Looking down at the people below from the high tower, the emperor instinctively looked at the direction where the Dengwen Drum was located at first glance. With this look, he saw Gu Yanfei standing beside the Dengwen Drum.

Chu Yi was standing beside the emperor, his frosty white cloak puffed up by the wind, making a sound of hunting.

He was also looking after Gu Yanfei.

Gu Yanfei didn't expect Chu Yi to come back at this time, and looked up at him with a slight smile. In an instant, it was like a flower bud on a branch smiling in an instant, with a radiant complexion.

The emperor looked around at the people below and said, "Get up."

There was an indistinct tiredness in his voice in the cold winter wind.

The great eunuch Zhao Rang repeated the emperor's words at the top of his voice, and his shrill voice resounded through the quiet square.

Those people were a little surprised that the emperor was so approachable, and they got up one after another.

The emperor's second sentence was: "Who beat the Dengwen drum?"

Zhao Rang repeated this sentence again.

Zhang Shusheng straightened his robe, walked towards the center with a slightly stiff figure, and came to the front of Chengtian Gate.

The girl pinched the corner of her father's robe timidly, and followed him like a shadow.

Zhang Shusheng barely maintained his composure, bowed to the emperor on the tower, and raised his voice and replied: "Return to the emperor, it is a grassroots."

The square in front of Chengtian Gate was empty, with two rows of soldiers in bronze helmets and iron armor standing guard on both sides. The Forbidden Army did not clear the field, but stopped other civilians on both sides.

The onlookers stood far away, but they couldn't see the emperor's face clearly. They only felt that the emperor was handsome and dignified.

The people couldn't help but panic, watching the changes quietly.

The emperor on the tower then asked again: "Who is stopping people from beating the Dengwen drum?"

The group of yamen officers headed by the squad leader fought against each other, and none of them dared to agree, but they didn't say anything, and Li Zongqi said for them: "Back to the emperor, it is the yamen officer of Jingzhao Mansion."

Mr. Li's heart sank slightly, knowing that he would not be able to escape the charge of inaction if he just sat and watched this kind of government officer do something to ordinary people today. He even hated Jing Zhaoyin in his heart.

The cold wind rustled, messing up the beard on the emperor's chin.

The emperor twisted his beard and said coldly: "Xuan Jingzhao's governor."

Those yamen servants listened, their feet went limp, and they knelt down again in an instant, and put their heads on the ground in fear, not daring to move.

The emperor asked Zhang Shusheng again: "Who is complaining? Why are you beating the drums?"

Zhang Shusheng is still up and down in his heart until now, full of panic and apprehension.

Now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be sent.

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he couldn't care less about being afraid, and continued: "Craftsman Zhang Min, sued His Royal Highness for ordering people to kidnap innocent children in order to obtain his heart's blood to concoct alchemy to cure diseases..."

The more Zhang Min said, the more grief and indignation became, and the more excited he became, his eyes were red and his chest heaved violently.

Zhang Min only said to sue the eldest princess, but didn't mention the emperor at all. In fact, he and other people present suspected that the emperor probably knew about it and even indulged his beloved daughter, but they didn't dare to talk about the emperor.

"..." The emperor on the tower closed his eyes, with extremely complex and strong emotions surging in his heart.

Even if the emperor had already heard Gu Yuan tell the story before, but now that he was on the scene, and heard the person involved say it again, he felt his heart go cold.

If there is a way to save his daughter, the emperor can pay all the price, but he will never exchange his daughter's life with someone else's life.

But now, his daughter is dying and has only two days left to live, yet some people are making trouble outside in the name of her daughter.

Just thinking about it, the emperor felt like colic, his hands and feet were cold, and his thin body trembled slightly.

Chu Yi walked down the tower unhurriedly, and asked Zhang Min as he walked:

"What proof do you have?"

Chu Yi's clear and clear voice was like a gentle spring breeze in March blowing across the entire square.

Although Zhang Min didn't know who this young man in white was, but seeing that he could speak on behalf of the emperor, he was obviously a noble person.

He made up his mind, and replied politely: "The little girl is the witness. The little girl escaped from the palace by chance, and said that she wanted to take their heart and soul to save the eldest princess, and let the real person of Shangqing practice her heart." Dan..."

There was silence again.

"Shangqing?" Chu Yi read it lightly, without any emotion in his steady tone.

But to Zhang Min's ears, it was the other party who was questioning this matter.

"It's really a real person." Zhang Min said quickly, "My little girl will never lie."

The girl snuggled up to her father, nodding awkwardly.

Suddenly, a young man's high-pitched voice came from among the crowd watching: "You can find out if the Master Shangqing entered the palace yesterday!"

As soon as this remark came out, the other commoners also felt that it was reasonable, and nodded one after another, and some even said: "I went to Wuliang temple early in the morning, and the Taoist priest in the temple said that the Taoist priest of Shangqing was declared into the palace yesterday, and he did not return all night."

There was an instant commotion in the crowd, like ripples on the surface of a lake.

Chu Yi continued to walk forward, and said in a clear and unhurried voice: "The eldest princess is indeed ill."

"As Shangqing said, one hundred virgins and one hundred virgins are needed to take their heart and blood and refine the heart pills to continue the life of the princess, otherwise the princess will not live for three days."

His words clearly spread throughout the surrounding tens of feet, reaching the ears of everyone present.

These words were beyond everyone's expectations.

They thought that the royal family would categorically deny this matter, but they didn't expect this son to bluntly admit that there was indeed a "Xin Dan" matter.

Everyone didn't feel happy, but their hearts sank.

The emperor's visit to Chengtianmen was only to calm the anger of the people temporarily.

After the eldest princess did such an outrageous thing, is the royal family going to shift the responsibility to the servant, saying that the servant made his own decisions? !

Kill a few people, and then let it go?

The people were in an uproar for a moment, forgetting their awe of the royal family for a while, and became more and more noisy.

The grand princess wants their child's life, so what should they do? !

The emotions of the few people who lost their children are on the verge of collapse. They are angry, sad, and powerless. They don't know what else can these humble people do in the face of the power of the emperor? !

"Women are willing to happily take blood on behalf of their children." The middle-aged woman who came with Zhang Min suddenly rushed to Zhang Min's father and daughter like a beast, knelt down on the ground, and faced the emperor on the tower with a hoarse voice. He kowtowed again and again, "Your Majesty, I beg you! The women are willing to replace their lives with one another."

Her genuine expression and voice are very contagious.

Soon, family members of other children also kowtowed to the emperor, expressing that they were also willing to give their hearts and minds instead of their own children.

This scene moved the other onlookers deeply, their eyes sore and their sobs slightly choked.

The surrounding people clamored again, like waves of the sea, wave after wave.

"What the Shangqing said is against the heavenly relationship, the eldest princess is not willing." Chu Yi's calm voice sounded again, "The emperor is not willing either."

His beautiful voice seems to have a unique penetrating power, passing through people's eardrums and gently knocking on everyone's hearts;

It is also like a stream of clear mountain springs bubbling in, washing away the dryness in everyone's hearts.

Chu Yi continued unhurriedly: "The Buddha said: What you do in this life will be rewarded in the next life. The emperor loves his daughters so much that he will not let the eldest princess add more sins and bring disaster to the next life."

Chu Yi's words were concise and straightforward, without any pretense.

But most of the people present were not persuaded by Chu Yi, they just felt that these remarks were just high-sounding and obedient, but there was no evidence to support them.

There are many people in this world who make terrible mistakes just to survive!

What's more, it is always a fact that so many children in the capital are missing, right?

And who abducted those children? If it wasn't for the royal family, who else could have taken so many children away silently overnight? !

The people were full of doubts.

But even if some people don't believe it and think it's a perfunctory excuse for the royal family, they don't dare to talk nonsense. After all, there is no reason to blame them. Those nobles who want to kill them are as simple as squashing an ant .

Everyone is talking, even if everyone's voice is not loud, but intertwined, it is inevitable to be noisy, and the restlessness in the square has not subsided for a long time.

Chu Yi's eyes passed through the noisy and impetuous crowd to look at a snow-blue slim figure.

"Besides," Chu Yi continued in a steady tone, "The eldest princess doesn't need a heart pill for her illness."

What's the meaning? ! This sentence made those impetuous people startled again, and looked up at him in astonishment.

All the clamoring voices around disappeared in an instant, and there was silence, only the hunting sound of flags being blown by the cold wind.

In the crowd, someone asked loudly, "Who said that?"

"Shangqing Daoist Daoism is so profound that it can kill human flesh and bones. Everyone in the capital knows this!"

"Shangqing Daoist has said so, is there any exception?!"

The rough voice spoke plausibly, which made the nearby people feel sympathetic when they heard it.

"I said."

It was not Chu Yi who answered him, but another clear and loud female voice.

"The eldest princess doesn't need a heart pill."

As Gu Yanfei said, he walked out from the crowd and walked to Zhang Min's father and daughter.

There is a confident smile on the corner of her lips, with a bit of pride and publicity, but because of her outstanding appearance and free and easy temperament, she does not make people feel disgusted.

Everyone's eyes focused on Gu Yanfei once again.

"Isn't this the girl just now?" Someone in the crowd pointed at Gu Yanfei and said, "Even that gust of evil wind can't blow her down."

"Yes, yes." Immediately, someone echoed excitedly, with a high-pitched voice, "The wind will disperse when it meets her, this must be a god!"

"And that clerk wanted to be rude to her, so he threw a shit."

"The demonic wind just now... No, did the violent wind come from her?"

It was just too chaotic when the wind blew up, and most people were blown to one side or another by the strong wind, but they didn't see what was going on at all, but at this moment, listening to other people's swearing, they felt that they had seen it just now.

This person said that the girl didn't touch the ground when she was walking just now, and was sent by the wind; that person said that when the Yacha was rude to her, he saw a blade of wind blowing out...

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