The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 188

"Alright, Minister Liu, you must remember to give me the jade." Li Er laughed heartily, his laughter was very cheerful and hearty.

The officials looked at each other in bewilderment.

They now understand that Xu Tian has resolved Li Er's worries and will surely be given important responsibilities by Li Er in the future.

This has made Prime Minister Liu even more uneasy, and he feels an unprecedented sense of crisis.

I absolutely cannot lose my position as prime minister!

If Xu Tian is valued more and more, what should I do?!

Originally, most of the forces in the court were on his side, but as time went on, Xu Tian's status in Li Er's eyes rose higher and higher, and many people showed goodwill to Xu Tian.

He felt a surge of anger; he was clearly the Chancellor of the Tang Dynasty. Yet the Emperor was entrusting everything to Xu Tian, ​​subtly suggesting that he intended to groom Xu Tian as the next Chancellor.

He is about to step down, but he is unwilling to be replaced so easily.

He originally intended to send a group of assassins to leave Xu Tian permanently in Ningcheng on the border. However, he did not expect that the secret guards sent by Li Er to protect Xu Tian still had not been withdrawn, which caused him to suffer another heavy loss of manpower.

Thinking of this, his anger intensified, but he showed no sign of it on his face, after all, Li Er was still in front of him.

Li Er was sitting on the dragon throne, laughing heartily, but Prime Minister Liu already had other ideas in his mind.

Although there's no way to bury Xu Tian at the border, let's ruin his reputation!

He thought this to himself. Li Er had already risen to leave the court.

"My dear ministers, you should head back soon," Li Er said cheerfully.

"Your Majesty, please take your leave."

Seeing that the tide had receded, Prime Minister Liu turned and walked out of the main hall back to his residence after Li Er left.

His mansion already had many beautiful women. Any one of them could be described as having a face that could topple kingdoms.

Now he has chosen one and is preparing to send her to Ningcheng on the border.

That woman was particularly beautiful, with a charming face, almond-shaped eyes and a small mouth, undoubtedly cute yet gorgeous, and her appearance was top-notch.

Most importantly, Prime Minister Liu felt that she was very obedient.

"Zhiyu, I want you to go to Ningcheng on the border and ruin Grand Tutor Xu's reputation." Prime Minister Liu said with a cold gaze and a sinister expression.

The woman, known as Zhiyu, nodded slightly, her smile as gentle as a spring breeze: "I have heard your words, my lord."

After giving the order, Prime Minister Liu set off for Ningcheng on the border.

However, after some time, all that was sent back was Zhiyu's corpse.

With a loud bang, Prime Minister Liu slammed the teapot onto the table, nearly knocking it over and shattering it.

"Hmph." Prime Minister Liu narrowed his eyes, his expression as cold as frost. He stood up and angrily questioned the black-clad scout before him, "What exactly is going on?!"

Upon hearing this, the scout immediately reported, "Reporting to the Prime Minister, Miss Zhiyu encountered bandits on her way to Ningcheng. These bandits were highly skilled and killed everyone, leaving Zhiyu behind..."

He didn't finish his sentence, and everyone knew that.

Prime Minister Liu's forehead veins were bulging. "A bunch of useless trash! They can't even kill a bunch of bandits!"

After saying that, he took several deep breaths, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and kept thinking of a solution.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, his gaze sharpening instantly.