In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

After finding out the tax silver, General Hu would look for opportunities to tell Qi Ze whenever he heard anything useful.

"Minister Qi, I heard from Commander Zuo that he has the intention to take possession of several shops in the Qi Mansion. You should pay more attention to it."

"Thank you, General Hu." Qi Ze seemed to understand why the Prime Minister's uncle said to General Hu, "It was Qi Shilang who spoke well to protect you."

Although General Hu's military position was not high, he had close contacts with Zuo Xing and the prince.

He and the Empress Dowager's sister-in-law, Hu, are distant relatives of the same clan.

General Hu is also related to the commander of the imperial guards, Zuo Xing.

His cousin married into the Zuofu branch and gave birth to a daughter.

The prince treated General Hu well because he had the power of tens of thousands of troops.

The prince had hinted to General Hu many times, "I will use you as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard in the future."

Qi Ze also expressed his gratitude and respect for General Hu's visit.

Qi Ze often gave General Hu the fine wine and tea sent by merchants, saying, "How about you try it?"

This made General Hu feel that "Minister Qi is a kind person, unlike some officials who hold small positions but have great authority." He became closer to Qi Ze.

The news that the emperor had ordered the second prince to be imprisoned in the imperial palace reached the Qi Mansion.

Pei murmured quietly: "Retribution comes so quickly, so cool."

She instructed Lin Ma, "Add two dishes to everyone today, and each servant will have a braised pork trotter."

"Yes!" Mother Lin smiled and went downstairs to make arrangements.

If you were to ask who Pei hated the most, it would definitely be the second prince.

Before this, Pei secretly cursed many times, "How dare you set up a trap to harm my daughter? Why don't you get struck to death by lightning?"

"If I had a secret guard, I would kill him."

Pei also asked his youngest son Qi Yuan, "Is it okay to buy a killer?"

Qi Yuan said bluntly: "It's good to buy. Do you want to buy one? Who does mother want to kill?"

Qi Lu knew Madam's thoughts best and advised: "Madam, please be patient for now. People like this will get their comeuppance. Madam, just wait and see."

Qi Wan also advised: "Mom, don't hire a killer, he will definitely get his comeuppance."

Pei looked at Wu Yi and nodded, "Okay."

She smiled and took out a bulging red envelope from her sleeve, then handed it to Wu Yi without hesitation.

Wu Yi naturally understood the deep meaning of this and immediately put the red envelope into his arms.

After everyone left, Wu Yi walked quickly to Qi Wan and asked softly, "Master, do you need me to kill the Second Prince to avenge you? The eldest lady seems to mean this. Do you want to obey her order?"

She took out the big red envelope and showed it to Qi Wan.

Qi Wan shook his head slightly, his eyes firm and sharp, and told Wu Yi directly: "How difficult is it to kill a person? True revenge should make him wish he could neither live nor die."

Wu Yi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and secretly admired in his heart: "Master is really dark, but this is what makes it interesting!"

At this moment, she began to feel that her life now was more interesting than when she was in Ghost Valley.

This pleasure comes from her master, Qi Wan. On the surface, she looks gentle and graceful like a delicate flower, but in fact, she is like a thorny fruit. Anyone who dares to provoke her will be ruthlessly retaliated immediately.

When he learned the news that the second prince was imprisoned and his military advisor was dragged to the execution ground and executed, Qi Wan's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a satisfied smile.

She thought to herself, "Hmph, that abominable Second Prince and his dog-headed military advisor actually dared to plot against me. Now they are reaping the consequences." She recalled the days when she was a guest in the Second Prince's residence, when the Second Empress and Princess Yong'an tried to frame her.

Afterwards, Wu Yi quickly captured a guard in the Second Prince's mansion, and through interrogation he found out that it was all the military advisor's idea.

So, Qi Wan took decisive action and swept through the second prince's treasury, and millions of taels of silver became her wealth.

She then transferred the one million tax silver to the Second Prince's treasury, causing the Second Prince to suffer a great loss. His dog military advisor and chief guard were also killed by the Emperor.

If Li Zhi had not wanted to marry Princess Yong'an, the General Li Mansion would have been dealt with by the Emperor this time.

The emperor summoned General Li, scolded him for a long time, and issued a final notice: "If you dare to help the second prince in private again, I will drive all your people to the border." The tone was cold and stern, which frightened General Li.

He immediately knelt down and kowtowed to apologize, saying that he would never make the same mistake again. However, the emperor kept asking, "I don't care whether your Li family married the princess or not, and I don't care whether your boy likes her or not. In short, don't cause trouble for me again! Otherwise, I will never let you off easily. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will never dare to do it again." General Li did not dare to defend himself and could only admit his mistakes repeatedly.

After General Li came down, he was filled with remorse. He had made a big mistake by promising his daughter to the second prince. He had no choice but to listen to the second prince's manipulation in everything, and in the end he harmed his son and almost his family.

He was certain that when the crown prince ascended the throne, the first to die would be the Second Prince's family, followed by everyone in his own mansion.

At this time, General Li admired the Qi family very much, "Qi Lu is still a man of vision, marrying a different prince."

"It's a pity that my son didn't marry the eldest daughter of the Qi family, otherwise the future of the Li family would be very different."

What's the use of his pity?

After listening to the second prince, his son Li Zhi wanted to drug Miss Qi and make the matter a fait accompli, thus offending the Qi family and Prime Minister Pei.

"The road for our Li family is getting narrower and narrower."

He doesn't know yet.

Qi Wan, the eldest daughter of the Qi family, showed mercy to the Li family because she took into consideration that the Li family was also forced by the second prince and Li Zhi was already disabled.

Qi Wan secretly said: "I will only give the Li family one chance. If they dare to collude with the Second Prince to harm me again in the future, I will settle both the old and new accounts.

The lost tax silver was found, but the emperor's excuse for looking for bandits continued, which made all the officials feel that something was wrong.

An official asked, "What on earth is the Emperor sending Commander Zuo to look for?"

"You even searched the imperial tomb. What are you looking for?"

Someone said, "Don't you know? It seems that the Third Prince's men have taken away all his property."

Some people believed this statement.

When the emperor heard this, he acquiesced.

Commander Zuo originally thought that this task was very easy to complete. With the imperial guards from the court, how could he not find the former crown prince who was hiding?

However, he searched all the places where people could be hidden inside and outside the capital, but found no trace of them.

It wasn't until he sent several groups of people into the Ghost Valley, where ghosts were said to exist, and none of them returned, that he began to pay attention.

Zuo Xing was very cunning. He was afraid that the emperor would order him to enter the Ghost Valley in search of death, so he did not report the strange things that happened in the Ghost Valley to the emperor truthfully.

Before that, he found General Hu and said, "You lost the tax silver. Maybe it was taken away by the people in Ghost Valley. You can take people to look for it."

After hearing what he said, General Hu led a team to look for him.

His men were very nervous and whispered to him, "General, I heard there's a ghost in here, and no one who went in has come out."

"Is it true?" General Hu didn't quite believe it.

Then he thought again, Zuo Xing is the most cunning person and he likes to take credit the most.

If there really were bandits hiding in Ghost Valley, why didn't he go in and capture them? There must be something strange going on.

But now that he's here, there's no way he won't send someone in to investigate the situation.

General Hu offered a reward to his subordinates, "Whoever rides in will be recorded as a military achievement by this general, and there is a chance that he will be promoted to a higher rank."

Zou Feng, who was bold and fearless, stood up and patted his chest, "Let's go down."

He rushed into the Valley of Ghosts on horseback, but soon after, he fled out in terror, and his horse disappeared.

Zou Feng shouted, "General, leave quickly. There are so many wolves in there. It's a pack of wolves. They ate all the horses in a few bites."

He was so scared that he cried. If he had not been riding a horse and had walked in, he would have been eaten by the wolves.

General Hu gritted his teeth and cursed, "You bastard, you sent me to die."

"Let's go. We won't come here again." He led his men and quickly left the Ghost Valley.