If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 446 Running away
At dawn, Aunt Liu trotted to the gate of Yonghe Palace with a tired look on her face.

After waiting anxiously outside the side door for nearly a quarter of an hour, a guard finally led her to see Cao Wei.

"Master Wei, can I see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Cao Wei yawned and said, "Don't you see what time it is? If you want to see His Highness, at least wait until His Highness has had breakfast, completed morning exercises, and dealt with urgent documents."

Aunt Liu took two steps closer to him and said seriously, "Shaoyao was killed by He Xuan, do you know that, sir?"

Cao Wei's eyes flashed, and he asked back, "Didn't you carry away that skinny Kunlun slave yesterday afternoon? Such a simple matter has not been dealt with yet?"

"Is it related to Yu Fengxian, or is it just a simple matter?"

Aunt Liu was inexplicably angry and grief-stricken, but she only dared to say this, and then she continued honestly, "Xiao Fengxian was planning to come to Yonghe Palace to look for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince last night, but I stopped her and took her to the mass grave, where I found Shaoyao's body."

Cao Wei's expression changed several times, "Miss Shaoyao's body was thrown into a mass grave?
I really don't know about this matter, and neither does Your Highness.

What was Yu Fengxian's reaction?
She and Miss Shaoyao have only known each other for less than half a year, so they should not have much friendship, right?"

"I think she plans to kill He Xuan!" Aunt Liu hesitated.

Cao Wei stood up suddenly, his expression was shocked and angry, and he shouted: "Incompetent idiot! His Highness asked you to handle Miss Shaoyao's matter, and this is how you handled it?"

Aunt Liu said bitterly, "I am only the madam of Hongxiufang, not Yu Fengxian's biological mother, and I haven't done her any great favors in the past. She is willing to listen to me seriously, which is already a favor to me."

Cao Wei said coldly: "You just estimated it. She didn't tell you that she wanted to kill He Xuan."

Aunt Liu said: "She didn't tell me, but she knew that it was He Xuan who killed Shaoyao, but she didn't talk to me about He Xuan after that."

After a pause, she added, "Anyway, I have already informed the Master. If the Master has no other instructions, I will take my leave now."

"After making such a big mess, you still want to walk away?" Cao Wei shouted with a cold look in his eyes.

Aunt Liu felt extremely wronged and angry, and she cried out, "I have always followed your instructions and never made my own decisions on anything."

Cao Wei said angrily: "You told Yu Fengxian that it was He Xuan who harmed Miss Shaoyao, isn't that acting on your own initiative?

Even yesterday afternoon, I only asked you to take Kunlun Slave away, and I never told you about Miss Shaoyao's murder.

If you hadn't been so bold and reckless and dared to ask around, how would you have known that it was Lord He who harmed Miss Shaoyao?
You secretly inquired about this matter, which was a taboo, and you also told Yu Fengxian about it.
You old sow, you are so brave! "

Although Aunt Liu felt humiliated, she did not get excited or yell. She just said with an aggrieved expression: "Your Excellency has wronged me. I know the rules very well and did not ask anything. It was Shaoyao who told Xiao Fengxian."

Cao Wei was stunned for a moment and asked in surprise: "Miss Shaoyao is still alive?"

"She died a tragic death and became a ghost. Last night we went to the mass grave to look for Shaoyao's body, but she had resurrected."

Aunt Liu tilted her head back to let Cao Wei see the marks on her neck, and then quickly recounted the story of how Shaoyao faked her death.

Cao Wei frowned and paced back and forth.

After a while, he looked at Aunt Liu indifferently and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go see Master Li."

Aunt Liu waited in this side hall without a charcoal stove or tea for half an hour. A servant came over and said, "Liu San, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is waiting for you in the Shangde Hall. Come with me quickly!"

Aunt Liu didn't mind the servant's disrespectful attitude. She immediately stood up and trotted after the servant.

Well, the servant's pace seemed slow but was actually fast. He didn't look anxious at all, but he was very fast.

Aunt Liu didn't dare to use Qinggong, nor did she understand this "advanced servant step", so she could only jog.

The prince was having dinner in a side hall, and Li Anmin, a commoner, was talking to him through a curtain.

After Aunt Liu entered the room, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Liu San, how do you know Shaoyao's body is in the mass grave?" The prince asked slowly in the house.

"It's just my guess. The women in the Jiaosifang have a hard life, and similar things often happen to them. I've been through a lot and have some experience." Aunt Liu said.

"Since you have experienced so much, why didn't you handle this matter properly?" The prince raised his voice, his voice full of anger, "You are crazy, taking Yu Fengxian to the mass grave to look for someone?

She is a barbarian who doesn't know the rules, has a bad temper, and loves to make trouble. Don't you know that?"

Aunt Liu said, "Your Highness, Xiao Fengxian must come to Yonghe Palace to find Lord Li and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask you about Shaoyao.

I couldn't stop her and could only hope that Shaoyao would put the overall situation first and help persuade Xiao Fengxian.

Although the peony is dead, his soul still exists.

Based on my understanding of Shaoyao, even if she died unjustly and became a ghost, she would definitely not want Xiao Fengxian to be in danger and would not make a big deal out of it.

But I didn’t expect that Shaoyao really became a ghost, and the ghost turned into a fierce ghost.”

She raised her head again, revealing the large black and blue marks on her neck.

"After becoming a fierce ghost, Shaoyao is no longer the considerate, gentle and generous Shaoyao she used to be. She even wants to take my life."

"Whoosh~~~" A celadon bowl whizzed through the bead curtain and hit Aunt Liu's forehead accurately.

"Bang~~~" There was still half a bowl of hot soup in the porcelain bowl, the bowl broke and the soup spilled, Aunt Liu seemed to be kicked on the head, her body flew back two or three meters.

She felt dizzy and couldn't get up for a long time.

Li Anmin, the middle commoner, frowned and said to the curtain, "Your Highness, please calm down. He Xuan has indeed gone too far.

Not only did he kidnap Miss Shaoyao, he also killed her.

Killing Miss Shaoyao would be fine, but at least she should be buried properly so that she can rest in peace.

It's all his own fault that he has ended up like this and is hated by Yu Fengxian. It has nothing to do with Your Highness."

"If you say this to Yu Fengxian, will she listen? Will she be willing to settle down after hearing it?" the prince shouted.

Li Anmin said: "If we explain it to her properly, she should be able to listen."

Then he turned around and looked at Aunt Liu who was struggling to get up and kneeling again, and asked, "When did Yu Fengxian go to the mass grave?"

Aunt Liu covered her forehead and whispered, "Last night, around 3:30 pm (close to 10 pm)."

"It's already 7 o'clock in the morning." Li Anmin asked again: "What has she been doing during this time?"

"She has been at the mass grave, chanting sutras to appease Shaoyao's resentful spirit." Aunt Liu said. "It seems that she is very rational now, and not crazy." Li Anmin nodded slightly, "What about you? Why did you come to Yonghe Palace now?"

Aunt Liu said: "Xiao Fengxian asked me to build a shed at the mass grave to serve as a sacrificial shed for the deceased.

I was cutting down trees to build a sacrificial shed while Fat Moler went to the city to sell coffins.

After selling the coffin, they prepared funeral clothes, paper money, mourning clothes, white clothes, etc.

"She wants to commemorate Shaoyao at the mass grave? Miss Shaoyao's body has been found, why doesn't she return to the city?" Li Anmin asked curiously.

Aunt Liu had asked this question before.

"Peony has turned into a fierce ghost. Xiao Fengxian must resolve her resentment first, otherwise even if the body is placed in the coffin, it won't be able to calm down."

Then she further explained: "With Xiao Fengxian's means, even if Shaoyao becomes a ghost king, she can suppress it. But Xiao Fengxian is unwilling to use the violent means to deal with Shaoyao as she does with evil ghosts.

She wants to use Buddhist scriptures and a compassionate heart to slowly influence Shaoyao.

Only by completely resolving the grievances of the peony can the peony rest in peace."

"Yu Fengxian is very thoughtful and considerate to Miss Shaoyao~~~" Li Anmin looked at Li Rongji behind the curtain with concern, "Your Highness, you must call He Xuan over immediately."

"I don't want to see him now." The prince said in a hard voice.

"Your Highness, if you don't see him now, you may never see him again." Li Anmin said seriously.

The prince was silent for a while. "Yu Fengxian wants to kill him, why did she call him over? She should let this old bitch persuade Yu Fengxian again.

Unable to persuade Yu Fengxian, he would wait until Shaoyao's resentment subsided and she regained her sanity, and then go to persuade Shaoyao.

Shaoyao definitely understands the overall situation and will definitely put the overall situation first."

"Your Highness is wise!" Li Anmin turned to look at Aunt Liu and said calmly, "Did you hear that?"

"Should I go find Xiao Fengxian now? Xiao Fengxian asked me to prepare all the necessary items for the funeral, and also to sell a barren mountain to bury Shaoyao. I accepted the task, so I have the opportunity to come to Yonghe Palace." Aunt Liu hesitated.

Li Anmin said: "Go find her now and tell her that you have given her instructions.

You must stay with her and Miss Peony.

Wait until Miss Shaoyao has gotten over her resentment, then you can talk to her alone.

You are an experienced brothel owner. It is such a simple matter. You don't need me to teach you how to do it step by step, right?"

"I'll do my best." said Aunt Liu.

“It’s up to you to do your best, since your life is tied to He Xuan’s anyway.

If Yu Fengxian really killed He Xuan, I cannot guarantee what would happen to her.

I am 100% sure that you, an old bitch, won't even have the chance to go to a mass grave." The prince said coldly.

Aunt Liu's face turned pale, "Your Highness——"

"Get out!" The prince ignored her wailing.

Aunt Liu shrank her neck, stood up with a panicked expression, bowed somewhat dazedly, and walked out silently.

"Get yourself ready first before going to see Yu Fengxian." Li Anmin reminded her quietly from behind.

"Little man, save it."

After Aunt Liu left, Li Anmin said again: “Your Highness, you still have to summon He Xuan over.

Liu San's worthless life is not as important as a hair of He Xuan.

She would definitely try her best to dissuade Yu Fengxian.

But none of us is sure whether we can persuade him.

It doesn’t matter, hehe, we must be sure that Yu Fengxian can’t find He Xuan.

Let He Xuan leave Yingxiang Mansion and hide in Luodu or somewhere else for two or three months.

Can Yu Fengxian still maintain her murderous aura?
Even though she is a killer, she must kill He Xuan and avenge Miss Shaoyao.

Will Yaochan give her two or three months?

Isn't she planning to run away quietly? I don't think she can wait for a few days.

Shaoyao died tragically, she was angry, but no matter how angry she was, she would not disregard her own life. "

"I really hope that little bitch stays for a few more days until Yaochan comes and beats her to death." Li Rongji said hatefully.

Li Anmin said: "Yu Fengxian deceived Your Highness and deceived us.

Taking advantage of our emphasis on the overall goal of eliminating demons, they do whatever they want in Yingxiang Mansion, constantly testing the limits of our tolerance.

It's really abominable.

But if the demon cicada really comes to Yingxiang Mansion, it will not be good for us Xishu or the Li family.

Your Highness, don't forget that the Rebellion of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms that destroyed Western Shu was secretly led by the demon cicada.

Although our Li family's surname is "Li", we belong to the branch of Ying family. We are destined to stand with Daqin.

The demon cicada who wants to overthrow the Qin Dynasty will always be our greatest enemy."

Li Rongji sighed and said, "I am confused. I should hope that Yu Fengxian and Yaochan will die together."

Li Anmin was somewhat speechless, "Your Highness, protecting He Xuan is the key now.

Not to mention that his master is the Great Qin Sword Immortal, a true immortal.

Just talk about his identity as Sima Ling.

The two Sima Lings sent by the Qin Dynasty to the Xisha Region both died in Xishu, and they died while serving Your Highness. What does the Qin Dynasty think about this?
How will Your Highness explain this to the King of Luodu?"

(End of this chapter)