It was not a good habit to leave things behind, especially if it was something valuable. It was better to carry it with you.
Based on how much Miss.Liu liked Autumn Water, if this sword was lost, how sad would she be?
Fortunately, she usually left it at home, by his side. If she left it outside, it would be hard to find it again. Now that the morals of the world were deteriorating, people's hearts were not what they used to be. Not everyone could pick up a sword without concealing it, and it would be hard to find it again.
So Li Yi needed to help her form a good habit again. Seeing that she was stunned, he grabbed her arm, put Autumn Water in her hand, and said, "Remember, don't forget next time."
…
After Miss.Liu and Xiao Huan left, MIngzhu walked over and closed the door.
Li Yi took a few steps back, and immediately became vigilant.
Why did she close the door when they were talking nicely? Every time he saw the action of closing the door, he faintly felt some pain in his butt. He called this "Miss.Liu's sequela".
Although MIngzhu had been influenced by Miss.Liu recently and had a tendency to become violent, she probably wouldn't close the door and beat him. After all, except for the last time when he couldn't help but touch her hand, he didn't do anything out of line.
And because of the last time, his hand was still a little weak.
If it wasn't to beat him, then why did she close the door …
Could it be …
He couldn't beat her in a fight. If she really wanted to do something, he could only struggle for a while, and in the end, he might still succumb to her despotic power.
Just as Li Yi was thinking about what posture to use to resist, MIngzhu finally spoke.
"Uncle Ning is back."
"Ah?" Seeing that she sat down at the table and didn't seem to have any intention of using despotic power, Li Yi was a little disappointed and asked, "Prince Ning returned to the capital, when did it happen?"
"Just now." MIngzhu poured a cup of tea for herself and said, "The Cui clan, more than two hundred and sixty people, were all escorted to the capital, and the officials in Shuzhou who had been recruited by the King of Shu were also escorted back by Uncle Ning and locked in the Supreme Court's Heavenly Prison."
"What … did you say?" Li Yi's hand stopped in mid-air as he stared at her blankly.
From the beginning to the end, they had regarded the King of Shu and the Cui family as their greatest enemies. In recent days, they had achieved a gradual victory in the war against the enemy. The Cui family had fallen, and the remaining forces of the Cui family were nothing to be feared. The only thing the King of Shu could rely on was his status as a prince.
However, this title also carried quite a bit of weight. This was because the news that he was not a prince could not be made public, and he was still the First Prince in the eyes of the commoners and officials. If he wanted to achieve complete victory, he had to use other methods.
But who would have thought that before the King of Shu returned to the capital and before they took any action, even the ancestral home of the Cui family had been uprooted. The officials in Shuzhou who were loyal to the King of Shu had also suffered …
The old emperor had flipped the table much more thoroughly than him!
Li Yi came back to his senses. He looked at her and asked, "Where is the King of Shu?"
"He ran away." MIngzhu shook her head and said, "Imperial Uncle didn't expect there to be a master around the King of Shu. He escaped."
Li Yi still couldn't understand. When Prince Ning left, the news that the King of Shu was not the biological son of the old emperor had not spread. There was no reason for him to attack the Cui family and the King of Shu. As a prince, doing such a thing was equivalent to rebelling!
He raised his head and asked again, "Is it because the news that the King of Shu is not the biological son of His Majesty has been announced?"
MIngzhu shook her head again and suddenly asked, "Do you know that my mother had two other princes before me?"
Li Yi nodded and said, "Didn't those two princes die young …"
Speaking of this, he seemed to understand something and asked, "Concubine Cui?"
"Twenty years ago, the Cui family was extremely powerful. Not only did they dominate the imperial court, but they also had spies in the imperial palace. At that time, Concubine Cui gave birth to a prince, and my mother successively lost two princes. After giving birth to me, she couldn't have any more children. Naturally, the King of Shu was the prince most likely to inherit the throne."
It was not difficult for Li Yi to imagine why the Cui family and Concubine Cui would do such a thing. The Empress had no princes, so the first in line to inherit the throne would naturally be the son of Concubine Cui, who was second only to the Empress.
The struggle for favor in the imperial court was no less cruel and bloody than the struggle in the imperial court. In order to fight for the throne, two princes were killed. Concubine Cui was definitely not the only one who would do such a thing.
"Over the years, my father has vigorously supported the poor and gradually reversed the situation in the imperial court. Besides purging the imperial court, he has also been investigating the case of that year. It wasn't until a few days ago that Liu Yi found sufficient evidence …"
After Li Mingzhu finished speaking, all the guesses and suspicions in Li Yi's heart, as well as all the unclear lines, finally became clear.
No wonder, no wonder the old emperor never liked the King of Shu and the Cui family. No wonder Liu Yi was always mysterious. There was a hidden meaning in his words, but he didn't dare to say it out …
No wonder the King of Shu, as the eldest son of the emperor, had never been conferred as the Eastern Palace.
No wonder he and MIngzhu felt that the old emperor and Prince Ning were hiding something from them.
No wonder before they knew that the King of Shu was not the biological son of the old emperor, they felt that he was not the biological son of the old emperor.
Even without the matter of the King of Shu, the Cui family wouldn't have the last laugh, because there would always be such a knife waiting for them on the road ahead.
The difference was whether the saber was struck early or late, and whether it would hurt the saber itself when the saber was struck.
Li Yi finally understood why the old emperor had been so supportive of his work of attacking the Cui family and the King of Shu … Because over the years, under the efforts of him and MIngzhu, the power of the Cui family had gradually weakened. Until a few days ago, the Cui family had almost become a commander without an army. It was as easy and effortless as cutting tofu …
He thought for a while and asked again, "What about the matter of the King of Shu?"
"For them, Concubine Cui could only give birth to a prince. Just in case, the Cui family bribed the midwife and palace maids in advance and sent a newborn baby boy into the palace." MIngzhu shook her head and said, "Concubine Cui did give birth to a prince, but the prince died as soon as he was born. The King of Shu … was the baby boy that the Cui family secretly sent into the palace."
She picked up the teacup and said, "After the King of Shu escaped and all the people of the Cui family were escorted to the capital, Cui Qingze knew that there was no hope, so he confessed everything …"
The Imperial Palace was heavily guarded. It was as difficult as ascending to heaven to send a baby boy into the palace quietly and exchange it with the prince born by the concubine. The Cui family could even do this, so it was absolutely not an injustice for them to end up like this.
He raised his head and asked, "These things can't be easily done by the Cui family alone, can they? After today, how many people will be dealt with in the capital? "
MIngzhu put down the teacup and said, "Those who should be dealt with have been dealt with."
Li Yi was puzzled for a moment, but he understood immediately. By now, almost all the forces related to the Cui family had been wiped out. There was probably no fish that could escape the net.
He had thought of many possibilities before, but he didn't expect the truth to be so complicated. This time, the Cui family had completely fallen, and their forces in the court had been completely purged. The King of Shu also couldn't wait for him to return to the capital.
He looked at MIngzhu and saw the confusion in her eyes.
Without the Cui family and the King of Shu, they had no opponents. What should they do now?
Life suddenly lost its direction, just like a salted fish that had lost its dream.
In the courtyard, Miss.Liu was wiping the tears in her eyes and glancing at the closed door from time to time.
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