I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 40 Si Lili's Plan
"I am a grown man and I am only interested in women. How can I be interested in men?"

Although he knew the relationship between him and Fan Xian, Li Chengzong had no interest in meeting Fan Xian.

At least not yet.

After all, no one knows whether his meeting with Fan Xian will affect the meeting between Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er, thereby affecting the subsequent development of the plot and causing loopholes in his plan.

"If you don't want to see me, then don't see me."

Emperor Qing did not force it. He turned to look at Eunuch Hou and asked, "Wan'er was arranged to go to the side hall?"

"Princess Chen went to the side hall by herself."

"It seems that they are destined to be together. After they have met, they can return to the palace." Emperor Qing looked around and said calmly, "I come to this Qing Temple every year, and I am tired of it."

"I'm tired of seeing you, but you still come here every year."

Li Chengzong complained mercilessly and said with a smile, "Come to think of it, you arranged for Wan'er and Fan Xian to meet. If they don't like each other, will you withdraw the imperial decree granting their marriage?"

I actually already have the answer in my mind, but I still want to hear Emperor Qing's answer.

Emperor Qing was silent for a while, and finally uttered two words.

"will not."

As expected.

Fan Xian relies on the old man's many plans and calculations. Marrying Lin Wan'er will make it easier for the old man to plot against Li Yunrui and Lin Ruofu. Li Chengzong also knows that the old man will not take back the order of the marriage.

Li Chengzong expressed contempt for this.

It would be fine if he was plotting against Fan Xian externally, but it was too much to plot against his own son internally.

It is too shameful for an emperor who possesses supreme power to deal with a princess and a prime minister by using his own son.

Fortunately, Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er were in love with each other, otherwise it would have been another tragedy.

Li Chengzong shook his head secretly and looked towards the side hall, where he happened to see Lin Wan'er's maid running and calling "Miss", and guessed that she should be leaving soon.

As expected, when I turned around, I heard Emperor Qing say, "Let's go!"

The carriage slowly drove away from the Qing Temple.

Along the way, Li Chengzong remained silent, immersed in his own thoughts, and suddenly discovered that the eldest princess Li Yunrui was a little stupid.

Looking at the TV series "Joy of Life", it is actually not difficult to guess Fan Xian's true identity before he went to Northern Qi.

At least for the older generation, it was not a difficult task.

Although a child died in the Taiping Villa tragedy, one can at least sense something is amiss from the attitudes of Emperor Qing, Chen Pingping and others towards Fan Xian.

If Fan Xian is Fan Jian's illegitimate son, and Emperor Qing is able to hand over such important things from the inner treasury to him, would Chen Pingping be willing to let Fan Xian take over the Supervisory Office?
Doesn't this clearly show that Fan Xian is Ye Qingmei's son?

Thinking about the plot in the TV series, Li Chengzong felt that people like the Queen Mother and the Empress were probably just pretending not to know. Only Li Yunrui got so angry after Fan Xian's identity was revealed, which showed that she really didn't know and was really stupid.

Just as I was thinking about it, the carriage suddenly stopped.

Fan Wujiu, who was outside the car, immediately said, "Master, there is a group of imperial guards coming up ahead."

"understood."

The same words were also spoken by Emperor Qing in the carriage in front, but Emperor Qing added one more sentence.

"You will obey the Third Prince's orders from now on. Go down."

Hearing this, Li Chengzong lifted the curtain, stuck his head out and shouted to the front: "General Xu, bring a bowl of wontons and let Deputy Commander Gong pay for it."

Xu Qingyun was a little confused and knelt on the ground without daring to get up.

"Go."

Emperor Qing spoke, and Xu Qingyun followed Li Chengzong's instructions and went to the roadside wonton stall to scoop a bowl of wontons and put it on the carriage.

Well, it tastes good.

It’s not as bad as the old man said.

After eating the wontons, Li Chengzong did not plan to stay for long. He called out to the front, "I'm leaving," and then directly ordered, "Huai'en, go to Zuixianju instead."

Zuixianju and painted boat.

In the cabin, the air was filled with the aroma of incense. Si Lili, wearing a smooth black gauze dress, lifted her dress and sat down. She stroked the strings of the zither with her ten fingers like flowing water, and a wisp of piano music floated out.

After the voice test, the melody was mournful and natural, like a plain and gentle narration, or like the gurgling of an unrestrained stream. Although it was slow and ordinary, it made people feel a sense of loss, evoking infinite lovesickness.

The melodious piano music reaches its climax, and the tune changes to play the tune of spring breeze and willows. The warmth is mixed with a little melancholy about the past, but the sadness has been subsided, and it is replaced by peace and tranquility.

It was just one song. Li Chengzong looked at Si Lili pretending to be infatuated and said with a smile: "Are you sent by the gods?"

Si Lili was stunned, stretched out her delicate hand to touch Li Chengzong's forehead, and asked in confusion: "You don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense?"

Uh...it's obviously the same question. Listen to Lin Wan'er's answer. No wonder Fan Xian doesn't like you.

Instantly retracting his silly expression as if he had never seen a woman before, Li Chengzong curled his lips and said, "You are so boring."

Si Lili pushed him and said, "I'm not interesting, so go find an interesting girl."

"Are you angry?"

"How dare I be angry with Your Highness?"

Li Chengzong nodded seriously: "Well, it's good that you don't dare."

"You..." Si Lili turned to the other side angrily.

"You're really angry." Li Chengzong took Si Lili's hand and smiled awkwardly, "I was just joking with you. I just came to see you after my house arrest today."

Si Lili turned around and glanced at him dimly, "You came just now, and you have the nerve to say that you came to see me right after the house arrest?"

"Didn't the old man ask me to go to the temple with him?"

Si Lili was stunned: "I haven't heard that there will be a temple sacrifice recently."

Generally speaking, the Ministry of Rites would make arrangements for the Qing Temple sacrifices first. Although it would not become known to the whole city, the fact that Emperor Qing was going out to offer sacrifices at the temple would at least be known among the children of the powerful and wealthy.

"The old man was incognito, don't you think he missed a good opportunity to assassinate him?"

Si Lili shook her head. "I'm not stupid. Even if Emperor Qing is traveling incognito, he has many guards around him. We are just like sheep walking into a tiger's mouth. But why is he going to the Qing Temple?" "To see Fan Xian."

"The illegitimate child that Si Nanbo raised in Danzhou?"

Fan Xian's visit to Beijing had caused quite a stir some time ago, and Si Lili had naturally heard about it.

"Why did Emperor Qing go to see him?"

Li Chengzong smiled and said, "I'm curious, let's see what he looks like, but from your tone, it seems that you look down on him."

Si Lili did not refute, but was also aroused by the words of the man next to her.

"From what you said, it seems that the illegitimate child of the Fan family is not simple?"

"Of course it's not simple. He is the one who will take over the financial power of the inner treasury in the future. He will come to the capital today and will soon stir up the situation in the capital. The capital will not be peaceful in the future. Just wait and see."

Si Lili was very surprised. She didn't expect Li Chengzong to have such a high opinion of Fan Xian.

You have to know that among all the noble children in Kyoto, no one can catch Li Chengzong's eye. How can an illegitimate child have the ability to stir up the situation in Kyoto?

"Hearing what you said, I am interested in this illegitimate son of the Fan family."

"Ah~"

Li Chengzong sighed softly.

"what happened?"

"I'm afraid you'll fall in love with him."

Si Lili smiled sweetly: "Aren't you quite confident?"

"Of course I am confident, but I am not confident in you."

Si Lili was so angry that she pinched the stinky man beside her fiercely, "In your eyes, I am just a fickle woman who falls in love with every woman she meets?"

"No no."

Li Chengzong took a deep breath and quickly changed the subject: "By the way, my mother wants to see you. How about I arrange a time for you to meet?"

He has been confined to the palace for the past year and has never left the house except for private meetings with Si Lili at night. However, Qin Yu has the imperial edict and gold medal given by Emperor Qing, so he will occasionally come to the palace to visit his son.

As a result, when Qin Yu came to the palace for the first time, he found that his son did not sleep at home late at night, but sat in the room waiting for most of the night, which scared Li Chengzong who had returned home. Naturally, he also knew that his son had a secret meeting with Si Lili at night.

Henceforth, every time she came to the palace, Qin Yu would explicitly or implicitly express her desire to meet Si Lili, wanting to see what kind of woman could have seduced her son's soul away.

Si Lili sighed silently, ignored the conversation, and followed Li Chengzong's example to change the subject.

"The Qing army has been mobilized at the border recently. Is Emperor Qing going to use troops against Northern Qi again?"

"I don't care about what happens in the court. Even if I knew, I couldn't tell you the news. You know, let's talk about something else."

"Ok."

Si Lili nodded: "Then let's talk about whether you can stop causing trouble for Zuixianju?"

"How did I bring disaster to Zuixianju?" Li Chengzong was a little confused.

"Everyone in Kyoto knows that your guards like prostitutes from brothels. They come to the brothels every once in a while to redeem the prostitutes and marry them into the family. This is nothing, but you can't just keep your eyes on Zuixianju."

Si Lili couldn't help laughing and said, "Do you know how many prostitutes your guards have redeemed from Zuixianju in the past year? Almost a hundred. If it were any other brothel, they would have closed long ago. A few days ago, Miss Ling came to me and asked me to beg you to let Zuixianju go."

"The prostitutes at Zuixianju are of good quality, and it's not like we didn't pay them."

Li Chengzong smiled, and then said with some dissatisfaction: "Speaking of which, the prostitutes in your Zuixianju are really expensive. Ordinary brothels only cost a few hundred taels, but your Zuixianju actually costs more than a thousand taels."

"You think it's too expensive, and you asked your guards to redeem him."

"They like it, what can I do?"

Li Chengzong paused and said with a smile: "Besides, there is a reason why it is expensive. Your future husband is rich and has enough money to give them wives. There are few good bosses like me in the world."

I have to say that the quality of the girls in Zuixianju is indeed good. In any case, the women redeemed by the Blood-Robed Guards are definitely outstanding in appearance.

But it’s normal if you think about it, after all, there are many beautiful women in Jiangnan.

All these women were transferred to Kyoto from brothels all over Jiangnan by Mingjingtang in order to prevent Zuixianju in the capital from going bankrupt. Basically, the background of each of them had been investigated by the people in the palace.

After all, they have been together for a year. Si Lili now understands some of the unfamiliar words Li Chengzong said. She couldn't help but laugh and said, "Bosses like you are not rare, but they don't exist at all. How can you give wives to your subordinates?"

"Of course there is one. Didn't the old man give Fan Xian a wife?"

Speaking of Fan Xian, Li Chengzong suddenly thought of something and said with a smile, "By the way, there will be a good show tomorrow. Do you want to go with me to watch it?"

"Don't go."

Si Lili shook her head and said, "If I go out with you in pairs, with your power, I'm afraid no one from Kyoto will come to my pleasure boat anymore. How can I get information?"

"alright."

Li Chengzong felt a little regretful and stood up and said, "I'm leaving."

Si Lili grabbed Li Chengzong's hand and looked up at him like a little girl: "Are you angry?"

"No, I really have something to do and I need to leave, but please think carefully about what I told you. My mother has mentioned it many times."

"Well, let's go."

Watching Li Chengzong leave the pleasure boat, Si Lili couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

How could she not know Li Chengzong's feelings for her?

Although she was born into a prominent family, she fell into prostitution. No matter how forced her reasons were or how much she tried to keep herself clean, her reputation was ruined after all.

And what about Li Chengzong? He is the third prince of Qing Kingdom, a man of both civil and military talents, with amazing talent. How could she be worthy of him?

What's more, she, the daughter of a prominent family, was the descendant of a rebellion and a secret spy sent by Northern Qi to the Kingdom of Qing.

If outsiders knew about this, no matter how much Emperor Qing favored Li Chengzong, he would not let him go.

So as early as half a year ago, after Si Lili made up her mind, she made a plan.

When evacuating Qing State, she drugged Li Chengzong and gave her body to this enemy. From then on, they went their separate ways.

(End of this chapter)