Happy Little Scholar

It is not a good habit to leave things behind, especially valuable things, so you should take them with you.

Considering how much Miss Liu Er likes Qiu Shui, how sad would she be if this sword was lost?

Fortunately, she usually forgets it at home or by his side. If she throws it outside or elsewhere, the world is declining and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be. Not everyone is like him who picks up the sword without hesitation. It's hard to get it back.

Therefore, it was necessary for Li Yi to help her develop good habits again. Seeing her frozen in place, he grabbed her arm, put Qiushui in her hand, and said, "Don't forget it next time."

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After Miss Liu Er and Xiaohuan went out, Li Mingzhu walked over and closed the door.

Li Yi took a few steps back and immediately became vigilant.

Speak well and close the door. Whenever he sees the action of closing the door, he feels a slight pain in his butt. He calls this "Miss Liu Er's sequelae".

Although Mingzhu has been led by Miss Liu Er recently and has become violent, she probably won't close the door and beat him. After all, except for the last time when he couldn't help but touch her hand, he has never done anything out of the ordinary. .

And because of what happened last time, his hands are still a little weak.

If it wasn't to beat him, then why was the door closed...

Could it be...

He couldn't beat her again and again, and if she really wanted to do something, he could only struggle, and in the end he might have to succumb to her power.

Just when Li Yi was thinking about how to resist, Li Mingzhu finally spoke.

"Uncle Ning Wang is back."

"Ah?" Seeing that she sat down at the table and seemed to have no intention of showing off her power, Li Yi was a little disappointed and asked: "Prince Ning returned to Beijing. When did it happen?"

"Just now." Li Mingzhu poured herself a cup of tea and said: "The Cui family, more than 260 people, were all escorted to Beijing. The officials in Shuzhou who had been gathered by the King of Shu were also escorted by Uncle Wang. He came back and was imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple."

"What did you say...?" Li Yi's hand pouring tea stopped in mid-air and looked at her blankly.

From the beginning to the end, they regarded the King of Shu and the Cui family as their biggest enemies on the way forward. In recent days, they have achieved a staged victory in the war against the enemy. The Cui family's big tree has fallen, and they The remaining power is nothing to be afraid of, and the only thing the King of Shu can rely on is the title of a prince.

However, this title really carries a lot of weight, because the news that he is not the prince cannot be announced, but he is still the eldest prince in the eyes of the people and officials. If he wants to achieve a complete victory, he needs to adopt other methods.

But who would have thought that before the King of Shu returned to Beijing and they had not taken any action, even the ancestral home of the Cui family had been uprooted, and the officials in Shuzhou who were loyal to the King of Shu were also killed...

The old emperor's move was much more thorough than his own!

Li Yi came back to his senses, looked at her, and asked, "Where is the King of Shu?"

"Run away." Li Mingzhu shook his head and said, "Uncle Huang didn't expect that there was an expert beside King Shu, so he escaped."

Li Yi still couldn't figure it out. When King Ning left, the news that the King of Shu was not the old emperor's biological son had not yet spread. He had no reason to attack the Cui family and the King of Shu. As a prince, he would do such a thing. That is rebellion!

He raised his head and asked again: "Has it been announced that the King of Shu is not His Majesty's biological son?"

Li Mingzhu shook her head again and suddenly asked: "Before me, my mother and queen had two princes, did you know?"

Li Yi nodded and said: "Those two princes didn't die early..."

When he said this, he finally seemed to understand something and asked: "Concubine Cui?"

"Twenty years ago, the Cui family was so powerful that they not only dominated the court, but also had hidden secrets in the palace. At that time, Concubine Cui gave birth to the prince first, and the mother died of two princes in succession. After giving birth to me, she could no longer have children. Well, the King of Shu is naturally the most likely prince to inherit the throne."

Why did the Cui family and Concubine Cui do this? It was not difficult for Li Yi to imagine that the empress did not have a legitimate prince, so the first heir to the throne would naturally be the son of Concubine Cui, who was second only to the empress in the harem.

The fight for favor in the harem is no less than the fight in the court, and is even more cruel and bloody. In order to compete for that position, two princes were killed. Concubine Cui is definitely not the only one who can do such a thing.

"Over the years, my father has vigorously supported the poor family and gradually reversed the situation in the court. In addition to purging the harem, he was also investigating the case of the year. It was not until a few days ago that Liu Yishou found sufficient evidence..."

After Li Mingzhu finished speaking, all the guesses and doubts in Li Yi's heart, and all the unclear lines, finally gradually became clear.

No wonder, no wonder the old emperor never wanted to see the King of Shu and the Cui family, no wonder Liu Yishou was always mysterious, he had something in his words, but he didn't dare to say it...

No wonder the King of Shu, as the eldest son of the emperor, has never been appointed to the East Palace.

No wonder he and Mingzhu felt that the old emperor and Prince Ning were hiding something from them.

No wonder they felt that the King of Shu was not the old emperor's biological child before they knew that he was not.

Even without the King of Shu incident, the Cui family would not have had the last laugh, because there was always such a knife waiting for them on the road ahead.

The difference lies in whether the cut is made early or late, and whether the knife itself will be injured when it is cut.

Li Yi finally understood why these old emperors had been so supportive of his work in attacking the Cui family and the King of Shu... because in recent years, with the efforts of him and Mingzhu, the power of the Cui family had gradually weakened. , until a few days ago, he almost became a bare-bones commander. He could chop with his hands, just like cutting tofu, easily and effortlessly...

He thought for a while and then asked: "What happened to the king of Shu?"

"For them, Concubine Cui can only give birth to a prince. Just in case, the Cui family bribed the midwife and maid in advance and sent a newly born baby boy in." Li Mingzhu shook her head and said, "Concubine Cui is She gave birth to a prince, but the prince died shortly after birth. The King of Shu... was the baby boy who was secretly sent to the palace by the Cui family. "

She picked up the tea cup and said: "After the King of Shu escaped and everyone in the Cui family was escorted to Beijing, Cui Qingze recruited them all when he knew there was no hope anymore..."

The palace is heavily guarded, and it is extremely difficult to send a baby boy silently to be exchanged with the prince born by the imperial concubine. The Cui family can even do this, and with the current ending, Absolutely not unfair.

He raised his head and asked: "These things cannot be easily accomplished by just one Cui family, right? How many people will Kyoto have to deal with after today?"

Li Mingzhu put down the teacup: "What should be dealt with has been dealt with."

Li Yi was confused and understood for a moment that by now, the forces related to the Cui family had been almost completely eliminated, and there was probably nothing left to slip through the net.

He had thought about many possibilities before, but he never thought that the truth would be so twists and turns. The Cui family had completely fallen this time, and their forces in the court had also been completely purged. Shu Wang returns to Beijing------I can't wait either.

He looked at Li Mingzhu and saw confusion in her eyes.

Without the Cui family and the King of Shu, and without their opponents, what should they do now?

Life suddenly lost its direction, just like a salted fish losing its dream.

In the courtyard, Miss Liu Er wiped away the autumn water and glanced at the closed door from time to time.