Chapter 486

The night is deep.

Inside and outside the palace, it is quiet.

Inside the Ganlu Hall.

Besides the crackling sound of the candles burning, no other sound can be heard.

Li Er does not speak, his gaze looking deeply at Zhangsun Wuji before him.

The atmosphere seems a bit awkward.

Zhangsun Wuji's eyes roll around, and he dares not speak first, so he can only wait quietly.

I don't know how much time passed.

Li Er finally speaks slowly.

"Wuji..."

"Your subject is here!"

"How long have we, monarch and subject, known each other?"

Hmm?

Zhangsun Wuji frowns, his heart becoming increasingly grave.

Why is he asking this out of the blue?

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it has been more than 20 years!"

Zhangsun Wuji answers truthfully.

"Indeed! More than 20 years!" Li Er is also quite emotional, nodding and saying:

"I remember when I met you, the Sui Dynasty hadn't even perished yet, and my father was just a Duke of Tang.

In the blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed."

More than 20 years!

The person before me has followed me through countless battles, north and south, without a single complaint.

At my most critical moment, he helped me seize the throne and planned everything behind the scenes.

"It is all thanks to Your Majesty's benevolence and favor that your humble servant has everything today."

Zhangsun Wuji flatters him calmly.

"Indeed, that is why you have become arrogant because of favor and have no regard for the law."

Li Er's words slowly reach Zhangsun Wuji's ears, like a bolt from the blue!

"Your Majesty!?"

Zhangsun Wuji looks up abruptly, his gaze full of panic, and he hurries to bow.

"Even if your humble servant had the courage of a giant, I would not dare to be arrogant because of favor or have no regard for the law!"

"Hmph! Is that so?" Li Er smiles coldly and continues to ask: "Wuji, must there really be such suspicion between us, monarch and subject? If you speak the truth, perhaps we still have a chance to salvage things. If you continue to hide the truth, perhaps the 20-plus years of affection between us will all go down the drain."

"Why does Your Majesty say this? What exactly has your humble servant done wrong? I ask Your Majesty to clarify!"

Zhangsun Wuji is covered in sweat, biting his teeth hard.

Cannot admit it!

Even if he dies, he cannot admit it!

He must never admit to Your Majesty that he forced Qin Mu to rebel back then at the Duke of Zhao's residence!

If he admits it, it will be a fatal disaster!

Zhangsun Wuji knows this better than anyone.

The fundamental reason for everything the Great Tang is experiencing now is his own arrogance and greed for credit back then!

It was he who looked down on Qin Mu too much and said so many insulting things to him.

He even delusionally tried to buy his Top Graduate position with 100 taels of silver!

Wasn't that a form of humiliation?

A talent like Qin Mu, a unicorn among men, was humiliated in every way by him with 100 taels of silver.

If Li Er finds out about this, his head might be moved immediately.

However, the reason Zhangsun Wuji is so persistent is that he naturally has enough confidence.

Everyone who knew about this that night, everyone who witnessed Qin Mu coming to the Duke of Zhao's residence, was silenced by him!

That is to say.

Now in this world, only Zhangsun Wuji and Qin Mu know the whole truth!