After she became a county magistrate, she took the ghost to investigate the case

night.

Li Siqi, who had just closed his eyes, suddenly opened his eyes.

I saw a man in black stabbing him fiercely with a knife.

Li Siqi stood up and kicked the sword out of the other person's hand.

"You didn't sleep?" The man in black looked at Li Siqi in surprise.

"Of course, isn't this waiting for you?" Li Siqi said and kicked the other person.

The two of them became entangled with each other.

The black-clothed man's fighting power was far inferior to Li Siqi's. After a while, he was beaten back step by step.

When the man in black saw that something was wrong, he immediately turned around and prepared to jump out of the window to escape, but the noise of the fight between the two immediately attracted the guards in the palace.

The guards surrounded the assassin.

"Your Highness, what should we do with this person?" the guard asked Li Siqi.

"Drag him away and interrogate him to find out who sent him." Li Siqi waved his hand tiredly.

"I obey my orders."

Before he could finish his words, the assassin's eyes suddenly widened, and bright red liquid gushed out of the corners of his mouth. Then the assassin fell to the ground with a "bang".

The guards immediately surrounded him upon seeing this.

After an inspection, the head guard reported to Li Siqi: "Your Majesty, the assassin hid the poison under his tongue in advance, and when the plot was exposed, he took the poison and committed suicide."

Li Siqi was a little surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that the other party had even thought about the consequences of failing to take the poison. He was definitely well prepared.

"Okay! Then you guys dispose of his body!" Li Siqi waved his hand.

After everyone left, Li Siqi fell into deep thought.

Who sent the assassin to kill him? He was so impatient as soon as he returned to Beijing.

After thinking about it, Li Siqi felt that the most likely person was Crown Prince Li Siming. After all, no one except him wanted to stop him from returning to Beijing.

Since the assassination attempt failed this time, there will definitely be a next time, and there will be a chance to catch her.

Li Siqi breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this and went to bed to rest.

In the imperial study room.

The emperor looked at Li Siqi, who had a black spot under his eyelids, and asked curiously, "Old Nine, what's wrong with you? Didn't you get enough rest last night?"

The emperor said with concern.

Li Siqi smiled bitterly and reluctantly told the emperor about his encounter with the assassin last night.

The emperor was furious after hearing this. "Damn it! I never thought that there are still people who can't stand you and dare to assassinate you. This is in Shangjing, under the feet of the emperor. They dare to be so rampant. I guess they don't take me, the emperor, seriously."

The emperor slapped the table angrily.

"Can you find out who is the mastermind behind this?" the emperor frowned.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, No," Li Siqi answered truthfully.

The emperor was a little disappointed when he heard this. He had always loved this son very much. In addition, his mother was the eternal love of the emperor, so naturally he did not want anything to happen to him.

"Okay! Then you should be more careful in the next few days and take care to protect yourself."

The emperor gave Li Siqi an earnest admonition.

When Li Siqi heard this, he immediately felt warm in his heart. His father still loved him.

"Thank you for your concern, father. I will follow your teachings." Li Siqi said respectfully.

"Well, I still have some memorials to review, so you can leave now!"

"Yes, Father, I will take my leave."

After saying this, Li Siqi bowed and left the Yangxin Palace.

However, Li Siqi did not notice that the emperor kept staring at his back after he left and refused to move away.

Su Shengyuan on the side couldn't help but remind him: "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince has left."

The emperor nodded woodenly, "I know. When I saw the Ninth Prince, I thought of the late Queen. My heart felt like it was bleeding. I failed to protect the late Queen and let her leave the world so early. This is a knot in my heart that is difficult to untie."

"And the Ninth Prince has just arrived in Beijing and has encountered assassinations one after another. If he encounters any more accidents, how can I have the face to go to see the Queen for many years!"

When the emperor thought of this, his heart was filled with sadness.

After hearing this, Su Shengyuan immediately came up with an idea, "Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince has had poor health since he was young, and staying in the capital is indeed full of dangers. Instead of this, I think it would be better to let the Ninth Prince go out and try his luck. This way, he can be trained and protected."

The emperor's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this, but he soon fell into confusion again, "Then what reason should I make up?"

Su Shengyuan smiled slightly and then leaned over to whisper in the emperor's ear for a while.

The emperor smiled happily after hearing this, but soon he became hesitant again, "Will he hate me? Will my father-son relationship with him be destroyed?"

After hearing this, Su Shengyuan said quickly: "Afterwards, you can ask this old servant to explain it to him in person. Isn't that convincing enough? I believe that the Ninth Prince is so filial and considerate that he will understand your Majesty's good intentions."

After hearing this, the emperor no longer hesitated, and nodded without hesitation and agreed, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Su Shengyuan felt relieved when he saw that the problem that had been bothering the emperor had been solved.

At this time, Li Siming didn't know that a big "storm" was heading straight for him.

In a few days, it was time for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

Everyone in the palace was preparing for this major event, and Li Siqi was no exception.

This time, the emperor specifically emphasized that Xu Yingying and Li Siming should attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet together. According to common sense, Xu Yingying would not be able to attend such a banquet with her status.

After hearing this, Xu Yingying was very excited. She had never seen such a grand scene before. At the same time, she knew very well in her heart that she was able to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet this time because of Li Siqi.

At the banquet.

Li Siqi took out the "Landscape Fu" he had specially prepared and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor has loved painting since he was a child, especially landscapes. He was naturally very happy to see the landscape painting prepared by Li Siqi. This landscape painting was exactly the one created by Dai Linyu, whom the emperor had been looking for for a long time.

Dai Linyu is a genius in landscape painting. His paintings are hard to come by, and even royal aristocrats cannot easily buy his paintings.

So the gift Li Siqi gave touched the emperor's heart.

"Well, well, your son is thoughtful. My dear ministers, take a look at this painting. The characters in the painting are so lifelike, and the artist's composition is also very attentive."

The emperor laughed so hard that he couldn't stop.

Li Siming was stunned when he saw the painting in Li Siqi's hand.

Damn...how come the painting this kid gave me is exactly the same as his?

He looked at the Imperial Concubine with a pleading look. Before the Imperial Concubine could give Li Siming any advice, Su Shengyuan's voice rang out again.