Go to Qingqiu together

Early the next morning, the Queen Mother had already learned that Xia Qi had returned to normal at Li Yujing's birthday banquet, and she was instantly furious.

But now who doesn't know that the person behind Xia Qi is Shen Xubai, naturally the queen mother can't touch Xia Qi.

So she could only turn her anger on Li Yujing.

On the same day, he was convicted, and on the grounds that Li Yujing had harmed the prince, Li Yujing was sent to prison to await disposal.

His sons were all arrested, the prime minister was completely panicked now, he couldn't care about anything else, he quickly went to find Shen Xubai, but Shen Xubai didn't see him.

The prime minister tried various methods, but he didn't even meet Shen Xubai, who kept saying that he didn't have time.

But Li Yujing has no time to wait in prison at this time, who knows if they will torture Li Yujing.

Ever since he was a child, he was reluctant to say harsh words to Li Yujing. Thinking of Li Yujing's possible suffering in prison, his heart almost died of pain.

Shen Xubai refused to see him, so the prime minister had no choice but to go to Xia Qi.

After all, the person Li Yujing beat was Xia Qi. If Xia Qi didn't care about it and asked him to go to the Queen Mother to intercede, even if the Queen Mother didn't want to, but in order not to be blamed, at least Li Yujing would not be sentenced to death.

When he went to find Xia Qi, Xia Qi met him quickly.

The prime minister didn't talk to Xia Qi anymore, he told Xia Qi why he came here as soon as he saw Xia Qi.

"I understand the prime minister's meaning." Xia Qi nodded slightly after listening to the prime minister's words.

"Then... I wonder if His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is willing to enter the palace to intercede for my son who deserves to die, and ask the Queen Mother to let him go." The prime minister's tone was extremely anxious, and he almost burst into tears as he spoke.

As long as Li Yujing can be rescued, even his official uniform is unnecessary.

Xia Qi pretended to be contemplative, looking like he was thinking.

Seeing this, the Prime Minister was about to kneel down as soon as his knees softened: "Your Highness, I beg you as a veteran, I am just such a son..."

Xia Qi quickly reached out to hold the Prime Minister's hand, not letting him kneel down: "Prime Minister, don't worry, I didn't say I won't help you."

In fact, he has been waiting for the prime minister for a long time today, and he is no less anxious than the prime minister. After all, there are too many variables for Li Yujing in prison, and the longer the time delays, the more dangerous Li Yujing will be.

Who knows if the Empress Dowager will take advantage of this opportunity to do something to Li Yujing, after all, Xia Yun didn't even have time for a trial, so he died in the clan mansion for no apparent reason, this is most likely the work of the Empress Dowager.

This move is too risky for him, but he can only take this risk.

No matter how anxious he is, he can only wait for the prime minister to come to him. He must hold his breath. Only then will the prime minister know that there is no need to discuss with him. He must listen to himself in everything, so that the prime minister will be completely under his control. among.

He can't tolerate mistakes.

When the prime minister heard Xia Qi's words at this time, he thought that Xia Qi was willing to help him, and immediately said excitedly: "Does Your Highness mean that you are willing to help my Jing'er?"

"Yeah." Xia Qi nodded.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your generosity. Not only did you not care about Jing Er, but you were willing to save him. I will definitely ask Jing Er to come to apologize after that." Cheng Lian said in a low voice.

Xia Qi looked at the Prime Minister, and said with some embarrassment: "I am willing to help him, but you know, Mr. Prime Minister, that the Queen Mother is dissatisfied with me."

"This..." The Prime Minister heard Xia Qi's words, and the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

After all, Xia Qi's words clearly meant that he was declining.

"If I go to the empress dowager to intercede, the empress dowager will definitely be more dissatisfied with me. I'm afraid I will be in danger. Now that the court is chaotic, I just want to be alone." Xia Qi said embarrassingly.

"Your Highness, you are the empress dowager's blood relative. The empress dowager will definitely not be cruel to you, but Jinger is different. The empress dowager will really kill Jinger." pray.

Normally, he would not pay attention to an unfavored prince like Xia Qi, but now only Xia Qi can help him.

Listening to the prime minister's words, Xia Qi couldn't help but sneer in his heart, this old thing is really beautiful enough.

"The queen mother won't want my life? Do you believe the prime minister when you say this?" Xia Qi frowned slightly and asked in a cold voice.

The prime minister's face suddenly changed.

"The eldest prince who was supposed to be the crown prince died young. It was not the Queen Mother's fault. What's more, the Queen Mother had already killed several princes in a row when she was still in the previous dynasty, including her own son." Xia Qi continued Said.

Listening to Xia Qi's words, the prime minister's face was already pale and weak, and he couldn't even utter a word. Even if he wanted to explain something, he couldn't utter a word.

Xia Qi glanced at him coldly, and said, "Since the prime minister has no sincerity in coming here this time, there is no need for us to continue talking."

After finishing speaking, Xia Qi said directly: "Come here, see off the guests."

"Wait a minute." The prime minister thought Xia Qi really didn't want to talk to him anymore, and he was sweating from fright.

When Xia Qi heard the prime minister's words, he winked at Ah Jiu who was about to come to see off the guests, and asked him to wait first.

"It's my fault, let's talk again." Cheng Xiang said hastily.

"Well, then tell me." Xia Qi nodded a little coldly.

The prime minister hesitated for a while, then looked at Ah Jiu who was aside.

Xia Qi naturally knew what he meant, and quickly asked Ah Jiu to retreat first.

Ah Jiu has followed him for many years and is the only loyal servant around him who can be completely trusted, but in order to reassure the prime minister, he still shuns Ah Jiu.

When there were only the two of them left in the main hall, the prime minister gritted his teeth and said to Xia Qi: "Since your highness knows that the queen mother is dissatisfied with you, why not... just give it a go."

Seeing that the prime minister finally said what he wanted to hear, Xia Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

But his face remained calm: "What does the prime minister mean?"

"Your Highness, you are the prince, and of course you are also the son of the heir to the throne. As long as you can rescue Jing'er, the old minister will do his best to serve His Highness with all his heart." The prime minister has already given up.

"Is this true?" Xia Qi asked.

"nature."

Xia Qi pondered for a moment, and said: "Since this is the case, we are cooperating with each other. To show my sincerity, I will ask King Ning to intercede for your son."

"Really?" The Prime Minister looked at Xia Qi with a look of surprise, "Can Your Highness really invite King Ning?"

If Shen Xubai also intercedes, then he can put his heart in his stomach, no matter what the Empress Dowager wants to give Shen Xubai this face.

"Naturally, King Ning is my cousin, and he will help me, but I have to pay a lot to hire him. You should also know that King Ning has always been unkind." Xia Qi deliberately said to himself It was very difficult.

In fact, he and Shen Xubai planned all of this early in the morning. Shen Xubai didn't see the prime minister in order to beg Shen Xubai through him.

But in fact, no matter what, Xia Qi will definitely ask Shen Xubai to come forward to beg the Queen Mother.

It is impossible for him to put Li Yujing in danger and ignore it.

After hearing Xia Qi's words, the prime minister's expression became even more perplexed, and he quickly said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

"So, I have expressed my sincerity to you, so you should also be loyal to me, shouldn't you?" Xia Qi looked at the prime minister and said word by word.

The prime minister was stunned for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "Then... what do you mean, Your Highness?"

Xia Qi didn't beat around the bush with him anymore, and directly stated his request: "I know that you have raised a lot of private soldiers over the years, and handed over their command and deployment rights to me."

The meaning of what he said was already obvious, it was asking the prime minister to give him all his troops.

The prime minister naturally knew that he had no choice. If he wanted to save Li Yujing, he had to do so.

Otherwise, it was just a verbal promise. From Xia Qi's point of view, he could turn back at any time, but if he handed over his troops, he would have nowhere to go.

Just when he was about to speak out, Xia Qi said again: "My people have found several places where you raise soldiers. According to preliminary judgments, there are at least [-], and there are some places that I can't find out, so you have to hand over Give me more than [-] troops."

When the prime minister heard this, his body stiffened.

The place where he stationed troops was very hidden, even the Queen Mother didn't know about it, but Xia Qi found out, which shows that the intelligence network behind Xia Qi has reached a terrifying level.

Originally, he wanted to say that he only had a few thousand troops, but Xia Qi actually knew how many soldiers he had in his hands. In fact, all his troops were almost as much as Xia Qi said.

"Don't hesitate." Xia Qi sneered and said, "Even if you don't hand over these troops to me, let the Queen Mother know about it. Do you know what crime you should punish?"

"The old minister is naturally willing to serve His Highness." The prime minister was taken aback, and quickly expressed his willingness to hand over his troops to Xia Qi.

He is a civil servant, raising so many soldiers is not for rebellion, but for something. If the Queen Mother finds out about this, he will die.

"In that case, I can rest assured." Xia Qi nodded with satisfaction: "You go back first, and leave this matter to me."

The prime minister hurriedly nodded and retreated.

After the prime minister left, Xia Qi quickly went to find Shen Xubai, and asked Shen Xubai to go to the palace to intercede for Li Yujing immediately.

"Brother, I want Li Yujing to come out of prison safely." Xia Qi said eagerly to Shen Xubai.

Usually Xia Qi calls Shen Xubai the prince, but now he calls him brother, which means that he has something to ask for.

Shen Xubai frowned quickly when he heard the words: "What do you mean by saying that nothing happened?"

"I want the queen mother to spare Li Yujing's death penalty and not punish him for the rest." Xia Qi said quickly.

"You have such a beautiful idea." Shen Xubai accused: "Since you have taken this step, don't be soft-hearted. It is certain that the Empress Dowager will let him go, but it is impossible to absolve him of all crimes."