After what happened just now, everyone is related, where is there any mood to continue the banquet. finally survived until the end of the banquet, and everyone was eager to have two more legs and leave the palace quickly.

Bao Yun and Wei Rong didn't stay in the palace anymore, there were so many things tonight, Yan Lie was tired when he thought about it, and he didn't have to say anything today.

But they really wanted to wait for Yan Chen to come out and say a few words today, but Yan Chen never came out. They waited at the gate of the palace for a long time, and when the guests were finished, they didn't see Yan Chen.

"It seems that I can't wait for him today, so let's talk about it when I have the right opportunity in the future." Wei Rong smiled and said to Baoyun: "I'm annoyed that night, you're tired too, let's go back first." ”

Baoyun nodded helplessly, so she could only go back with Wei Rong first.

Yan Chen did not leave the palace, he came to the imperial study, Yan Lie seemed to know that he was coming, and he was not surprised to see him coming, looking at him quietly, waiting for him to speak.

He knelt down in front of Yan Lie with a plop and said, "Erchen knows that the queen mother has made a big mistake, but no matter what, please ask my father to spare the queen mother's life for the sake of the queen mother who has been with you for so many years." ”

Yan Lie didn't speak, but still looked at him, until he was about to lose his breath, and then slowly asked, "You already know about Nanyue?" ”

Yan Chen was stunned, looked up at Yan Lie, there was no trace of waves in Yan Lie's eyes, and he couldn't see any emotion. He lowered his head again and nodded. He couldn't say the word 'yes'.

"I see." Yan Lie only said these four words, and then didn't speak for a long time.

Yan Chen's heart was already hanging, and this kind of silence could only make him more uneasy, he really couldn't help it, and asked out loud: "Could it be that my father knew about it a long time ago?" ”

"Know what?" Yan Lie replied quickly, "Do you know about your mother, or do you know what you already knew?" ”

Yan Lie asked, that is, he knew both things. Yan Chen couldn't raise his head in shame, and said: "The son didn't report it, and he didn't dare to ask his father for forgiveness, how did the father punish the son, and the son never complained, but asked the father to spare his mother."

After. ”

Seeing him like this, Yan Lie got up and walked down, helped him up with his own hands, and sighed, "Do you think I don't want to spare her?" I've reminded her many times, but she just won't listen. If I had said such a thing, she would have no way to live. ”

Yan Chen couldn't help but shed tears, he didn't know what a crime Sheng Langyue had committed. But no matter how big a crime Sheng Langyue committed, it was the mother who gave birth to him and raised him, and he couldn't die without help.

"Father." He knelt down again, and there was a cry in his voice: "Erchen knows that the queen mother is guilty, and Erchen is willing to accept any punishment on behalf of the queen mother, just ask my father to spare her life." ”

Yan Lie forcibly lifted him up from the ground again, pinched his shoulders with both hands, and said in a deep voice, "Yan Chen, calm down." ”

Yan Chen lowered his head and shed tears, and immediately wiped it off. However, the tears were like beads with broken threads, and they couldn't be wiped clean.

Yan Lie sighed helplessly, "Do you know why I treat you differently than I treat King Jin? ”

Yan Chen didn't know about this problem before, but after knowing about Sheng Langyue's collusion with South Vietnam, it became clear.

"Erchen knows that it is because the Sheng family and the queen mother, and the father and emperor have long known about their collusion with South Vietnam, so they can't be unguarded against Erchen." It was also very painful for him to say these words.

He could now foresee the end of the Sheng family, and there was no other possibility than destruction. Otherwise, it will be Qi Sheng's demise.

Yan Lie nodded, "Actually, I have been the same to you all in the morning, you are my sons, I hope you are excellent, I hope you are capable, and I also hope that you can get along in harmony, only if you are strong, Qi Sheng can be strong, you live in harmony, Qi Sheng can always be strong." ”

"But then you grew up, and you only listened to your mother's words, and I couldn't fully explain many things to you, and over time, it became what it is now."

"Seriously, of my three sons, I owe you the most. You are completely implicated in the grievances of our older generation. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Lie was also very emotional, patted Yan Chen's shoulder, and continued: "But I'm also glad that you didn't reach the most."

I learned these things until the next moment, and there was still something to be done. I can see your previous state, and I am very happy that you can have such a choice. I know your pain, but as a prince, you have to bear what others can't, so that you can have what others can't. ”

"Chen'er, as long as you can break through the pain now, you will have more in the future."

This is easy to say, but if you want to do it, it is even more difficult for Yan Chen. If you want to do what Yan Lie said, you have to abandon his mother and the Sheng family, which is like cutting off the flesh of his heart.

Sheng Langyue gave birth to him and raised him, Sheng Qinghe also hugged him when he was a child, accompanied him to fly kites, and taught him to read, he didn't believe that these feelings were fake.

Now he wants to give up these things for his own future, he can't do it.

However, his reason knew that the sins committed by the Sheng family and Sheng Langyue were unpunishable, and if they were really forgiven, then Qi Sheng's law would be a joke in the future.

Everyone can commit treason, so what's the matter?

However, if he wanted to watch the Sheng family and Sheng Langyue die, he couldn't do it. He felt like he was going crazy, he really wanted to live like this every day, as if there were no such things, and he didn't know these things.

Looking at his appearance, Yan Lie was also distressed, and in the end, he had no choice, so he was relieved: "I promised you that I would keep the queen's life, but the Sheng family, no." ”

Hearing Yan Lie say this, Yan Chen raised his head and looked at Yan Lie with hope, if Sheng Langyue's sin can be forgiven, then as long as he begs Yan Lie again, maybe the Sheng family can too.

Yan Lie seemed to already know what he was going to say, and said: "I won't be soft-hearted towards the Sheng family, if you want to know the reason, come to me when you are sober, after I told you, you think the Sheng family can still be forgiven, then you can talk about it." ”

Hearing this, even if Yan Chen didn't know that reason, he knew that the Sheng family must have committed a heinous sin.

He knelt down, kowtowed to Yan Lie three times, and said, "My son, thank you for your father's kindness, and I will also persuade my mother not to make mistakes again and again." ”

Yan Lie sneered, obviously holding out little hope.