Chapter 191 On the way
After an assassin killed civilians on the streets in Yanjing City, the attempt to capture the assassin failed and the incident caused a lot of uproar. However, two days later, another major event happened in the palace.

Lipin was talking to Ji Wan, a young concubine who had just been sent to the Ji family. Although Ji Wan was not as beautiful as Lipin at the beginning, she was in her prime years now, and she was as beautiful as a newborn flower bud. What was more important was that she was only sixteen years old.

If Lipin had a child, this child could almost be Lipin's child. Therefore, no matter how elegant and beautiful Lipin was, compared with Ji Wan, she was like a flower that had already bloomed. Although she tried her best to maintain her beauty, her color had already faded and was not as fresh as the other one. No matter how much Hong Xiaodi doted on her, Lipin looked calm and confident, as if she was not afraid of anyone taking away her position, but only Lipin herself knew the uneasiness and doubt in her heart.

Ji Wan answered Lipin's words softly, with a tone of careful admiration, and a hint of confidence and pride that comes from youth. She tried her best to hide this thought, but after all, she was young, how could she compare with the shrewd people who had been working in the palace for many years? The other party saw through it at a glance, and Ji Wan herself was still unaware.

Lipin smiled and held her hand, gently comforting her, as if she was thinking about this family wholeheartedly. A few days ago, Emperor Hong Xiao had already mentioned Ji Wan. Lipin knew that she could no longer hide it. Sooner or later, she would have to meet Ji Wan. It would be better to meet her earlier so that Emperor Hong Xiao could see her "gentleness and generosity". Occasionally being petty will make people feel cute, but often being petty will make people feel annoying and impatient. Especially for an emperor who is second only to one person and above ten thousand people, he does not have to wrong himself to agree with anyone, and behind him, there will always be a replacement.

So Lipin specially called Ji Wan to talk. Although she and Ji Wan knew what the Ji family was planning, it was nothing more than to train another Lipin, but this one was younger and might have children.

Ji Wan was full of longing for the future life described by Lipin. Lipin told Ji Wan subtly how comfortable she was living in the palace now. As long as Ji Wan could firmly grasp the emperor's heart, she would naturally be able to live such a life. After all, Ji Wan was young and beautiful, and there were not many people in the palace who were as blessed as Ji Wan.

After just a few words, she was already a little flattered. Lipin saw it and looked down on her. The Ji family had chosen carefully, but they didn't expect to choose such a person. Of course, it might not be that Ji Wan was stupid, but that she had just entered the palace, while Lipin had lived in the palace for many years.

Living one more year will make some progress. Even if Ji Wan is young and cute, she still has to go through this process step by step.

The two were talking lively and getting along well with each other when suddenly someone rushed into Lipin's bedroom. Lipin thought it was the emperor and just said "Your Majesty" and then froze.

Her maids, Hongzhu and Luwu, had their mouths gagged with cloths and were pinned to the ground by two tall maids, unable to move. They kept shaking their heads at her.

"How is this going?"

An eunuch walked in from outside and said coldly and indifferently: "Madam Lipin, His Majesty already knows about your affair with Prince Cheng."

"What...what?" Lipin was struck by lightning, and her eyes almost went black. She forced herself to smile and said, "What are you talking about, eunuch? This is not true!"

"We have found all the evidence of your correspondence with His Royal Highness Prince Cheng." The eunuch seemed unwilling to say another word to Lipin, and directly called the maid, saying, "Get started!"

Before Lipin had a chance to say anything, the old woman held down her hands and feet and blocked her mouth. Like Hongzhu and Luwu, she looked at the two palace maids in fear and panic. Hongzhu and Luwu also had despair on their faces. Lipin was startled and suddenly realized that the truth was revealed.

Ji Wan was talking to Lipin affectionately, and was taken aback by this sudden change. She knelt down immediately. After she understood the accusation against Lipin, she was even more frightened. In the palace, if a concubine had an affair with someone, she would get into a fight and get drunk. She was sent by the Ji family, how could she escape? !

No one can escape!
Ji Wan almost fainted, watching the group of people escort Lipin and others out of the bedroom, and no longer paying attention to her. But Ji Wan knew very well that even if she couldn't do anything about it now, people would always remember it. The crime that Lipin committed made even her feel terrified.

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The adultery between Concubine Li and Prince Cheng was considered a royal scandal and should not be made public. However, the news spread throughout the entire Yanjing city overnight.

No one knew who started the rumor, but it suddenly spread all over the city. The soldiers sealed up the Ji family and arrested all the family members. The people knew the rumor was true.

It was said that Concubine Liu was imprisoned in the palace. After all, this was the crime of treason committed by King Cheng, and her biological mother was not immune from the blame. The next step was to arrest King Cheng, but King Cheng did not know whether he had received the news in advance or not. The servants in King Cheng's mansion were still there, including his concubines, but King Cheng himself was gone.

Or rather, he had already escaped.

Yanjing City was in chaos, and the people naturally accused the adulterous couple. Speaking of which, many things that happened in the past year seemed to be related to adultery. It started with Ji Shuran's affair, then Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong, and then Prince Cheng and Concubine Li.

But the people spread the word that King Cheng had long been planning a rebellion, which was why he committed the crime of disrespect. Now he was fleeing because he was preparing to rebel.

This statement was well-founded and the people were in a panic, and everyone in the court was in danger.

At the Right Prime Minister's Mansion, Li Zhongnan angrily said, "Hong Xiao, you are forcing King Cheng to start a rebellion ahead of time!"

"Father," Li Lian said, "Didn't the King of Cheng plan to start the rebellion in advance?" "There is a difference between being well prepared and being forced suddenly." The person who spoke was Li Xian. Li Xian's expression was gloomy. Compared with his humble smile in the past, although his appearance has not changed, he now seems to be a different person. He said, "It seems that the emperor has been prepared for a long time. The Lipin incident is just a cover."

"He has long known that there is an affair between Concubine Li and King Cheng, but he kept Concubine Li and pretended to be ignorant. He just wanted to attack King Cheng at this very moment. This guy is very scheming, and I underestimated him!" Li Zhongnan said hatefully.

"Father, we should think about what we should do now." Li Xian said, "Prince Cheng has escaped, and his arrangements have changed slightly. If we stay in Yanjing City, the emperor may take action against us soon. It's time to prepare."

"Don't worry," Li Zhongnan calmed down and said, "The emperor doesn't dare to take action against us yet. We have so many people in the court. We are not sure that the emperor will not take action first. I think we should find a way to contact King Cheng first. He is outside the city of Yanjing and needs our help."

Li Xian looked strange.

Li Zhongnan saw it and patted Li Xian on the shoulder: "Xian'er, don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Princess Yongning. Although I am helping King Cheng this time, I won't let King Cheng get what he wants so easily. Our Li family must play a pivotal role in this event!"

Li Xian smiled and said, "It's all up to my father."

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Outside the city of Yanjing, a carriage was running.

This carriage looked like an ordinary carriage, the kind that travelers usually ride in. In the carriage, there were two women and one man. The two women were dressed as peasant women, and the man seemed to be doing business outside, with a turban on his head.

One of the women was older, and she and the man were probably married. They were on the left and right, trapping the younger woman in the middle.

The person sitting in the middle was Jiang Li.

Jiang Li listened to the conversation between the coachman and the man, and her heart sank. The carriage was already hundreds of miles away from Yanjing City. Even if the family came to find them, they would definitely not be able to catch up.

That day, Tong'er blocked a knife for Jiang Li, and Bai Xue pushed her off the carriage. Jiang Li turned and ran into the crowd. Since those people were coming for her, mixing in the crowd might confuse their eyes. Who knew that she would be caught just after mixing in the crowd. At that time, Jiang Li understood that these murderers dressed as ordinary people, who made such a scene on this street and killed many innocent people, were actually a cover. The most important purpose was to catch her. From the beginning, she was under the other party's nose and never left.

But who leaked her whereabouts? That's why they had people guarding this necessary road. It seemed that it was arranged in advance. Apart from the people in the Ye Mansion, only the people in the Jiang family knew that she was going to the Ye family that day. Although it seemed that the people in the Ye family were worthy of suspicion, Jiang Li almost immediately thought of one person, the third branch of the Jiang family.

The third branch of the Jiang family had already been bribed by the Right Prime Minister, and could be said to be King Cheng's people. King Cheng was worried that Princess Yongning would vent her anger on him, so he used his life to exchange for the future of the third branch. This was a very cost-effective deal for Yang and Jiang Yuanxing.

Yang has always been very shrewd.

After she was captured, she passed through the city gate in her current appearance. At that time, the city gate had not been sealed yet, and they passed through easily. The man fed Jiang Li a pill, and Jiang Li's face quickly became covered with red spots, and she kept coughing, unable to speak or move. The woman changed Jiang Li into a peasant woman's clothes and put a veil on her, but some of the red spots were still visible. When passing by the city gate, she told the garrison that they were husband and wife, and Jiang Li was their sick sister. Ordinary people would not have time to hide when seeing such a coughing and scary patient, and since their orders were no problem, they let her pass.

So Jiang Li was taken out of Yanjing City and headed south.

Four days had passed since she was taken away that day. Jiang Li didn't know what was happening in Yanjing City now. Her uncle and Jiang Yuanbo must have been extremely anxious when they heard about this, and they were probably looking for her all over Yanjing City. Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that this was a long-planned conspiracy, and they had planned to take Jiang Li out of the city from the very beginning.

Jiang Li was also very anxious. But she was helpless. She couldn't even move. She had to be fed by the woman. She was only temporarily free when she was locked in the room every night. But she couldn't speak, and she was weak when she moved. She felt limp all over. They put something in her food.

She couldn't speak, so she couldn't ask the two of them who kidnapped her. But Jiang Li thought about it and it was only King Cheng. Although she had many enemies, when Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong were kidnapping her in Yanjing City, there would be no one else except King Cheng.

King Cheng spared her life and did not kill Jiang Li immediately. In addition to avenging Princess Yongning and torturing her, he probably also wanted to use her to threaten Jiang Yuanbai. As long as Jiang Yuanbai did not interfere during King Cheng's rebellion, King Cheng's chances of winning would be much higher. Now Jiang Yuanbai has only Jiang Li, a son of Jiang Bingji, and two daughters, Jiang Youyao, who have gone crazy. Maybe he will really give in for Jiang Li.

Although Jiang Li thought the hope was slim.

After walking for a while, it was already noon and the carriage stopped in front of a tavern.

(End of this chapter)