Chapter 125 E Ying
Yuwen Shu then interrogated Yuwen Eying, but before that, he took her to see the miserable conditions of Li Min, Li Hun and others as a deterrent.

Although Yuwen Eying was a princess of a fallen country, it was her grandfather who usurped the throne, so she naturally had not suffered any hardship. Although she had trouble sleeping and eating after being imprisoned, she had a daily supply of fine clothes and delicious food, and no one dared to treat her harshly.

She originally thought that her husband and the others were the same, but she didn't expect to be tortured like this. She pointed at Yuwen Shu in anger and fear and said, "You...how dare you do this?"

Yuwen Shu said calmly, "This is what your majesty meant."

The emperor's will also require someone to dare to carry it out. Pei Yun did not dare to do so, but Yuwen Shu did, and even dared to extend and develop it.

"I am your Majesty's niece, and I want to see your Majesty."

"But His Majesty is not in the mood to summon Madam."

"Then I want to see the Queen."

Yuwen Shu nodded: "Your Majesty is kind and might meet with Madam, but Your Majesty cannot prevail against His Majesty. Madam, instead of asking others, it is better to ask yourself."

Yuwen Eying wanted to maintain her dignity, but the people hanging not far away made it difficult for her to do so. She could only follow Yuwen Shu's words: "What should I do?"

Yuwen Shu smiled and said, "Madam, you are of such a noble origin. If it weren't for Li Min's involvement, you would never have fallen to such a place in your life. If this is the case, why don't you abandon her and save her? Are you worried that you won't be able to find a virtuous and handsome husband in the future?
"He doesn't dare to rebel."

"Li Minming is a demon. The state has killed him. There is no hope for his salvation!"

After saying this, Yuwen Shu's face gradually turned cold. After all, he was a man who had commanded three armies. Yuwen Eying was so frightened that she could only say tremblingly: "I don't know what to do, I just ask the elders to teach me."

In this way, Yuwen Shu taught orally, and Yuwen Eying wrote it herself. The Li family intended to rebel. Li Hun once told Min privately: "You should draw the talisman and become the emperor. Now the ruler likes war and troubles the people. This is also the time when God will destroy the Sui Dynasty. It is time for us to take it together.

If we cross the Liao River again, you and I will be the generals, and each army will have more than 20,000 soldiers, a total of 50,000 people. We will also recruit nephews and nieces from all families and relatives from both inside and outside the family to join the expedition. The sons and nephews of my family will be the commander-in-chief, leading the troops and horses and distributing them in the various armies to wait for gaps and coordinate with the front and the rear.

I will march with you to attack the imperial camp. The young men will respond and kill the generals. Within one day, the world will be at peace!"

After Yuwen Eying finished writing, she couldn't help but say, "I've often heard people say that you are not good at military strategy, but now it seems that it is true."

Yuwen Shu smiled proudly on his face, but he couldn't help feeling annoyed in his heart. Why wasn't his mind so active when he was leading the troops in battle? It was really strange.

Then he ordered someone to send Yuwen Eying back, and then went to see Li Hun's wife. It should have been easier because she was his biological sister.

But she didn't expect to be slapped in the face by Yuwen: "You want to kill my husband and my children, and you still have the nerve to come to see me now!"

Yuwen Shu said angrily: "What are you talking about? You and I are blood relatives. I will protect you and my nephews."

"Bah, that's nice of you to say. Do you think I don't know that you have lost your title and become the offspring of a traitor? You have no future at all. It's better to die than to beg for food in your uncle's house in humiliation!"

"You are so superficial! They are my nephews. I will make sure they have a prosperous future in the future."

"Oh, you took away all the food in the Li Mansion and left only a little leftover for us mother and son?"

Yuwen Shu's face flushed red and he slapped Yuwen Shi to the ground: "Then you will die with Li Hun!"

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At the court meeting, Yuwen Shucheng handed over Yuwen Eying's handwritten confession: "I have obtained the rebellion statements of Li Hun and Li Min, as well as a secret letter from Min's wife. I implore Your Majesty to review it." Several officials from the Ministry of Justice had already read the contents last night, so all the ministers knew about it. How could the emperor not know about it?

But after reading it, the emperor actually covered his face and pretended to cry: "My country was almost destroyed, but it was saved by my father-in-law!"

All the civil and military officials could not bear to listen any more, but who dared to say that the emperor was pretending? Who dared to defend the two men at this time?

So the emperor took advantage of the silence of his ministers and immediately issued an edict to execute 32 members of Hunmin's clan, all of whom were in the court or in the army. Then the rest, regardless of age, were exiled outside the mountains.

The emperor still restrained himself and did not implicate too many people. This was also a concession so as not to panic his ministers. After all, he knew that it was already too much to execute two important ministers and noble relatives based on a fabricated matter.

So the emperor immediately announced that he would go on an expedition, which was bound to completely eliminate Goguryeo and maintain and consolidate the status of the Sui Dynasty as the Celestial Empire.

When the news reached the Duke of Tang's Mansion, Li Jiancheng and his son wrote again to plead for Li Min and Li Hun, but were reprimanded by the emperor, who confiscated Li Yuan's two years' salary in one go.

"That's great. It would be even better if this title could be revoked."

What Li Yuan is thinking about now is whether this matter is completely over. If not, there is really no one in the court with the surname Li who is greater and more prominent than him, the Duke of Tang.

Li Shimin frowned and said, "This is against etiquette. How can Your Majesty kill a court official so easily?"

Li Xuanba was also worried and said, "We can no longer write letters to beg for mercy. Father and brother should be cautious and careful, or even defile themselves."

Li Yuanji didn't say anything, but he lowered his head, obviously very worried.

It can be seen that they are all afraid. Death is easy to talk about, but only when it is really hanging over your head do you realize how scary it is.

It's not their fault. After all, they were still young, and they had seen people with the same surname being killed or exiled just because of their surname.

The tyrannical imperial power made them realize for the first time that although they were noble relatives and could be domineering towards ordinary people and officials, they were no more capable than that in front of the emperor.

"Jiancheng, what we talked about last time has been arranged."

Li Jiancheng responded: "It has been arranged."

Then he said to his brothers, "Don't worry, this matter will be over soon, you don't have to worry too much."

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The emperor left the capital soon and crossed the Liao River again with his brave army and a million troops. The arrangement was exactly the same as last time. Perhaps this was the emperor's pride.

The army continued to advance in divided divisions. One group, led by him, included 400,000 troops, which besieged Liaodong City, which had only 40,000 defenders. The other group, led by Lai Huer's navy and Yuwen Shu's army, totaling more than 600,000 troops, attacked Pyongyang City.

There was no envoy to accept surrender this time, but facing the Liaodong city wall that had been reinforced countless times, although the Sui army had the advantage in manpower, it still failed to take it down quickly.

Flying towers, battering rams, ladders, tunnels, and death row camps were used one after another. The Liaodong City was on the verge of collapse but still held on tenaciously. However, there were only 40,000 defenders after all, and some conscripted civilians could not withstand the Sui army's reckless attack.

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(End of this chapter)