I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 436 This child understands me!

"This...this, what evidence do you have?" Emperor Hongwen's expression changed. He wanted to say that this was impossible, but thinking that Li Mu would not take it so lightly, he changed his words temporarily.

Zuo Jing looked at Li Mu in astonishment, wondering if this prince was abandoned by the King of Yan, so he used this incident as a token of his allegiance to the Emperor of Xing Dynasty?

But he had already fled the capital before, so why did he come back?

Zuo Jing suddenly turned his head and looked at Yin Huanping, his eyes full of malice.

It's because of that woman.

Feeling grief-stricken and indignant, Zuo Jing had never expected that, despite all his calculations, he had not anticipated that the Prince of Yan was actually a lunatic who was greedy for beauty.

Li Mu glanced at His Highness and his ministers, thought for a moment and then spoke,

"Your Majesty, do you still remember Song Chi?"

"Song Chi? Is he the one who colluded with the barbarians?" asked Emperor Hongwen.

"I don't know whether Song Chi colluded with the barbarians, because he died a long time ago. Now there is a fake Song Chi in my house. Your Majesty, please bring him here and ask him and you will know."

After saying that, Li Mu looked at Emperor Hongwen, and then was slightly stunned, and asked tentatively,

"Your Majesty released him?"

Just by seeing the change in the expression on Emperor Hongwen's face, Li Mu understood everything in his heart. He frowned slightly and turned to look at Yin Huanping.

"Who is coming to pick up the people from Prince Jiang's Mansion?"

Hearing Li Mu's words, Yin Huanping pursed her lips slightly. Although she felt a little embarrassed that Li Mu questioned her in front of so many people, she did not have the slightest thought of resisting.

He remembered that Li Mu had said that he wanted Prince Jiang's mansion to send someone to pick up the person. It was her idea in the first place, and she was sure that it was nothing serious.

With a look of grievance on his face, he was about to speak when he heard Emperor Hongwen speak first:

"Prince Jiang came to the palace to beg me, so I ordered someone to go to your house and bring him out."

Li Mu had already guessed what was going on in his mind, and he was just performing for Emperor Hongwen.

But he didn't expect that the person who came was the prince of Jiang Wang. He pretended to be surprised and said,

"Prince Jiang is coming with this man to meet His Majesty?"

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen looked down at Zuo Jing and said in a deep voice,

"Bring Song Yu to me immediately."

At this moment, Zuo Jing suddenly jumped up and rushed towards Emperor Hongwen who was sitting on the dragon throne.

Seeing this, Li Mu raised his hand and gently covered the eyes of Cang He in his arms, "Don't look, don't look, hiss~ too violent!"

On both sides of the dragon throne, the Queen and General Sun attacked together. With a buzzing sound in the air, Zuo Jing's body flew backwards.

The next moment, several golden chains appeared above the hall, locking Zuo Jing's limbs tightly.

A large golden net then fell down, trapping Zuo Jing while changing its shape into a cage in an instant.

Li Mu sensed it carefully. Although the color of this cage was different, its aura was exactly the same as the blood cage he had seen in Donglai Pass before. He thought it should be the same thing.

"How is that possible? King Jiang clearly sent me a letter. Could it be that the letter was fake?"

Emperor Hongwen's brows suddenly furrowed into a frown.

This Zuo Jing suddenly attacked, which proved that what Li Mu said was true.

But the code in the second half of the secret letter was clearly known only to his three brothers. Could it be that King Jiang had already...

"Quickly take this man away for strict interrogation, and send someone else to investigate Jiangcheng... Let Zou Pu go in person!"

Emperor Hongwen snorted.

Li Mu noticed that several people outside the hall left quickly, and he thought they must be members of the Dark Ice Guard.

"Qingyi, what else do you know?"

Li Mu was looking at the golden cage, wanting to try if it was useless to him. When he heard what Emperor Hongwen said, a smile flashed across his eyes.

Knowing that the previous mess has been almost resolved, now comes the most important finishing work.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Li Mu sighed softly, pretending to be compassionate, and spoke lightly.

"I only learned the news that day and had not yet reported it to His Majesty. Who knew that the news came from Donglai Pass that the old man had been captured..."

"I can only leave a letter and have the servants in my house deliver it to the palace, while I rush to the border without stopping."

"Now it seems that the boy is also..."

"Asshole, who is so bold!" Emperor Hongwen's eyes widened, he slapped the armrest of the dragon throne and stood up.

Li Mu subconsciously glanced at the body of the Imperial Censor on the ground, then quickly looked away.

"Fortunately, I got the news in time and traveled thousands of miles to the palace. Your Majesty, you don't know how hard it was for me along the way. I climbed over many mountains, and the river... was tight, bah! It was urgent! There was still a lot of water... ugh..."

Emperor Hongwen followed Li Mu's gaze and looked at the corpse on the ground, thinking about something.

Before, the Confucians did send someone, who seemed to be here to apologize.

Later, because that man had a past relationship with the Chief Censor, the case was handed over to him. Now thinking about it, there might be something here that he doesn't know.

Emperor Hongwen was just thinking about it, but when he heard Li Mu start to take credit for his work, he felt a little amused. After all, Li Mu was only 20 years old this year and he was still a child.

At this time, suspicion of Li Mu had disappeared.

Qingyi is such a pure, filial, true and kind boy... well... he has almost no flaws except that he is a little lustful, but I actually doubted him.

I feel sorry for the child and even more sorry for my second brother, Prince Yan.

Emperor Hongwen looked at Li Mu, automatically ignoring the foreign woman in his arms, and thought about how to reward him.

The queen standing by also covered her mouth and chuckled, and the atmosphere in the palace instantly became lively.

“Done!”

Li Mu exhaled gently and groped back and forth on Cang He's cheek with his fingers.

My previous impulse to think of killing people to establish my authority was indeed a bit rough.

It would be fine if he stayed in the capital, but if he was not there, it would make people jealous.

It would especially make Emperor Hongwen suspicious. Without the best protective umbrella, troubles would only continue.

You don't intend to gain a foothold in the court, so why take this risk?

Now, with Emperor Hongwen standing in front of him, others have to be wary of his strength, and also have to take into account his influence in front of Emperor Hongwen. This is killing two birds with one stone. This is called establishing authority...

Li Mu was planning to comfort the court officials by combining kindness with severity.

From now on, you will be able to act arrogantly in this capital city in the truest sense, instead of just being a reckless man relying on force.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to speak, his expression froze.

Since I didn't prepare a good speech beforehand, I suddenly don't know what to say.

Li Mu's heart skipped a beat, knowing that the BUFF that added 100 to his intelligence might have expired again.

He lowered his head and pinched Cang He's chin. Just as he was about to speak, he heard someone from His Highness say:

"Your Majesty, the Rongyi people have ulterior motives, and this time it was all because of the Crown Prince that we were able to learn the news in advance. I beg Your Majesty to let the Crown Prince handle this matter."

"Hmm?" Li Mu was stunned. Seeing that the person who spoke was the sausage-mouthed Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he thought to himself, is this guy so stubborn? Is he setting a trap for me again?

Unexpectedly, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites smiled at Li Mu with a flattering look on his face and said loudly,

"This girl is the Princess of Rongyi. She must know a lot of inside information. In my opinion, we should hand her over to the Crown Prince for personal interrogation. With the Crown Prince's moral education, there is no doubt that she will turn from evil to good."

"Shameless old thief!"

"Asshole, he actually let him get there first!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall suddenly became noisy.

"Your Majesty, there have been many rumors in the capital that defame His Royal Highness. I think it must be the work of someone behind the scenes. I am willing to follow your orders and find out who is behind this."

"Your Majesty! I have a report to make. The Imperial Censor Wei Yan has been corrupt and has disregarded the law. Yue and the Confucianists have brought here a man named Wei Li. This man has colluded with bandits in Qiuzhou and is trying to harm His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"However, this thief Wei Yan used his position to protect the thieves, and now Wei Li is still in his house!"

"Your Majesty, I, your subject..."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Emperor Hongwen was listening with a frown on his face, when suddenly his throat felt itchy and he coughed lightly a few times.

For a moment, one could hear a pin drop in the hall, and all the ministers looked at him with concerns for the emperor's health.

The ministers couldn't help but worry. If they missed Emperor Hongwen, they might never meet an emperor with such a good temper again.

A trace of confusion flashed across Emperor Hongwen's eyes, and then his breathing became rapid. He took a deep breath, tried to suppress his emotions and said:

"The matter of Jiangcheng is the most important right now. As for the rest... Sun Poju, I order you to send someone to search Wei Yan's residence immediately and find out the matter of Wei Li and Rong Yi."

At this time, Emperor Hongwen was already very happy. This was exactly the court described in Li Mu's story.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Li Mu became more and more gratified. He was certain that Li Mu must know what he was thinking and was taking this opportunity to reorganize the court for him.

He secretly thought that he was being too stubborn before. It was not impossible to suppress the rebellion by force, but he, as the emperor, could not do it openly.

Li Mu's move was just to relieve his worries.

This child understands me!