Hearing him ask this, the woman took out a jade pendant from her sleeve and raised it.
"Prince Xi, this jade pendant was given to me by Concubine Li's own mother. If you give this jade pendant to her, she will understand everything."
Looking at this jade pendant, Leng Xi's face was gloomy and he asked in a cold voice:
"Are you looking for me just to give me this jade pendant?"
The woman bowed and took a few steps back, and said with a serious face:
"Prince Xi, please give the jade pendant to Concubine Li as soon as possible. We are here today and have other things to do. This is my son Li Tianyang. Let him talk to you in detail."
After leaving these words, Mrs. Li took two steps back, walked slowly out of Lengxi's study, and closed the door directly after stepping on the water.
Leng Xi was a little puzzled by the behavior of the mother and daughter, but full of curiosity.
After his mother left, Li Tianyang bowed and clasped his fists and said:
"Prince Xi, I'm here today to discuss a deal with you."
"trade?"
Hearing these two words, Leng Xi raised his head and smiled, "Hahaha, you come to negotiate a deal with me? Who do you think you are?"
Li Tianyang continued calmly:
"Prince Xi, please listen to what I have to say before making a conclusion."
"Okay, tell me."
Leng Xi touched Mrs. Li's jade pendant and looked at Li Tianyang curiously. He wanted to see what he could say.
Li Tianyang cleared his throat and said solemnly:
"The person who threatens you the most in Daning Kingdom now is Prince Yu, and Prince Yu is supported by Liu Dechang. Although you are married to Yu Shiming's daughter, you cannot fight against Liu Dechang. So now it is certain that if Xi If you don't make plans earlier, my lord, then when the emperor dies, Prince Yu will be able to take the throne without any suspense. If you want to compete with him, you are simply throwing an egg against a stone, with no chance of winning."
His words made Leng Xi's face darken as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He wanted to get angry, but after thinking about it carefully, his words seemed to make sense. In fact, this was also what he had been worried about.
Although he has now created the Megatron Gang and has placed his own people in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is not enough to compete with Liu Dechang's million-strong army.
He lowered his face and looked at him with sharp eyes, "You continue."
When Li Tianyang saw this, he raised his eyebrows and continued:
"And I can help you ascend to the throne."
"Hahaha……"
His words made Leng Xi look up to the sky and laugh. This Li Tianyang really didn't know how high the sky was.
After laughing, he looked at him with a deep look, "Li Tianyang, what about you? Help me? What can you do to help me?"
Li Tianyang's eyes flashed a few times and he said proudly:
"I came today just to show off my cards, so I won't hide it from you. I am from the Chu Kingdom in the Western Regions. I can use the entire Chu Kingdom's military strength to help you."
"What did you say?"
Upon hearing this, Leng Xi immediately slapped the table and asked,
"Foreigners dare to come to our country of Daning to do evil, and how dare they come to our Prince Xi's Mansion blatantly? I think you are really tired of living."
Although Leng Xi was furious, Li Tianyang was not afraid. Instead, his pupils narrowed and he continued:
"Don't worry, Prince Xi. I'm thinking of you too. If you don't want to cooperate with our Chu country, then you won't be able to sit on this throne."
Leng Xi looked at Li Tianyang angrily and waved his hand disdainfully.
"Hmph! Whether you can sit on the throne is also a matter for me as a Daning countryman and has nothing to do with you as a foreigner. But since you took the initiative to send me to your door today, don't blame me for being rude to you."
After saying this, he shouted to the people outside:
"Here comes someone!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door was pushed open, and several guards from Prince Xi's Mansion broke in.
Leng Xi pointed at Li Tianyang and said:
"Catch this person and send him to the Criminal Department."
Li Tianyang chuckled leisurely, then raised his eyebrows and said:
"I advise Prince Xi not to be impulsive. Show the jade pendant in your hand to Concubine Li first, and then decide how to deal with me."
Mentioning the jade pendant, Leng Xi suddenly thought of Li Tianyang's mother. He hurriedly asked the guard who had just come in:
"Where's that woman outside?"
The guard shook his head in confusion.
"She walked out of here and left."
Hearing this, Leng Xi held the jade pendant in his hand tightly and said to the guard:
"Put him in the woodshed first so that he can be supervised."
Li Tianyang allowed the guards to lift his arms without any struggle. He looked at Leng Xi and reminded him carefully:
"Prince Xi, it's easy for me to get out of your place, but don't worry, I won't leave. I'm waiting for you. You'd better let Concubine Li see this jade pendant as soon as possible, otherwise something will happen and she will be implicated. If you kill Prince Xi, you will lose more than you gain."
After leaving these words, he turned around without hesitation, and walked out of the door generously under the escort of the guards.
Leng Xi looked at the jade pendant in his hand coldly. The pattern on it was obviously different from the jade products of Daning Kingdom, but what was the relationship between this jade pendant and his mother-in-law?
Sitting in the study, Leng Xi has been thinking about this question. If it hadn't been getting late now, he would have gone to the palace to find out.
…
Early the next morning, in the court hall of Shuntian Mansion.
Yu Shiming was sitting in the main seat of the court. He picked up the gavel on the table with a serious face, and shouted sternly with a black face:
"Promote... Hall!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone brought in Mr. Li, Mr. Zhou and Master Yuan Gang.
They knelt on the ground, looked at Yu Shiming above the main hall, then looked at Leng Yu and Princess Yu who were sitting on the left side, and then lowered their heads.
At this time, Yu Shiming patted the gavel and shouted sharply:
"Everyone in the hall, please tell me your name."
Rich Man Li was the first to reply:
"Li Hongfu, a grassroots man, is from Lijiazhuang."
"The lower official, Zhou Dasheng, is the magistrate of Minghua County."
"I am...my name is Yuan Gang..."
Master Yuan Gang was just about to use his set of words to answer Yu Shiming's question. When he saw Leng Yu's sharp eyes, he immediately shut up and did not dare to talk nonsense anymore.
Yu Shiming patted the gavel wood again and asked,
"You three, you killed a good woman, do you admit it or not?"
Upon hearing this, Rich Man Li was the first to kowtow and said:
"Sir, we were wronged. Those women married into the Li family voluntarily, and they also took our family's money, so this is not called cruelty at all."
After saying this, he suddenly looked at Luo Lan and said:
"Wasn't Princess Yu also sold into Prince Yu's palace? If the royal family can do this, why can't we ordinary people do the same?"
His words brought a chill to the corner of Leng Yu's eyes. He made a backhand, and an iron bead the size of a fingertip appeared in his hand, aiming directly at Rich Man Li's head.
"ah!"
Rich Man Li suddenly covered his forehead and shouted,
"Who? Who dares to commit murder in court?"
