Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

If they really rebelled, given the Empress's temper, she would definitely have burned herself to death in Weiyang Palace again.

At that point, his system will be rendered useless.

It's not worth sacrificing the system for an emperor.

Hey.

When the ink from Li Yunsheng's vermilion brush dripped onto the list, he finally came to his senses.

With a stroke of the pen, he put a checkmark on Taishu Wei's name.

This man is skilled in both literature and martial arts, and possesses exceptional intelligence. If he were to be allowed to get involved with the Empress, it would definitely cause future trouble.

For the Great Chu, having one wise and brave man is enough.

His gaze swept over the names on the list from top to bottom, one by one.

However, he overlooked the name of the Grand Historian Wenren Xu.

After doing all this, Li Yunsheng stretched.

At this moment, Liu Quan knocked on the door and entered.

Li Yunsheng looked up: "What is it?"

"Your Excellency, General Ling requests an audience."

"Let him in."

A moment later, a handsome man with a long sword at his waist walked into the house.

Behind him were four servants carrying a large box.

Anyone who didn't know better would think someone was delivering a gift to him late at night.

"General Ling, what is it?"

Ling Zuo is the Grand General of the Golden Guard, the most skilled general among the sixteen guards of the capital, and also his confidant.

Li Yunsheng had Ling Zuo sparred with Wei Xiang before, and Ling Zuo lost by only half a move.

With officials accompanying her on this trip, the Empress is unlikely to openly take action in front of them.

Therefore, he did not mobilize the Imperial Guards of the capital.

However, for safety's sake, Ling Zuo was secretly allowed to accompany them.

As the saying goes, it's not about the quantity of soldiers, but their quality.

Ling Zuo clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"My subordinates found a man in black outside the hunting palace and captured him to hand him over to Prime Minister Li."

"Oh?"

Li Yunsheng looked at the large box.

"Open the box and take a look."

Chapter 35 Give Her Another Chance

The box was opened.

Inside was an elderly man with gray hair, dressed in black.

At this moment, he was bound with iron chains and had a rag stuffed in his mouth.

"Um-"

The old man squinted, and soon his eyes adjusted to the brightness of the room.

But when he saw clearly what the young man sitting not far away looked like, he immediately fell silent.

Li Yunsheng glanced at the old man in the box; he didn't recognize him.

However, judging from the old man's appearance, this person probably knows him.

"You know me?"

Ling Zuo explained from the side.

"This person is a master. His appearance near the hunting palace dressed like this must mean he has ulterior motives."

The old man closed his eyes again, clearly not wanting to answer Li Yunsheng's question.

Wei Xiang spoke up.

"Second rank".

Second-rank master!

Li Yunsheng originally wanted to interrogate the suspect himself, but upon hearing the words "second rank," he immediately abandoned the idea.

If the other party suddenly attacks, my small body can't withstand it.

Li Yunsheng glanced at Wei Xiang beside him and said, "This man is yours."

Wei Xiang understood immediately, stepped forward, and looked the old man up and down.

Hearing the noise, the old man looked up and saw a young woman with a stern face standing in front of him.

He hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem, and then closed his eyes again.

Wei Xiang raised his foot, pulled his leg back, rotated slightly, and kicked out hard at the old man's chest.

puff--

With a series of cracking sounds, the old man suddenly opened his eyes.

Because his mouth was stuffed with rags, two streams of blood spurted out of his nostrils.

"Cough, um—cough, um—"

Because he couldn't catch his breath, the old man's face turned red, and he almost passed out.

He hadn't expected a little girl to hit so hard.

Caught completely off guard, he was stepped on and bled.

As his vital energy circulated, the old man hurriedly protected his heart, no longer daring to let his guard down around the woman before him.

Wei Xiang asked in a cold voice.

"Will you tell me or not?"

Seeing that the old man didn't speak, he continued to circulate his internal energy.

She raised one of her long legs high, performing a split.

Then, it fell suddenly.

boom!

This heavy kick directly interrupted the old man's flow of qi.

The surging air currents shattered the box, sending the old man's hands, feet, and head flying high into the air, with another spurt of blood gushing from his nose.

"Stubborn to the end."

Seeing that he still didn't speak, Wei Xiang raised her foot again.

"Mmm-mmm-mmm—"

The old man looked up and sobbed, nodding and winking at Li Yunsheng repeatedly.

Bang, bang, bang...

Ling Zuo reminded him from the side.

"He might want to speak up."

With a puzzled look on his face, Wei Xiang bent down and removed the rag from the old man's mouth, which was already soaked with blood.

At this point, the old man was barely clinging to life.

"With my mouth gagged, how can I say anything..."

Cough cough cough...

Li Yunsheng looked at the old man and, with the help of his innate skill, asked again.

Who are you?

"My name is Bei Ye, and I am just a warrior."

"Northern State? The Great General of Yan, aren't you dead?"

Bei also remained silent for a moment.

"You've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not a general of the Great Yan."

【sad】

In fact, even without any special talent, Li Yunsheng knew that this old man must be Bei Ye from the Former Yan.

They have the same name, and their ages match.

Although he had just started learning martial arts, he didn't know much about the affairs of the martial arts world.

But he also knew that second-rank experts weren't like cabbages lying on the roadside, which were everywhere.

However, everyone present was a young person.

They had only heard of Kita's name, but no one had ever seen him in person, so they didn't know him at first.

Li Yunsheng didn't believe that two people named Bei Ye were both second-rank masters and the same age.

It is said that General Bei Ye of the Yan Kingdom died in the final battle while guarding the border of the country.

Therefore, Li Yunsheng was somewhat surprised when he saw Bei Ye alive.

"General Kita, what are you planning to do at the hunting palace dressed like that?"

"Assassinate—assassinate the Empress."