Chapter 42
Wang Xuan sneered in his heart.
The history books are right, it is like living with a tiger.
At the beginning, he was sunny and bright, but he became furious in an instant.
And he was unreasonable.
The most ruthless imperial family.
Even if his father had an extraordinary relationship with the empress, and even had the merit of following the dragon, in the later part of the plot, he still did not ask right or wrong and directly confiscated the Zhenbei Palace and exterminated the family. Do you think that with Li Chenghuan's intelligence, he can't see that Lin An's method is a frame-up?
If she is really so stupid, how could she climb to the supreme position step by step with the body of a princess of a fallen country?
Li Chenghuan can become the empress, and the process is bloody.
Those who threaten her die or disperse.
Half of the entire Ying clan members are directly reduced, and the remaining half are exiled or placed under house arrest, leaving only a few kittens. After the death of the previous emperor, the prince who was supposed to inherit the throne was forced to abdicate and become the King of Jin after only one year of being the emperor, and his family was imprisoned in the palace.
The second prince secretly gathered his men to attack her, but the news leaked out and he was surrounded and killed.
Three thousand people died on the last night, and the second prince disappeared.
The blood dyed the steps in front of the Qianyang Palace red. For three consecutive days, when the court officials came to the morning court, they could smell the blood in the air.
Only the third prince, Ying Ziyue, was raised by her since childhood. After adulthood, she assigned him to the most prosperous Jianghuai area, which was considered the most comfortable life.
As for the fourth and fifth princes, they were still young and did not pose a threat. Now they still live in the palace and live a barely passable life, but they can forget about being crowned kings.
Such a ruthless and scheming woman, how could she not know Lin An's clumsy means of framing?
Wang Xuan didn't believe a word of it.
Even if she didn't do it herself, she would watch coldly, trying to turn the tables, and might even secretly add fuel to the flames and make it all happen. It was all for the throne in her hands not to be threatened.
Facing such an empress, Wang Xuan felt that explaining more was a waste of his brain cells.
Because you can never wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep.
She is the emperor, if she says you are guilty, then you are guilty, even if you are not guilty.
So Wang Xuan spread his hands and pursed his lips and said:
"Your Majesty has said this, I have nothing more to say, you can punish me however you want, I will continue."
This is plain language: you are the emperor, you are showing off, I can't argue with you, I will show my cards, I will show my worst. As soon as this was said, the atmosphere became even more stagnant, and the eunuchs and palace maids around felt like they were falling into an ice cave. There were even a few eunuchs and palace maids who were far away whispering.
"Isn't the Prince of Zhenbei afraid of the emperor's wrath when he speaks to him like this?"
"I have been in this Ziwei Palace for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen someone dare to contradict His Majesty like this. I have never seen such a thing in my life."
"Guess how the emperor will punish him?"
"The last time the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion mocked His Majesty, he was sent directly to the Jinyiwei Prison. He has not been released yet. It seems that he will not be able to come out unless he dies."
Everyone trembled, thinking of the horror of the Jinyiwei Prison.
"You can tell from His Majesty's ugly face."
"This time, even if the prince of Zhenbei doesn't die, he will lose a layer of skin."
"It's a pity for this delicate skin......."
They seemed to have seen Wang Xuan's skin and flesh torn apart. Some people with special fetishes even looked forward to it.
Li Chenghuan was also stunned at first, and then her face darkened.
She frowned, narrowed her eyes and stared at Wang Xuan, without saying a word, but she was intimidating without anger.
If it were an ordinary minister, he would have been scared to sweat and kneel down to beg for mercy at this time.
But Wang Xuan looked normal. Not only did he drink a sip of tea, he even reached out to pick up the snacks on the table and ate them. The eunuchs and palace maids were stunned. Does this prince really treat this palace back garden as his own home?
It must be said that the snacks made by the imperial kitchen in this palace are indeed a little better than those in Tianxianglou.
Sure enough, there is still a gap between this apprentice and the master.
After a long while, Li Chenghuan suddenly laughed with a puff.
Just this smile made Wang Xuan stunned.
It was like a bright moon in the sky, shining into the sparkling surface of the Luo River, creating an intoxicating beauty.
Wang Xuan suddenly thought of a poem: The six palace beauties are pale in comparison, from now on the emperor will not attend the court early in the morning
"You, kid, have the same reckless personality as that old man Wang Xiang."
Wang Xuan came back to his senses and smiled:
"Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. Compared with my father, I am still far behind and need to learn more."
Li Chenghuan was a little helpless:"Do you really think I am praising you?"
"What else?" Wang Xuan looked puzzled.
Li Chenghuan couldn't tell whether he was pretending or not.
To be honest, she couldn't see through him.
But she didn't need to see through him. Whether it was true or not, Wang Xuan was the most suitable person for the next thing.
Thinking of this, Li Chenghuan said seriously:"I won't make it difficult for you. You do one thing for me, and I will forgive you this crime."
After she finished speaking, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, with a confident look on her face. She believed that no one could refuse her conditions.
Wang Xuan raised his eyebrows:
"Your Majesty, I can't do it. You should find someone else!"
Li Chenghuan was really dumbfounded this time.
I am the emperor! I pardoned your crime for one thing, but you are not grateful and dare to refuse?
Are you the emperor or am I the emperor?
Do you believe that I will make you......Well, Li Chenghuan really didn't dare to touch Wang Xuan.
In terms of feelings, she and Wang Xiang were close friends, and the King of Zhenbei had the merit of following the emperor.
In terms of reason, Wang Xuan was a hostage. If something happened, the 400,000 Zhenbei Army in the northern border would not be vegetarians.
Li Chenghuan said unhappily:"Tell me! How can you agree to me?"
Wang Xiang smiled in his heart.
See! Isn't this benefit coming?
In fact, he deliberately put on this unscrupulous attitude at the beginning.
From the moment he received the imperial edict to enter the palace to meet the emperor, he was thinking about a question:
Why did the empress summon him?
He thought about it and there were only two possibilities.
The first one, the first thing he thought of was the follow-up of the last slap in the face of Murong Wanqing.
Although Wang Xuan had a legitimate reason, Murong Wanqing was Li Chenghuan's right-hand man after all, and represented the face of the empress to a certain extent.
But if Li Chenghuan wanted to hold Wang Xuan accountable, he would have summoned Wang Xuan in the first few days, and would not wait until now to settle the score.
So he was rejected by Wang Xuan first.
The second possibility is that the empress has something to ask him, and he has to do it.
Although Wang Xuan couldn't think of what it was, he could see that it should be very important.
When the empress started to reminisce about the past, and then talked about something that happened a month ago, Wang Xuan knew that the second possibility was almost certain.
Because this rhetoric is exactly the same as the leader's PUA employees in the previous life, it is nothing more than first suppressing and then praising.
It is said that you are given an opportunity to exercise and let you make up for your mistakes, and in the end the employees work hard and are grateful.
This set of things is called the emperor's mind of kindness and power, but in fact the core is the same.
In the previous life, Wang Xuan was already immune to this set, so he would not be fooled.
Of course, this is also based on the condition that the empress dare not touch him.
After all, he has 400,000 northern garrison troops behind him.
If ordinary ministers dared to pull her like this, there would be people dancing on their graves.
Knowing the empress's mind, Wang Xuan naturally had to ask for some benefits.
This is the most distinguished person in Daqian. There are not many opportunities to take advantage of him, so we must take advantage of him.
After all, even if he wins the favor of the empress, he will still be killed in the future. It is better to exchange for some benefits.
However, before proposing the conditions, Wang Xuan still needs to understand what Li Chenghuan needs him to do:
"Your Majesty, please tell me first what you need me to do!"