Li Chengyun VS Xiao Yanzi

Li Chengyun has died!

"Let's eat." The sun had set, the moon was high in the sky, and Yongqi and the others were still on their way.

"What, are you afraid I'll poison your food?" Li Chengyun chuckled. "Don't worry, I said I won't do anything to you now, and I mean it!"

"Do you think I'd believe that?" Little Swallow looked at him with a half-smile. "I feel so uncomfortable being in the same place as someone like you!"

"If you still want to go back unscathed, I advise you to let me go now!"

What if I don't?

No sooner had Li Chengyun finished speaking than the gate of the manor was kicked open.

"Then you can leave your life here!" The one who spoke was Xiao Jian, Xiao Yanzi's older brother.

"Oh, the great hero Xiao Jian has arrived." Li Chengyun looked at Xiao Jian, Qing'er behind him, as well as Fu Ertai and Saiya with a grin.

Seeing these people, Li Chengyun showed no panic and laughed, "What are you planning to do with me? Kill me? But you know that if I die on Qing territory, the good days for the people of both countries will be over!"

Yes, even though Le Thanh Wan was the most hated prince in Annam, he was still an Annamite. If an Annamite prince died within the territory of the Qing Dynasty, it would be a trampling on Annam, and the Annamite king would not let it go!

Xiao Jian sneered, "Even if I don't kill you, I have a thousand or ten thousand ways to make you wish you were dead!"

While Xiao Jian and Li Chengyun were talking, Qing'er and Saiya had already arrived at Xiao Yanzi's side and given her the antidote.

After Xiao Yanzi took the antidote, everyone stood behind Xiao Jian.

Xiao Yanzi looked at Li Chengyun, "It's true that I can't kill you now, but I can still leave you with some bruises!"

"What? You think you can hurt me with just a few of you?" Li Chengyun seemed to disregard them completely.

Little Swallow smiled slightly and said, "Three, two, one..."

Li Chengyun saw his men rushing towards him, demanding, "What have you done?"

While dealing with his men's attacks, Li Chengyun glared at Xiao Yanzi and demanded, "When did you drug them?"

Little Swallow raised an eyebrow and smiled, "They were already infected when I arrived here!"

After hearing this, Li Chengyun smiled wickedly, "You're ruthless enough, woman. The more you act like this, the more I want you!"

"Wishful thinking!" Yongqi had just arrived when he heard Li Chengyun's arrogant words!

Unexpectedly, when Li Chengyun saw Yongqi appear, he was not angry. Instead, he looked at Yongqi with sympathetic eyes and said, "Just wait and see how your good wife will please me in the future! How she will beg me to love her in the future!"

"Hahahaha..." Li Chengyun dealt with his men's attacks while looking for an opportunity to escape.

"You..." Yongqi could no longer tolerate it. He rushed in and slashed at Li Chengyun with his sword, "How dare you covet Xiaoyanzi! You're asking for death!"

"For the sake of a woman, you charged into the enemy camp? Aisin-Gioro Yongqi, you're nothing special. If your emperor were to hand over the country to you, the Qing Dynasty would probably perish in no time!"

Before Yongqi could get angry, Xiaoyanzi's whip lashed across Li Chengyun's mouth. "You foul mouth, if you can't speak properly, then shut up!"

Although Li Chengyun's mouth had been slapped and was burning with pain, he still smiled at Xiao Yanzi and said, "I have a foul mouth. What, have you tasted it? Otherwise, how do you know I have a foul mouth?"

"You..." Xiao Jian was also enraged and joined the group that was beating up Li Chengyun.

"A group of people ganging up on one person, Little Swallow, is this how your Purple Cloud Sect behaves?"

Little Swallow sneered, "There's no need to talk about chivalry when dealing with someone like you!"

The code of honor among gangsters is something for people who know how to uphold it!

Trying to reason with people who don't follow the code of honor is like digging your own grave!

Yongqi Xiaojian's sword, Xiaoyanzi's whip, and the fists and swords coming from all directions from his men kept Li Chengyun on his toes. Finally, he found an opportunity to escape the manor through a mechanism.

Because they lost their target, Li Chengyun's men began to attack each other until the last one died!

"Master, the Vice Leader has captured Lu Gaoyuan!" Just as the group was about to leave, news came from Xiao Yanzi's men.

It turns out that Fu Erkang and Xia Ziwei caught Lu Gaoyuan causing trouble on their way here.

Little Swallow laughed and said, "Alright, let's hurry back then!"

After Lu Gaoyuan was arrested, the matter naturally reached Emperor Qianlong's ears. Qianlong looked at Lu Gaoyuan with a cold smile, "Your father and grandfather were loyal to the emperor and loved their country, yet they raised such a beast as you!"

"Hmph, my cousin Ruoyu is proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She has status, position, and power. She is the most suitable candidate to be the Fifth Prince's wife. This woman, an orphan, what qualifications does she have to be the future mother of the nation!"

"...Let me tell you, no one can compare to Xiao Yanzi. No matter how outstanding your cousin is, she's still a zero in my eyes. I get annoyed just looking at her! She's already been arrested and taken back. If you're going to help her like this, then go back and wait to die!"

"Trying to kill us? Impossible! Our Lu and Li families possess imperial pardons bestowed by the late emperor..."

Emperor Qianlong glared at him. "So what? Father Emperor said that a pardon cannot save a traitor!"

"Both of your families, prepare to face the punishment of the law!"

"Emin, immediately have them escorted back and imprison everyone from the Lu and Li families!"

Once everything is investigated, those who deserve to be beheaded will be beheaded, and those who deserve to be exiled will be exiled. In short, no one should be let off the hook!

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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Only then did Qianlong look at Rao Zhenghao, who was kneeling on the ground, and say, "Considering that you were threatened and used by others and did not actually do anything detrimental to the Qing Dynasty, I will no longer pursue your responsibility."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing my life!"

Yongqi patted Rao Zhenghao on the shoulder, "In the future, don't do anything so foolish again. If you encounter any problems in the future, take the token to the people in this place. Someone will come and tell us, and we will do our best to help!"

Rao Zhenghao kowtowed in gratitude, "Thank you, Fifth Prince!"

"Rao Zhenghao, I have heard about your affair with Miss Kang. Since I am here, I will grant you a marriage, which will be a blessing for you two lovers!"

The two bowed in gratitude once more!

"However, I will have my gifts prepared for you, but we will not attend the wedding!"

"Erkang, Xiao Jian, let's get ready and set off first thing tomorrow morning!"

Seeing that Qianlong had made up his mind, the Kang and Rao families said no more.

The next morning, the two families saw Emperor Qianlong and his entourage off together.

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At noon on March 20th, they passed by Qingxia Temple in Hengzhou Prefecture.

Looking at the surrounding scenery, Xiao Yanzi asked, "Master Ji, is this the temple that Du Fu visited? Was his poem 'Staying Overnight at Zaoshipu' written here?"

“Exactly.” Ji Xiaolan stroked his goatee and said slowly, “Do you remember when Du Fu wrote this poem?”

Qing'er chimed in, "I remember it was in the spring of the fourth year of the Dali era, when Du Fu left it when he passed by Qingxia Temple."

Ji Xiaolan nodded. "Saiya, do you know this poem?"

Saiya pouted and shook her head. "I don't even know this Du Fu, how would I know what poems he wrote?"