Thirty thousand soldiers were stationed outside the city, and dozens of generals and officers arrived outside the imperial palace one after another.

But after waiting for half an hour, word came from Mingzheng Hall that the Emperor was not feeling well and would not be summoned for the time being. They were asked to return to their palaces and wait until the Emperor felt better.

After receiving the order, the generals left one after another.

"General Li, please stay." Not far from the palace gate, at a street corner, Li Jun was stopped by someone.

Turning around, he saw a man who looked like a follower.

The visitor bowed to Li Jun and said, "General Li, my prince wants to see you."

Li Jun was stunned. "May I ask which prince it is?"

The visitor smiled and apologized, "I'm sorry I didn't explain clearly. It was Prince An who asked the general to come to his house to talk."

Li Jun looked puzzled and hesitated a little when he heard this.

"General, the prince really has an important matter to ask you to come over. It won't keep you too long." The visitor said again.

Hearing that there was an important matter, although Li Jun was confused, he did not hesitate any longer and followed his entourage to Prince An's Mansion.

Prince An's Mansion.

Li Jun was a little surprised to see Prince Qin Zhihan, the son of Prince An, coming to the gate to greet him personally.

"General Li, please come in." Qin Zhihan's usually calm face showed a rare enthusiasm.

Li Jun bowed and followed him to the main hall, where Prince An was waiting.

"I've heard that General Li is a young hero. Seeing him today, I find him to be indeed heroic and awe-inspiring!" Prince An stared at Li Jun from head to toe and praised him with a smile.

Qin Zhihan also echoed, "Of course, General Li was born in Wu'an Marquis Mansion, a family of excellent generals, and he is also the best among the new generation of generals in our Beixin Dynasty. He has a bright future."

Li Jun was a little confused by the praise from Prince An and the Crown Prince. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Highness and Crown Prince, thank you for your praise. I don't deserve it."

After a pause, he asked directly, "I wonder why the prince and the prince are coming here today?"

Prince An and Qin Zhihan looked at each other, and Qin Zhihan spoke first.

"In fact, we asked General Li to come here today because we have a happy event!"

Li Jun was even more confused, "Happy event? Where does the happiness come from?"

Qin Zhihan smiled and said, "General Li, you don't know that my younger sister Shu'er has heard of your great name for a long time and has always admired you. When I learned that you were coming back today, I asked my father to act as a matchmaker for you..."

Before Qin Zhihan finished speaking, Li Jun had already begun to wave his hands in panic, "Thank you very much for your love, but the prince and the prince don't know that I have already been engaged and will be married in two months. I really have no chance with you..."

He never expected that Prince An would actually say that the princess had taken a fancy to him.

This means that the princess will not be given any way out...it's terrifying.

Upon hearing this, Qin Zhihan and Prince An looked at each other again.

"General Li is talking about the only daughter of Lord Zong, the Minister of Taichang Temple, Zong Yingxue?" Qin Zhihan asked.

Li Jun nodded in surprise.

I never expected that Qin Zhihan would know it so clearly.

Qin Zhihan showed a trace of sadness, "General Li has been traveling all the way back to the capital, and he probably doesn't know that Miss Zong went out of the city to worship at Baochan Temple the day before yesterday, but unfortunately fell down the stairs and died..."

"What? You said Yingxue, she's dead?" Li Jun was shocked and couldn't believe it. "Impossible, this is impossible!"

"I sent people to the clan's mansion to offer condolences yesterday. This is absolutely true. Even if you don't believe it now, you will understand it when you return home later." Prince An affirmed.

Seeing Prince An's certainty, Li Jun felt like he was struck by lightning and was on the verge of collapse.

"General Li, please accept my condolences." Qin Zhihan comforted him.

After a pause, he continued, "It's just that the dead are gone, and the living should cherish the present. Now the general and I are a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman, I hope the general will not refuse."

Li Jun calmed himself down, bowed his hands and said in a deep voice, "Thank you, Prince, and Princess for your kindness. If Yingxue really goes, I will not discuss marriage for the time being. I hope that Prince and Prince will agree to it."

Li Jun said in a firm tone.

After saying this, he prepared to say goodbye and leave.

But Qin Zhihan took the lead and blocked his way.

"General Li, I'm afraid this marriage can't wait!"

Li Jun's expression changed, and he raised his eyebrows and asked, "What does the prince mean? Could it be that the prince wants to force me?"

Qin Zhihan smiled slightly, "General Li misunderstood, I just have something that I want to make clear to General Li."

"My Lord, please speak frankly." Li Jun no longer had the politeness he had previously.

Qin Zhihan waved his hand and asked the servant to hand a brocade box to Li Jun.

Li Jun took the brocade box in confusion and opened it. He saw a letter inside. He unfolded the letter and his face turned pale instantly.

"Why is this letter here? It should be..."

Li Jun's lips trembled and the hand holding the letter began to tremble. He stared at Qin Zhihan with wide eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Qin Zhihan chuckled, "General Li is trying to say that this letter should be in the hands of His Majesty, right?"

After these words were spoken, Li Jun's face became even uglier. He opened and closed his mouth again and again, but couldn't utter a word.

Qin Zhihan's smile remained on his face. "General Li, do you understand now? It was not the Emperor who gave you the secret order..."

Li Jun was so shocked that he staggered back a few steps. "It's you, it's you! It's you who forged the imperial decree and asked me to murder the general?"

Qin Zhihan and Prince An couldn't help but smile at each other.

"General Li is smart. We are now in the same boat. It is the general trend for you to marry Shu'er, and it is not something that can be forced."

Li Jun's eyes were red with anger. "You are so rebellious, aren't you afraid that I will report it to His Majesty?"

"Tell His Majesty?" Qin Zhihan seemed to be listening to a joke. "Tell His Majesty what? Tell His Majesty that you mistakenly trusted others and murdered our general? Don't be ridiculous. You killed him! Once His Majesty knows, you will be held guilty. No, your entire Wu'an Marquis Mansion will be held guilty... Besides, do you have evidence to prove that this is related to Prince An's Mansion? Can you rely on your words alone?"

Qin Zhihan had a proud look on his lips, "Think it over. You are not alone. Behind you are the thousands of lives of the Wu'an Marquis family. You can ignore yourself, but do you want them to be buried with you?"

Li Jun could no longer stand, and his upright body collapsed to the ground.

His expression was twisted in pain.

He still remembered how shocked he was when Xu Chong handed him the Emperor's secret decree.

He didn't understand why His Majesty wanted to secretly murder the general and why he gave him this task.

Xu Chong analyzed that the emperor was worried because the general's achievements were so great.

The reason why he was given the task was because he was born in a military family and followed the rules, so he could be of great use...

He didn't care whether His Majesty would use him or not, he just knew that as a subject, he couldn't disobey the emperor's orders...

It turns out that this imperial decree was actually fake...

How ridiculous and pathetic! He actually wanted to kill the general he had always admired because of a false secret order from someone else...

"I'm going to kill you!" Li Jun suddenly stood up and drew the sword from his waist.

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