Chapter 433; Confession (Part 2)

King Jin looked at him intently, not believing his explanation.

Indeed, this explanation is too far-fetched and too weak.

"I have been making puppets for so many years, and last year Wanfu appeared."

When he heard him mention Lu Yaoyao, King Jin's pupils shrank slightly, but he quickly covered it up and pretended to be listening carefully.

"This girl has a good personality. When I get along with her, I feel more relaxed than ever before."

"It's like it suddenly became flesh and blood."

"As this feeling continues to grow stronger, I want to get rid of the shackles of the Wang family."

"That's why you took over as the commander of the Left Imperial Guard."

After hearing this, King Jin thought in his heart, and seemed to have a little belief in what Emperor Hongwen told him at this time.

"I have said more than once that Wan Fu is my lucky star, and these words come from the bottom of my heart."

"Her appearance made me feel the flesh-and-blood reality that I had not seen for a long time, and because of her, I slowly weakened the power in the hands of the Wang family."

"The Zuo Imperial Guard is only one of them, and the Jiangdong Governor is the second."

"Now the salt and iron are all in my hands. The Wang family can't interfere. She brought these for me."

"But you have not fully mastered these things, and I have mastered a lot of them. Since you said that you are not Prince Ning, nor the Xiao family, and you and I are enemies, why would you still give these things to me?"

Emperor Hongwen smiled.

"Although I am not a member of the Xiao family, I have received the greatest benefit from the Xiao family."

"Also, there is one thing you said wrong."

"Um?"

King Jin raised his eyebrows.

"It's just that you were wrong in saying that you and I are enemies."

"First of all, before I ascended the throne, I always considered myself a member of the Xiao family. Although I later learned the facts, I did not regard the Xiao family as my enemies."

"As for the death of your brothers, I may have ordered my involvement, but the fundamental motivator was the Wang family."

"Of course, you should treat me as your enemy, and I accept that."

These words silenced King Jin. In fact, he knew very well what happened back then. There was almost no discrepancy with what Emperor Hongwen said at this time. In his account, the other party did not clarify the events that were related to him.

In fact, from this point of view, King Jin still admired Emperor Hongwen's uprightness. Since he was honest, he would not be secretive at all, and the facts would be whatever they were.

"As for why I gave those things to you, part of it is because I feel guilty about the Xiao family. Of course, more of it is because I want to use you to fight against the Wang family so that I can find opportunities."

"After all, to me, both of your families are people I don't want to keep."

For him who sits in the position of emperor, it would be a lie to say that he has no nostalgia at all. People who have experienced this feeling, how can they not be obsessed with it?

It's just that when something exceeds this obsession, or there is nothing you can do about it, you have to let it go, whether you are willing to do so or not, you have to let it go.

"In that case, why do you, my king, say these things today? If you don't say it, you can better use me to target the Wang family. You can continue to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers."

"Because I have no confidence in the Wang family, and if I give you something excessively, the Wang family will also become suspicious, and the Wang family will never let me go."

"They can bring about the death of the late Emperor. For me, a chess piece, it is easy to destroy them?"

"If I want to live, I have to pay some price, right?"

The King of Jin could not deny this. The Wang family was extremely ambitious. If they really sensed that their status was in danger and took action against Emperor Hongwen, it would not be impossible.

After all, the eldest son of Emperor Hongwen was also of the Wang family, and with the status of Queen Wang, it was easier for them to control him.

It makes sense to choose to do this in order to survive.

"Faced with such facts, why do you think this king wants to help you?"

"Because Wang De said something to me earlier."

"What words?"

King Jin looked puzzled.

"This is the world of the Xiao family. Although my true identity is not the Xiao family, in the eyes of the vast majority of people in Dongzhou, I am the Xiao family."

"So, you will never let the world change your surname, and I don't want to die, but I can die."

“Why can’t you die even if you don’t want to?”

King Jin asked again.

"If you don't want to die, I won't explain it. You can die, but you don't really die."

"Can you bear it?"

The so-called death means death in name, but not real death. However, doing so would be tantamount to leaving the throne, and King Jin did not think that the other party would be willing to do so.

"Sooner or later, isn't it?"

"On the one hand, you will be killed after being exploited by the Wang family, and on the other hand, you will fake your own death and return to life. How will you choose?"

For today, Emperor Hongwen had thought about it for a long time, and he had to put a lot of effort into having an absolutely justifiable reason and concealing the real reason.

King Jin could accept his statement.

"But aren't you afraid that I will kill you after I finish using you?"

"I'm afraid, but I have no choice. But I didn't touch you back then, so it can be regarded as a life-saving grace, right?"

"If I just bet on this friendship again, even though it would be ridiculous, it's not worth betting on, right?"

King Jin was silent, but nodded in his heart.

There is indeed a possibility of gambling, especially after the other party directly confesses and expresses his feelings, the possibility of gambling becomes even higher.

"I've already explained what needs to be said. You can think about it carefully."

"Do you want to protect the Xiao family with me, or let the Wang family steal the Xiao family?"

King Jin nodded, stood up, turned around and left the Dragon Head Hall.

The two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't mention Lu Yaoyao much, and they didn't mean to reveal the identity of the person they knew well.

After leaving the Dragon Head Palace, King Jin suppressed all his thoughts. He first went to the Zuo Imperial Guard Camp and selected many Imperial Guards, and then went to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

When he arrived at Hubu, Emperor Hongwen's decree had already arrived.

When the Minister of the Ministry of Finance saw him coming, he immediately handed over the work, took several subordinates with him, and left the capital with the imperial guards led by the King of Jin to the nearby salt and iron workshop.

After finishing all the things assigned by Emperor Hongwen, it was already evening when he returned to the capital. After going to see Emperor Hongwen to return his orders, the King of Jin returned home as usual.

During this whole day, he didn't show anything out of the ordinary.

After returning to the palace, after dinner, and just about to get up and go to the study, Yan Yi came.

"Your Majesty, the things you told us have been completed, but by doing this, aren't we treating the symptoms rather than the root cause?"

It turned out that after learning about what the Han family had done in the three surrounding countries and the fact that Xirong came to ask for peace, King Jin had murderous intentions.

Hearing earlier that envoys from Southern Xinjiang had been sent, he immediately ordered Yan Yi to rush to the southeastern border and kill all the envoys from Southern Xinjiang who came to snatch his wife.

This is also the reason why people in the capital knew about the news of sending envoys from southern Xinjiang a few months ago, but it has been several months and no one has been seen yet.
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