Leng Xi looked at her with his eyes slightly narrowed, and suddenly there was a bit of disgust. This woman and Shui Luolan grew up together, why was there such a big difference between them?
However, in order to calm the woman down, Leng Xi nodded coldly.
"Of course, you take my words seriously, but you can't go out and say anything. A woman can only survive if she controls her mouth."
Shui Chunhua bit her lip, played with her long hair, blushed, and nodded shyly.
"Don't worry, Lord Xi, I won't tell anyone about this. I'll go back and wait for your good news."
Leng Xi frowned and shouted to the groom:
"parking."
The moment the car stopped, he opened the curtain door and got out of the car, then said to Shui Chunhua:
"Ask the driver to take you back. Remember what I told you. Don't say anything nonsense, or someone will make you shut up forever."
Leaving these words behind, he lowered the curtain door of the sedan chair and said coldly to the driver:
"Send her to Changliu Village."
After receiving the order, the driver raised his whip and hit the horse's back. The horse neighed and drove away.
Shui Chunhua lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and glanced at Leng Xi, then shrank her neck and smiled secretly.
She talked to herself very proudly,
"Shui Luolan, you're just the Princess of Yu, but I, Shui Chunhua, will soon be the Imperial Consort. When that day comes, I'll definitely stand before you and ask you to kowtow to me, hahahaha..."
Thinking of this, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She seemed to see herself living in the palace, becoming a royal concubine, and being served by palace maids and eunuchs.
Only Leng Xi himself knew that this was just a delaying tactic. His mother wanted him to overturn the case overnight. He had no other choice but to use both soft and hard tactics on these women.
Among them, only Shui Chunhua, a whimsical woman, was easy to fool. The other women refused to change their confessions unless their families were threatened.
When Leng Xi was thinking about these things with his head down, someone blocked his way. He raised his head with a cold face and met Li Tianyang's slightly silly face.
"Lord Xi, your methods are quite sophisticated. I admire you. I wonder if you have made up your mind and would like to cooperate with us?"
Leng Xi hated these Chu people from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for his mother's inexplicable coercion, he would never help them even if he was beaten to death.
So, he showed a look of disdain and replied coldly:
"Get out! Fool, stay away from me, or I will send you directly to Shuntian Mansion."
After leaving these words, he walked away without looking back and without hesitation.
Looking at his back, Li Tianyang showed a smug smile at the corner of his mouth, and murmured softly:
"Sooner or later, you will come to me for help."
Before he could finish his words, an evil wind blew by, and a fallen leaf blew into his face. He frowned, picked up the fallen leaf, and then raised it to his eyes, tearing it into pieces bit by bit, his teeth chattering as he bit...
As Leng Xi continued on his way, he felt that he would not be able to feel at ease unless he figured out the matter, so after leaving Shuntian Prefecture, he went straight to the palace.
In Liyuan, Concubine Li turned a deaf ear to his questions and kept interrupting him.
"Xier, how is Qiaoqiao these days? She's going to give birth soon, so you should spend more time with her."
Leng Xi had no intention of answering her question, but continued to ask:
"Mother, what's going on with that jade pendant? What's your relationship with the Chu people? Why should we help them? We should drive them out of Daning State."
"Shut up."
Concubine Li suddenly frowned and looked at him coldly, "I've already told you not to mention this matter for the time being, but you refused to listen. Not only can you not drive these people out, but when they come to you, you have to persuade them with kind words and not provoke them."
"Why?"
Leng Xi's voice suddenly rose, his eyes piercing with sternness. "They are from the Chu State, and they are irreconcilable with the Daning State. And you still want me to persuade them with kind words? I will order them to be arrested and sent to the Ministry of Justice for questioning."
After saying this, Leng Xi turned around angrily and strode away.
"stop."
Concubine Li called him in a stern voice. The moment Leng Xi stopped, she quickly came to him, stared at him with resentful eyes, bit her lip, and said with a look of loss:
"Do you think I want this? I have no other choice..."
At this point, Concubine Li heaved a sigh of relief, narrowed her eyes, and shouted hysterically,
"I thought I could live a quiet life as an imperial concubine, supporting you on your way to the throne and watching your children grow up. But who could have imagined that what was to come would eventually come."
She raised the handkerchief in her hand, wiped the corner of her eyes, and continued:
"Now that things have come to this, I, Mother, will not hide it from you. In fact, I am originally from the State of Chu. I came to the palace by mistake, became the imperial concubine, and gave birth to you. But I grew up in the State of Chu, and I cannot forget my roots!"
She looked at Leng Xi seriously. She knew she couldn't tell him the truth, otherwise he would not be able to bear it.
Hearing this, Leng Xi looked at her in disbelief and shook his head in grief.
"No, you reported your ancestral home when you entered the palace. You are a woman from Jiangnan, how could you be from Chu? Don't lie to me."
"Xi'er..."
Seeing that Leng Xi's emotions were a little out of control, Concubine Li hurriedly called out to him, "Xi'er, I didn't lie to you. I've thought about it during this time. Since they are here and they say they can help you, why don't we use them? As long as you can ascend to the throne, no matter what method you use, it doesn't matter."
"No, no, I won't let the Chu people help me. I don't need it."
"Xi'er, don't be so stubborn. Can't you see the current situation of Daning State? The military power is in the hands of Liu Dechang, and Leng Yu is the general who protects the country. When did your father ever give you such an honor? In your father's heart, Leng Yu is already the best candidate for the emperor. So you can only rely on yourself to compete with them. But you have no troops and no power. How can you fight against Liu Dechang's millions of soldiers? How can you compare with Leng Yu, the general who protects the country?"
Leng Xi already knew what Concubine Li said, but he still couldn't accept the help from the Chu people.
So, he shook his head again in despair.
"Don't mention this anymore. I will handle it myself. All I can promise now is that as long as those Chu people stop doing evil, I can turn a blind eye. Otherwise, I will definitely not let them off easily."
Leaving these words behind, he took big strides and left quickly like a gust of wind.
Looking at his back, Concubine Li's face suddenly turned pale. Aunt Lu hurriedly took two steps forward and whispered:
"My lady, please take care of yourself."
"This body of mine doesn't belong to me in the first place. Whether I can keep it or not is not up to me to decide."
After saying this, she turned around dejectedly and walked towards the inner room.
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