Chapter 53: The King Leaves the Guilt
A happy event does not represent the peace of the whole world, on the contrary, the comparison with each other is even more cruel. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
When the raindrops fall, they will smash themselves to pieces, scattering and splashing everywhere, and if a rain is too strong, it will intertwine into a layer of water vapor that will obscure the view of the earth.
At this moment, the entire Xianyang Palace is turbulent, and the delicately decorated water pavilion no longer has a pleasing feeling to the eye, but it makes people look forward to evil.
It rained heavily all night, and Wang Li also knelt outside the palace gate all night.
He didn't tell his seriously ill father the news of his defeat, because Wang Ben's condition could no longer withstand any blows, and coming to Xianyang to ask for guilt was the only thing he could do now.
He didn't go to beg the princess and mother-in-law, the Great Qin Law ordered strict military law and selflessness, and no one had ever been given the opportunity to be extraordinarily gracious. Oh, there is one exception! Zhao Gao's last death sentence was pardoned by His Majesty.
On a par with a eunuch? As a descendant of Wang Qian, a famous general of the Four Dynasties, he has not fallen into that situation!
Daqin did not have the sigh of "the only death through the ages", as a general, Wang Li had long been prepared to look down on life and death, and the reason why he knelt here was to seek the last chance to speak, so that His Majesty would know that the traitor was fierce and difficult to deal with, and the strange methods could not be prevented!
Broken footsteps down the stairs, looking up, the Zhao Gao who had never looked at it slowly walked slowly, today, the one looking down and the one looking up changed positions, Wang Li felt that the other party's gaze was particularly dazzling, but no matter how humiliating it was, it was nothing to a person who was determined to die.
"The sin will leave the king, please see Your Majesty!"
Zhao Gao sneered, hid under the hat to avoid the heavy rain, and the cold voice made the water vapor cold again: "General Wang, General Li Xin has already confessed and resigned, Your Majesty will not see you, if I were you, it would be better to wipe my neck with a sword, and the province would not be alive to humiliate the ancestors." β
Wang Li looked up at the palace high above, his eyes began to despair, and he asked in disbelief: "Is this your majesty's will......?"
Zhao Gaomo did not answer.
Of course not the emperor said it! This is his bluff! If Wang Li has some misunderstanding and does something, what can he do when he dies without proof?
If the king is not fooled and asks the question, then it will be easy to do - I didn't say that this is the emperor's decree, so I just sighed casually.
Wang Li was really fooled, the despair in his eyes became thicker and thicker, he stood up and clenched his fists, the cold rain dripped on the crown of the board, slid down the tip of his nose along his forehead, and finally got into his robe to rob him and rob him of the heat.
"Your Majesty!
The sin general Wang Li still has a word, and please see him with grace!
Your Majesty - Your Majesty - ! β
Even in this situation, the high-pitched voice was still unabated, disturbing the palace gate guards to turn their heads to look, mixed with the sound of rain falling, there was a different desolation.
Zhao Gao can't speak anymore, if Wang Li silently leaves home to cut himself, he can push it all away, now this shout, the entire guard is staring, and when the time comes, report to the imperial doctor, saying that Zhao Gao not only did not pass on the decree but said something in private, so even if Wang Li died, he couldn't wash it off!
The emperor is still alive and well! It's not confused to be a little injured, how can people who have gone through many coups d'Γ©tat be so easy to deceive?
"General Wang, silence! There is a decree of His Majesty here, and the slave maid is about to read it. β
Wang Li stopped shouting, a little afraid to take the holy decree, with the foreshadowing just now, he thought it was a death edict, really to put it into words, but he couldn't do a little fake, there was no room for turn.
"General Wang? General Wang? β
"Sin will ...... Command. β
Zhao Gao took out the holy decree a little reluctantly, and began to read it in a voice without a trace of emotion.
"The Son of Heaven said: The guilty minister and the king are leaving, the army is overthrown, the crime is serious, and his father and ancestor have made great contributions to the country, and the punishment is pardoned, however, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is inescapable, so he ordered to seize the marquis of Wucheng, collect all the fiefs, and confiscate the shield!"
This holy decree is a bit difficult to accept, Wang Li would rather die than see the glory of his father's hard work all his life being deprived, Marquis Wucheng, that is Wang Jian destroyed the Six Kingdoms and Pingdang Baiyue in exchange, just like that, he was buried once, what face will he have in the future!
"General Wang? General Wang? β
"Sin will ...... Thank you, Your Majesty, when will Your Majesty see me? β
Zhao Gao frowned: "General Wang, the slave has already read the will, Your Majesty has never mentioned the matter of the announcement, you better go home." β
Wang Li insisted and said: "Wang doesn't care about life and death, the key is that this war thief is unbelievable, I have recorded the war in the war register, and I must present it to His Majesty for reading......"
"Your Majesty will ask you about the defeat, General Wang, please go back!"
"That's different! I'm ......."
"What's the difference? Oh yes, they are not as detailed as you know, after all, it was General Wang who personally led the troops to a fiasco, and only the general knows best in his heart how to abandon his troops and abandon his armor......
But it's not right, the slave maid heard that the general was unconscious for three days, and this can also record the war record? β
Wang Li finally realized that it was more difficult to live than to die, it didn't matter if one person was humiliated, the feeling of being full of people and the whole army being despised was all pressed on his heart.
The saddest thing is that he still can't vent, if His Majesty just gave him a death, it means that this crime is borne by one person, and it is a big deal to add sin to death this eunuch to be buried multiple times, but now...... Alas!
When his face was pale, his voice was like squeezing out between his teeth: "Please also ask your majesty to order the CRRC, Wang Li is willing to die in exchange for an audience!" β
Zhao Gao was taken aback: So fatal? Really? Do you want to see His Majesty's words exonerate? Or do you want to regain your favor with reason? Why are the current princes and ministers more and more able to drill camps?
No way! can't give him this opportunity, he hasn't reacted to the secret trick just now, and when he understands, this is a mortal enemy! Watching the enemy turn over, how could Zhao Gao do it!
"In this way, Your Majesty is discussing state affairs with Prime Minister Li Cheng, and it is inconvenient for the slave and maid to disturb, General Wang can hand over the war registration slip to the slave and maid, and when Your Majesty is free, how about I petition the Holy Reading?"
Wang Li hesitated, and said in a weak tone: "It's better for me to personally present it to Your Majesty!" β
Zhao Gao's face sank: "Your Majesty's liver fire has just calmed down, won't you be furious again when you see General Wang?" It is better to give it to Princess Liyang and ask her to present it to the Son of Heaven for reading. β
Thinking of that mother-in-law, Wang Li quickly ruled it out, not to mention the embarrassment of not much age difference, what is it like to hand over a woman's hand for a military event? What's more, she has no weight in the eyes of the emperor, and it is not certain whether she can succeed.
But......
Since Zhao Gao mentioned Princess Liyang, it shows that he is still a little sincere in this matter, right? Maybe...... Can you try it?
"In that case, there is an order from the Che Fu of Laozhong!"
Zhao Gao smiled in his heart, he had long heard that the princess who married Wang Jian when he went on the expedition was just a bargaining chip, and now it seems that she is really unsatisfactory in the Wang family!
"General Wang, please go back, the slave and maid must be presented to Your Majesty!"