Chapter 56: His Words Are Heart-breaking
The Empress picked up the memorial with His Majesty's comments, and without reading the first part of the article, she only looked at the eight large characters in red. After a while, she said, "The meaning is good, the words are good, especially the last four words. The more you read, the more charming they are. It's a pity that they are included in such a clichéd memorial."

The Emperor of Great Xia looked in the direction of the Queen Mother's hand and also looked at the few words he had written.

Especially the last four words 'no taboos', the strokes are coherent, like a dragon moving in the clouds. If you take it outside, it will be a treasure.

"It's a pity indeed. It shouldn't have ended up in this crappy memorial."

After saying this, the emperor picked up the ruler and cut out the eight words "hawks and dogs patrolling, no taboos".

"What do you think about me giving these eight words to that kid from the Zhou family? Wouldn't it be a bit too precious and make him lose his sense of propriety...I think it's better for you, Queen, to decide."

The Queen Mother smiled when she heard this, "Your Majesty is worried about him and my family?"

The Queen Mother asked directly and clearly, husband and wife are one, and the only one who can guess the emperor's heart in person is the Queen Mother.

The Great Xia Emperor did not deny it and asked, "Then what do you think Queen should do?"

The Queen Mother said casually, "What's the point of us interfering in the gambling fight between a few young people? Let them make a fuss. When they are tired of making a fuss, they will stop. As for this word, His Majesty can give it to whoever he wants. No matter how valuable this word is, it is not more valuable than the four words 'Dictatorship of the Sacred Heart'."

The Great Xia Emperor laughed heartily, "You, Queen, still understand my mind!"

As he said this, he did not read the calligraphy directly, but held it beside his hand, wanting to think about it again.

Putting the crappy memorial aside, Emperor Daxia took the next one with a smile on his face.

When he saw the "Plea Letter", he felt inexplicably irritated, so he took another look at it.

Then the smile on His Majesty the Great Xia's face completely disappeared. He forced himself to calm down and look again, then raised his head, his eyes so sharp that no one dared to look him in the eye.

"Where are Mei Qingchen and the others?"

"Your Majesty, I am kneeling in front of the Meridian Gate."

The eunuch who accompanied him in studying replied cautiously that everyone in the palace had known about this matter for a long time, but no one dared to bring bad luck upon themselves. They just wanted Mei Qingchen to kneel for a while, and then leave when he felt thirsty or hungry.

The Great Xia Emperor smiled again, but this time it was a sneer.

The bright sunshine outside the palace was suddenly blocked by dark clouds.

The sky and the earth darkened and a muffled thunder sounded.

In this warm spring month of March with little rain, Tianjing welcomed its first heavy rain.

Soon, rain clouds covered the entire Yujing Mountain.

The heavy rain was falling like beans, and it was very painful when it hit people. In front of the Meridian Gate, Mei Qingchen, who was wearing only a single piece of clothing and had his official uniform folded neatly and placed in front of him, raised his head to glance at the dark clouded sky, then continued to kneel in silence.

There was silence in the imperial study for a moment, and then the Queen Mother said, "This article is well written, enough to be passed down for generations."

The emperor read the article, and when he saw the words "the minister is not a minister, the father is not a father, and the son is not a son", he immediately became angry.

"He also missed the sentence 'You are not a king'!"

"He is not begging for mercy, he is hurting my heart! His words are hurting my heart! His words are hurting my heart!"

The Great Xia Emperor said the word "heart-breaking" three times in a row and then started coughing.

The Queen of Heaven sighed, stretched out her palm, with colorful Buddha light shining on it, and pressed it on the back of the Great Xia Saint, slowly helping him to sort out the depressed energy in his heart.

After calming down for a while, His Majesty the Great Xia stopped coughing, and the sudden thunderstorm outside the palace also subsided.

His Majesty the Great Xia took a sip of tea and looked at the memorial again when he saw the comments of the three officials at the end.

I request that Zhou Tieyi, the general flag of the God-killing Division, be rewarded to honor his merits.

Feeling unhappy, he picked up his pen like a knife and wrote out the eight words he had just cut out: "Hawks and dogs patrol the hunt, with no taboos."

In an instant, these eight precious words lost their charm and turned into a piece of waste paper.

The Queen continued to talk about the memorial, "Your Majesty, how do you approve this memorial?"

"Keep it here and don't send it out!"

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At the Zhushensi barracks, when Zhou Tieyi got up in the morning, he was not in a hurry to mess with the small flags under his command.

After all, three of them were beaten so harshly yesterday. It is reasonable that they should be given a break before being dealt with slowly.

After noon, he slowly asked Ah Da to blow the horn.

In fact, people from four of the families had been waiting outside the God-Slaying Division early in the morning. After Zhou Tieyi blew the horn, they were carried into the center of the parade ground one by one.

Zhou Tieyi smiled and looked away from Shen Tu Yuan and the other two. When he saw Mei Juncang being carried in, he was quite surprised. I haven't fought yet?

"Who beat this?"

The servants of the Mei Mansion who carried Mei Juncang in came forward politely and saluted, then reported, "To reply to the general flag, the master beat him yesterday, and asked us to carry him here today, and bring you a message."

Zhou Tieyi frowned and looked up at the sky. Suddenly, a large dark cloud covered Yujing Mountain. Thunder sounded, and it started to rain in Xuanwu Lake Zhushen Division.

However, no one in the military camp took shelter from the rain and just stood in the rain.

"The master has ordered that he is not good at educating his son. Zhou Zongqi is smart, brave and resourceful. He can see what others cannot see and can do what others cannot. If he is used in the right way, he will be a capable official in governing the country. Just teach him. He will accept it whether he lives or dies."

When Zhou Tieyi was praised this time, he did not feel proud at all. Instead, he felt that it was more troublesome than when Xiu'er praised him.

He looked again at Mei Juncang, who had really broken his leg and was lying silently on the stretcher.

This Confucian is so cruel!
Just when Zhou Tieyi was thinking about how to deal with Mei Juncang, he saw his elder brother hurriedly reporting the military camp garrison and running towards him.

It was the first time that he noticed panic on his brother's face. After Zhou Tiege knew that Monk Shenxiu had imprinted Buddha nature on him, he looked calm and even had the mind to admire his opponent's ability.

"what happened?"

Zhou Tiege was also being drenched in the rain, but there was always a ball of blood in his hand, protecting a piece of paper.

Seeing his younger brother, Zhou Tiege didn't know where to start for a moment, so he handed the paper in his hand to him and said, "Take a look first."

Zhou Tieyi picked up the paper and read ten lines at a glance. When he finished reading the entire copied article, the ink on the paper had been completely soaked by the rain.

Zhou Tieyi couldn't control his anger for a moment. His face flushed red and he waved the hand holding the paper violently, "Where did this article come from!"

Zhou Tiege glanced at Mei Juncang, who was lying on the stretcher in the middle of the training ground without saying a word. He really wanted to pick up a knife and chop everyone in the Mei family!

But killing people is useless now.

So he sorted out his thoughts and started from the morning meeting. When he mentioned that this was the "Petition for Apology" written by Mei Qingchen, and that Mei Qingchen was still kneeling outside the Noon Gate.

Zhou Tieyi suddenly slapped himself hard, with a slapping sound that could be heard clearly in the rain.

Damn it, Zhou Tieyi, who the hell has the brain and courage to mess with Confucian people.

A feudal doctrine that can rule a civilization for three thousand years will always produce some monsters!
And why is my luck so bad? I just want to be a small general in peace and stability, but how come I encountered two monsters just after leaving the novice village of Zhou Mansion!

(End of this chapter)