Chapter 247 Princess Taiping's Strange Path
Chapter 247 Princess Taiping's Strange Path
Zong Chuke looked unhappy, but he still suppressed his annoyance and asked, "Li Shaoyin, is this matter really irreversible?"
"If I remember correctly, Minister Zong should be the man of His Royal Highness Prince of Liang... You can go and ask His Royal Highness Prince of Liang for help, right?" Li Cunxi smiled and turned his attention to Wu Sansi.
Less than ten meters away, Wu Sansi was whispering with several of his accomplices. Seeing Li Cunxi carrying him out, he shouted:
"Why do you say that, Li Shaoyin? Everyone knows that I, Wu Sansi, will never form a clique for personal gain. How can Minister Zong be my man?"
Li Cunxi was too lazy to pay attention to Wu Sansi. Everyone knew whether Zong Chuke was Wu Sansi's man or not, but they didn't dare to admit it even though they had done it.
Li Cunxi walked around Zong Chuke and took out two letters from his arms, crumpled them up in his hands, and said:
"Let me say something more unpleasant. You gentlemen have been dissatisfied with me for a long time. It's simply because I am the heir of the Li family. Heir of the Li family and descendant of exiles, these two titles put together, some of you must think that I can't work for Your Majesty."
"I know you guys are pretending well, it doesn't matter, we will have a falling out someday, gentlemen, I've made it clear, I can choose not to expose the officials behind Princess Taiping's ass, but just this once, next time, you just have to watch what I do."
"besides……"
Li Cunxi glanced at Zhang Jianzhi, who looked very pleased, and spoke in a loud voice.
"One last thing. If anyone dares to do something bad to me again, I can assure you that I will definitely repay some of you for what the Iron Hand Group did to me."
The face was completely torn, and many ministers who were waiting for news just threw up their sleeves and left.
Li Cunxi was too lazy to pay attention to them and turned to walk towards Zhang Jianzhi.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
"Li Shaoyin, after today, there will be many enemies in the court." Zhang Jianzhi laughed, "You are the only one who can bring such a thing to the court. You are really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers. I want your courage."
"Among the court officials, there are many who do not want to see me alive. Today, I have finally spoken out everything, and I feel relieved."
"Shao Yin Li has spoken out clearly. I'm afraid that many ministers who are forming cliques for personal gain will gather together in Luoyang city tonight." Li Huaiyuan was also in a good mood, as if he didn't take today's events seriously at all.
"If I don't speak out about this, I'll be afraid of them stabbing me in the back every time I walk at night. Now that I've said this today, it's fine if we don't find out who's behind Princess Taiping's plot this time, but if we do..." Li Cunxi gritted his teeth, "If we do, we'll make them pay!"
……
Luoyang, Princess Taiping's Mansion.
The internal guards led by Huang Shengyan have surrounded the place. Fenghuang and You Huan are guarding both sides of the long street and strictly checking passers-by.
Soon, Li Cunxi arrived escorted by Qianniu Guards, accompanied by Qianniu Guards' Lieutenant General Hu Jinghui, Inspector Yingyang Guards' Lieutenant General Li Yuanfang, as well as Inner Guards' Grand Chief Xiao Qingfang and Inner Guards' top master Mo Ling.
As soon as the Qianniu Guards arrived outside Princess Taiping's mansion, they immediately rushed in to set up defenses. The servants and housekeepers in the compound had already been silenced and knelt in the middle of the yard, ready to be killed.
Li Cunxi got off the carriage and asked calmly, "Where is Princess Taiping?"
Shadow clasped his fists and said, "In reply to Li Shaoyin's words, Princess Taiping is still in the inner courtyard. The inner courtyard has been strictly controlled by the inner guards and is absolutely safe."
"Well done, let's go in and take a look."
At this moment, Li Cunxi had a feeling of being a villain who had achieved success. The shadow of Dong Ling, one of the six snake heads of the Snake Spirit, was leading the way in front. The sword spirit Hu Jinghui and the magic spirit were escorting him. The eldest sister of the Snake Spirit, Xiao Qingfang, and the hanging spirit Li Yuanfang were also following behind him. His status was really high.
The group walked along the corridor to the inner courtyard, only to see that the doors of several side rooms in the inner courtyard were open and more than a dozen male favorites were lying in a pool of blood, deader than dead.
In the room at the end of the inner courtyard, Princess Taiping was sitting on the ground holding a spirit tablet. She looked up expressionlessly and met Li Cunxi's gaze.
Princess Taiping showed no fear as she was about to die. She stood up and said calmly:
"Cousin, do you dare to come in alone and have a chat?"
Li Cunxi turned around and said without hesitation:
"Everyone, please wait here for a moment. I want to see what else she has to say."
After saying that, Li Cunxi held the Youlan sword at his waist and swaggered into the room.
Princess Taiping did not deliberately lower her voice. Instead, she said loudly, "Cousin, you don't need to interrogate me. I am indeed the mastermind behind the Bleeding Eagle case. There is no one behind me. I joined forces with the rebels and spent 100,000 taels of silver to buy your life. This is the answer you want."
"Just you?"
Li Cunxi looked directly at Princess Taiping, and his thin figure also blocked the view of other people outside the door from looking at Princess Taiping.
"Yes, it was me, because I was afraid that you would find out about the case."
Princess Taiping said this while winking at him.
"Everyone wants to be the emperor, right? I want to be the emperor too. I often wonder why I, Li Lingyue, can't be the emperor. Is it because I am a girl?"
Princess Taiping smiled miserably, got up from the ground, sat down at the dressing table, and put the finishing touches on her makeup.
She would never seek death. Even if she had to die, she would be tortured to death by the Inner Guards, or die on the execution platform.
Li Cunxi stood for a while, half looking up, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long time, he walked to the dressing table and raised his voice:
"Since you have confessed your guilt, I will naturally arrest you, cousin, please."
After Princess Taiping finished the last stroke of the brush, she slowly stood up from her chair with her heavily made-up on, picked up the spirit tablet of her late husband Xue Shao, and walked step by step to the door.
Princess Taiping was greeted by the Snake Spirits of the Inner Guard Palace and the weak Li Yuanfang at the bottom of the stairs.
Xiao Qingfang waved her hand, and two inner guards came over with shackles. They wanted to put the shackles on Princess Taiping first, in case she made trouble during the journey, and they could bring her back to the inner guard house more easily.
"No need. I can go by myself." Princess Taiping said indifferently.
She walked out holding the spirit tablet of her late husband Xue Shao, out of the inner courtyard, past the small garden, and into the large courtyard outside the main hall.
Princess Taiping raised her head silently, and saw the housekeeper, maid, concubine, boy catamite and servants kneeling together, not daring to breathe.
After all, these people were still implicated by her. They had no idea from the beginning to the end what kind of rebellious activities their master was doing. However, this was the way of the times. The master was about to die, so how could the heads of the servants in the mansion be spared?
"Princess Taiping Li Lingyue, the mastermind behind the Bleeding Eagle case, has been arrested, and everyone in the palace has been sentenced to death!"
After leaving Princess Taiping's mansion, Zhang Huan's voice rang in Li Lingyue's ears.
The Qianniu guards in the yard raised their swords and chopped down with force.
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