Treating the Concubine, Eliminating the Wife: Reborn, I Refuse to Marry the Scumbag and Marry the Prince

Chapter 203 Destruction and Then Reconstruction

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant.

Jiang An had only half stood up when he was half squatting and two knives were crossed on his neck.

He dared not move and raised his hands, "My Lord, what does this mean?"

"What do you mean?" Xuanping Hou stood up and walked in front of him, "I ask you, in the palace, did you deliberately let them kill the King of Qi?"

"What are you talking about, my Lord?" Jiang An said anxiously, "It was Shen Yu. The King of Qi was held hostage by Shen Yu after entering the palace. I threatened the women in the harem and the grandson of the emperor, but Shen Yu refused to budge and did not give any chance to negotiate conditions."

Xuanping Hou narrowed his eyes, "What about my son Pei Chunli?"

Whether the knife was on his neck or not, Jiang An did not dare to tell the truth, "I have told the Lord that it was Xie Tingzhou! He couldn't leave the city so he shot the young Lord. When I arrived, it was too late."

As soon as the voice fell, Xuanping Hou hit Jiang An in the face with a sheath of the knife, making Jiang An see stars.

Jiang An shook his head and said with tears in his eyes: "I stand with the Marquis, how can the Marquis not trust me?"

"My son Anan is good friends with Shen Yu. He stole my token just to let Shen Yu go. My son is the kindest. He didn't even have time to send her away, so how could he close the door and not let her go?"

"I..." Jiang An was speechless, "I told the Marquis that it was too late when I arrived. This is also my guess."

The Marquis of Xuanping stood up, staggered to the door of the tent, raised his hand with his back to everyone, "Kill!"

Jiang An: "Marquis——"

His body was still stiff, and his head had fallen to the ground.

A soldier came forward, "My Lord, we have controlled all the remaining imperial guards. They all said that it was not Jiang An who did it, but the arrow was indeed shot from the crowd, and no one noticed who did it."

"It doesn't matter anymore." Xuanping Hou waved his hand, "Then kill them all."

"Yes."

Xuanping Hou stumbled into the tent, stroking the coffin in the tent with tears in his eyes.

"Son, there is no one to serve you down there, Dad will send Jiang An and the imperial guards down to serve you like cows and horses, and you will be the local emperor down there."

"You like Shen Yu, right? Do you want her to play with you? When Dad catches Shen Yu, he will send her down to be buried with you."

"Don't feel lonely. If you feel lonely, come to Dad's dream and Dad will chat with you."

Xuanping Hou cried and hugged the coffin, shouting, "Anan, my son, it was Dad's fault, it was Dad's fault!"

"Dad was wrong..."

The square in front of Xuanhui Hall had been cleaned, and the piles of corpses had been disposed of.

The bodies of the rebel imperial guards were transported outside the city and burned in piles. The families of the imperial guards who defended Xuanhui Palace could come to claim the bodies and pensions. If no one claimed them, they would be properly buried.

The ground of the square was washed with water over and over again, but blood still remained in the cracks.

The smell of wormwood in the air covered the smell of blood. The palace maids were burning atractylodes and wormwood leaves to prevent epidemics.

Li Jifeng sat down next to Li Zhaonian. The two sat side by side in front of the palace, watching the palace maids and eunuchs coming and going in the square.

"This man-eating cage turns everyone into monsters." Li Zhaonian said tiredly.

Li Jifeng smiled gently, "Aren't you still here to keep your original aspirations in mind?"

Li Zhaonian sighed, "How many people want to squeeze into this mass grave, and they are unwilling to leave even if they are eaten to the point of being left with only bones."

"But there are also people who desperately want to leave." Li Jifeng said, "We brothers didn't get along before. I thought you were too rigid, and you thought I was ignorant. No one looked down on each other. I didn't expect that we would be sitting here in the end."

Li Zhaonian looked blank and asked, "How many years have you practiced martial arts?"

"Twelve years." Li Jifeng leaned back on the ground and said casually, "When my mother died, she told me to learn to protect myself. She said that smart people in this imperial city are easy to die, but what can I do? I am extremely smart."

"Twelve years, it's not easy." Li Zhaonian said in a low voice.

After a long silence, Li Zhaonian suddenly spoke: "You have been hiding your edge for so many years, not just for self-protection. No one has seen through you, you are the one who hides the deepest."

"Yes, of course? Xie Tingzhou and Shen Yu." Li Jifeng said.

Li Zhaonian said: "They are different. Natural strong men are not ordinary people."

Li Jifeng smiled and said: "Do you see it clearly now?"

Li Zhaonian was very tired, "If you want the throne, take it. I can write a decree of abdication to keep my wife and children safe."

"What do I want this throne for?" Li Jifeng said: "This country is crumbling, whoever wants to sit in that shabby position can sit, anyway, I won't sit."

"Then what do you want?" Li Zhaonian asked with a frown.

Li Jifeng stood up, lowered his eyes and looked at him, saying: "Li Zhaonian, you have to admit that you can't save the world, and neither can I, but there must be someone in this world who stands up to hold up this piece of land."

Li Zhaonian was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Li Jifeng.

Li Jifeng looked into the distance, his eyes surging with light, "He Xie Tingzhou restrained his edge and pretended to be a prodigal son in order to achieve his own loyalty to the emperor, but what did he get? Who would believe that he would not rebel? He would die if he handed over the military power, and he would also die if he didn't. But his retreat is a problem for all people, and there must be someone or an opportunity to push him forward."

Li Zhaonian looked at the square, "You mean..."

"That's right." Li Jifeng had guessed what he wanted to say, "Father is worried that he will rebel, but I hope he will rebel. I wanted to kill Shen Yu in this turmoil."

"You!" Li Zhaonian stood up immediately.

Li Jifeng glanced at him, "Kill Shen Yu and Xie Tingzhou will rebel. Fourth brother, the reason why we can live in harmony now is because we have the same purpose. We don't want to sit in this position, but we all hope for peace in the world. "

"But if Xie Tingzhou turns around, the world will be in chaos." Li Zhaonian looked solemn, "The result is that the people will not live in peace."

"Isn't it true that the people are in dire straits now? More and more people are starving to death every year." Li Jifeng said contemptuously: "You don't understand the principle of building up after breaking down, right?"

"Which change of dynasties since ancient times was not a river of blood? Wasn't it a river of blood when the Zhou Dynasty overthrew the tyrannical previous dynasty? Wasn't it also called a rebellious official and a traitor? But the Zhou Dynasty brought peace to the people for nearly two hundred years. "Li Jifeng said excitedly.

"But the giant trees will decay. In the past hundred years, one generation has been worse than the other. At this time, another giant tree is needed to hold up the mountains and rivers. The people have waited for a hundred years for this opportunity to thank Tingzhou." Li Jifeng said word by word:

"He can't retreat! He, Xie Tingzhou, must do the job for this traitor and traitor!"

Li Zhaonian took a step back hastily. He originally thought that his idea was outrageous enough, but at this moment he had to admit that Li Jifeng's idea was even worse.

But Li Jifeng was right.

Only by breaking down and then standing up can there be new life.

"If you hand the throne to him, will he sit on it? He won't." Li Jifeng said with a smile: "But he has no way out now. He has no choice but to rebel."

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