Facing the gazes of all the officials of the Li Kingdom in the court, whose looks seemed like provocation and even more like ridicule, Yan Ji secretly gritted her teeth and hated the intimidation given to her by the Emperor of Li Kingdom. She was the eldest princess of Yan Kingdom and had to endure such humiliation when she first came to Li Kingdom!

Could it be that the Emperor of Li is really not afraid of going to war with Yan?

Yan Ji sneered in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face. She walked calmly to the center of the hall, folded her hands in front of her, and performed a dignified Yan State salute to the Emperor of Li sitting on the throne: "Princess Yan Ji of Yan State pays respect to His Majesty."

Tamu, who was following behind, was a step slower. "Yan State's envoy Tamu pays respect to His Majesty."

"No need to be polite."

The Emperor of Li's eyes flickered slightly, and a gentle smile appeared on his face. He said slowly, "I have been feeling a little unwell these past few days, and I am afraid that I might have neglected you two, so I refused your request to come to the palace to meet me."

This explains why the envoy from Yan State was not seen.

Unfortunately, Yan Ji and Tamu did not believe the Li Emperor's words at all. What was he saying, "feeling a little uncomfortable?" It was obvious that he was deliberately refusing to see him!

But they are now in the throne room of the Li Kingdom's royal palace. Even if they have other thoughts in their minds, they can only suppress them for the time being.

Yan Ji pulled the corners of her lips and said with a half-smile: "Today, the emperor specially sent someone to the inn to invite Yan Ji to come over. I wonder what's the matter?"

Just now outside the Golden Palace, Yan Ji had seen General Li Zheng tied up and treated like a prisoner.

Seeing General Li Zheng in a dishevel and seemingly injured, she couldn't help but feel angry and wanted to take General Li Zheng away from here immediately.

But she can't.

At this point, meeting the Emperor of Li, Yan Ji didn't want to play around with him anymore. If the Emperor of Li insisted on making things difficult for them, she could only respond accordingly.

Hearing this, the Emperor of Li Kingdom put away the smile on his face and remained silent for a while.

Lord Tang, who was standing by, naturally repeated what he had just reported to the Princess of Yan. At the end, Lord Tang added, "I don't know whether what that person said is true or false, so I can only ask the Princess of Yan to come and identify him."

Yan Ji: “…”

General Li Zheng was naturally a general of the State of Yan, but why did she have to admit in front of so many officials of the State of Li that General Li Zheng had set fire to the prison in the capital?

Once the matter is confirmed, Yan State will be the one in the wrong. By then, maybe Li State will make exorbitant demands and want to seize Yan State's wealth!

Yan Ji pursed her lips tightly, her face looking slightly gloomy.

Lord Tang did not urge the Princess of Yan to answer. He just gave a look to the imperial guard who was escorting General Li Zheng into the Golden Palace.

The imperial guard understood immediately and dragged the "prisoner" to the front with force. He even pretended to casually throw General Li Zheng in front of the Princess of Yan.

General Li Zheng had fainted long ago, and now he was thrown to the ground without any reaction.

Yan Ji:!!!

Yan Ji stood there without moving, still thinking about how to deal with the matter.

However, Yan Ji forgot that she had a stupid teammate in this Golden Palace.

Upon seeing this, the Yan envoy Tamu could not help but exclaimed. Then the ministers saw him squatting on the ground, stretching out his hands and patting General Li Zheng's slightly pale face, and said anxiously: "General! General, wake up!"

"General, you must not die!"

"General! Tamu and the princess are here to save you!"

Yan Ji: “…”

After calling the general several times, Tamu still couldn't hear General Li Zheng's response, so he thought that General Li Zheng was dead. He immediately raised his head and shouted at the Emperor of Li with a look of grief and anger: "You are really going too far!"

After hearing these words, the ministers' mouths twitched, and they didn't know how to react for a moment.

Xie Xi pursed his lips to hide the smile that flashed across his eyes.

He really didn't expect that the envoy from Yan State was so stupid.

Look, the Princess of Yan has turned pale.

The eldest prince Xie Qi and the third prince Xie Ning both stared at the Yan envoy with surprise.

The fourth prince Xie Jin glanced at the eldest princess of Yan State inconspicuously, and immediately revealed a thoughtful look.

Yan Ji was really angry at Tamu's sudden action. Before she even opened her mouth, that idiot couldn't wait to expose General Li Zheng's identity. Why? He was the only one who had a mouth! ?

"you--"

Yan Ji moved her lips and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Tamu: "Your Majesty, the general of my Yan Kingdom just wanted to go into the prison in the capital to find someone, why did Your Majesty want to kill General Li Zheng!?"

"Is Your Majesty really not afraid of going to war with the Kingdom of Yan?"

General Li Zheng’s death was so unjust!

Tamu had no idea what the princess was thinking. At this moment, his mind was filled with thoughts of seeking justice for General Li Zheng!

Emperor of Li:?

When did he kill General Li Zheng of Yan?

As for going to war with Yan State, haha... if Yan State really wants to fight, Li State will naturally fight back.

Tamu raised his sleeve to wipe the non-existent tears from his face, staring at the Princess of Yan with red eyes: "Princess, come and see the general, the general died so tragically!"

Yan Ji frowned, and was so angry that she almost vomited blood. She turned around, stared at Tamu fiercely, and shouted: "Idiot, shut up!"

"A fool who is always causing trouble but can't do anything good!"

Tamu was stunned when he was suddenly scolded. He looked at Yan Ji in shock, as if he didn't know what was going on.

Tamu: "General, the general—"

"Shut up and get out of here!"

Yan Ji took a deep breath. If she was not in the Golden Palace at that moment, she would have asked someone to throw Tamu out.

What stupid stuff?

She had clearly told him when they were at the inn that if she didn't speak, he would have to keep his mouth shut.

The results of it?

Now he doesn't even listen to her orders!

The ministers in the entire court were watching the show, and the Emperor of Li was no exception. He stared with interest at the scene where the Princess of Yan angrily rebuked the envoy of Yan, and slowly said, "I wonder if the Princess of Yan has anything else to say?"

"Although Princess Yan did not recognize that man, your Yan envoy admitted it."

Yan Ji could no longer maintain her calm expression. Her beautiful eyes seemed to be able to spit fire. She stared at Tamu, her pretty face somewhat distorted.

Tamu was startled and stared at the princess with wide eyes.

The Emperor of Li pretended not to see the "fighting" between the two men from Yan. He clenched his fist and coughed lightly, his tone very distressed: "I really don't know why the general of Yan State would set fire and break into the prison in the capital?"

"Princess Yan, do you know what the crime of setting fire to the prison in the capital is?"

"You are provoking the royal family of Li, and provoking me! Princess Yan, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

In the last sentence, the Emperor of Li's tone was filled with anger.

All the ministers knelt down and said quickly: "Your Majesty, please calm down."

Emperor of Li: "My dear ministers, please stand up quickly. I am really confused because of anger. This matter has nothing to do with you, my dear ministers. You don't have to be afraid."

As for who it was related to, the Emperor of Li was almost naming the name.

Yan Ji could no longer pretend not to understand. She gritted her teeth and took several deep breaths before she came to her senses.

After paying respect to the Emperor of Li again, Yan Ji lowered her eyes, glanced at General Li Zheng lying on the ground, and replied, "Your Majesty, Yan Ji does not know why General Li Zheng would dare to break into the prison of the capital."

"Your Majesty, you don't know that Yan Ji came to Li Kingdom to celebrate your birthday. General Li Zheng only followed his brother's order to protect Yan Ji's safety along the way. As for what General Li Zheng wants to do after arriving in Shengjing, Yan Ji can't control him."

Yan Ji directly pushed all the responsibility onto General Li Zheng.

As for how the Emperor of Li would deal with General Li Zheng, Yan Ji was not worried. As long as the State of Yan still existed, the Emperor of Li would not dare to really execute General Li Zheng.

Yan Ji is very confident about this.

Emperor of Li: "So Princess Yan Chang knows nothing about this?"

Yan Ji: “That’s right.”

The arson in the Jingfu Prison was something General Li Zheng wanted to do, not an order from Yan State, so it naturally had nothing to do with Yan State. Similarly, the Emperor of Li State could not blame Yan State for the Jingfu Prison.

"In that case..."

The Emperor of Li suddenly sneered and said, "Come here, this man set fire to the prison in the capital, burning more than a dozen cells, and even allowed three serious criminals to escape--"

"Drag him out and give him three hundred lashes until he dies!"

Yan Ji's pupils shrank slightly. She never expected that the Emperor of Li would not play by the rules!

When Tamu heard this, he was also stunned!

"Yes!"

The imperial guard who was originally escorting General Li Zheng bent down, forcefully pulled General Li Zheng up, and dragged him out of the palace.

"stop!"

Yan Ji suddenly panicked.

Seeing that General Li Zheng was about to be dragged out to be tortured, Yan Ji suppressed her anger and said righteously: "Your Majesty, he is a general of my Yan State. Even if General Li Zheng really made a big mistake, it should be dealt with by my royal brother. With this move by the Emperor of Li State, where does my Yan State stand!?"

The Emperor of Li stared at her expressionlessly.

Xie Xi suddenly stepped forward, bowed slightly to his father, and then stood up straight. He said calmly: "Princess Yan is wrong. He is a general in Yan State. In Li State, he is just an arsonist who committed a serious crime."

"What does it have to do with Yan if Li wants to punish him?"

"Princess Yan, what do you think?"

Yan Ji recognized who was the one who spoke at this time——

The Crown Prince of Li State, Xie Xi.

He was also the one who collected a lot of evidence and sent her husband to jail!

When she thought of how Shi Wei'an had suffered a great loss at his hands, and how his family had been confiscated, and how the batch of gold she had been waiting for in Yan State had been brought back by him to fill the treasury of Li State, Yan Ji could hardly suppress her anger. She stared at the Crown Prince of Li State with cold eyes: "I have heard that the Crown Prince of Li State is eloquent, and today I see that his reputation is well-deserved!"

"Whether in Yan or Li, General Li Zheng is a general of Yan. If you act like this, aren't you afraid of Yan invading?"

Yan Ji raised her chin slightly and threatened in a cold voice: "If Your Majesty does not want the two countries to go to war, you should release the general of my Yan State!"

"What a big breath!"

The eldest prince Xie Qi couldn't help but sneer, "If you don't know, you would think that Princess Yan is the emperor of Yan!"

In fact, the military strength of Yan and Li is comparable. If Yan really wants to attack Li, it will certainly not gain any benefit and both sides will suffer losses.

However, there are many allies around the State of Le. If the two countries really go to war, those allies will not sit idly by.

The third prince Xie Ning smiled shyly and said, "Princess Yan, don't forget whose territory you are standing on now. If the two countries really go to war, the first person to die will most likely be Princess Yan..."

Yan Ji's face changed drastically and she looked at the third prince of Li in disbelief.

She hadn't thought about this question at all.

The Yan State envoy Tamu felt an inexplicable chill all over his body, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

The Emperor of Li actually wanted to kill them!

If it wasn't for the Emperor of Li's instruction, how could those princes say such words! ?

Tamu couldn't help but tremble, and he quickly moved towards the eldest princess, as if only by getting close to the eldest princess could he gain a sense of security.

Noticing Tamu's little move, Yan Ji glared at him fiercely.

Tamu: “…” Since he’s about to die anyway, let him get closer to the princess.

"Your Majesty, Princess Yan came all the way here to celebrate your birthday. Is this how Your Majesty treats guests from the Kingdom of Yan?"

Yan Ji was afraid and didn't dare to say anything final, so she could only give in.

The originally solemn atmosphere in the court was suddenly broken.

The Emperor of Li suddenly smiled and said, "If Princess Yan really wants to come to celebrate, I will naturally send someone to entertain Princess Yan."

Yan Ji: "Then Yan Ji would like to thank His Majesty first."

After a pause, Yan Ji continued, "Your Majesty, please spare General Li Zheng's life. Yan Ji is willing to redeem General Li Zheng with one thousand taels of silver. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

One thousand taels is enough to repair the prison in the capital.

The Emperor of Li shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't work."

"What this person did really made me extremely angry. There are residential houses near the prison in the capital. If the fire had not been put out in time, I'm afraid the fire would have spread to the residential houses..."

"He almost hurt my people. How can I forgive him?"

"Five thousand taels."

Yan Ji made another offer.

The Emperor of Li still refused.

Yan Ji gritted her teeth and said, "Ten thousand taels!"

Emperor of Li: "One hundred thousand taels of silver."

Yan Ji: “…”

She suffered heavy losses after entering the palace. After handing over a silver note of 100,000 taels to the Emperor of Li, Yan Ji took General Li Zheng, who was still in a coma, out of the palace.

After returning to Luoyang Inn, Yan Ji sent her maid to invite a doctor to come and see the patient.

"This is too much! This is really too much!"

Tamu was almost fainted from anger. With a tense face, he paced back and forth in the room. General Li Zheng was placed on his couch.

Tamu took a look and couldn't help sighing: "I don't know when the general will wake up..."

……

As for the situation at Luoyang Inn, someone would write a secret letter every day and send it to the Prince's Mansion, which would eventually be placed in front of Xie Xi.

Xie Xi just glanced at it casually, then threw the secret letter into Lu Xiaoxiao's hand, and then picked up the medicine placed aside.

"Xiaoxiao, it's time to take your medicine."

"Good good."

Lu Xiaoxiao responded perfunctorily, but her round almond-shaped eyes were only staring at the letter.

After reading it, she immediately laughed: "Does the Princess of Yan want to continue to make trouble?"

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