The princess is killing like crazy again

An old minister stood up tremblingly and said, "My Lords, is this decision too hasty? We need to think about this matter carefully. Raising money in this way..."

Li Yaozhi raised his lips slightly, looking at the old minister, looking gentle and elegant, "Your Highness' birthday is approaching, there is no time to lose. If you hesitate any longer, won't you miss it?"

"From what I heard from you, sir...are you reluctant to part with the money?" Li Yaozhi asked with a smile.

How could he dare to answer this? The old minister was stared at by Li Yaozhi and dared not say anything, so he could only quietly return to his original position.

Wang Fuxuan sneered, "How can you be reluctant to spend money? Lord Hu spent a lot of money to treat his colleagues to a meal in a restaurant two days ago. Half a month ago, the men in the mansion spent a lot of money to buy two skinny horses from Yangzhou. Three months ago, the concubines in the mansion bought more than a dozen pieces of brocade yarn - oh, that yarn is expensive."

With every word he spoke, a drop of sweat appeared on Lord Hu's head. He kept wiping the sweat with his sleeves and kept his head down, not daring to raise it.

"Master Hu is the most generous person, how can he be a stingy person?" When it comes to speaking venomous words, it has to be Wang Fuxuan. "Master Hu can hardly afford his monthly salary, right? Where did all this money come from?"

He smiled, "As far as I know, the shops under Lord Hu's name haven't made much money recently, and some are even losing money. You are so generous, Lord Hu, you have to teach me how to make money."

"I, I, your servant...this is a little savings passed down from generation to generation..." Lord Hu kept wiping the sweat off his face, stuttering while bending over.

In just a few words, Wang Fuxuan had gone from having a lax family tradition, being arrogant and extravagant but unwilling to be loyal to the monarch to having an unclear source of wealth and being suspected of corruption.

Wang Fuxuan smiled: "Don't be nervous, Lord Hu, I didn't say anything."

The other officials in the court exchanged glances with each other. At this point, they had already fallen silent and no one dared to raise any objections.

After all, their hands are not necessarily clean.

"Approved. Let's do as Huai Ling Hou said." Xiao Yuxie, who had watched the show for so long, finally spoke up, "This matter will be handed over to the Prime Minister, and I will also help with it."

"Yes." Li Yaozhi said with a smile.

Xiao Yuxie made the final decision: "The corruption case must also be thoroughly investigated. Gongsun Qian, you go with the Marquis of Huailing to handle it."

Gongsun Qian and Wang Fuxuan responded.

Xiao Yuxie's gaze finally fell on Huo Zhao, who had remained silent the entire time. "Uncle, it's Zhaoyang's birthday. I'll have to trouble you and the Prime Minister to put in some thought on this."

What he meant was that Huo Zhao should work together with Li Yaozhi to organize Xiao Yurong's birthday party.

Huo Zhao looked much quieter than before and had lost a lot of weight.

After a moment of silence, he finally clasped his fists and said, "I obey your command."

Li Yaozhi smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Huo, Yaozhi will do his best."

Li Yaozhi left the palace after the morning court session. He was very sharp-eyed and listened carefully to the whispers of the ministers behind their backs along the way.

Kill the king, amass wealth, and flatter the master.

It's not a pity to die.

They mocked Li Yaozhi for being able to rise to the top by relying on his good looks, saying, "I won't board the princess ship, and I won't sleep in Yujing."

Li Yaozhi just laughed off all these accusations.

They used this cover to collect a sum of money first, and then used this as a lead to implicate corruption and investigate it one by one.

He accomplished everything Xiao Yurong wanted.

"Sir, where are we going now? Are we going to the princess's mansion?" asked the coachman.

Li Yaozhi sat in the car and said, "Let's go to the East Market first."

Two new shops have opened over there, one selling fashionable rouge and powder, and the other selling candied fruits.

He thought that if Xiao Yurong liked it, he would buy the shop.

Buy a few more bags of candied fruits and the peony cakes that Xiao Yurong loves to eat.

The attendant smiled and said, "Young Master, you've already thought about buying a gift for His Highness Zhaoyang right after the morning court session. His Highness Zhaoyang will surely be happy."

Even though he knew it was a compliment, Li Yaozhi still curled his eyes.

Li Yaozhi went to buy candied snacks himself, and also picked out some rouge and powder to take back for Xiao Yurong to try and see if she liked them.

On the way back to the carriage, Li Yaozhi paused for a moment in front of a stall.

The soaring flags had the words "Sa Banxian" written on them in a dancing dragon and phoenix style. A girl wearing a fox mask was squatting in front of the stall.

Although the girl's face could not be seen, her clothes and demeanor were different from others.

Li Yaozhi glanced at the words on the stall - fortune-telling by fox fairy, only those who are destined to know will get it.

"Hello, young master." The girl waved her fan and said, "I think you have a good eye for me. Do you want to have your fortune told?"

Seeing Li Yaozhi looking at her calmly, the girl laughed and said, "Whether you believe it or not is up to you. I don't charge any money, and I won't lose anything if I do the math."

Li Yaozhi smiled and said, "May I ask your name, young lady?"

"My name is Sheng Ning." Sheng Ning seemed to love to laugh. "Does it count?"

"Then I'll have to trouble you to calculate it." Li Yaozhi said.

He didn't believe in this at first, and he didn't believe in gods or Buddhas, otherwise he wouldn't have burned down Xiangguo Temple.

But he believed it again because of Xiao Yurong.

He didn't dare to give up any slim possibility, even the illusory gods and destiny in the sky.

Sheng Ning didn't even go through the process of looking at the face or asking about the horoscope. She just stood silently in front of Li Yaozhi and closed her eyes.

After a moment, she opened her eyes and said, "You have an incredible fate."

Li Yaozhi said: "Please help me solve this problem, young lady."

Sheng Ning smiled and asked, "What do you want to hear?"

"You are too clever and calculated, but you ended up losing your life?" she said, "Or is it that your cunningness led to your infatuation? Too much wisdom will lead to harm, and too much love will lead to a short life?"

Li Yaozhi lowered his eyes, "Is there a way to have both in this world? To live up to the trust placed in me, and not let my beloved down."

"How can you have the best of both worlds? Young man, don't take it too seriously." Sheng Ning patted Li Yaozhi's shoulder in an air of maturity.

Li Yaozhi avoided it.

Sheng Ning was not embarrassed and still smiled, "But you are really smart. You can follow the wind and shadows, and guess the general idea by following the clues. Unlike the guy in Yinzhou, he still doesn't understand even though the cards are exposed."

Li Yaozhi stared at her silently, with no emotion in his eyes.

Sheng Ning was not afraid and dared to say anything: "You are just too smart. Being too smart is not good."

"My sincere advice is, don't be so self-righteous. Ah, but with your obsession, if you can confine yourself to a small area without making any noise, maybe you can really succeed?" She smiled.

She looked Li Yaozhi up and down. Li Yaozhi was so handsome. He smiled, and his eyes, as moist as black jade, were full of affection. He looked at everyone with deep affection.

How much calculation and sadness are hidden underneath this.

How many people can get what they want after reaching this position?

But Li Yaozhi wanted to go against the will of heaven.

"But don't worry. Everything is determined by fate and we have no control over it. Who knows, maybe you are not supposed to die?" Sheng Ning comforted.

Li Yaozhi twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Thank you for clearing up my doubts, young lady."

Sheng Ning smiled and waved his hand, "You're welcome. Seeing that you are so handsome, I will give you another small gift."

She raised her head and glanced at the sky. "My senior brother is here to see me. See you in the rivers and lakes!"

She flicked her finger towards Li Yaozhi.

The scene before Li Yaozhi's eyes suddenly melted away like smoke, and everything around him became gloomy, gray and dull, comparable to a dungeon.

He walked forward step by step and figured out what was going on.

The 29th Fengdu, the blue sky and the yellow spring.

When he reached the Naihe Bridge, he stopped moving forward.

The old woman who cooked soup handed over a bowl of soup. Li Yaozhi lowered his eyes and shook his head.

"If you don't drink this bowl of soup, you can't cross the Naihe Bridge." said the old woman in a hoarse voice.

The Three Lives Stone is densely written with past and present lives, and the water of the Forgetful River is like boiling blood.

Li Yaozhi shook his head gently, "I'm waiting for someone. Have you seen her?"

"You are in the underworld, and you are burning in the sea of ​​fire. If you stay here and don't reincarnate, you will be in the flames all the time, and the pain will be unbearable." The old woman said, "Our fate in this life has ended, so why are you still reluctant to let go?"

"She promised me, and I promised her too." Li Yaozhi smiled slightly and lowered his eyelids.

Almost gentle, calm and stubborn.

“Never let go,” he said.

"Fool, idiot." The old woman shook her head repeatedly and asked again, "Who is the old friend?"

Li Yaozhi said: "Yujing, Xiao Yurong."

When he reached the Naihe Bridge on the Wangchuan River, he called out Xiao Yurong's full name for the first time. If he wanted to find Xiao Yurong, he would not call her "Your Highness" or "My Lady", but "Xiao Yurong".

“She did not come here,” the old woman said.

"It doesn't matter. No matter where she is or where she is going, I will wait for her." Li Yaozhi nodded with a smile.

After saying that, he slowly sat down on the ground next to the Three Lives Stone.

He sat upright with his eyes half closed, as if he was dozing off. He said nothing and did not move.

The old woman shook her head and continued to cook her soup.

She watched Li Yaozhi's figure gradually become ethereal and transparent, and finally disappear.

After a pause, the old woman lowered her head again and continued to stir the bubbling soup.

"Young Master? Young Master!" The follower's voice brought Li Yaozhi back to his senses.

He was slightly startled, as if he was in another world, and Sheng Ning was no longer in front of him.

The attendant said worriedly, "Why did you just stand there without moving? You said you were going to buy some snacks, and you didn't come back for a long time, so I came to look for you."

"It's okay, I just lost my focus for a while." In just a short moment, Li Yaozhi had returned to his normal state, without any abnormality.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way quickly! Battle report from Yunshui!" A burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came from afar, and the scouts rode their horses and galloped towards the direction of the imperial palace.

The people panicked and avoided the horses, and dust flew wherever the horses' hooves passed.

Li Yaozhi paused for just a moment and immediately said, "Go to the Princess's Mansion."

Not long after he returned, news came from Xuancheng about the Liu family's unusual movements. The Yunshui Salt Mine was lost, and Yi Yan's whereabouts were unknown, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

Xiao Yurong coughed up blood.

She burned the inkstone and books, smashed the piano and tore up the paintings, destroyed all the articles, and erased all her achievements.

Burn the inkstone and books, smash the piano and tear the paintings, destroy all the articles and wipe out the name.

The broken zither, the torn paintings and calligraphy, the burning brush and inkstone, Xiao Yurong looked up and smiled.

Same thing, it was the same in the end, she watched everyone leave again.

"What destiny? What new beginning? Ha - ridiculous, extremely ridiculous!" Xiao Yurong held onto the corner of the table, his fingertips clenched until they turned white and he nearly broke his nails.

The Fuyang guard who came to report knelt on the ground, not daring to even breathe.

“Your Highness!” Li Yaozhi rushed into the palace and quickly supported Xiao Yurong. He turned to Cuicui behind him and said, “Go and call the imperial physician!”

Tears flowed from the corners of Xiao Yurong's eyes. She half leaned on Li Yaozhi's arms to support her body and laughed out loud: "Hahahahaha, if that's the case, why do you still give me this little hope? It would be better to take this life back earlier! Why should I drag my broken body to live in the world!"

"Your Highness! Don't say that..." Li Yaozhi couldn't stand hearing this.

He was afraid that what he said might come true.

Xiao Yurong doesn't care, but he does.

"Could it be that God is still holding back his hatred and won't allow us to even sigh once or twice?" Xiao Yurong asked sarcastically.

She started coughing again, from covering her mouth to suppress the cough to coughing until it was heart-wrenching.

"Your Highness!" Li Yaozhi quickly handed her a handkerchief and patted her back.

The imperial physician came and left in panic, and it was all in vain.

In that dreamlike illusion, the words "Yujing Xiao Yurong" are still vivid in my mind.

Li Yaozhi looked at Xiao Yurong in silence for a long time.

He knew about Xiao Yurong's changes and uniqueness, knew that Xiao Yurong had experienced things he had never experienced, and knew that the outcome of that experience for him and Xiao Yurong would definitely not be a good one.

Orchid fruit.

He had prayed countless times, to all the gods, Buddha, shamans, and the ten kings of hell, for all the right and wrong.

If all else fails…

It would be fine if Xiao Yurong dragged him along, as Ailan would be burned together and everything would be destroyed.

After all, they are always together.

"Leave it to me, Your Highness." Li Yaozhi bent down and picked up Xiao Yurong, then walked out the door to Xiao Yurong's bedroom. "If you feel you can't afford it, leave it to me."

He took the responsibility and died a martyr.

Her arms were wrapped around Li Yaozhi's neck, and Xiao Yurong's wide lake blue sleeves and skirt swayed with Li Yaozhi's steps.

She buried her face in Li Yaozhi's shoulder.

Li Yaozhi could feel her slight trembling and difficulty breathing, as well as his clothes gradually getting wet.

"Your Highness..." The sigh seemed to disappear into the night.

Li Yaozhi carried Xiao Yurong through the corridor. The servants passing by in the quiet courtyard stopped and saluted respectfully when they saw him.

The soft moonlight dripped on the smooth ground like a night rain. Li Yaozhi hugged Xiao Yurong tighter to protect her from the night wind.

Li Yaozhi gently placed Xiao Yurong on the bed, lifted the hair on Xiao Yurong's cheek and hung it behind her ear, and said softly: "Leave it to me, Your Highness, I'm going to Yunshui."

"You... Shaoyan, if you again..." Xiao Yurong held Li Yaozhi's hand.

There weren't many people left with her, and she couldn't afford the loss.

"I will come back safely." Li Yaozhi said firmly and calmly, "I will get things done, and I will find Yi Yan back."

Xiao Yurong's breathing was broken, and she clenched Li Yaozhi's hand so tightly that her fingertips turned white.

Li Yaozhi leaned down, lowered his eyes and gave Xiao Yurong a pious and heavy kiss on the forehead.

"It's okay, leave it to me." He said softly.