After I was reborn, I became Mrs. Chief Assistant

Chapter 429
Royal study.

Today the emperor rarely came out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. His disheveled hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, and he was wearing a wide plain Taoist robe, sitting in the hall.

Xie Jie and Yun Xuanhe bowed down to him, and only stood up after he said "flat body".

"This trip, the two Qings have worked hard." The emperor looked at them for a long time, and then said.

Xie Jie had already explained the ins and outs of the whole matter to him in the letter.

The emperor didn't expect that at first Xie Jie said that his people found out that a group of Hu merchants in Linyao were abnormal, and the source of this abnormality was actually his son.

Of course, I didn't expect that the second young master of the Yun family, who used to be known as a dandy throughout the capital, was actually the young general that Gu Chengrui had praised many times in his memorials recently.

After being surprised, he was angry again.

He is not old yet, and his own son can't help but want to rebel and usurp the throne. When he goes underground in the future, what face will he have to meet his ancestors?

"The reward of eating the emperor is the matter of being loyal to the emperor. These are the things that a humble minister should do, and dare not be the words of the emperor's hard work." Xie Jie cupped his hands, and his mood was calm.

Yun Xuanhe was half a beat behind him, clapping his hands behind him and saying, "Don't dare to act, dare not act."

Compared with the tact and sophistication of the ministers in the DPRK and China, or the cautiousness of the new ministers in recent years, Yun Xuanhe's performance is very much in line with the emperor's wishes - reckless and clumsy, but sincere.

A smile spread across the corners of the emperor's eyes: "Little General Yun, come forward."

Yun Xuanhe originally lowered his head, and when he heard him say this, his pupils trembled instantly. He looked at him in disbelief, and then asked for confirmation: "Are you talking to me?"

"Little General Yun, don't talk to the emperor like this." Fang Ruyi stood at the foot of the jade steps with a fly whisk in her hand, looked at Yun Xuanhe, and reminded lightly.

Yun Xuanhe clapped his hands in a hurry: "The emperor asked the humble minister to come forward?"

The emperor smiled and nodded: "I let you go forward."

Yun Xuanhe stepped forward in a daze, and because of nervousness, he even stood up with his hands and feet.

Seeing this, the emperor found it even more amused, and seeing his face like a crown of jade, his brows and eyes were handsome, he asked with a smile, "How does Border Pass compare to Kyoto?"

Yun Xuanhe quietly turned his head and glanced at Xie Jie, wanting Xie Jie to give him a hint.

Xie Jie looked at his nose and heart, but he didn't look at him.

The emperor had a panoramic view of his small movements, and said leniently: "Although it is true, I will not blame you."

Yun Xuanhe scolded Xie Jie for his lack of loyalty in his heart, and just now he racked his brains and replied politely: "The border is bitter and cold, and the capital is rich and rich, so it cannot be compared."

After finishing speaking, he hastily added: "However, there are good points at the border."

"Oh?"

"There...the people there are very nice." Yun Xuanhe said with a bitter face.After he finished speaking, he regretted it, so he might as well not say it.

The emperor smiled even more: "The little general has returned to the capital now, but is he still planning to go to the border?"

Yun Xuanhe was anxious: "Of course!"

He looked eagerly at the emperor, and wanted to say something, but he didn't dare.

Without him, joining the army was an unexpected product from the beginning, who knows how he became a gang leader in the border barracks in a daze?But until now, he had to admit that he was quite comfortable as a soldier.

So at this time, he became worried—he didn't follow the normal path to join the army, if the emperor wanted to pursue him, wouldn't he be finished?

"Good! Good! Good! It's a good thing for a man to serve his country with ambition!" The emperor clapped his hands and laughed, "The third son of the Yun family, Yun Xuan and Zhongzheng Chunhe, will be loyal to the master, a pair of gold armor, and a white tiger golden knife." .”

Yun Xuanhe was knocked unconscious by the sudden pie, and he was stunned for a while before remembering to kneel down and thank him.

The emperor waved his hand: "There's no need to be too polite, Fang Ruyi, take General Yun to the treasury."

Fang Ruyi bowed and said yes, and led Yun Xuanhe out of the imperial study.

After the two left, the smile on the emperor's face slowly disappeared. He looked at Xie Jie at the bottom of the steps, and returned to his usual serious expression: "Xie Qing."

Xie Jie cupped his hands: "The minister is here."

However, after he answered, the emperor said nothing.In the empty imperial study room, there was a long silence.

Xie Jie bowed his waist until the emperor sighed: "You are still so stubborn, get up. I have been with you for several years, why are you still so polite in front of me?"

Xie Jie straightened his body, and his voice was cold, just like the night rain in the cold and cold season: "Since we are monarchs and ministers, etiquette cannot be discarded."

The emperor smiled lightly and slowly. This smile was not as gentle as before Yun Xuanhe just now, but it carried some inexplicable meaning: "I asked Fang Ruyi yesterday how to deal with King Duan, and Fang Ruyi said , conform to the will of the people. Today I also want to ask Xie Qing, what do you think?"

He is old.

Although he didn't admit it, there were indeed vertical and horizontal furrow-like wrinkles on his face. When he laughed, these wrinkles were layered and crowded together, like dry bark, with a loose and cold texture.

It was already night, and the maid who was as silent as a puppet silently lit the candles. Through the light of the candles, Xie Jie could clearly see his hands like dry bark that were exposed outside the sleeves.

He said: "King Duan intends to rebel. Although this is a state matter, it is also a matter of His Majesty's family. In terms of state affairs, I believe that Fang Gonggong's words are not unreasonable and follow the people's will. Only the officials of Daye can rule for a long time, and they can also deter evil spirits. People. But if you talk about it according to your Majesty's family affairs, I dare not comment on it."

"You think he deserves to die too?" the emperor asked quietly.

He has no father-son relationship with Pei Yan.

Tianjia is a place where blood relationship is not considered.But after all, he had the status of father and son, and he didn't want to personally order his son to be executed.

It was another reminder of his failure as a father.

He also asked Zong Guangxie this morning.

Zong Guangxie is indeed old, this old man, it is better for Xie Jie to speak out, nine out of ten sentences are trying to figure out what he means, which makes the emperor feel very boring.

So in less than a stick of incense, he let Zong Guangxie leave from the imperial study.

Xie Jie lowered his eyes, he thought of Yun Zhuo's words, and said in a low voice: "Although King Duan intends to rebel, but fortunately His Majesty is blessed by God, the incident will be revealed before he can do it. My minister thought that the death penalty of King Duan may be avoided, but the crime of living is difficult." escape."

"Continue," said the emperor.

"If King Duan is bestowed with death, it will certainly show the emperor's stern and selfless face, but it will also be unreasonable. You might as well give him a lifelong prison sentence, which will not only complete your father-son relationship with the prince, but also make him repent and start a new life. Use the rest of your life to pray for His Majesty, and for Daye. In this way, the market will only praise you for your generosity and righteousness."

(End of this chapter)