flstandardbreds Chapter 145: The Marquis’s Wife Faking Her Death (49)
Chapter 145: The Marquis’s Wife Faking Her Death (49)
"A spy impersonating me?"
The old emperor immediately became alert when he heard this.
The old eunuch said: "It is very likely that this is the case. It is said that Mu Ziyi is still a deputy general under General Li."
"Your Majesty, if this is a spy sent by another country, that would not be good."
"General Li's deputy general?"
No, we must not be careless about things like spies.
Thinking of this, the old emperor immediately ordered, "Go! Find someone to go to Marquis Mu's mansion and bring Mu Ziyi here. I want to see for myself how this spy impersonates me."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The old eunuch immediately led people to the Marquis' Mansion to summon Mu Ziyi to the palace...
After a while, Mu Ziyi was brought into the palace by the old eunuch.
"Your Majesty, Lord Mu Ziyi requests an audience."
Came the old eunuch's shrill voice.
The old emperor raised his head and looked at the eunuch in front of him and said, "Let him in!"
Mu Ziyi walked in from outside the palace, knelt on the ground and paid his respects to the old emperor, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
As an idle marquis, Mu Ziyi had met the current emperor for the second time except for the time when he was conferred the title of marquis.
The old emperor didn't say anything. He knelt on the ground and didn't even dare to raise his head.
The old emperor looked at Mu Ziyi kneeling below with an expressionless face, and did not let him stand up. He said in a deep voice, "Are you Mu Ziyi? Raise your head and let me see."
"Yes, Your Majesty, it is you, my humble servant."
Upon hearing this, Mu Ziyi looked up at the old emperor.
He was a little confused. Why did the old emperor suddenly order him to enter the palace?
The old eunuch who came to announce the decree kept his mouth shut and did not ask anything.
Seeing this, the expressionless old emperor felt a little uneasy.
When the old emperor saw Mu Ziyi raise his head, he could see his appearance clearly. He was somewhat similar to the boy in his memory, but his face looked much more mature.
He wasn't sure if it was Mu Ziyi himself, so he prepared to go down and take a closer look.
The old eunuch saw the emperor stand up and prepare to approach Mu Ziyi, and said with some concern, "Your Majesty!"
He stretched out his hand to stop the emperor from going any further.
The old emperor glanced at the old eunuch, and the old eunuch didn't dare to say anything, but just followed the emperor closely.
He thought that if something happened later, he could protect the emperor.
The old emperor walked around Mu Ziyi twice and found no signs of disguise, so he returned to sit on the dragon throne at the top.
Looking at Mu Ziyi below him, he questioned, "You said you were Mu Ziyi, then who was the one who passed away in the Marquis' Mansion a few years ago?"
When the old emperor was young, he had seen all kinds of disguise techniques, and he could basically be sure that the person in front of him was not disguised.
So if the person in front of him is Mu Ziyi, then who is the Mu Ziyi who died a few years ago?
The old eunuch said that he had seen Mu Ziyi lying in the coffin with his own eyes, and that the coffin was sealed during the burial.
The old emperor naturally believed the words of the old eunuch who had been with him for decades.
So the question is, if the Mu Ziyi lying in the coffin a few years ago was the Mu Ziyi in front of us, then how did he survive?
And now he has been allowed to join the army.
What is his purpose in doing this?
No matter what Mu Ziyi's purpose was, the old emperor would rather kill someone by mistake than let go of a person who might be a spy sent by another country.
The reason why Lan Xin used her father's military achievements to ask for permission was to make him unable to stay in the capital.
As long as he can't stay in the capital, even if he has the luck of a protagonist, he will not be able to thrive in the court.