At first, the crown prince saw Li Shen’s life-saving straw at the critical moment of life and death. At that time, he was in a panic and grabbed the life-saving straw, and did not think too much.

This life-saving straw did rescue him from the capital.

But over the past year, Ji Ku became more and more scared as he thought about it, especially not long ago, when Li Shen officially raised the flag and wanted to "regain the throne" for him, he felt that he had fallen into a huge vortex. At this time, the boss of the Ji family was scared.

He used to think that Li Shen would save his life because of his father's sake, but now he realized that the middle-aged man who looked elegant in front of him had much greater ambition than he had imagined.

He wanted to withdraw from this vortex, even if he died, it would be better than the ones of Wuyan's ancestors below.

But unfortunately, he is just a flag. How the flag should move, he cannot do whatever he wants.

Hearing Li Shen say this, the fat prince smiled bitterly: "Uncle, do you want to be the emperor?"

Li Shen's expression remained unchanged, and he lowered his head and said, "Your Highness misunderstood. I have always been the most loyal minister of the Great Jin Dynasty. You are the eldest son of the late emperor and the crown prince who was appointed by the late emperor himself. I will fight for my life and help Your Highness regain the throne."

His Highness the Crown Prince smiled bitterly.

"Uncle, what should the wife and children of that nephew in the capital?"

"Those who achieve great things do not care about minor matters."

Li Shen had no expression on his face.

"If Your Highness can return to the capital, if the Crown Princess and the Emperor's grandson survive, they will naturally enter Changle Palace with Your Highness. If they are unfortunately killed, they can also hold a monument to commemorate them."

As for the power in the southwest today, it is impossible to shake the court head-on. At this pass, it is even more impossible to send people to the Qin Palace in the capital to save the prince's family. Therefore, Li Shen refused without hesitation.

The fat prince's face looked very bad.

He is also a human being. The eldest son in his family is seven or eight years old, and there are several daughters in the capital. How can he let go of it easily?

"Uncle, you..."

He looked at Li Shen in a nearly begging tone: "You help a bunch of nephews, but the nephew doesn't want to become a sinner of the Great Jin..."

"Your Highness will not be a sinner."

Li Shen said in disguise: "One day, Your Highness will return to the capital openly and enter Changle Palace."

Speaking of this, he paused.

"If Your Highness really becomes a sinner, Li Shen will be more sinful than Your Highness. Hundreds of thousands of loyal ministers and righteous men from the Pingnan Army will also die first."

After Li Shen said this, he stood up.

"Your Highness, please live here with peace of mind. Don't think too much. I will send you a few concubines to you in a few days."

"Goodbye."

As he said that, Li Shen bowed and turned around and left.

Leaving Ji Chi to sit alone in the tea room, he was stunned for a long time, and finally collapsed on the ground weakly, not daring to move.

At this time, it is impossible for him to escape unless he commits suicide now.

If he had the courage to die, he would not have followed Li Shen to Shu County.

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After Li Shen carried his hands on his back, Cheng Ping, the deputy general of Pingnan Army, bent down and waited outside. After seeing Li Shen come out, Cheng Ping, who was also a little short and fat, lowered his head and said, "General, the news of the spy has been sent."

It has been fast moving forward in February now, which means that the vanguard troops led by the court, led by Ye Ming, have been setting off for almost a month. Such a big change will naturally be noticed in the southwest. In fact, a few days ago, the spies from the southwest had already watched Ye Ming's troops from afar and reported the situation to Jincheng at any time.

Li Shen nodded.

"explain."

Cheng Ping lowered his head and said, "The imperial army has passed Hankou. According to their formation, they will be able to reach the gate of Shu County by the end of February at most."

Li Shen took a deep breath and his face became solemn.

“How many people are there?”

"About 100,000, I should be the imperial guards of the court. As for who the chief general is, I am not very clear yet."

"Imperial Guard..."

Li Shen looked into the distance and thought of his cheap son who was working in the imperial guards.

Li Shen’s attitude towards Li Xin is very complicated.

If Li Xin was just an ordinary person, Li Shen would have arranged a future for him no matter how much he said, but Li Xin was not. The father and son were in a complete opposition by coincidence, to be precise, under Li Xin's will.

To be honest, Li Shen, who never regrets doing things, now regrets it.

If he had gone to Yongzhou to bring back the mother and son, and had such a son by his side, now if Pingnan Marquis's Mansion doesn't say anything, at least it wouldn't be like this.

At least the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion will not break up with the court yet.

Thinking of this, the general of the Zhu Kingdom sighed leisurely.

"Since that's the case, let's see what you can do."

He turned around and said to Cheng Ping: "Let me find a way to know who the imperial army is."

Cheng Ping bowed respectfully: "I will check it out until I'll do it."

"Is there any movement in the capital?"

Although the forces of the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion have completely withdrawn from the capital, there are still some spies from the Pingnan Marquis' Mansion in the capital today. These spies cannot do anything big, but they can inform the southwest of some major events in the capital so that they will not make the southwest completely disgrace.

Of course, these spies generally have different status, so they cannot know who the court was in charge this time.

Cheng Ping hesitated for a moment and finally bowed his head deeply.

"Today, the news came back to the capital. Before the New Year, the capital...Jing'an Hou..."

Speaking of this, he looked up and looked at Li Shen carefully. After seeing that Li Shen had no reaction, he gritted his teeth and continued: "Marquis Jing'an married Princess Qinghe. The two got married on the 27th day of the 12th lunar month."

“Um…”

Li Shen nodded and smiled indifferently: "When the late emperor was alive, he also mentioned this matter to me. He wanted to give a royal princess to Chun'er. I didn't respond at that time, but I didn't expect that by chance, it was a mistake now."

Generally speaking, the best and most peaceful way for the royal family to dissolve a general is to marry his daughter and turn the heir of the general into a prince consort. After several generations, the general will die in name only. Emperor Chengde had thought about this and wanted to marry one of his daughters to the young marquis Li Chun.

But Li Shen did not nod and ended up leaving this matter in the end.

Cheng Ping whispered: "General, the imperial guards of the court are here, how should we deal with it?"

"Don't worry."

Li Shen smiled: "Li Xin is too young and unlikely to lead the troops. Besides, he is newly married, so it is more likely to come out. You should first find out who the person who led the troops is, and let's make plans."

"I recognize all the military generals who can lead 100,000 people in the imperial court."

Cheng Ping nodded and was about to go down to do business, when the tall Li Yan ran in quickly.

He bent down respectfully in front of Li Shen.

"Brother, someone has sent you a letter."

"A letter to me?"

Li Shen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Whose?"

Li Yan shook his head and said, "The envelope does not contain any words. He only said that he was an old friend of the eldest brother and the general who was the southwest of the imperial court..."

Li Shen reached out to take the letter and gently opened it.

He did not read the content of the letter, but saw the signature at the end of the letter.

The signature is four majestic characters.

Ningling Ye Ming.
Chapter completed!