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Chapter 389 Social Death (3000 words)
Emperor Zhaode seemed to have a mouthful of old blood and years of accumulated grievances in his mouth. His eyes were bright and he looked at Xianjin like he was breathing fire.

Xian Jin lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes moved slightly, and his expression was unclear.

silence.

After a moment of silence, Xianjin glanced sideways, raised his head, blinked with clear eyes, and spoke in a clear voice: "Uncle, is there a place to take a bath here?" Xianjin scratched his head: "I have been riding in the carriage for the past two days. I haven't washed my hair or face. My head is smelly."

Emperor Zhaode:?

At this time, calling him uncle is quite convenient.

Emperor Zhaode fell into a strange silence. The grievances and distortions that had just surfaced seemed to be despised and mocked by the girl in front of him. The emotions accumulated over decades were destroyed in an instant.

".You, are you mocking me?"

Emperor Zhaode clenched his fists, and when he raised his eyes again, his gaze was dark and gloomy.

The double black shadows behind him floated forward.

It was like the cold light of a cold weapon flashing in the shadows.

Xianjin was silent for a moment, then he dragged out the chair in front of the eight-immortals table. The creaking sound of the dragging was as unpleasant as an old light box.

Xianjin sat down casually, raised his head, deliberately showing his slender neck and throbbing aorta, and said in a contemptuous and provocative manner: "If I say yes, will you kill me?"

Slight pause.

Xianjin laughed to himself: "Do you dare to kill me?"

Emphasizing his tone: "To be precise, do you dare to kill me now?"

Emperor Zhaode lowered his eyelids, and under the shadow of the candlestick, the light in his eyes was hidden deep inside. He was staring motionlessly at the young girl in front of him who had the same blood as him.

Xianjin leaned back and wanted to cross his legs, but he remembered that if Qiao Hui crossed his legs, his body would bend sideways, which would cause back problems when he got older, so he gave up the idea. He could only slightly separate his legs, clasp his hands into fists, and cross them on the table.

"Uncle, let's not beat around the bush. I am now a turtle in your trap and a bait on your hook. I can't escape death. You used the Lu family and plotted against Empress Lu to imprison me all the way here. The old nun in the carriage must be Empress Lu of the abdicated emperor, right? That young girl from the Feng family should also have the surname Lu, right? At the beginning, the eldest princess killed Lieutenant General Lu who forced the emperor to abdicate and deposed Empress Lu, but left the rest of the Lu family. Lieutenant General Lu's wife asked for a divorce before he was beheaded, right? Is Feng Yuanyuan a posthumous child? Or is she the youngest daughter of the Lu family who followed her mother to remarry?"

Emperor Zhaode's eyes darkened and he was not prepared to answer Xianjin.

Fortunately, Xianjin did not expect his answer, but continued to talk on his own: "You abducted me here, and you obviously hate me like bones, but you still have to save my life. What do you want to use my life to force the Grand Princess to do?"

Xianjin looked at the vast seascape a hundred miles away through the window: "Are you planning to use me as a hostage and launch a counterattack against the capital?"

"Or should I use my life to force the Grand Princess to surrender and allow you to return to the capital from the temporary palace?"

"Or are you trying to earn a future for your offspring?"

That day, Princess Bai'an came to visit secretly in disguise to tell Xianjin about this matter: "Feng Yuanyuan's background is not clean. Her mother is the original wife of Lieutenant General Lu. I have opened a loophole now, letting all the evil spirits surface. I didn't want to involve you, but she came to me. I will pay more attention to her. You should also be careful and stay away. Don't get involved in this mess."

Princess Bai'an came to protect her and to warn her.

Xianjin was silent for a long time, and suddenly he understood a lot of things: the sudden audience from all sides, the large-scale withdrawal of troops from the capital, and Qiao Hui's frequent visits to the northeast of the capital in the past few months - where is the northeast of the capital? Isn't it the Chengde Palace? Isn't it where Emperor Zhaode is?
Princess Bai'an said, "If a criminal is under strict supervision, he will not make any mistakes. But when you put the knife handle in his hand, the chances of him making mistakes will be much greater. When I was young, I followed my mother's teachings that 'a gentleman should do what he should do and not do what he should not do'. I was cautious and fair. I did not agree with the harsh punishment of 'guilt by association'. I let some people go and took some things lightly. Now, after twenty years of ups and downs in the bloody sea, a saying has spread on the grasslands that 'if you want to kill wolves, you must kill the entire wolf tribe, even the young wolves that have not yet opened their eyes, otherwise you will most likely die in the wolf's mouth.'"

"At first, I pitied Empress Lu for her rough life, and the loyalty of the Lu family, so I only suppressed them, but did not eradicate them. Now, under the instigation of Xu Fengxian, the Lu family of Wanguo Temple is ready to make a move and try to strike back."

Princess Bai'an shook her head and said, "If they want to fight a rock with an egg, then come on, there is no need to leave them alive. I, Bai'an, will bear the eternal sin of killing my blood relatives."

Xianjin looked at the face of Princess Bai'an and said inexplicably, "Then, let me join the game."

Why are you hiding!

Fishing without bait?

The profit is not enough to cover the cost?
Is it possible to get something for nothing? !

Is there any business that is sure to make a profit? !
Business people all have strong gambling nature. Xianjin's gambling nature is inherited from her father in her previous life. If there is an 80% profit, she dares to bet all her chips.

"I have a special identity and am tied to the Qiao family. You all love me, but others hate me. I am the best bait."

Xian Jin's eyes sparkled, "If we have fought off the outside forces, we must have peace inside. As long as Zhaode does not retreat, the forces he has planted for more than ten years will not be stable, and you will have a hard time everywhere. I heard from the teacher that the newly revised Great Wei Law has never been implemented, and your new tax on clan tenants has always been just talk. The revision of the imperial examination, the river dams and dikes, and the cleaning of the canal are all pending. You cannot kill your relatives without a legitimate reason, and I can take on that title!"

Xianjin's eyes were gleaming, and a strand of hair fell from his temple. Princess Bai'an leaned forward with a compassionate look and pulled the strand of hair up, with mixed feelings, not knowing what to think.

Very nice.

Although the two-year-old babbling child did not grow up in the fertile farmland she expected, he grew up to be tall and straight without her knowing.

Princess Bai'an still wanted to refuse.

Xianjin said without question: "Just hand over the knife handle and wait for him to make a mistake. How long will it take? Wait until Japan and Tatar catch their breath? Wait until Neo-Confucianism is revived? Wait until the power of the clan grows day by day? If the chronic disease is not cured, how can there be a new life!"

Princess Bai'an stood up after a long pause, and said with all her might, "Since you are brave, let's give it a try and see what Xu Fengxian is really up to! - To avoid alerting the enemy, I will withdraw all the imperial guards and mute guards from you. You must find a way to pass the message on your own. Xu Fengxian is a cautious person, and he will not touch your life-saving talisman until the last moment. You must also trust your aunt, I can't delay this matter until the last moment."

The conversation returned to what it had been before.

Xianjin hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Does King Xiao need to know?"

Princess Bai'an shook her head gently: "No need -" She paused, as if looking for the right words: "His personality is not suitable for these fights."

Xianjin came back to his senses from his memories, with the words he had just said still lingering between his lips.

Xianjin stared at Emperor Zhaode motionlessly, trying to figure out his intentions from his expression.

Emperor Zhaode's expression remained calm. After a while, he raised his hand and hooked his fingers.

The shadows behind him came forward, one of them held Xianjin down, while the other one groped back and forth on Xianjin's body.

Xianjin pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.

Shadow finally took out the ruby ​​and sapphire dagger from Xianjin's sleeve and respectfully presented it to Emperor Zhaode with both hands.

Emperor Zhaode lowered his eyes slightly, glanced at the flying crane on the scabbard, raised the corner of his lips, and threw the dagger back in front of Shadow: "Send this dagger to Prince Xiao's Mansion."

Jin squinted his eyes.

Emperor Zhaode said again: "Write a letter to my dear brother: within three days, if he wants to see the white silk hanging in Prince Xiao's mansion, I will release Xianjin on the spot; if he does not see the white silk on time, on the fourth day, he must see the head of his only daughter."

Xianjin looked up suddenly.

Emperor Zhaode was in a good mood and added: "If he was a man, he would not tell his sisters about this, right?" Emperor Zhaode's smile faded and he snorted coldly: "If he told his elder sister about this, Xianjin's head would still be waiting for his cries."

Xianjin clenched his hands tightly, and his well-trimmed nails were almost digging into the flesh of his palms.

Emperor Zhaode looked at Xianjin with a happy expression: "When my elder sister helped me ascend to the throne, she made me swear that I would never touch my useless brother in my lifetime, otherwise the throne would be unstable and someone would eventually replace me - I honestly ascended the throne and kept my promise."

"Now that I'm no longer the emperor, I can always kill him, right?"

Emperor Zhaode laughed loudly, and stopped laughing after a long while: "Once the white silk is hung in Prince Xiao's Mansion and the coffin is taken out, who will still care about me? By then."

Emperor Zhaode glanced at Xianjin and said, "By that time, I will have already run far away - this is what my eldest sister taught me! As long as there is green, there will be no shortage of firewood! The cause of restoring the country can also be done from the outside to the inside! By that time, who will be left in the Xu family? My useless brother is dead, you little girl is dead, the remaining collateral branches are almost out of five generations, and my eldest sister is really too old to have children, right?! By that time, our family will be prosperous and in the prime of life. Won't I still be the one to sit on the throne of the Xu family?"

Xianjin's expression slowly darkened.

This was completely different from what she had expected at first.

totally different.

Xianjin pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "You think too highly of King Xiao. Thirteen years ago, he fed my mother medicine to keep himself alive; now, how could he be willing to die for me?"

Emperor Zhaode raised his eyebrows.

Xianjin continued, "Besides, hanging white silk is just a funeral ceremony, it doesn't have to be a real death."

Emperor Zhaode smiled: "His body may not die, but once he is hung with white silk and out of the coffin, who will recognize his identity? His bloodline? His surname?"

Emperor Zhaode looked relieved: "If he doesn't die, he will die."

By the end of writing, I will feel less energetic than before (I am not a long-distance runner), but I am still working hard to write. I will definitely not let the story end badly, and I will definitely keep updating and fill in all the gaps!