The general's wife through time

Chapter 292 The Truth ()

The time of a stick of incense passes quickly.

Si Wei returned to the hall again with the same calm expression. However, Wu Heng beside him looked at Emperor Jing Kang nervously and obediently explained that he had executed the person first and reported to the emperor later.

"Your Majesty, I have driven away five hundred imperial guards and three hundred palace maids. I have also sent the two ladies from your harem out of the palace. Of course, the empress was asked to intervene in matters concerning the harem."

"Huh?" The memorial slipped from the hands of Emperor Jing Kang, and everyone was shocked and made an expression, "Wu Heng"

Hearing the noisy sound, Xiaobai frowned and scratched his head nervously with his little paws.

Seeing her reaction, Emperor Jing Kang realized that his voice was too loud, and he immediately stood up, walked angrily to Wu Heng, grabbed his collar, suppressed his anger, and growled: "You are so bold!"

The five hundred imperial guards were driven away without asking the reason, because that was a matter within the jurisdiction of Wu Heng.

The concubines can be sent away, and the empress can make the decision. There are so many women in the harem anyway, and he has only slept in the bedrooms of many of them, let alone remembering even fewer. Now that the internal troubles have been eliminated and the external threats will soon be quelled, there is no need for him to sacrifice his looks to win over court officials. There is no point in keeping the women, and he still has to spend money to keep them. With that money, wouldn’t it be better for him to raise a few more Qin family soldiers to defend his country?
But, he dismissed three hundred palace servants without even saying hello to him...

Since the eunuch with the problem was sent back, another batch of palace servants were dealt with for Li Meng's case, another batch for Mo Ran's case, and another batch for King Kang's case. There are less than 500 palace servants left in the palace. This time, 300 were sent away without asking him. I'm afraid there will be no one to sweep the floor in this huge palace in the future. Is it possible that the queen will have to take the concubines to water the flowers in the imperial garden every day, sweep the palace and wash clothes every day? ! It's not that he feels sorry for the concubines, but those women can't do any work at all. They can burn down the palace just by cooking. If they are allowed to do it, his queen and his children will probably suffer a great crime.

"Your Majesty, please calm down and listen to my explanation." Si Wei spoke slowly and calmly.

Emperor Jing Kang glanced at him leisurely, then let go of Wu Heng, "Speak!"

Wu Heng looked at Mu Xian, "He..."

"Let's listen together!" said Emperor Jing Kang.

Si Wei: "Your Majesty, please be merciful. Moving back and forth would indeed be very painful for the seriously injured Mu Xian."

Before Wu Heng could complain about Si Wei's flattery, Si Wei continued, "Your Majesty, you know everything about King Kang. If the enemy wants to achieve their goal, they need to find a blood relative..."

Si Wei's words were cryptic, but of course he also knew that Emperor Jing Kang had another most important purpose in keeping Mu Xian, which was to test Mu Xian and see how much Mu Xian knew.

When Emperor Jing Kang heard the name of King Kang, he subconsciously glanced at Mu Xian, "So, the people you drove away are all similar to King Kang, and they all have strange diseases?"

Wu Heng: "That's right. As we didn't know when those patients would get sick again, we didn't just send them out of the palace. Instead, we sent them to farms in the suburbs and asked them to help farm."

"Hmm." Emperor Jing Kang nodded thoughtfully.

He felt a little regretful. He shouldn't have burned King Kang to ashes. He should have locked him up for observation. Although King Kang's body stopped responding after Li Meng's spirit was driven away, in Qin Mingqi's words, he was a vegetable. But as long as he still had breath and was alive, maybe someday he would be normal again, as obedient and lovable as he was when he was a child, and he would even boast that he would help the prince conquer the four directions... But he might be possessed again, and then he would cause chaos in the world without knowing it... Mu Xian suddenly sneered and interrupted Emperor Jing Kang's thoughts, "You don't have to play dumb, I understand. The people of the Dark Night Alliance first train dead soldiers, and then manipulate them to possess people with blood relations, and then interfere in the court. So, the people you dealt with tonight were all controlled by others, but now, for some reason, their original spirits have returned, but they don't know that they were possessed. They don't know what happened during the possession, they just think they have lost their memory or are sick and have lost their memories for a period of time."

Emperor Jing Kang asked in a deep voice, "Are you from the Dark Night Alliance?"

Mu Xian: "I don't know if it is true or not, but that is not important. I told you the truth, and I hope you can spare my life."

"What's so important? If you don't tell the truth and try to bargain, be careful or I'll chop you down with my sword!"

Wu Heng is not a patient person, or in other words, his patience is limited and only enough to be shared with a few people. Unfortunately, those people do not include Mu Xian.

Emperor Jing Kang ordered: "Little Li, go guard outside the door and close it tightly."

After the palace door was closed, Si Wei said patiently, "Mu Xian, you can tell me in detail now. The spies in the palace have been cleared out, and there will be no one here to leak secrets."

Emperor Jing Kang nodded in understanding. He knew that Si Wei did not interrogate Mu Xian directly at the beginning because he was worried about spies. It turned out that he valued someone so much that he was cautious enough.

Mu Xian shook his head. "The Dark Night Alliance tried to control people who were not blood relatives, but failed, so they turned to controlling birds and beasts, and unexpectedly succeeded. No one can guarantee that any flying creature, running creature, or swimming creature has not been possessed by the Dark Night Alliance."

"Fuck! This is so fucking weird!" Wu Heng exclaimed.

Emperor Jing Kang glanced at Wu Heng coldly, and he immediately shut up.

Suddenly remembering the strange interaction between Duan Jingchu and the owl in Jingzhao Prefecture, Si Wei narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Tonight, the birds and beasts that were possessed have also returned. As for how long they can remain normal, I cannot guarantee it, but at least it is safe now."

Si Wei was a famous young man of talent. Scholars value integrity and military commanders value integrity. Si Wei possessed both qualities. Mu Xian did not doubt his words, so he nodded and looked at Emperor Jing Kang with pleading eyes, and asked, "Can I have a private chat with Your Majesty for a few words?"

Wu Heng quickly drew the sword from his waist and put it on Mu Xian's neck. "You still want to harm His Majesty? You wish!"

Si Wei raised his hand and gently moved Wu Heng's sword away. "Sir Wu, perhaps he had his own reasons. Otherwise, he would not have crippled his own hand because he did not want to hurt His Majesty and could not withdraw his attack in time. He would not have used his entire arm to block the explosives that were heading towards His Majesty."

"How do you know?" After what happened just now, Wu Heng had to admire Si Wei's insight. This could be seen from the fact that he allowed Si Wei to touch his sword and did not kill anyone with one sword. He retracted his sword and asked suspiciously.

Emperor Jing Kang pointed to the crime scene and said calmly, "The bloodstains on the dragon case, the rags behind the dragon case, the dagger on the ground...they told Si Wei."

Wu Heng was stunned. So His Majesty also knew? So His Majesty has been acting these past few hours? So His Majesty and Si Wei are both very secretive and full of tricks, so in comparison, he is the only one who is still stubborn despite his age...