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Chapter 725: Pick the Begonia Flowers First, Then Swallow the Clouds in the Sky

"During this period, the master has been busy with official business and has not come to the mansion, so there are some things that I don't know yet."

Thinking of his own selfishness, Li Ke coughed twice unnaturally, then explained what happened when he met Cheng Yunliang at the gate of the mansion last night, and finally said: "Cheng Yunliang's boat capsized in Dongjiang, and he escaped with luck. He disguised himself as a beggar, avoided Hou Junji's eyes and ears, and found me."

"I will seek justice for him. When my father is done with the morning court, I will bring Cheng Yunliang to see the emperor and expose Hou Junji's crimes of embezzling public funds and trying to kill people to silence them."

When Quan Wanji heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and said, "That's great, Your Highness. Hou Junji controls half of the imperial guards and has tremendous power. Once the Marquis's Mansion and the Eastern Palace are married, the Crown Prince will have a strong supporter, and it will be even more difficult to move to the Crown Prince."

"Now God has finally opened his eyes. With Cheng Yunliang, Hou Junji is finished. At the very least, the Emperor will strip him of all his military positions and titles. If he doesn't die, he will be skinned alive."

"The emperor is currently busy preparing for the Northern Expedition. If the marriage with the Marquis's Mansion fails, the emperor will not have the time to manage the Eastern Palace in the short term. Even if he looks for a minister of sufficient weight for marriage, it will take until after the Turkic War is over."

"Who knows how many variables will happen by then? As the saying goes, the longer the night, the more dreams there are. Your Highness is wise. God is really helping us!"

Seeing that Quan Wanji also strongly agreed, Li Ke felt a lot more comfortable. Thinking of the delicate Begonia just now, a perverted and vicious look flashed in his eyes. I must make you kneel down and beg me, and take off your clothes to serve me.

Then, I will see how I will ravage you.
Thinking of this, Li Ke's mouth corners slightly curved, revealing a sinister smile. Unexpectedly, this smile affected the injury on his face, and he inhaled again.

Thinking of the prince's ruthless slap in the face, Li Ke became even more angry.

Quan Wanji looked at the red marks on Li Ke's face, which were slightly the size of five fingers and half of his face was swollen. He thought of how he was acting as an official in Dacang and how Wang Xuance had sent someone to urgently summon him to the Shu Palace and arranged a temporary mission for him.

It was probably related to the scars on Li Ke's face. In this world, the only person who could be so cruel to a prince like Li Ke, and force Li Ke to return to his mansion and smash furniture to vent his anger, was either the emperor or the crown prince.

What outrageous thing did the King of Shu do that caused the Crown Prince, who always appeared to be good-tempered, to take action?
Moreover, the King of Shu did not dare to complain to the Emperor and Concubine Yang. There must be something fishy going on here.

Since Li Ke didn't explain, I'd better not say any more!

Quan Wanji picked up the teacup on the table and sipped it gently, concealing his curious look. He pretended to be indifferent on his face, but kept guessing in his mind what was going on, which made the two princes glare at each other.

Ever since he secretly surrendered to the Crown Prince, Quan Wanji was confident that promotion was just a matter of time and ability, so he was quite serious about the affairs of Taicang, and less concerned about Li Ke's affairs. He also no longer spent time hanging out in the Prince of Shu's Mansion like he used to.

Cen Wenben accompanied the emperor in the palace all day long, and Chai Zhewei stayed in the military camp, so Li Ke was left without anyone to restrain and assist him. Li Ke's young character was a little out of control. Looking at the other party's flickering eyes and the way he was concealing things, he must have done something shameful again.

Quan Wanji secretly blamed himself. The prince handed the King of Shu to him, but he forgot his main task and couldn't distinguish the priorities.

It seems that I need to develop a few spies in the Prince of Shu's Palace to avoid being kept in the dark.

"Your Highness, I have something to ask you."

At this time, Cheng Yunliang was not brought along, but the steward of the palace led a man with a pointed chin and monkey face outside. He walked into the hall alone, whispered a few words to Li Ke, and then handed a one-foot-long silver eagle flute to Li Ke.

"What, how could this happen?"

Li Ke jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and shouted angrily: "Hurry up and bring the person in."

The butler waved his hand, and the man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks came to the hall and bowed to Li Ke: "Greetings, His Royal Highness the King of Shu."

"You are the ones who kidnapped Miss Ashina Yun?"

Li Ke didn't even bother to take care of the towel on his face, and asked sternly: "You are so bold, Miss Ashina Yun is my honored guest, you are blind, come, drag this person out and chop her into pieces."

With a "thump", the man was so scared when he saw Li Ke's furious look as if he wanted to eat someone that he fell to the ground.

"Please spare my life, my lord. I don't dare to be so bold as to kidnap anyone related to you!"

The man knelt down and kowtowed, and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, someone just found me and gave me fifty taels of silver, asking me to deliver a token and a message. I was just greedy at the moment, so..."

"What's your name? What do you do? What's the identity of the person who's looking for you? Tell me the truth. If you say anything untrue, I'll kill you." The man's ghost was gone, and he explained, "I'm Wang Si, a local from Chang'an. I usually make a living by doing some small business in the East Market."

At this point, Wang Si looked up at Li Ke. Seeing that Li Ke looked like he was about to kill him, staring at him with a fierce look, he felt timid and quickly explained, "He is the kind of street thug that the nobles talk about. He usually wanders around, does not work, and eats and drinks for free."

Li Ke frowned and said, "Speak to the point. If you keep talking nonsense, I will cut off your tongue."

"Yes, yes, the little man said."

Wang Si hurriedly said, "Just now in the East Market, a middle-aged man found me, gave me some money, and asked me to pass on a message. I have never seen that person, and I don't know what he does."

"Originally, I would not do such a thing involving a noble like the prince, no matter how much money I have, but that person threatened me that if I came, I would get some money, and the King of Shu is kind and righteous, and would not implicate innocent people; but if I didn't come, they would kill my whole family."

"I can see that those people are capable of doing this. Thinking of the high reputation of the prince, I know that he will not embarrass a commoner like me, so I came here with courage. I am really just passing on a message, and I would never dare to do anything to offend the prince!"

“Your Highness, please spare my life. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a baby who is still breastfeeding. They all depend on me to survive. These fifty taels of silver are enough for my whole family to eat for several months. If I die, they will not be able to survive.” At the end, Wang Si was so scared that he burst into tears.

Li Ke spoke harshly, staring at Wang Si in front of him with wide eyes, until the other party was trembling with fear, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, the fear in his eyes could not be hidden, and his face was covered with tears and snot.

After a while, Li Ke sighed. He knew at a glance that the other person was the kind of hooligan who roamed the streets. Such a person would not know what valuable things were, and his death would be in vain.

Having lost interest in digging deeper, Li Ke returned to his chair and asked calmly, "Tell me, what did that person tell you to say?"

"That man said, he wants to exchange the owner of this flute for a man in your hand. His name is Cheng something-liang. Within an hour, you take his head and go to the gate of Huichang Temple in the east of the city to exchange him. Otherwise, you will never see the owner of the flute again." Wang Si quickly told his intention.

"Ok?"

Hearing the sensitive name Cheng Yunliang, Li Ke jumped up again, and said angrily in Quan Wanji's eyes: "This is not the prince but Hou Junji, damn, he is so quick, he just left and kidnapped Yunmei."

"How outrageous! You actually used Sister Yun to threaten me."

After asking the housekeeper to take Wang Si away for detailed interrogation, Li Ke paced around the living room in a rage, looking very anxious.

Li Ke felt heartbroken when he thought that Ashina Yun had fallen into the hands of the other party. His desire for Haitang was purely personal and he wanted to possess beautiful things, but at the same time, he drove a nail into the East Palace that no one could have expected.

But he really fell in love with Ashina Yun. Thinking of the days they had spent together, the emotional blending, the tenderness and affection, and the look in her eyes that was full of affection and attachment to her lover, Li Ke himself fell in love.

Originally I was thinking of picking the crabapple flowers first and then swallowing the clouds in the sky. But now the crabapple flowers are nowhere to be found, and the cloud has also been abducted by someone. I am stuck on both sides, and the situation was obviously good, but it suddenly took a turn for the worse.

what can we do about it?

The current situation requires him to choose between Yunmei and Cheng Yunliang. Li Ke is in a state of confusion, as he cannot give up Ashina Yun, but he is also reluctant to deal a fatal blow to Hou Junji and even the Eastern Palace that is about to come.

After venting his fury, Li Ke sat down dejectedly on the chair and asked Quan Wanji: "Sir, what do you think I should do now? If I take Cheng Yunliang's head in exchange for Yunmei's safety, will you agree with me?"

"Who is Ashina Yun?" Quan Wanji looked surprised, he really didn't know.

Li Ke was stunned for a moment, then he realized that during this period, Taicang had been transferring large quantities of grain and grass to the border areas. As the Taicang Office Manager, Quan Wanji was so busy all day that he rarely came to the Shu Palace and had no idea about Ashina Yun's affairs.

It was only in the past few days that the two revealed their identities and confirmed their relationship.

"It was Mr. Yun whom we met at the horse market a few months ago. Didn't we go to look for him several times afterwards? He came to Chang'an again a few days ago, and I discovered that he was a woman disguised as a man. In addition, she has another identity, the only daughter of Tuli, the second Khan of the Turkic Khanate."

Li Ke explained the matter, and then said with a slightly embarrassed look: "During this period of time, I was punished by my father. She comforted and encouraged me a lot, and she also revealed her identity to me. Moreover, we get along quite well."

(End of this chapter)