Chapter 538 Son as Hostage
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study
Zuo Anmin was led in by Liang An. After he bowed and greeted the emperor, he stood up only after hearing the emperor say "no need for formalities".
Song Mo asked directly without any hesitation, "What do you think, Xie Zhan?"
Zuo Anmin silently delivered a letter.
After reading the letter, Song Mo felt very unhappy. At the same time, he also felt a sense of failure.
He finally made up his mind, ready to cede his interests and ally with King Jin and King Cheng, planning to first destroy Xie Zhan in the South, then destroy Lu Songli in Pingzhou, and finally deal with the Xianbei. Finally, the three brothers would have a decisive battle.
Song Mo paced back and forth in the imperial study room in frustration. He was so clever that he was almost a demon! Xie Zhan had indeed anticipated his tactics, hence his warning.
Things are accomplished through secrecy, and are ruined through disclosure.
Now Xie Zhan has guessed his plan, so if he insists on doing it, he might really lose both the wife and the army.
"Your Majesty, everything Lord Xie said in the letter is from the bottom of his heart." Zuo Anmin advised in a low voice.
Song Mo stopped and asked, "Why should I believe him?"
He trusted Xie Zhan so much in the beginning and even planned to promote him, but he ended up rebelling?
Zuo Anmin saw the anger in his eyes, and it was obvious that he was still holding a grudge against what had happened.
Zuo Anmin took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, sir, for sending your only son and child to Chang'an."
Upon hearing this, Song Mo looked at him intently.
"If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can send someone to my residence to confirm it."
Of course Song Mo wanted to confirm this, so he looked at Liang An.
Liang An bowed and went out.
Not long after, Liang An came in and nodded to Song Mo.
Song Mo understood that Xie Zhan had indeed sent his only son to Chang'an.
The head of the family really endured humiliation and sent his son to Chang'an as a hostage to gain the trust of the emperor, Zuo Anmin thought bitterly.
Liang An stood behind the emperor again. He thought to himself that Xie Zhan was a really cruel father. The child was about one year old and quite thin. He must have been fed medicine and then sent to Chang'an day and night. He was also very sleepy.
Finally, Song Mo said to Zuo Anmin, "You should leave first. I need to think about it again."
Zuo Anmin agreed. The letter had been delivered. The head of the family said that as long as the emperor read the letter and met the young master, the possibility of success would be 80% to 90%.
Song Mo instructed Liang An, "Arrange someone to escort him out of the palace, and be careful to avoid people."
“Here!”
After leaving, Liang An's attitude towards Zuo Anmin changed and became polite. Firstly, Zuo Anmin might turn things around, and secondly, Zuo Anmin's arrival made the emperor happy, so he probably wouldn't take the medicine anymore.
After the two of them left, Song Mo was the only one left in the imperial study.
Song Mo picked up Xie Zhan's letter again and read it.
The letter said: "...The Emperor was deceived by treacherous officials, which led to the rebellion of the Qin and Lu families in Pingzhou... This humble official is deeply saddened... I have always been loyal to the Great Li Dynasty, and I had no choice but to purge the imperial court... Now that the treacherous officials have been executed, I have always wanted to return to the court..."
After reading it, Song Mo sneered.
But there was one point in the letter that made him very concerned.
Xie Zhan said in the letter that he was willing to be a knife in his hand and wipe out all the rebellious people in the world for him.
At this moment, Song Mo realized that he really needed such a knife, a smart knife.
Southland, Xie Mansion
"I wonder how Lin'er is doing at his maternal grandparents' home?" Zhao Yutan asked worriedly while taking off the hairpins on her head.
Xie Zhan responded absentmindedly.
Zhao Yutan recalled a major incident that had occurred in the clan a few days earlier, requiring her, the clan leader's wife, to personally handle it. Coincidentally, her mother-in-law was recuperating at the farm and had sent her personal nanny back to say she missed her grandson and planned to bring him to stay at the farm for a few days.
The child is still young. He was said to be three years old, but in fact he was only a little over one year old. Zhao Yutan was not at ease.
But the child's grandmother missed him, and she happened to be busy, so she thought of sending the child to the farm to accompany his grandmother for a few days.
My husband was there at the time and he said he could send the child to the farm himself and also visit my mother-in-law.
Zhao Yutan didn't think much about it and handed the child to her husband.
Xie Zhan was immersed in his own thoughts.
One has to admit that the path Lu Songli took was not suitable for him or the Xie family.
Therefore, he planned a new path for his family - transplanting flowers and trees, extracting nutrients from others, and strengthening himself.
When he started the rebellion, he deliberately used the name of "clearing the court", in order to make himself look better, and at the same time to leave room for himself. Now this room is used.
In the letter to Song Mo, he expressed sincerely that it was never Emperor Song Mo that he wanted to rebel against.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether Song Mo believes it or not.
As long as Song Mo still has a bit of rationality, he will agree to his proposals and suggestions.
Song Mo needs him, and he also needs Song Mo.
They both just need a step. Now that he has given it, Song Mo will definitely take advantage of it.
Eliminating Prince Jin and Prince Cheng would also bring additional benefits to Yu Songmo. At least by eliminating the two alternative options, Prince Jin and Prince Cheng, he could prevent the diversion of talents loyal to Dali.
Xie Zhan sighed. At this moment, Song Mo was in a state of panic. If he acted like this, it would be difficult for him to have such an opportunity again in the future.
As for the situation that follows, as long as the Xianbei are not eliminated and Pingzhou is not destroyed, Xie Zhan believes that he will be safe.
At this time, Zhao Yutan had finished washing up and got on the bed.
Xie Zhan came back to his senses, he looked at his wife and slowly extended his hand towards her. After sending their son away, they needed another child, both the Xie family's direct branch and the Zhao family.
Furthermore, after having a child, when Zhao Shi knows the news, the arrival of the new child will comfort her and make her less sad.
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As Xie Zhan expected, the court took action soon.
Two waves of angels, led by Lin Ran and Xu Junfan, set out from Chang'an with the imperial edict, heading towards the southwest and the East China Sea respectively.
Donghai, Prince Jin's Mansion
Wu Ren was at the Prince Jin's Mansion in Donghai at this time.
Today, Wu Ren, in addition to being the general manager of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce, also has another identity - a traveler from Pingzhou.
The so-called messengers are responsible for the diplomacy of a country or a force. Their duties are to receive envoys from various vassal states and forces, and to go to various vassal states and forces to convey the intentions of the leaders of their forces.
His first task after receiving the appointment and becoming Pingzhou's messenger was to represent Pingzhou and go to Donghai to discuss an alliance with the King of Jin.
After reading his master's letter, Wu Ren understood that the success of this alliance was not a matter of necessity; the most important thing was to express Pingzhou's attitude. His master also pointed out the reason for his departure in the letter.
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