When Prime Minister Li returned to the mansion, her husband immediately came to greet him.

"My dear wife, how is the emperor?" The prime minister's husband asked while supporting Prime Minister Li.

Prime Minister Li frowned and scolded, "You are a man, why are you asking about this? Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't do what you shouldn't do! You have been the prime minister's husband for so many years, don't you understand these principles?"

The prime minister's husband was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "My wife is teaching me a lesson, it was my fault for being rude..."

Prime Minister Li shook his sleeves, snorted coldly, ignored him, and walked straight to the inner courtyard.

Prime Minister Zhengfu also hurried to follow.

The prime minister, who was tired after a whole day, felt sleepy after dinner and lay down to fall asleep.

In the middle of the night, several cat meows were heard from the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The prime minister's husband tiptoed to open the door, and outside the door was Li Yunxi, who should have died suddenly long ago.

"Father." Li Yunxi slipped into the Prime Minister's Mansion, "Did it succeed?"

Prime Minister Zhengfu nodded and said, "I put the medicine you gave me in the water tank. Now everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion is asleep."

"Father, don't worry, your daughter will just take some things and leave..." Li Yunxi's tone was full of excitement, and she went straight to the study in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Prime Minister Zhengfu followed behind her, a little confused: "Yunxi, why are you going to the study?"

Li Yunxi paused and quickly comforted him: "Father, I am now a death row prisoner. It is not easy for me to leave the city. I have to go to the study to get my mother's badge."

The prime minister's husband nodded and wiped the tears from his eyes: "Find a good job after leaving the city, and don't be so reckless. As long as you can survive, everything is fine... Your mother is also cruel. After all, you are the prime minister's legitimate daughter. She exposed you just because she said so, and even reported it to the emperor..."

"By the way, father, have you asked mother how the emperor is doing now?"

"I did ask, but your mother told me not to ask anything I shouldn't, and I didn't dare ask any more..." Prime Minister Zhengfu paused halfway through his speech, and looked his daughter up and down, "You're not going to do anything outrageous, are you? Why are you trying to find out about the emperor?"

"Aren't we going to leave the city? If the emperor finds out and takes me back, I will definitely be executed on the spot. I only dared to show up because I heard that the emperor was poisoned. Besides, what kind of treasonous thing can I do? I am already a death row prisoner, what can I do..."

Prime Minister Zhengfu was skeptical and sighed: "The situation in the capital is extremely tense now. Don't worry about it. You'd better hurry up and leave the city..."

"Is mother going to be the regent for the emperor again during this period of time?" Li Yunxi inquired about the news calmly.

"Yes, this year has been a very eventful one..."

Li Yunxi found the badge, inquired about some information, and was about to leave.

Prime Minister Zhengfu couldn't stop wiping away tears and sent her to the door: "Don't come back after you leave the city. Find a job safely and send a letter to your father when conditions permit. There is no need to say anything else, just report that you are safe..."

Li Yunxi paused, turned around and looked at Prime Minister Zhengfu: "Father, when I become successful, I will take you to enjoy wealth and glory..."

Prime Minister Zhengfu patted Li Yunxi on the shoulder: "It's enough that you have this heart, just be good and live!"

At Xuanwu Gate, the entrance to the imperial palace, guards were patrolling back and forth, and a team of people arrived at the gate.

"Stop, who are you?" The captain of the guards stopped the carriage.

"We are from the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister is about to go to the palace to meet the Emperor, and we have urgent matters to report." The person in the front said, handing out a badge.

The captain of the guards took the badge and carefully checked it, nodded, and waved his hand behind him: "Let him pass."

In the Ministry of Punishment, four guards sat around a table, drinking and chatting.

"I heard that the prisoner is the former crown prince of the neighboring Yuan Kingdom! He is indeed good-looking, and our emperor is completely obsessed with him..."

"So what if he is the crown prince? Our emperor can't have any man he wants!"

"This foreign man is still not as virtuous as the men of our Su country! I heard that foreign countries look down on women. I think their men are not that good either. Look at that Le Jun, he looks so skinny, I can't help but beat him at first sight!"

"As a man, you should just stay at home and take care of your wife and children. What's the point of going out and fighting?"

"That's right. All the foreign men look down on women, but aren't we still beating them back?"

"Of course not. It is still our emperor who is so powerful. He led his troops all the way north with unstoppable force, and even forced the Yuan Kingdom to send its crown prince to marry him!"

The four of them were drinking and laughing, it was really lively.

More than a dozen men in black came to the door of the Ministry of Punishment. Hearing the sound of talking and laughing inside, they quietly stood guard at the door, as if waiting for something.

After a while, someone shouted from the direction of Yangxin Palace: "Catch the assassin!"

The man in black took action instantly and rushed into the Ministry of Punishment.

The four people who were drinking in the Ministry of Punishment were immediately alert: "Who are you..."

Before he could finish his words, the man in black rushed forward and quickly dealt with the four men.

The leading man in black searched the four people and found a bunch of keys. He came to the cell door where Yuan Yan was imprisoned and opened it.

Yuan Yan sat in the cell and was not at all surprised by this scene.

"Your Highness!" The men in black all knelt on the ground and saluted.

Yuan Yan nodded: "Is it handled properly?"

The leading black-clad man nodded and said, "They sent two people over there, bringing the Prime Minister's daughter with them."

The man in black paused, then continued: "Your Highness, you were too reckless this time. Even if the Queen of Su was poisoned to death, it would be difficult for you to escape!"

Yuan Yan shook his head, his eyes full of hatred: "Although I want her to die, I won't use such a stupid method. I didn't poison her."

The man in black was a little confused: "Could it be that the concubines in the harem are fighting for favor and framing you?"

Yuan Yan shook his head: "I don't know either, but there is something inexplicable about this poison... Even if it is a competition for favor in the harem, Su Xuan'er has no children now, what's the point of poisoning her?"

The man in black nodded, also feeling that this poison was somewhat puzzling: "Who could it be? Could it be someone left behind by An Wu? Or is there an undercover agent from our Yuan Kingdom in the harem?"

The man in black analyzed it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out: "It can't be that the Queen of Su poisoned herself..."

While the man in black was still thinking, another man in black rushed in from the entrance of the Ministry of Punishment: "The time has come."

The group looked at each other and nodded.

The leading black-clad man stepped forward and picked up Yuan Yan: "Your Highness, I'm sorry..."

Yuan Yan shook his head: "It's okay."

After that, there was a long silence...

The man in black left the Ministry of Punishment, used his Qinggong skills, and disappeared into the night in a few flashes...

In the Yangxin Palace, Su Xuan'er was lying on the bed sleeping soundly when three men in black sneaked in.

The three men walked to the dragon bed with knives in hand and looked at the sleeping Su Xuan'er. The man in black in the front was particularly excited and chopped down with all his might with the knife.

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