Crossing the Passenger Sacrifice

"Don't mention your marriage!"

Father Li thought of some unpleasant things, his face was gloomy, and then he calmed down.

Then he spoke again:

"This is indeed His Majesty's intention, but he did not appoint you to go. He originally intended to choose someone else, but... Alas! Now there is no other choice. If you fail to complete His Majesty's instructions, your father... your father will be dismissed for incompetence!"

Li Huoyue weighed her father's request and she always felt that it was too risky.

"...Change someone else, father." It was the first time that Li Huoyue used a tone of weakness to his old father. After a long time, he chose a more polite expression, "The people of the Heavenly Family cannot... tolerate time travelers."

The main thing is that she is really a time traveler and has been hiding for so many years. If she is discovered because she plays the role of a time traveler so well without any flaws, it will be a waste of time.

Father Li was a special inspector, so he naturally understood the truth of his daughter's words. Even though the emperor allowed Xu Jiao'er to become the top scholar, he knew that Xu Jiao'er might not live long.

However, he didn't know that his own daughter was actually "not acceptable to heaven", and he advised earnestly:

"So what if there is no room for time travelers? You are indeed an imposter anyway, and His Majesty will not do anything to you. If you help His Majesty complete this task, His Majesty will even reward you!"

What's the reward?!

A half-day tour of Wumen?

"No!!! This is different." Li Huoyue couldn't explain the reason to his father, so he had to bring up his mother. "The risk is too great. My mother wouldn't agree if she knew."

It is one thing for the family of the Special Inspector to know that there is a time traveler, but it is another thing to know what the time traveler is like.

"I don't know how long it will take for your mother to return from her parents' home. If she misses you for three days, how am I going to explain this to His Majesty?!"

Father Li's tone was somewhat complaining. His wife never brought him with her when she went back to her parents' home. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Finally, he sat down on the ground and went crazy:

"If you don't want to go, then fine, find me someone who can read these guidelines and cases in three days and can accept the fact that there are time travelers. Find me! Find me!"

Li Huoyue had a headache and suddenly remembered something. He asked, "What happened to the last person you found?"

Father Li suddenly stopped his crazy behavior, sat on the ground and kept silent.

After a long while, he said, "Don't worry, you are the daughter of the Special Inspector. Even if you are familiar with the cases of time travelers, they will not kill you."

After all, the whole family will be executed together in the end, right?

Li Huoyue sighed. It seemed that asking her for help was the best solution her father could think of.

"Why did His Majesty suddenly give you such a task?" Li Huoyue asked again, "What happened to Prince Li?"

Father Li's eyes rolled, and he was about to say something nonsense, but Li Huoyue quickly stopped him: "I advise you to speak nicely. I don't want to get involved in this mess. If you try to fool me again, I really don't have time to care about you."

"Prince Li fell seriously ill a few months ago." Father Li was quite sensible and said without hesitation, "He became a little strange after he recovered. Your Majesty is worried..."

"King Li was transported across time?"

This is truly unheard of.

This is the first time in recorded history that royal bloodline has been traveled through time.

Father Li quickly explained: "I just had a suspicion, so I wanted to find someone to pretend to be a time traveler to test it out."

"Why doesn't he test his own brother himself? Wouldn't it be possible to get the answer by just asking him about his childhood?"

"I tried it, and it's watertight."

Li Huoyue sighed and said, "If he can't figure it out, what's the point of me going? If I can't figure it out, I'll be blamed for being useless. If I can figure it out, I'll seem like I'm better than anyone else."

Father Li said, "No, the emperor won't blame us if we don't find out. The emperor promised it himself."

"For someone who has become suspicious, the temptation will have no end unless he gives up on his own," Li Huoyue said disrespectfully.

Father Li started to get mad again: "What should we do?! Let's just pick a place to bury him together!"

Li Huoyue didn’t know what to do. If only his mother was there.

This matter feels a little unreasonable.

It is perfectly normal for Prince Li to be seriously ill.

He has never recovered from this illness since he returned to Kyoto.

Why do I suspect that I have traveled through time at this moment?

After testing it out and it's flawless, why are you still doubting?

Since it is watertight, why do you think the behavior is abnormal?

I really doubt it. Couldn't they have secretly executed him while he was seriously ill? Anyway, few people in Kyoto thought that the king would live for too long.

Li Huoyue intuitively felt that this matter was not that simple, and she was unwilling to get involved, but she had no choice as this matter was closely related to her old father.

If he fails in his duty, not even the dogs in the entire Li Mansion will survive.

Now Li Huoyue has two choices:

Take on the task.

After completion, Li Huoyue might be killed for knowing too much. If not completed, he might be killed for failing to do his job well.

Don't accept the task.

Except for Li Huoyue, no one else can take over at the moment. His father failed in his duty and his entire family was killed.

No matter what choice you make, it seems like you'll end up with total defeat.

"Please get up first. The ground is cold." Li Huoyue was not going to sit here. It was not a good idea for him to do this. A matter involving his life was not as easy as going to the Sang residence to beat someone up. "Let me think about this first."

"What if you still don't agree after you think about it?"

Li Huoyue was upset and turned around and said, "What can I do? Can you execute me?"

Father Li: “…”

"Remember to clean up the junk on your desk!"

Father Li: “…Okay.”

After leaving the courtyard, Li Huoyue reassigned the maids and servants.

The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became. Li Huoyue, who originally felt a little tired, was now completely unable to sleep.

My father’s matter was to be completed in three days, but if Li Huoyue couldn’t come up with a solution, he would have to hand in his life in three days.

After much thought, Li Huoyue decided to go to Prince Liang's Mansion immediately.

That alliance will take action tomorrow, and will most likely be deployed in Prince Liang's Mansion and nearby tonight.

Why don't we capture one or two and torture them to find out the whereabouts of my mother.

Li Huoyue changed his clothes again and took a guest prop card of his mother. To be on the safe side, he also took a disguise prop card.

But unexpectedly, I found a marriage card.

Hasn’t it been given to Sang Fuqing?

How come there is another one?

Li Huoyue rarely used her mother's props. There were rarely things that required her to use the prop cards, and her mother didn't have many prop cards, so she rarely looked through her mother's prop box.

But she had a general idea of what props her mother had. After all, she had not been on many missions and had only a few props.

Whenever his mother went out on a mission, the Li Mansion would be handed over to Li Huoyue for management, and the management would basically be handed over to Li Huoyue in advance.

This time is different.

This time, they discovered their mother had been missing for two days.