I can't afford to mess with the concubine doctor

Chapter 79 Holy Wrath

"Min'er, I finally see you as a father!" Seeing Li Zhaoyi, the anger and fear that Lai Qifeng had suppressed for several days surged into his heart, and he burst into tears, "Min'er, you must ask the emperor to let me out Ah, look at this ghostly place, I really can't stay any longer!"

Whether it is for long-term planning or selfishness, in short, Li Zhaoyi had already sentenced Lai Qifeng to death long before he came to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, but even so, he couldn't say this directly, so he nodded and turned around. The topic said: "Father, you have suffered all the way, but the rest of the family are okay. Did Leng Yuanxun make things difficult for them?"

"When I was escorted away, they were just locked up in the mansion. I didn't expect anything to happen." After saying this, Lai Qifeng said angrily: "Leng Yuanxun is really shameless, Min'er, this enmity must be with the capital and the interest." He wants it back!"

"Father, don't worry, my family will not allow Leng Yuanxun to murder wantonly!" The hatred in Li Zhaoyi's eyes flickered like fire, she didn't know how to ask Lai Qifeng to tell the location where the embezzled money was hidden, but time was limited , If you don't ask any more, I'm afraid it will be too late, so I have to insinuate: "Father, after my daughter received the distress letter from home, she didn't dare to delay for a moment, but after a few days of investigation, I found out that this matter seems to be cold. What Yuan Xun did, but the mastermind behind the scenes is Concubine Xu's mother and son, and your charges are not only for mishandling the disaster, but also for... embezzlement and bribery."

"Corruption and bribery?" Hearing these four words, Lai Qifeng's face turned pale instantly, and when he reacted a bit, there was obvious reproach in his eyes: "Min'er, did you offend me in the palace?" Concubine Xu Gui, made her feel dissatisfied, that's why she pointed the finger at Wei father?"

Hearing Lai Qifeng's accusation without hesitation, Li Zhaoyi sneered in her heart. It's been a few years since she saw her. Her father is still as selfish and cold-blooded as before. After hearing a little bit of news, he immediately blamed all the faults on her, but... It's all about calculating each other, and the behavior of the other party makes her feel much more at ease.

Thinking of this, the little bit of warmth when we first met disappeared without a trace. Li Zhaoyi sighed heavily, and said helplessly: "A place like the deep palace has always been the most cannibalistic place. Those people who entered the palace with her daughter are now either deposed or implicated to death for some trumped-up crimes. If it weren't for their daughter's cleverness and the emperor's favor, they might not be alive today, but my daughter never expected that she would Extend your poisonous hands outside the palace!"

Hearing Li Zhaoyi's words, Lai Qifeng, who thought he had touched the light, was knocked down into the endless darkness in an instant, and said in a panic, "Then...then what should we do now, Miner, Miner, what can you do?" You must save me, I don’t want to die!”

Lai Qifeng's cowardly look of coveting life and fearing death undoubtedly deepened the loathing in Li Zhaoyi's heart. She bit her lip secretly, pulled her hand out of Lai Qifeng's grasp calmly, slightly He said with a smile: "Father, don't worry. Corruption and bribery are such a crime. If you want to be convicted, you have to get all the stolen goods."

Lai Qifeng was originally an outsider, but he was guilty of being a thief, so there was no reason not to be afraid when he heard the words 'corruption and bribery'. Now he was reminded by Li Zhaoyi, and he came back to his senses.

That's right, as long as you can't find the Tibetan silver, not to mention a concubine Xu, even the queen can't do anything to him. They can sue themselves for corruption, so can't you sue the other party for framing?
"Father, Xu's mother and son are not good-for-nothings, have you hidden the money in a safe place?" Li Zhaoyi asked tentatively.

Lai Qifeng didn't know Li Zhaoyi's plan, so he didn't have any precautions, whispered in the other's ear: "Don't worry, they won't find it even if they dig three feet, because the money is not in Jiangnan at all."

Not in Jiangnan?

Li Zhaoyi's slender eyebrows twitched slightly, and a possibility had already come to mind, and she whispered, "Did father hide the silver in Yunqing's old house?"

Yunqing County is Lai Qifeng's hometown, because there are no people in his hometown, so since he went to Beijing more than [-] years ago to rush for the exam, he never went back, not to mention Concubine Xu, even Li Zhaoyi himself Unexpectedly, Lai Qifeng hid the silver there.

However, this is only temporary.

Li Zhaoyi made up her mind, but she didn't miss anything on her face, she just nodded and said: "That's fine, father will be wronged in prison for a few days, my daughter must find a way to ask the emperor to release you as soon as possible!"

"Okay, you must hurry up."

"Understood." Asked what she wanted, Li Zhaoyi naturally didn't want to stay in this horrible dungeon, so she continued: "My daughter escaped from the palace secretly, so it's not suitable to stay here for a long time. gone back."

Lai Qifeng now puts all his hopes on this daughter, so he naturally doesn't want her to make any mistakes, so he nodded quickly and told her to be careful on the road.

After leaving the prison, Li Zhaoyi got into the carriage waiting outside and drove quickly to the palace. She thought her plan was foolproof, but she didn't know that everything just now fell into the eyes of one person.

As the so-called mantis catches cicadas, the oriole is behind.

But fortunately, their voices were kept very low, and the other party did not hear the crucial Tibetan silver message, but the crime of leaving the palace privately in the middle of the night was enough.

"Master, do you think the emperor will deal with Li Zhaoyi?" Murong Li's bodyguard asked softly as he watched the carriage drifting away.

"It's a serious crime for a concubine to go out of the palace without permission, let alone go to the prison to see a death row prisoner." A cold smile curled up on the corner of Murong Li's mouth.

"This Li Zhaoyi seems to be considered smart. I didn't expect to come up with such a bad move. She deserves to be caught by the master."

"We don't need to worry about the rest." Saying this, the smile on Murong Li's face subsided a bit, and he asked lightly, "Has the person who revealed the news not been found yet?"

Murong Li doesn't have the ability to foretell. The reason why she kept an eye on Li Zhaoyi in advance is because her personal guard received an unsigned letter a few days ago.

"No." The guard shook his head, and said with some distress: "This subordinate has searched for a long time according to your order, but unfortunately there is no clue, but...the subordinate heard that Li Zhaoyi is very strict, could it be Rong The palace servants of Zhigong hold a grudge against Li Zhaoyi, so they deliberately revealed the news to the master?"

Murong Li also had the same thought in his heart, but he was cautious, thought for a while, and ordered: "Send someone to continue the investigation."

He doesn't like having any handles fall into other people's hands, even if it's just a small palace man.

However, the real behind-the-scenes manipulator is sleeping soundly at this time.

Ling Xiao came back at night and wanted to report the news as soon as possible, but felt that it was inappropriate, so he also went back to sleep.

Compared with Qu Lingxu, the emperor was not so lucky. Under Murongli's deliberate arrangement, Li Zhaoyi who was hiding in the bucket was caught by the guards at the palace gate. To deal with it, I had no choice but to take him to the Palace of Qinzheng, and ask the emperor to make a decision.

The emperor was woken up in his sleep, and he was already irritable. When he heard that Li Zhaoyi had sneaked out of the palace at night, his expression turned gloomy and ugly, "What did you say?"

These days, Li Zhaoyi has never pleaded for Lai Qifeng. He still thinks that the other party is a sensible person. Not only did he not implicate her, but he dotes on her even more than before. Unexpectedly, it is all fake!

Seeing that the emperor was angry, the little eunuch hurriedly knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "The emperor calms down, my servant... I dare not lie to the emperor, the lady Zhaoyi is indeed outside."

"Go and bring her in!"

The emperor was angry, and the little eunuch dared not delay, but after a while, Li Zhaoyi, who was dressed in night clothes, was brought into the bedroom. She was a very obedient person, and she knelt down as soon as she entered the door, "My concubine pays my respects to the emperor."

"You still have the face to greet me!" The emperor casually picked up the teacup on the table and threw it on the gold brick beside Li Zhaoyi, and said sharply: "It's not your first day to serve in the palace, you should know that concubines leave the palace at will What kind of crime is it, but you commit it knowingly and hide it in a bucket, you will lose all my face!"

As early as the moment she was caught, Li Zhaoyi realized that she had fallen into someone else's trap, but since she was so cruel that even her own father would be betrayed, she would not sit still at this time, so she kowtowed hard, Neither humble nor overbearing said: "The concubine's violation of the palace rules is irrefutable, let the emperor deal with it, but... please calm down the emperor, don't hurt the body of the dragon because of the concubine's anger."

The reason why Li Zhaoyi has been favored for many years is naturally part of the reason for her outstanding appearance, but more importantly, she is good at thinking about people's hearts, and she is very clear about the emperor's temper. At this time, the more she tries to cover up and get rid of something, the more angry the other party will be , It would be better to confess your guilt frankly, put it to death and live later.

Because from the behavior of throwing the cup, she can be sure that although the other party is very angry, she doesn't want to cut off her own life, otherwise she will be thrown into limbo or executed for the crime of leaving the palace without permission. There is no need to spend so much talking .

"Calm your anger! How can I calm my anger when you do such a thing!" The emperor was even more puzzled when he dropped a cup, but now he had recovered a bit of reason, realizing that such behavior was out of the king's manners, so Resisting the urge to throw something again, Shengsheng said coldly: "You have nothing to argue about, if you can't tell the reason, I can only deal with it according to the palace rules."

Hearing this, Li Zhaoyi bowed her head deeply again, choked with sobs and said: "It is a fact that I left the palace privately. Although the concubine is irrefutable, I do have unspeakable difficulties." Li Zhaoyi quietly glanced at the emperor, seeing Although the other party frowned, he didn't mean to interrupt his words, so he continued: "The concubine did this for the court, for the emperor!"

(End of this chapter)