Chapter 237: The Xu family will never live in vain!
The next day, in the Golden Palace.
During the morning court session, there was one more empty seat in the first row.
"Why didn't Lord Xiang come to court today?"
"Maybe he went to Jizhou."
"So the fight is finally about to begin?"
"Who knows, but I heard yesterday that Dafeng has begun to send more troops to the border."
“.”
Taking advantage of the time when Ning Yongnian had not yet appeared, everyone couldn't help but discuss a few more words.
Li Kan listened to all this in silence, and unconsciously turned his gaze to Ning Wenyu again.
Compared to the eldest prince Ning Wenjun, the second prince seems to be inferior in both civil and military skills.
In addition, Ning Wenyu was born two years later than his brother, so most people in the court did not think that he would be able to defeat Ning Wenjun and ascend the throne in the future.
Of course, it’s too far to think about these things now.
After all, with Ning Yongnian's physical condition, it would be no problem for him to live another forty or fifty years.
By then, it’s hard to tell what the whole Daning will be like.
Even from the current situation, it is hard to say whether the emperor can die of natural causes .
Just as Li Kan was thinking, Li Huaizhong's long and loud shout suddenly rang out.
"kneel!"
“The mountain roars!”
"Long live our emperor! Long live the emperor! Long, long live the emperor!"
“.”
Deafening cheers echoed throughout the Golden Palace. Ning Yongnian sat upright on the dragon throne with a long-lost smile on his face.
Ning Yongnian used a little trick to successfully find the nail that the Xu family had planted in the court, and he felt that he had cleared the last stumbling block in suppressing the rebellion in Jizhou.
But he probably never imagined that there was more than one spy around him.
The information that was originally used as bait has also been sent to Jizhou and has become an important bargaining chip in Wei Changtian's negotiations with the Xu family.
".Madam Wei, you and I have been talking for so long, and my Wei family has been backing down again and again."
It was still the same teahouse from last night, and there were still only Wei Changtian and Wei Yanyu.
The second round of negotiations has been going on for more than half an hour, but progress has been very slow.
However, Wei Changtian was not in a hurry at all. He drank a sip of tea calmly, looked at Wei Yanyu and smiled softly:
"But Madam, you are not giving in. Isn't that a bit too much?"
"Master Wei, you can't say that."
Wei Yanyu raised the teapot and filled Wei Changtian's teapot with tea. She said softly, "I don't think my request is excessive. Why don't you give it some more thought?"
"Nothing to think about."
Wei Changtian shook his head: "There is no way the Wei family will openly rebel. At most, they can only leave a way out for the Xu family."
"Sir, the retreat you mentioned makes no difference to our Xu family whether we have it or not."
Wei Yanyu sighed lightly, with a half-real, half-fake worry on his face: "If Jizhou cannot be defended, then even if a few people from the Xu family escape, what can they do?"
"Madam, as long as there is green mountain, there is no need to worry about running out of firewood."
Wei Changtian replied without comment: "It's better to be alive than to be dead."
“.”
Sandalwood was burning on the low table in the corner of the tea room, but there was no smoke, only a tiny red glow to prove that the incense was still burning.
It's better to be alive than to be dead.
Hearing this, Wei Yanyu was suddenly stunned for a moment.
She was silent for a moment, then reached out and stroked a jade pendant around her waist, then said calmly:
"Master Wei, although my Xu family is one of the three major surnames in Daning, compared to Liu and Wei, few people in the government and the public really look up to us."
"The emperor wants to take over the power of the world, so he starts with the Xu family."
"People can't afford to buy food and rice, so they say that my Xu family is evil-hearted."
"Even those pedantic scholars who want to criticize those in power only dare to criticize my Xu family."
"Who killed my husband? Do the Xu family really want to rebel? I'm sure you know."
"We have had enough of this frustrating life."
"Now that the emperor is forcing my Xu family to rebel, let's rebel in front of him."
"Master Wei."
Wei Yanyu suddenly looked up, and his tone became resolute in an instant.
"The Xu family would rather die in Jizhou."
"I will never live in vain!"
“Pah~”
As if foreshadowing something, as Wei Yanyu finished his last sentence, a bent piece of incense ash fell into the incense burner, causing an almost imperceptible sound.
But it also sounded like the roar of a huge mountain collapsing.
Even if the Xu family is exterminated, we will make the Daning kingdom tremble three times. Faced with such a motive that was almost like a grudge, Wei Changtian couldn't help but slightly widen his eyes.
He didn't know whether Wei Yanyu's words were sincere.
But if it is, then "dong dong dong~"
Suddenly, there was a slight knock on the door.
Wei Yanyu frowned, but still raised his voice and said something.
"Come in."
"Mother."
The door was gently pushed open, Xu Chengwen leaned into the room, followed by Chu Xianping.
"This Master Chu said that he has something important to discuss with Master Wei immediately."
“.”
Wei Yanyu looked at Chu Xianping, then at Wei Changtian, and nodded slightly.
"Excuse me, madam."
Chu Xianping bowed politely, then walked to Wei Changtian and whispered in his ear: "Sir, the Tongzhou Association sent a message that there is one person missing from the morning court today."
"This person also knows the intelligence from last night."
"It's the Minister of War, Xiang Shiyuan."
“.”
Wei Changtian's mouth twitched slightly and he waved his hand calmly.
"I understand. You can go back first."
"yes."
Chu Xianping came and left in a hurry. After bowing to the two of them again, he followed Xu Chengwen out of the tea room.
Wei Yanyu didn’t know what he had said to Wei Changtian, but he was a little confused about what was so urgent.
Wei Changtian looked at the door that had closed again, knowing clearly that from this moment on, the initiative of the negotiation was in his hands.
"Madam, you just said that the Xu family would rather die than live in disgrace."
After a moment's silence, Wei Changtian finally spoke slowly, "I don't think so."
"Master Wei, what do you mean by this?"
Wei Changtian's sudden change in attitude made Wei Yanyu realize something instantly: "Please explain your words more clearly."
"Madam, you will understand after listening to me."
Wei Changtian shrugged his shoulders and said in a relaxed tone: "There was one person missing from the morning court in the capital today. He was the Minister of War, Lord Xiang Shiyuan."
"Xiang Shiyuan"
Wei Yanyu's pupils shrank uncontrollably, and she clenched her hands slightly: "I don't know why you are saying this, sir."
"Of course you don't know, ma'am."
Wei Changtian smiled and continued talking.
"But as far as I know, the reason why Lord Xiang was unable to attend the court was because the emperor found out that he was a spy for a certain family."
"As for why the emperor was able to find out about this, it was because Lord Xiang had just learned a piece of intelligence last night and couldn't wait to send it out, but he never thought it was a trap set by the emperor."
"lady."
Wei Changtian suddenly leaned forward to close the distance between him and Wei Yanyu, and said softly: "But the emperor didn't find my people, so I know this information."
"Master Wei, you..."
Wei Yanyu looked at Wei Changtian who was so close to her and subconsciously wanted to say something.
However, before she could open her mouth, Wei Changtian interrupted her directly:
"Madam, I think you should know how important this piece of information that Lord Xiang failed to deliver is."
"You can think about what you can pay for this."
“But I suggest you don’t think about it too long.”
"Because the time left for the Xu family is really short."
(End of this chapter)
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