I don't want to be the favorite concubine of this palace anymore

Sure enough, within two days, the news that Princess Rui was seriously ill came out. By the time Lin Yuanzheng arrived at the Prince Rui's mansion, Princess Rui Lu Qingxue had already passed away.

The main reason was that Dean Lin was a highly skilled doctor, and Li Rui was afraid that he might find out something, so he let Lu Qingxue take the fake death drug directly.

This is the medicine Xier made. I guess even Doctor Gao can’t find anything wrong with it.

After all, Lu Qingxue was the daughter-in-law of the royal family, so her funeral was very grand. She also had to go to the imperial mausoleum. An Muxi also went with her family to pay her respects.

As an official of the Ministry of Rites, Li Rui made some adjustments and buried the body directly in an empty coffin.

He sent Lu Qingxue directly to An Muxi's farm, and several of Lu Qingxue's maids were also sent there.

The wife of Marquis Anyang was so heartbroken that she fainted from crying at the funeral.

But Li Rui didn't dare to tell her the truth, and could only wait for the right opportunity to reveal some news to her.

After this incident, many noble ladies turned their attention to Li Rui again. Everyone knew that Li Rui was heartbroken after losing his first wife and lacked someone who could comfort him.

Moreover, all the concubines in Prince Rui's Mansion were sent away. If they entered Prince Rui's Mansion, they would be the only favored one and would be willing to live a life of luxury.

It was common for noble ladies to accidentally run into Li Rui, or bump into Li Rui's carriage or something like that.

Things didn't stop until Li Rui stopped a noble lady from making a dirty move.

Li Rui would only occasionally visit An Muxi's boudoir at night as a dark dragon to accompany her, or take her out to see the scenery.

Until one day Jianying told him solemnly: "Master, something happened to Master Lu!"

Li Rui frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"Our people said that Prince Lu received a letter from Princess Wenhua, and then he went to the border area with only a few guards, and then disappeared."

Li Rui gnashed his teeth in anger. This Princess Wenhua was simply a troublemaker! She actually helped the leader of Xijiang to plot against the General Zhenxi of Tiansheng.

Yusup must have some plan, so Lu Qingfeng should not be in danger for the time being. But if he disappears, then the Zhenxi Army will be leaderless, right?

Li Rui went directly to the palace to meet Emperor Tiansheng.

Emperor Tiansheng had just received the news that Lu Qingfeng had disappeared.

"Father, I am willing to follow your orders and go to the west to find General Zhenxi. This time he fell into the trap set by the leader of the Western Frontier. I didn't expect Wenhua to help Yusup plot against our Tiansheng Kingdom."

Emperor Tiansheng was so angry that he slammed the table.

"She is my beloved daughter for more than ten years. I never thought she would do such a thing! She is just as evil-minded as her mother!"

Li Rui said this deliberately to scare Wenhua, so that it would be easier to take action if he did anything later.

Emperor Tiansheng sighed, "Okay, I will appoint you as General Dingguo and give you 30,000 personal soldiers. Take my imperial edict and go to the west to stabilize the Zhenxi Army over there and rescue Prince Lu. If anyone in the Zhenxi Army colludes with the enemy and rebels, kill them on the spot!"

Li Rui quickly knelt down and accepted the order. He had been learning martial arts from Anyang Hou since he was a child, and of course he also learned some military strategies, which finally came in handy this time.

In fact, he also suspected whether there were spies in the Zhenxi Army, but last time he arranged Deputy General Song and several generals who were squeezed out of the Zhenxi Army by Yin Huaiyuan into the Zhenxi Army.

These people were once loyal subordinates of Marquis Anyang and were very loyal to him. Logically, there shouldn't be any trouble.

In any case, he had to get to the western border as soon as possible.

After leaving the imperial study, he prepared to hurry back to Prince Rui's mansion to arrange some matters concerning his departure.

As a result, he had not walked far before he was stopped by a palace maid.

"Your Highness Prince Rui, my master invites you."

Li Rui didn't know this palace maid, but the masters in the palace were the emperor and the concubines in the harem, and he didn't know which one would come to see him.

After all, there was no one worth his stay, and he was a little impatient.

"Get out of here!" He said and was about to leave.

The maid said quickly: "The master said it is about the Western Frontier, maybe it will be helpful to you."

This time Li Rui paused. He guessed who it was. He didn't know what the man wanted to talk to him about, but he didn't know much about Western Xinjiang.

"Lead the way."

Soon Li Rui was taken to a pavilion in a corner of the Imperial Garden.

It was just as he expected.

"I wonder what the Concubine Xi wants to talk to me about?"

The one who was looking for Li Rui was Concubine Xi Renna.

"I heard you were going to the western border. I wanted to tell you something. I wanted to tell you this a long time ago, but never found the opportunity."

Before, Li Rui had never liked Rena, and even felt a little disgusted with her, because her father was the former leader of Western Xinjiang, the one who was defeated by Marquis Anyang.

Moreover, it was always believed that Marquis Anyang was killed by Rena's father, and he even had some hostility towards Rena.

Later, they found out that it was Yin Huaiyuan who stabbed him in the back, and realized that they had wrongly accused the leader.

"My father was actually killed by Yusup. He thought we didn't know, but my brother and I knew it a long time ago."

Li Rui did not respond and waited for her next words.

"Although my father was severely injured by Anyang Hou, his life was not in danger. It was Yusup who poisoned my father. My father told my brother and me personally. But at that time, he was already powerless. He asked us to pretend that we didn't know so that we could survive."

Li Rui looked at her unmoved: "So why did you ask me to come here?"

Rena looked at Li Rui with red eyes: "I want to ask you to help my brother take the throne and kill Yusup. He has a group of secret guards left by his father, but they are not many. I heard that Prince Lu disappeared at the border. Maybe my brother can help you find him."

Li Rui's expression relaxed a little at this time: "You should know that even without him, I have the ability to save Lu Shizi. At worst, I will flatten the Western Frontier! I don't believe that I can't find him!"

Rena was a little flustered: "Aren't you afraid that Yusup will do something desperate? You don't know Western Xinjiang. There are many tribes there, and the terrain is complicated. Without someone to lead you, you will suffer heavy losses. Besides, my brother will definitely not harass the western border after he takes the throne."

Li Rui was a little skeptical, and Rena took out a wolf tooth strung with a black rope from her neck and handed it to him.

"Show this to him and tell him that it was me who told him to sign a 100-year friendship treaty with Tiansheng. He will definitely listen to you."

This wolf tooth was taken from a wolf king that Jenna's father shot and killed. A total of four pendants were made, one for each of her parents, brother and herself.

It is their amulet and a symbol of their identity.

Li Rui took the wolf tooth and finally nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I promise you. I hope your brother can be as sensible as you are."

In the evening, Li Rui changed into Dark Dragon's costume and came to An Muxi's room again.

After knocking on the window three times gently, An Muxi opened the door directly.

"Why are you here today?"

An Muxi has become accustomed to this way of meeting, even though it is a bit against etiquette.

But Anlong has always been a gentleman, and apart from hugging, he didn't do anything else out of line.

An Long said reluctantly, "Tomorrow, I will go on a long journey. You stay in the imperial capital and don't go anywhere. Wait for me to come back, okay?"