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Xu Mu didn't know Anyang's frustration, but she saw the other party's worry when they separated - she knew that Xiao Liu was a bit miraculous, and she had always trusted her advice, so she naturally knew what the other party's behavior meant.But there are some things she has to do, and there are some revenges she has to avenge, even though she knows that doing so may not end well.

In this way, Xu Mu entered the palace full of determination, and his attitude of being ready for battle was even stronger than when facing the battlefield.

There were also several generals with outstanding military exploits in the same company. They saw Xu Mu's nervousness, and one of them smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, Major General. We came back with military exploits. Most of the summons by His Majesty today are for rewards. This is a good thing." .”

This is true. Although everyone's official rewards have long been sent to the northern border with the imperial decree, the victory of the Northern Expedition is indeed a surprise.Even the emperor couldn't be calm in the face of such credit, so he specially summoned the meritorious soldiers to return to the capital.Among them, the young and promising Xu Mu must have received the best rewards.

In private, these generals even secretly speculated that Xu Mu might be able to become a Marquis with this credit.After all, after the Hu people were driven away, there would be no people on the grasslands to the north. If Liang Guo could make the people move north, they could open up the territory after building the city.

Knowing that this trip has only advantages and no disadvantages, the generals are quite relaxed, and even the official of the Ministry of Rites who led the way turned around and said a few words, quite envious of the words.It was only when they were about to reach the Xuanzheng Hall that they reminded: "Generals, please be quiet for now. The Xuanzheng Hall has arrived. Your Majesty and all the officials are still waiting for you in the hall."

As soon as the reminder came out, everyone turned serious, and stood outside the hall and waited for a while before the summons came.

Xu Mu shook off the snow on her body, adjusted her armor a little, and led several generals into the Xuanzheng Palace—this was the first time she entered the imperial palace, and also the first time she stepped into the center of government affairs. Xuanzheng Palace.She raised her head and glanced quickly, and saw the emperor sitting high in the resplendent palace, and the officials lined up on both sides of the hall, the atmosphere was majestic and solemn.

In such an atmosphere, Xu Mu's impetuous heart gradually settled down.She immediately withdrew her gaze, didn't even glance at the princes standing in front of the civil and military courtiers, and bent down to salute the emperor together with her robes.

The emperor was obviously in a good mood, and he didn't make things difficult for them, so he ordered them to be excused, and then he encouraged everyone.In the end, no surprise, the emperor's eyes fell on Xu Mu - she was the youngest of all the generals, and even counting the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, she was also the youngest.Such a young and promising person is always eye-catching, not to mention that Xu Mu is still the heir of the general Xu family.

After pondering for a moment, the emperor finally said, "Xu Aiqing contributed a lot to the victory of the Northern Expedition. The old general also died for the Northern Expedition... The Xu family is a loyal family. If you want anything, you can say it." Come."

When the emperor said this, he naturally asked Xu Mu what reward he wanted.In fact, although he likes this young and promising little general, the Xu family has been in charge of the northern army for too long. The better Xu Mu is, the more he dare not continue to hand over the army to her.Even the nearly 20 Xu family army in the northern border, he has recently planned to abolish it, and the present reward is compensation for Xu Mu.

But when Xu Mu heard this, he naturally didn't think of any rewards.She was still thinking about how to find an opportunity to speak, but when she heard this, her eyes lit up, and she raised her head: "Your Majesty, I do have something to say."

Looking at the young man's handsome face, the emperor liked it even more: "Then let's hear it."

Hearing this, Xu Mu didn't hesitate anymore, first took out the letter that had been hidden close to his body from his armor, and immediately knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, my father didn't die in battle, but was actually assassinated. The assassin was General Cheqi Zhao Wu, I suspect that he was instigated by someone in the court to deliberately assassinate the general in order to disrupt the morale of the army. The minister found this letter by chance and thought it was evidence that His Royal Highness was collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!"

Her words were resounding, breaking the relatively relaxed atmosphere in the hall from the very beginning, especially when her last words fell, it caused all the civil and military officials to gasp.

The emperor sitting high on the top fell silent for a while, but the princes standing below cast their gazes over one after another.

The prince, who was wearing an apricot-colored court dress, raised his eyebrows slightly, with interest and scrutiny in his eyes.The third prince, who had nothing to do with himself, looked at Xu Mu, then at the emperor above the imperial steps, and then at the eldest brother beside him, as if watching a play.On the contrary, Xinwang himself just glanced at Xu Mu lightly in the face of such accusations, as if he was not in a hurry, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

The Xuanzheng Hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard falling, and it took a while before the emperor said in a deep voice: "Send the letter up for me to have a look."

Hearing the words, the head servant who was standing by the side quickly ran down from the imperial steps, took the letter from Xu Mu's hand, trotted back to the top, and presented the letter to the emperor himself.

The emperor opened the letter and looked at it, his brows furrowed quickly, and he turned to Wang Xin and said, "Do you have something to say?!"

King Xin was still not in a hurry, walked out of the queue and saluted, "I wonder if my son can read that letter?"

The emperor casually handed it to his side, and the chief servant took it and hurriedly walked down with the letter in his hands, handing it to King Xin himself.King Xin unfolded it for a look, then hooked his lips and said with a smile: "Return to father, this letter is not from the hand of my son." After speaking, he turned to look at Xu Mu, and said: "General Xu, the old general was assassinated. Death, this king believes that there may be something hidden in it, but it is too reckless for you to conclude that this king is collaborating with the enemy based on this letter alone."

While speaking, King Xin generously handed over the letter to the prime minister beside him, indicating that he could pass it on to all the ministers——Wang Xin’s handwriting met many people in the court, because King Xin was famous since he was born, and his handwriting was passed down. Quite wide.

The letter was circulated around, but the courtiers were confused, because the handwriting on the letter clearly belonged to King Xin himself.

The king of Xin, on the other hand, looked frank and frank, and said: "The handwriting on this letter looks like it was written by this king. This king saw it himself, and almost thought it was written by himself. But the private letter at the end of the letter But the seal is fake, if you don’t believe it, you can check it yourself.”

A servant heard the words and sent the pen, ink and inkpad. King Xin wrote a few words with a pen, and then took out his private seal and dipped it on the inkpad.In the end, I compared it with that letter, and there was indeed a difference.

In this way, it is possible to say that someone pretends to be the king or planted a frame for blame, and there was a lot of discussion in the court.

When King Xin saw this scene, a hint of complacency flashed in his eyes. Ever since he knew the news of Wule's death, he had never worried that he would be implicated.Even if Xu Mu's letter caught him off guard, he always left flaws in the letters sent to Wule. As long as the emperor is willing to listen, he can find a hundred reasons to prove that the letter is fake.

After everyone had finished discussing for a while, King Xin turned his gaze to Xu Mu who was still kneeling: "General Xu, this letter was not written by me, nor was I the king who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country. What else can you say?"

Xu Mu is only a young man of sixteen or seventeen. Normally speaking, when he encounters such a situation, even if he doesn't panic, he should suspect that he made a mistake.But Xu Mu was very calm, and she did not show the slightest hesitation in the face of King Xin's "frankness". She saluted the emperor on the imperial steps again and said, "Your Majesty, I still have witnesses. Cavalry General Zhao Wu!"

As soon as these words came out, there was another silence in the hall, and even the confident King Xin changed his face slightly.He frowned and looked at Xu Mu, and said displeasedly: "General Xu, don't talk nonsense. Zhao Wu died in battle a long time ago. If you say he didn't die, is it because you are deceiving the king in the battle report?!"

This big hat was put on, and everyone was a little panicked, but Xu Mu didn't care, and continued: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, the news of Zhao Wu's death is indeed false." After speaking, he explained: "Zhao Wudang Assassinated the chief general one day, he was taken down by the generals, and he was imprisoned until he returned to Liang Kingdom to report to His Majesty for disposal. However, when the army returned triumphantly, he was suddenly poisoned and was lucky to save his life Afterwards, I was worried that someone would kill someone to silence me, so I lied that he was dead, and brought him back to the capital safely."

After hearing this, King Xin's face was a little cloudy and uncertain.But he could bear it, and quickly suppressed all his emotions, and his expression became natural.Then he looked at the emperor sitting high on the imperial steps, his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched slightly into fists.

The emperor may have seen the panic in his son's eyes, pondered for a moment and said, "Go and bring him to the palace."

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This day's court meeting lasted until the afternoon, but when the court was over, the heavy snow outside the Xuanzheng Hall became heavier and heavier.The heavy snow covered the sky and the sun, covering all the darkness with the whiteness of new snow.

When Xu Mu came out of the Xuanzheng Hall, he gritted his teeth tightly, and his straight back seemed to have collapsed a little.

The generals who came with them originally came with the intention of receiving the reward, but unexpectedly there was a big scene in the Xuanzheng Palace, and the reward was lost, and now they don't know how to comfort Xu Mu.Several people looked at each other for a while, and then stepped forward cautiously to persuade: "Young General, this... you, your condolences, if the old general knew what happened today, he would not blame you."

They didn't blame Xu Mu for causing trouble, which made them lose their rewards. In fact, they were as angry as Xu Mu in their hearts—they didn't know the inside story of the old general's assassination, but they believed in Xu Mu's judgment, especially when Zhao Wu, the witness, also died. after.

That's right, Zhao Wu died, on the way the emperor called him into the palace.

Because of Zhao Wu's sensitive identity, Xu Mu naturally did not dare to bring him by his side, let alone bring him directly to the gate of the palace.Therefore, if the emperor wanted to call, he would naturally have to bring people from the school ground in the west of the city where Xu Jiajun was temporarily stationed.But in this short distance, Zhao Wu died on the road, and no one would believe that he had killed someone to silence him.

Of course, Zhao Wu's death on the way to Xuanzhao was not much different from slapping the emperor in the face, so the emperor ordered a thorough investigation after hearing the news.But Xu Mu couldn't help but wonder in his private heart, Zhao Wu's death was so timely, who did it?

Certain speculations flooded into Xu Mu's mind, making Xu Mu feel that his heart was colder than falling snow.