Reborn to choose a husband, I will lead the deposed prince to seize my ex-husband’s kingdom

Knowing that Xu Mingyue's carriage had returned to the house and that there was already trouble tonight, Xie Qingyao did not want to take Xu Mingyue back to the house through the main entrance.

Standing in the backyard, Xie Qingyao's clenched hand fell on Xu Mingyue's waist, opened and closed slightly and finally hugged Xu Mingyue's waist.

Xie Qingyao actually didn't want to send Xu Mingyue back home.

Xie Qingyao wanted to stay with Xu Mingyue forever.

Smiling softly, Xu Mingyue urged: "Hurry up, if you don't see me coming home at this late hour, my second brother will definitely come to you to ask for someone."

"Yueyue, I want to get married."

"Okay, okay." He turned to look at Xie Qingyao, raised his hand and pinched Xie Qingyao's earlobes: "You come to the Zhenguogong Mansion early tomorrow. I will urge my father, and you go to my mother's side and pretend to be pitiful."

Xie Qingyao smiled and rubbed Xu Mingyue's head: "If you indulge me to such a lawless state, you will have a headache when the time comes."

Xu Mingyue smiled and shook her head. She was really looking forward to the day when Xie Qingyao would be lawless.

He took out the snack bag from his waist and tied it on Xie Qingyao: "Don't be angry when you go to find Li Yanzhi. If you want to kill someone, just eat the candied fruit."

"Well, I won't be stained with blood if I can. If Xie Chongan can kill, let Xie Chongan kill him. Now I will be less guilty of killing, and I can stay with Yueyue forever in the future."

This is what Xu Mingyue taught Xie Qingyao.

Xie Qingyao memorized it like a stream.

It doesn’t matter whether you believe in gods or Buddhas, Xie Qingyao believes in Xu Mingyue.

Xie Qingyao must obey Xu Mingyue's words.

Li Yanzhi has been delivering documents to the palace every day since the imperial edict that Li Lan'er was made a noble concubine was passed to the palace. Now, even after the imperial edict that Xu Mingqing was canonized as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment came down, Li Lan'er was not summoned.

Because he had made no progress in investigating the cause of death of the late emperor and empress for several months, Li Yanzhi was reprimanded by Xie Yan in front of all the ministers this morning.

Because of this opportunity, Xu Mingqing took the initiative to request an order and issued a military order, forcing Li Yanzhi to transfer the case of the late emperor and empress to the Ministry of Punishment.

Li Yanzhi, who has been in the capital court for several years, naturally understands that handing over such cases to Xu Mingqing directly means that he has fallen out of favor.

But now whether he has simply fallen out of favor or has become an outcast, Li Yanzhi needs to think carefully to judge.

At the very least, Li Yanzhi needs to talk about the tone of Xie Chongan, the person in charge of the salt and iron affairs.

Returning to the house dejectedly, he passed by the tree where Li Lan'er was whipped, and Li Yanzhi felt more complaints in his heart.

If he had known that Li Lan'er could become a noble concubine, even if he risked offending Xie Qingyao, he would still have to operate in secret to keep Li Lan'er alive.

At the very least, it can leave a glimmer of hope for yourself.

Pushing open the study door with one hand, and then closing the door with the other hand, Li Yanzhi couldn't help but slide down against the door frame, and sat down on the ground, rubbing his brows with both hands tiredly.

"Boom."

The sound of the stone door of the secret room being moved was heard, and Li Yanzhi, who was sitting on the ground, was suddenly startled. Just as he was about to open his mouth to call for his personal guards, someone sealed his mouthpiece and locked his movements.

Xie Qingyao flipped through the evidence that Li Yanzhi had compiled over the past few days, occasionally taking out candied fruits from the small bag around his waist and eating them leisurely.

I don't know, I thought this was Xie Qingyao's study, and Li Yan was just a servant serving Xie Qingyao.

After going through all the evidence and seeing that Li Yanzhi had come to his senses, Xie Qingyao picked up a chess piece at random and unlocked Li Yanzhi's acupuncture points.

Kneeling on his knees, Li Yanzhi's face turned extremely pale as he thought about the pieces of evidence that Xie Qingyao held in his hands.

After sorting and piecing together the evidence, we can come to a conclusion: the death of the first emperor and the empress was inseparable from the salt and iron incident in Wu'an County, and it was also inseparable from Sun Yicheng, the deceased governor of Nanjun.

These pieces of evidence were originally hidden deep in the secret room by Li Yanzhi. Because he could not sleep at night these days, Li Yanzhi dug them out from under the stone slab to find peace of mind.

The purpose is to wait until the desperate situation comes to save lives.

Or maybe he would use it to drag those ungrateful people into the water when something unexpected happened to him.

Never thought that it would be so easily held by Xie Qingyao.

"I remember Master Li promised me to kill Li Lan'er with my own hands."

He spoke in an extremely calm tone, asking for guilt, so much so that after looking at the evidence, the man took another candied fruit to eat.

"I definitely didn't send that evil barrier to the palace. I really had someone throw her into a mass grave. I really thought that evil barrier was dead."

"I know."

After saying these words, Xie Qingyao turned around and walked into the secret room, burying the pile of evidence in front of Li Yanzhi where he originally stayed.

Such behavior caused the cold sweat on Li Yanzhi's forehead to drop one drop after another, hitting the study room in early spring.

Xie Qingyao knows all the causes and consequences, and Xie Qingyao knows everyone's sins.

Xie Qingyao now stands in the capital, as an outsider, watching the death of everyone related to the past.

And if Xie Qingyao dared to walk up to him so grandly today and was not afraid that he would betray Xie Qingyao, it must be because no one would listen to what Li Yanzhi said now.

With his eyes stained red, Li Yanzhi realized that he would die, and he would die soon.

But he didn't want to die.

Crawling towards where Xie Qingyao was, the black gauze hat on his head fell to the ground, and Li Yanzhi knelt beside Xie Qingyao in embarrassment.

The moment he tried to hold Xie Qingyao's legs, he was waved away by Xie Qingyao's palm.

The clothes and shoes Xie Qingyao wore today were all bought for him by Xu Mingyue. If Li Yanzhi got dirty, Xie Qingyao would not be able to control himself and cut Li Yanzhi into pieces.

Trying his best to get up from the ground, Li Yanzhi knelt down and raised his head to beg for mercy: "Your Highness, please save me. I will do anything for you."

"It's not Gu who wants your life."

Looking down at Li Yanzhi, Xie Qingyao generously told the truth: "Li Lan'er was sent to the palace by Xie Chong'an and the emperor lost trust in you because Li Lan'er repeatedly told the emperor's ears about salt and iron and slandered you."

"The account book that Xu Mingqing is holding, which directly points to your personal enrichment, has been presented to the emperor."

Those who want Li Yan's orders include Xie Chong'an, Xie Yan, Li Lan'er, and Xu Mingqing.

No Xie Qingyao.

"Why did Xie Chongan want my life?"

"Humph." He smiled boredly: "Salt and iron are a stain for Xie Chong'an, and they are also a stain for Xie Yan."

Standing up from his seat, Xie Qingyao brushed his robe: "How can a person wearing gorgeous clothes look at such dirty clothes again?"