The princess is killing like crazy again

Everyone has his own path to follow, and for Li Yaozhi now, it is more important to seek power.

Many elderly people did not survive this extremely cold winter.

The prime minister is one of them.

His departure brought some chaos, and the family did not have much time left to grieve for him, so choosing a suitable head of the family was the top priority.

Relying on Li's extensive network of contacts and his own keen insight, Li Yaozhi was able to gain insight into the actual signs of relationships between various forces through covert contact and observation.

In the past, Li Yaozhi, together with the information channels of Fuyang Guard, could guess what the ministers might report at the morning court, so that Xiao Yurong could prepare for the response in advance and take the initiative.

However, Li Yaozhi did these things at this time for the position of head of the family.

Li Yaozhi had his own ambitions. He had no interest in the world, but wanted to leave his name in history.

The Li family has been a family of ministers for generations. They were born with power and wanted fame.

The reputation and surname that have been passed down from generation to generation in the history books are true for the Li family and Li Yaozhi.

Originally, the position of the head of the family was dispensable to Li Yaozhi. If he wanted to achieve his goal, there were thousands of ways to do it.

It’s just that Xiao Yurong wanted more.

There is no way, because Xiao Yurong is very greedy.

So in order to satisfy Xiao Yurong's desire, Li Yaozhi needs to go further.

Becoming the head of the Li family would make it easier for him to do things.

Therefore, in those whispers, Li Yaozhi was not only known as a regicide, but also a parricide.

When Li Yaozhi really gets ruthless, Xiao Yurong feels inferior to him.

Sometimes Xiao Yurong would think that this might be the problem left over from the training of children by aristocratic families like the Li family.

If you want a perfect mannequin or a high and mighty statue of a god, how can you expect such a person to be loyal and righteous?

But Li Yaozhi also saw Li Rongzhao off for the last time.

"You got what you wanted. You must be very happy, right? Master of the family." Li Rongzhao, who was sitting upright in the room, looked at Li Yaozhi who walked in from outside with mocking eyes.

"My dear cousin, you are joking. Yaozhi hasn't gotten what he really wants yet." Li Yaozhi did not receive the hospitality from the host, but he was not annoyed. Instead, he sat opposite Li Rongzhao.

As a person of the same kind as Li Yaozhi, Li Rongzhao knew what Li Yaozhi really wanted, but he was not very interested.

"Are you going to avenge your piano?" Li Rongzhao asked sarcastically.

"His Highness said he would build another one for me." Li Yaozhi smiled.

"Ha." Li Rongzhao laughed out loud, "No wonder the tail is wagging so happily, it turns out the owner threw another bone - oh, he hasn't thrown it yet, he just let you smell the fragrance, and you have already come over eagerly."

He said maliciously, "You have to be humble and weak in front of her, pretending to be dumb and submissive, but she will show her strength when she needs it. When things happen normally, right and wrong are still determined. Where can you find a knife that is more useful than you, or a dog that is more obedient than you?"

Li Yaozhi did not react much to these insulting words.

He kept smiling, even the curves of his eyes and mouth didn't change.

It was so fake and disgusting. Li Rongzhao almost wanted to vomit.

In order to maintain the family's reputation and status, the children of their family must always maintain a perfect image and are under tremendous pressure.

Because their words and actions represent the family. If they act inappropriately, they will become a laughing stock among outsiders. Once they make a mistake, the entire family will be disgraced.

The people who caused these incidents would naturally be severely punished by the family. Many young men suffered terribly at first, but eventually became accustomed to it and became numb.

Li Yaozhi is the best one, as if he was born for this.

There was a stack of letter paper in front of Li Rongzhao.

Li Yaozhi looked at the thick pile of letters with a smile, "Brother, are you planning to take these things with you?"

"Gossip can melt gold, causing you to be separated." Li Rongzhao laughed to himself as he recited this poem.

My fingers slowly groped the yellowed letter paper. It was a letter written by Xiaowen.

After Xiaowen died, all his belongings were burned. This was one of the few things left in Li Rongzhao's hands.

He laughed so hard that he leaned on the table, and his tears flowed out. "Gossip can melt gold, and constant criticism can destroy a person."

He had never even thought about being with that girl, he had never even desired it.

Just because he liked it, and because the matter was spread, he beat the man to death in front of him.

"If you loved her so much, why did you forgive your family and the people who killed her? Why did you marry, have children, and continue living with your family?" Li Yaozhi asked calmly.

This was not sarcasm, but a real question.

"Who hasn't let go of everything?" Li Rongzhao gathered the letters in his arms. "They are willing to let go, so why can't I? I am willing to let go, so why can't you?"

He looked like he was unwilling to give up. He held the pile of letters and said, "What else can I do? Like a madman like you, holding a sword and trapping all the people in the tribe to death?"

Li Yaozhi looked at his cousin calmly, "If you are capable, you can protect her. If you are brave enough, pick up a sword and kill everyone you see, and go crazy in front of the elders. If you are incapable and want to die, go and bang your head against the pillar to force the elders."

"If it really doesn't work, just pounce on her. If they want to hit you, they will hit you. If they want to kill you, they will kill you together with them," he said.

Li Rongzhao raised his head in a daze.

Li Yaozhi lowered his eyes and said, "As long as you want, as long as you are willing to give up everything, there is a way."

"You said you left everything behind. Is that Xiaowen? You didn't leave everything behind." He said calmly, "If you had been willing to give up something, she wouldn't have died in front of you."

"You didn't give up your dignity, honor, family, life...even just love for her," said Li Yaozhi.

"Ha-haha... lunatic... lunatic! What do you know? What do you know?" Li Rongzhao leaned over the table and laughed in a way that was almost like sobbing. "Are you really going to give up everything for ***?"

"I will." Li Yaozhi said, "If she goes, I will follow her."

Li Rongzhao looked at Li Yaozhi with tearful eyes, "You won't. You can't abandon the family that raised you and protected you."

"People's words are scary. One day, family, ethics, secular world, the world... all of these will overwhelm you, and one day you will be separated." His words sounded like a warning and a reminder, but more like a poisonous curse.

Li Yaozhi's expression did not change, and he stared at Li Rongzhao in an unfathomable way, "I don't like what you said, brother. Since you don't want to see me, I won't bother you any more."

"Ah, my cousin likes cleanliness. I will wear all his clothes and will never harm his wife and children." He smiled.

After speaking, Li Yaozhi stood up and walked towards the door.

The moment he pushed open the door, he heard a crazy laugh and the sound of swords cutting flesh.

Li Yaozhi did not stop because of this, nor did he turn around to look.

He raised his foot and stepped forward, without showing any sign of movement.

I was clearly in Li's house, but for some reason I felt like I was homeless.

Li Yaozhi smiled self-deprecatingly.

The servant waiting outside the door came forward and said, "Sir."

"Let's go to the princess's mansion." Li Yaozhi said.

When he went to the princess's mansion, Xiao Yurong was listening to Du Xi playing the pipa.

It is already spring, the ice and snow have melted, and all things are reviving.

Du Xi was lowering his brows, and the music of the pipa was heartbreaking.

Cut the wrong bullets, and the big beads are falling into the jade plate.

Seeing Li Yaozhi coming, Xiao Yurong raised his hand to signal Du Xi to go down.

Du Xi glanced at Li Yaozhi, pursed her lips, stood up holding the pipa, bowed to Xiao Yurong, and left.

Li Yaozhi said, "Your Highness, everything is done."

"Then I have to congratulate you, young master. You will be the head of the family in the future." Xiao Yurong smiled slightly.

"Your Highness was just listening to the attendant playing the pipa. Would you like Shao Yan to play a piece for you?" Li Yaozhi looked at the zither placed in Xiao Yurong's hall.

Xiao Yurong smiled and said, "Okay, but don't play the Longevity Lady this time. Play something cheerful. I think I should build a zither for Shao Yan sooner."

"Okay." Li Yaozhi put on his dark blue robe and sat in front of the piano.

Just a few strums of the strings of the zither create emotion before the tune is even formed.

He had handsome eyebrows, as tranquil as the dark green mountains in the distance, and his eyes seemed covered with a layer of mist, soft and yet impenetrable.

The sound of the piano is melodious and full of affection.

Xiao Yurong raised her eyebrows. This was a widely circulated song in Qinlou and Chuguan. It was very beautiful to listen to, and it sang about the deep love between lovers and girls.

Li Yaozhi knew the song and could play it, so he brought it to her and played it.

Xiao Yurong raised the corner of his lips with interest, and waited until the song ended before asking, "Where did you hear this?"

"There was a Hui family banquet, and one of my cousins ​​played it before the banquet." Li Yaozhi replied.

"Shao Yan really never forgets what he has heard." Xiao Yurong smiled, "What about your cousin? The rules in your family are so strict, he dares to play in front of the elders, will those old antiques let him off easily?"

"Well, the elders looked very unhappy. Afterwards, the clan elders punished him by making him kneel in the ancestral hall for half a month." Li Yaozhi smiled.

Xiao Yurong laughed out loud. She hadn't felt so happy in a long time.

"Who could have expected that it would be Shao Yan, the best and most polite person in their eyes, who would play this song for me." Xiao Yurong said with a smile.

She walked to Li Yaozhi, put her hands on his shoulders and walked around him, "Oh, my dear, please don't worry."

Xiao Yurong fell directly into his arms and said with a smile: "In this life, I will only hold my red sleeves for you."

She wrinkled her nose again and smiled, "That's not it. It's more like Shao Yan has only been rolling up his sleeves for me in this life."

She seemed to be teasing Li Yaozhi as if he were the top star of Zhuiyue Pavilion. She tilted her head and looked at Li Yaozhi's delicate features. "If our Shao Yan was really in Zhuiyue Pavilion, she would definitely attract a lot of money."

Li Yaozhi saw her fall down, and quickly supported her back and hugged her waist, "Your Highness."

"Your Highness, with that said, Shao Yan will be really worried." He lowered his eyes and moved closer, rubbing his ear against hers.

Li Yaozhi nuzzled Xiao Yurong's neck like a spoiled child, and a smile lingered in his tone for a moment: "Young lady, are you willing to redeem me if you say so?"

He cooperated with Xiao Yurong in playing.

"Redeem myself? What can I do? I'm short of money." Xiao Yurong really acted it out.

"That's fine. I have money and I have saved up enough to redeem myself. But... Rong Niang? Um... is Rong Niang willing to take me away?" Li Yaozhi thought about the appropriate title.

He naturally poured Xiao Yurong a glass of wine and brought it to his lips.

Xiao Yurong said, "But I still have to take the exam, and I've spent all my money just to see you."

As she spoke, she drank the wine from Li Yaozhi's hand, as if she had really come to the human world to play and linger among the flowers.

Li Yaozhi nodded, "Well, it's okay, it's okay, I will give the redemption money to Rongniang as travel expenses, Rongniang just focus on going to the examination hall. When I succeed and become famous, it won't be too late to redeem me later."

"You're going to give me the redemption money now? Hey? What if I'm a heartless and unfaithful person? If I pass the imperial examination and become the third place in the imperial examination, and His Majesty takes a liking to me, what prince will he marry me to?" Xiao Yurong said seriously.

The state is rich and elegant, and the texture is delicate and even.

With her appearance, she is indeed worthy of being the third place in the imperial examination.

She was quite proud, as if she was really that heartless and unfaithful person, "Someone here is rich and powerful, how could I remember that someone was waiting for me in Cheng Zhuiyue Pavilion?"

Li Yaozhi hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Highness, the Emperor doesn't like to arrange marriages for others..."

Xiao Yurong interrupted him: "What did you call me? You can't say that, my little lover."

Seeing that she was still playing with great interest, Li Yaozhi continued to join in the fun.

"Yeah." Li Yaozhi looked at Xiao Yurong with a smile, "I will wait for Rongniang to come to see me. Being a husband, a servant, or a slave, as long as I stay with Rongniang, it's all good."

After he finished speaking, he thought for a while and said seriously: "If you forget me early, it doesn't matter."

"As long as Rongniang is happy, that's good." He smiled, looking very touching.

"Are you so infatuated?" Xiao Yurong gently pinched Li Yaozhi's cheek.

Li Yaozhi blinked his eyes, looked at Xiao Yurong with his black jade eyes, and asked softly, "Then will my lady still dislike me?"

"Don't worry, young man." Xiao Yurong held Li Yaozhi's face in her hands. "When spring comes and the water is covered with peach blossoms, and the snow and the moon are shining brightly in the cold, we will live up to the beautiful scenery, day and night, and live up to the eternity."

Xiao Yurong seemed to be very serious about this joke, which was like a blank check.

I don't know if it was the unfaithful man in the play who wanted to curry favor with the powerful and wealthy who made such a boast to the top performer in Zhuiyue Pavilion who devoted all her efforts to her beloved.

Or it was Xiao Yurong's promise to Li Yaozhi that might not come true.

Li Yaozhi also listened very carefully.

His long eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings, and he gazed at Xiao Yurong tenderly, yet seemed a little absent-minded.

Xiao Yurong sighed softly.

Her long eyelashes were slightly raised, and the bright moon and sparse stars outside the window, as well as the spring buds about to bloom, seemed to be integrated into her amber pupils.

The skin seemed to be made of white jade, shrouded in a hazy glow under the moonlight. Xiao Yurong raised her face and gently stroked Li Yaozhi's lips with her fingers.

The red dress, like a blazing fire, shone brightly with her and reflected in Li Yaozhi's eyes.

The wine is still warm, and you can’t tell the difference when you take a sip.

Xiao Yurong said softly: "You and I will grow old together."