"You said the new emperor is under house arrest?" Li Yu paused while holding the black chess piece.

The fifth prince smiled and held the white chess piece in his hand. "My eldest brother is also a fool. It wasn't long after the emperor passed away, and he dared to openly enter and leave the palace of the former concubine."

Before this happened, the fifth prince had told him that the new emperor had an affair with the previous emperor's concubine, Concubine Ning.

He had originally thought of finding a good opportunity to expose this matter, but he didn't expect that before he could make any plans, he was caught off guard.

Li Yu frowned. "Didn't Concubine Ning and the new emperor have a consensual relationship? Why would she suddenly expose this matter in public?"

The Fifth Prince's face was also solemn. "I suspect that Concubine Ning has been Luo Jingxuan's person from the beginning."

Concubine Ning not only talked about how she was forced by the new emperor, but also revealed all the details of the plot to murder the previous emperor.

and,

With evidence and proof, the new emperor had no way to deny it.

More importantly, the Queen Mother and the Meng family, who were the masters of all this, were all brought down.

Li Yu threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess box and said, "It seems that we should also set off."

Before, he thought that with Luo Jingxuan's ability, he would only need three years at most to control the entire court.

Unexpectedly, this happened much earlier than he had expected.

Luo Jingxuan is moving so fast now.

They also have to leave quickly.

Li Yu’s budget was correct.

As soon as they left, Luo Jingxuan's men followed the clues and came here. Looking at the messy yard, Chen Yi had no choice but to order his men to search thoroughly.

He stepped aside and took out a carrier pigeon.

Everything here was soon reported back to the capital.

Luo Jingxuan held the letter in his hand and whispered, "Wangyi, give orders to search for the Li family members along the Shu and border roads, regardless of life or death."

"yes."

Ever since the new emperor was placed under house arrest, he had a vague feeling that something had been forgotten about him.

Sure enough, when he sent people to check on the Li family in Shu, he found that they had disappeared from Shu at some point in time.

The people before had been keeping their eyes on Li Yu, so this gave other members of the Li family the opportunity to escape secretly.

Qingyin and her companions who were heading to the border had to abandon the main road and walk into the deserted forest because Luo Jingxuan's men were chasing them closely.

The Fifth Prince didn't know how many times he had cursed Luo Jingxuan inwardly.

Is this person really a human?

He even calculated every step they made.

If Yinyin hadn't noticed something was wrong, they would have been facing each other head-on by now.

Li Yu held Qingyin's arm and asked worriedly, "Do you want to rest for a while?"

Fortunately, some of them had traveled back and forth from the border to Shu before and found this shortcut, although the road was a bit difficult to travel.

At first, someone suggested taking this route, but when he thought of the little princess, he refused.

Now it seems that this is the only way to go.

Qingyin shook her head and said, "It's okay, I can still walk."

The deep mountains and wild forests are rarely visited by people.

The occasional wolf howl made everyone in the group unconsciously tense up.

Fortunately, when they found a natural cave, they did not encounter any wolves.

Li Yu ordered his men to repair the place, and then everyone took up their respective duties, looking for wood and food.

Soon, a fire was lit in the cave, and the guards brought some pheasants and rabbits that had just been hunted.

They were all cleaned and strung with branches.

Li Yu took a rabbit and sat side by side with Qingyin in front of the fire to roast it.

The fifth prince took a look and took a pheasant to sit beside him.

When the guards saw that their masters had taken some, they took the rest out of the cave and divided it among their brothers.

A night passed, and before dawn the next day, the group was ready to set off again.

It was twenty days later when we arrived at the border.

At this time, the Kyoto court had been completely infiltrated by Luo Jingxuan's forces.

When they arrived at the border, Li Hongyuan was frowning as he looked at the imperial edict on the desk.

This was the third imperial edict summoning him back to the capital.

Although he knew that the entire court was now in the hands of Luo Jingxuan, this man was extremely smart. He did not establish another emperor, but continued to let the new emperor be a puppet emperor.

Because the new emperor had plotted to murder the previous emperor, all the officials in the court were opposed to him.

Moreover, the more they rebelled against the new emperor, the more they obeyed Luo Jingxuan.

If he did not respond to the imperial edict again, perhaps the next imperial edict would be to arrest him and bring him back to the capital.

Just when he was frowning, a servant came to report, "General, the young marquis is here."

The Li family's title was naturally stripped, but these were all soldiers led by the Li family. What's more, the new emperor was the one who murdered the previous emperor, so they naturally called back this title.

As Qingyin got out of the carriage, she saw a galloping horse coming towards her in the distance.

When she stood firm, she heard a deafening laugh, "Not bad, I haven't seen you for a few years, but you are stronger."

...and the sound of strong slapping.

Qingyin secretly glanced at Li Yu's shoulder. It must be painful, right?

Li Yu's sight caught her, and he introduced her with a smile, "Ninth Princess, my eldest brother."

Li Hongyuan paused, then clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "Ninth Princess."

"General Li." Qingyin nodded slightly.

Li Hongyuan glanced at the two of them and signaled with his eyes: "Are you the only two?"

He remembered the letter he received, which mentioned that the fifth prince would also come.

This is why he has been waiting.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, the other princes died or were disabled.

They thought it was Luo Jingxuan's work, but they didn't expect that it would be fine if they didn't check, but once they checked, they found out it was all the work of the Queen Mother.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!