Li Zhan tightened his grip on her wrist, "Do you dare to say that you are not a spy planted by Chen Junliu beside me?"
"But I haven't carried out any missions since I entered the Regent's Palace. Your Highness, don't you know whether I have harmed you or not?"
"You're so sharp-tongued." Li Zhan let go of her hand.
He found himself softening his heart, especially when he saw her pale face when she was injured, and her stubborn look when her wrist was pinched without a word.
That's all.
That’s all!
As long as he kills Chen Junliu, Shen Shuyi will no longer be anyone's pawn or spy!
Li Zhan was so angry that his eyes turned red.
She pretended that her wound hurt, made a soft hiss, and bit her lip without saying a word.
Li Zhan's eyes moved, and he subconsciously wanted to ask her where it hurt.
But he wanted to teach this little liar a lesson so that he wouldn't hide anything from him in the future.
So I held back and didn't move.
"Don't you have anything to say?"
"No." Shen Shuyi's face turned even paler, and his body trembled slightly.
Li Zhan's eyes were terrifyingly dark. "Don't you know that I hate betrayal the most?"
"I have never done anything to betray you," Shen Shuyi leaned over aggrievedly, "The prince said before that he would marry me and make me the happiest woman in the world, but now..."
"That's not the right answer!" Li Zhan didn't know why he was asking for trouble and why he was talking to this little liar.
He pinched Shen Shuyi's chin, "You really have never betrayed this king?"
Shen Shuyi nodded without hesitation.
"No."
"Are you the spy that Chen Junliu planted beside me?"
"Hasn't Your Highness investigated everything thoroughly? If you don't believe me, why ask more questions?"
Faced with her stubbornness, Li Zhan felt a sharp pain in his head. He endured the dizziness and stood up to leave.
When she left the house, she said to the gatekeeper, "She is not allowed to leave the house without my permission."
The future princess was placed under house arrest, and the entire Regent's Palace was eerily quiet.
…
In Concubine Zhen's palace, Chen Junliu was furious as he held Lu Zhen'er, who had been strangled to death with a white silk thread.
"Li Zhan!"
"Li Zhan! I want to kill him!"
Chen Junliu's face was distorted by the overwhelming anger, and he swept all the objects in the hall to the ground to vent his anger.
The palace servants in the hall knelt on the ground and trembled with their heads down, fearing that they would anger the emperor and be beheaded.
What made Chen Junliu most angry was not Lu Zhen'er's death, but that he failed to kill Li Zhan, and he was even more angry about Chen Shuyi's rebellion.
If it weren't for the arrow blocked by Shen Shuyi, Li Zhan might have died in Nanyuan Hunting Ground!
Now that Li Zhan is alive, his most capable secret guards have rebelled, and two of his trusted confidants, whom he had cultivated with great difficulty, have died in one fell swoop.
Once the Imperial Guard leader dies, Li Zhan will definitely have his men take over. If he really rebels...
At this time, the Queen Mother also rushed over and glared at Chen Junliu coldly.
"Your Majesty is foolish. Why would you still care about a dead concubine at this time? Moreover, all this trouble was caused by her own fault. She is a vicious and evil woman who has harmed so many children..."
"Disaster is coming, Emperor!"
Chen Junliu left Lu Zhen'er behind, staggered to his feet, and asked someone to send Lu Zhen'er away.
Mother and son wailed inconsolably. Empress Dowager Liu spoke indignantly, "Li Zhan knew Zhigao was my nephew and the emperor's cousin, but he beat him to death just like that. And Yuan Xiu... Li Zhan doesn't even care about the royal family!"
"Is he planning a rebellion?!"
Chen Junliu sighed, "His ambitions have long been clear. Now the entire Imperial City is under his control. What else can I do?"
"Emperor, I may have a plan to get rid of him!"
Chen Junliu's eyes lit up, "Mother, please speak!"
The mother and son talked in low voices.
…
The assassination of the Regent of Nanyuan Hunting has come to an end, and the position that was found to be incompetent was soon filled.
All the civil and military officials in the court knew that these officials who were filled in were all men of Regent Li Zhan.
Chen Qing walked quickly into the study, "Your Highness, I have captured the two maids beside the princess, and they have confessed everything."
Li Zhan pinched his brows, "What's going on?"
"Cui'er, Zhu'er, and...Miss Shen were all assassins from the Dark Guard Battalion. A year ago, they received a mission from His Majesty in Lu State, ordering Miss Shen to shave her skin and change her appearance to impersonate Princess Xuanhua. Later, it was the Queen Mother who bestowed the princess upon the royal palace."
"Miss Shen has not contacted His Majesty since arriving at the palace, but Cui'er and Zhu'er have been in contact with the palace. During this time, Zhu'er gave Miss Shen poison twice and asked her to put it in your food..."
"Your Highness, do you need to call the court doctor to see you?"
Li Zhan nodded slightly. He hadn't had a good rest for several days, so there were a lot of red bloodshot in his eyes.
She had made the soup herself many times, and he drank it all every time, without any precautions. If she had poisoned it...
The doctor in the mansion hurried forward to take the patient's pulse and breathed a sigh of relief after the examination.
"Your Majesty, you are not poisoned."
Li Zhan's eyes lit up slightly, and his depressed mood became a little better.
Shuyi indeed did not lie.
Realizing this, Li Zhan felt a little happy.
As long as he kills Chen Junliu, Shuyi will always be his.
Li Zhan suddenly understood, "Call the ministers, I have something to discuss with you."
On their way here, the shogunate officials had a vague guess that things were going to change. They were extremely excited. What was the point of keeping an incompetent emperor? Of course, the capable one should take the throne!
At first they thought the emperor was incompetent, but they didn't expect him to be so greedy that he secretly supported his relatives to exploit the people. He even embezzled the disaster relief funds, causing the people in many cities to suffer and die.
Now he even wants to interfere in the imperial examination.
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