"How dare the prince...?"

"Besides, your Majesty's great treasure will be given to the prince sooner or later, why would he do that?"

Li Xiuzhu shrugged.

"I don't know about that. Who knows what's wrong with your son?"

"Could it be a mistake? Maybe someone deliberately framed the prince?"

Li Xiuzhu shrugged again.

"I saw His Majesty tie up the prince, so there shouldn't be any mistake. As for whether it was a frame-up as you said, I don't know."

"But if you go back now, the prince will surely die."

"Your Majesty only kidnapped the prince at first, obviously out of consideration for the father-son relationship, but if you go back now, what would Your Majesty think?"

"Would they think you were making a backup plan and were ready to fight to the death?"

"Will they think that you, the queen mother, are involved? You are a suspect now."

When the queen heard this, her whole body went limp and she could no longer stand.

If Your Majesty believes that she and the Crown Prince are conspiring to rebel, then one can imagine what awaits her.

"My dear...Xiuzhu, what should I do to keep the prince and I alive?"

Even though the situation was extremely dangerous, she still couldn't bear to leave her son. After all, he was her only son and he carried 90% of her love and hope.

"The best thing for the prince is not to move. Since His Majesty has only kidnapped the prince, then he probably doesn't want to kill him."

"At least that's probably the case if you don't move."

"As for you, don't move. Please take the initiative to apologize when you return to Beijing."

"Since you really don't know, His Majesty can only give you two options at most."

"One is to banish you to the cold palace, and the other is to depose you from your position as queen."

"..." After a long silence, the queen sighed softly.

"Xiuzhu, if you become successful in the future, I hope you can help us for Liuli's sake."

Li Xiuzhu shrugged and smiled.

"We're a family, as it should be."

Li Xiuzhu continued, "I have stayed long enough, and it is inevitable that His Majesty will hear the news."

The queen's face changed when she heard this, but before she could say anything, Li Xiuzhu continued, "If you ask, just say you want to use your power to pressure me to arrange for you to go to the capital."

"Later, I told you about the prince's matter, and you asked me for help."

"You tried to test me several times, but I refused to give in. Later, you offered me two beauties and a fortune, and then I helped you analyze the situation."

"You are not satisfied with the result. Let me think of a solution. I thought about it for a long time and I can only think of one solution, which is to retreat in order to advance, sincerely admit the mistake, and ask for forgiveness from His Majesty."

"Remember, be a little hesitant when you speak."

Upon hearing this, the queen nodded quickly, appearing extremely well-behaved.

After being fined, Li Xiuzhu didn’t stay long and left.

At this moment, everyone looked at Li Xiuzhu with strange eyes.

But no one dared to speak nonsense, because sometimes people could die if they were not restrained by words.

No wonder they looked so strange. Li Xiuzhu had been inside for nearly an hour, and outsiders were not allowed to get within three feet of him. Anyone who could think would have made some wild guesses.

"My Lady!?"

Hearing Liu Xi's voice, the queen said, "Come in."

Liu Xi then went in and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there seemed to be no changes inside.

"Madam, are we going back to Beijing?"

"No, I'm tired. Just guard the emperor's tent."

Liu Xi was stunned when he heard this. Tired?

Liu Xi asked carefully, "Madam, do you want to prepare bath water?"

The queen narrowed her eyes suddenly.

"No, let's talk about it before we go to bed tonight."

"Go prepare food. Wake me up for dinner in an hour."

After the queen finished speaking, she lay down on the dragon couch and said no more.

After Liu Xi saw the queen lying down, he went out and started to make arrangements in a low voice.

The autumn hunting camp was stationed for seven days. During these seven days, Li Xiuzhu did not visit the queen except on the first day.

On this day, Wang Defa came to the autumn hunting camp with the imperial edict.

"My Lord, His Majesty asked you to return to the capital. In addition, His Majesty asked whether any remnants of the rebels were captured, in addition to the rebel army."

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.

“There are three.”

Li Xiuzhu handed the three strong men over to Wang Defa and said, "I did encounter dozens of assassins that day, but it was difficult to catch them at that time. We had to interrogate them."

"Many of them were killed because they took poison. There are no more left."

"These three were the ones who ran away at the time. I caught them afterwards. Eunuch Wang, please handle their affairs."

Wang Defa smiled upon hearing this and said, "Since the matter has been resolved, the Prince Consort should return the military power as soon as possible."

Li Xiuzhu was stunned when he heard this.

"Now?"

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

"Well, isn't that appropriate?"

Li Xiuzhu said calmly, "It's not that it's inappropriate, but I thought I had to meet His Majesty to take over."

"After all, the things were given by His Majesty himself, so they should be handed over in person."

Wang Defa heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty is injured and the Prince Consort knows that he needs to recover now, so it is not appropriate to hand over the work in person."

Li Xiuzhu nodded, called two ministers to witness, took out the tiger talisman and handed it to Wang Defa.

"Then I'll trouble you, Eunuch Wang."

"polite."

As Wang Defa took the tiger talisman, he said with confidence: "General, you have done a great job in protecting the emperor this time. When the emperor recovers, you will be rewarded."

Li Xiuzhu nodded and sent the person away, then got into his own carriage.

Today they will be sent back to the capital by the Sixteen Guards.

Li Xiuzhu and Zeng Peiyun were in a carriage. Looking at Zeng Peiyun, Li Xiuzhu said, "Don't stare at her anymore. I'll take you for a walk when we get to the city gate."

"Then you can go."

Zeng Peiyun's mute point had been unlocked by then. Hearing this, she looked at Li Xiuzhu warily and asked, "What is your intention in doing this?"

"attempt?"

Li Xiuzhu smiled when he heard this.

"What do you think?"

Zeng Peiyun frowned.

"I will not betray the organization."

"I have no interest in your organization. On the contrary, I am somewhat interested in you personally."

Zeng Peiyun immediately glared at Li Xiuzhu.

"Don't even think about it."

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuzhu looked at the innocent Zeng Peiyun and smiled.

I guess he's naive, at least compared to a little fox like him.

"Unfortunately, you don't have a choice."

"you……"

"Don't worry, I won't force you..."

Li Xiuzhu continued, "As long as you accompany me through the city gate, you will be free."

"You can go wherever you want to go in the future."

"But I believe that as long as you don't want to die, you will come back."

Zeng Peiyun was stunned. She didn't understand what was going on at first, but then her face changed.

"You... have such a vicious plan."

Having said that, she hasn't experienced so much, but that doesn't mean she is stupid.

Li Xiuzhu deliberately brought her to show to the people in the organization.

By then, the organization will definitely think that she has betrayed them, and will definitely hunt her down.

Just like he said, either you die or you can only find him if you don't want to die.

(End of this chapter)