Joy of Life: I am Li Chengze, and I have mastered the Eight Wonders

Chapter 63 Begging for mercy
“Aunt, we are not gathered here today to reminisce about the past.

You should know who this person is, right?" Li Chengze said slowly to Li Yunrui, with an unquestionable firmness in his tone.

"This person? I don't know him!" Li Yunrui shook his head gently, trying to cover up his inner turmoil with denial.

"Aunt, why are you so stubborn? The winner is already clear, isn't it better to face it calmly?

Nephew, I don't want to see you bear the reputation of being a loser." Li Chengze continued, his tone revealing helplessness and admonition.

"It would be good for both of us to save some face, right?" He tried to convince Li Yunrui with reason.

"If we wake up this assassin and ask him face to face who ordered him to assassinate me, are you really willing to make the situation so awkward in front of Wan'er?"

There was a threat in Li Chengze's words, and he looked straight at Li Yunrui.

At this time, although Lin Wan'er did not directly participate in the conversation, she had already guessed the general situation from Li Chengze's words.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she choked up as she said to Fan Xian, "Fan Xian, I...I..."

She knew very well that the assassination attempt on Fan Xian when he was seriously injured and had lost all his martial arts skills was done by her own mother, which made her heartbroken.

Coupled with her mother's abnormal behavior tonight, her doubts were confirmed.

"Wan'er, don't cry. Look, I'm fine." Fan Xian gently comforted Lin Wan'er, trying to ease her sadness.

"You said it was okay, but you lost so much blood!"

Lin Wan'er looked at Fan Xian's blood-soaked collar, tears still flowing uncontrollably.

"It's just that I moved too much just now and the wound opened up a little more.

It looks scary, but it’s actually not a big deal.”

Fan Xian continued to comfort her. Then he changed the subject, "Besides, this is what the eldest princess did. It has nothing to do with you. You don't need to apologize for it."

Li Yunrui remained silent, his eyes wandering between Fan Xian and Lin Wan'er, with mixed feelings in his heart.

Although she was filled with complex emotions and even deep hostility towards Fan Xian, as a mother, she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief and comfort when she saw Fan Xian's sincere care and attention to Lin Wan'er.

"Fan Xian..." Lin Wan'er spoke with a trembling voice under Fan Xian's comfort. She was hesitant to speak as if every word she said carried a heavy burden.

"Wan'er, just say whatever you want to say. There's no need to hide anything between us."

Fan Xian encouraged her gently. He had read Lin Wan'er's thoughts from her eyes.

"Fan Xian, I... I know I don't have the right to make this request." Lin Wan'er finally mustered up the courage to look at Fan Xian with tears in her eyes. "But can you...

Can you please let my mother go? She is my relative after all!"

"I don't want to see her hurt you, and I don't want to see you hurt her either."

Lin Wan'er's tears kept falling like pearls from a broken string, and she almost begged Fan Xian.

"Wan'er, you don't have to do this."

Fan Xian felt mixed emotions. He understood Lin Wan'er's struggle and pain, but there were some things that he alone could not control.

However, when Li Yunrui saw his daughter in such a state, the anger and unwillingness in his heart instantly burst out.

"Wan'er, you don't need him!"

She almost roared, "I have the final say over my own life! Even if I die, I will never bow down to Ye Qingmei's son!"

At this moment, Li Yunrui had lost her usual calmness and disguise. Her eyes were filled with madness and despair.

She no longer denied that what she had done was just an expression of her complex emotions towards Ye Qingmei and her son in an almost hysterical way.

"How ridiculous and pathetic." Someone beside him sighed secretly, "Whether it is the high and mighty queen or Li Yunrui now, they all have endless jealousy towards Ye Qingmei deep in their hearts.

They were jealous of Ye Qingmei's ability to win almost all of Emperor Qing's love, but they never thought that Ye Qingmei's tragedy was the conspiracy and calculation hidden behind this love. "

"Once a woman's jealousy strikes, it is like a flood or a beast that is difficult to contain."

Such thoughts quietly arise in everyone's heart, making people have a deeper understanding of the complexity and contradictions in human nature.

Witnessing Li Yunrui's almost crazy expression, Li Chengze sighed secretly, feeling mixed emotions.

"Wan'er, for your sake, I'm willing to let her go this time."

After a moment's silence, Fan Xian finally spoke, his tone filled with unquestionable firmness.

"Really?" Lin Wan'er looked at Fan Xian in surprise, obviously not expecting him to agree so easily.

"Of course it's true." Fan Xian nodded, with a complicated look in his eyes.

He turned to look at Li Yunrui and said sternly:
"Li Yunrui, you should know that if this matter gets out of hand, you will definitely be dead. But since Wan'er asked me for help, I will naturally give her this face."

"I can let you go this time, but you have to remember that this is the only chance. I, Fan Xian, am not the kind of person who lets people go easily."

There was unquestionable authority in his words.

"This won't happen again between us." Fan Xian emphasized again, then turned to Lin Wan'er, "Wan'er, please try to persuade her."

After saying this, Fan Xian and Li Chengze turned and left, leaving Li Yunrui shouting frantically behind them:
"Fan Xian, don't leave! Come back! Kill me! I don't need you to spare my life!"

However, Lin Wan'er held her tightly and begged her not to say anything more.

Fan Xian and Li Chengze walked out of Li Yunrui's room without looking back, completely ignoring the noise behind them.

However, as soon as they walked out of the room and before they could start talking, a figure came into view under the moonlight. It seemed that the person had been waiting for them to appear.

When he saw this figure, Li Chengze's heart was suddenly shocked - Emperor Qing!
Fan Xian and Li Chengze paused at the same time. The sudden appearance of Emperor Qing in front of them made them feel a little nervous.

It’s so late, why doesn’t Emperor Qing sleep but appears here instead?

It seems like he is waiting for them?

"Your Majesty..." Although they were nervous, Li Chengze and Fan Xian still walked forward and asked.

Emperor Qing did not respond, but turned and walked away.

Fan Xian and Li Chengze naturally had no choice but to follow.

A group of three people came to the edge of the Hanging Temple.

Standing by the guardrail, they can overlook the magnificent scenery of the mountains and rivers under the moonlight.

Emperor Qing brought Li Chengze and Fan Xian to this place with the best scenery, and seemed to want to have a conversation with them here.

However, he suddenly remembered the assassination attempt a few days ago. With the wide view here, wouldn't it be more convenient for others to assassinate him?

Thinking of this, Emperor Qing turned around, left here and walked into the hall.

"It's the middle of the night, and you're taking us around in circles?" Li Chengze complained in his heart, but what else could he do? He could only follow Emperor Qing back to the palace.

"Please sit down!" Emperor Qing waved his hand and asked everyone to leave. Then he calmly gestured to Li Chengze and the other man to sit down.

After both of them sat down, Emperor Qing looked at Fan Xian first and said slowly, "I didn't expect that you, a boy, would have such a broad mind. I am both disappointed and relieved!"

"Ah? I wonder what Your Majesty means..." Hearing this, Fan Xian looked at Emperor Qing with some confusion and asked.

(End of this chapter)