Killer Pretty Queen

Chapter 96

Xiao Li didn't want to bring up her personal grievances again, but for a while she couldn't think of how to reply to the emperor's question.After thinking about it, she suddenly thought of her father.

Calculating carefully, General Xiao Chaogui is already over half a hundred years old, and he is suffering from injuries all over his body. It is already time to let go of the mundane affairs and return to Beijing to enjoy his life in peace.But now, although he has obtained the emperor's permission to recuperate his injuries in Beijing, no one can guarantee that there will be long-term peace and stability in the pass there from now on.And the general holds an important position, and one day he will return to the border town.

Forget it, now that things have come to an end, she might as well take this opportunity to ask for a good night for her father, which can be regarded as an end to her mother and herself.

Thinking of this, Xiao Li couldn't help standing up and bowing to the emperor, and said softly: "Your Majesty, there is indeed something in my heart that I would like to ask the emperor to allow, but this matter is not my own matter. .”

Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help being even more curious, so he chuckled at her and asked, "Oh? Then what exactly is Xiao Aiqing's request?"

Seeing the emperor's questioning, Xiao Li couldn't help turning her head to look at the general sitting beside her.Then he smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is indeed an unfeeling request in my heart, but it is about the father of my daughter, the general Xiao Chaogui. My daughter hopes that the emperor can sympathize with my daughter. With filial piety, I allow my father, General Xiao Chaogui, to retire and return to Beijing to spend his old age in peace."

It is conceivable that when Xiao Li's words were uttered, it would cause such a strong reaction at the scene.After all, in this Zhile Palace today, the guests who can come to welcome the army to clean up the dust are all dignified figures in the court.Among them, each and every one of them controls all aspects of the Ling Kingdom.However, only the great general Xiao Chaogui, in his hands, actually controlled Ling Guo's millions of troops!

However, at this time, Xiao Li, as his daughter, spoke so easily and asked for him to return home.If this matter is finally confirmed, it will undoubtedly bring violent repercussions to the court.It's a pity that Xiao Li just had a whim, and it was her own wish, so naturally she didn't think too much about this important matter.

Naturally, when the general heard her words suddenly, he couldn't help being startled, and quickly called her: "A Li, you are..." However, at this moment, Xiao Li still didn't understand what was going on in front of her. .She smiled at the general, and said softly: "Please be safe, Daddy, please listen to my daughter carefully."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Li clasped her fists at the emperor again and said: "Your Majesty, there is a way for women to obey three virtues and four virtues, and what they pay attention to is to obey their father at home. And today, the reason why a courtier's daughter would do such a cumbersome thing, to come forward to make decisions for her father, It's also because I can't bear to see my father fight on the battlefield again with his old body."

As soon as the words fell to the ground, there was already a person in the seat with a coquettish smile and said: "What a loving and filial little general! A Li, it seems that I did not misunderstand you that day. You are really worthy of it." It is the daughter of the big family who was trained by sister Shuyi of the Ai family, and she has such rare courage."

No matter what, Xiao Li never thought that before the emperor spoke her words, the empress would preempt her.

At this moment, the empress put down the wine glass in her hand, smiled and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, it's rare for the little general to be so filial. I see, you might as well just let her go."

But it was this word that suddenly woke Xiao Li up.

Since the last time she entered the palace, Xiao Li had already understood in her heart that she might have been disliked by the empress in her heart.But today, she was so anxious to speak up for Xiao Li - the so-called being courteous for nothing is either adultery or robbery.Therefore, there must be unspeakable reasons for this.

After thinking this way, Xiao Li secretly kept a small eye in her heart, and when everyone was not paying attention, she quickly glanced across the audience.It's just that this time, she finally discovered that the atmosphere in Zhile Palace had become extremely strange at some point.

I saw that half of the people present were looking at her with frowned eyebrows and sneering; some even looked at her with deep frowns.

When her gaze met Huangfu Haotian's gaze inadvertently, she couldn't help being shocked by the cold expression in his eyes, and her heart shuddered suddenly.

It seems that this time, she must have committed some unforgivable mistake.Otherwise, it is impossible for everyone's expressions to change so much.Especially the empress, looking at her, she has long been looking forward to such a day with the general.

Is it because——

Suddenly, Xiao Li couldn't help shivering secretly.It's really unimaginable, what happened to her this time?How could he make such a low-level mistake?

Although as far as Xiao Li is concerned, she really doesn't know much about the real situation of Da Ling Kingdom in front of her.But since ancient times, how has the Emperor's House been able to avoid the turmoil of fighting openly and secretly?

Although Xiao Li doesn't know much about the current situation in Ling country, anyone with a discerning eye can tell the difference between the crown prince and Prince Wu at a glance.At this time, she proposed that the general give up everything and return to his hometown when he was old, which would undoubtedly intensify the dispute.Just like the empress in front of her, isn't she already ready to give her son a head start?

After all, in the hands of the Great General, he holds the military power of one million in the Daling Kingdom!

For a moment, Xiao Li couldn't help feeling regretful.But right now, what should be done to save this situation?

Just when Xiao Li was full of anxiety, she didn't expect that the great general Xiao Chaogui would suddenly get up from the banquet, go straight to the emperor's side and knelt down: "My majesty, please don't listen to my little girl's nonsense, my humble minister Although I am suffering from a serious illness now, I believe that one day, my illness will be cured. Besides, the future will be long, since I have been loved by the emperor for many years, I will devote myself to the emperor and die."

"Father..." Looking at the general kneeling in front of the emperor at this time, Xiao Li couldn't help but feel regretful.Alas, if I knew it earlier, if she could think about it more, I'm afraid she wouldn't have caused such trouble.

Although this time, she did it out of a sincere heart.After all, after going through this war, she once again felt how happy it was that the whole family could be together.She really sincerely hoped that her father could let go of everything from now on and spend his old age peacefully with the family.

But she didn't want her way of caring about the small and losing the big, but it turned into such an ending in the end. It was only a little bit close to causing a big mistake that could not be undone.

At the moment when she was full of remorse, she saw the general, but suddenly turned his head to look at her, but at this time his gaze no longer lacked the usual kindness, on the contrary, it was full of a kind of fierceness. look.

"A Li, I miss you for my father when you were young and ignorant, and you are filial from the heart, so I don't care about this matter with you anymore. It's just A Li, do you know that I have been used to horseback riding for my father's life as a soldier? What's more, my father swore ten years ago that unless I lost my life in this life, how could my father abandon those sons and daughters in the border town and hide in this capital alone? Do you want to be happy?"

Sure enough, he is worthy of being a great general, and his righteous words cannot be refuted by anyone.

Indeed, an old general like him who has spent his whole life in the army, faced the situation at this time, naturally had a firm demeanor—as a general, the most senior general in the Ling Kingdom, he would rather die in battle than May I only covet these few days of ease in my lifetime.

This is not only the bearing of a general, but also a kind of nature of a soldier!It's also something that Xiao Li, as a professional killer, can't match, and even more so, she can't surpass!

Now that the matter has come to this, what else can Xiao Li say?At this moment, she could only keep silent.

But at this time, the emperor, after seeing this situation, remained silent for a long time, until, like Xiao Li, after seeing the general suddenly expressing such firm determination, on a wise face, he couldn't help but once again Full of appreciative smiles.

"What a great general! Xiaoqing's family! All these years, I have never believed in you wrongly! Loyalty to the king and the country, until death! All these years, I have seen everything you have inherited." Said At this point, the emperor actually stood up from between the seats, then walked to the side of the general, stretched out his hand, and personally helped the general up: "Old Aiqing, please get up quickly!"

"My lord, thank you for your grace!" After the general got up from the ground, the emperor returned to his seat with the support of the chief eunuch.

After he was seated, the emperor smiled and said to Xiao Li: "Xiao Li, Xiao Aiqing, have you seen it too? It's not that I don't want to give up your filial piety. It's also because the general and I In between, it was Jiao Buli Meng, Meng Buli Jiao." Speaking of this, the look in the emperor's eyes seemed to have suddenly returned to a long time ago.

I just heard him say leisurely: "I think back then, when I ascended the throne, the general had followed me and exhausted my efforts to stabilize the world. I think back then, when I fought against the mirror army, the general even lost You have three sons, that is, your three elder brothers, Xiao Aiqing. But these years, he has never complained. Even the last time you were going to go out in command, he finally agreed. It can be seen that the general His heart towards me is extraordinary."

When he said this, a solemn look suddenly appeared on the emperor's face.He suddenly sighed, and then said: "Actually, don't say that he is a general, even in my heart, why isn't he like a general? If you say that the general is unwilling to let down my painstaking efforts for him, but In my heart, why can't I be inseparable from the general? As long as the general can sit at the border for me for a day, then I can feel at ease in this capital for a day."

"This..." For a while, Xiao Li couldn't help but ponder.

But the emperor suddenly said: "So, Xiaoli Xiaoaiqing, please forgive me for not granting your request!"

Until now, Xiao Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.Fortunately, in the heart of the emperor, he most understands the stakes in this, so at this moment, Xiao Li can't say anything more.

After pondering over and over again, Xiao Li got up from the banquet again, first saluted the emperor, and then said solemnly: "Reporting to the emperor, I am really admirable and deeply ashamed that my daughter can learn about my father's life ambitions today. It seems that the minister should not deliberately stop my father's loyalty and patriotism because of her own selfishness. The minister is here to withdraw the previous request. I hereby assure the emperor that as long as I am useful to the country in the future Where you get a courtier's daughter, the courtier's daughter should be like a father, and she will do her best for the emperor until she dies!"

"En!" Seeing that Xiao Li had changed her attitude at this time and made a clear statement, the emperor couldn't help but feel relieved: "Well, well, Xiao Aiqing really deserves to be the queen of the general family. Today I can get Xiao Aiqing's words , I feel very relieved!"

Hearing the emperor's words, the general couldn't help turning his head around, nodding and smiling at Xiao Li: "That's right, only in this way can I be worthy of being the daughter of someone Xiao."

After finishing speaking, he punched the emperor with a tiger fist: "Please rest assured, my Xiao family, no matter male or female, can receive such a great favor from the emperor in this life. I will definitely not let down the holy grace just because of this."

The emperor also nodded and smiled when he heard the words: "Well, I can trust the general's words."

But at this time, when Xiao Li's eyes swept across the hall again, he couldn't help but sneer secretly.

I saw that in this hall, the faces of all the people unconsciously changed into another look.Those who had frowned and sneered at her could not help becoming a little downcast at this time; and those who were quite nervous at first could not help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

But the empress who was sitting next to the emperor suddenly picked up the cup of wine on the case, took a sip slowly, and once again broke into a luxurious smile on her face.However, no matter how bright the smile on her face was at this moment, it was hard to hide the sense of loss in her eyes.

Only Mingcheng Wang Huangfu Haotian, who was sitting behind Lord Wu, just closed his eyes at this time, and his calm face showed no emotion at all, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. What.