Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 577 Can't treat the emperor as a friend

   It is a happy thing that the abolished prince died of illness on the road. Everyone in the capital will applaud, but this is not a good thing after all.

After many years, the emperor didn't want to use Li Xin anymore. As long as he mentioned this matter lightly, and put a charge of murdering the prince on his head, no matter what position Li Chang'an held and his weight, he would probably not be able to carry this charge. of.

   The most important thing is that this incident is not a frame-up, but something that Li Xin has actually done.

   Therefore, Li Xin was somewhat angry.

  I was already willing to take the blame for you, but you insisted on me, and I was a little unhappy.

  Many people have this arrogant temperament, Li Xin also has it.

   So he was alone in the study and slowly closed his eyes.

This is a habit of the Lord of Jing'an when encountering things. He likes to be alone, and then closes his eyes and puts the cause and effect of an event, as well as the people involved, the relationship, the context, and the possible forward and backward trends in his mind. In the first stroke it again.

  In this way, when dealing with things in the future, it will be much smoother.

   Soon, it was afternoon.

   When Li Xin was still thinking about things in the study, a knock on the door disrupted his thoughts. Li Xin opened his eyes and heard Zhao Jia's voice from outside the door.

   "Master Hou, the Pingnan Army has retreated!"

  Li Xin stood up, pushed open the door, looked up at the sky, and said with a smile, "It's still bright at the moment, why did they leave so early today?"

   "I left half an hour ago."

Zhao Jia was quite happy and said with a smile: "Too many people died in the first two days. Starting this morning, the Pingnan Army had no fighting spirit. After noon, some Pingnan Army began to shy away from fighting. General Zhu Guo had no choice, and Ming Jin withdrew his troops early."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Count the days, they shouldn't be able to move, but don't let their guard down, they are very likely to show weakness, and they will fight back again tomorrow, and they will withdraw to Jincheng in two days. Let's talk."

   Soldiers are tricky. As a general, the most basic thing is to take all possibilities into consideration. Li Xin is a cautious person, so he will naturally think of this possibility.

   Zhao Jia said with a smile: "Without the order of the Hou Ye, the little master and the others will not leave the city."

   "Master Hou, what should I do next?"

   Li Xin was silent for a while, and then forced a smile: "Wait a moment, we will move on after the Southern Army has withdrawn to Jincheng."

   Having said that, the Marquis of Jing An stood up, pulled Zhao Jia's sleeve, pulled him to a chair and sat down with a serious expression.

   "Brother You'an, I have something I need your staff to consult."

   Li Xin has always been smiling, and he is rarely serious. Seeing Li Xin's appearance, Zhao Jia, who was originally smiling, also became serious and said, "Master Hou said so."

  Li Xin didn't speak, just handed the letter from the Emperor Taikang to Zhao Jia from the desk.

   "Brother You'an, take a look."

   Zhao Jia stretched out his hand to take it, opened the letter and asked, "Whose letter deserves such solemnity from Lord Hou?"

  Li Xin's face was calm.

   "Your Majesty's letter."

   Zhao Jia's hands trembled and he almost threw the letter on the ground.

   He got up quickly and was about to kneel on the ground.

   "Master Hou, how do your subordinates view the letter to you from His Majesty..."

  The emperor rarely wrote letters to people.

   As long as it is a letter from the emperor, it can generally be regarded as a secret decree, or even an official document of the imperial court.

   But the letter written by Emperor Taikang to Li Xin is just an ordinary letter, exactly the same as an ordinary friend's letter, with nothing official.

  The Marquis of Jing An was very calm, and he pulled Zhao Jia up.

   "There are no outsiders here, I'll let you see, you just have to see."

   Zhao Jia then got up and slowly opened the letter. After reading it with trepidation, he finally focused on the place where the signature was signed.

  There is nothing there, no signature, no stamping, no jade seal or private stamp.

   Zhao Jia looked up at Li Xin with doubts in his eyes.

   Li Xin laughed at himself: "Don't read it, there is no sign of this kind of letter."

   Zhao Jia whispered: "Without a seal, how can Lord Hou judge..."

   "It was sent by the people in the palace."

  Li Xin lowered his eyebrows.

   "And I recognize His Majesty's handwriting, which was written by him."

   "Besides, besides Your Majesty, who else has the qualifications to write this character?"

   Zhao Jia was silent for a while, then whispered: "Your Majesty means, let the Marquis..."

"good."

  Li Xin nodded and said, "Your Majesty wants me to kill His Royal Highness King Qin."

   "Brother You An, what should I do?"

Zhao Jia gave a wry smile and said, "It stands to reason that if Your Majesty has such a hint, it would not hurt if the Hou Ye let go of it, but His Royal Highness King Qin is the eldest son of the late emperor after all, if he died on the way back to Beijing, it would be The Houye controls what is not within, and the public opinion of the court and the opposition will fall on the Houye."

   Having said this, Zhao Jia hesitated for a while, and continued: "Also, if His Majesty uses this matter to take advantage of the Marquis..."

   Having said that, he pointed to the letter in his hand, and said abruptly: "At that time, this letter without the signature seal could not exonerate the prince."

   Li Xin smiled dumbly.

   "I can imagine what Brother You'an said. Now I want to ask Brother You'an, what should I do?"

   "People are sure to kill."

   Zhao Jia whispered: "The question is how to kill, so that it has nothing to do with Hou Ye."

   Li Xin glanced at him.

   "Brother You An, what do you think should be killed?"

   Zhao Jia was silent for a while, and finally said, "It's best to let His Royal Highness the King of Qin commit suicide in front of the public."

   "If he doesn't want to commit suicide, he can only get him a fake suicide note and kill him."

   Speaking of this, Zhao Jia whispered: "It's just the latter that there will still be hidden dangers of exposure."

   "Let him kill himself..."

   Li Xin sat back in his seat and tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers.

   After a while, he said slowly: "Brother You An, this is a good way, then let our Highness King Qin commit suicide in front of many people."

After    figured out this joint, Li Xin was suddenly enlightened, a smile appeared on his face, he reached out and patted Zhao Jia's shoulder, hehe said with a smile: "Brother You An is much better than me in these details."

   Zhao Jia said with a bitter face: "Master Hou, how did Guankou make that King Qin commit suicide?"

   "This is my business."

   Li Xin said with a smile, "Brother You'an is the mastermind of my Jing'an Marquis mansion. The mastermind only needs to come up with an idea. As for how to do it, just leave it to me."

   said here, the Lord of Jing'an laughed.

   "Go, tonight, I'll invite Brother You'an for a drink."

   Zhao Jia first looked up at Li Xin, and then asked cautiously, "Master Hou is not happy?"

   "It's a little unpleasant."

  Li Xin admitted it generously.

   He turned his head and glanced at Li Xin, and asked the last words: "Brother You An, everyone in this world can be friends, but the emperor cannot be friends."

   "They have no friends."

   His Royal Highness King Wei in the past may be a friend of Li Xin, but now the Emperor Taikang.

   is not quite.

   (end of this chapter)