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The Second Prince was terrified when he saw Li Yunrui storming into the study in a fit of rage.
"Xie Bi'an, Fan Wujiu, tell all irrelevant people to stay far away. No one is allowed to approach without orders!"
Xie Bi'an accepted the order and left, while Li Yunrui settled down behind Li Chengze's desk.
"Auntie, what brings you here? You're supposed to be grounded for a year!"
"And...we agreed that you would pretend to support the Crown Prince..."
Li Chengze almost gritted his teeth as he whispered a reminder to Li Yunrui.
Li Yunrui let out a mocking sneer. What do you mean by feigned support, or real support?
You two are worthless trash, you don't deserve my support!
She only truly supported her emperor brother; as for the crown prince and the second prince, they were actually firmly under her control.
No matter who succeeds to the throne in the future, they will not be able to shake Li Yunrui's overwhelming power!
But now, she felt the cruel betrayal of her emperor brother!
"Li Chengze! Shut up!"
Hearing Li Yunrui's almost hysterical roar, the Second Prince shrank back in fear.
He knew Li Yunrui was mentally unstable, but when they worked together, he didn't go crazy very often.
"I want Fan Xian dead!"
Li Yunrui knocked all of Li Chengze's writing implements to the ground and roared at Li Chengze across the desk again.
From the moment she walked in, Li Chengze knew why Li Yunrui had come.
As a prince who grew up in the palace, he knew perfectly well what Ye Qingmei had done back then.
"Auntie... calm down!"
Li Yunrui seemed to have suddenly regained her composure, but her tone was chillingly cold.
"Ye Qingmei's son must die!"
Li Chengze was very worried about Li Yunrui's condition because their cooperation was currently centered around Li Yunrui.
Li Yunrui has been operating for many years and has far more resources than Li Chengze.
If Li Yunrui forces him to do something, he will probably find it hard to resist!
“Aunt, you should know that now that this matter has been made public, His Majesty will not allow anyone to kill him!”
Emperor Qing did not allow anyone to kill Fan Xian, not only because Fan Xian was his illegitimate son.
Most importantly, Fan Xian has the secret of the temple in his mind!
Upon hearing the words "Your Majesty," Li Yunrui was even more enraged!
"But His Majesty owes me this!"
"Over the years, I've given His Majesty whatever he needed!"
"I'm doing the things he can't do! I'm investigating the people he can't investigate! I'm killing the people he can't kill!"
Do you know what? It's me!
It's me, Li Yunrui, and no one else! Not Ye Qingmei!
Li Chengze painfully grabbed a handful of alpaca heads, lowered his body very low, and also lowered his voice to a very low hue.
"Aunt, watch your words... watch your words!"
However, Li Yunrui was completely enraged, and tears streamed down her face in an instant.
"I, Li Yunrui, will do my utmost for my Emperor brother!"
"But I give you roses, what have you given me in return!"
"Over the years, what have I done that wasn't in accordance with His Majesty's wishes!"
"But not this time! No matter what His Majesty thinks, I must kill Fan Xian!"
Seeing that Li Yunrui was completely ruthless towards his own family, Li Chengze was immediately struck by a headache.
"Aunt, but Fan Xian is just an illegitimate child and poses no threat to me."
"It's still hard to say who will manage the Imperial Treasury, but His Majesty will definitely put him in charge of the Supervisory Council."
I should try to gain his support!
At this moment, Li Yunrui cried and laughed at the same time, saying, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"You were involved in the assassination attempt on Niulan Street!"
"You want to win over Fan Xian, do you think it's possible?"
The assassination attempt on Niulan Street was orchestrated by Li Yunrui, but she was incredibly shrewd and managed to win over both the Crown Prince and the Second Prince.
Now that she wants to deal with Fan Xian, she naturally needs Li Chengze, with whom she has a deep cooperative relationship, to stand on her side.
As for the Crown Prince, the Empress will not let Fan Xian off the hook either!
"Second brother, listen up! Smuggling with enemy countries was something you and I did together!"
"Those ten thousand private soldiers are being supported by you and me together!"
"Your so-called cronies in the court were bought with money from the Imperial Treasury by me!"
"Li Chengze! If you help Fan Xian, don't blame me for turning ruthless!"
Upon hearing these words, Li Chengze couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat!
Cooperating with the emotionally stable eldest princess is far too dangerous.
However, the resources this aunt possessed were simply too tempting.
Over the years, the two have not had any major disagreements, but today their ideas are completely different.
Li Chengze clenched his teeth, biting his nails, his expression extremely anxious.
Li Yunrui said sternly again, "Second brother! Give your aunt an answer!"
Li Chengze said helplessly, "Aunt, now that Fan Xian's identity has been exposed, there are just as many people who want to kill him as there are people who want to protect him!"
"You defied the imperial decree and stormed here. Didn't Father Emperor and Chen Pingping have any preparations?"
"Are Chen Pingping's Black Riders, the Emperor's Tiger Guards, and the inner court experts just for show?"
Li Yunrui stared into Li Chengze's eyes and said, "What I want is your attitude!"
Thinking about what Li Yunrui had just said, Li Chengze felt that he had no choice.
"In that case, Fan Xian can only be my enemy!"
Li Yunrui patted Li Chengze on the shoulder and said, "Very good, that's exactly what your aunt wanted to hear."
"With the two of us here, Fan Xian will face a perilous journey after returning to the capital!"
"Your aunt is thinking of you and won't let you confront the Black Riders and Tiger Guards head-on. Your aunt will handle the assassination on the way back to the capital."
Li Chengze couldn't quite understand Li Yunrui's irrationality.
"But Aunt, why do something you know can't succeed?"
Li Yunrui had already turned and walked to the door. She turned back and said fiercely, "I want Fan Xian to know that the capital doesn't welcome him! The Qing Kingdom's royal family doesn't welcome him!"
Royal study room.
Eunuch Hou jogged all the way to tell Emperor Qing about the Eldest Princess's visit to the Second Prince's residence.
Although he was the eldest princess's man, he still had to do his job.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing was not surprised at all. "You may leave! Summon Hong Sixiang here, and also summon Chen Pingping!"
After Eunuch Hou left, Emperor Qing muttered to himself, "Ever since Wu Zhu appeared at the Qing Temple and saved Fan Xian, I knew that someone would guess Fan Xian's identity."
"This was bound to happen sooner or later, and it's not necessarily a bad thing to make it public sooner."
I want to see who's on my side and who's secretly plotting against me!
Not long after, Hong Sixiang appeared gracefully, "Your Majesty, this old servant has arrived."
Emperor Qing said, "Send ten skilled guards from the inner court to protect Fan Xian, revealing their identities!"
Hong Sixiang accepted the order and left. Half an hour later, Chen Pingping also arrived before the emperor.
"Old man, has Fan Jian given you any trouble?"
Chen Pingping chuckled and said, "He scolded me for an hour, insisting that I arrest someone to quell the rumors."
"This old minister thinks that without Your Majesty's decree, it would be better to make it public now."
"This old minister has already dispatched five hundred Black Riders to the border overnight to ensure Fan Xian's safety."
"However, at this time, any normal person would know how unwise it would be to assassinate Fan Xian."
Emperor Qing snorted coldly and said, "You're right, but there are always abnormal people in this world!"
Chen Pingping knew, of course, that Emperor Qing was referring to Li Yunrui.
"Five hundred Black Riders are enough to hold off her forces. I believe she's just putting on a show and won't use her trump card."