the other side.

The Princess of Yan State had just returned to the guest room of Luoyang Inn with General Li Zheng. As soon as she entered the room, she saw a dart stuck on the table and a note underneath.

Yan Ji picked up the note, looked down at it, and suddenly sneered: "I have suffered such a great humiliation today, and you still want to make a deal with me?"

As she spoke, she slammed the note in her hand on the table again and said angrily: "Do you really think that our Yan Kingdom is afraid of them!?"

General Li Zheng also looked down and asked, "Does Princess Shen Shi want to go and see him tomorrow?"

After leaving the palace, Li Zheng woke up from his coma. He said in a deep voice: "I have heard that several princes of the Li Kingdom have been fighting fiercely in secret, all for the position of crown prince."

"Moreover, the Li Kingdom's prince was poisoned by a cold three years ago, and no antidote has been found. I'm afraid he won't live long."

"When the time comes, as long as the Crown Prince of Li dies, the royal family of Li will surely be in chaos!"

"That's true."

Yan Ji touched her chin and said thoughtfully, "Then I will go to meet him later. I wonder which prince has set his eyes on me."

General Li Zheng: "Princess, you will find out when you go there."

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now."

Looking at General Li Zheng standing in front of her, Yan Ji's face suddenly darkened and she said in a cold tone: "General, what happened last night? Why were you caught by those imperial guards?"

When they were still in the palace just now, she was not in a position to question him, but now that they were back, she had to find out what had happened that caused her to lose so much money!

Moreover, she clearly remembered that General Li Zheng took away a lot of guards, so why did the Emperor of Li only mention him?

"And where are your people?"

Yan Ji was still angry. She looked at General Li Zheng with a dagger in her eyes and scolded him, "I only asked you to save someone, but you failed to save the prince consort and made me lose face in front of the Emperor of Li!"

"Please calm down, Princess. I deserve to die."

In fact, General Li Zheng did not expect things to develop like that.

Last night they were surrounded by so many Li Kingdom guards, all of whom were archers. Even if he was a general, there was no way he could escape from the prison.

"Say!"

Yan Ji shouted coldly.

The maid guarding outside the room was so frightened by the eldest princess's shout that she immediately knelt on the ground, trembling all over and not daring to say a word.

The Yan State envoy Tamu glanced at them with disdain: "A bunch of trash!"

But in his heart, he was wondering why the eldest princess didn't let him in to discuss important matters?

In the room, General Li Zheng often fought in the battlefield and many people died under his sword. He was full of murderous aura and was not afraid of the eldest princess's cold words.

General Li Zheng frowned, with a hint of doubt in his eyes: "Princess, I suspect that the plan to rescue the prince consort has been leaked a long time ago."

"What!?"

Yan Ji was shocked, and then she heard General Li Zheng continue, "Princess, the prince consort was not imprisoned in the capital prison, and when I was about to retreat, the imperial guards suddenly appeared."

"They have been lying in ambush in the prison for a long time, and it seems... they are just waiting for me to fall into their trap."

"I...was careless for a moment and was captured by the Imperial Guards along with the other guards."

"In my opinion, the imperial guards seem to have known about the princess's plan to rescue her husband."

"Is there such a thing?"

Yan Ji's face changed slightly. After taking all possible precautions, there was still a mistake?

She thought it would be easy to rescue the prince consort after arriving in Shengjing, Li State, but she never expected that her plan had already been known by the other party, who had set up a trap and waited for them to show up...

General Li Zheng pursed his lips tightly and did not reply for a while.

Yan Ji murmured, "Could it be that there are spies hiding here?"

Who leaked her plan?

"General."

"The minister is here."

Yan Ji narrowed her eyes and stared at General Li Zheng intently, "Is there anyone suspicious among your people?"

General Li Zheng: “…”

"Princess, before we set off last night, I informed the accompanying guards that I would go to the Jingfu Prison. They had no time to spread the news."

Those were the brothers who had always followed him through thick and thin. He knew them very well and knew they would never do anything that would be detrimental to the State of Yan.

"So, the person who spread the news must be someone here."

Yan Ji slammed the table and said angrily, "Damn Li people, I actually forgot that this is not Yan State. Anyone in the inn is suspicious. Perhaps the person who spread the news is hiding in the dark right now!"

This time they booked the entire inn. There was nothing wrong with their people, but the problem was with the people in the inn!

Li Zheng also had the same suspicion in his heart. It was all his fault that he was not vigilant enough. Someone else actually overheard his conversation with the princess: "Princess, do you want to choose another place to live?"

"want."

Yan Ji nodded without thinking: "We won't stay at the inn this time. Walls have ears, I'm afraid we can't prevent them. I don't want to waste time on this matter. General, take your people to find those empty houses, whether you want to rent or buy them, and get this done as soon as possible!"

"I understand. I will do it right away, but..."

General Li Zheng pursed his lips and said hesitantly: "The guards I brought to the Jingfu Prison last night are still being held by the Imperial Guards. I don't know when the Imperial Guards will release them."

Yan Ji raised her hand, indicating that he could leave: "Okay, I will ask the imperial guards to release them."

Li Zheng: "Thank you, Princess."

After saying this, General Li Zheng turned and left.

……

The next day, he went to court.

"If there is something to do, start the court, if there is nothing to do, leave the court -"

Just as Eunuch You finished shouting, the Emperor of Li was about to leave the court. Suddenly, the Imperial Censor Lu Zhi, who was standing on the right side of the hall, hurried out. He looked serious and said firmly, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the eldest prince!"

The eldest prince Xie Qi:?

What has he done recently? Why did this crazy dog ​​Lu target him?

The eldest prince Xie Qi had a gloomy face and stared at the Imperial Censor.

He really wanted to hear what nonsense Lu Fenggou could say again!

Xie Xi was not surprised to hear Lord Lu say this.

He raised his eyes slightly, glanced at his father obscurely, and then quickly looked away.

The fourth prince Xie Jin, who was standing at a later position, raised his eyebrows and waited to see the show.

Only the third prince Xie Ning was worried about the eldest prince. He secretly raised his head and looked at his father with a worried expression, wondering what he was thinking.

The Emperor of Li had a blank expression on his face, as if the words of the Imperial Censor had not caused him any emotional fluctuations at all.

Emperor of Li: "Lord Lu, please speak frankly. I also want to hear why Lord Lu wants to impeach the eldest prince."

Being stared at by the emperor, the Imperial Censor remained calm. He said calmly, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the eldest prince for condoning the children of the Li family to commit crimes outside. I have received news and it has been confirmed that all fifteen members of the Mu family in Shanghe Village outside the capital were killed by the fifth son of the Li family!"

The eldest prince’s wife is a girl from the Li family.

As soon as the Li family was mentioned, all the ministers could guess that the Li family that Lord Lu was talking about must be the maiden family of the eldest prince's wife.

However, they didn't expect that the fifth son of the Li family was so cruel and ruthless that all fifteen members of the family died at his hands! ?

Li Jia Wulang is really cruel!

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the court.

The eldest prince Xie Qi had an extremely ugly expression on his face. Although he was indeed close to the Li family on weekdays, he had no idea what the fifth son of the Li family was doing, let alone that the fifth son of the Li family had gone to Shanghe Village to kill people!

Besides, it wasn't him who sent Li Jia Wulang to kill the people from Shanghe Village. How could Lu Fenggou impeach him and say that he condoned Li Jia Wulang's crime?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was inappropriate. Xie Qi was not willing to let this black pot fall on him. He took a step forward and followed out of the line. After his slightly cold eyes swept over the Imperial Censor Lu Zhi, Xie Qi spoke:

"Your Majesty, what the Imperial Censor said is wrong. I did not condone the Li family's children to commit crimes outside. Moreover, I had no idea that Li family's fifth son killed someone in Shanghe Village!"

"Even if Lord Lu insists on impeaching this prince, he should find some real reasons!"

The last sentence was spoken by Xie Qi to Lu Zhi.

The Emperor of Li nodded slightly and said calmly, "I wonder if Minister Lu has anything else to say?"

Lu Zhi bowed his head and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, many villagers in Shanghe Village heard what the fifth son of the Li family said. The fifth son of the Li family made it clear that even if he killed someone, the eldest prince would support him and would not let him be punished at all."

"The eldest prince."

Lu Zhi turned around and looked up at the eldest prince Xie Qi: "This is what Li Jia Wulang said himself, I am not lying."

"It is precisely because of the eldest prince's connivance that Li's fifth son is still so arrogant after killing someone and does not take the laws of the Li Kingdom seriously. What do you think, should I impeach the eldest prince?"

The Emperor of Li State did not speak, but stared at the eldest prince Xie Qi with his sharp eyes, as if he was also waiting for the eldest prince's answer.

Xie Qi inexplicably felt cold sweat on his back and was speechless.

These days, he was busy planning how to deal with the prince, but he didn't expect that the Li family, whom he had always valued, would actually cause him such a big trouble behind his back!

Li Jia Wu Lang is also a lunatic. If he wants to get rid of that family, can't he just do it secretly? Why does he have to make such a big fuss and dare to go to Shanghe Village to kill people under his banner!

If that Li Jia Wulang could appear in front of Xie Qi at this moment, Xie Qi would definitely draw his sword and kill him personally!

Xie Qi gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart: A useless person who can't do anything good but always makes things worse!

In recent days, nothing he has done has gone as he wished!

Xie Qi took a deep breath and was about to make a sophistry to distance himself from what Li Jia Wu Lang did, but the Emperor of Li spoke first:

"Grand Prince Xie Qi, for allowing the Li family's children to commit crimes outside, I will punish you. You will be confined to your residence for a month. You are not allowed to leave the residence without permission within a month, and you are not allowed to enter the palace without an imperial decree."

"Also, please put aside the government affairs you are currently handling and do not have to go back to the Ministry of Justice."

Hearing this, Xie Qi looked at his father in disbelief, "Father!"

He finally got a position in the Ministry of Justice, but now his father wants to put him in solitary confinement and not let him return to the Ministry of Justice! ? ?

Doesn't that mean that the emperor wants to take away his power?

"That's it. Go back and reflect on yourself."

The Emperor of Li Kingdom did not give the eldest prince any chance to argue for himself. He also gave a few instructions to the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, asking him to arrest the fifth son of the Li family and behead him in public on a chosen day. He must not disappoint the people of the world.

After dealing with this matter, the Emperor of Li got up and left with peace of mind.

Eunuch You had just shouted the words "dismiss the court" when he was distracted and could no longer see the emperor's back.

Eunuch You: “…”

After the court was adjourned, the ministers began to discuss what had just happened.

They all knew that, except for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the other three princes were assigned to three departments. The eldest prince was placed in the Ministry of Justice, and he was determined to do something big so that the emperor would take notice of him.

Unexpectedly, the eldest prince was put into solitary confinement by the emperor again just a few days after he entered the Ministry of Justice.

I have to say, this unexpected disaster is really hard to predict!

The eldest prince Xie Qi really had the urge to strangle Li Jia Wulang to death. All his painstaking planning was ruined by Li Jia Wulang!

"I didn't expect that there would be such a cruel and ruthless person in my eldest brother's Yue family. I really can't imagine what kind of arrogant young man could do such a cruel thing?"

Xie Jin followed slowly behind the eldest prince Xie Qi and chuckled.

Hearing the voice coming from behind, the eldest prince Xie Qi stopped with a gloomy face. He turned around and stared at Xie Jin with a gloomy look: "What exactly does the fourth prince want to say?"

"I don't want to say anything, I just feel very confused about one thing."

Xie Jin shook his head helplessly, with an expression that said "I'm doing this all for your own good."

Xie Qi said coldly: "What's the matter?"

Xie Qi resented that his second brother Xie Xi had taken away the throne of crown prince, but at the same time, facing his fourth brother Xie Jin, who was born of the same mother as his second brother, Xie Qi did not have much patience and was even a little wary.

Everyone knows that the Second Prince and the Fourth Prince have a very good relationship, so Xie Qi has to be on guard against Xie Jin trying to trip him up in secret.

Xie Jin pretended not to know that his elder brother was on guard against him. He sighed softly, "Originally, I shouldn't say this, but I am really worried about my elder brother..."

Xie Qi frowned and said coldly: "Stop talking nonsense."

"My eldest brother is really impatient."

Xie Jin sighed again, seeming a little uneasy: "Recently, I feel that my two brothers have been having a bad time. The second brother was attacked for no apparent reason, and the eldest brother suddenly took the blame and was punished by our father..."

"Next, maybe it will be the turn of my third brother, or maybe it will be my turn to be in trouble."

After these words were spoken, the eldest prince Xie Qi's eyes darkened. He knew very well that the prince had been attacked, and he was the one who sent the assassin.

As for what he heard today about Li Jia Wu Lang committing a crime...

What a coincidence! Was someone setting this up, or should he just consider himself unlucky?

"Forget it, forget it. I won't say any more, so as not to upset my eldest brother."

After saying this, without waiting for the eldest prince to react, Xie Jin walked away.

When Xie Qi came back to his senses, he only saw Xie Jin's back gradually going away...

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