Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

The next day, Li Ji went to Dali Temple.

He was ordered to supervise Liu Ze's case.

First, a large amount of stolen money was seized from the secret room of Liu Ze's study, plus a secret letter written by him to Xiao Hong.

Facing the overwhelming evidence, Liu Ze didn't even have the last sliver of luck.

He dejectedly explained the whole process of his collaborating with the enemy and treason.

It turned out that as early as five years ago, Xiliang had sent someone to secretly contact Liu Ze.

At that time, Liu Ze had not been reused by the emperor like he is now.

He could only gain a firm foothold in the imperial court through the favor his sister received in the palace, and many people laughed at him in private, saying that he became an official in the imperial court only by relying on nepotism.

Liu Ze is always holding back his breath, wanting to let those who look down on him know that even if he doesn't rely on nepotism, he can still be reused.

So when the people from Xiliang came to him quietly, he didn't refuse outright, but said that he needed to think about it again.

In order to express their sincerity, the people of Xiliang not only gave him a lot of gold and silver treasures, but also promised to send the spies who stayed in Shangjing to him.

This means that Liu Ze has an extra knife in his hand that no one else can see.

As long as he said a word, the knife could quietly eliminate those who were his enemies.

How can Liu Ze be moved?

With the help of Xiliang people, he successively eliminated several political enemies who had ridiculed and looked down upon him.

No one was secretly obstructing him, and his errands were much smoother than before.

After completing his errands twice in a row, he finally gained the emperor's attention and ascended to a high position step by step.

Power is fascinating.

After Liu Ze tasted the taste of power, he couldn't bear to let go.

Even when the Xiliang people asked him to betray King Zhao, he agreed.

Because he is very clear in his heart.

The people of Xiliang held the handle of his collaborating with the enemy. Once the people of Xiliang exposed what he had done, he would not only lose everything he had gained so hard, but even pay for the lives of himself and his family.

When Liu Ze said this, he knelt on the ground and wept bitterly.

"I don't want to harm you. Those Xiliang people forced me. If I don't do what they say, they will push me into the abyss of eternal doom. I have no choice. I really have no choice." what!"

Li Ji looked at him condescendingly, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth coolly.

"How did you bribe Tong Huai?"

Tong Huai was the guard who shot him from behind.

After Tong Huai's death, Li Ji ordered people to thoroughly check his background and interpersonal relationships several times, but they still failed to find any clues.

Liu Ze cried so hard that he couldn't help coughing.

As a result, blood was coughed up.

He was like an old dog lingering on its last legs, panting on the ground.

It took him a while to find the strength to speak.

"Tong Huai has a daughter who was abducted by Pai Huazi when she was very young.

By chance, his daughter was sold to my house. .

I told Tong Huai that as long as he does what I say, I will be able to adopt his daughter as a foster daughter and keep her rich and prosperous.

If he is not obedient, then I will sell his daughter into the most inferior Firework Alley, and let her be crushed by thousands of people.

Between loyalty and paternal love, Tong Huai finally chose the latter.

In order to protect his daughter, he chose to betray you. "

Liu Ze thought that King Zhao would be angry after he said this, and he would be disappointed no matter how bad he was.

But in fact, King Zhao was always calm.

He asked lightly, "What's the name of Tong Huai's daughter?"

Liu Ze coughed twice again: "You don't mean to kill her, so you can take revenge on Tong Huai for taking revenge on you, right? That's actually a little girl who doesn't understand anything, you don't have to..."

Li Ji interrupted his hypocrisy: "Name!"

Liu Ze raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot: "If you want to know, you have to agree to one condition first."

Li Ji: "You are not qualified to bargain with this king."

Liu Ze laughed at himself, "I just want a quick and easy way to die."

Li Jing looked at him steadily, and said after a long time: "Yes."

Only then did Liu Ze open his mouth to give the answer.

"Her name is Xuan Lan."

That night, when Li Ji returned to the palace, there was a little girl beside him.

When He Shi heard about this, he couldn't help frowning.

"Hasn't the prince already decided to send all the women in the backyard away? Why did he bring a girl back from the outside just as soon as he turned around?"

Fortunately, she thought that King Zhao was different from those philandering men outside, and that he was a rare infatuated species.

Now it seems that she was too naive.

Crows in the world are generally black, and King Zhao is no exception.

Hua Manman didn't think too much about that, she knew King Zhao's character, he was not the kind of person who could take women home casually.

She said: "There must be something hidden in it."

He snorted, "It's already this time, and you still speak for him."

Hua Manman: "Instead of guessing here, why don't we call the lord over to find out."

She asked Siyun to invite King Zhao over.

He was very surprised: "You really dare to confront King Zhao face to face? Aren't you afraid of making him angry?"

Even though King Zhao behaved kindly on weekdays, He still did not forget that he was rumored to be a murderous evil star, very cruel.

Hua Manman smiled at her.

"My lord is not the kind of stingy person."

He's doubtful: "But I heard that King Zhao is treacherous and unpredictable, and he will take revenge..."

Hua Manman: "As the saying goes, hearing is believing, seeing is believing, what is rumored outside may not be the truth, you have to see with your own eyes."

He thought about it, and felt that it made sense.

Soon Li Ji came.

He sat down by the bed and asked, "I heard that you have something to ask me?"

Just as Hua Manman was about to speak, Mrs. He spoke first.

"Actually, I have something to look for you. I heard that you brought a girl back today. I was curious and wanted to know who that girl is? Will she live in the palace in the future?"

Hua Manman looked at Mrs. He in surprise.

He gave her a look and told her not to speak.

As Manman's concubine, if she directly questioned King Zhao about the girl, spreading the word would inevitably give Manman a bad reputation of being jealous and suspicious.

Ho is different.

She is King Zhao's mother-in-law, considered his elder, so it's okay to ask a few more questions, at most it's just being dismissed and meddling in other people's business.

Even if King Zhao is unhappy because of this, it is her mother-in-law's problem, and it has nothing to do with Manman, and it will not affect the relationship between their husband and wife.

Li Ji heard He Shi's inner voice clearly.

He smiled, and his tone was rare and gentle.

"The girl's name is Xuan Lan. Her biological father used to be my bodyguard. Back then, he and the other twenty-nine bodyguards escorted me back to Shangjing without risking their lives."

He thought that what King Zhao meant by saying these things was to make Manman agree to keep that so-called Xuanlan in the palace.

But then she heard Zhao Wang continue.

"Then he shot me an arrow in the field and almost killed me."

"I'm thinking, should I kill his daughter to avenge that arrow?"

Ho:? ? ?

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