Happy Emperor

"Uncle, my father's remains... have been moved to our ancestral tomb in Shengjing."

An Bilie's voice choked with sobs as he carefully took out an imperial edict from his bosom and handed it over with both hands: "Emperor Li has posthumously conferred the title of Marquis of Loyalty on my father."

An Xia's eyes were red.

He took the weapon from An Bilie's hand and held it tightly in his hand, his body trembling slightly.

He murmured to himself in a deep voice, "When my elder brother and I were young and fighting for Daxia, we would never have dreamed of receiving such a treatment even if we died on the battlefield."

"I never thought I could earn this 'title' even without dying on the battlefield!"

"hehe."

An Xia sneered and handed the imperial edict back to An Bilie. "The Imperial Family used this piece of 'rag and butter' to trick us into working for them, only to end up like my eldest brother."

"Uncle. The current Emperor Li..."

"It's a rare reunion for us uncle and nephew today, so let's not mention those outsiders." An Xia waved his hand.

Ever since Emperor Li entered the city, he has been sending people to monitor his movements.

Only then did I realize that this time Emperor Li was accompanied by An Bilie to protect his safety.

I felt a wave of fear in my heart. If I had succeeded last night, wouldn't my nephew also...

Although he "resented" An Bilie and An Jie for their loyalty to Emperor Li, the "hatred" in his heart had long since disappeared when they actually met.

In fact, An Xia also understood that this could not be blamed on the two of them.

Even the death of the eldest brother should not be blamed on Emperor Li.

Although he was dissatisfied with Emperor Li, his hatred gradually faded over the years.

When he learned that Emperor Li had executed Ji Feng and reused the two descendants of the An family, he gradually began to look at the emperor with admiration.

However, these days he learned from Lu Jianyan that his elder brother was actually tortured to death by being torn apart by a chariot after returning to Shengjing. His death was extremely tragic, and not even a complete body was left.

Emperor Li also ordered that the incomplete body be buried behind the mass grave of treacherous officials and traitors.

That 'suppressed' hatred surged out from the bottom of my heart again.

That's why he made the arrangements like last night in a rage.

But afterwards, he gradually calmed down and realized that he had fallen into a trap and became Tang Bo's sharp knife to deal with Emperor Li.

Lu Jianyan's words were obviously exaggerated.

But the deed had been done, and he had no room for maneuver.

There is no emperor in this world who would allow someone to assassinate him without being executed.

Moreover, even if he stopped now, Tang Bo would use this incident to force him to submit. Instead of doing this, it would be better to burn his boats and get rid of Emperor Li.

After all, the death of the eldest brother was caused by Emperor Li's love for his niece Cai'er.

The eldest brother disagreed, which gave Ji Feng an excuse.

"Uncle, can you listen to me?"

An Bilie didn't sit down, his fists clenched. "I know you want to avenge your father, but your father's vengeance has nothing to do with Emperor Li, right? Besides..."

"Moreover, Ji Feng was executed by Emperor Li himself."

"Emperor Li?"

An Xia put down the wine glass in his hand and stared at An Bilie: "When did I ever say I wanted to seek revenge on Emperor Li?"

He saw An Bilie's loyalty to Emperor Li and did not want to make things difficult for him.

Moreover, this is also a kind of protection for An Bilie.

Regardless of whether he could successfully assassinate Emperor Li, once he was charged with the crime of regicide, the land of Daxia would no longer be able to accommodate him.

No matter whether it is King Pingdong or anyone else, he will sit on the throne of Daxia.

The regicide must die.

"uncle."

An Bilie sighed and said, "Your Majesty and I arrived outside Anfeng City last night. Do you know why we didn't enter the city until daybreak?"

An Xia didn't reply, staring at An Bilie without saying a word.

He originally thought that the journey was long, as Emperor Li and his entourage only arrived in Anfeng City this morning.

It doesn't look like that.

"Emperor Li saw the steep road into the city that night, so he waited until dawn thirty miles outside Anfeng City. This morning, he even sent people to the mountains on both sides to investigate before crossing that section of the road."

"The people sent out discovered that there were indeed ambushes on both sides of the mountaintop last night!"

An Bilie began to explain.

"Do you think I sent someone to assassinate Emperor Li?" An Xi has been upright all his life and has always dared to do and take responsibility for everything he has done.

But today, he couldn't help but tell this lie.

But he was obviously not good at this, and he didn't even dare to look An Bilie in the eye when he said this.

"Ugh!"

An Bilie didn't expect that his uncle would not admit it.

"I found this on the top of a mountain."

An Bilie pulled out a dagger from the wall and placed it on the table.

"Uncle, is there anyone in Anfeng City who would carve the word 'An' on the handle of a knife?"

"this......"

At this point, any further explanation from An Xia would seem pale and powerless.

After a while, he spoke again and asked, "Does Emperor Li know about this?"

An Bilie looked embarrassed and did not answer the question.

Instead, he said, "Uncle, do you really have to assassinate Emperor Li? He...he is really a good emperor."

"What happened back then was that Ji Feng framed my father in order to usurp power. Emperor Li was just a puppet at that time. Without him, there would have been other princes who would have taken over."

"And... my sister, An Cai'er, loves Emperor Li very much! Emperor Li dotes on her, too. She's told me more than once that the luckiest thing in her life is meeting 'Emperor Li'."

An Bilie said everything in his heart in one breath.

After listening to this, An Xia fell silent again.

"Maybe I should really let it go."

After a while.

An Xia picked up the wine jar and said, "Let's have one last drink together, uncle."

Although An Bilie did not answer the question of whether Emperor Li knew about this matter.

But looking at his expression, it was clear that Emperor Li must have already known it.

"it is good."

The two of them didn't eat a single bite of food for a long time and only drank two jars of wine.

An Xia and An Bilie's faces gradually began to turn red.

At this moment, there was no more hostility on An Xia's face, and she looked at An Bilie with kindness.

Because he knew that Emperor Li knew about this matter and still sent An Bilie to see him.

This shows that Emperor Li did not want to vent his anger on An Bilie or other people in their An family because of this matter.

An Xia couldn't help but sigh in her heart: "Compared to me, Emperor Li is really generous enough to give me a little dignity in the end."

However, An Xia also knew that he could not give up on his plan to assassinate Emperor Li.

"Let's go!"

"Huh? Where to?" An Bilie looked confused.

"Weren't you sent by Emperor Li?" An Xia asked back when she saw An Bilie say this, then realized, "Oh, Emperor Li wants me to understand it myself? That's fine!"

Anxi has never been afraid of death.

"Ah? Uncle, His Majesty didn't..."

"Wait a minute, uncle wants to ask you a favor." An Xia interrupted An Bilie again and wanted to explain his purpose.

"Don't pursue those people from last night anymore, they are all..."

"Uncle, it's true that His Majesty sent me here. But the Emperor just wants to treat you to a drink tonight."

"Emperor Li, don't you know that I was the one who sent people there last night?"

This time it was An Xi who looked at An Bilie with a puzzled look.

"Got it! I will report the truth to His Majesty, and Duan Chengming also..."

"Then...then why does he still want to..."

Anxi was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth and didn't know what to ask.

"Your Majesty will not pursue this matter any further!" An Bilie replied truthfully.

"The Emperor sent me here just to let his nephew tell you something."

Do you dare to have a drink with me?