Mind Reading: The villain wins after hearing the princess's inner voice

The other party's words made Tao Yuwei laugh with satisfaction.

"Once the results are found, please send someone to inform this princess. If you need my help, please feel free to ask."

Emperor Jianchang was very good to her, so how could she watch him being poisoned?

Besides, the Great Zhou cannot do without him. His several adult sons are more narrow-minded than each other, and none of them is capable of shouldering the heavy responsibility.

No matter which of his sons inherited the throne, it would be a suffering for the people of the Great Zhou.

He hoped that among the princes under him who had not yet grown up, someone with the destiny to be an emperor would emerge.

Xiao Lichen nodded and agreed to her.

"Princess Anle, when you rescued the Ninth Prince in the hunting ground last time, did you notice anything wrong?"

Since she has the ability to predict the future, does it mean that she already knew that it would be dangerous for the Ninth Prince to go to the hunting ground, which is why she asked His Majesty to borrow someone to follow him in advance?

Xiao Lichen stared at her face closely, afraid to miss any expression on her face.

"What could be wrong? You talk as if I can predict the future."

Tao Yuwei rolled her eyes at him. This guy is too sensitive!

"Princess, please speak directly. His Majesty ordered the Xiaoyu Guards to investigate the incident in which the Ninth Prince encountered a pack of wolves in the hunting grounds. My progress has been slow so far. I have only sealed off the Tingya Pavilion in the city and found a suspicious person. He is currently in the prison and has been unconscious. We have no clues!"

Xiao Lichen was determined to get more information from her.

[Your people are so powerful. They were able to seal off one of Xiao Chengyan's bases and cut off a channel for the male protagonist to get information from the capital. You are indeed a villain. You are capable, and your people are not useless.]

Hearing Tao Yuwei praising him in her heart, Xiao Lichen felt an undercurrent inexplicably stirred up deep in his heart, making him happy.

[He actually smiled, and his smile was so beautiful. He even had dimples. Wow, it was a big contrast to his usual cold appearance.]

Tao Yuwei's gaze was fixed on his face, her phoenix eyes flashing with a sparkling light, and she was reluctant to move her eyeballs.

Although Xiao Lichen knew that she was looking at him with admiration, he still couldn't control himself from blushing.

"Princess Anle, when you led people into the woods of the hunting ground that day, did you really not notice anything wrong?"

He reminded her uncomfortably, bringing the topic back to where it was interrupted.

During the hunting incident, he heard her thoughts in advance and participated in it.

However, at the most critical moment, he saved the Ninth Prince at the risk of using force and being poisoned.

As for who was involved in harming the Ninth Prince, he had not yet found out among those princes.

"I think the several attacks by wild beasts that day were very unusual. After all, that place is a royal hunting ground. It's impossible for people to just randomly encounter mad wild beasts when they enter, right?"

Tao Yuwei came back to her senses, picked up the cup of tea in front of her and drank it in one gulp before answering his question.

[It's not my fault that I can't take my eyes off a handsome guy. It's because we are born to like beautiful things. 】

[He likes to be shy, and his blushing face is also eye-catching. ]

[As for who harmed the Ninth Prince, based on the plot and my guess, there must be the protagonist's people around the Ninth Prince in the palace, and in the hunting ground, in addition to the protagonist's people, there should also be the Sixth Prince's people. The result of several parties working together.]

As for what role her cousin Tao Baichuan, who had secretly defected to the Sixth Prince a long time ago, played in it, she currently does not know.

After hearing this, Xiao Lichen was not surprised.

However, it provided great help to him in tracking down the matter.

Was it done by King Han and King Xin?

Then he can use this incident to further investigate the slander against his grandfather's family.

"Thank you for your help, Princess Anle. If you encounter any trouble in the future, feel free to come to me."

Xiao Lichen made another promise to her in person, and Tao Yuwei smiled and agreed without hesitation.

The two ended their meeting like this.

Seeing the other party leave, Tao Yuwei sat in the private room and thought for a long time.

Xiao Lichen promised that she would find out the murderer hiding in the palace and attempting to murder His Majesty, so she couldn't sit idle.

Her good cousin Tao Baichuan must have already taken action quietly.

In the name of the General's Mansion, and with the stolen fake military token, she can help the male protagonist Xiao Chengyan recruit soldiers and horses.

After this matter is over, she will not let those people who previously targeted her family get away with it for too long.

A big net has been spread out, and she has waited long enough.

She will deal with one group of people first, and then she will defeat the rest one by one.

After Tao Yuwei left Xiangmanlou, the person who was following her in secret quietly left.

Not long after, the eighth prince Xiao Chengyan learned about her meeting with Xiao Lichen.

Xiao Chengyan sneered, "That loser used to disguise himself so well. What? Now he feels a sense of crisis? He also wants to win over the General's Mansion."

Before, Tao Yuwei had harassed Xiao Lichen for a while, but it ended in nothing. Everyone knew about this.

Now, these two single men and women have met each other for unknown reasons. Doesn’t this speak volumes?

"Master, it's no secret in the capital that Princess Anle loves Prince Yong. What if they get engaged?"

After the guard Yin Gen reported the news, he was very worried about his master.

The General of the Nation is in the emperor's favor and has the military command in his hand. The Prince of Yong is the commander of the Xiaoyu Guard who is trusted by His Majesty. If they join forces, it will disrupt all the plans of the master. This is not good news.

A cold murderous intent flashed across Xiao Chengyan's eagle-like, vicious eyes.

"If I can't marry her, then no one else can."

He has always been like this. If he can't get it, no one else can get it either.

"Send someone to keep an eye on Princess Anle and report everything she does every day."

At this time, Xiao Chengyan already regarded Tao Yuwei as his property, and he would definitely come to propose marriage when the time was right.

If the Tao family dared to reject him, he would choose to eliminate the entire Tao family.

Yin Gen obeyed the order and immediately arranged people to secretly keep an eye on Tao Yuwei.

After leaving Xiangmanlou, Tao Yuwei did not return home, but took two maids to a theater in the city.

She came here not to listen to opera, but to find someone.

This man was originally a groom in the Sixth Prince's mansion. He had been raising horses in the backyard of the Sixth Prince's mansion for several years. One time, when he went to the toilet late at night, he heard a secret about the Sixth Prince.

He knew that if he was discovered, he would be dead.

So, a few days later, he deliberately made a mistake and made the Sixth Prince's favorite horse sick, and was then sold out of the mansion by the housekeeper.

She remembered that he was bought by a theater in the city to help the theater organize various sticks and other utensils used in performances.

We must find him, he is very useful.

Tao Yuwei asked the manager of the theater for information, saying that she heard that someone in the theater was good at raising horses.

When the manager heard that she was looking for someone, he became impatient and wanted to kick them out.

But when he saw that Tao Yuwei and her servant were dressed in elegant attire, he welcomed them in with a smile.

"Please come in, my dear sir. I will help you find someone now."

Following the steward's footsteps, we came to the backyard of the theater.

Under the leadership of the manager, they asked a group of farmhands who were responsible for doing odd jobs, but no one admitted that they had ever raised horses.

"My Lord, you see, we really don't have the person you are looking for here."

The manager of the theater pointed at these odd jobs and said helplessly with a smile.

Seeing this, Yunxiao took out two silver ingots and said with a smile, "My lady's horse is in urgent need of someone to take care of it. Can I trouble the steward to help find one for her?"

"Okay, okay. I'll ask for you again." The steward took the silver with shining eyes and said with a smile, "Look at my memory. There is still one place I haven't looked for. Let's go to the woodshed next door to check."

Tao Yuwei and the others hurried to follow.

When they came to the woodshed together, they saw an elderly man arranging chopped firewood.

"Lao He, have you ever raised horses? These nobles want to find a good horse breeder."

The gray-haired old man shook his head and said, "I have raised cattle before, but I have never raised precious horses."

Afterwards, the old man just busied himself with his work.

The theater manager gave Tao Yuwei and her servant a helpless smile.

"My lord, I'm sorry, but no one in our theater knows how to keep horses."

Tao Yuwei walked towards the door disappointedly with two maids.

The old man who was arranging the firewood suddenly remembered something. He raised his head and said, "Manager, I remember Cui Ming said that he used to raise horses."

Tao Yuwei turned around in surprise and asked, "Old man, where is Cui Ming you mentioned now?"

The theater manager rushed to answer, "Sir, Cui Ming has been redeemed by someone."

When Tao Yuwei heard the news, she asked anxiously, "Do you know who took him away?"

The manager of the theater couldn't explain it either.

All they said was that she was redeemed by a nondescript young man.

Cui Ming must be the groom who deliberately left Prince Han's palace.

In the Prince Han's mansion, he heard the secret that Prince Han Xiao Yangyao had secretly made weapons. In order to survive, and even more afraid of being discovered and killed by the Prince Han, he thought of a way to leave.

She came here to look for someone, but he was redeemed by someone one day in advance, which showed that there was something wrong.

This Cui Ming is very important, we must find him as soon as possible.

She only remembered that a groom had learned the secret of King Han. Near the end of the story, he was accidentally met by the male protagonist's people. It was with this information that the male protagonist overthrew the Sixth Prince.

At that time, she did not remember the groom's name when she read the book.

"Thank you very much. Let's go back first."

Tao Yuwei took Yunxiao and the others and quickened their pace to leave the theater.

She got on the carriage and hurried home.

It seems that I need my dad’s help to send someone to find Cui Ming.

Once we find Cui Ming, we can use this information to let the male protagonist, the Eighth Prince, know the news in advance.

At that time, she wouldn't need to take any direct action, as she could let the two groups fight each other in advance.

It would be a very good idea to have the male protagonist help her to bring Xiao Yangyao down first.

Tao Yuwei had just returned home, and the person who had been keeping an eye on her all the way quickly delivered the news to Xiao Chengyan.

"You said Princess Anle went to the theater just to find a groom who could take care of horses?"

No matter how Xiao Chengyan thought about it, he felt there was something wrong.

It would be easy for her to find someone who knows how to raise horses in the General's Mansion, so why did Princess Anle go to the theater to find a horseman?

"Yes, in the end, she found out that there was indeed a servant in the theater who could raise horses, but that person had been redeemed."

The visitor knelt on the ground and reported in detail.

Xiao Chengyan didn't know what Tao Yuwei was going to do, but it gave him an idea.

"Someone, go and find out the whereabouts of the groom who was redeemed from the theater."

Someone immediately took the order and left.

"Have someone keep an eye on her."

After Xiao Chengyan gave cold instructions to the man kneeling on the ground, he went to discuss important matters with his staff.

Tao Yuwei returned home to see her father, but learned that her father was not at home.

She first called several of her father's followers to the mansion to investigate Cui Ming's whereabouts.

In the palace at this moment.

After meeting Tao Yuwei, Xiao Lichen went straight to the palace to pay a visit to Emperor Jianchang.

Emperor Jianchang has been busy. Xiao Lichen is in a side hall, handling the recent official business of the Xiaoyu Guard while waiting for an audience with Emperor Jianchang.

According to the news from the Xiaoyuwei Prison Warden, the Minister of Rites Gao Huaizhen has been detained until now. He is very stubborn and has not confessed anything yet.

However, we have evidence of what Minister Tian of the Ministry of Revenue did, but a large portion of the silver he embezzled has not been found.

Zhou Qiheng, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, interrogated Tian Ce several times but none of them went smoothly. Xiao Lichen sent someone to contact the other party and he wanted to take personal responsibility for the matter.

However, after leaving the palace, he wanted to see Princess Anle again. She might know where Tian Ce hid the large amount of silver.

More than an hour later, Emperor Jianchang finally finished reviewing all the memorials for the day.

He heard that Xiao Lichen had arrived and had been waiting for him, so he quickly asked the eunuch chief Zhao Chong to summon someone in.

Xiao Lichen met with the Emperor and Empress Jianchang and presented evidence of Tian Ce's corruption and bribery.

"This Tian Ce is extremely evil. Once the stolen money is found, he will be executed immediately! The rest of the Tian family will be sent to serve in the northern border."

Emperor Jianchang said with a sullen face, "As for those involved in taking bribes, we will severely investigate and punish them according to the circumstances, and will not tolerate them at all!"

When the emperor was sober, he did not order the extermination of Tian Ce's nine clans, but instead sent his family members into exile.

Emperor Jianchang had a kind side and was much more lenient in terms of torture than the previous emperor.

Xiao Lichen also reported to Emperor Jianchang that Gao Huaizhen liked to use despicable means to drug and humiliate the wives of officials of the same dynasty.

"What a great Gao family! Find out what other good things he has done and bring them to justice together!"

It's just the right time to make room for other capable people.

Xiao Lichen agreed without changing his expression.

If it were someone else, they might take into consideration the power of Concubine Gao and the Second Prince and give them some leniency.

Emperor Jianchang looked at his nephew, who was very useful in official affairs, and nodded with satisfaction.

Chen'er is more capable than his other sons. He never drags his feet when handling official business, and he completes every task assigned to him to his great satisfaction.

He is worthy of being the commander of Xiaoyu Guard appointed in advance by the late emperor.

"Your Majesty, I have heard a piece of news about you."

Xiao Lichen bowed and spoke cautiously.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Jianchang immediately waved his hand and asked others to leave.

Just as Zhao Chong was about to leave, Emperor Jianchang called out to him, "It's okay to let Zhao Chong listen together!"