At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

After a while, there was the sound of something breaking in Nan's study room, and then, someone could vaguely hear roaring.

Cao Zhen, Lu Yi and others looked very bad, while Cao Tai and Xia Houheng even turned pale, and were quite frightened.

Then, Su Yuan with a panicked face ran out of the South study in small steps.

"Your Highness, you'd better go, Your Majesty is really angry, really!"

Guo Jin bit her lip, looked at the closed door of the South Study, gritted her teeth, and knelt down.

"Father! Son begging to see father! Son begging father to take back his order! General Cao Zilian has no objection! Death is not a crime!"

He knelt on the ground and shouted loudly, ignoring everyone around him.

Su Yuan was taken aback and hurried to help.

"His Royal Highness, get up quickly, alas, you are... get up quickly!"

Guo Jin just couldn't get up.

Among the seven people behind him, Lu Yi was the first to react and knelt down with Guo Jin.

"Your Majesty! Minister Lu Yi, I implore Your Majesty to take back your order! General Cao Zilian has no objections, and the crime does not deserve death!"

When Lu Yi knelt, Lu Yu gritted his teeth and knelt down immediately.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, Lu Yu, begs you to withdraw your order! General Cao Zilian has no objection, and the crime does not deserve death!"

Lu Yu knelt again, and Cao Zhen, Guan Ping, and Xia Houshang immediately knelt down and shouted in unison.

"Your Majesty! Minister Cao Zhen (Guan Ping, Xia Houshang) implore Your Majesty to withdraw his order! General Cao Zilian has no objection, and the crime does not deserve death!"

Cao Tai and Xia Houheng finally came to their senses, knelt down together and shouted in unison.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty Xia Houheng (Cao Tai) implores to take back your order! General Cao Zilian has no objection, and the crime does not deserve death!"

Seven people knelt down one after another, stood on the united front with Guo Jin, and pleaded for Cao Hong.

Su Yuan was so frightened that his heart was pounding, for fear that the emperor would order someone to be killed in his anger.

The emperor was in a fit of anger, and he would kill whoever he said he would kill. If it was hard to say, he would be fine.

Even his own son!

Anyway, Su Yuan was terribly frightened.

Guo Jin's seven friends were naturally uneasy, those with better psychological quality were a little scared, and those with weaker psychological quality were trembling and gasping for breath.

Chapter 1326 One thousand 230 six, now the emperor will let you do it

The coercion of the emperor who holds absolute power is really terrifying.

It is their good fortune to meet such an emperor in their lifetime.

Rao is the calmest and smartest Lu Yi, and at this moment, he is also afraid.

Because none of them can guarantee that the emperor will not do something to them in his anger.

And no one can stop it.

Dead, but really dead, people only have one life, there is no second life.

Guo Jin, is it really possible?

They kept kneeling like this, until their legs became numb, until they lost all feeling in their legs, and they had to lie on the ground and try their best to move their legs to let the blood circulate as much as possible.

That is to say, it is winter now, and they wear thicker clothes and thicker pants, so it will not be so painful.

If it is summer, it will be fatal.

But Guo Jin actually knelt there motionless, as if there was no discomfort at all.

Cao Zhen quietly pushed Guo Jin and asked him to move a little bit in a low voice.

Guo Jin shook his head without saying a word.

He can't move, he has to persevere, although his body is very uncomfortable, his legs are very uncomfortable, and his whole body is in pain like being bitten by ants, but he can't move, he has to persevere.

Even if you faint, you must persevere to the end.

Time passed bit by bit, time passed from morning to afternoon, and from afternoon to dusk.

Really couldn't hold it anymore, Cao Tai, who was the weakest in physical fitness, knelt and knelt and swayed, had to put his hands on the ground and gasped for breath, and beads of sweat fell to the ground.

During this cold and twelfth lunar month, he did not lose any sweat.

Lu Yu and Lu Yi's physical fitness was a little better than Cao Tai's, but not too much better. At this time, their bodies were still swaying non-stop, and they couldn't hold it up without using their hands. Their bodies were about to reach their limit.

The rest of them, including Guo Jin, have also received professional military training. They have good physical fitness and can carry a little bit, but they can't carry it for a long time.

Guo Peng never disappeared, so they had to kneel here all the time.

Su Yuan couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and felt panicked, so he knelt down in front of Guo Jin and begged him to go back.

"Your Highness! I beg you, old slave! Go away! Go back! If this continues, it's really uncertain! Your Majesty will be angry! He will be very angry!"

There was a cry in Su Yuan's voice, he was really crying, he was scared to cry.

Guo Jin panted and pushed Su Yuan away.

It's all here, how can I give up!

Even if you faint, you can't give up!

He shouted loudly with all his might—

"Father! Son begging to see father! Son begging father to take back his order! General Cao Zilian has no objection! Death is not a crime!"

Guo Jin was also exhausted, sweating profusely, and couldn't hold it any longer.

He felt that he might pass out here.

Then, this exhausted cry seemed to have an effect.

The closed door of the South Study Room suddenly opened, and the Emperor Guo Peng in ordinary clothes slowly appeared in front of everyone.

In winter, the sun goes down early, and it is already sunset time.

Holding a toy jade ax in his hand, the emperor slowly walked out of the shadows, his face gradually revealed in the light of the setting sun as he walked forward.

Stern, without a trace of warmth on the face.

"His Majesty!"

Su Yuan hurried over to show that he was Guo Peng's most loyal servant.

Guo Peng took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and scanned his cronies, including Guo Jin, who were kneeling on the ground, panting and sweating profusely.

Their eyes were suddenly filled with hope.

At least, the emperor finally came out to meet people, instead of sitting in the south study and ordering them to be killed.

"That's right, that's right, I've persisted until now, from morning to afternoon, from afternoon to dusk... don't eat a sip of food, don't drink a sip of water, don't you think you are amazing?"

However, Guo Peng's yin and yang statement made their hearts feel cold in an instant.

Guo Peng is a great onmyoji.

When it comes to yin and yang, he thinks he won't lose to anyone.

So these seven young people naturally felt chills in their hearts, they only felt the cold air rushing from the top of the sky to their heels, and their whole bodies were completely chilled.

"What are you doing? Huh? The emperor has made a decision, and you want the emperor to take back his order? Then why don't you come to be the emperor yourself? You have to be the emperor yourself, so that you can keep your word, right?

Prince, are you impatient to be emperor?Do you think I am causing you trouble by sitting in this position?Okay, come on, now the emperor will let you do it, and I will abdicate. "

Another sentence was uttered, which directly frightened everyone present, including Su Yuan.

This group of people almost forgot to breathe at this moment, and their hearts were so frightened that they almost stopped beating.

With a strange smile on his face, Guo Peng reached out and handed the jade ax in his hand to Guo Jin.

A playful expression on his face.

Lu Yi was the most frightened.

Guo Peng likes jade axes. He wears the Jade Seal of Chuanguo on his waist every day, and holds a jade ax as a symbol of imperial power. Now he handed the jade ax to Guo Jin, which could not be more obvious.

He suddenly widened his eyes, and the faint doubts and little thoughts in his heart disappeared without a trace in an instant.

He immediately forgot about his exhaustion, crawled up to Guo Peng with hands and feet, kowtowed and hit the ground.

"Your Majesty! It's not like this! It's not like this! Your Highness the Crown Prince absolutely has no such idea! No! Your Highness the Crown Prince just thinks that General Cao's crimes are not worthy of death! That's all!"

Lu Yu was also terrified. Seeing Lu Yi doing this, he crawled up to Guo Peng with all hands and feet, and blocked Guo Jin with his body.

"Your Majesty! I would like to guarantee my life and wealth! Your Highness the Crown Prince has no such intentions! Absolutely no such intentions! Your Majesty! Your Majesty the Crown Prince is filial to his father, loyal to the king, and has no second thoughts, Your Majesty!"

Lu Yu kowtowed hard on the ground and made a muffled sound. It seemed that he really used a lot of strength.

Cao Zhen and the others were also frightened and did not react for a while.

When they reacted, they also collectively crawled up to Guo Peng and kowtowed in front of Guo Peng, shouting in their mouths to ask the emperor to trust the prince, please don't misunderstand the emperor and so on.

One or two were crying and shouting, begging the emperor not to misunderstand the crown prince with changed voices. Cao Zhen was probably the one who was most afraid of the one, and directly uttered the dolphin sound, which was quite ear-piercing.

At this time, their physical fatigue has been completely forgotten.

At the moment when the adrenaline was soaring, they crawled very fast, and they crawled in front of Guo Peng in one swipe, hit their foreheads on the ground, and defended Guo Jin loudly.

That's called a quick move.

Looking at Guo Jin again, he was trembling all over, his face was pale, and he couldn't say a word, obviously he was also very frightened.

Guo Peng was silent for a while, then spoke slowly.

"So I made a mistake. You don't want to be the emperor, nor do you want the prince to be the emperor. Then why do you do this? It seems that you are very courageous and loyal. You are advancing and retreating together, and your blood is surging, right? Think I'll appreciate you, don't you?"

After saying this, Guo Peng took a deep breath.

"presumptuous!!!"

A roar made everyone tremble in fright.

The jade ax in his hand was smashed to pieces by Guo Peng on the ground, which was very miserable.

Su Yuan and a group of servants fell to the ground directly, almost peeing out of fright.

The group of young people in front of them was not much better.

Although they were all kneeling and didn't say a word, Guo Peng couldn't see their expressions.

But it is conceivable how far the fear in their hearts has reached.

"By relying on your good background, relying on your father's merits, you were born to be a master, so you are so courageous, right? You think you can do anything, right? You guys dare to talk about things that the officials dare not violate. Four! Do you think you will never die?

I think I put you next to the prince to promise you a high position in the future, so everyone is confident, right?Relying on a bit of blood and courage, you came to show off in front of me, didn't you?You think you are brave, don't you?I think you..."

Guo Peng scolded them severely while losing his temper, together with Guo Jin, scolding from sunset to nightfall.

The surrounding servants silently lit the oil lamps, illuminating the surrounding area so brightly that they could see everything clearly.

Then it was convenient for the emperor to continue scolding.

Although they scolded fiercely, the group of young people who were scolded felt an inexplicable sense of relief.

chapter 1327

Everyone knows that the emperor scolded fiercely, which is a good thing.

How could the emperor scold a dying man?

The emperor will not kill them, will not let them die badly, their lives can be preserved.

At this time, the group of boys who were almost numb after being scolded had even forgotten why they were kneeling here.

Because it was too scary.