Chapter 72 The End (Part )

At this moment, Di Chun came running over with several guards: "Master, the rebels have broken through the gate and are now rushing in and killing their way to the first courtyard!"

Di Renjie nodded calmly, already calm and composed: "Got it, order the guards to hold on, you can send the signal now!"

"Yes, sir." Di Chun agreed and led the guards away.

Li Qingxia was shocked when she heard Di Renjie's words: "Uncle, what is going on?"

Di Renjie turned his back to Li Qingxia and said, "The rebels have already invaded the Governor's Mansion. It's not safe here. Yuan Fang, take the princess to the house."

Li Yuanfang walked up to Li Qingxia and said stiffly, "Princess, please come in."

Li Qingxia wanted to show her temper: "No, I'm where my uncle is!"

Upon hearing this, Di Renjie turned around abruptly and stared at her with a sharp gaze: "Well, let's go in together. I just happen to have something to discuss with the princess."

Li Qingxia felt the sharpness in Di Renjie's eyes and her heart tightened, but she still forced herself to remain calm and walked into the room.

Di Renjie followed closely, entered the room and stood in front of Li Qingxia.

Li Yuanfang walked silently behind Di Renjie, and the two of them looked at Li Qingxia with the same cold eyes.

Li Qingxia tried to force out a smile, trying to ease the atmosphere: "Uncle, why are you looking at me like that? Is there anything wrong with Qingxia?"

Di Renjie spoke calmly, without a trace of emotion in his tone: "Should I call you Princess Yiyang, or should I call you Jin Mulan?"

Li Qingxia's smile froze on her face instantly. She tried to hide her inner panic, but still couldn't hide her surprise: "Uncle, what are you talking about? Who is Jin Mulan? Why can't Qingxia understand?"

Di Renjie sneered: "Don't you understand? Aren't those rebels outside attacking the Governor's Mansion all under your command?"

"You killed the maid and pretended to be the bandit leader Jin Mulan, and then you went undercover by my side. Do you think you did it perfectly?"

When Li Qingxia heard this, she knew that Di Renjie had completely understood her identity.

Since she couldn't hide it anymore, she completely tore off her disguise, as if she had become the power-hungry Jin Mulan again.

"Yes, I am Jin Mulan."

Seeing Li Qingxia admit her identity straightforwardly, Di Renjie couldn't help but sigh: "It's only now that I understand the whole story."

Although Li Qingxia fell into Di Renjie's hands, she seemed unusually calm: "Really? I'd like to hear it."

Di Renjie took a deep breath and began to narrate: "The story starts from your meeting with Liu Jin at Youzhou Inn three years ago."

This startled Li Qingxia. She asked in astonishment, "How did you know that Liu Jin and I met three years ago? Did Liu Jin tell you?"

"It seems to be true," Di Renjie smiled when he saw Li Qingxia's reaction, "You can also say that Liu Jin told me. That day, Liu Jin pretended to escape from the dungeon and said some stupid things, exposing his identity and being seen through by Cheng Yuan."

"He personally admitted that he did meet someone in the inn, but I thought it was a high-ranking official who was in cahoots with Liu Jin, but I didn't expect it to be a member of the royal family with the surname Li."

Hearing the words "Li clan", Li Qingxia showed a complicated expression. Di Renjie ignored Li Qingxia's reaction and said to himself: "It was at that time that you planned to occupy Youzhou, use the list to contact allies, and then collude with the Turks to start a rebellion."

"But things don't always go as planned. The inner guards discovered Liu Jin's identity and suddenly broke into the inn to arrest him. Liu Jin knew he couldn't escape, so in order to protect you and for his own survival, he took the initiative to show up and divert the inner guards."

"The inner guards caught Liu Jin, so they naturally stopped searching. You must have escaped by hiding under the bed. Liu Jin had entrusted Youzhou to you before, sacrificing himself to lure away the inner guards, on the condition that you rescued him."

When Li Qingxia heard this, she was even more surprised. She shook her head in disbelief: "No wonder Ah Hui doesn't want to be your enemy. You are indeed a terrible person..."

Di Renjie smiled when he heard this, knowing that his analysis was correct again: "Later, you used Hu Jinghui's identity to secretly take care of Liu Jin and kept trying to rescue him. Finally, you got the chance this year."

"The Great Zhou and the Turks were negotiating peace, and you came up with this vicious plan of robbing and killing the envoys and pretending to enter the capital. Using the fake envoys, you were able to provoke conflict between the Turks and the Great Zhou again, attack the earthen kiln and rescue Liu Jin, and more importantly, you were also taken away from Chang'an! It really killed three birds with one stone."

When Di Renjie mentioned the plan of pretending to be an envoy to the capital, Li Qingxia couldn't help but look pleased: "That's right! As a princess, my actions are greatly restricted. In order to control the situation in Youzhou, it all depends on Hu Jinghui and Yu Feng."

"Moreover, Wu Zetian has always been very wary of my royal family, the Li family. My family is under constant surveillance by internal guards, making it extremely inconvenient to move around. All of this is not conducive to my plan to overthrow Wu Zetian, so I have long wanted to break free and make great achievements. This time I just happened to have the opportunity."

A sharp light flashed in Di Renjie's eyes: "Overthrow Wu Ni? Are you the prince's man?"

Li Qingxia smiled contemptuously: "Prince? Who is he! Cowardly, incompetent, and servile!"

When Di Renjie heard Li Qingxia insulting the prince, he angrily shouted, "Although the prince is a little weak, at least he hasn't colluded with the Turks like you did to sell out the country and humiliate the late emperor!"

Li Qingxia said arrogantly: "What do you know? This is called using external forces to resist internal enemies! I am a descendant of the Li family, and I have always taken it as my mission to overthrow Wu and restore the Tang Dynasty..."

Di Renjie was furious and pointed at Jin Mulan's nose and shouted, "Shut up! What do you mean by anti-Wu and restoration of Tang? It's obviously you who are obsessed with power."

"For your own selfish interests, you have been doing evil things in Youzhou, levying heavy taxes and extorting money, making life miserable for the people. A few days ago, you flooded the kilns and drowned countless captured villagers. Now you have started a rebellion again, and I don't know how many people have been involved and died."

"Your actions are so cruel and inhumane, and your intentions are as vicious as those of beasts! You still have the nerve to say that you are a descendant of the Li family! If Emperor Taizong were still alive, I'm afraid he would be pissed off to death by an unworthy descendant like you."

Li Qingxia's face turned red and white as she listened to Di Renjie's angry rebuke.

Just at this moment, there was a loud shouting and screaming outside, and it was getting closer and closer.

Li Qingxia said arrogantly: "Enough, Di Renjie! Why do you think I have to have a long speech with you here! Listen to the shouting and killing outside, Yu Feng is leading his men to charge in."

She tried to threaten Di Renjie with this momentum: "I advise you to be sensible and immediately order the government troops to give up resistance. Because you are my elder, I may be able to give you a way out."

Di Renjie shook his head and sneered when he heard this, looking at Li Qingxia with pity: "At this time, you are still obsessed and unwilling to change. It's really sad and ridiculous."

"This is the sound of Zhao Ji and Qiao Tai leading their troops to encircle the Governor's Mansion and attack the rebels. Your people are finished, and your dream of a great Spring and Autumn period is over too!"

At this time, the shouting and screaming outside became more and more intense, and Li Qingxia finally started to panic.

　Thanks to "Uncle95" and "The Destroyer Passing By The World" for their rewards.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)