I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 83: Diverting trouble to the east
As we all know, in Joy of Life, Li Yunrui is a very extreme character.

She was even willing to have a child with Lin Ruofu out of wedlock, just to hold power in the court and make Emperor Qing pay more attention to her.

It can be said that Li Yunrui has reached the point of being perverted and crazy.

Even though Emperor Qing coldly drove her out of Kyoto, she didn't actually have much hatred in her heart, but more resentment.

Blame Emperor Qing for being ruthless.

Hate Ye Qingmei.

At the same time, she hated herself.

Li Yunrui put away the sternness on his face, turned his head to look in the direction of Kyoto, and said faintly as if he was swearing, "I will come back sooner or later."

"What will happen if we return to Kyoto?"

Li Chengzong sneered, "You will always have the old man as your burden, and when you return to Kyoto, things that did not belong to you will no longer belong to you."

This sentence made Li Yunrui silent. Just like Li Chengzong said, everything might have been decided on the day she returned to Kyoto. Otherwise, given Emperor Qing's character, he would not have changed his order to let her return to Beijing.

Looking at the silent Li Yunrui, Li Chengzong gave a meaningful smile.

"Aunt, I have a question that I've always been puzzled about."

"You said."

"Why do you only care about the power of the inner treasury? You should know that everything you have will vanish in an instant with just one word from the old man. You seem to have forgotten that the old man is the emperor of Qing. Everything you have is what he is willing to give you. You use the second son and the prince to fight for power, but you don't realize that the second son and the prince are in the same situation as you. As long as the old man is unhappy, he can take back everything at any time. Who becomes the prince, and even the life and death of the second son and the prince, are actually all decided by the old man's words."

"Zong'er, what do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that in this world, the emperor is the supreme ruler, and everyone under the emperor is just a chess piece. As a chess piece, no matter how much you compromise and calculate, it is useless. Only by overturning the chessboard and becoming a chess player can you get everything you want. Otherwise, you can only be a chess piece on the chessboard forever, at the mercy of the old man. But if you become a chess player yourself, then the old man is the chess piece in your hand, and you can do whatever you want."

Li Yunrui was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, but he quickly calmed down and stared at Li Chengzong in amazement, and asked in surprise: "Zong'er, do you know what you are talking about?"

"know."

Li Chengzong nodded and bewitched: "Aunt, think about it, if you become the empress, the entire Qing Kingdom will be under your feet, and I will naturally be your subordinate. Isn't it tempting, aunt?"

"You said I was crazy before, but now it seems that you, Zong'er, are the crazy ones. Are you encouraging me to rebel against His Majesty?"

Although Li Yunrui thought Li Chengzong was crazy, it was undeniable that she was really moved.

However, Li Yunrui was still very clear-headed. She knew that it would be impossible for her to succeed in the rebellion with the power in her hands.

Li Chengzong laughed and said, "I am just inciting you to rebel. If you don't rebel, how can I kill you?"

"You want to kill me, why?" Li Yunrui was shocked and puzzled at the same time.

"Aunt, I know you very well. Si Lili is to you like Ye Qingmei back then. I know you've always wanted to kill her, but I don't know why you haven't done it yet. You're annoying me. After all, a thief can only steal for a thousand days, so why should you be on guard against thieves for a thousand days?"

Li Chengzong sighed and said in a depressed tone, "But you haven't taken action yet. I really can't kill you. After all, you are still my aunt, and the old lady still has feelings for you. If she knows that I killed you for no reason, I'm afraid she won't like me anymore."

Having said that, Li Yunrui did not deny her intention to kill Si Lili, but she did not say it out loud. Instead, she smiled and said, "Zong'er, you encouraged me to fight for the throne, I'm afraid it's not just because of that woman. If I rebel and His Majesty dies, you will definitely become the new emperor of Qing Kingdom with the support of the Qin family. Zong'er is really calculating."

Li Chengzong shook his head and said, "Aunt, you and the old man are greedy for power, but that doesn't mean I like power too. If I want to be the emperor, I will go and grab it myself. I don't take the second brother and the crown prince, who don't have military power, seriously, and I don't even bother to use a woman like you."

Although he looked calm, he exuded an indescribable dominance.

Li Yunrui couldn't help but think of Emperor Qing's appearance in her mind, and she suddenly had an indescribable strange feeling in her heart, which she didn't know how to describe, because she didn't notice that the figure that had originally penetrated her heart had become a little blurred.

Suppressing this strange feeling, Li Yunrui looked at Li Chengzong carefully, and was silent for a long time. He frowned and said, "I think I have some ability to judge people, but today I found that I don't understand you. Everyone has desires, but you don't seem to have any pursuits. You don't even want the throne. What do you want?"

“What I’m after is the freedom to do whatever I want.”

From Li Chengzong's suddenly bright eyes, she knew that Li Chengzong was not lying.

But when we live in this world, we often have no control over our own destiny. Freedom is not easy to obtain, let alone do whatever we want.

Li Yunrui shook his head and smiled, "Zong'er, you won't forget what you just said, right? You said I was a chess piece on the chessboard, but you are also a chess piece in His Majesty's hands. You want to do whatever you want, unless you sit in that position. But once you sit in that position, how can you be free?"

"The old man doesn't dare to use me as a chess piece, because I can overturn the chessboard at any time, and you."

Li Chengzong said, stretched out his finger and shook it, spitting out two words. "No!"

"Why do you think you can overturn the chessboard?"

Without waiting for Li Chengzong to answer, Li Yunrui smiled and said, "Rely on the Qin family, or rely on Hong Sixiang? If you go against His Majesty, the Qin family may help you, after all, the Qin family originally supports you to take the throne, but Hong Sixiang may not. I don't deny your talent in martial arts. You are the best under the Grandmaster at such a young age, but if you are not a Grandmaster, it is difficult to understand the power of a Grandmaster."

Li Chengzong was too lazy to say more and said directly: "Why should I? Aunt, don't worry about it. It's getting late now. Isn't it time for Aunt to tell me the news?"

"I can give you the information I found, but you have to help me kill someone."

"Aunt, I've already said that I won't help you kill Chen Pingping. If he dies, it will have a huge impact on Qing Kingdom."

"It's not him, it's Fan Xian."

"Fan Xian is not an option either. He is highly regarded by the old man and will soon be sent as an envoy to Northern Qi. When he returns, he will enter the imperial court. The imperial court is too rotten now. I need Fan Xian's sword."

Li Yunrui looked at Li Chengzong strangely and said nothing.

Li Chengzong could guess what Li Yunrui was thinking and said with a smile, "Aunt, you don't have to look at me like that. I am not interested in being the emperor, but I am the prince of Qing after all, so I naturally hope that Qing will become stronger. It just so happens that Fan Xian is valued by the old man, and Fan Xian is a relatively upright and capable person. He is the most suitable candidate to clean up the malpractices in the court, so I won't touch him. Besides, aunt probably doesn't take Fan Xian seriously, so why do you have to kill him?"

"I naturally don't take Fan Xian seriously, but since you, Zong'er, are unwilling to help your aunt kill Chen Pingping, then kill Fan Xian to disgust him. You can't expect to get information from me without paying anything."

Li Yunrui smiled, "Come to think of it, if Zong'er knew the news I gave you, maybe you would change your mind and kill Fan Xian."

"I know that the Fan family was one of the masterminds of the assassination, but they are all dead. As long as Fan Xian doesn't provoke me, I will not touch Fan Xian. However, what my aunt said does make some sense."

Li Chengzong thought about it, and suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "I can exchange a piece of news with you, and I guarantee that you will not suffer any loss. Aunt, should I tell it first, or do you tell me first?"

"It seems that Zong'er knows about the assassination plan that year. It was arranged by the Queen's family and the Fan family."

I had guessed before that the Queen's family was involved. Now that Li Yunrui has said that the Queen's family is involved, it has been confirmed.

"I know the news you mentioned. In addition to the Queen's family and the Fan family, are there any other people?"

"It seems that Zong'er still hasn't found out a lot. The Chen, Zhao, and Huang families, as well as Su Wen, a clerk in the Supervisory Council, were all involved. The Chen and Huang families have been wiped out, and someone from the Zhao family fled to the Northern Barbarians."

Li Chengzong nodded and asked, "Because you caught Su Wenquan with something on his hand, did you make Zhu Ge surrender to you?"

“That’s part of the reason.”

Thinking of Zhu Ge, the general under his command, Li Yunrui became depressed again.

"Zong'er, I hope your news won't disappoint your aunt."

"It's about Grandmaster Ye Liuyun and you. Is Aunt disappointed?"

Li Yunrui's face suddenly changed. There was a connection between her and Ye Liuyun, but very few people knew about it. She couldn't understand how Li Chengzong knew it.

"How do you know?"

"You don't need to worry about how I know this, aunt. You only need to know that your Junshan Society worshiper may seem to be your man, but in fact he is an undercover agent arranged by the old man to be by your side."

"impossible!"

Li Yunrui was no longer calm, her tone was extremely sharp, and she was completely out of control. She paid a huge price to win over the Grandmaster Ye Liuyun, but now Li Chengzong told her that Ye Liuyun was Emperor Qing's man.

"Nothing is impossible. You underestimate the Grandmaster too much, and you also underestimate the old man too much. How can a Grandmaster be won over by ordinary means? You are not the old man, you have no way to deal with the Ye family. Then why did the dignified Grandmaster Ye Liuyun not choose the old man, but choose you?"

Li Chengzong smiled and said, "You should know that the only thing that can restrain Ye Liuyun is the safety of the Ye family. If he really wants to join you, he will disregard the safety of the Ye family. Of course, if you don't believe it, you can check it yourself. I'll take my leave now. I wish you a peaceful life in Xinyang."

Li Yunrui is a disaster. Anyone who gets involved with her will have a bad ending. It would be best to shift Li Yunrui's attention to the Ye family and the old man, so that Li Yunrui won't be thinking about his wife all day long.

Anyway, the old man doesn’t feel itchy when he has too many lice, so he doesn’t have to worry about having one more.

As for the Ye family, with the great master Ye Liuyun around, they can also withstand the disaster of Li Yunrui.

However, Li Chengzong never expected that this diversion of trouble would cause Emperor Qing to die early in Mount Dadong.

(End of this chapter)