Chapter 71: Double Agent
Li Yuanying knew that something was wrong with Li Yuanxi, but when she heard these words from his mouth, she still couldn't believe it.
"What did you do to my brother?" Li Yuanying tried her best to restrain her inner fear and anger.
The man in front of him, who looked exactly like Li Yuanxi, shrugged lazily. "What else can I do? Your husband has made me neither human nor ghost. Naturally, I can only ask the Li family to pay the debt."
Li Yuanying had a bad feeling. Due to weakness and fear, she began to sweat all over.
"Don't worry, he is not dead. He just switched bodies with me." The prince who occupied Li Yuanxi's body said this easily.
But these words were like a knife stabbing into Li Yuanying's heart.
The prince gently stroked Li Yuanying's face, then moved from her neck to her arms, and then to her fingertips.
"It's a pity that your brother's body is too small. He needs to grow taller." After saying this, the prince made an obscene expression with Li Yuanxi's childish face.
"Where did you lock him up?" Li Yuanying asked in a cold tone.
The prince winked and said with a smile: "Do you think I would tell you? Hey, maybe he is dead now."
"You won't let him die," Li Yuanying said firmly. "Your face is the face of the next emperor. How could you possibly let him die?"
The prince's face turned ugly. What he hated most was smart women like Li Yuanying.
Originally, he only wanted to swap his lower body with that child, but the Imperial Master realized that the age difference between them was too great, and that forcing a body swap would cause problems. Ultimately, they had to resort to a full soul swap. This meant he could no longer legitimately ascend the throne, and ultimately, he had no choice but to place Li Yuanxi, who had occupied his body, on the throne, making him a puppet emperor.
Whenever the prince thought of this incident, he was filled with displeasure, but he had no other choice.
"Your Highness, you don't think that Master Fu Yu will really help you become the emperor, do you?" Li Yuanying said softly.
The prince was stunned: "What do you mean by this?"
Sure enough, this silly prince still didn’t know Master Fu Yu’s plan.
"Master Fu Yu brought you to Buzhou Mountain, telling you to use me to trick the demon pill back from Qilang, right?"
The prince didn't say anything, but from his alert expression, Li Yuanying could tell that she guessed right.
"I don't know how Master Fu Yu explained his relationship with Qi Lang. But I can tell you one thing for sure: he's nothing more than a spy from the Fuxi Clan lurking in Chang'an."
The prince's pupils suddenly widened. He seemed to have heard something outlandish, and then he denied it, "Impossible!"
"He... He has been assisting me since I was a child, and he even saved me. How is that possible?" The Crown Prince sneered, "Don't think you can alienate me and Imperial Preceptor Fu Yu with just a few words."
"He wants you to trick the demon pill back from Qilang because Qilang wants to elope with me and take it with him, and the Fuxi tribe will definitely not agree. The demon pill of the late emperor is extremely powerful, the best in the world. It can fulfill all your wishes, it all depends on how you want to use it. Therefore, there are too many people who want to obtain it, including your Fu Yu Imperial Master."
"Yes, Imperial Master Fu Yu did want the Demon Pill, but he wanted me to get it to help me defend Chang'an." The prince began to defend himself. "After the Yuanming Realm was broken, Imperial Master told me that the Fuxi Clan would definitely invade. I must get the Demon Pill to defend Chang'an."
"Oh? Really? So he asked you to hide me in this barrier-bound inn just to defend Chang'an?" Li Yuanying sneered. "Do you know that the Fuxi tribe has already invaded, and they'll soon massacre Chang'an? By then, all your people will be dead. Who will you be the lord of? A commander without any troops?"
The prince's face turned red and white: "You are talking nonsense, Imperial Master, Imperial Master——"
"National Master, do you think he will protect Chang'an? Then he hid me and the demon pill here, intending to fight against the Fuxi Clan on his own?"
The prince was left speechless by Li Yuanying's repeated questions.
"He just wants to kill you and me, and then he'll say the demon pill is missing so he can keep it for himself."
When the Crown Prince heard this, his face turned pale and his whole body began to tremble. "No, the Imperial Master wouldn't do that. He wouldn't kill you because he said that in order to protect the Li Family's goddess, you and he have a life-link. If you die, he will die too. He must be on our side, otherwise he wouldn't protect you. The people of the Fuxi Clan can't wait for you to die!"
When Li Yuanying heard this, she frowned. No wonder after she was locked up in the water dungeon that day, she was about to die from the backlash of the blood bracelet. But when she woke up again, not only was she not dead, but the cold symptoms on her body had disappeared. It turned out that it was because of the Lian Ming Mei!
It turned out to be Lian Mingmei.
This kind of evil spell can only be used between people of the same race, such as humans and humans, monsters and monsters, and ghosts and ghosts.
Since the National Master can cast a life-linked spell with him, it means that the National Master is not from the Fuxi clan, but a real human being.
Li Yuanying suddenly felt a splitting headache. All those fragmented memories of the past swirled in her mind. She really couldn't figure out why the Imperial Master wanted to save her.
Unless there is a huge exchange of interests.
Qilang's face appeared in Li Yuanying's mind. He didn't seem surprised that his cold symptoms disappeared.
And the look on his face when he was talking to me at Mount Buzhou, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.
It's him.
He promised the national master to break through the realm, and the national master promised him to save himself.
He had no one else to turn to, he could only turn to Master Fu Yu, who knew forbidden techniques and could control people with benefits.
However, if that was the case, her life would be linked to that sinister and cunning villain.
Live and die together.
Li Yuanying suddenly felt nauseous, and a surge of anger surged from her chest.
It took a long time for Li Yuanying to calm down.
"So that's how it is. Then the only one who will die is you, Prince." Li Yuanying's voice sank, without any emotion.
The prince fell on the bed and his whole body began to go limp.
"No, no, why would he do that..."
"Of course it's for power, for the highest throne."
"No, no."
"Prince, do you know what someone who truly wants to protect your throne would do?"
When the prince heard Li Yuanying say this, he raised his head, as if he had grasped the last straw.
"That is, just like me, I will set up the Yuanming Great Seal, and then, at the first light of tomorrow's morning, I will set up the formation, recast the Heavenly Chain, and restore the protection of the Five Gods. From then on, humans and demons will not interfere with each other, and we humans will be able to rest in peace forever."
The prince froze in place, staring at Li Yuanying in a daze.
"This is what I've been doing, and you've been stopping me."
Li Yuanying's words were like a cold knife, cutting into the prince's heart again and again.
"My Li family has served the imperial court loyally for a hundred years and has never betrayed any emperor. Your Highness, our loyalty is witnessed by heaven and earth. Why can't you see it?" Li Yuanying became increasingly agitated. "Your Highness, look at what you've done. It's truly chilling to the very core of our Li family. Do you know that Li Yuanxi is my father's only hope?"
The prince's lips began to turn white. He looked at Li Yuanying and could not answer.
Li Yuanying's words were nothing but heart-breaking rhetoric. The reason why she wanted to recast the Heavenly Chain was certainly not for his throne, but only for the long-term peace and prosperity of her people.
"So, Prince, please stop being confused and wake up. You—"
Li Yuanying wanted to say something but was interrupted. Someone pushed the door open. Li Yuanying and Prince Fu looked in the direction of the voice and found that the person who came was Master Fu Yu.
"What are you talking about?" Master Fu Yu said in a low voice.
Li Yuanying quickly shut up.
The Crown Prince stood up and slapped Li Yuanying fiercely: "You traitor! How dare you sow discord between my Imperial Masters!"
Li Yuanying's eyes turned black from the beating. She had already lost a lot of blood due to the black peach wood, and now she was beaten by the prince. Her body was almost unable to bear it.
Imperial Preceptor Fu Yu glanced at the Crown Prince, then at Li Yuanying: "Your Highness, I don't know what she said to you, but you must never believe anything the Li family says again."
"Yes, Imperial Master."
"Prince, the prince of the Fuxi tribe has already attacked with his soldiers. Their goal is to retrieve the demon pill. I will go and lead them away. What you have to do is to guard Miss Li and don't let her run away. Do you understand?" Master Fu Yu warned.
"yes."
"Otherwise, all our efforts will be wasted."
"I know, Imperial Master. We have put in so much effort to make this woman lose the ability to resist. Everything is going according to plan. I will keep a close eye on her." The prince promised.
"As long as we can get through tomorrow morning, everything will be over." Master Fu Yu's face was covered with a white jade mask, so his expression could not be seen clearly, but Li Yuanying thought that he must be unable to contain his excitement.
He has been a double agent for so long, and now it is time for the fisherman to benefit from the conflict between the two. How can he not be happy?
Master Fu Yu handed the prince two talismans and told him that as long as they were affixed to Li Yuanying and the prince himself and stayed quietly inside the barrier, the people of the Fuxi tribe would never be able to discover them.
The prince took out the talisman, affixed it as instructed by the Imperial Master, and then sat obediently beside Li Yuanying to watch over her. Seeing that everything was ready, the Imperial Master turned around, and a golden light shone everywhere. He unexpectedly transformed into the appearance of Li Yuanying.
The prince did not seem surprised to see the Imperial Master's appearance.
Li Yuanying was dumbfounded. This woman looked exactly like her. It turned out that this was the essence of the national master's magic.
"I'll be back soon." The national teacher said this and left.
When Master Fu Yu closed the door, the Crown Prince's expression changed. He sat down next to Li Yuanying and asked, "Tell me, what should we do?"
It seems that the prince believes her.
"Let them toss around. We'll wait until daybreak and give them a surprise."
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