My country is dying

Chapter 404 Drilling Her Heart Out
"I haven't forgotten!" Hou Junli stared at her, a crack appeared in his usually deep eyes.

"Didn't you forget that you pleaded for him? Do you have to have me die here today, so that you will have a little pity?"

"No..." Hou Junli took a step forward, wanting to touch her, but Mi Le dodged him, his fingers froze in mid-air, and finally he could only retract slowly, "Pei Qing is indeed unforgivable, but the emperor has to Take the overall situation into consideration! Pei Qing's death won't do you any good, but it will force the Guan family to jump over the wall!"

"How can there be no benefit?" Mi Le laughed angrily, "During the three years you served as the regent, Pei Qing has grown from a young lady to a celebrity in front of the Queen Mother today. Although it may be due to the credit of the family, but dare you say Didn't you cover it up for him? In the past three years, he should have done a lot of good things, right? Not to mention a hundred times, one death should be enough! As the king of a country, how could it be considered useless to eliminate evil in the name of him? ? Or, you didn’t cover him up enough, and you want me to cover it up for you? Hou Junli, if you think so, then you are very wrong!”

"I'm not entirely trying to cover for him..."

"It's not complete, so it's really covering it up for him?" Mi Le smiled, "Then I'm sorry, this time, I must kill him!"

Hou Junli lowered his eyebrows: "Pei Qing is guilty, so the Guan family can't escape the responsibility. Guan Chenxuan is dead, murdering his heart, the emperor's purpose of suppressing the Guan family has been achieved, if Pei Qing is sentenced to death at this time, the emperor really Are you not afraid of the Guan family plotting rebellion?"

"Conspiracy?" Mi Le looked at him with a sneer, "Why do you think I was caught here? Could it be that the Guan family raised troops? The Guan family has already harbored evil intentions, and I still need to show mercy to them?"

Hou Junli closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the bloodshot eyes were clearly visible: "It is time for the emperor to judge the situation. The emperor has just taken charge of the government, and the new policy has not yet achieved results. At this time, it is the worst policy to kill the Guan family!"

"According to what you mean, as long as they do it, I'm not allowed to resist?"

"You need conclusive evidence. Although this Piaoxiangju is Pei Qing's territory, Pei Qing had a serious injury certificate before the emperor was arrested. In the eyes of outsiders, he has no ability to control everything. How can he trap the emperor?" ? To arrest people, we need to pay attention to evidence. If the emperor has no evidence, it will only make the courtiers think that you are arbitrary and not suitable for personal governance. Has the emperor considered it?"

Mi Le's whole body was cold, and she felt that the cold wind that penetrated into her clothes emptied her heart as well.

She looked at Hou Junli quietly: "So today, if I died here, Pei Qing might be able to convict me, but as long as I don't die, Pei Qing will definitely not be able to convict me. Is that what you mean?"

Hou Junli didn't speak, just looked at her.

Mi Le raised his head to look at the sky, and the moon just hid in the clouds at this moment, leaving only the dark clouds surging and silently devouring the remaining light of the moon.

She smiled, sad and desperate: "So why should I be the emperor..."

An emperor who couldn't even protect herself, why did she leave so recklessly? !
Walking to the side of the carriage, Mi Le didn't say a word and got into the carriage, but the people beside him suddenly looked in the direction of Piaoxiangju and exclaimed.

Mi Le paused, turned his head, and saw the black smoke billowing in Piaoxiangjuli, the vaguely visible flames boiling, and... screams one after another.

The few people beside the carriage were shocked. Everyone looked at the door of Piaoxiangju, but no one escaped. In other words, the fire was not an accident, but man-made?

Xiao Qi subconsciously wanted to go in, but was stopped by Gao Yuan and Yungui who came out of Piaoxiangju.

Xiao Qi immediately looked at Mi Le: "Your Majesty..."

Mi Le slowly shifted his gaze to Hou Junli who was walking aside, and suddenly understood.

It's ridiculous to say that in order to protect her reputation and destroy the matter of being kidnapped today, Hou Junli actually wanted the entire Piaoxiangju people to be buried with her, but she didn't know that the culprit was clearly alive and well!

"Your Majesty, don't we save those people?" Xiangsi asked with a pale face.

Xiao Qi also looked over at the same time.

Mi Le just lowered his eyes, and smiled coldly: "If I can't even save myself, how can I save others?"

After the words fell, she got into the carriage without looking back.

Xiangsi and Xiao Qi looked at each other, clearly full of astonishment and doubt.

In the past, the emperor didn't like to kill innocent people indiscriminately, why doesn't he care about it today?

Qi Moxuan at the side turned his eyes to look at Hou Junli: "The lord does not hesitate to risk hundreds of lives to protect the emperor's reputation. The lower officials admire him, but the culprit does not seem to be among these people."

"What do you want to say?" Hou Junli looked at him expressionlessly.

Qi Moxuan bowed and saluted: "Naturally, I don't dare to question the king of Qi. I just let the murderer not be caught, but killed people who have nothing to do with it. I'm sorry for being stupid and unable to understand! What's more, the king of Qi seems to know the murderer and has a good relationship with him." This is extraordinary, are these actions protecting the emperor or the murderer?"

"Qi Moxuan, stop talking." Mi Le's voice suddenly came from inside the carriage.

Qi Moxuan paused, then stood up straight, and did not say any more.

"What does it mean that King Qi has an unusual relationship with the murderer?" Xiao Qi quit after hearing Qi Moxuan's words, and walked directly to the carriage.

Qi Moxuan glanced at him but didn't speak, neither did Hou Junli at the other end.Seeing this, Xiao Qi became furious, and immediately opened the curtain of the car to look at Mi Le: "Your majesty, if you are threatened, just say so, but I want to see who dares to cover up the murderer and persecute the emperor!"

Although he was facing Mi Le, it was clear that he was speaking for outsiders.

Mi Le just closed his eyes, and said in a tired voice, "Xiao Qi, let's go back to the palace."

Xiao Qi still wanted to say more, but Acacia on the side pulled him: "The emperor is already tired enough, can we talk about it tomorrow?"

Only then did Xiao Qi look at the bloody coat on Mi Le's body again, but he lowered the curtain without saying a word after all.

But when he passed by Hou Junli's side to get on his horse, he still stopped and said viciously: "I said before, whoever dares to disrespect the emperor, I, Xiao Qi, will be the first to let him go!"

After hearing this, Hou Junli just walked away with cold eyes, Xiao Qi snorted coldly and got on his horse.

The carriage finally arrived at the gate of the palace.

Yu Quan and Xiang Lan who received the news had already brought their clothes and waited there for a long time.

When Xiang Lan got into the carriage to change Mi Le's clothes, she saw the bloody clothes on her body, and her face changed in shock: "Your Majesty, what's going on?"

Mi Le didn't have the heart to explain at all, but just shook his head wearily.

Seeing this, Xiang Lan didn't dare to ask any more questions, but quickly put on her robe and tied her hair, and then helped her get off the carriage.

Inside the palace gate, the imperial chariot had already been parked.

However, Mi Le stopped in front of the imperial chariot, and looked at the people outside the palace gate: "Master Qi, you are injured, and it just so happens that Imperial Physician Nie is in the imperial palace. You should stay and let Imperial Physician Nie treat you."

(End of this chapter)