Accidentally dressed as an empress

Yunxiu looked at the surveillance footage provided by the system. Li Ying, this old fox, wanted twenty taels for a visiting card. Why didn't he just rob him?

She actually gave Tan Juan enough money, but Tan Juan did not buy a visiting card. Instead, she chose to get angry at the door of Li's house, curse loudly, and spread the news.

Yunxiu's goal was to attract Gu Zezhi's attention. However, it was not convenient for her to come forward, nor could she directly report this matter to Gu Zezhi. After all, she still had to consider Li Xian.

She still has to protect her subordinates.

This Li Ying was extremely bold. Not only did he sell official positions and titles and demand bribes, he also planned to form a clique for personal gain and unite with the clique to attack dissidents.

Your Majesty dislikes factions the most.

In the seventh year of the Xuanyuan reign, His Majesty dismissed the Prime Minister and demoted all of Prime Minister Zhang's former students and officials. Prime Minister Zhang and his faction fell.

Unexpectedly, fifteen years later, the aristocratic families could no longer restrain their thoughts and showed signs of forming factions again.

If she went directly to Gu Zezhi to report the news, Gu Zezhi would have the imperial sword in his hand, and he would investigate the Li Mansion. When the Li family fell, no one would be left unharmed. Even if Li Xian was not directly involved, he would be punished for the crime.

Yun Xiude passes the news to Li Xian, a man of unyielding integrity who is a complete misfit in the Li family. What will Li Xian choose? Will she sacrifice her own family for the greater good?

Following the instructions of the Grand Prince, Tan Juan went to the Nei Shi Mansion.

Tan Juan walked in. The inspector came to question her, but she didn't report the case directly. Instead, she showed her ID card and said, "Please take me to see Lord Li."

In the study, Li Xian was writing on a case file with her head down and a pen in hand. She looked up, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, and then she smiled and said, "What is it that Your Highness wants to see me about?"

Tan Juan bowed and said, "Sir Li, I'm sorry to bother you. Please excuse me for a moment."

Upon hearing this, Li Xian said to his men, "All of you go down."

Tan Juan then walked forward and whispered something in Li Xian's ear.

After hearing this, Li Xian's face changed drastically, and he looked struggling. His eyes flashed and he looked out the window, trying to sort out his thoughts.

After a moment, she took a deep breath and said, "Your Highness has placed such trust in me, how could I possibly let him down? However, this matter must be kept secret. You and I must proceed with caution."

In the evening, the setting sun was blood-red and the fiery clouds dyed the sky a flaming red.

Li Xian finished his shift, led the white horse out of the stable, and rode back home.

The horse's hooves made a crisp sound as they stepped on the stone road. She frowned tightly, her mind full of thoughts. She whipped the horse and unconsciously used some force.

His Highness said that she could choose not to get involved, pretend she hadn't heard anything, and protect the Li family. But she couldn't do that; her heart wouldn't allow it.

My mother taught me to be dedicated to public service and to discipline myself before I discipline others, but she and my aunt did something like this.

Thinking of this, she whipped the whip violently. The horse felt the owner's strength and quickened its pace. Dust flew up from the ground from time to time.

Li Xian's heart was filled with hesitation and struggle, and he unconsciously swung the whip in his hand, lashing the horse hard. The horse felt pain and sped up again, and soon ran a long way.

In the twilight, Li Xian galloped on her white horse. The horse ran so fast that the cool breeze it brought made her more awake.

After turning a street, I was almost home.

"Whoa..." Li Xian pulled the reins, got off the horse, and handed the reins to the doorman.

The servant said respectfully, "The second young lady is back."

The doorman looked at the students again and asked, "Why are you still here?"

"Sister," a student said cautiously, "Has Master Li returned? Do you have a visiting card?"

"It's past the hour today, and there are no more visiting cards." The doorman looked impatient and started to drive them away, "Go, go, go! Get out of the way, you're in the way..."

The students were dejected and said, "Let's look for it somewhere else."

Li Xian entered the mansion, washed her hands, and went straight to the main room. Her mother, Li Min, was sitting on the couch drinking tea. Li Xian also sat on the couch and asked, "Mother, why are there so many people waiting at the door? What are they doing?"

Li Min took a sip of tea and looked up, "Don't worry about it, he's here to get close to your aunt."

"Mother, I actually know everything. What Auntie did violated the laws of Yun Country."

"Yun Guo Law?" Li Min looked at Li Xian. "Oh, Yun Guo Law, it's all about your Majesty's words. Whoever your Majesty wants to punish will suffer. Whoever your Majesty wants to protect will not die."

"Then mother, are you sure that His Majesty will not punish our Li family?"

She wasn't sure. Li Min lowered his eyes, staring at the green tea, and said slowly, "The court is in need of talents right now. So many people are contacting your aunt, both openly and secretly, and each family wants a piece of the pie. We should just watch from the sidelines and not get involved."

"Mother. Do you have any idea about those corrupt officials..." Li Xian swallowed the rest of his words.

Li Min looked at Li Xian coldly. She knew what Li Xian wanted to ask, "Is there anything? Do you suspect that I fabricated charges and framed them? Taking this opportunity to extort bribes?"

"Is that how you think of me?" Li Min snorted coldly, "I don't."

Li Xian threw himself into her arms. Fortunately, his mother had not changed. Li Xian remembered his mother's teachings when he was a child.

Law is punishment, and it is as smooth as water.

Law is a standard, which is used to standardize the differences in the world and bring them under one standard.

Laws are the rules and regulations for officials and people.

In the past, when Dayu controlled floods, he held a plumb line in his left hand and a measuring rod in his right. He observed the shapes of mountains and rivers and determined their heights and depths. He followed the four seasons to open up the nine states, connect the nine roads, fill the nine lakes, and measure the nine mountains.

If you want to know straightness, you must have a ruler; if you want to know squareness, you must have rules.

If the ruler is not straight, you cannot seek squareness; if the rope is not reliable, you cannot seek straightness.

Still resonating with his mother's earnest advice, Li Xian chose to believe her. However, due to his aunt's actions, Li Xian had no choice but to leave a way out for the Li family.