LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 309 The crime of deceiving the emperor
At this time, Concubine Xian exclaimed: "This person...isn't this person my third aunt?"
When the emperor looked at her like this, he felt that this woman looked familiar. Isn't Concubine Xian's third aunt Ye Qingran's mother?
"Are you sure it's her?"
Concubine Xian nodded: "Of course, I get along with her every day in the Ye family, how could I not recognize her?"
Hearing this, the emperor looked serious: "Since she is here, she can't be alone, right?"
Concubine Xian didn't say anything, so the emperor stepped forward and stopped Mrs. Jiang, "Are you Mr. Ye Jiang of the old general's palace?"
Mrs. Jiang didn't notice them at first, but she was shocked when she heard this. She turned around and saw Concubine Xian holding the emperor's arm, with a proud expression on her face.
Although she had only met the emperor once when Ye Qingran married the emperor, she still recognized him at a glance when she saw him standing with Concubine Xian.
But she did not kneel down to salute, but denied it: "You have recognized the wrong person."
Since the emperor paid a private visit incognito, he just pretended not to know.
Seeing her attitude, the emperor was not angry, but said directly: "It's useless even if you deny it. Maybe I can't recognize you, but she can. You also know in your heart that verbal denial has no effect."
He took a step forward and completely blocked her path, "I'm not here today to kill you, but I have some questions to ask General Ye."
Even though Ye Guodong is no longer a general, or even just a criminal who has not been cleared of his crimes, he is still willing to call him that.
After all, in his heart, Ye Guodong was indeed a very good general. If not, he wouldn't be so afraid that he would exile his whole family and not dare to kill people secretly.
But even if he said this, Mrs. Jiang still insisted: "I don't know what general, you have recognized the wrong person."
After saying that, like a frightened rabbit, she directly opened the door and entered the house, and then locked the two of them out without mercy.
Concubine Xian was a little angry: "How dare she do this to Your Majesty? Although they are my relatives, I can't protect them. Your Majesty, she is offending you by doing this, and she is also guilty of deceiving the emperor! They are sinners, and now they are guilty One more wait."
The emperor's expression was also very bad, but he just clenched his fists and said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Forget it, let's go first. It's useless to talk to her as a woman. We still have to wait for General Ye to come forward."
After saying that, he took Concubine Xian out of the village.
In fact, the assassin team was aware of the arrival of Concubine Xian and the Emperor in advance.
Although they had never met the emperor, they had met Concubine Xian. Ye Qingran and Ye Zhuoyu had previously told them to pretend to be ordinary people when they saw Concubine Xian, so they did not dare to stop them outside, and they did not even have time to inform them. Ye Guodong and Ye Zhuoyu.
Now that Concubine Xian and the Emperor were outside, they dared to come out and discuss a few words, but they did not dare to speak too loudly.
After thinking about it, Sanhu didn't let them continue to guard outside, because he saw that the two people left in the wrong direction, and they only turned a corner and disappeared. I'm afraid they didn't go far at all.
If they went out to check at this time, they would probably be discovered and cause trouble for the entire village.
But Sanhu found an opportunity to inform Ye Guodong of the matter, and Ye Guodong hurried home from the training ground.
Seeing that the door was closed, he stepped forward and knocked, pausing and knocking regularly. After three times, the door opened.
"Are you back?" Madam Jiang welcomed him in.
Ye Guodong was a little anxious: "I heard that Concubine Xian and that guy found our village. Is this true?"
Mrs. Jiang nodded: "Yes, they recognized me. Although I didn't admit it, it was of no use. After all, Concubine Xian recognized me."
"This matter..."
Before Ye Guodong finished speaking, the emperor's voice sounded behind him: "Long time no see, General Ye."
Both of them shook their hands and turned around to see that the emperor and Concubine Xian had come back at some point and were looking at them coldly.
Ye Guodong was shocked and pulled Jiang to his knees: "Ye Guodong, the sinner, comes to see your majesty."
Seeing him like this, the emperor's expression softened a little, and he stepped forward to help him up, and whispered: "You and I used to be kings and ministers, but now we are in such trouble."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Ye Guodong didn't answer his words, but just stood up according to his wishes.
"I don't care about Ye Jiang's crime of deceiving the emperor, but there are some things that I should make clear to General Ye."
"Your Majesty, the crime of Ye's exile is no longer that of a general."
The emperor sat aside and snorted coldly: "You also know that you are exiled, but you dare to escape privately. After you escape, you still come near the capital. Are you provoking me?"
"Don't dare."
Although Ye Guodong was a little nervous, he still tried to keep his tone calm, "According to the decree, the criminals were exiled to the Northern Territory, and the criminals did arrive near the Northern Territory. However, disasters occurred frequently and many things happened, so they fled all the way here. It wasn’t intentional.”
Concubine Xian said from the side: "Your Majesty, you also know what the situation is like in the north. Maybe they were afraid, so they ran away. It was not intentional."
Ye Guodong secretly clenched his fist.
This Concubine Xian can talk. Originally she was just running away, but now she is running away.
The emperor obviously did not intend to let him go easily. He frowned and said: "After all, you violated my will, and the crime will be increased!"
Ye Guodong knelt down again: "You are wronged, Your Majesty!"
"Unjustly accused? If you are really unjustly accused, you should..."
He stopped here before he finished speaking.
In his heart, Ye Guodong should die in the natural disaster in the north, so that he could completely eliminate the disaster without his doing it.
But he couldn't just declare it. If Ye Guodong was really pushed into a hurry, there was no way he could seize military power secretly. Moreover, Ye Qingran seemed to be different from before, otherwise they would never dare to return to the capital. .
Now the Ye family is making him unpredictable. Although he wants to just kill him, he finally calms down.
"That's all, get up."
The emperor raised his hand and said, "Since you are back, I would like to ask you, what do you think if I forget the past and give you the official position again?"
What he said was obvious. How could Ye Guodong not know what it meant? He immediately replied: "Thank you for your kindness, your majesty. It's just that the sinners just want to live a stable life now. They are unwilling and not qualified to be an official again. Please do it for your majesty."
"You mean, are you blaming me for putting you in this situation?"
"I don't dare. It's just that the guilty people are used to such ordinary days. From now on, I will only like this and will not step into the officialdom again. Your Majesty, please clearly understand the hearts of the guilty people."
The emperor narrowed his eyes: "In this case, I will assume that you are telling the truth. If one day you violate your words, I will definitely punish you for deceiving the emperor."