The waste prince is so fierce

Li Qian felt uneasy whenever he thought of the letter written to Mingyue still in Li Quan's hands.

"This……"

"What, is there a problem?"

Noticing the fourth brother's hesitation, Li Qian frowned.

"No, it's okay. I'll arrange it right away."

Knowing that he couldn't change his elder brother's determination, Li Cheng had no choice but to agree.

At the same time, in Li Quan's mansion, he was distributing the extorted money to the servants in the mansion before leaving for Liangzhou. The servants received the silver bills of several hundred taels and knelt on the ground in gratitude.

"Everyone, get up, get up, these are what you deserve, use them to live a good life."

Li Quan knew very well that most of these servants were children from poor families who could not afford to support them, and the money he gave was enough to ensure that they lived a stable life.

After dismissing everyone, Li Quan left behind Xiao He, his personal eunuch who had accompanied him in the palace since childhood. Looking at Xiao He in front of him, Li Quan had a complicated look in his eyes.

Without waiting for Xiao He to speak, Li Quan asked coldly, "Did you leak the news about going to Jinfeng Tower?"

When Xiao Hezi heard this, he panicked: "No, it's not me! Please investigate, Your Highness!"

He denied it firmly without hesitation.

"You have been following me for seven or eight years, and I didn't want that person to be you, but I found those items in your room, so..."

Hearing Li Quan's words, Xiao Hezi quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly to beg for mercy: "Please spare my life, my servant made a mistake in a moment of confusion."

"I have thought about confessing everything to my master, but they threatened me with my betrayal. I..."

"Who are they?"

Although Li Quan roughly guessed that the traitor beside him might be him when Xiao Hezi mysteriously disappeared midway, he still lacked solid evidence. At this time, a few simple clichés easily exposed the flaws of Xiao Hezi, whose psychological defenses were fragile.

"them……"

Xiao Hezi realized that he had spoken out of turn and quickly changed the subject: "The master has not found those letters!"

Li Quan asked: "It doesn't matter whether those letters exist or not. The key is who is behind you?"

Although Li Quan had several suspects in his mind, he still wanted to thoroughly find out who had planted the traitor around him.

"Yes……"

Little Hezi confessed with a pale face: "It's the Prime Minister, Zhou Qingshan."

Li Quan confirmed: "Zhou Qingshan, Prime Minister?"

Xiao Hezi nodded and admitted: "Yes."

"You left on the night of Miss Mingyue's wedding. Did you also go to the Prime Minister's place?"

"Yes."

"What specific task did the Prime Minister ask you to do?"

"Monitor the master and report to him all of his daily words, actions and whereabouts."

After confirming that this little He Zi who had followed him since childhood was the traitor, Li Quan couldn't help but sighed with regret: "Am I not treating you well enough?"

Recalling when he first came to this world, Xiao Hezi was his earliest friend, but now he has betrayed him, which makes Li Quan feel sad: "No, the master has been very kind to me, and I couldn't resist the temptation."

"If there is an afterlife, I am willing to serve my master at his side to atone for my sin today."

After saying that, Xiao Hezi seemed to have made up his mind, and he stood up and slammed his head against a nearby pillar. In an instant, blood splattered everywhere.

Looking at Xiao Hezi lying in a pool of blood with his breath gradually weakening, Li Quan's eyes showed a cold light.

He finally realized that as a seemingly free and idle prince, the potential crisis around him was far beyond his expectations.

Huang Saner, who had been waiting outside, walked out of the room and came forward.

"Your Highness, Xiao Hezi..."

"He is dead."

Li Quan's tone was cold.

Huang Saner felt a little relieved when he heard that Xiao Hezi was dead.

At first, Emperor Kang ordered that all servants who had accompanied Li Quan to the Golden Phoenix Tower be killed, but the execution was postponed due to Li Quan's plea.

Now that Xiao Hezi is dead, the task that Kangdi entrusted to Huang Saner can be considered completed.

"Your Highness, the Emperor sent me to ask when you plan to leave?"

When it was learned that Li Quan was praised by Emperor Kang on the surface but was actually exiled to the remote Liangzhou, many different voices emerged in the court of the Wu Dynasty.

Just this morning at the court session, there were even officials from the Ministry of Rites who asked Emperor Kang to revoke his order. This situation was very rare in the past. After all, no one was willing to stand up for a powerless prince like Li Quan.

In order to suppress the unfavorable public opinion, Emperor Kang specially sent Eunuch Huang to urge Li Quan to set off as soon as possible.

In response to Huang Saner's question, Li Quan said, "Since my father wants me to leave early, then I will leave tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, I will set out on the road to Liangzhou."

Huang Saner confirmed: "Then I will go back to the palace to report to His Majesty?"

Li Quan nodded: "Eunuch Huang, please do as you wish."

After Huang Saner left the Prince's Mansion, he quickly returned to the Imperial Palace to report: "Your Majesty, Xiao Hezi has committed suicide."

Emperor Kang, who was reading the memorial, nodded slightly: "Did Lao Jiu say when he would go to Liangzhou?"

Huang Saner reported: "His Highness the Ninth Prince said that he will set out early tomorrow morning."

Kangdi replied with satisfaction: "Okay, I understand, you can leave now."

Huang Saner took the order and left.

As night fell, Li Quan dismissed all the servants in the house, and the usually bustling Prince's Mansion became unusually quiet. Li Quan, who was sitting alone in the courtyard drinking, suddenly heard a pleasant voice behind him: "Why are you drinking alone here to drown your sorrows?"

A familiar aroma wafted along with the voice, and Li Quan asked, "Why are you here?"

Since Li Quan had dismissed the gate guards, no one reported the visitor.

"I am His Highness's man. Wherever His Highness is, I shall be there."

Mingyue walked slowly over, sat next to Li Quan, and filled his glass. "Is there anything bothering you, Your Highness?"

Mingyue saw that Li Quan was unhappy and asked tentatively. Li Quan thought of Xiao Hezi and nodded: "It can be said that there are some troubles."

Mingyue comforted him softly: "If you want, you might as well talk about your troubles. Maybe you will feel better after talking about it."

Li Quan smiled and said, "Forget it, there's nothing worth talking about. Happiness depends on delicious food. You're lucky today. I'll take you to taste something delicious that you've never tasted before."

Mingyue looked confused: "What?"

Looking at Li Quan, whose mood suddenly improved, she was full of doubts.

"Just follow me and you'll find out."

As Li Quan spoke, he took Mingyue's hand and ran towards the kitchen.

Mingyue felt her hand being held by Li Quan, and her heart couldn't help but skip a beat. After all, this was the first time in her life that she had such intimate physical contact with the opposite sex.

However, Li Quan, who was concentrating on taking Mingyue to experience the delicious food, did not notice this.

After working for half an hour, Li Quan breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction: "Finally it's ready."

Mingyue looked at the table full of unprocessed ingredients and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Are these all raw?"

Facing Mingyue's doubts, Li Quan smiled slightly: "Don't worry, it is definitely the most delicious food ever!"