Chapter 793 Extra: Li Sanqi 2
"Li Sanqi! It's clearly you who are ambitious, coveting the throne, and using any means necessary to win over anyone you want to win over!"
"Even the poisoning of the Empress Dowager and the killing of the deposed Crown Prince were your own wicked schemes! Your teacher and I only gave you a slight hint."
"You did all of this yourself! How dare you try to shift all the blame onto us?"
"Li Sanqi! You're such a hypocrite!"
"I'm hypocritical? I'm unscrupulous?"
Li Sanqi chuckled.
"If what I've done is considered hypocrisy, then what about you, who faked your death to escape and impersonated Fu Wenqing?"
"Lu Ming! Young Master Lu!"
Fu Wenqing suddenly looked up, staring at Li Sanqi in shock, "You, how did you know?"
"When did you find out?"
Li Sanqi laughed, "Does that matter?"
"Hahaha, I was just a fool, manipulated and used by you, Min Ji!"
“I could have followed the path that the old lady and I had agreed upon, slowly climbing to the top step by step.”
"I could have had everything wonderful in the world... family, friends, partners... they would all have stood firmly behind me, supporting me and helping me!"
"But you, Min Ji, it was you who ruined all of this!"
Li Sanqi's eyes gradually turned crazed. He took a few steps back and raised the whip in his hand high again.
"It's you, it's all your fault! You ruined my life! You destroyed everything I had!"
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault!..."
Li Sanqi lashed Lu Ming's body hard with each lash of his whip.
Beat him to death! Beat him to death! ...
Lu Ming initially hummed a couple of times, but by the end, he didn't even have the strength to hum anymore.
However, a smile played on his lips. If he were to be killed by Li Sanqi like this, it would be a relief.
Just then, Xiuwen quickly walked to Li Sanqi's side and whispered a reminder: "Your Highness, if the fighting continues, the person will be beaten to death."
Li Sanqi lashed out with the whip twice more before stopping.
Originally, I came here today to give Lu Ming a quick death and also to avenge Wen Xiu.
But now, she has changed her mind.
"Let the imperial physician examine him, lest he die."
After saying that, Li Sanqi looked silently at the two guards beside him and said, "If he dies, you will hang yourselves up to take his place."
The two guards were so frightened that they knelt down with a thud, trembling with fear. But their words were resolute.
"Your Highness, rest assured, without Your Highness's order, he can't die even if he wants to."
Li Sanqi nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
After leaving the underground chamber, Li Sanqi instructed, "Prepare plenty of incense, candles, and paper money. On the anniversary of Wenxiu's death, I will go with you to visit her outside the city."
The next day, on the anniversary of Wenxiu's death, Li Sanqi was absent from the morning court session and took a carriage to the outskirts of the city.
Li Sanqi left home quite early, but when she arrived at the cemetery on the hillside on the outskirts of the city, there were already other people standing on Wenxiu's grave.
Upon seeing someone, Xiuwen and the maids and guards accompanying her all became tense.
The head guard gripped the hilt of his sword and shouted at the group from afar, "Who are you people? How dare you not pay your respects to Princess Dingguo's carriage?"
Xiuwen and several maids stood close to Li Sanqi, and the outer guards surrounded them in two layers, everyone on high alert.
Although the Great Yan is relatively stable now, it is hard to guarantee that no one will try to assassinate Li Sanqi in order to disrupt this peaceful situation.
A short while later, two people walked over from the other side.
It was still early, and the mountain was shrouded in fog. It wasn't until the two people got closer that Li Sanqi recognized them as A Shuang, who was beside Qiao Qinghe, and Nuan Chun, who was beside Cao Weijia.
"Greetings, Your Highness! May Your Highness enjoy boundless blessings and peace!"
A Shuang and Nuan Chun knelt down and kowtowed together.
Li Sanqi waved his hand, signaling the people protecting him to step back.
Upon seeing that the visitors were from the Zhenguo Lady's residence, the maids and guards breathed a sigh of relief.
"Get up," Li Sanqi gestured for the two to stand up.
"Are you here to pay respects to Wenxiu as well?" Li Sanqi gestured to A Shuang.
Ah Shuang understood and quickly came over to support her arm.
“Your Highness, we have come on the orders of my matriarch to pay our respects to Wenxiu, Zhuxi, and… Ajiu.”
Ah Shuang hesitated for a moment, but finally spoke.
"Zhuxi was the old lady's secret bodyguard, and she died on the same day as Wenxiu."
“Ajiu was the old lady’s first bodyguard, and she even went to Da’e with the old lady and the princess. However, everyone else came back from Da’e, but she lost her life there.”
Ah Shuang was still somewhat resentful, and she deliberately said these things to make Li Sanqi unhappy.
However, as she spoke, her eyes welled up with tears, and her voice became choked with emotion.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I lost my composure and said things I shouldn't have..."
Li Sanqi shook his head: "You're right. I shouldn't have ignored Zhuxi and Ajiu."
"Perhaps, these are some of the reasons why the old lady is becoming more and more distant from me."
Her eyes could only ever see high places.
The only time she bent down to see Wenxiu, she was ultimately killed by her.
However, Li Jingyue was able to bend down and see Li Ze and Li Lan, so in the old lady's eyes, Li Jingyue was the one who was affectionate, righteous, and had flesh and blood and was worthy of being befriended.
Ashuang dared not say much about the matter between her own matriarch and Princess Dingguo, but she still had to say some polite words.
After a moment's thought, he smiled and said, "Your Highness is overthinking it."
“My matriarch has never changed, nor has she ever intended to distance herself from the Princess.”
"She was talking about you at home just a few days ago. She said that the Princess is now busy with her affairs and doesn't visit the Qiao residence anymore, which makes her quite sad."
Li Sanqi asked with a smile, "Is this really true?"
Before A Shuang could reply, Li Sanqi jokingly reminded her, "Don't let your old lady kick me out again if I go!"
Ah Shuang smiled awkwardly and remained silent.
The old lady did mention the eldest princess, but she certainly didn't miss her.
The old lady mentioned the eldest princess a few days ago because she suspected that the eldest princess had hidden the prince consort's family.
The old lady's desire to avenge Wenxiu and Zhuxi was genuine.
However, once everything had settled down and they tried to find the Fu family again, they discovered that the Fu family had long since vanished without a trace.
After further investigation, it was discovered that the Fu family had left Beijing and returned to their hometown six months earlier.
However, before they even reached their hometown, they were robbed on the way, and their entire family was wiped out.
Fu Wenqing, who remained in the capital because of his official position, suddenly missed his roll call one day and then disappeared.
The government officials searched for a while, but they still couldn't find Fu Wenqing's whereabouts.
Six months have passed, and there is still no news of Fu Wenqing who disappeared. Whether he is dead or alive is unknown.
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