108 ways to die for supporting characters

Chapter 181 The Prince of Bo's Mansion 4
Prince Su's Mansion.

Prince Su listened to his subordinates' report with smiles in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Lord Mu is one of ours. Now his property has been confiscated. How can you…"

How come you still look happy?

Prince Su glanced at his subordinates without saying anything. He was of course happy in his heart. His royal brother had just chopped off a palace maid three days ago, killed a concubine who accidentally bumped into him yesterday, and killed Lord Mu in public today. What did this mean?
This shows that my brother’s headache is getting worse!

The more officials he kills, the more people in the court will be afraid of him. When that day comes, I won’t even need to raise my arm to call for action, those ministers will push me to sit in that position!

"But what about the other people in the Mu Mansion?"

"Just talking about the confiscation of property, the Mu Mansion is now surrounded by the Imperial Guards. I guess they will be exiled. The emperor has never been lenient."

"Have the people below keep an eye on them and help as much as possible. Once the Mu family's matter is settled, buy them back if possible and help with the arrangements that need to be made. Make sure all the Mu family members arrive at the place of exile safely..."

I understand. This is how the prince gained his good reputation. It doesn't cost much money, but the reputation will definitely spread.

"Well, you spread the word..."

The subordinate immediately took the order and left.

……

At the next morning court session, the officials on Prince Su's side were exceptionally honest, but the officials on the Prime Minister's side attacked the two officials who were in charge of the confiscation of property.

Because yesterday the two gentlemen only seized a few hundred thousand taels of silver from the Mu family, less than half a million taels. According to what Lord Mu said, he should have at least two million taels of silver in his hands, so where did the rest of the silver go?
The two people whose homes were confiscated must have embezzled money.

Originally, Xiao Li was sitting lazily on the dragon chair, holding his chin with one hand while watching the officials below quarreling. After a while, his head started to hurt again. He stood up in a rage and said, "The whereabouts of the disaster silver from the Mu Mansion should be thoroughly investigated by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Supreme Court. I am dismissed."

Coming out of the Golden Palace, the emperor was obviously in a bad mood.

Ning Yan kept her mouth shut obediently. To please someone, one must choose the right time. One must not speak when one shouldn't, otherwise one might be treated like a fly and swatted to death.

She doesn't want to die!

This situation continued for three days.

During these three days, the emperor's face became increasingly darker, but fortunately he did not kill anyone again.

Until the end of the day.

Ning Yan, who was guarding outside the Golden Palace, was instantly alerted when she saw the emperor's face - his forehead was black, which meant that the emperor would have a bloody disaster today!
Just as he was thinking about it, a young eunuch came towards him. Normally, he should give way to the emperor when he saw him, because the emperor would not stop for anyone.

The young eunuch did indeed step aside and bowed to the emperor. Just as the emperor walked in front of the young eunuch, Ning Yan noticed something was wrong, "Your Majesty, be careful."

Then he stretched out his long legs to block the emperor's right side and kicked out at the same time. With a clang, the white blade flashing with blue light fell to the ground. "Quick, take him down, he wants to assassinate the emperor."

After kicking the man, Ning Yan pulled the emperor back. The little eunuch staggered and fell to the ground. The secret guard appeared and pinned the man to the ground.

The young eunuch raised his head and looked at Ning Yan with resentment. Ning Yan immediately shouted, "Take off your jaw! He wants to bite his tongue to commit suicide!"

Damn it, this kid’s forehead is darker than the emperor’s. It’s fatal!
But he was still a step too late. The poison sac in the eunuch's teeth had been bitten open by him. By the time the guards removed his jaw, black poisonous blood had already flowed out of his mouth. His head tilted and he died.

Xiao Li felt his head hurt even more!
Those people were really unwilling to give up and still wanted to assassinate him. It seemed that he had not killed enough people.

"Si Xi, check for me!"

Do you think you can't find out anything if he's dead? Dream on!

Si Xi quickly knelt down and accepted the order, then ordered two eunuchs to drag the corpse away, wrapped the murder weapon in a handkerchief and hurried away.

After Xiao Li finished speaking, he walked quickly forward, and Ning Yan hurriedly followed him. She knew very well that a large number of people in the palace would lose their lives today.

The news of the emperor's assassination soon reached the ears of those who had ulterior motives. Some wanted to quickly erase the traces, but unfortunately, they found that they had no say in the palace and could not do anything they wanted to do. …

"It's getting late today, my dear, please stay in the palace. I want to have a long talk with you."

Ning Yan: ...Shouldn't the emperor give her a higher rank? What is there for them to talk about?

Dinner is naturally for the emperor.

After dinner, Xiao Li asked someone to prepare clothes and toiletries for Ning Yan.

Xiao Li found that his headache symptoms had eased in the past three days because Ning Yan was by his side, but he still had trouble sleeping at night.

He wanted to try tonight to see if Ning Yan was really effective in treating his headache!
If possible, he doesn't mind trapping people by his side.

It was still early for a break, so Xiao Li took out the chessboard and asked Ning Yan to play chess with him. Ning Yan played with white pieces and Xiao Li played with black pieces.

This was the first time the two of them played chess. At the beginning, Xiao Li's expression was very relaxed. He even had the leisure to talk to Ning Yan about Lord Mu's matter. After three days of investigation, nothing had been found out. All the officials in the court were incompetent.

But soon, he was in no mood to chat. The only sound in the room was the slight sound of chess pieces falling. Ning Yan's expression did not change at all, but Xiao Li was shocked again and again!
Wow, I didn't expect the person in front of me had such good chess skills, forcing him to save himself several times. With such a meticulous mind, it's no wonder that he was able to discover the killer's abnormality today.

A quarter of an hour later, the winner was finally decided on the chessboard, and Ning Yan lost one and a half pieces.

"Come again."

Ning Yan replied softly, "Yes."

The second game continued. Ning Yan still played the same style of chess, but Xiao Li changed his strategy. However, he found that it was difficult for him to beat Ning Yan.

Ning Yan lost this round again, losing a piece.

"I don't want to play anymore!" Xiao Li pushed the chessboard away and stood up.

"Your Majesty, let's play another game. I will never lose the next game!"

Xiao Li: “…”

Still playing? Don't I have any dignity?

This boy is really brave!

"I want to take a bath."

Ning Yan shut up.

But the emperor didn't want to let him go.

The bathroom was already ready. Xiao Li said, "My dear Ning, come and take a hot spring bath with me."

Ning Yan: ...This can’t be soaked, it can’t be soaked at all!
"Your Majesty, I will faint if I take a hot spring bath. You should wash it yourself. I am not dirty, so I will not wash it today."

She would be exposed as soon as she took off her clothes. Now was not a good time to expose herself.

Xiao Li: ...He didn't want to take a bath, so he said he would faint in the hot spring, right? He lies so easily.

No, I've never heard of him having this problem before! Don't like taking a bath?
Or - he looked at Ning Yan, or was there some secret about him that he couldn't let him know?

"You don't want to take a bath~ Then come in and give me a bath!

Wufu, all of you go down."

(End of this chapter)