When the news reached the East Palace, Li Chengqian smashed the wine glass in his hand to the ground, and the scarlet wine was as violent as 놛's mood at the moment. "How can this be! That bitch Lin Qingya! How dare you plot against me like this!" 놛 roared, and the voice echoed in the empty palace, frightening the eunuchs and palace maids standing by to tremble. 놛 stood up suddenly, his robes fluttering, "Come here! Pass it down, immediately mobilize the imperial guards, surround the palace, and control the imperial study!" 놛's eyes flashed with a crazy light, and he completely gave up his disguise, revealing his true face. The guards of the East Palace immediately took action. The dense and noisy footsteps quickly broke the silence of the palace.
Lin Qingya had anticipated Li Chengqian's move. She did not stay in the palace and wait to be attacked. Instead, she laid many hidden lines in the palace in advance. She used her familiarity with the palace's terrain and her mind-reading skills to predict Li Chengqian's route of action and set traps at several key nodes in advance. When Li Chengqian's army came in a mighty force, they found that they had fallen into the trap carefully designed by Lin Qingya. The guards who had been ambushed in advance appeared quickly like ghosts and surrounded Li Chengqian's army. For a while, the flashes of swords and shadows and the shouts of killing shook the earth.
The battle was extremely fierce. Li Chengqian's army was large in number, but they were like headless flies, running around in the trap set by Lin Qingya. Although the army led by Lin Qingya was small in number, they were well-trained and coordinated. Lin Qingya personally commanded the battle. She was in good shape, wielding a long sword, like a Valkyrie on the battlefield. She calmly observed the situation on the battlefield and commanded with confidence. Every sword was precise and unsophisticated. Wherever she went, the enemies fell one after another. The battle lasted for a full hour, and ended with Li Chengqian's defeat. Li Chengqian was escorted by the guards to Li Heng. He was in tattered clothes and covered with wounds. The prince who was once high and mighty now looked like a wolf and a wolf.
Li Heng looked at the former crown prince, his eyes filled with disappointment and anger. "How dare you plot?!" Li Heng's voice was cold and powerful, shocking the entire hall. Li Chengqian knelt on the ground, begging for his life with tears, but it was all in vain. In the end, Li Heng pardoned Li Chengqian's death penalty, but deposed him and imprisoned him. The potential threat to the Li family was completely eliminated.
Lin Qingya stood in the Imperial Garden, watching the sunset. She quietly breathed in the air that smelled of earth. The wind gently brushed across her cheeks, bringing a cool breeze. It was all over. She closed her eyes gently, with a slight smile on her lips.
Li Rui rushed over and finally felt relieved when he saw that Lin Qingya was safe and sound. He stepped forward and gently held Lin Qingya's hand, his eyes full of tenderness and admiration for Lin Qingya. "You did a good job." His voice was low and firm, and he glanced at the guards around him to ensure Lin Qingya's safety. He gently hugged her and felt each other's heartbeats.
Lin Qingya seemed to have easily resolved Li Chengqian's rebellion, but in fact, she was secretly using mind reading to see through the evidence of Li Chengze's secret manipulation. These evidences are not the swords and shadows that can be found in the open, but several secret letters hidden in Li Chengze's secret room, as well as copies of letters secretly exchanged with certain ministers, which are hidden and deadly. Her slender fingers gently stroked the teacup, her eyes were deep, and the dim light in the palace reflected on her face, which made her more calm and calm. "Li Chengze...is not that simple," she whispered in a low voice, with a hint of chill in her tone.
She played along with the enemy and deliberately left some loopholes, such as leaking some deployment information to Li Chengze's spies to lure him into revealing his true intentions. A few days later, late at night, she received a message saying that Li Chengze seemed to have sensed something was wrong and came to investigate in person. Lin Qingya ordered the guards to hide, and she quietly waited in the preset trap. The night was deep, the palace was silent, and there was only the occasional sound of the wind echoing in the courtyard.
Lin Qingya saw Li Chengze approaching stealthily in black. She remained calm and used her mind reading skills to spy on Li Chengze's thoughts. "It's you." She sneered, and the guards who had been ambushing in secret quickly surrounded Li Chengze. Li Chengze saw that the situation was not good, so he drew his sword to resist. After a fierce fight, he was finally captured. Several secret letters were found on his body, which were exactly the evidence Lin Qingya expected. The guards escorted Li Chengze away, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Lin Qingya looked at Li Chengze who was taken away with cold eyes.
However, unexpectedly, Li Chengze had anticipated Lin Qingya's actions. He used Liu Quan, a secretly bribed eunuch, as a puppet to frame Li Rui and fabricate the illusion that Lin Qingya and Li Rui were in collusion. A letter was sent to Li Heng, stating that Li Rui was conspiring with some ministers to overthrow the emperor. Li Heng looked at the letter with a frown on his face. Knowing Li Rui's character, he hesitated for a moment. The handwriting and stationery of the letter were very likely to be Li Rui's. In addition, Li Rui and Lin Qingya were too close during this period, which made Li Heng even more suspicious.
When Lin Qingya received the news, she frowned slightly at first, and then immediately calmed down. She quickly analyzed the situation. There were too many loopholes in the letter, and it was obviously forged. She realized that this was the first step of Li Chengze's attack, and there was a deeper conspiracy behind it. She ordered her confidant: "Immediately investigate the source of the letter and make sure to find out the mastermind behind it!"
Finally, Lin Qingya, through careful investigation and the use of mind reading, uncovered an unexpected behind-the-scenes mastermind behind Li Chengze - Zhao Sisi. It turned out that Zhao Sisi had always been jealous of Lin Qingya's position in the emperor's heart, and secretly colluded with Li Chengze, using Li Chengze's ambition to try to remove all obstacles and eventually sit on the throne of the queen. She used Liu Quan to send a fake letter and designed this drama of Li Rui and Lin Qingya's purpose, trying to kill two birds with one stone, get rid of Li Rui, and weaken Lin Qingya's power. All the truth was revealed, and Lin Qingya presented all the evidence to Li Heng. Li Heng looked at Zhao Sisi, who was kneeling on the ground with a look of fear on her face, and finally saw the vicious face of this woman. "Lock her up in the cold palace!" Li Heng roared, and his trembling hands tightly grasped the armrests of the dragon chair.