At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

Li Shiji took the whip from Ren Hao and said, "Brother Ren, you don't have to be so serious, right? Just pretend, there's no need for me to whip you a few times."

"Even if this is just a show, it has to be done well."

Ren Hao rolled his eyes at Li Shiji, then squatted down and urged, "Hurry up and stop nagging."

"You said it yourself, so don't blame me for being too harsh." Li Shiji said harsh words, but his actual movements were very light. He just symbolically whipped Ren Hao a few times, but he didn't dare to really hurt him.

What if the blow was too heavy and injured Ren Hao, delaying the subsequent reforms? If the emperor blamed him, he would not be able to bear the consequences.

Ren Hao felt the soft force and turned his head to roll his eyes. Li Shiji said sarcastically, "Didn't you eat? Try harder."

This doesn't mean that there will be blood marks on the back, but at least it should turn red.

"Okay." Li Shiji nodded and used a little more force in his hands.

But after these few whippings, Ren Hao was still very dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, get out of my way. Give the whip to your guard Liang and let him whip me." Ren Hao pointed at Liang Hao, who was watching the show and eating melon seeds next to him.

"What?"

"Let me whip you?"

Liang Hao was stunned for a moment, and confirmed again and again: "Master Sikong, are you sure you want me to come?"

"Yes, it's you."

"You've always been displeased with me, right? Now's your chance for revenge, but don't be too gentle." Ren Hao nodded.

"hehe."

"Lord Sikong, since you asked me to do this, don't blame me for being too harsh later." Liang Hao smiled and couldn't help spitting into his hands and rubbing his hands.

He had been unhappy with Ren Hao for a long time, but he had never had the chance to beat him up.

But now, he actually took the initiative to ask me to beat him, so don't blame him for being cruel.

"Don't worry, I won't blame you." After saying that, Ren Hao took a deep breath and held it, preparing to withstand the next few whips.

Liang Hao took the whip from Li Shiji's hand. Li Shiji glared at him and warned him, "Liang Hao, don't use too much force. If you dare to hurt Lord Sikong, I won't forgive you."

"Don't worry, young master. I know my limits." Liang Hao chuckled and said he knew his limits, but the actual strength in his hands was so great that he was almost using all his strength.

Snapped! ! !

This fierce whip not only left a deep bloody mark on Ren Hao's back, but also made Ren Hao roll his eyes in pain.

"Lord Sikong, can you still bear it?" Liang Hao asked happily.

“Continue… continue!!!” Ren Hao waved his hand and held his breath again.

Liang Hao nodded, and then he whipped Ren Hao a few more times with all his strength, leaving blood marks all over his back, which was shocking to see.

"Okay, okay, that's enough." Li Shiji hurriedly stopped Liang Hao.

He was afraid that Liang Hao would whip Ren Hao a few more times and might send him away directly.

"Brother Ren, are you... okay?" Li Shiji quickly helped Ren Hao up.

"You... look at me, do I look like I'm fine now?" Ren Hao said breathlessly, sweating profusely.

He now regretted letting Liang Hao beat him. This guy was simply seeking revenge in public, and this time he really beat him to death.

Fortunately, Li Shiji stopped Liang Hao just now, otherwise he would really have turned hostile.

Ren Hao took two breaths, put the bundle of brambles on his back and went to the palace to pray.

However, the emperor was so angry that he refused to see Ren Hao and told him to get out.

But Ren Hao not only did not leave, he also knelt on the steps outside the pavilion for a long time.

The old eunuch could not bear it, so he bowed and went into the pavilion to report: "Your Majesty, Lord Sikong has been kneeling outside for more than an hour."

"If he likes to kneel, let him kneel all the time."

"Why are you worrying about him?" Wen Yan put down the book in his hand and glared at the old eunuch.

The old eunuch was so frightened that he dared not say a word and quickly bowed and left the room.

……

After three hours, Wen Yan finally couldn't bear it and summoned Ren Hao in.

"Your Majesty the Emperor."

Ren Hao crawled into the hall carrying a bramble on his back, not daring to raise his head.

"What crime have you committed, Lord Ren? You are my great contributor!!!"

"I destroyed the Wei River and lifted the siege of Zhanshen Pass. I also traveled to the Western Regions and asked General Xu Qing to form an alliance with the Western Regions on my behalf. I annihilated hundreds of thousands of Wudun Chanyu's cavalry under the snowy mountains to eliminate the future troubles in the west of Qin."

"Any single achievement among them is enough to earn you a title of prime minister or a title of nobility."

"You say you are a criminal, but I don't know what crime you have committed." Wen Yan looked coldly at Ren Hao who was kneeling down and didn't dare to look up.

If it weren't for her status, she would have wanted to go down and slap this scumbag twice.

"I shouldn't have disregarded the overall situation of reform, disobeyed His Majesty's will, and personally went to the Wei River to die."

"We shouldn't let Princess Wen Yan be in danger." Ren Hao quietly enumerated the crimes he had committed. As for marrying Princess Rouyue, he didn't dare to mention it at all.

But the less he said, the angrier Wen Yan became.

"What else?" Wen Yan asked coldly.

She was not angry about Ren Hao's disobedience or the danger he put her in, but what was wrong with her?

He would rather marry a Hu woman than marry me.

"besides……"

"I really don't know what crime I have committed." Ren Hao pretended to be confused.

"Haha, do you really not know, or are you pretending not to know?" Wen Yan smiled coldly and slammed the imperial desk hard.

This scared Ren Hao so much that his head shrank and he confessed immediately.

His biggest mistake was deceiving the emperor.

"You still know that your biggest mistake is the crime of deceiving the king."

"When I granted you marriage, you used the fact that you already had two wives to shirk the responsibility. Now you have married a Hu woman. How will the ministers and officials view me? And how will they view the princess?"

"Is a dignified princess of ancient Han Dynasty worse than a Hu woman!!!" Wen Yan was so angry that she slammed the imperial desk and threw all the scrolls on the desk onto Ren Hao.

Ren Hao shrank his head and dared not say a word, letting the emperor vent his anger by throwing letters and brushes at him.

Seeing that Ren Hao couldn't even fart for a long time, Wen Yan was even more angry.

She grabbed the jade inkstone beside her, but in the end she couldn't bear to throw it away. She put it down and said, "You are really going to piss me off to death!!!"

Ren Hao still kept his head down and dared not speak. The emperor was very angry.

No matter what he said now, it would only make the emperor angry.

It would be better to wait until the emperor calms down a little before explaining.