The two children that Haorong brought back were lost, and the people of Chu would not let it go. They immediately searched everywhere in Prince Xi's mansion and finally found the inconspicuous back door.
Li Tianyang stood in front of the back door, pointing at the pile of weeds, and asked Leng Xi:
"What is going on? How many people here know about this?"
Leng Xi shrugged, pretending to be ignorant. "Even I don't know about this place, so the servants probably don't know either."
"This is your home, don't you know?"
Li Tianyang turned around, looked at him with questioning eyes, and continued to question in a harsh voice:
"You have to give me an explanation for this matter, otherwise I will not let it go."
Hearing this, Leng Xi, who was already somewhat angry, looked back at him with a cold face, and said with deep hatred in his eyes:
"I'm going to give you an explanation? You secretly kidnapped two children and brought them to my Xiwang Mansion. I haven't even asked you what you wanted to do, but you're questioning me instead?"
"I don't need to tell you what I'm doing. You just need to cooperate with me. That's what you said when you agreed to cooperate with us."
Seeing this, Leng Xi shrugged with a slight frown.
"In that case, you lost the person, and it has nothing to do with me. I'm very busy, so you can take your time to find the reason."
After saying this, he turned around and left quickly, leaving only the angry Li Tianyang standing there, waving his sleeves and roaring.
"Chong'er, go inform Concubine Li..."
He must get to the bottom of this matter.
Leng Xi hurried all the way until he arrived at his study, where he felt a little more at ease.
He was not afraid that Li Tianyang would find out that he was the one who sent the person out of the house, because no one saw it at the time and they would not be able to find out at all.
He was worried that the kid named An An would tell others about this, and if that happened, all his efforts would be wasted.
That little girl is really too smart and weird...
Thinking of this, an evil idea emerged in his mind. That little girl must be gotten rid of, otherwise, she would be like a landmine that could explode at any time and blow to pieces everything he had worked so hard to build.
A man without cruelty is not a hero. Those who do great things must be ruthless.
He used this sentence to warn himself again.
…
Concubine Li came to Prince Xi's Mansion as soon as she got the news. She talked with Li Tianyang for a long time in the main hall of Prince Xi's Mansion, but no one knew what they talked about.
After Li Tianyang left, Concubine Li ordered someone to call Leng Xi to her side.
She looked at Leng Xi, with a complicated look in the depths of her eyes.
Leng Xi stood in front of her and asked casually:
"Mother, you are so anxious to come to Prince Xi's Mansion. What did Li Tianyang tell you?"
When he mentioned this, Concubine Li looked at him coldly and asked sternly:
"I heard that the hostages that the Chu people had obtained with great effort were lost in your Xiwang Mansion?"
"If they didn't see it well, what does it have to do with me? Why are they asking me?"
"But the person was lost in your Xiwang Mansion, and that woodshed has a back door. Not many people in the mansion know about this. Although the Chu people don't completely suspect you, I also know that this must be your doing, right?"
Leng Xi didn't expect that Concubine Li would guess so accurately.
He nodded without hiding anything.
"Yes, I did it. Why did you let two children get involved in a war between adults? This behavior makes me feel ashamed."
"Xi'er..."
Concubine Li suddenly raised her voice and questioned angrily,
"They are from Prince Yu's Mansion. Don't you know what it means to cut the grass and root it out? If you let them go now, you will regret it one day when they come to you with knives drawn."
Meet with a sword?
These four words made Leng Xi shudder.
Now he was about to fight a life-and-death duel with his brother, and would he have to face his nephews and nieces with swords in the future? This was truly a very sad thing.
Seeing that he was thinking about something, Concubine Li stood up from her chair, walked up to him, and said softly:
"Xi'er, you must never admit to the people of Chu that you were the one who secretly released these two children. If they knew it was you, they would no longer trust you. So, before you do anything, you must think carefully and don't act out of loyalty and end up making mistakes. Now is the critical moment to deal with Leng Yu, and we cannot be careless."
"I see."
Leng Xi lowered his head and responded to Concubine Li's words, but he was actually thinking about something else.
That child seemed to be the biggest hidden danger in his heart at this moment. Although he knew that he should not have such evil thoughts, for the sake of his own future, he must not lose the big picture for the sake of the small.
…
After returning to Prince Yu's Mansion from the palace, Huaiyu and An'an told Luo Lan the story of how they were caught by bad guys while watching a monkey show, then locked up in a woodshed, and finally rescued by a young uncle.
Luo Lan was terrified when he heard them say that the night they spent in the woodshed was terrible, with rats infesting the place and strange noises.
Luo Lan hugged the two children tightly and comforted them distressedly:
"From now on, Mom will be by your side to protect you. I will never let something like this happen again."
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a noise outside. Then, Xiao Lingzi pulled Fang Qiu's arm and came to Luo Lan. He pulled her sleeve and said coldly:
"Quick, kowtow to the princess and the young lady and master and admit your mistakes."
Fang Qiu stood there with a pout, looking reluctant.
Seeing this scene, Luo Lan asked in confusion:
"General Ling, what are you doing?"
Xiao Lingzi knelt on one knee, clasped his fists apologetically and said:
"Princess, on the day the young lady and the young master went missing, if Fang Qiu hadn't been there to stop me, Zhang Yuan and I wouldn't have been distracted. Then perhaps the young lady and the young master wouldn't have been lost. So, I brought her here to confess my crime to you, and ask for your punishment."
"Why blame me? I didn't know what was going on at the time."
Fang Qiu was instantly displeased when she saw Xiao Lingzi pushing the responsibility onto her. She looked at Xiao Lingzi with a dark face and asked harshly:
"You didn't tell me what you were doing there. I just thought you were just slacking off. You can't blame me for that."
After saying this, she looked up at Luo Lan and said seriously:
"Princess, he and I have been arguing over this for several days and almost hit me, but I really can't be blamed for this. I didn't realize they were protecting the young master and young lady, otherwise I would never have dared to stop them! You have to make the decision for me."
Fang Qiu's words were well-reasoned and Luo Lan frowned. She would order someone to investigate this matter, but the person who should be investigated was the one who locked up An An and Huai Yu, not Fang Qiu.
She also felt that Fang Qiu, who had always been carefree, was telling the truth. If she had known that things would be so serious, she would definitely not dare to do this.
At this moment, Ah Gang came to deliver the message.
"Princess, Prince Xi is here and said he has something important to discuss with you?"
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