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But Li Dequan also knew his limits.

There was nothing wrong in teaching a drunken playboy a lesson, but if he beat him to death, he would not be able to withstand Ji's wrath.

This palm with restrained force landed on Ji Shilin's body, knocking him staggering and falling to the ground.

Li Dequan was about to teach him a lesson again when his expression suddenly changed.

Ji Shilin was seen twitching all over, bleeding from all seven orifices, and his eyes were wide open.

He looked like he was about to die.

Now he didn't care about the previous conflict with Ji Shilin, and hurriedly used his magic power to heal Ji Shilin, even using his healing powers.

But Ji Shilin's condition did not improve at all.

His eyes rolled back and he died instantly.

The last thing I thought before I died was: This is totally different from what we agreed on!

Seeing this scene,

Li De's face turned pale, he knew very well that he was being plotted against.

Who is so generous as to use the life of a direct descendant of the Ji family to plot against Li Dequan?

You have to know that no matter how dissolute and useless Ji Shilin is, he is still the son of the great Chunyang!

……

Li Dequan was taken away by the Imperial City Bureau and did not resist at all.

The Li family is in the imperial capital. Even if he runs away, his family cannot escape, and the consequences will be even more serious.

As for Ji Shilin's body, it was taken back by the Ji family.

After receiving the news, Su An hugged Ye Lier and rewarded her.

Ji Shilin was exactly the chess piece he arranged.

All he used was a blank check to help him defeat his elder brother and compete for the position of head of the family.

In the original plot, Ji Shilin later joined Ye Xuan and became Ye Xuan's younger brother. With Ye Xuan's help, he won the position of the head of the Ji family.

Li Dequan would have been Ye Xuan's right-hand man.

But under Su An's manipulation, the two started fighting.

The main reason was that Ji Shilin had only thought of causing trouble for Li Dequan and making Li Dequan bear the stigma of being jealous of others in a brothel.

Considering his status as the second son of the Ji family and his drunken state, Li Dequan would at most teach him a lesson, and nothing serious would happen.

Who would have thought that he would lose his life.

"The poison produced by the system is really useful."

In order to make Ji Shilin die naturally, Su An spent a huge amount of money and used two hundred villain points to buy a highly poisonous drug called "Yuxiantie" in the system mall, which is effective against people below the Purple Mansion level.

It can be integrated into the human body without being noticed and burst out at the right time.

When a person dies, the poison is eliminated and after death the body will only show that it was a sudden death, and no trace of poison can be found.

Unless there was a powerful Pure Yang who witnessed the process of Ji Shilin's death, there would be a slight chance of discovering it.

Moreover, before becoming a purple mansion, the three souls and seven spirits are scattered. Without special circumstances after death, the soul will naturally dissipate. In addition, the meteorite sticker has an obliterating effect on the soul. If the person is dead, he cannot be summoned.

Li Dequan could only unfortunately bear the blame.

……

Inside the prison, Li Dequan was not too afraid.

Ji Shilin was already dead, even though he knew he was not the one who killed him.

But the situation now is that yellow mud is falling down the crotch of my pants, it's shit if not shit.

Now I can only hope that my teacher can help me.

His teacher is none other than the head of the aristocratic Shen family, the contemporary great scholar Shen Changfeng.

The Shen family is also a family that is not inferior to the Ji family.

After all, Li Dequan is a member of the Shen family, and the Shen family cannot just leave him alone.

The premise is that the Ji family has no intention of fighting to the death.

Outside the prison, rumors had already spread throughout the city.

Brothels are places where people are well-informed, and since the person who died was Ji Shilin, a famous playboy in the capital, it was hard not to be hot.

As a result, rumors about a dignified Minister of the Ministry of Rites going to brothels to compete with others for girls, killing people for girls, and being morally corrupt became more and more intense. It was only when the Shen family took action in time that the heat was suppressed.

A certain courtesan in Mingyue Pavilion who was famous for her purity and her indifference to men was suddenly rumored to have had affairs with dozens of men, which immediately attracted the attention of the ignorant people.

Even in the extraordinary world where strength is supreme, those fools can never shake the rule of the Shang Dynasty.

However, if they lose confidence in the officials of Da Shang and are taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives, that would be troublesome.

……

"Old Eight, how is it going? Have you found out what Lin'er's condition is?"

Ji family, the head of the family, Ji Wuchang, asked with a gloomy expression.

The man called Lao Ba shook his head and sighed, "Master, after many tests."

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"Shilin had some problems with his cultivation, and then he was hit by Li Dequan's palm, which disrupted the magic power in his body and caused him to die unexpectedly."

"Moreover, Shilin's spirit has completely dissipated, and it is no longer possible to summon his spirit to ask for information."

"Could it really be the Shen family's doing, intentional or accidental?" Ji Wuchang pressed his hand on the corner of the table, looking hesitant.

It's such a coincidence no matter how you look at it.

Why did Ji Shilin have problems with his cultivation at that time? Why did he go to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to drink wine that day? Why did he get drunk and bump into Li Dequan who also came? Why did he get beaten to death?

boom!

"The Shen family is really going too far!" An old man with untidy beard and a fierce look slammed the table in anger.

"Second brother, please be patient. This may not be the work of the Shen family." Another gentle and elegant middle-aged man hurriedly consoled him upon seeing this.

"What else is there to be safe about? The Shen family has always been an enemy of our Ji family. Is there anything else that they dare not do?"

"Seventh Brother, are you scared?"

The hot-tempered old man stiffened his neck and cursed the Shen family.

There were also old men who agreed, "This Li Dequan is not killing my Ji family's children, this is a slap in the face of my Ji family! He and the Shen family must pay the price!"

The elegant middle-aged man could only shake his head and smile bitterly, "It's not that I'm afraid, I just want to avoid unnecessary conflicts."

"Okay!" Finally, it was Ji Wuchang who spoke and stopped the quarrel. He glanced at them and crushed the corner of the table with force.

"No matter how frivolous Lin'er is, no matter how useless he is, he is still a member of the Ji family."

"Even if it's the Shen family, they must give us an explanation, otherwise..."

His eyes flashed with coldness. Even though he knew that there might be someone behind this, the Ji family had no choice but to get involved.

For a big family like this, all they care about is face.

If they can remain indifferent even when their own direct descendant is beaten to death, then there is no point in the Ji family's survival, as anyone will dare to step on them.

The blood debt must be repaid with blood to deter the villains and those behind the scenes.

"Yes."

……

As a noble family of the Shang Dynasty, the family was located in the imperial capital, at the feet of the emperor. Naturally, they could not be the same as in the chaotic past.

You hit me and I hit you.

This kind of thing can only be done in secret.

So the two families began to attack each other in the court.

You report me today, and I report you tomorrow.

Today, Shen Shaojian was transferred to Huangzhou, and tomorrow, Ji Duwei was dismissed for corruption.

In short, they fought fiercely.

Although the Shen and Ji families had been at odds with each other in the past, the confrontation had never been so fierce, in which they hurt the enemy by a thousand and also suffered eight hundred of their own.

Even many officials affiliated with the two families were implicated.

Most of the other officials kept aloof, watching the show, quietly enjoying the farce, as if it had nothing to do with them.

Even the empress was the same, watching the battle between the two families with great interest.

Let him quarrel and make as much noise as he wants. As long as it does not affect the normal operation of the court, there is no need to care about these minor incidents.

If the two families cross the line, someone will naturally deal with them.

Li Dequan in the Tianlao was suffering from a lot of crimes. He was often arrested and interrogated by more than one department.

But gradually, the Shen family could no longer hold on.

It’s not that the Shen family is inferior to the Ji family. The two families are almost the same in terms of overall strength and influence in the court.

But Li Dequan, after all, is not a member of the Shen family.

However, many members of the Shen family were demoted or exiled because of Li Dequan.

This caused a lot of complaints within the Shen family.

The cause of all this was that Li Dequan accidentally killed someone's son, but wanted the Shen family to pay for it, so naturally he was unhappy.

Li Dequan's daughter Li Zishuang has been running around these days trying to rescue her father.

But those uncles and aunts and her father's friends who were once so enthusiastic now all avoided her. The nicer ones just turned her down politely, while those with worse tempers simply refused to see her, leaving Li Zishuang feeling very frustrated.

The tea has gone cold before the man even left.

Li Zishuang, who was feeling somewhat disheartened, thought of Su An for some reason.

In my memory, he was holding a long whip, like a demon king, which made people shudder.

but--

"If it's him, there should be a way."

……

But at this time Su An came to the palace again.

With the identity of one of the Eight Guards of Xuanniao, he did not need to inform anyone when entering the palace to see the empress.

Then, he walked into the harem unknowingly.

Although according to common sense men are not allowed to enter the harem, Su An is not included in the rules.

However, there were only some palace maids in the harem at this time. It was because the late emperor attached great importance to cultivation and did not take any concubines. The few concubines also followed their sons out of the palace. The current emperor was a woman, so the harem was a little deserted and lacked the excitement of intrigue.

From now on, the only noble person living in the palace is the Queen Mother. She is the mother of Empress Su Ruoxi and she has only one daughter, Su Ruoxi.

This is also one of the reasons why Su Ruoxi was able to fight against all her brothers and sisters and seize the throne, because she was superior to them in status.

"I just happened to go see the Queen Mother. It's been a while since I last saw her. I missed her so much."

Having made up his mind, Su An walked towards the Cining Palace.

In the Cining Palace, a beautiful and graceful woman was painting.

It is an extremely freehand ink painting, with light strokes of ink, seemingly containing special meaning.

The Queen Mother herself is a powerful and pure Yang being, and her paintings also have magical qualities.

The light eyebrows are like autumn water, and the jade-like skin is accompanied by the breeze.

She is more like the person in the painting than the painting itself.