With the Third Prince's manpower, Qin Shaoyu found Li's father.

However, he changed his name and worked under the Crown Prince.

If Qin Shaoyu hadn't had someone verify the birthmark on his arm, he would have thought it was just another person who looked like Li's father.

Qin Shaoyu sent people to monitor Li's father, but they could not find Li Ruoyan's whereabouts.

Li's father has no contact with Li Ruoyan.

But Qin Shaoyu did not give up and continued to have people monitor Li's father.

He didn't believe the two of them would never see each other again.

Qin Shaoyu couldn't find Li Ruoyan, but he did find Liu Dong.

With Liu Dong's abilities, he could freely enter and leave the palace, so he could naturally discover someone hiding in the palace.

It turns out that Li Ruoyan had already entered the palace and become a favored concubine in the Crown Prince's harem.

Li's father naturally had contact with Li Ruoyan, but the Third Prince's men couldn't enter the Crown Prince's palace, so they naturally didn't know that Li Ruoyan was in the palace.

Liu Dong overheard the conversation between Li's father and Li Ruoyan, and between Li Ruoyan and the Crown Prince, and learned Li Ruoyan's true identity.

Li Ruoyan is the daughter of Prince Yu.

Prince Yu was the emperor's cousin, and his lineage had always coveted the throne.

Several years ago, the emperor discovered evidence of Prince Yu's rebellion and swiftly dealt with Prince Yu's entire lineage. Only one of Prince Yu's concubines managed to escape.

That concubine was Li Ruoyan, and Li's father was a confidant of Prince Yu, who followed Li Ruoyan and protected her.

The two fled to a rural mountain village, thinking they could only survive by living the life of farmers for the rest of their lives.

The two were satisfied with Qin Shaoyu as their husband.

Qin Shaoyu is capable of studying and will surely become an official in the future. Li Ruoyan will be able to become an official's wife and will be able to re-enter the aristocratic class.

However, plans can't keep up with changes.

The prince's men came looking for them and discovered them.

The Crown Prince's goal was the gold mine; discovering Li Ruoyan was merely a side effect, but it did bring him a pleasant surprise.

The Crown Prince and Li Ruoyan had an affair before Prince Yu fell from power.

Li Ruoyan did not spend much time in the Prince's residence. When she met the Crown Prince, he did not know that she was his cousin, who was still within the fifth degree of kinship.

The two got together, and even after the Crown Prince learned of Li Ruoyan's true identity, he never considered breaking up with her.

At worst, we can just change Li Ruoyan's identity.

But before the Crown Prince could implement his plan, the Emperor took action against Prince Yu.

Li Ruoyan had no choice but to flee with her father. The Crown Prince was annoyed, wishing he had arranged for Li Ruoyan to enter his own backyard sooner.

The prince was deeply saddened that the beauty had now disappeared.

The prince never expected that he would discover a beautiful woman in addition to the gold mine.

Although the beauty had already married, he didn't care.

Just kill the man who once possessed the beauty.

Li Ruoyan disliked rural life in the first place, so how could she refuse the opportunity to return to the capital and become the Crown Prince's woman?

Besides, she is ambitious too.

She wanted to become the emperor's concubine, and then the empress dowager...

Mr. Li fully agreed with Li Ruoyan's decision.

If Li Ruoyan gives birth to the Crown Prince's child and then ascends the throne, wouldn't it mean that Prince Yu's bloodline becomes the emperor?

If Prince Yu knew this in the afterlife, he would surely be very happy and gratified.

That's how the Qin family met their tragic end.

Li Ruoyan personally added a sedative to the soup and served it to the Qin family.

Li's father poured oil on the fire and set it on fire.

Two people stained their hands with blood in their pursuit of wealth and glory.

After setting the fire, the two men left and followed the Crown Prince's men to the capital.

Li Ruoyan successfully entered the Crown Prince's harem and became his most favored woman.

Li's father also changed his name and surname and worked under the Crown Prince. He was quite capable, and the Crown Prince was very satisfied with him, so he began to give him important responsibilities.

The two were perfectly at ease by the Crown Prince's side, completely forgetting about the Qin family.

They felt no remorse or fear, unaware that members of the Qin family were still alive and lurking in the shadows, plotting their revenge.

The Crown Prince's current situation is actually not good.

Although he put forward a scapegoat regarding the gold mine incident, the emperor still managed to trace the crown prince's involvement.

The emperor was very dissatisfied with the crown prince and had already considered deposing him, but he had not yet shown it.

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince's ambitions have grown increasingly swelled, and he has already set his sights on replacing the Emperor.

Qin Shaoyu was very good at understanding human nature. He analyzed the information he heard from the Third Prince and figured out the thoughts of the Crown Prince and the Emperor, and then told the Third Prince about it.

The third prince had a solution.

In the imperial court, the conflict between the crown prince and the emperor intensified due to the instigation of the other princes.

Liu Tong wrote a letter and asked the beggar to deliver it to Qin Shaoyu.

Although Qin Shaoyu suspected the author of the letter, he valued its contents more.

It turns out that Li Ruoyan wanted to kill her husband because she had gotten close to the Crown Prince.

Qin Shaoyu hated Li Ruoyan to the core, and he revealed Li Ruoyan's identity to the Third Prince.

Of course, he kept the fact that Li Ruoyan was his wife a secret.

The crown prince was having an affair with the daughter of the rebellious Prince Yu, who was also his cousin...

How could such explosive news not be shared with the public?
In the imperial court, the censors began impeaching the crown prince.

Many scholars who supported the "orthodox" system were disappointed by the crown prince's "**".

The crown prince's situation is now even more dangerous.

The crown prince decided to take a desperate gamble.

Prince Yu retained some power, which was still in the hands of Li's father.

Li's father gave it to the crown prince.

Combined with the Crown Prince's original power, this force is enormous.

This gave the crown prince great confidence, making him believe that he would definitely succeed.

But the Third Prince was keeping a close eye on the Crown Prince's movements.

When the Crown Prince took action, the Third Prince informed the Emperor.

If the emperor has information about the crown prince's actions, will the crown prince still succeed?
The answer is naturally no.

The crown prince's rebellion failed, and he committed suicide.

Li's father sensed something was wrong and slipped away first.

But he failed to escape the capital, and Qin Shaoyu kept a close eye on him.

He was cornered in the alley.

Li's father's arms and legs were broken, leaving him paralyzed on the ground.

Those who had beaten him left, and Li's father thought he had survived.

But at that moment, a man limped into the alley and walked up to Li's father.

Mr. Li looked up and saw a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

The facial features are familiar, but the terrifying scars on the face are unfamiliar.

"It's you! You're not dead?" Li's father exclaimed in surprise.

Qin Shaoyu squatted down: "You and Li Ruoyan didn't die, so how could I possibly die? I crawled back from hell to send you both down to hell."

Li's father begged for mercy: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I was just following orders. Li Ruoyan is the mastermind, she's the one who wanted to kill you. I tried to persuade her, but she wouldn't listen."

Qin Shaoyu: "You poured the oil, didn't you? You set the fire, didn't you? Can you say you're innocent?"

A dagger appeared in his hand: "Go to the underworld and repent to my parents."

After saying that, he plunged the dagger into Li's father's body.

Qin Shaoyu stabbed at least dozens of times, again and again. (End of Chapter)

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