"Your brother is also afraid... afraid of being implicated in this matter. Rather than letting the Queen Mother execute Li Liangdi, it would be better... to destroy the body!"
Even... the prince couldn't send anyone to investigate who made this doll.
If even a little bit of the news leaked out and got to the Queen Mother, she would have a handle to attack him.
Would the prince gamble for a mere concubine?
Inside, the prince frowned and looked at Li Liangdi with dark eyes.
Li Liang Di whispered softly, looking at the Crown Prince furtively, "Your Highness, do you still doubt me?"
The prince slowly shook his head, "At this point, it's you too, and it's not you... too!"
Li Liangdi didn't understand.
The prince waved at her, "Come here."
Li Liangdi stood up with a puzzled look on her face and walked towards the prince.
"Your Highness..."
The prince stretched out his hand and touched Li Liangdi's face.
Seeing this, Li Liangdi lowered her eyebrows and responded timidly.
The prince's hand slowly slid to Li Liangdi's neck.
Suddenly, with force—
"Well……"
Li Liangdi grabbed the prince's hand, staring at him in disbelief, sticking out her tongue, and mumbling incoherently, "Your Highness..."
The prince's eyes were red, but the strength of his hands did not decrease in the slightest.
After an unknown amount of time, Li Liangdi's body softened.
The prince suddenly loosened his grip, and fell into the chair as if he had lost all strength.
At the same time, a tear fell from the corner of his eye.
The prince murmured to himself, "Don't blame me... I wanted to promise you a life of glory..."
"I am the prince... I am the prince..."
…
When the prince came out of Li Liangdi's room, his mood had already adjusted.
He looked at the Crown Princess and Zhao Ying who were guarding the door and asked, "Has Imperial Physician Xing given all the instructions?"
Zhao Ying nodded and glanced into the room. "Li Liangdi..."
The prince's face was expressionless, and his voice was extremely cold. "Dead."
The Crown Princess's eyes trembled.
Although she was extremely fed up with Li Liangdi, she couldn't help but feel sad when she saw the prince killing Li Liangdi with his own hands.
She trembled and said, "Your Highness... Li's crime does not deserve the death penalty..."
The prince stood sideways, making it impossible to see his face clearly.
He simply said, "She is too ungrateful and too stupid."
…
Zhao Ying went back home.
The carriage was halfway there when it suddenly stopped.
There was a lot of noise outside, and Zhao Ying pulled aside the curtain to take a look.
I found that there was a casino opening in front of me. It was a five-story building with green tiles and red roofs. It was magnificent and it was obvious that it was a large-scale project.
Two banners were hung from the upper floor, each reading, "For the best dice skills, go to Liuyang Jiangfu to find the Color King!"
Zhao Ying frowned and clicked her tongue.
The groom said, "Your Highness, there's a traffic jam ahead. We have to change lanes."
Zhao Ying was curious about what was going on, so she asked the coachman to wait for a while.
She watched the fun.
There were several circles of people gathered around, bustling about, and one of the voices was particularly loud and prominent.
"Today is the grand opening of our 'Dice King'. My young master has specially set up a life-or-death game!"
"What is a life-or-death game?!"
"The life-or-death game is this: with ten thousand taels of silver at stake, you can bet three rounds of dice with my young master, winning two out of three. As long as you beat my young master, the winner can make a request to him!"
A big man shouted, "Any conditions are acceptable?"
The little beggar continued, "What if I want you 'Dice King'?"
The manager at the entrance of "Dice King" said confidently, "If anyone wins, the shop will give it to you immediately!"
As soon as the manager finished speaking, the whole audience became completely excited, and everyone was eager to try.
The big man patted his chest and said, "Then I won't bully your young master. If I win, just give me 100,000 taels!"
Everyone around laughed, and a woman jokingly asked, "Do you have a capital of 10,000 taels?"
The big man blushed and shut up.
Zhao Ying became more and more curious as she listened, so she sent Nanny Li to find out more.
Nanny Li returned a moment later and reported, "Your Highness, I've inquired and learned that this gambling house is newly opened. The owner's surname is Jiang, and his name is Jiang Bisheng, nicknamed Juejuezi! He's not from the capital, but from Liuyang. I heard he's extremely wealthy and always wins at every gamble!"
"Oh?" Zhao Ying asked in surprise.
Nanny Li continued, "But it was this 'winning every time I gamble' thing that caused the entire Jiang family's descendants to wither away. By the time Jiang Bisheng's generation came around, they couldn't even have children. Everyone said that the Jiang family's gambling luck was borrowed from their descendants' good fortune!"
Zhao Ying was puzzled. "I heard from this steward that the Jiang family has a young master, right?"
"Yes! Jiang Bisheng traveled all over the country looking for a doctor and medicine to treat his infertility. He later came to the capital, but still found nothing. Fortunately, on his way out, he met a group of kidnappers. Jiang Bisheng saw that the little boy in the kidnappers' hands looked very much like him, so he bought the boy and brought him back to Liuyang, naming him Jiang Youhou."
"This Jiang Youhou might have a connection to the Jiang family. His gambling skills are extraordinary, even better than his master..."
"Your Highness, I think this 'Dice King' is cheating! Don't listen to his nice words. He said he would give away everything if you lose. I thought they couldn't lose at all!"
Zhao Ying nodded in agreement.
Then he ordered the sedan bearers to take a detour.
However, when she was about to leave, Zhao Ying's heart suddenly panicked, as if she had lost something. She covered her chest with her hands, looking melancholy.
Upstairs in the gambling house, a boy of six or seven years old was wearing a green robe and a jade crown, with his hands behind his back, looking serious and solemn.
There were two followers standing behind him.
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