Cypress Boat Floating

Lu Zhixing followed the prince out of the palace door one step behind him. The prince stopped where he was after taking only two steps. Lu Zhixing had set a trap for him, leaving him no way to save Li Boming's life. This made him very unhappy, and he was also very rude to Lu Zhixing. After confirming that the palace door behind him was closed, he said to Lu Zhixing in a sarcastic tone: "Second brother, don't think that you will be so lucky next time just because you won this time. There is still a long way to go."

"What are you saying, brother? I am only doing my job. There is no question of winning or losing." Lu Zhixing lowered his eyes and responded to his sarcasm in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.

The prince gave him a sharp look, swung his sleeves fiercely, snorted coldly and walked away. Now, no matter how he looked at Lu Zhixing, he felt uncomfortable. He didn't want to see him for even a second.

Today, he failed to protect Li Zhizhong's only son in front of the emperor. In the future, Li Zhizhong might not be as loyal to him as before.

Although he was of noble status and had many people under him, he didn't care about Li Zhizhong's attitude. But it must be said that Li Zhizhong was indeed the best knife he used. This man was smooth and experienced, sensible, and knew what he should and shouldn't do. It was a pity that he had such a son.

Now he is asked to reflect on his mistakes at home for three months, but after that, it is uncertain whether he will still be as glorious as before. And looking at Du Guangyao's appearance today, I am afraid that he will confront him sooner or later in the future.

Although Du Guangyao was only a vice minister in the Ministry of War, he was an upright person and had made friends with many generals and warriors.

Originally, civil officials and military officials quarreled in the court all day long. Now this incident made the relationship between the two sides even more tense. Even if other military generals were not familiar with Du Guangyao, they would stand on Du Guangyao's side for the sake of face. When Li Zhizhong lost his power, it was hard to say whether he could help him do more things.

The content of today's meeting with His Majesty will surely be known to everyone in no time. If Li Zhizhong knew that not only did he not spare his son's life, but he also personally sent him to death...

It seems that it is time to remind Li Zhizhong that their Li family has been using the name of the prince's wife's family to do evil things, and this account must be settled with them. How can he, as the prince of a country, allow others to stab him in the back? If this person is not convinced, then he will have to abandon him.

Lu Zhixing stood there and watched the prince leave. Du Guangyao's arrival was not arranged by him, but it must be said that Du Guangyao's move did help him. Now the prince and the Li family may have some gaps because of Li Boming.

Ever since Li Muqian married into the Eastern Palace, Li Zhizhong's position has become higher and higher, and he has done more and more things for the prince. His power has become greater and greater, and he has the intention of developing his own power. Although he has tried to curb him a lot, this person has done too many things in the name of the prince's wife's family, and sometimes Lu Zhixing cannot control it. So he has been thinking about overthrowing the Li family, but he didn't expect that Li Boming would come to him on his own, which really saved Lu Zhixing a lot of effort.

However, after this incident, the emperor probably became more wary of the people in the court. There were more than one or two people in the court who used the name of the royal family to do evil things. The princes and vassal kings were extremely powerful, and even the emperor had not yet completely controlled the court.

Lu Zhixing glanced back at the tightly closed palace door. It seemed that the weather was beginning to change.

Li Zhizhong fainted again when he received the news that Li Boming would be executed in three days. The emperor personally issued an order, which meant that there was no room for maneuver in this matter. At first, he might have thought of using Li Muqian's relationship to ask the prince to help spare Li Boming's life, but he didn't expect that the person who was finally convicted was actually the savior he imagined.

This made Li Zhizhong even more depressed. Not only that, before Li Zhizhong could wake up, Lu Zhixing brought people to his house and collected a box of silver. Some of it was used to compensate the families of the dead girls, and some was used as medical expenses and subsidies for the abused girls.

When Li Zhizhong heard the news, he fainted again. Not only had he not received his salary for half a year, but almost three months' salary of his own had also been taken away.

Although the Li family had some savings, this incident caused them to bleed heavily.

three days later

Today is the day that Li Boming will be executed. After Li Boming was arrested, everything about him had already spread throughout the city. Li Boming and even the Li family became the target of public criticism. The people hated them to the core, and the people were puzzled and angry that Li Zhizhong could continue to be an official.

But they had no other options, they couldn't make the Li family pay any price, so everyone could only target Li Boming. On the way to the execution ground, everyone stood on the street holding rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and as soon as Li Boming's prison van appeared, they would throw everything they had at him.

When has the arrogant young master ever been treated like this? In the past, he was always so majestic when he went out, and all the people present would fawn on him when they saw him. But now, they were throwing all kinds of rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at him.

Even if he couldn't bear it, there was nothing he could do. He was now a prisoner, and the wound on his buttocks made it impossible for him to even look up and glare at them. When he arrived at the execution ground, death would be waiting for him.

He suddenly felt how ridiculous his life was.

In a window on the street side of the restaurant, Lu Ci Qiu and Ye Jianqing sat by the window watching every move of the people downstairs.

The people in the prison van did not deserve their sympathy at all. They planned to come and take a look today just to see the evildoers being brought to justice.

"Lu Ci Qiu." Ye Jianqing suddenly called him.

Hearing Ye Jianqing's voice, Lu Ci Qiu shifted his gaze from the street to him, but the other party did not look back, and his eyes remained on the people outside, which made Lu Ci Qiu wonder if he had heard it wrong.

"I want to see Du Rou." After a long time, Ye Jianqing spoke. Her voice was a little depressed, and carried a hint of emotion that Lu Ci Qiu could not understand.

"What's wrong? Why do you want to see her suddenly?"

"What will happen to these women if they are hurt here?" Ye Jianqing's voice was not loud, but Lu Ci Qiu heard it clearly.

He was silent. People attached so much importance to women's chastity that it was hard to say whether anyone would be willing to accept them after they returned.

"So, now that we have rescued them, we must save them to the end. Otherwise, these women would not die at the hands of Li Boming, but instead die in the gossip of others. They are not guilty, he is the guilty one." Ye Jianqing turned his head and looked at him with firm eyes.

Not to mention in ancient times, even in modern times, if a woman is bullied, people on the Internet will accuse her of being a victim.

She had seen some people who had been rescued but chose to commit suicide because of rumors. She didn't want such a tragedy to happen here, right under her nose.

They never save people and then don't care about the follow-up. They save people to the end and send them to the west. In modern times, they will also arrange special psychologists to help victims with psychological counseling. There is nothing here, so she can only do it herself.

Du Rou left a good impression on her when she was arrested, and she also roughly understood Du Rou's personality. She didn't know about other women, but she believed that if Du Rou was the one to organize it, others might believe her and be willing to come to her to resolve their concerns.

If possible, she also wanted to give these women a way to survive and find them a job.

"They should still be recuperating in the room arranged by the Dali Temple. I heard that my father is very concerned about them and specially sent an imperial physician to help them treat their injuries." Lu Ci Qiu thought for a while and informed Ye Jianqing of the current whereabouts of those people.

"If you want to go, I can take you there."