Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 766 You lied to me for five years!

  The emperor hadn't slept all night, but Li Xin slept beautifully last night and was full of energy.

   After entering the side hall, Li Xin knelt down slowly, bowed his head and said, "My minister, Li Xin, meet your majesty."

  The emperor was thinking about something with his head down. After hearing this, he looked up at Li Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, and was speechless.

   I watched it for a long time.

   The scene fell into a dead silence.

   Seeing that the emperor had not spoken, Xiao Zheng walked to the vicinity of the emperor, coughed slightly, and the emperor woke up from the trance, his voice was a little hoarse.

   "Shouldn't Chang'an be in charge of the Zhenbei Army at Jimen Pass? Why did he come back to the capital?"

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Go back to your majesty, the minister has not left his wife and children for several years, and he really misses it, and since there is nothing to do in the northern border, so he took a leave of absence and returned to the capital to celebrate the New Year. This gate is closed."

  The emperor looked at Li Xin, and after a while of silence, he said, "You want to go back to Beijing, why didn't you tell the court beforehand?"

The Marquis of Jing'an lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty's forgiveness, the minister on a whim, let Ye Mao temporarily lead the Zhenbei Army, and set off to come back by himself, thinking that he would come back on horseback, which is about the same speed as delivering the letter, so he didn't send it to the capital. letter."

   said, he said solemnly: "I am deeply favored by the emperor, and I was named the Great General of Zhenbei. I should sit in the north and should not leave my post without permission. Please forgive me."

   Emperor Taikang sat up from the dragon chair and walked a few steps. As he walked, he looked at Li Xin and Li Changan kneeling on the ground in front of him. He felt both familiar and unfamiliar.

   "What do you want to say about Southwest China?"

  The emperor thought about it for a long time, and found that he couldn't find anything wrong with Li Xin, so he went straight to the point.

  Li Xin raised his head and glanced at the Son of Heaven, and said in amazement, "Your Majesty, what's going on in the southwest?"

   Emperor Taikang patted the table angrily.

   "To this day, you are still playing stupid with me!"

   "Can't you think I'm a fool?"

   Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty forgive me, I really don't know what happened to the southwest, please let Your Majesty express it."

  The emperor was expressionless.

   "Your brother, Mu Ying, led a rebellion."

   "Is there such a thing?"

  The Marquis of Jing'an was shocked and lost his voice: "According to Chen's understanding of Mu Ying, he is not the type to rebel, is there any misunderstanding..."

  The emperor said coldly: "Mu Ying blatantly killed the court officials, why don't you still favor him?"

  Li Xin shook his head again and again and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty misunderstood, this minister is just discussing the matter. Your Majesty's words are naturally not wrong. I didn't expect Mu Ying, who violated the grace of the imperial court, to do such a devious thing."

Having said this, he sighed: "No wonder the minister returned to Beijing yesterday and found that his house was surrounded by the imperial guards. It turned out to be because of this matter. When Mu Ying was in the capital, he did have an old relationship with the minister. Since he rebelled, then The minister can't get rid of the relationship."

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, I have never communicated with the rebels in the southwest at all. If Your Majesty does not believe me, please bring 50,000 imperial troops to the south, and I can issue a military order. At most four months, I will be able to break through. The thief's Hanzhou city, bring this fellow to the capital to be punished!"

  50,000 Imperial Army?

   Emperor Taikang's eyelids jumped, and his heart was full of anger.

   The 50,000 Hanzhou army has already given me a headache, and I will give you another 50,000 imperial troops to take you to the southwest. Can I still sit on this dragon chair?

He was about to have a seizure when Li Xin, who was under the steps, seemed to remember something, and lowered his head and said, "If your majesty can't trust the minister, the minister has nothing to say, the minister resigns as the general of Zhenbei. "

  The Son of Heaven was silent.

   In the face of Li Xin's rhetoric, he could not find anything to refute. After all, the court basically had no evidence of Li Xin going to the southwest.

   Even the matter of Li Xin's remote control of the Hanzhou army was conjectured by the emperor. After knowing that Li Xin killed Li Xing, the emperor was able to confirm it.

   That is to say, they do not have any proof that Li Xin has a direct connection with the Southwest Hanzhou Army.

   Faced with this set of rhetoric from the Marquis of Jing'an, the emperor's face was ugly, he waved his hand, and said solemnly: "Retreat!"

   As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zheng immediately took all the palace staff in the side hall and slowly retreated, leaving only the two of them in this side hall. Before leaving, Xiao Zheng closed the palace door.

  Because he knew very well, whether it was the emperor or Li Xin, not a word of what the two of them said could be passed on.

   "There is no flaw in this rhetoric."

  The Emperor walked over to Li Xin with his hands behind his back, squatted down, and asked indifferently, "Have you been thinking about it for a long time?"

   "You are a thoughtful person. Maybe I will ask you something at this time, and you have simulated it in your mind."

  Li Xin's face was calm, and he said, "I can't understand what Your Majesty said."

   "Mu Ying's crime of rebellion is unforgivable. The court has no opinion on what to do with him. The minister did have friendship with him back then, so even if he is implicated, as long as it is not a capital crime, the minister is willing."

   Having said this, Li Xin looked up at the Emperor and asked, "Excuse me, Your Majesty, is there anything wrong with this minister?"

   "You're still pretending to be stupid!"

   After taking a few deep breaths, the emperor finally broke out.

   "Don't think that I don't know. In the past five years, you have raised a lot of people to inquire about the news for you. Even if you didn't participate in the affairs of Hanzhou, you should have known about it. Now you are still pretending to be here!"

  The emperor grabbed Li Xin's first-class court clothes and gritted his teeth: "Besides, Mu Ying of Hanzhou is yours, and the so-called Hanzhou army under his command was also formed by you, Li Changan, right or not?"

   In the face of the emperor who was almost runaway, the Marquis of Jing'an looked calm. He took a deep breath and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, if you want to add a crime, there is no excuse."

   "If you want to kill me, just do it. The minister is here and won't resist."

Seeing that the Son of Heaven did not speak, Li Xin continued: "Since the minister returned from Taikang's three-year expedition to the west, he has been in the capital without leaving an inch. Your Majesty said that the minister has remote control of Muying, not to mention whether he has it or not, please ask your majesty, minister. What can I give to Mu Ying to be able to control him for five years?"

   "If you are a county magistrate in any place for five years, you will become a local emperor, and some will not even recognize the documents of the imperial court."

   "In this world, who has been in charge of the army for five years and still recognizes people thousands of miles away?"

  The emperor looked at Li Xin coldly, until after Li Xin finished speaking, he sneered: "You have sharp teeth and sharp mouth, I can't tell you, but you and I know what you are doing behind your back!"

   "I never thought of embarrassing you, but this time you made me too sad."

  The Emperor squatted beside Li Xin, almost talking in Li Xin's ear.

   "Five years ago, just like coaxing a child, you made up the story of Chunyang Zhenren and told it to me, and then told it to the world."

   "It's ridiculous that I actually believed it."

   Emperor Taikang was already very angry. He clenched his fist tightly and wanted to give Li Xin a blow, but when he was about to do it, he felt some fear in his heart and withdrew his hand.

   "Now, the real person of Chunyang has finally appeared in this world again."

  The emperor threw the pottery shard that Xiao Zheng brought back from the southwest from the table in front of Li Xin.

   "Is this your pure Yang real person?"

   "Five years!"

  The emperor grabbed Li Xin by the front and gritted his teeth: "You lied to me for five years!"

   "Now, you are using it against my Dajin army!"

   "Li Changan, Li Changan."

   Taikang's face is distorted.

   "How much did you hide from me?"

   (end of this chapter)