Chapter 142 Who Says There Is No Successor?
Zhinu raised his eyebrows, took Liu Qingqing's hand and asked, "Do you like whatever I wear?"
Liu Qingqing always felt that something was wrong with Zhinu, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Before she could think about it, she remembered another thing.
"Sister said that you found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
The woman's eyes were as clear as a pool of spring water. Li Zhi looked at her eyes and felt a little itchy in his heart.
I couldn't even hear what she said.
Liu Qingqing repeated her words again, "Sister Zhinu said you found His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Zhinu was stunned and nodded in surprise.
The little girl's eyes lit up instantly. "Really? Then did you ask for a reward from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Li Zhi held the little girl's soft hand and asked, "Are you asking for a reward?"
Liu Qingqing nodded seriously, "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so powerful, you can ask for a legitimate identity for His Royal Highness, so that he won't have to wear a mask every day."
Li Zhi looked at Liu Qingqing and suddenly asked, "Why does Qingqing think that the Crown Prince is so powerful?"
The little girl's face flushed instantly, and she said in a very naive voice, "Everyone says that."
Although he knew that what the little girl said was meaningless, Li Zhi suddenly felt jealous, "So does Qingqing like the prince?"
Li Zhi wanted to tell the little girl his identity, but was afraid of scaring her.
Liu Qingqing shook her head seriously. "No, I don't like the palace. My dream in the future is to travel all over the mountains and rivers with you."
Li Zhi's eyes suddenly became serious.
She actually doesn't like the palace. What will happen when she becomes the queen in the future?
Forget it. At worst, I can hand over the government affairs to Gu Huailing in the future. He is born to be in the court anyway.
Chen Yuan returned to the study and called Sanjiu, "Find a way to get some news to the Fourth Prince's Mansion. Tell them that our people are looking for the Crown Prince again."
When Li Ji learned the news from Shen Yuan, he laughed contemptuously.
"It seems that our Prime Minister is still delusional. I want to meet him and tell him what despair means."
Inside the prison, Gu Huailing was as dignified as ever.
Li Ji was furious when he saw him like this. He looked at him arrogantly and sneered, "I heard that you are still harboring evil intentions and are searching everywhere for my missing brother, the emperor?"
Gu Huailing raised his eyelids and glanced at him without saying a word.
His nonchalant attitude made Li Ji even more angry. "You all think I'm not as good as my brother, right? Ever since I was a child, my father has always liked my brother more."
"When I grew up, the ministers looked up to my brother the Emperor in everything. We were both the Emperor's sons, so why did he have everything I couldn't?"
Gu Huailing glanced at him calmly, "You are indeed not as good as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
This one sentence completely broke Li Ji's defense.
He grabbed Gu Huailing by the collar and yelled, "So what? Isn't he still missing? Don't think I don't know. You and father have been looking for him for so many years, but can you find him?"
Gu Huailing looked at him fiercely, "If you can't find him, keep looking! I want to see him alive or dead. As long as the Crown Prince doesn't return, your Highness's thoughts will be delusional."
"Delusion? You are the ones who are delusional! At this point, I might as well tell you that my royal brother will never come back."
"He's dead. I personally set the fire to kill him and then destroyed the body!"
Li Ji laughed wildly.
"In fact, Father should have known this in his heart a long time ago, but so what? I am the only one who can inherit the Li Dynasty."
"For example, you're a trusted aide, so what? Who told you to investigate me? And in the end, you're the one who's in jail?"
Gu Huailing's expression was calm. "So it was you who killed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it was you who wrongly accused me, the Prime Minister, and colluded with the Yizhou prefect to embezzle disaster relief funds?"
Li Ji slowly let go of Gu Huailing and kindly smoothed his collar. "Yes, I did all this. The Great Jin belongs to me, so what's wrong with me doing this?"
Gu Huailing knelt down in the darkness and said, "Your Majesty, did you hear everything the Fourth Prince said?"
Li Ji's face froze, and he subconsciously took two steps back, looking into the darkness and stammering, "Gu...Gu Huailing, don't try to fool me!"
Emperor Tiansheng walked out from behind another door wearing a cloak.
Li Ji was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud.
Emperor Tiansheng raised his foot and kicked him, "You rebellious son!"
He started coughing violently after he finished speaking.
He raised his finger and pointed at Li Ji, "You rebellious son, how dare you, how dare you lay hands on your brother!"
Li Ji kowtowed to the ground again and again, "Father, I was wrong. I had no choice."
Gu Huailing walked over and looked down at him. "You had no choice? You had no choice to kill the Crown Prince, and you also had no choice to wrongly accuse loyal officials and eliminate dissidents? Then why did you embezzle Yizhou's disaster relief grain?"
Gu Huailing's eyes were filled with rare anger. "Does the Fourth Prince know that the food supplies are related to the lives of tens of thousands of people?"
Li Ji tugged at Emperor Tiansheng's trouser leg, "Father, I truly know I was wrong! I beg you to forgive me this time."
"I am your only son. If you kill me, your kingdom will be left without a successor!"
"Who says there's no one to succeed me?"
A familiar voice sounded.
Li Zhi walked towards him from afar.
He was dressed in black brocade with gold webbing, and looked coldly at Li Ji who was kneeling on the ground.
"Zhi'er?" Emperor Tiansheng looked at the person who was approaching and said in disbelief.
Li Zhi knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times respectfully. "I am an unfilial son. I haven't been in your presence for so many years. I have caused you to worry about me. I deserve to die!"
Emperor Tiansheng quickly helped Li Zhi up, raised his head and burst into tears, "Heaven will not destroy our Li family!"
He patted Li Zhi's shoulder heavily, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back."
Li Ji looked at Li Zhi and fell to the ground as if he had seen a ghost. He muttered, "How could it be? Aren't you dead?"
Then he pointed at Gu Huailing and said, "It must be you. You must have found someone to imitate my brother. You are so cruel!"
Gu Huailing's expression was cold, "I am not that capable yet."
Li Zhi walked towards Li Ji and asked, "Isn't my fourth brother disappointed that I'm not dead?"
After he finished speaking, he looked at Emperor Tiansheng and asked, "Father, can you please let me handle my fourth brother?"
When the pearls are back, the fish eyes will be left behind.
Emperor Tiansheng looked at Li Ji coldly, "Rebellious son, just for what you have done, you deserve to die a hundred times. Someone, come and convey my decree. Imprison the Fourth Prince in the Prince's Palace and await his fate."
Li Ji rolled and crawled to the feet of Emperor Tiansheng, "Father, I was wrong, please forgive me!"
Emperor Tiansheng kicked him aside without mercy. He had tolerated this rebellious son long enough!
If he wasn't the only descendant of the Li family, he would have been strangled to death long ago.
"You still have the nerve to beg for mercy! Someone, drag him away!"
Li Zhi looked at the struggling Li Ji and sneered, "Father, please calm down."
Emperor Tiansheng sighed deeply. He put Li Chi's hands and Gu Huailing's hands together and patted them.
Looking at Gu Huailing, "Shenzhi, you won't be angry with me, right?"
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