The emperor did not sleep all night, but Li Xin slept beautifully last night and was full of energy at this time.

After entering the side hall, Li Xin knelt down slowly and bowed to his head and said, "My minister, Li Xin, come to see Your Majesty."

The emperor was thinking about something, but after hearing this, he looked up at Li Xin kneeling on the ground, silent.

I watched it for a long time.

The scene fell into a dead silence.

Seeing that the emperor had not spoken, Xiao Zheng walked to the vicinity of the emperor and coughed slightly before the emperor woke up from his trance, his voice a little hoarse.

"Shouldn't Chang'an preside over the Zhenbei Army at Jimen Pass? Why did you come back to the capital?"

Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Go back to Your Majesty, I have never left my wife and children for several years. I really miss it. In addition, there is nothing wrong with the northern border, so I took a leave and returned to the capital for the New Year. After the Spring Festival, I left to go back to Jimen Pass."

The emperor looked at Li Xin, was silent for a while, and said, "Why don't you tell the court in advance if you want to go back to Beijing?"

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty forgives the crime. I was on the whim and asked Ye Mao to temporarily lead the Northern Army and return by himself. He thought that he would come back on a horse, which was about the same speed as delivering a letter, so he did not send a letter to the capital."

As he said this, he said in a deep voice: "I have been deeply grateful to the emperor and have been named General of Zhenbei. I should be in charge of the north and should not leave my post without permission. Please give up your crime."

Emperor Taikang sat up from the dragon throne and walked a few steps. While walking, he looked at Li Xin and Li Changan kneeling on the ground in front of him, and felt that he was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"What do you want to say about the Southwest?"

The emperor thought for a long time and found that Li Xin could not find anything wrong with him, so he went straight to the point.

Li Xin looked up at the emperor and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with the southwest?"

Emperor Taikang angrily patted the table.

"Today, you are still pretending to be stupid with me!"

"Do you think I'm a fool?"

Li Xin took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty forgive me. I really don't know what happened in the southwest. Please tell me clearly."

The emperor had no expression on his face.

"Your brother Mu Ying led his troops to rebel."

"Is there such a thing?"

Marquis Jing'an was shocked and said in a speechless voice: "From my understanding of Mu Ying, he is not the kind of rebellious nature. Is there any misunderstanding in it..."

The emperor said coldly: "Mu Ying openly killed the imperial army, can you still favor him?"

Li Xin shook his head repeatedly and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. I am just talking about the matter. Your Majesty's words are naturally not wrong. Unexpectedly, Mu Ying, who violated the court's grace and did such a thing that hurts the will of heaven and reason."

Speaking of this, he sighed: "No wonder I returned to Beijing yesterday and found that my family was surrounded by the imperial guards. It turned out that it was because of this. When Mu Ying was in the capital, she did have an old relationship with me. Since he rebelled, I couldn't get rid of it."

The Marquis of Jing'an bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have no communication with the rebels in the southwest. If Your Majesty does not believe it, I would like to bring 50,000 imperial guards south. I can issue an order. At most, I can break through the Hanzhou City of Mu's thieves and take this guy to the capital to question!"

Fifty thousand imperial guards?

Emperor Taikang's eyes were pounding, and his heart was filled with anger.

The 50,000 Hanzhou Army has already given me a headache. I will give you another 50,000 imperial guards to take you to the southwest. Then can I sit on the dragon throne?

He was about to have an attack, and Li Xin, who was under the steps, seemed to remember something and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, I have nothing to say. I would resign as General Zhenbei. No matter how the court punishes him, I would like to take the crime in Beijing."

The emperor was silent.

Faced with Li Xin's remarks, he couldn't find anything to refute. After all, the court basically had no evidence of Li Xin's trip to the southwest.

Even the Emperor's assumption that Li Xin controlled the Hanzhou Army remotely was made. It was only after he knew that Li Xin had killed Li Xing that the Emperor could confirm it.

In other words, they did not have any evidence that they could take action, proving that Li Xin had direct contact with the Hanzhou Army in the southwest.

Facing the remarks of Marquis Jing'an, the emperor looked ugly. He waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Everyone retreat!"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zheng immediately took all the palace servants in the side hall and slowly retreated, leaving only the two of them in this side hall. Before leaving, Xiao Zheng closed the hall gate.

Because he knew very well that no matter what the emperor or Li Xin said next, no matter what they said could be circulated.

"There is no flaw in this set of rhetoric."

The emperor walked to Li Xin with his hands behind his back, squatted down, and asked lightly: "Chang'an has been thinking about it for a long time?"

"You are a meticulous person. Maybe what I will ask you at this time, and you simulated it in your heart."

Li Xin looked calm and said, "Your Majesty's words are a little confused."

"Mu Ying's crime of rebellion is unforgivable. No one has any objection to the court to treat him. I did have a friendship with him back then, so even if I was implicated, as long as it was not a death sentence, I would be willing to do so."

Speaking of this, Li Xin looked up at the emperor and asked, "My Majesty, is there any mistake in me?"

"You are still pretending to be stupid!"

After taking a few deep breaths, the emperor finally broke out completely.

"Don't think I don't know. In the past five years, you have raised a lot of people to inquire about the news for you. Even if you didn't participate in the matter in Hanzhou, you should have known about it long ago. You are still pretending to be here!"

The emperor grabbed Li Xin's first-class court uniform and gritted his teeth: "Besides, Mu Ying from Hanzhou is yours, and the so-called Hanzhou army under his command was also formed by you, Li Chang'an, right?"

Facing the almost violent emperor, Marquis Jing'an's face turned calm. He took a deep breath and bowed his head, "Your Majesty, if you want to avenge it, you have no choice."

"If you want to kill me, just do it. I will be here and I will not resist."

Seeing that the emperor did not speak, Li Xin continued, "Since I returned from the Western Expedition in the third year of Taikang, I have been in the capital without leaving. Your Majesty said that I controlled Mu Ying remotely, not to mention whether there is or not. I would like to ask Your Majesty, what can I give Mu Ying enough to control him remotely for five years?"

"Any place will become a county magistrate for five years, and some people will not even recognize the imperial court's documents."

"Who in this world will be in charge of the army for five years and still recognize people who are thousands of miles away?"

The emperor looked at Li Xin coldly. It was not until Li Xin finished speaking that he sneered: "You are sharp-tongued, I can't tell you, but you and I know everything you have done behind your back!"

"I never thought of making things difficult for you, but this time you made me so sad."

The emperor squatted beside Li Xin, almost speaking in Li Xin's ear.

"Five years ago, you made up the story of Chunyang Zhenren to tell me and then the people of the world, just like coaxing a child."

"What's ridiculous is that I actually believed it."

Emperor Taikang was already very angry. He clenched his fists tightly and wanted to give Li Xin something, but when he was about to take action, he felt a little afraid in his heart and shrank his hand back.

"Now, that Chunyang Zhenren has finally appeared again."

The emperor threw the piece of pottery that Xiao Zheng brought back from the southwest from the table to Li Xin.

"Is this your Pure Yang Zhenren?"

"Five years!"

The emperor grabbed Li Xin's front and gritted his teeth and said, "You have kept it from me for five years!"

"Now, you use it to deal with my army in Dajin!"

"Li Chang'an, Li Chang'an."

Emperor Taikang's face was distorted.
Chapter completed!