Concubine Jinghua

Chapter 115
The weird atmosphere in the air made the servants who served the tea shudder, and the timid maid almost knocked over the teacup.

"Go down, don't let anyone disturb you." Ximen told all the servants to go down in a cold voice.

"I wonder what the emperor and the imperial concubine are doing here today?" After a while, Li Jianyang opened his thin lips, breaking the silence in the air.

"Yang'er, how can you talk to your father, queen and queen in such a tone? It's too rude." Hearing the emperor's eyebrows slightly frowned, Xiao Shen'er quickly reminded Li Jianyang.

"Father? Mother?"

Li Jianyang's raised thin lips evoked a mocking arc. "Caomin only knows that as long as Caomin can remember, there is only Li Dazhao as the father. As for the mother, there used to be, but it should have been lost now."

Li Jianyang glanced at Xiao Shen'er who was sitting tall and full of pain.

"Yang'er, you... what do you mean by that?"

Hearing Li Jianyang's words, Xiao Shen'er gasped, and a hint of panic appeared on that delicate cheek.

Li Jianyang just pursed his lips and didn't speak any more, but those fine black pools were always tightly locked on the emperor's body.

"Father, my son has received a secret report and learned that Li's residence has treasures left by the former generals. Father, you should know that Li Jianyang's possession of these treasures is undoubtedly fueling his power. When the time comes, he will do something. We can't guarantee what will happen. You should be able to see the skills of these guards. They can defeat the masters brought by Erchen within a dozen moves. Didn't you see anything in it? ?”

Ji Lichen's words caused the emperor to fall into deep contemplation. He, who had always been afraid of the forces behind Li Jianyang, had no choice but to make an accurate judgment on the situation in front of him.

A few guards can defeat the masters of the inner circle. The emperor believes that as long as Li Jianyang thinks, his throne may be lost at any time.

"Father, are you talking?" Ji Lichen was a little impatient when he couldn't hear the emperor's voice.

Li Jianyang has been watching everything indifferently, and the sarcasm on the corner of his mouth is getting stronger and stronger.

"Yang'er, is what Chen'er said true? Is there really a treasure left by the former general in your mansion?" After a while, everyone heard the emperor's news.

"Your majesty may wish to ask the prince. Didn't his people conduct a thorough search in the Li residence just now?" Li Jianyang, who originally had the last illusion of the emperor, caught the momentary flash of cruelty in his eyes, Li Jianyang knew , It's time to wake up from my dream. The hope and expectations that are already slim, just this one glance, can make myself fall to pieces.

"Father, I have not received anything, but the news was told by Li Zhou and her daughter. I believe that there is no fake. It must be Li Jianyang who hid the treasure somewhere else."

The emperor nodded, even though he was full of guilt towards Li Jianyang, but for the sake of the throne, he knew that when the time was right, he could be a father who was not recognized by his relatives.

"A new search, a thorough search, must find these treasures."

With the emperor's order, the Ouchi guards outside rushed into every corner of Li's mansion. Looking at the Ouchi guards who were showing off their might in his own mansion, Li Jianyang's dangerous pair of black pools, which were squinting together, suddenly flashed a touch of embarrassment. People feel the chilling gloomy light.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing? What do you make Yang'er think?" Xiao Shen'er, who had never seen such a large formation, suddenly turned pale.

"Shen'er, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, don't let me send someone to send you back to the palace." The emperor's voice carried a threat that Xiao Shen'er could not resist.

"Jianyang, we..."

Ximenhan walked behind Li Jianyang, exuding a murderous aura all over his body.

Li Jianyang waved his hand.

"Let them search."

Although he didn't know Li Jianyang's purpose for doing this, Ximenhan knew that he must have his reasons for doing so. Although he dismissed these big insiders, Ximenhan still stood behind Li Jianyang.

"Your Majesty, there are none in the east."

"Your Majesty, there is none in the west." Following the return of the guards, the emperor's face became more and more ugly. He knew that once those jewels were not searched in the Li Mansion, Li Jianyang would definitely not let it go. What would he do then? end?
The emperor couldn't help but glanced at Li Jianyang, although Li Jianyang's face remained calm, but those icy pupils like a cold pool made the emperor feel a little creepy.

"Your Majesty, except for one place in the mansion, we have searched all the other places."

Li Yin, the commander of the forbidden army, came before the emperor and said respectfully.

"Is there another place?" The emperor looked happy, this place was his last bargaining chip.

"There is one place that has not been searched, but..." Li Yin couldn't help but glanced at Li Jianyang beside him, hesitant to speak.

It's not that he doesn't know Li Jianyang's status in Jianghu, so he is still a little afraid of Li Jianyang, who has always been unpredictable, even though he is the commander of the Imperial Guard.

"Say, where is it? I'm going to search it myself."

"This..." Li Yin glanced at Li Jianyang, and finally opened his thin lips.

"It's the room where Mrs. Li lives now."

Hearing this answer, the emperor was a little surprised, with an embarrassing expression on his face.

"Father, although it is not very convenient for us to go in, the imperial concubine can do it? As long as the imperial concubine goes in to search, don't we know if there is any treasure?"

Ji Lichen had a sly smile on his face.

"Okay, I'm going." Taking a deep breath, Xiao Shen'er stood up and said.

"Shen'er, can you really do it?"

Xiao Shen'er nodded and bowed gracefully.

"It is Shen'er's honor to be able to do things for the emperor. Please rest assured, the emperor. Once the treasure is found, Shen'er will notify the emperor immediately."

Xiao Shen'er looked at the emperor tenderly, even though she was old, those charming peach blossom eyes still carried the charm of tenderness.

"Okay, I'll wait outside."

"Mother, are you sure you want to do this?" Li Jianyang stood in front of Xiao Shen'er and looked at her coldly.At this moment, he felt that the mother in front of him was so strange.

"The queen mother just wants to make sure whether you have the heart of rebellion. The queen mother believes that you must be innocent. Only when you prove your innocence can the prince give an explanation to our mother and son."

Xiao Shen'er glanced shrewdly at Ji Lichen.

"Ha...ha..." Li Jianyang burst out laughing suddenly, the laughter was so desolate and painful.

"Yang'er, you..." Li Jianyang's abnormal behavior made Xiao Shen'er a little uneasy. Could it be... Are those jewels really in Ji Chenxi's room?Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Shen'er couldn't help but gasp.

"Han, lead the way."

Ximenhan helplessly led the emperor, Xiao Shen'er and Ji Lichen to the courtyard where Ji Chenxi was. The entire courtyard was quickly surrounded by the palace guards, not even a fly could fly out.

"Your Majesty, Shen'er has gone in."

The emperor nodded, patted Xiao Shen'er's jade hand a few times, his face was full of anticipation.

"Xi'er to the emperor, and the imperial concubine, please greet me." Ji Chenxi, who heard the commotion outside, walked out of the room with Yan'er's support, and bowed to the emperor and Xiao Shen'er.

Ji Chenxi, dressed in a pink palace dress, has indescribable elegance and nobility, like a fairy descending to earth, people can't take their eyes off, especially Ji Lichen, since Ji Chenxi walked out of the room, his eyes have never left.

"Husband."

Seeing Li Jianyang walking towards him, Ji Chenxi had a faint smile on his pink cheeks.

"Your Majesty, you can go in now."

Li Jianyang's deep and indifferent voice made Xiao Shen'er feel a pain in his heart, but with the help of the maid, he walked into Ji Chenxi's room.

All the people's attention was focused on the half-open door, and Xiao Shen'er never made any movement.

Just when the emperor thought he would return in vain, the exclamation of the maid beside Xiao Shen'er was heard in his ear.

"Go in and see what's going on?"

As if he had a premonition that something was going to happen, Ji Lichen hurried into the room with his guards. When he saw more than a dozen boxes of jewelry in the mezzanine of the room, his eyes lit up and a wicked smile rose from the corner of his mouth.

"Going back to my father, I found thirteen boxes of jewels in the room, and it has been confirmed that some of the jewels in it belonged to the previous dynasty."

Ji Lichen's words were like a bolt from the blue, striking Ji Chenxi's body fiercely, and her pink and delicate cheeks turned pale immediately.

"I... I don't know what's going on? Why are these jewels in my room?" Ji Chenxi anxiously grabbed Li Jianyang's hands, she didn't want to see the slightest suspicion in Li Jianyang's eyes.

"Jianyang, what...what the hell is going on here? Didn't we hide the jewels in..." Seeing the dozen boxes of jewels carried to the middle of the courtyard by Ouchi's guards, Ximenhan was also very puzzled.

"Li Jianyang, what else do you have to say now? Come, take these two traitors and thieves into the prison."

Ji Lichen completely ignored the emperor standing next to him, and gave orders directly. He didn't realize the situation until the words fell.

"Father, my son is too impatient, so...that's why I forgot your existence, please punish me."

The emperor snorted coldly, his eyes were locked on Li Jianyang.

"What else do you have to say?"

Li Jianyang just glanced at Xiao Shen'er, there was no slight fluctuation on his monstrously handsome cheeks, but there was a cunning smile like a fox in his eyes.

"Your Majesty is a shrewd person. You should be able to see that this is someone deliberately framing someone. If your Majesty wants to be a wise emperor that has been passed down through the ages, the people believe that your Majesty will make a correct judgment."

Li Jianyang said calmly, a gloomy look flashed across his eyes.

"What do you mean? There is something wrong with these jewels?" For some reason, hearing Li Jianyang's words, the emperor suddenly felt relieved.

"You can go and see for yourself."

Li Jianyang's handsome face always had an unfathomable smile.

The emperor ordered the guards to open all the jewelry boxes. Under the sunlight, the gold bars shone brightly yellow.

"Yang'er, you... how could you do such a foolish thing?" Seeing the gold, Xiao Shen'er almost fell to the ground.

"Mother also thinks that Yang'er will commit treason?" Xiao Shen'er's reaction of believing that she was the culprit made Li Jianyang feel very heartbroken.

"Isn't it... isn't it? The evidence is now in front of you, how do you let the mother gain a foothold in the harem in the future?"

Xiao Shen'er covered his face and wept.

"Your Majesty, these jewels are fake."

Li Yin, who was in charge of inspecting the jewelry, came before the emperor and said softly.

"Fake? No... Impossible." Ji Lichen didn't believe the handle he had finally caught, and was ruined like this. He quickly rushed to the box, picked up a gold bar, put it in his mouth, and forcefully a bite of...

"Bah..." Ji Lichen spat out something that looked like clay in embarrassment. He couldn't believe that these golden-looking golds actually looked like gold on the outside, but were made of clay on the inside.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

Unbelievable, Ji Lichen picked up other gold bars and threw them on the ground. Just like before, those gold bars suddenly turned into a pile of dirt.

Seeing this scene, Ji Lichen collapsed and fell helplessly on the ground.

"Chen'er, you have disappointed me so much."

The emperor's face was suddenly covered with a haze of anger, and the farce in front of him made him burn with anger.

Li Jianyang walked unhurriedly to the box, and casually took out a piece of gold from it.

"Your Majesty, you have seen the facts in front of you. It was framed by someone, so please, Your Majesty, must find out the truth and return the grassroots to their innocence."

Li Jianyang seemingly unintentionally crushed the gold bar in his hand, revealing the mark belonging to the prince--Li.

"Your Majesty, look..."

Xiao Shen'er pointed to the gold bar in Li Jianyang's hand, and said to the emperor.

Seeing the word "Li" in the gold bar, the emperor's expression changed drastically. He knew that in the entire capital, only Ji Lichen would have such a mark. Could it be... Could it be that these jewels were made by Chen'er?
"No, not my son, father, you have to trust my son."

Ji Lichen was completely frightened by what was happening in front of him, and knelt down in front of the emperor.

The emperor glanced shrewdly at Li Jianyang, even though he had already guessed that everything was done by him, but the situation in front of him had to make the emperor look at him with admiration.

Looking at Ji Lichen, who was kneeling on the ground and carefully cultivated by himself for many years, but now looked embarrassed, the emperor was full of disappointment.

(End of this chapter)