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Chapter 71 The Dark Prime Minister vs. The Prince in the Cold Palace 18
"What!? Why didn't you tell me such a big thing earlier?" The emperor became more and more shocked and angrier as he listened. He pointed at Ling Mo and felt that he was going to be pissed to death by her in the next second.

"Your Majesty, I also received the news at short notice and had no time to make any arrangements. I could only drive Your Majesty away without disturbing the other party. Otherwise, if they were discovered, they would be desperate and who knows what they would do. As long as there is the slightest possibility that you will be in danger, I will not allow it."

The emperor was moved and his expression warmed up.

"Their prince is in the palace, and the soldiers are outside. So there will naturally be a time lag in the flow of information between the two sides.

"You left suddenly, and the soldiers would not get the news immediately. When they were about to surround the banquet hall, the prince of Li Kingdom, who had already known you were gone, would naturally send a message to them to evacuate."

"How did you know that Prince Li would retreat? And how did they sneak into the palace?"

“I don’t know, but at that time it was the safest method I could think of. Although it involved gambling, I was lucky and won.

"As for sneaking into the palace... I'm sure your majesty has thought of that. Of course, there is someone working with them from the inside and outside, and that person is the Minister of Revenue."

"Why didn't you say it at that time? You let Li Ruhai stay by my side for four years! Where did you put me?" His anger rose again.

"Your Majesty, I had no evidence to prove that he was the Minister of Revenue. If I told you at that time, would you believe it?"

At that time, Ling Mo was investigating corruption. If she suddenly reported the Minister of Revenue for colluding with Li Guo, the emperor would probably think that she was looking for a scapegoat for the corruption case.

The quarrel in the imperial study was over.

The palace maids and eunuchs outside the room all breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart that the prime minister was so bold that he quarreled with His Majesty as soon as he came out. He was really not afraid of being locked up again.

The emperor looked at Ling Mo and took a deep breath. "Even if there is no evidence, you shouldn't have concealed the fact that Li Kingdom sent people to almost surround me."

"Your Majesty, it was the Fourth Prince who was in charge of escorting me that night. I told him about this after we left the palace, but later the Fourth Prince said that the person had escaped from Kyoto. This means that I have no witnesses or physical evidence for this matter."

The emperor was silent, staring at the man in front of him with a heavy gaze, and finally spoke: "Send the order to detain the Minister of Revenue. You investigate the matter privately. Even if you don't find anything, find something to demote him. It's uneasy to keep this man by my side."

"I accept the decree."

"Prime Minister, please do not betray my trust."

She lowered her eyes and replied, "Of course."

"Let's talk about what you said today about taking in refugees from Dafan and Li."

"Yes."

……

After leaving the imperial study, His Majesty immediately summoned the Fourth Prince to meet him.

Ling Mo walked out of the palace gate.

On the way, he stopped at an empty palace and threw down a purple sachet, which drew an elegant arc in the air and fell into the grass.

The sachet gave off a faint fragrance, similar to the smell on her body.

She pushed open the door and entered.

At the same time, a person with the same figure and appearance as Ling Mo left from the palace gate.

Waited inside for a moment.

As expected, the fourth prince Situ Lie came in.

What caught my eye was a thin young man in noble court robes standing in front of the empty hall.

Inside the palace, ancient trees are towering, with swaying shadows that block out the scorching sun and bring a cool breeze.

She turned around at the sound.

On the stone steps, mosses are mottled and grass grows wildly. The traces of time are deeply imprinted on every brick and tile of this abandoned palace.

Her beautiful appearance was incompatible with all of this, yet strangely consistent with it, with a feeling of decadence and yet natural and quiet.

It was so quiet all around that Situ Lie could only hear his heartbeat and breathing.

"Your Highness, can you do me a favor?" She walked towards him and looked at the sachet in his left hand.

"Four years ago at the New Year's banquet, I told you that soldiers from the Kingdom of Rei had sneaked into the palace and asked you to arrest them. But we found out that they had already fled Kyoto." She stopped beside him.

"Remember..." She suddenly leaned close to his ear, and Situ Lie's Adam's apple couldn't help but move up and down, his muscles tensed, and he held his breath.

Her voice was still clear, but it was like the most poisonous aphrodisiac in the world: "You should say the same thing even when you are in front of His Majesty. Well done. Come to the Prime Minister's Mansion tonight to find me."

Her eyes fell on his face and she smiled, "You'll remember this, right?"

Situ Lie's hawk-like eyes fell on her face, his fists clenched, his eyes struggled for a moment, and he left without saying a word.

He had come to question her.

After all, it was largely because of this man that he lost his military power.

But now, his mind was a mess.

Tonight, at the Prime Minister's Mansion, find her... find her...

"The Prime Minister has a good plan." Situ Jing's voice came from behind. Ling Mo turned around and looked at him, "Thank you for your help, Your Highness."

"Oh." He smiled coldly, "You'd better worry about it at night. Fourth Brother is not someone who can be fooled easily. If I use force at that time..."

He glanced at her back calmly, and a slightly bloody and teasing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I'm afraid that tomorrow... the bleeding will not stop."

Ling Mo looked at the male protagonist who was completely different when he was in the fairy vest, and felt mixed emotions.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. From now on, we are even."

"and many more--"

Situ Jing stopped Ling Mo from leaving. Seeing how nonchalant she was, he felt a surge of anger in his heart for some reason.

"Why don't you ask me for help, Prime Minister?"

This is to win her over.

Once Ling Mo agrees, she will belong to Situ Jing's forces.

"No."

She answered calmly, then took the eunuch uniform and token he had given her.

"The Minister of Revenue is going to be replaced."

She dropped a message of return.

Situ Jing narrowed his eyes, showing vigilance.

The prime minister is a dangerous person.

……

Among those who built the hot spring palace, there were indeed workers from the Kingdom of Li, and there were indeed soldiers among them, but most of them were retired soldiers.

Later, because the construction of the hot spring palace was stopped, he left Kyoto early.

But who knows whether they really left or just pretended to leave.

The Emperor believed most of what she said today, and if the Fourth Prince helps to testify, he will believe it all.

At this point, the emperor's grudge against her would completely disappear, and he would even trust her more than before.

After all, she was wronged and imprisoned for four years, but when she came out, she was still a good subject who was loyal to the king.

Ling Mo sat in the room, her hair cascading down her shoulders, each strand of hair seemed to contain her unique tenacity and arrogance. Her posture was straight, like a sword unsheathed, sharp yet calm, standing proudly in the room.

Holding a book in hand, reading quietly under candlelight.

squeak-

The door was pushed open.

Situ Lie walked in and looked at the person under the candlelight like a madman.

"You are very bold to lie to Father like that."

"Your Majesty has a grudge against me. I just did what a subject should do. Harmony between the ruler and the subject will help me to be loyal to the country in the future."

"...Crooked reasoning."

Situ Lie knew he couldn't win the argument with her.

She was three steps away when she called a halt.

"Do you want to go back on your word?" He asked in a dangerous tone.

"Your Highness, will you listen to me tonight?"

She looked at him with beautiful eyebrows and eyes.

Looking at beauties under the lamp, the more I look at them, the more enchanted I become.

Situ Lie felt like his entire body and soul were no longer his own.

Chichi said yes.

…the candle went out.

[Host, the male protagonist is on the roof]

Ling Mo, who was sitting in the outer room, had just finished spreading the love potion and was reading a book.

At this moment, he frowned slightly [Did the male protagonist of the original plot come here? ]

[The male protagonist has never been here, but... you know, the male protagonist can't be in charge. As long as it doesn't collapse, everything else is fine. ]

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