Chapter 31: The Rebirth of Zhao (1)
A beauty of her generation.
He passed away in the arms of his beloved.
She no longer has any regrets. Even if there are any, it is that she was unable to receive the true love from her beloved, nor was she able to respond to the love given to her by someone who loves her.
Zhao Ziheng hugged Lin Wei, who had stopped breathing, in his arms in grief, unable to express the guilt he felt towards her at this moment; Zhao Zixi knelt in front of Lin Wei, looking dazed and with a dull look in his eyes.
After a long time, the rain that had been falling over the royal city and the royal palace gradually subsided. The rain washed away all the blood left by the civil strife, and the entire royal city and the royal palace were filled with a thin mist brought by the rain...
Zhao Zixi, who was kneeling on the ground and repenting, suddenly stood up. Zhao Ziyin immediately realized that Zhao Ziheng had already lost his will to fight while holding Lin Wei. In order to prevent Zhao Zixi from attacking Zhao Ziheng again, Zhao Ziyin quickly rushed to Zhao Ziheng's side. Unexpectedly, Zhao Zixi turned his back to Zhao Ziheng, bent down to pick up the sword where his sword was...
"Do you think you can make Wei'er happy by doing that?"
Zhao Ziheng was clearly concentrating on Lin Wei in his arms, but he knew everything about Zhao Zixi's actions and intentions?
"If you don't do this, you won't be able to do it, right?"
Zhao Zixi still turned his back to Zhao Ziheng and expressed his understanding of him. After hearing what Zhao Zixi said, Zhao Ziheng fell silent. He originally thought he could do it, but facing the arrival of this moment, coupled with Lin Wei's death, he became even more confused and lost his direction. At least he knew that Lin Wei did not want him to execute Zhao Zixi...
"I have done many wrong things that make her hate me. I don't care if it's one more. But you are different from me. You have always been expected and supported by her. If it were you, you would never do anything that goes against her wishes. In this case, you should continue to do so. Maybe I really did something wrong. I will never have a chance to redeem all my sins in this life. Now that she has left, even if I can continue to live, I have no reason to live. If I can follow her to that world, I will be very satisfied. However, as a sinner, it should be impossible for me to go to the same world as her, right?"
Facing Zhao Zixi's heavy and desolate words, Zhao Ziheng had no way to stop Zhao Zixi who had decided to commit suicide, no matter how unwilling he was in his heart...
"I have caused you a lot of trouble so far, right? I am really hopeless. Even though you gave me chances again and again, I never took them once. It was not until now that I lost them that I finally realized that it is all too late—"
Because Zhao Ziyuin had some understanding of Zhao Zixi's past, he felt deep respect for Zhao Zixi's awakening at this moment. He never knew and understood that people always learn to cherish and regret after losing something, and in the end, they will face an irreversible ending, just like Zhao Zixi at this moment. Although he has done many things that go against the will of heaven, it was only to gain recognition, and in the end he lost the only person he loved.
"Royal brother——"
Zhao Zixi turned around and faced Zhao Ziheng, who looked him in the eye...
"I now finally understand the gap between you and me, so please remember, no matter what others say in the future, I will admit that only you are qualified to be the emperor of the Great Zhou—"
At this moment, Zhao Zixi acknowledged Zhao Ziheng from the bottom of his heart for the first time.
"Since I was little, my brother always walked in front of me and never even looked back at me. In order to catch up with you and to get your approval, I worked harder than anyone else, but in the end I lost my way. Wei'er is the first person other than my brother to enter my world, so I longed to get her. At the beginning, I just thought that if I could get her, maybe my brother would look at me -"
Zhao Ziheng and Zhao Ziyin both understood the bitterness in Zhao Zixi's words. "I launched a coup, thinking I could get the emperor's approval , but the result is still the same. I still can't win against the emperor—"
At this point, Zhao Zixi put the sword to his neck...
"I was the one who killed Wei'er, so I want to go to that world to apologize to her. Although my brother found her first in this world, in that world, even if we are not in the same place, I will try my best to find her before my brother. Compared to being recognized by my brother, nothing is more important to me now than losing her. I wanted to get her just to use her, but now I finally know that I have nothing left. I hope that only she can stay by my side. The war is over—"
As Zhao Zixi finished his last words, he swung the sword in his hand and then fell down...
Lin Wei died, and Zhao Zixi also died.
Zhao Ziheng was at a loss as he lost his confidante, whom he felt most guilty about, and his irreplaceable brother at the same time. In a civil war, he lost not only his own people, but also two people who were irreplaceable to him in this world.
Looking up at the sky, the rain fell on his face, as if he was crying. The pain of losing Lin Wei gradually dissipated, ending the grief he had been immersed in. Zhao Ziheng hugged Lin Wei, his face was normal, and his expression was extremely indifferent: "Pass on this king's order to execute all the leaders of the rebellion without mercy. Their families will also be executed accordingly after investigation. Other people involved will be executed, exiled, demoted, etc. according to their official ranks."
"Yes, sir!"
Cold but humane, Zhao Ziheng made a plan to deal with the rebels involved in the civil unrest, and he would show no leniency or tolerance. Seeing such a chilling Zhao Ziheng for the first time, Zhao Ziyin was more loyal to Zhao Ziheng's orders than before.
The next two days.
Wang's army, to which Zhao Ziheng belonged, launched a thorough encirclement and suppression of the rebels. The leading officials were almost all executed on the spot, and the rebels' families were also punished to varying degrees according to the severity of their crimes. In some cases, even the entire family, regardless of the elderly or infants, were executed, and those who were not involved were also exiled. It can be said that the cleanup was thorough and no future troubles were left.
The wisdom and cruelty of the King of Zhao made the people of Zhao happy and fearful. The only thing to be thankful for was that Zhao Ziheng brought the people only the reliance of a reliable monarch...
In just two days, the rebel faction was almost completely wiped out.
It rained for several days in a row.
It also ended after the civil strife ended. The rain washed away all traces of the civil strife, as if nothing had ever happened...
