I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 23 Phoenix Seeking Phoenix

Having been displaced since childhood and then hanging out in brothels for so long, Li Lisi has seen too many men, so naturally she knows a lot about men. She can see that Li Chengzong is sincere.

Precisely because I can see it, I can’t understand it.

"You are a prince, yet you are willing to marry a prostitute. Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the world?"

"Life is nothing but you laughing at others and others laughing at you, that's all."

Li Chengzong smiled and said, "As long as I am happy, why should I care about other people's opinions?"

Li Lisi also smiled, but his smile was not free and easy, but bitter.

"It's easy to say, but who can really not care about other people's opinions? Besides, you are a prince, and your marriage is not something you can decide on your own. I didn't expect the Third Prince to be so naive!"

"Um...I can make my own decision about my marriage. The old man agrees."

In order to arrange his own marriage, he gave up eight or nine tenths of his family property.

"So I can agree to the first two conditions, but I really can't agree to the third one."

Both the TV series and the novel mention that Si Lili is of royal blood of Qing Kingdom, but in the novel, Si Lili is from Northern Qi. She was born poor and was not valued. She was sent to Southern Qing as an undercover agent by Northern Qi. After becoming the most popular courtesan in Zuixianju, she entertained guests as a prostitute, collected information from customers, and then sent it back to Northern Qi through secret letters.

However, in the world of the TV series, Si Lili is indeed of the royal bloodline of the Qing Kingdom.

When Emperor Qing ascended the throne, her father joined Prince Kang in rebellion and the entire family was massacred. Only she, mother and daughter, and her younger brother Li Xiaoqian were missing.

Don't ask him why he knows so much.

After all, he was the Shaoqing of the Zongzheng Temple, responsible for managing the genealogy of the royal family, clans, and relatives by marriage and other matters. Although he did not go to work to punch in, he still understood the basic things and paid special attention to Si Lili's situation.

From the perspective of ordinary people, there is nothing wrong with Emperor Qing's actions. After all, Emperor Qing ascended the throne and became the emperor. Those who once competed with him for the throne were traitors, and it was normal to execute their entire family.

What's more, he is a prince and a vested interest, and he has the responsibility to maintain the legitimacy of imperial power.

If Li Lisi's lineage were allowed to return to the Li family tree, it would be tantamount to questioning the legitimacy of Emperor Qing's throne, and it would also be equivalent to telling the royal family members that treason is an unforgivable crime.

Not to mention that Emperor Qing would not agree, even the civil and military officials in the court would not agree.

Li Lisi also understood the reasoning and nodded, "I know it's impossible for our family to return to the family tree, but as long as you can save my brother and ensure his safety, I will agree to it."

Just listen to this.

If Li Xiaoqian really wanted to be rescued, Li Lisi would not be willing to do so.

Because from her point of view, Emperor Qing was the enemy who killed her entire family, and he was the son of her enemy.

Of course, it is not impossible to make Li Lisi fall in love with him. After all, didn’t Li Lisi fall in love with Fan Xian later?

As the son of Emperor Qing, if Fan Xian can do it, Li Chengzong can do it too.

It just takes some time and some opportunities to help Li Lisi.

It's true that the story of a hero saving a beautiful girl is cliché, but it is indeed the quickest and most effective way to win a beautiful girl's heart.

"Your brother must be rescued. After all, he is my future brother-in-law. I will rescue him and ensure his safety without you telling me."

"brother in law?"

Li Lisi was stunned for a moment, then smiled brightly, "Your Highness, are you so confident that I will marry you?"

Li Chengzong almost knew all her secrets, and Li Li thought about it and relaxed. She hadn't experienced the feeling of not having to pretend in front of others for a long time.

"I have always been confident in myself."

In terms of appearance, he is a younger version of Chen____, and should be no less attractive than Zhang____.

At least in Li Chengzong's opinion, the two are at least evenly matched in terms of appearance.

Thesis... Well, this is really incomparable. After all, he is a great man who can recite the entire Dream of the Red Chamber from memory.

In terms of martial arts, I win!

Moreover, he knew Li Lisi earlier than Fan Xian.

Not to mention an absolute advantage, it's at least a draw. There's no reason why he's inferior to Fan Xian.

Li Lisi didn't respond to Li Chengzong's words. She smiled and changed the subject: "I have a question for you, Your Highness. How did you know my identity?"

"I am the Junior Minister of the Zongzheng Temple, and it is recorded in the royal family genealogy. As for you, you are now a secret agent of the Northern Qi Dynasty."

Li Chengzong paused, unable to find a perfect excuse, so he said vaguely, "Don't think your identities are kept secret. Many people in Qing know that you are spies from Northern Qi."

For example, Lin Gong knew that Si Lili was a spy from Northern Qi, and later used this to threaten her. He planned the assassination on Niulan Street, and lost his life as a result.

Upon hearing this, Li Lisi instantly became nervous again: "Besides you, who else knows that we are Northern Qi spies?"

"I don't know about that, but what I can tell you is that the owner of Zuixianju is the Ming family, and the Ming family is Li Yunrui's dog."

"Your Highness the Third Prince wants to use us to deal with the Princess?"

Seeing Li Lisi's joking expression, Li Chengzong suddenly understood a lot of things.

It is impossible for Zuixianju not to know that Li Lisi has an expert guard.

So why can they still hide safely?
This means that Zuixianju already knew their identities as Northern Qi spies.

Think again about the relationship between Zuixianju and Li Yunrui, and that Li Yunrui and Li Chengze had long been in collusion with Northern Qi and had secret dealings with each other.

It can be preliminarily judged that they followed the path of Li Yunrui or Li Chengze.

But unfortunately, Li Lisi underestimated Li Chengzong.

"If I want to deal with Li Yunrui, I don't need to rely on others. Everything I say to you is from the heart. I don't want to get involved in your affairs, so let's talk about something else."

"What do you want to talk about, Your Highness?"

"Let's talk about who spread the rumor that I'm fat and that I'm an uneducated loser."

In fact, he can tolerate the rumor that he is uneducated and unskillful.

But I really can't stand the fact that they all say he is stupid and fat as a pig.

You can insult my talent, but you can't insult my appearance.

This is Li Chengzong’s bottom line.

Li Lisi smiled narrowly, "Didn't Your Highness say that you don't care about other people's opinions?"

"I don't care, but I can't let others provoke me without fighting back, otherwise everyone will be able to step on me."

"There is no rumor among the people that His Highness is stupid and fat. It's only some children from aristocratic families who are spreading the rumor." Li Lisi said, giving the names of several people.

According to Li Lisi, the person who spread the most rumors about him was Zhou Dewang who was on the ship before.

It was obvious that Li Lisi said the name just to watch the fun. Li Chengzong didn't mind, he wrote down the name, thanked him, and picked up the wine glass on the table.

"Don't drink!"

After talking for a while, he felt a little thirsty. When he heard Li Lisi shouting "Don't drink", he remembered that there was medicine in the wine. But it was too late because he had already drunk it.

So Li Chengzong pretended to be dizzy and then fell on the table in a daze.

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

After shouting a few times and getting no response, Li Lisi pulled out the hairpin on her head.

In the reflection of the candlelight, the tip of the sharp hairpin emitted a hint of cold light.

He tried to do it again and again, but in the end he failed.

He is obviously the son of my enemy, why can't I bear with him?

Li Lisi asked himself secretly.

Just as Li Lisi was thinking secretly, Li Chengzong suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her, and asked with a smile: "Future Madam, why don't you do it?"

That look seems a bit mean.

Li Lisi was startled and exclaimed, "Why are you okay?"

"I asked first, you should answer me first."

"childish!"

Li Lisi rolled his eyes at Li Chengzong and said directly, "I'm afraid of death. Everyone knows that you came to my pleasure boat tonight. If you die, we won't be able to leave Kyoto."

The fear of death is real.

You can tell from the plot after Li Lisi was arrested in the TV series.

However, Li Chengzong always felt that there were some other reasons.

"anything else."

"In Qing Kingdom, you are the only one who knows all my secrets." Li Lisi looked at Li Chengzong's handsome face and sighed, "It's too tiring for me to keep secrets by myself."

"So you always feel lonely in the dead of night and want to find someone to confide in. Do you need a male best friend like me?"

Li Lisi nodded and asked, "What is a male bestie?"

"A bestie is a close friend in your boudoir. A male bestie is a male friend who can come into your boudoir and talk to you about your innermost thoughts."

Li Chengzong explained and said with a smile: "Although a male best friend is not bad, I don't want to be your male best friend, I want to be your husband."

Before, he always wanted to sleep with her, but now she is immune to words like husband.

"Are you really a prince?"

Li Lisi looked at him strangely, "How could a prince say such shameless words? It really opened my eyes."

"I have something even more shameless, do you want to hear it?"

"Scoundrel!"

Li Lisi snorted, "You haven't told me why you're okay?"

"Your drug is useless against real masters."

After drinking it, Li Chengzong found that the drug was not effective.

Not to mention the grandmaster, even for a ninth-rank expert it would only cause a momentary dizziness.

"Are you an eighth-rank master?"

Li Lisi was shocked and said to himself, "No, an eighth-rank master can't recover so quickly. You are a ninth-rank master? How is that possible? You are so young."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengzong immediately became unhappy.

"How can you tell that I'm small? I'm already very big, you can't even hold me in one hand."

"You're only seventeen this year, how old are you?"

Seeing Li Lisi's angry and unconvinced look, Li Chengzong smiled, stood up and said, "You will know whether I am big or not in the future. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm leaving."

"You're not staying?"

"You won't sleep with me if you stay."

Li Lisi choked and said unhappily, "Go, go, go, hurry up."

"Future Princess, why don't you send your future husband off?"

"You...shameless!"

"I'm really leaving, bye!"

Li Chengzong stopped teasing her and walked out of the cabin.

After a long while, Li Lisi came to the bow of the boat, and saw Li Chengzong standing there, looking at her with a smile.

"Hehe, I knew you would come to see me off, future wife, husband is leaving."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Lisi and the maid at the bow saw a flash before their eyes, and Li Chengzong's figure disappeared. Then a leisurely voice was heard.

"There is a beauty, I never forget her after seeing her. If I don't see her for a day, I miss her like crazy. The phoenix is ​​flying high, and people are looking for her all over the world..."

Looking in the direction where the sound came from, I saw a figure on the river surface, rising and falling with the toes lightly stepping on the waves. Bathed in the quiet moonlight, he looked a little unreal.

"What is the name of this poem?" Li Lisi shouted with all his might.

"The phoenix seeks the phoenix."

The figure stood on the roof of an attic in the moonlight. He shouted over here, then floated away and disappeared from sight.

"A phoenix seeking a phoenix? I never thought this little rascal would have such talent."

Li Lisi muttered to himself and looked away, but he didn't notice the slight curve at the corner of his mouth, like a faint smile.

The maid also nodded in agreement, "Miss Lili, this Master Li Xiu is not only talented, but also a master, at least a ninth-rank master."

"Ok, I know."

"Miss Lili, do you know which family this young master belongs to?"

"Prince, His Majesty the Third Prince!"

(End of this chapter)