OBS Chapter 242: Master and Servant Reunited
Chapter 242: Master and Servant Reunited
At Princess Taiping's house.
Li Lingyue sat behind the dressing table. Without asking any maid for help, she drew her eyebrows and lips by herself, and faced the mirror, carefully taking care of her final appearance.
The news of Chen Luo's confession was leaked from the Inner Guard Palace by someone with ulterior motives and had reached her, and the group of people she sent to assassinate Li Cunxi did not come back alive.
As Li Cunxi entered the palace to meet the emperor, the Internal Guards dispatched a large number of troops to guard the Li family compound, announcing that Li Cunxi would be completely protected and she would no longer have the opportunity to fight back. She could only wait for Li Cunxi to attend the grand court meeting tomorrow, which would be the time when Li Lingyue would return to the underworld.
She put on her makeup, came to the bed, lifted the thick mattress, and took out a tablet hidden at the bottom, of which only the upper half was left.
That was the spirit tablet of her ex-husband Xue Shao. Princess Taiping married Xue Shao when she was sixteen years old, and they lived together for eight years. Two years ago, Langya King Li Chong conspired to rebellion, and Xue Shao's brother was involved, which led to Xue Shao being imprisoned. Xue Shao starved to death in prison two years ago, and Princess Taiping has been a widow ever since.
The three children were also raised outside and Li Lingyue did not dare to bring them back, for fear that Wu Zetian would harm the children one day and Li Lingyue would not be able to protect them.
"My dear husband, I will be here to accompany you soon. I will be here soon. Don't worry. Although my body is dirty, you are the only one in my heart. I will not marry Wu Youji. Anyone can marry me, but not him."
Princess Taiping kissed Xue Shao's spirit tablet madly, with a look of infatuation in her eyes.
On the other side, outside Li's mansion, Ma Rong and Xuguzi carried Qiao Tai to the outside of the gate. Looking at the aggressive demon guarding the gate, they suddenly looked dazed.
The demon spirit stood up, holding the chain and copper claw, and asked maliciously: "Who are you? How dare you break into Lord Li's house at night?"
"Sir, the three of us are Ma Rong and Qiao Tai, the personal attendants of Lord Li. Please inform our master that we have returned home."
The demon spirit winked at the inner guard next to him, and the inner guard immediately went in to report.
In less than half a cup of tea, Li Cunxi was seen running out in a hurry.
"Arong, Atai!"
Seeing this, the demon spirit stepped aside and stood still.
The master and his servants hugged each other tightly, and Xuguzi almost cried. Their relationship was so damn good. People who knew them would understand that these three were master and servants, while those who didn't would think they were brothers.
Li Cunxi said hello to Mo Ling, then helped Qiao Tai walk inside.
The four of them came to Li Cunxi's study and sat down.
The seriously injured Qiao Tai exhaled, rolled his eyes, leaned back on the plush cushion, and said, "It's so comfortable, sir."
"What the hell is going on, Tai?"
"It's a long story, I'll tell you slowly... Is there anything to eat? I want to eat while I talk."
"Of course, there are some leftover cakes here."
"Okay, then I'll start. My experience starts from when I came to Luozhou."
In the last half hour, Qiao Tai told what had happened to him in the past few days.
When Qiao Tai first arrived in Luozhou, Li Cunxi was still outside and had not returned. He asked around for news about Li Cunxi, and finally found out that Li Cunxi was investigating a case in Yongchang County.
In order to send a message to Li Cunxi as soon as possible, Qiao Tai left Chang'an that day, inquired along the way, and headed for Yongchang County. Halfway through the journey, he met the assassin sent by Princess Taiping Li Lingyue in a forest and chatted with him.
The two assassins were playing the game side by side, chatting about how to assassinate Li Cunxi. During the conversation, they revealed that there were more than one group of people who wanted to assassinate Li Cunxi.
Qiao Tai received great kindness from Li Cunxi, so naturally he wanted to repay Li Cunxi for his trust in him. So he did not dare to neglect it and followed these people day and night, secretly looking for an opportunity to assassinate Li Cunxi.
But later on, there were too many people protecting Li Cunxi, and these people did not find an opportunity, so they retreated to the mountains and forests to look for another opportunity. Qiao Tai also did his duty conscientiously and followed them all the way until the Battle of Enjizhuang broke out two days ago. The terrifying combat power of the national weapons shocked the killers, and they had to decide to give up the assassination and use a secret assassination method instead.
As for how to assassinate secretly, it was naturally the same method that the Iron Hand Group used to kill Xue Aocao. So, Qiao Tai left a clue to Ma Rong, and then fought against dozens of assassins in the mountains and forests, and finally killed dozens of people.
Qiao Tai kept talking about his experience, and soon he put all the remaining pastries into his mouth.
But these snacks were just extras. Qiao Tai smacked his lips but felt it was not enough. He picked up the oil paper that held the pastries, folded it in half, put one corner of it into his mouth, and took the opportunity to pour the remaining foam into his mouth and chew it.
“It smells so good.”
After Qiao Tai finished eating, he lay down on his side again and started rolling his eyes.
"You have all worked hard. Don't worry, I will not treat you unfairly. This thief Li Lingyue wants to kill me, Li Cunxi. Even if she is my cousin, I will never let her go."
The night was long and Li Cunxi had no mood to sleep. He went to the desk, picked up the inkstone and pen, and began to write documents.
He wanted to report Princess Taiping. This woman could not survive no matter what.
After writing one document, Li Cunxi put it away and started writing another one, which was to impeach Wu Youji. Since Chen Luo had reported Wu Youji, he naturally had to write a document to prevent some behind-the-scenes culprits from jumping out to discredit Li Cunxi. This was just to be on the safe side.
Xuguzi and Ma Rong were not idle either. They each found a book and started reading. From time to time, they had to take care of Qiao Tai's situation, for fear that Qiao Tai would fall if he was not paying attention.
"By the way, I actually have another piece of news here, Patriarch, I wonder if you would like to hear it."
Seeing that Li Cunxi had finished writing the second document, Xuguzi spoke up.
"Speak."
Li Cunxi put away the second document and prepared to hear what other bullshit Xuguzi had to say.
"Sir, do you know the husband that Princess Taiping married, Xue?"
"Yes, Xue Shao, the grandson of Emperor Taizong and the second son of Princess Chengyang, was implicated in the rebellion conspired by Prince Langya two years ago and starved to death in prison. How tragic."
"Princess Taiping and Prince Consort Xue have three children together. Your Excellency would like to know where these three children are?"
"Are you trying to persuade me to get rid of the roots?" Li Cunxi held his chin and looked at Xuguzi with a smile, "You are really cruel, old man. Not long ago, you slept with the mother of these children, and now you are trying to persuade me to get rid of these children as well."
"Your Majesty is just trying to cut the grass but not the root. Just look at how many people in the world are rebelling against Your Majesty now?" Xuguzi said calmly, "If Your Majesty doesn't want to cut the grass and root out the roots, just look at what your fate will be in the future."
"Well... I have my own considerations."