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Chapter 56: Trapped in a Game, No Choice
The team successfully brought Zhuang Mohan back to the Honglu Temple and settled him down. The whole process went very smoothly.

That afternoon, Zhuang Mohan was arranged to meet the emperor.

As Li Chengping is the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he should accompany him.

He originally thought that after sending the person to the palace, the rest would have nothing to do with him. When he was about to leave, he was stopped by Eunuch Hou.

"Third Prince, His Majesty invites you to come with him."

Li Chengping subconsciously looked at Zhuang Mohan next to him and said, "Is it appropriate for me to go in?"

Eunuch Hou smiled faintly and made a gesture of invitation, which explained everything.

Li Chengping had no way to refuse and could only go along.

Come to the main hall.

Emperor Qing had already been sitting in a high seat waiting, with a seat prepared on each side. Introduced by the palace maid, the two men sat down one after another.

The two sides exchanged pleasantries.

Zhuang Mohan took out a letter from his arms, and Eunuch Hou lowered his head to take it and respectfully handed it to Emperor Qing.

Who would have thought that Emperor Qing didn't even look at the envelope and just threw it away.

"Zhuang Mohan, if it's about the exchange of hostages, then there's no need to talk about it. I've already said it, one for one, that's absolutely fair!"

"If you have ideas about those ten cities, then think of a way. If you can really take them back, that's your own ability!"

"I will never say a word!"

"I have handed this matter over to the Third Prince. If you have any questions, go to him."

Zhuang Mohan couldn't help but stand there in a daze, and subconsciously looked at Li Chengping.

Both Sean and Yan Bingyun are very important figures. It seems that the third prince is truly favored by the emperor.

I'm afraid even the prince doesn't have this kind of treatment!

"Your Majesty, I heard that your country has a youngest scholar in history. I have been obsessed with literature all my life. I would like to learn from you. Is that possible?"

Zhuang Mohan bowed.

"Of course you can, but today is not the right time. I will hold a poetry competition in two days, and then I will hold a competition with the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

Emperor Qing agreed readily.

Zhuang Mohan was stunned by this quick attitude. The literary world of Qing Kingdom was not very strong. When he proposed to discuss literature in the early years, he was always rejected with excuses.

Having achieved his goal, Zhuang Mohan did not stay long and returned to the Honglu Temple.

I thought this matter was over.

In the evening, Eunuch Hou arrived with the imperial edict from the palace.

Without exception, Li Chengping, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, once again took on the important task.

In addition, Emperor Qing also personally selected a contestant.

"Eunuch, is Mr. Fan going to participate too?" Li Chengping asked.

He didn't quite understand what benefits this game could bring to Fan Xian?
"Yes, this afternoon after you left, Dean Chen went into the palace and talked with His Majesty for a while, and then His Majesty agreed to allow Fan Xian to join."

Hou Gong said.

"Is that so? Please tell His Majesty that I will handle this matter properly."

After sending Eunuch Hou away, Li Chengping's face instantly turned gloomy.

He was wondering why Fan Xian participated in the competition. It turned out that Chen Pingping had contributed to it. In this way, he could probably guess the reason why Fan Xian participated in the competition.

The court posted a notice the next day.

It was announced that a poetry competition would be held in two days, and that one hundred talented people would be selected from the public to participate.

When this news came out, the whole country of Qing was in an uproar.

"Brother, let's go and sign up for the poetry competition!"

“Haha, I heard that not only will His Royal Highness Prince Wen show up at this competition, but even the Qi State literary master Zhuang Mohan will be present.”

"Seeing two top figures in the literary world at once is enough for a lifetime!"

"..."

Those talented scholars were excited and all rushed forward to sign up.

Li Chengping was also frightened by the enthusiastic attitude of these talented people. Due to the shortage of staff in the Honglu Temple, he had to urgently transfer a group of people from the Ministry of Personnel. Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Li Chengping has been busy selecting contestants for the past two days.

Zhuang Mohan hid in the house, closed the door and refused visitors. He even had his meals brought in by his personal servant. It was completely unknown what he was doing in the house.

"Your Highness, Zhuang Mohan has been hiding in the house. Nothing will happen to him, right?" Xin Qiwu muttered.

"What could possibly happen to a living person? Go and screen the list quickly."

Li Chengping waved his hand, sent Xin Qiwu away, opened the door and took a look at the room where Zhuang Mohan was.

The door was still closed and there was no movement.

"Interesting, Zhuang Mohan, I want to see what you are up to!"

A chill flashed across Li Chengping's eyes.

He has already ordered Zhao Gao to watch in secret. As long as Zhuang Mohan makes the slightest movement, he will definitely not escape Luowang's eyes!

It's getting dark.

The shortlisted list was sent to Li Chengping. Just as he was about to present the list, Xin Qiwu came running over.

"Your Highness, something happened, Zhuang Mohan is missing!"

"Why are you panicking? He just disappeared, not dead. What are you afraid of?"

Li Chengping replied indifferently.

"Your Highness, Zhuang Mohan is a great figure in the literary world of Northern Qi. If he really encounters an accident here, the impact will be huge!"

Xin Qiwu said anxiously.

As a prince, Li Chengping naturally does not need to worry, but he is just a small official. If something really happens, he will be the one who suffers.

"Don't worry, I'll go to the palace to send the list of tomorrow's contestants to His Majesty. When I come back, Zhuang Mohan will be back too."

Li Chengping smiled mysteriously and did not explain too much to Xin Qiwu. He took the carriage straight to the palace.

Halfway through the journey, a carrier pigeon swooped down and threw a ball of paper into the carriage.

I opened the paper ball and saw only five words written on it.

People are in Guangxin Palace!
Seeing the familiar handwriting on it, Li Chengping recognized it as the message sent by Zhao Gao.

"The net is truly pervasive!"

With a sigh, Li Chengping entered the palace with the list.

at the same time.

The second prince's residence.

Xie Bian hurried into the house and bowed to Li Chengze: "Your Highness, the Third Prince has entered the palace."

"Very good, spread the news that Zhuang Mohan is missing. Third brother, I wonder how you will solve this problem?"

Li Chengze curled up the corner of his mouth in a sneer.

Only by thoroughly muddying the waters of Kyoto City will he have a chance to profit.

Especially after Li Chengping took over the Dali Temple, he actually sent people to investigate those old cases.

In addition to the crown prince, Li Chengze is also involved.

Although the evidence has been destroyed long ago, who knows if there will be any accidents.

If Li Chengping is allowed to continue investigating like this, who knows what the result will be.

More importantly, we cannot allow Li Chengping to continue to rise to prominence like this.

No one supported Li Chengping before, but it is different now. Lin Ruofu has made his position clear. As the head of all officials, this is a very important matter.

Now Li Chengping is only a third-rank Dali Temple official. If he were to step into the imperial court to handle government affairs, it would be a threat to Li Chengze.

Xie Bian frowned and asked in confusion: "Your Highness, didn't you always want to avoid competing for any position? Why are you doing this?"

Li Chengze looked at the bird jumping up and down in the cage and sighed softly.

"Some things are not up to me. The so-called power is just a matter of a word from your majesty."

"I'm trapped in a situation, and I have no choice!"

(End of this chapter)