After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

"Your brother is also afraid... afraid of being implicated in this matter. Rather than letting the Queen Mother execute Li Liangdi, it is better to... destroy the body and cover up all traces!"

Even...the prince couldn't send anyone to investigate who made this doll.

As long as a little bit of the news leaks out and gets to the Queen Mother, she'll have a handle to attack him.

Would the prince gamble for a mere concubine?

Inside, the prince frowned and looked at Li Liangdi with dark eyes.

Li Liang Di whispered softly, looking at the prince secretly, "Your Highness, do you still doubt me?"

The prince shook his head slowly, "At this point, it's you too, it's not you... too!"

Li Liangdi didn't understand.

The prince waved at her, "Come here."

Li Liangdi stood up with a puzzled look on her face and walked towards the prince.

"Your Highness..."

The prince stretched out his hand and touched Li Liangdi's face.

Seeing this, Li Liangdi lowered her eyebrows and responded timidly.

The prince's hand slowly slid to Li Liangdi's neck.

Suddenly, with force—

"Uh……"

Li Liang Di grabbed the prince's hand, stared at him in disbelief, stuck out her tongue, and said incoherently, "Your Highness..."

The prince's eyes were red, but the strength of his hands did not decrease in the slightest.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Liangdi's body softened.

The prince suddenly loosened his grip, and fell into the chair as if he had lost strength.

At the same time, a line of tears fell from the corner of the eye.

The prince murmured to himself, "Don't blame me... I wanted to give you a life of glory..."

"I am the prince... I am the prince..."

……

When the prince came out of Li Liangdi's room, his mood had already adjusted.

He looked at the Crown Princess and Zhao Ying who were standing guard at the door and asked, "Has Imperial Physician Xing given all the instructions?"

Zhao Ying nodded and glanced into the room. "Li Liangdi..."

The prince had no expression on his face, and his voice was extremely cold. "Dead."

The Crown Princess' eyes trembled.

Although she was extremely fed up with Li Liangdi, she couldn't help but feel sad when she saw the prince killing Li Liangdi with his own hands.

She trembled and said, "Your Highness... Li's crime does not deserve death..."

The prince stood sideways, making it impossible to see his face clearly.

He just said lightly, "She is too unsatisfied and too stupid."

……

Zhao Ying went back home.

The carriage was halfway there when it suddenly stopped.

There was a lot of noise outside, Zhao Ying pulled aside the curtain and took a look.

I found that there was a casino opening in front of me. It was a five-story building with green tiles and red roofs. It was magnificent and obviously a big deal.

Two banners were hung from the upper floor, and on each banner were written, "Who has the best dice skills? Find the Color King in Liuyang Jiangfu!"

Zhao Ying frowned and clicked his tongue.

The groom said, "Your Highness, there is a traffic jam ahead. We have to change the road."

Zhao Ying was curious about what happened, so she asked the coachman to wait for a while.

She watched the fun.

There were several circles of people gathered around, bustling about, and one of the voices was particularly loud and prominent.

"Today is the grand opening day of our "Dice King", and my young master has specially set up a life-and-death game!"

"What is a life-or-death game?!"

"The life-and-death game is this: With 10,000 taels of bet money, you can bet on the size of the dice with my young master for three rounds, with two wins out of three. As long as you beat my young master, the winner can make a condition to him!"

A big man shouted, "Any conditions are acceptable?"

The little beggar replied, "What if I want you 'Dice King'?"

The manager at the door of "Dice King" looked confident, "If anyone wins, the store will give it to you immediately!"

As soon as the manager finished speaking, the whole audience became excited and everyone was eager to try.

The big man patted his chest and said, "Then I won't bully your young master. If I win, just give me 100,000 taels!"

There was a burst of laughter all around, and a woman jokingly asked, "Do you have a capital of 10,000 taels?"

The big man blushed and shut up.

Zhao Ying became more and more curious as she listened, so she sent Nanny Li to find out more.

Nanny Li came back after a while and reported, "Your Highness, I have inquired and found out that this gambling house is newly opened. The owner's surname is Jiang, and his name is Jiang Bisheng, nicknamed Juejuezi! He is not from the capital, but from Liuyang. I heard that he is very wealthy and always wins when he gambles!"

"Oh?" Zhao Ying asked in surprise.

Nanny Li continued, "But it was this 'winning every time I gamble' that caused the entire Jiang family to die out. By the time Jiang Bisheng's generation came around, they couldn't even have children. Everyone said that the Jiang family's luck in gambling was borrowed from the luck of their descendants!"

Zhao Ying was puzzled. "I heard from this steward that the Jiang family has a young master, right?"

"Yes! Jiang Bisheng traveled all over the country looking for doctors and medicine to cure his infertility. Later, he came to the capital, but still found nothing. Fortunately, when he was leaving, he met a group of kidnappers. Jiang Bisheng saw that the little boy in the kidnappers' hands looked very much like him, so he bought the boy, brought him back to Liuyang, and named him Jiang Youhou."

"This Jiang Youhou may have a connection with the Jiang family. His gambling skills are outstanding and he is even better than his master..."

"Your Highness, I think this 'Dice King' is cheating! Don't be fooled by his nice words. He said he would give away everything if they lose. I thought they couldn't lose at all!"

Zhao Ying nodded in agreement.

Then he ordered the sedan bearers to take a detour.

However, when she was about to leave, Zhao Ying's heart suddenly panicked, as if she had lost something. She covered her chest with her hands, looking lost.

Upstairs in the gambling house, a boy of about six or seven years old was wearing a green robe and a jade crown, with his hands behind his back, looking serious and solemn.

There were two followers standing behind him.

The boy's face was very strange, with blurred features that made it difficult to see clearly. What was even stranger was that this face looked different in different people's eyes. Anyone who saw this face thought it looked like themselves!

This is also the reason why Jiang Bisheng adopted a boy.

Because he thinks he looks a lot like him!

That is destiny!

However, after the child was brought back, Old Wang, who lived next door to the Jiang Mansion, was almost scared to death when he saw the child. He thought that his affair with Madam Jiang had left him with trouble, and that Madam Jiang had secretly given birth to their child!

Otherwise why does she look like him?

At this moment, the boy looked at the magnificent sedan chair downstairs and raised his eyebrows, "Qing Yi Se, go check who is in this sedan chair?"

Everyone looked puzzled, "What do you mean, sir?"

The boy said with interest: "I think the person in this sedan chair has some background. Find a chance to invite her over and I will fight her!"

Thirteen Yao took a closer look downstairs, his brows gradually knitted together, "Master, I think... it's difficult! That sedan chair is bright yellow, it must be some royal relative!"

The boy became more interested after listening to this. Royal relatives are better! Royal relatives are more likely to lose!

He waved his hand at Thirteen Yao, and said in a childish voice, "Just go and invite her!"

……

At the same time, Zhongcui Palace.

Zhao Yao asked the hairless mage, "Master, can you find the location of that boy?"

Master Wufa woke up from his meditation and nodded mysteriously.

Zhao Yao's eyes lit up, "Where?"

"It's in the capital!"

"Beijing? Where is Beijing?"

"The gambling house on East Street..."

Zhao Yao got the direction and immediately found his trusted eunuch, "Xiao Dongzi, go to the gambling house on East Street and find a little boy of six or seven years old. Knock him out and bring him to me!"

Xiao Dongzi: “Huh!”