Under the continuous pleading of those officials, the Emperor said with slight distress, "Then we"ll beat ten slabs each and let them remember for a long time. In the future, we can"t do such reckless things again." If the punishment was too severe, it would ruin the hearts of these officials. If the punishment was too light and these rascals didn"t have a memory of their own, then they would hit them ten times."Thank you, your majesty …"
After thanking him, Liu Zhishan and the group of children from influential families were brought out. Their parents followed along as well, preparing to bring them home to apply medicine the moment they finished fighting.
"Liu Aiqing, you stay."
When Liu Zhen heard the emperor"s words, he stopped in his tracks. He turned towards the emperor and respectfully asked, "What"s the matter?"
When the door closed, the emperor opened his mouth. "Did Liu Aiqing have any news of junior brother all these years?" This old man should still not know the news of his junior brother being gone.
If it wasn"t for the old man stopping his junior from marrying, he wouldn"t have left the capital, nor would he have died young.
To be weird, Old Man Liu had to be blamed.
Suddenly, Liu Zhen heard some words about his youngest son, and replied that he did not.
He had sent people out to look for him over the years, but they could not find him. He wondered where his youngest son had gone to hide.
It had been more than ten years, and he hadn"t even received a letter. Did he really hate his father?
Of course he would do that, for his own good!
How come that brat didn"t feel that he had gone through so much trouble for him?
"Your majesty, do you have any news of Jing Er?" Liu Zhen looked at the emperor in antic.i.p.ation.
He felt that the emperor wouldn"t ask him about Jing Er for no reason. The only possibility was that the emperor already had information on Jing Er.
When he thought of his junior brother, who had pa.s.sed away at an early age, the Emperor still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
He slightly restrained his expression and nodded. He did indeed have news about his youngest junior brother.
Liu Zhen"s entire mind was focused on the words, so he did not notice the emperor"s slightly sad expression.
"Then... Where is he? " It had been more than ten years since there had been any news regarding his youngest son, and upon hearing this news in an instant, Liu Zhen was extremely excited.
The emperor was silent for a long time, then raised his head to look at Liu Zhen and said, "Liu Aimin, you have to be mentally prepared."
Hearing these words, Liu Zhen"s heart thumped for a moment. He slightly raised his head, and saw the emperor"s slightly sorrowful expression.
At this moment, he had a bad premonition.
"What happened to Jing Er? What happened, he... "
When the emperor saw Liu Zhen"s anxious expression, he faintly sighed and said, "Little Junior Brother is gone." He didn"t plan to tell Old Man Liu so quickly, but when he thought about it again, his little junior brother"s son was going to partic.i.p.ate in the Spring Festival. If the Liu Family found out, it would be no small matter, and he might as well give Old Man Liu a shot in advance, because at that time, he would not do anything out of line.
Hearing that, Liu Zhen"s body shook, he laughed: "Huang … … Your majesty, please don"t make such a joke with this old subject. This old subject can"t afford it! " How could his younger son not have? Impossible.
The emperor looked at the old Liu Zhen and really couldn"t bear to do it anymore, but he had already said it all and he couldn"t stop midway.
"Liu Aiqing, you know I never joke around. When I know of this news, it is also very difficult to accept, but I have no choice but to accept it." The Emperor didn"t wait for Liu Zhen to ask and directly told him, "The little junior brother disappeared during the plague a few years ago. You should know what the plague was like a few years ago."
Hearing that, Liu Zhen retreated a few steps with a face full of grief. He clenched his fists tightly and asked the emperor in a low voice, where is his youngest son?
He was going to bring his youngest son home and not let him be a ghost.
The Emperor understood what Liu Zhen meant, but he was very sorry, he did not know either. He asked his teacher many times, but his teacher never told him.
Of course, he could also send people to investigate, but he didn"t want to hurt his teacher"s feelings, so he had to wait until after the Spring Festival, when he would know everything.
"Liu Aimin, I understand your feelings, but I"m sorry, I can"t tell you. At least, I can"t tell you right now."
"For … "Why?"
"Liu Aiqing, why don"t you think about it for a while? Maybe Junior has already treated that place as his home? He doesn"t want to leave that place anymore? " The emperor frowned as he looked at Liu Zhen, unhesitatingly breaking his thoughts, "Could it be that you still want to be like that back then, not caring about your youngest junior brother"s thoughts, and are determined to do something that would make your youngest junior brother sad?"
This sentence was like the last straw that had killed the camel.
Liu Zhen"s eyes darkened, with a pu sound, he immediately spat out a large mouthful of blood, and with a peng sound, he fell to the ground.
This sudden turn of events gave the emperor a fright. He suddenly stood up, had someone carry Old Man Liu to his room to lie down, and then ordered Gao Song to call the imperial physician.
Today, the excitement was too great. If he did not provoke Old Man Liu to death, then he would be guilty.
The imperial physician who had just arrived happened to be an old man. The emperor looked and quickly said, "Xue Taiyi, quickly help Liu Aiqing look at what happened to him."
The old man said yes and took Liu Zhen"s pulse. After a while, he put it down.
"Reporting to the emperor, Old General Liu"s mood changed drastically, which is why he fainted from the fire and Qi attack." The old man quickly wrote a prescription and pa.s.sed it to a nearby eunuch, telling him to go and fry some medicine. "Your Majesty, Old General Liu cannot be provoked anymore. If he is provoked again, he will suffer a stroke."
"Alright, then Liu Aiqing will be troubling Xue Taiyi."
"This is what this old official should do." He didn"t know how Old Man Liu got provoked and immediately vomited blood. This was really …
Before the old man could understand, Liu Zhen slowly opened his eyes. He turned his head to look at the emperor, and spoke with a weak voice. Your Majesty, please tell this old one, where is Jing Er being buried? " If he did not know of this news, he would not be at ease for a day.
Hearing this, the old man looked towards the emperor with a swoosh. So that"s how it was.
He already knew how the strong Old Man Liu could be so angry that he vomited blood. So it was because he knew that Liu Siye was gone.
The Emperor really harbored evil intentions. He told this matter to Old Man Liu and provoked Old Man Liu to such a state.
"Liu Aiqing, I"ll tell you the truth!" The Emperor said with some guilt, "Actually, I don"t know either. That person only told me that junior brother had disappeared in the plague a few years ago. He didn"t want to tell me anything else except that the time had come, so he would naturally say it."
The teacher was unwilling to tell him, so there was nothing he could do!
"Your Majesty, this old subject is begging you. Please tell this old subject! This old official … I am sorry, Jing Er … "Pfft …" Liu Zhen didn"t even finish his sentence before spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Seeing that, the old man immediately walked forward and pressed on Liu Zhen"s shoulder, then quickly gave him a few acupuncture potions. He said angrily: "Old Man Liu, are you courting death?" He then pressed down on Liu Zhen who was about to move, "Don"t move about, be careful not to move the needle."
Although the Emperor was a little afraid of the Liu Family, he didn"t want to see such a general disappear just like that.
What"s more, she only …
It affected his reputation.
"Liu Aimin, I"ll say it again. I really don"t know. If I did know, I wouldn"t have hidden it from you." The emperor clasped his hands behind his back as he looked down at Liu Zhen from above, "We also have no way of forcing that person to speak, we can only wait for him to speak."
After saying this, the emperor was about to remind this old man to look at Liu Zhen, so that nothing would happen to him.
The old man said yes, and respectfully looked towards the emperor as he walked out. Only then did he turn his head to look at Liu Zhen who looked like he was about to die from heartache.
Usually, he would not be able to bear to see Old Man Liu like this, but now that he looked like he was about to die, his heart softened.
"Old Man Liu, people cannot live again. Take it easy!"
"Yes …" It"s my fault. If I didn"t force him like that back then, he wouldn"t have left home. If he hadn"t left home, he wouldn"t have … "He won"t either …"
Seeing that Liu Zhen looked like he was about to vomit blood again, the old man was shocked, and quickly said, "Hey, hey, Old Man Liu, don"t be agitated, don"t be agitated. If you really want to know about this, you can ask the big grandson, he knows." For the good of the three Liu Zhimo siblings, he couldn"t let Old Man Liu just disappear like that.
He felt that with Old Man Liu here, the other people of the Liu Family wouldn"t dare to do anything to the three siblings of Liu Zhimo.
No matter what, he had to save Liu Zhimo"s life.
Hearing that, Liu Zhen reached out and grabbed the old man"s hand, looking excited at him, and asked him if he knew anything.
"If I tell you not to move, then don"t move. If you move again, don"t think you can find out anything from me."
Hearing the old man"s threat, Liu Zhen could only obediently let go of his hands, and didn"t dare to move anymore.
He looked directly at the old man and asked, "How much does he know?"
The old man pondered for a while, then said, "I can only tell you, your grandson knows this very clearly, you can ask him." Pausing for a moment, he continued, "After you find out about this, I hope that you can keep it a secret. At least before the Spring Festival, don"t reveal any information, otherwise, you will regret it for the rest of your life.
The Liu Family was not as impressive as they appeared to be. Who knew how many dirty things they had inside!
He didn"t want anything to happen to Liu Zhimo before the Spring Festival.
Liu Zhen slightly closed his eyes, replying with an "en".
Although he did not know why, but he believed that Old Man Xue would not harm him.
"Xue Taiyi, when did you meet my grandson?" When did the grandson know about this? Why didn"t he tell him?
The old man waved his hand. He accidentally saved his life a few years ago.
Hearing this, Liu Zhen opened his eyes slightly and looked at the Old Man, "The Liu Family owes another favor to Xue Taiyi." He did not receive any information regarding this matter.
The old man opened his mouth, but just as he was about to speak, a loud shout could be heard coming from outside the door.