The general's wife through time

Chapter 330 Eunuch Li's Background
In a side hall of the imperial palace, the aroma of wine and meat filled the air.

"Uncle Eighth Prince, please try this newly-opened Peach Blossom Wine from the imperial kitchen." The queen personally filled the old prince's glass with wine and said with a smile.

The old prince with white hair and beard just nodded lightly to the queen, and then stared at Emperor Jing Kang leisurely.

He knew all the tricks of Emperor Jing Kang, he just didn't expose them directly before. But if this kid dared to take advantage of him, he would teach him a lesson in a minute.

His tone was not only dissatisfied but also disdainful as he said, "Tell me, what drama are you playing at? It's not enough that you demolished my house, now you want to demolish my old bones that are about to be buried in the ground?"

"Uncle Wang, you are too serious. You look energetic. You may be a little thinner, but your body is stronger than mine. You are still far from being buried! I sent someone to invite Uncle Wang here because I want to talk to him about the Dark Night Alliance."

Emperor Jing Kang personally hung the "blessed" amulet around the old prince's waist, and at the same time told the story in an orderly manner, from how the old prince had stood idly by and watched the royal infighting over the years, to how the old princess had privately dealt with the Dark Night Alliance. Emperor Jing Kang talked about every detail, as if he was there.

At first, he did want the queen to deal with the old prince, but when he heard that the rebellion of the Dark Night Alliance in the east and Huashan had been completely quelled, he changed his mind. Because it was time to show his cards!

The old prince listened to the words of Emperor Jing Kang with an indifferent expression, without even raising his eyelids.

He would sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers because the royal family owed him something.

At that time, Emperor Jingkang was not well-received, and his son was also affected because he was close to Emperor Jingkang. Emperor Jingkang made trouble and broke into the Tatar palace alone and was captured. The late emperor used his son to exchange for hostages. In the end, although both of them were rescued by General Mu, the late emperor's son inherited the throne, but his son became Eunuch Li because of his injury to his vitals. How could he not hate him? What's more hateful is that the rebellious son broke off the father-son relationship with Emperor Jingkang in order to stay with him.

For the sake of the royal family's reputation, he had no choice but to agree to Emperor Jing Kang's fake death, building a cenotaph for his still-living son and letting that evil creature become the chief eunuch of the palace under someone else's identity.

However, there are only cruel children in the world, but no cruel parents.

He could understand why the princess made a deal with the Dark Night Alliance?
It’s all because of that rebellious son.

When the Dark Night Alliance approached him, they proposed a trade-off, saying that as long as he helped to find out the news about the palace and the Qin family, the Dark Night Alliance could ask the Red Sky Fairy to give Eunuch Li a child. He had accidentally heard that Emperor Jing Kang and the Queen had met the Red Sky Fairy before, so after further investigation, he found that the Dark Night Alliance was indeed related to the Red Sky Fairy, but he still did not agree. Inaction is inaction, but colluding with outsiders to bring disaster to Dajing is another matter.

As for watching the fire from the other side of the river, it was because he did not trust Emperor Jing Kang. With such a father, his roots were crooked. He did not believe that Emperor Jing Kang would grow into a tree that stood tall and upright, and become a wise ruler. He wanted Emperor Jing Kang to fight with Li Meng and the others until both were defeated, and then he would come forward and replace them with a wise ruler.

But he didn't expect that his princess would actually agree to the Dark Night Alliance.

But he didn't blame the princess.

That evil creature can't be a eunuch in the palace for his whole life. When he retires after achieving success, he must have children to take care of him.

Now that it was his Xianwang Mansion that made the mistake first, he has nothing to escape from.

After Emperor Jing Kang finished speaking, the old prince simply asked lightly, "So, do you want to kill all nine clans, or execute them immediately?"

Emperor Jingkang: "..."

Kill the nine tribes?
The ruler of a country is also one of the nine clans in your family. Does the emperor want to kill himself?

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he gently patted the amulet, coughed lightly, raised his eyebrows and said, "What is Uncle Wang thinking about? Before Lao Li got into trouble, Uncle Wang had always been very good to me. I also know that Uncle Wang has a knot in his heart. I said this to tell Uncle Wang that the news sent by your old princess's people at that time was all false. I switched them all, and the Dark Night Alliance did not fulfill its promise to the old princess. Therefore, the collusion between the Xianwang Mansion and the Dark Night Alliance is not true. Uncle Wang's later years, I will help you save it."

The old prince narrowed his eyes coldly. He was finally sure that he could no longer see through the nephew in front of him. After a long silence, Emperor Jing Kang sighed and said, "Uncle Wang should know that there are not many people in the court who can be entrusted with important tasks. It was the children of the Qin family who rushed to the front to help me complete the work of the Dark Night Alliance. In addition, Qin Mingyuan and Xue Tang have made great contributions, but Qin Mingyuan can no longer be promoted. I can only give their share to Qin Mingshu and Qin Mingrui. I can't come up with a better one at the moment, so I only have two titles. After taking your mansion, I finally have two mansions that can be given to them."

How could it be for the two brothers of the Qin family?

There was clearly space left for the princess's mansion and Mu Xian's residence!

The purpose of conferring the title of Prince of a County was to mention Qin Mingshu's status as a concubine's son and pave the way for Princess Liuli's marriage. When the two of them got married, they would break down the wall between the Prince of a County's Mansion and the Princess's Mansion, and they would become one large courtyard.

It really kills two birds with one stone…

And you even talk about waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on him so shamelessly!
The old prince gritted his teeth, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"Oh, Uncle Wang, don't worry. After you listen to my whole plan, you will think I am wiser!"

After hearing what Emperor Jing Kang said and looking at his smug face, the old prince almost spit in Emperor Jing Kang's face.

Shame on you, so shameless!
Emperor Jing Kang didn't care at all about the old prince's dark face and the creaking sound of his teeth, and continued: "Uncle Wang cares about Old Li, but I, as his brother, care even more. After all, the relationship between me and Old Li is closer than that between brothers. And if he hadn't delayed time and waited for General Mu to come to rescue, the grass on my grave would be three meters high now."

"More than three meters." The old prince suddenly interrupted.

Emperor Jingkang: "Hmm?"

The old prince took a sip of wine and curled his lips coldly, "I mean the grass on your grave is probably more than ten meters high. I don't need to tell you what your father did, so as his son, you will definitely be implicated and be infamous for eternity. Plus, if you died at that time, you would have died young without any children to sweep your grave, so as of now the grass on your grave is more than ten meters high."

A sudden act of treason.

The queen was choked by the saliva and started coughing violently. She quickly covered her mouth with a handkerchief and walked out.

Emperor Jing Kang choked and said, "Uncle Wang, your joke is not funny at all. Please don't bother me and let me finish."

The old prince rolled his eyes and said, "Who told you to talk so much nonsense? If you don't get to the point, I'll leave. I'm busy helping Pingning choose a husband recently, so I really don't have time to listen to your beating around the bush."

Emperor Jing Kang's eyes moved slightly.

Princess Pingning, the daughter of Uncle Wang, was spoiled to the point of being lawless. The reason why Qin Mingrui and Duan Jingchu were thrown into the Jingzhao prison was because they bumped into her procession of travel. At that time, it was clearly the princess's carriage that was speeding on the street first, and Princess Pingning was fine. The one who was in trouble was the male favorite in her carriage who accidentally knocked his front teeth.

At that time, he would turn a blind eye, one reason being that he wanted to take the opportunity to educate Qin Mingrui and Duan Jingchu, and the other was to accumulate enough evidence to settle accounts with Prince Xian's Mansion later.

He has already made arrangements for Princess Pingning's marriage, but it will have to wait a while.

He coughed lightly and said, "Okay, Uncle Wang, listen carefully. Old Li has a child, a son, who is sixteen this year. I prayed for Old Li when I saw the immortal that year. Because Dajing has been plagued by internal and external troubles in recent years, I am worried that the child is in danger, so I didn't even tell Old Li about this matter."

"What?!" The old prince stood up suddenly and looked at Emperor Jing Kang excitedly, "Are you telling the truth? Are you lying to me?"