The princess is killing like crazy again

The tribesman's hand was about to scratch Li Yaozhi's face.

With a "swish" sound, a cold light flashed.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!"The only thing left in my ears was the shrill wails.

The pungent smell of blood and the tribesmen's expressions as if they had seen a ghost did not shake Li Yaozhi in the slightest. He stood where he was, with half of his face showing arrogance and indifference.

His face, like a sculpture of gold and jade, always had a smile on it, appearing gentle and kind.

Now when there is no smile on his face, he looks like a lifeless puppet or idol.

Li Yaozhi cut off one of his tribesman's arms.

"If you cross the gate again, it won't just be your arm that gets broken next time." Li Yaozhi said coldly.

In the long silence, he smiled as usual: "Before tomorrow, please do not step out of the house."

Li Yaozhi put his hands behind his back, turned around and walked forward, "Let's go."

The assassins responded in unison, and then disappeared into the dark street like ghosts.

Li Yaozhi's indifferent and calm back as he left set off a silent but well-known bloody storm in the capital.

Under his planning and command, the killing had a legitimate reason.

Those officials who were regarded as traitors because of their plot to murder Emperor Zhaoyang were either killed or injured.

Li Yaozhi caused a huge uproar, but now according to what he said, he had a legitimate reason.

The elders had to admit that what Li Yaozhi said made sense.

The elders looked at Li Yaozhi. They knew Li Yaozhi's talents well and were satisfied with his perfect appearance.

But they always feel uneasy about this perfection. If Li Yaozhi has always been so gentle and law-abiding, can he protect the family in a chaotic and terrible situation as the head of the family?

But there is no need to worry now, as facts have proved that Li Yaozhi is ruthless and decisive enough.

The atmosphere was heavy and depressing. Li Rongzhao stared at Li Yaozhi and said word by word, "Come on."

"Okay, brothers, are you behaving like this? What's going on?" the elders spoke up.

They weighed the pros and cons and understood that this might also be an opportunity for the family.

Why not give it a try?

Anyway, if it really doesn't work, just ask Li Rongzhao to take over.

The family trial was drawing to a close, and the prime minister slowly spoke: "Let's end this matter here, but you have hurt your own people anyway, so go back and apologize to them, and receive ten lashes according to the family law."

"Yes." Li Yaozhi saluted.

Peers and younger generations retreated and left the ancestral hall one after another.

Li Yaozhi took off his shirt in front of the elders with a calm expression and knelt in front of the hall.

The whip could tear a person's skin and flesh apart, but Li Yaozhi remained silent from beginning to end.

After the punishment, Li Yaozhi remained decent.

He fell to the ground with a pale face, retreated to advance, thanked the elders for their tolerance, and then took his leave.

The elders couldn't help but sigh as they looked at his bamboo-like back.

"The country will eventually belong to the young after all the divisions and reunions." They also have to admit that they are getting old.

The Prime Minister sighed and said, "Let them fight. The family has no shortage of children, nor does it lack waste."

When Li Yaozhi walked out of the ancestral hall, blood could be seen seeping through his blue shirt.

"Li Shaoyan." A voice came from behind.

Li Yaozhi stopped and turned back to smile, "It seems that you have been waiting for a long time."

Li Rongzhao, who had been waiting outside for a long time, took two steps forward and walked in front of Li Yaozhi. "Faced with accusations and doubts, you did not lose your composure and proved your worth. Li is really smart. Even though I was wary of you in the past, I still underestimated you. You are smarter than I thought."

"Thank you for the compliment, brother." Li Yao stopped smiling.

"Stop laughing. It's such a disgusting fake smile." Li Rongzhao frowned in disgust.

Li Yao just smiled and said nothing.

Li Rongzhao asked, "You are so smart that you are almost a demon. I am really curious. I was only one step away from the position of the head of the family. But something happened and I was sluggish for a while. During that time, you showed your talent. Are you pretending? Are you hiding your incompetence?"

He observed Li Yaozhi's expression and said, "Then I made a mistake in a foreign transaction. You were involved in that, right?"

Even the curve of Li Yaozhi's lips did not change.

But for Li Rongzhao, Li Yaozhi had already admitted it.

"Good, very good, Li Shaoyan." Li Rongzhao's eyes were filled with sarcasm. "Your cousins ​​are all plotting how to suppress you and plot against you. The elders will not favor you this time. How does it feel to be deserted by your relatives? Those who betray their relatives will be betrayed by their relatives."

Li Yaozhi chose to laugh off Li Rongzhao's sarcasm.

There is no point in arguing. They all know that Li Yaozhi doesn't care about this. He is not someone who is influenced by kinship.

"Do you think you'll be alright if you follow ***? As you wish, *** will abandon you sooner or later." Li Rongzhao sneered, "Why did you reject the marriage proposal proposed by your elders not long ago? What's wrong with the daughter of the Wang family? The daughter of Chuyuan Wang is not worthy of you? It's all because of ***!"

He spoke rapidly and compactly like a string of cannonballs, pressing her step by step: "What excuse did you use? What reason did you use! Isn't it a ***? You said that the late emperor wanted you to marry a master, right? It's useless, they won't let you marry a princess!"

Li Yaozhi's movements were obviously frozen for a moment.

Li Rongzhao keenly captured this moment, "You are just relying on the fact that they dare not kill ***, and they cannot kill ***! You are just relying on your own luck, and the fact that the person you love is in a high position and has great power!"

"What are you talking about, brother?" Li Yaozhi pulled the corner of his lips.

"Hahahaha!" He laughed loudly. "It's useless! Don't use this as an excuse, it's useless! Who didn't go for the marriage alliance? Who didn't let go of everything? Did I forget and let go of everything? Don't even think about getting away with it!"

Li Yaozhi looked at him indifferently, "You have lost your composure, brother."

"Loss of composure? Do I still care about this loss of composure?" Li Rongzhao's laughter stopped abruptly, and he said in a hateful and resentful tone, "What else is important? Li Shaoyan, don't even think of making an exception."

For children of wealthy families like them, personal wishes, dreams, life, marriage and happiness are unimportant and are ignored.

They have been given the mission of serving the interests of the family since birth. Who can blame them for being so lucky?

Marriage, promotion, and advancement all depend on the family's influence, but one must also obey the family's arrangements in every detail.

You can't even decide your own preferences. Loving sweets is childish, loving to play is indecent, and falling in love with others is irrational. You should stay safely in the shell created by your family's gold and jade.

Freedom? That’s wishful thinking.

Why can Li Yaozhi love who he loves?

"As your elder brother, I should help you. Don't let you follow my old path." Li Rongzhao laughed. "Don't you want to be the leader? You should cut off all emotions and desires!"

Li Yaozhi saw that he looked crazy and suddenly had a bad feeling. "What did you do?"

Li Rongzhao showed a ferocious smile on his clear face, "I didn't do anything. Don't you love the zither the most? Whenever I pass by your courtyard, the pleasant music of the zither lingers in my ears for three days."

"The weather is turning colder, so I chopped some wood for my cousin to add to the fire and boost his energy," he said slowly.

Li Yaozhi's movements froze for a moment, then he immediately turned around and rushed back to his yard.

The people of the Li family have been required to be well-behaved and polite since childhood, and this is one of the moments when Li Yaozhi least cared about his image.

Li Yaozhi rushed to the front of his yard and saw several servants gathered around a fire, poking at it with long sticks to make the burning objects burn faster.

Burning in the flames was a zither that was broken into pieces, but in a corner of the flames, one could still glimpse the green dragon and green bamboo that Xiao Yurong had built with his own hands.

"Young Master!" The servants were panicked.

Li Yaozhi rushed over and took the broken zither out of the fire with his bare hands without using any tools. He put out the fire with his outer robe and held the zither in his arms.

"Young Master! Is your hand okay? Quick, quick! Go call a doctor!" None of the servants expected Li Yaozhi to do this directly.

To fish in troubled waters.

"I think you've really lost your mind." Li Rongzhao's voice came from behind.

He looked at Li Yaozhi kneeling on the ground holding the broken zither tightly against his chest, with an attitude of cherishing it, but with his head lowered, his hair hanging in front of him in a messy manner, making it difficult to see his expression.

Those precious hands seemed to be burned, with large areas of redness, swelling and bleeding.

This person rarely looks pitiful and miserable.

"It is only a matter of time before you share the same bed but different dreams. She can't and won't love you. Aristocratic families and royal power will always be in conflict." Li Rongzhao said in a cold voice.

Li Yaozhi raised his eyes and looked at him, his dark eyes moving slightly.

Li Rongzhao was shocked for a moment by Li Yaozhi's sudden burst of murderous intent.

Then he came to his senses and sneered, "Do you really want to kill me now? What a pity, you broke your zither and swore an oath in front of the late emperor to guarantee ***. *** later built this zither for you and gave it to you. It's really a good story."

"Now that this zither is destroyed because of me, don't you hate me? Don't you want to kill me?" He laughed, "Li Shaoyan, stop pretending. I'm afraid you want to smash me to pieces in your heart, right?"

He became happier and happier as he spoke, and he actually laughed out loud: "Don't even think about it. You and *** won't have a happy ending. The relationship between you will only be like this piano."

"Gossip can melt gold and cause you to be separated." Li Yaozhi lowered his eyes.

"What?" Li Rongzhao stared at him.

Li Yaozhi stood up slowly while holding the zither, "Your Highness and I will not go this way."

Li Rongzhao sneered: "Li Shaoyan, are you addicted to acting? In front of me, you are still acting like a loyal little white flower?"

"But what is my cousin? A treacherous and heartless man? Or a miserable lover played by fate?" Li Yaozhi's usual decent smile appeared on his face, but at this moment it contained a hint of sarcasm.

Li Rongzhao had touched his sore spot, so he would do the same, "Parting in life is better than parting in death. How does it feel to kill the one you love? Just because of rumors, she suffered an undeserved disaster."

"You!" Li Rongzhao's face turned pale.

Li Yaozhi continued to smile and said, "If Your Highness leaves, I will definitely follow you."

This kind of ridicule has not stopped. He said: "My cousin is still my cousin. He is much braver and more determined than me. Even so, he can still marry a wife, have children, and live a stable life. If I have this kind of character, why should I worry about not being able to become the head of the family?"

He could take the punishment on behalf of Xiao Yurong, but Li Rongzhao didn't dare to rush forward to stop those people from beating his beloved to death, and watched his loved one die before his eyes.

Li Yaozhi didn't want to judge other people's feelings, whether they were deep or shallow.

But Li Rongzhao just wanted to tear apart what he was covering up.

"Sir." A servant came in from outside the door, "Miss Cuicui is here."

"Sir." Cuicui bowed, "The princess invites you to go with me to Zhaoyang Mansion."

Li Yaozhi was always polite to those around Xiao Yurong. "My appearance is not proper now, so it is inconvenient for me to meet with Your Highness. I am afraid that I have offended Your Highness. Please allow me to clean up before going to the Princess's Mansion."

Cuicui's gaze fell on Li Yaozhi's hands and his bloodstained clothes. Her sharp eyes swept over the servants around her who were lowering their heads and pretending to be quails.

She said, "The princess's mansion has imperial doctors and the best herbs. You can go there without any worries. The Li family may not feel sorry for you, but the princess does."

Li Yaozhi had just received the family rules when Xiao Yurong sent someone to invite him.

I don’t know whether to say that Fuyang Guards are well-informed, or that Xiao Yurong came to support them at the right time.

"Heh." Li Rongzhao sneered, "He made a mistake and should be punished. Your Highness, why do you have to act like this? It makes it seem like my Li family is being mean and harsh to Li Shaoyan."

"Your Majesty and the princess are free to judge the right and wrong and the merits and demerits. Why did the young master get punished? This is the Li family's family affair, and the princess is not in a position to interfere. But if it is because of what happened last night, then it is a state affair, and the princess should speak for the loyal minister." Cuicui remained calm.

Li Rongzhao looked unhappy, "The people around *** are really sharp-tongued."

Cuicui bowed and said, "You are too kind."

Li Yaozhi didn't want to meet Xiao Yurong like this, but Cuicui was very firm in her attitude.

Cuicui was so clear, which also meant that Xiao Yurong was very firm and wanted Li Yaozhi to go there now.

So Li Yaozhi went anyway.

Xiao Yurong had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Li Yaozhi coming in, he stood up to greet him.

She saw Li Yaozhi lowering his head, a strand of hair soaked with sweat or blood stuck to his neck, and his usually clean and tidy blue shirt also stained with blood.

The slender hands seemed to be burned, with red, swollen and broken skin, and bleeding, looking horrible.

Even in this situation, Li Yaozhi still held the broken and burnt zither tightly in his arms.

Li Yaozhi had seen that she always burned incense, bathed and changed clothes, so she had never looked so miserable.

Xiao Yurong walked up to Li Yaozhi and was speechless for a moment. She stretched out her hand but didn't know where to start. She felt angry and distressed.

How could she, a person as bright as the moon and gentle as the breeze, become so miserable? How long had it been?

"Go call the imperial physician!" Xiao Yurong shouted.

"Your Highness..." Li Yaozhi knelt down in front of Xiao Yurong.

He hugged Qin tighter, his voice hoarse, "Qin..."

"Why are you still caring about the piano at this time?" Xiao Yurong was anxious and angry, and reached out to help him up.