Chapter 519: Father and Son Fall Out
Murong Li saluted the emperor and asked, "Father, why did you call me here so urgently? What's the urgent matter?"
The emperor waved his hand, pointed at the stool and said, "No hurry, sit down for a while."
Murong Li nodded and sat on the stool. Eunuch Nine immediately came over to pour tea. He placed the tea in front of Murong Li and winked at him.
Murong Li thought of what Ninth Eunuch had said before and glanced at the tea in the cup.
Now that he was a monk, he could use the technique of observation to check, and he saw wisps of black gas coming out of the tea, indicating that the tea was poisonous.
I just don't know what kind of poison it is.
Murong Li's heart sank. What did the emperor mean by this?
He didn't even touch the teacup, but waved to the Ninth Eunuch. The Ninth Eunuch sighed and immediately left the imperial study and closed the door.
Murong Li asked the emperor, who had a gloomy face, in a deep voice: "Father, what do you want to do?"
Murong Li was not afraid of falling out with the emperor at all. Although he did not control the Xifeng Kingdom, the entire palace was under his control. As long as he wanted, it would not be impossible for him to sit on that position immediately.
When the emperor saw Murong Li's cold face, he felt panic in his heart, but then he remembered that he was still the emperor and the man in front of him was his son. How could a father be afraid of his son, and how could a son question his father?
He simply stopped pretending and stared at Murong Li and asked, "Fourth Brother, tell Lian, were you responsible for the theft from the national treasury a few years ago?"
Murong Li's heart sank. This old man was still brooding over this matter. He said coldly, "Is this the reason why your Majesty is turning against you, your son?"
“Bang!”
The emperor slammed the table, glared at Murong Li, and said angrily, "I only want to ask if you did it?"
Murong Li sneered: "So what if it is, so what if it is not. Even if it was done by me, given your current situation, can you still kill me?"
The emperor was so angry at Murong Li's words that he almost vomited blood. He pointed at Murong Li and said in disbelief: "Rebellious son, I can't believe it was really you. What kind of son did I raise? He is here to harm me."
The emperor was so angry that his head was buzzing. He had thought that this son was a good person, but he didn't expect that he was the one who hid the most and harmed him the most.
"puff!"
The emperor became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and was about to fall to the ground.
Murong Li grabbed him and lifted him up to lie on the couch. He took out a medicine bottle from his arms, quickly poured out a pill and stuffed it into the emperor's mouth, then gently touched his neck.
"Gurgle!"
The emperor swallowed the pill, and Murong Li poured him a glass of water.
As soon as the pill entered his stomach, the medicinal effect dissipated quickly. The emperor's heart, which seemed to be shattered by life, slowly relaxed and was no longer so painful. The emperor then slowly opened his eyes and looked at Murong Li with a complicated look.
Murong Li glanced at him and said unhappily, "I really don't know why you're so concerned about those treasures that you can't take with you even if you die. If I hadn't taken them away, who knows how many people would have died in Northwest County, and it would probably have affected other counties as well. The little you have in the treasury isn't enough to fill it."
The emperor was about to be angry to death again. What did it mean that you couldn't bring things with you when you were born and couldn't take them with you when you died? Without those things, the Kingdom of Xifeng would no longer be a country.
I really want to have someone drag this prodigal son out and chop him up.
"So much gold, silver, and valuables, you gave them all away?"
However, when the emperor heard Murong Li say that he had used the money in Northwest County, his heart ached. There were so many gold, silver and treasures accumulated by the Murong family for generations, and this prodigal son actually gave them to the victims.
Murong Li rolled his eyes at him: "Otherwise, do you think that when the floods hit Jiangnan later, I would have given mud to the victims to eat, or carried straw for them to wear?"
The emperor choked and remembered that he had just donated 200,000 taels of silver when the Jiangnan flood occurred. Such a small amount of silver could not be used to do anything in Jiangnan.
Thinking of this, the emperor's pain was not so severe, but he was still angry and said: "No matter what, you shouldn't steal from the national treasury."
Murong Li said shamelessly, "It's all taken. What else does Father want to do? Do you want to revoke the order? Or do you want to throw me into the prison and execute me in the autumn?
Besides, I recently added a million taels of gold to the national treasury and brought back ten thousand war horses. Could all your garbage be worth that much?"
emperor……
All his treasures were garbage in the eyes of this son. What about his concubines in the harem, the former crown prince, and the ministers?
This unfilial son said it so easily. Let's see if another million taels of gold can be used to buy those treasures.
The emperor snorted coldly: "If I had another son, I would not pass the throne to you. I am afraid you can't keep it."
Murong Li said disdainfully: "Your Majesty, I think your son likes your throne very much. Think about it yourself. You have been on the throne for so many years. You have been living with your head tied to your waistband every day. You have been on guard all the time, but in the end, you lost your life in the hands of your own son.
I don't like living like this. If I had the time, wouldn't it be nice to take Yue'er to travel around the world?
I simply do not want the Murong family's kingdom to fall into the hands of others. If one of my father's concubines gives birth to a son who becomes a successful one, I will pass the throne to him and I will take Yue'er with me to live a carefree life."
The emperor pursed his lips and listened to Murong Li's words. At this moment, he truly realized that his son really did not like his throne.
Finally, he sighed, "It's come to this. There's no point pursuing this matter any further. Since you've said this, I will firmly protect Murong Li's kingdom."
Murong Li said lightly: "No one can take away what I want to protect from me, except what I don't want."
Looking at Murong Li who was so confident, the emperor was a little dazed. He had the aura of a superior and the wisdom to rule the country.
The throne was handed over to the fourth brother. He had a premonition that if he did as the fourth brother said, he would be able to keep the throne and no one else could take it away.
Oh, forget it. The emperor’s anger subsided a lot and he didn’t want to bother with his son anymore. It was useless to bother with him. What he said could make him angry to death.
He waved his hand and said, "Get out of here!"
"Yes, I will leave now."
Murong Li gave him another glass of water, then quickly left the imperial study and went out of the palace.
As soon as I arrived at the palace gate, I saw anxious Nanny Chen pacing back and forth there.
"Madame Chen, why are you here? Is something wrong?"
Murong Li quickly stepped forward and asked.
When Nanny Chen saw Murong Li, tears rolled down her cheeks. She held him back and said anxiously, "Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine is ill. Please go and see her."
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