changed immediately. Zhuge Liang's words actually seemed to fulfill his filial duty and wanted to go to Yecheng.
Given Yan Liang's hatred for Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang's journey to Yecheng would be a dead end!
This is not important. What is important is that now that Sima Yi does not listen to orders, Zhuge Liang has become the only counselor he can rely on. If Zhuge Liang leaves, who can help him turn the tide?
"However, your majesty is as kind as a mountain to me. If I abandon you, it will be tantamount to being disloyal to your majesty. I don't want to see that day."
Zhuge Liang changed the subject and talked about loyalty again. Listening to his tone, it seemed that in Zhuge Liang's eyes, loyalty was more important than filial piety.
When Liu Bei heard this, his worries turned into joy, thinking that Zhuge Liang had shown his loyalty to him and was definitely not prepared to go to Yecheng to die as ordered by his mother.
Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang said: "If I don't go to Yecheng, I will be unfilial to my mother, and if I go to Yecheng, I will be unfaithful to Your Majesty. I am in a daze at this time and it is difficult to make a decision, but I rely on Your Majesty to make a decision."
, Your Majesty will do whatever you want me to do."
Liu Bei was depressed now, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang to put this big problem on himself.
Of course he didn't want Zhuge Liang to go to Yecheng, so he blurted out that he wanted to persuade him to stay, but when he was about to say the words, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
"If I tell Kong Ming not to go, wouldn't I be asking Kong Ming not to fulfill his filial piety? In this case, wouldn't I be blamed for preventing others from fulfilling their filial piety? Our country of Han governs the world with filial piety. If I do this, wouldn't I be fanning myself?
A slap in the face?"
Liu Bei figured out the pros and cons, and when he looked at Zhuge Liang, his eyes couldn't help but reveal a bit of resentment.
He was complaining that Zhuge Liang did not want to bear the reputation of being unfilial, but he pushed this burden away, putting himself in a situation where his reputation was damaged.
Zhuge Liang, however, cupped his hand again and said seriously: "Your Majesty will make the decision whether I go or stay."
Liu Bei felt so miserable in his heart that he really wanted to tell Zhuge Liang to get out and go to Yan Liang and be killed by Yan Liang.
He tried to say angry words several times, but Liu Bei still swallowed them back.
There is no other way. In the current situation, Liu Bei cannot do without Zhuge Liang, his wise man.
After weighing for a long time, Liu Bei could only grit his teeth secretly, stepped forward and held Zhuge Liang's hand, with tears in his eyes.
"I govern the world with filial piety and righteousness. When called upon by the imperial court, I should not prevent the Prime Minister from doing his due respect. However, the country is now in danger. If the Prime Minister goes to Ye City, his life or death will be unpredictable, and our Han Dynasty will also be destroyed.
The pillars of our country are in danger of overthrowing. For the sake of the Han Dynasty and the people of the world, I can only keep you, Prime Minister."
Liu Bei had no choice but to force Zhuge Liang to stay while he was still choking.
Zhuge Liang also looked sad on the surface, but in his heart, he was secretly relieved, thankful that Liu Bei had spoken to save him as expected.
Plop~~
Zhuge Liang rolled off the wheelchair, crawled on the ground, knelt down to the south, and cried: "Mother, it's not that I don't want to show my respect to you, it's just that I am deeply favored by your majesty. The so-called loyalty and filial piety cannot have both. I am doing it for your majesty."
, For the sake of the river, and for the sake of saving the people of the world from fire and water, I can only forgive my son for being unfilial."
With tears in his eyes, Zhuge Liang declared that he was "innocent".
Then, with his eyes closed, he bowed his head and bowed three times to the south, paying homage to the Song family from afar as a sign of apology.
Liu Bei watched Zhuge Liang "put on a show" and couldn't help but feel like he was being used. That feeling made him extremely uncomfortable, and a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
But when Zhuge Liang finished kneeling and raised his head, the trace of disgust on Liu Bei's face immediately disappeared, and in a blink of an eye, it was replaced by a pain that was not inferior to Zhuge Liang's.