Before the two of them said a few words outside the door, Yarou's miserable, terrified screams were heard from inside, and she cried intermittently: "I'll tell you...I'll tell you!"

Li Hong chuckled. The small backpack that Bai Lu had sewn for him a few days ago was now useful. It was filled with various snacks. He took out a piece of candy and handed it to Li Yifu, then stuffed one into his own mouth.

After thinking about it, she felt that this was a bit too much, so she took off her small backpack, took out a few candies from it and handed them to Li Yifu, saying, "Go and examine them, and tell me the results after the examination. Take these candies in to calm her down. Hehe..."

Li Yifu took the candy and nodded, then opened the door and walked in. He saw two beggars inside with flaming eyes, ready to pounce on Yarou. Yarou was forced into the corner of the room, squatting on the ground helplessly.

Li Yifu covered his mouth and nose and said in a muffled voice: "Okay, you guys go out."

After saying this, he motioned to Yarou, who was already a little mentally broken, to sit down on the futon. Hua Meng brought over the table and prepared the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone. Li Yifu handed the candy in his hand to Yarou and said lightly, "This is a reward from the King of Dai. Try it. It's very sweet."

"Devil! He is a devil! A demon!" Yarou hugged her shoulders, crying like a pear blossom in the rain, her beautiful eyes still a little dull, and she murmured.

Li Yifu ignored him, smiled and began to spread out the papers, preparing to record the confession.

After Hua Meng sent the two beggars away, he walked up to Li Hong and whispered, "Prince Dai, you don't intend to let Li Yifu touch this..."

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Li Hong sat on the railing and swung his legs. He took out a piece of candy and handed it to Hua Meng, then said, "Li Yifu is a smart man. He has the ability to judge the truthfulness of a person's words from his expression. Apart from him, it will be difficult to find someone who can see through people's hearts like him. You go in and listen, and learn something. It might be useful in the future. Just ask him to send it to me after the interrogation."

Hua Meng took Li Hong down from the railing and put him on the ground, then he walked towards the backyard in a swagger. It was unknown how many crystal plates he had made with his hard work.

I have to return to the palace eventually. In order to avoid being punished by my mother, I must bring some gifts when I go back. Ordinary gifts will make my mother feel that I am just being perfunctory, which may backfire and I will be punished more severely.

So in addition to promising my father the twenty crystal tablets, I also had to prepare some for my mother so that she could use them to reward others.

According to the original plan, if I found a way to refine mercury, I would make a mirror for my mother, so that I would be able to avoid punishment after returning to the palace. However, things did not go as I wished, and I couldn't find the way to refine it for a while.

Li Hong also specially asked Ren Lao Renyuan to make a crystal plaque engraved with a picture of a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix. He planned to give it to Concubine Xiao Shufei. He estimated that when his mother saw the plaque, she would spare Concubine Xiao Shufei's life, provided that Concubine Xiao Shufei would stop making trouble.

The "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" on the sign is different from the usual "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" pattern. The pattern shows hundreds of birds kneeling, which symbolizes Concubine Xiao Shufei's submission to her mother.

About an hour later, Li Yifu walked in with a pile of papers in his hand, looking a little unnatural. After bowing, he hurriedly handed the confession in his hand to Li Hong, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"What's wrong with you?" Li Hong was surprised that Li Yifu, who was usually calm, seemed so flustered.

"It was a close call. Fortunately, I did not take Chunyu as my concubine. Otherwise, I would not be able to escape responsibility for this matter." Li Yifu said frankly.

"Oh, that Luoyang woman is called Chunyu? This is the first time I heard of her. Is she really that pretty? As for letting you abuse your power for personal gain and even falling out with Bi Zhengyi, the deputy minister of the Dali Temple." Li Hong flipped through the confession and said without raising his head.

"Please forgive me for laughing at you, King Dai. I was also confused at that time. But fortunately, I did not insist." Li Yifu said after calming down.

“Then don’t hold a grudge against Bi Zhengyi. He was only doing his job. Let’s just let it go,” said Li Hong.

Li Yifu was stunned. He had never told anyone that he would take revenge on Bi Zhengyi. How could the King of Dai know about this? Could it really be a worm in his stomach?

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Li Hong raised his head and looked at him, smiled, and said, "Don't be surprised, I'm just guessing, but you have to remember my advice, this is also for your own good."

Li Hong naturally would not tell him his true identity as the Ninth Reincarnation, and he also happened to know about this dirty thing of his.

"Yes, I will remember the King's instructions." Li Yifu sat on the cushion, bowed and said seriously.

Li Hong continued to read the confession, and it turned out to be just as he expected. A group of craftsmen of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, as well as the Kingdom of Kucha three times later, the Tang Dynasty secretly kidnapped more than 300 craftsmen.

"Liu Shuang doesn't think he has lost face. As a Minister of the Central Secretariat, he actually helped others to issue false certificates for slaves. Wang Jing and Wang Kang seemed to be the executors. They took Liu Shuang's certificates, transported the Tang Dynasty craftsmen to the outside of the Great Wall, and then handed them over to the Kucha people." Li Hong flipped through the confession, frowned and said dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, King Dai. These craftsmen are now in Qiuci, doing their crafts. There are 110 women among them, helping the Qiuci people with silkworm production, weaving and embroidery. They seem to be treated well and are not treated as slaves."

"So what? Those who are good-looking have probably been ruined by Wang Jing and Wang Kang." Li Hong said as he closed his confession.

"Wang Kang doesn't like women, so all the pretty girls were provided to Wang Jing, and then sent to Qiuci together," said Li Yifu.

"Wang Jing is really a piece of shit. Revoking his title would be the least punishment. Why doesn't the woman have her identity?" Li Hong asked.

Li Yifu lowered his head and smiled, saying, "I don't want to tell you, saying that I am not worthy of knowing, and I will only tell you, you alone."

"Hey, she's still rebelling. Go find her two husbands and let them enter the bridal chamber again..."

"How could a dignified prince of the Tang Dynasty use such despicable means to bully a weak woman?" Yarou's voice came from outside.

Li Hong looked at Li Yifu in confusion, then looked at Yarou who walked in slowly. She seemed to have washed and dressed up, and her whole body was like a lotus emerging from water. Under the care of Bailu and Xiaoxue, she slowly walked in.

Li Yifu said hurriedly: "I will bring her here to be served by the King of Dai..."

"Forget it, everyone is here. There's no point in saying those things. It's a pity that my first arranged marriage has been aborted." Li Hong looked at Yarou in front of him with a sly smile. She, Bailu and Xiaoxue standing there each had their own beauty, revealing a different kind of beauties.

"My humble servant greets King Dai." Yarou bowed and then sat down opposite Li Hong.

"Tell me, who are you?" Li Hong glanced at her lazily, handed the confession in his hand to Li Yifu, and asked him to deliver it to Liu Rengui.

After Li Yifu stood up and said goodbye, there were only four of them left in the front hall. Li Hong looked at Yarou's charming face, gazing at her silently. Yarou did not avoid him and let Li Hong look at her.

"I guess your identity should not be simple. Wei Ying is a Tang person. The fact that he can be used by you shows that the power behind you is very strong. Liu Shuang and Wang Jing are willing to cooperate with you. I guess Wang Jing doesn't know your true identity. Liu Shuang should know something, but I'm afraid not much. Who is Bai Su Ni, the King of Kucha, to you?"

"How did you know?" Yarou was shocked. This little kid was so smart. How did he figure it out? How could he be so smart?

Li Hong looked at her with a wicked smile, and only when Yarou was at a loss did he speak: "It's not hard to guess, you are just too stupid. This time the envoys from Kucha came to our Tang Dynasty, and there was a registration at the Honglu Temple. In the accompanying team there was a daughter of the King of Kucha, who was born out of wedlock and was not valued. Right?"

Li Hong looked at the shocked Yarou cunningly and continued, "It's just that I didn't expect that the daughter of the King of Kucha would be a human trafficker at first. Now we can know it with just a little bold guess. Moreover, it has been more than two months since you came to the Tang Dynasty, and Chang'an City has never heard of the daughter of the King of Kucha. It's as if she has never come. So your identity is easy to guess."

"You..." Yarou didn't know what to say. This kid was too meticulous. If he became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the future, it would be a nightmare for Kucha. This man was definitely more terrifying than the 100,000 elite soldiers who were attacking the Western Turks.

"My name is Bai Chun, the thirteenth daughter of King Kucha." Bai Chun said.

"Bai Chun? It's a good name, but what he does doesn't match the name. Well, everything is fine here, you can go down, and as for how to deal with you, just wait and see." Li Hong stood up to see the guest off. He had to return to the palace as soon as possible. He had to ask his father to order to bring back the craftsmen who were transported to Qiuci, otherwise it would definitely be a huge loss for the Tang Dynasty.

And right now there is a bargaining chip, which is to exchange Yarou, no, to exchange Bai Chun, the thirteenth daughter of King Kucha!

"Prince Dai, I would like to give you a piece of advice. Don't expect to exchange me for those craftsmen in the Tang Dynasty." Bai Chun winked at Li Hong playfully, looking indescribably playful and clever.

"Why?" Li Hong didn't expect that Bai Chun was so smart and guessed his thoughts at once.

"The King of Dai is so smart, how could he not guess it? After I came to the Tang Dynasty, I never planned to return to Qiuci." Bai Chun hinted.

"Are you really so disliked by your father? Or has your father found you a husband who is similar to the one I gave you just now..." Li Hong said cruelly.

"Humph, if there is a next time, I will never compromise!" Bai Chun's face turned cold. Now that she had come to her senses, she thought about what had just happened. It was the little devil, the King of Dai, who was trying to scare her.

He didn't interrogate her for several days after she saw him. When they met, he didn't waste any words and directly gave her a drastic measure, which disrupted her mind and made her fall for it.

"Next time? You will be fooled again next time. No one is stupid enough to use the same method twice on the same person. But if I use it on you twice, you will still compromise and surrender!" Li Hong said confidently.

After saying this, Li Hong looked at Bai Chun and thought to himself, this is how things are in the royal family, when there are too many children, some will naturally be out of favor. So if he threatened the King of Kucha with the thirteenth daughter of the King of Kucha, it would seem a bit childish, and if he was not careful, he would be laughed at by others.

If at that time the King of Kucha gave an order to send some fourteen daughters or fifteen sons to the Tang Dynasty, I would be even more ashamed to threaten them.

Looking at Bai Chun, who had her chin raised high and looked like she couldn't be helped, Li Hong thought for a moment and said, "Bring her back to the palace tomorrow morning. We can't let her become a nuisance to Chang'an City again."