Chapter 52: Things turn around, and the disaster is shifted to others?
Lin Wan'er walked quickly to Li Chengze, her face slightly red with a little sweat on it, and smiled at him:
"Brother Chengze, I'm so glad you're okay. I was really scared just now."

Li Chengze smiled and said, "Isn't everything fine now?"

"Let's go, let's get out of the palace first."

"Okay, okay." Lin Wan'er nodded happily.

Afterwards, Li Chengze took Lin Wan'er and walked towards the outside of the palace.

Not long after Li Chengze left.

A young man in black suddenly appeared on the wall of the palace.

His eyes were sharp, he had a quiver on his shoulder, a huge black bow in his hand, and he looked around carefully.

Then, he said with a gloomy face: "Strange, I just found out that there was an outsider sneaking into the palace, how come he disappeared in the blink of an eye?"

"Also, this person's martial arts skills are not very high, but he runs quite fast."

The young man pondered for a moment and said, "No, if we don't find this person quickly, something bad might happen."

"If His Majesty blames us then, we will be in big trouble!"

As soon as the young man finished speaking, he jumped forward, jumped onto another courtyard wall, and then rushed forward on the eaves.

……

at the same time.

East Palace, the prince's bedroom.

Li Chengqian was still lying on the bed reading a novel as before, occasionally picking up some fruit and starting to eat it.

Soon, a young eunuch came quickly from outside.

"Your Highness, it's too late to talk about this."

After hearing the eunuch's voice, Li Chengze's eyes lit up instantly. He immediately threw down the script in his hand and said happily:

"Why, was my second brother punished?"

"If my second brother is punished, that should be a good thing. How can it be a bad thing?"

"Tell me quickly, how did the emperor punish my second brother this time?"

"Will his throne be revoked?"

Seeing that the young eunuch didn't say anything, Li Chengze immediately said, "Hey, please say something. You're making me anxious."

"Say it!"

The young eunuch smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Highness, I just learned from the information I got that the final result of the punishment is the confiscation of property."

"Besides, he just killed several people."

"Searching the property?" Li Chengqian was stunned, with an expression of disbelief: "Is the punishment from the emperor so severe?"

"This shouldn't be the case. Even if the second brother committed a serious crime, his property shouldn't be confiscated. Isn't this just demoting him to a commoner?"

"Strange, very strange."

The young eunuch saw that the prince was wrong, so he immediately said, "Your Highness, it was not the Second Prince whose property was confiscated, but the Minister of Rites whose property was confiscated."

"What!" Li Chengze opened his eyes wide and froze in place.

The Minister of Rites’ house was actually confiscated?

That's not right, isn't he a victim?

If he is the victim, then why did Father Huang Wei sentence him to have his property confiscated?

There must be something wrong here.

Li Chengze asked: "What exactly is going on?"

"Tell me the whole story immediately. Don't hide anything."

The young eunuch nodded in agreement and began to tell Li Chengqian everything he had just learned. After a moment.

Li Chengze frowned and said in a low voice with a speechless face: "Is this Guo Baokun a fool?"

"How dare he do such a thing!"

"According to the laws of this dynasty, if you plot to murder the prince, your entire clan will be executed!"

"Besides, even if we want to do it, we have to find a group of reliable people. Look at what he is looking for."

"Besides, even if the plan fails, we must root out the problem and not leave any evidence for the other party to use against us."

"That's good now! The other party has found the evidence. I deserve to have my house confiscated!"

"How could I have such a bunch of stupid teammates? Really!"

The reason why Li Chengze was so angry was because what Guo Baokun did was simply too much.

Not only did he fail to get the desired result, but he also lost his entire family.

Fortunately, the emperor showed mercy and did not punish him according to the law. Otherwise, Guo Baokun would have had a great feast at this time next year!
In fact, this matter was also Li Chengqian's own fault. He forgot to tell Guo Baokun about his second brother's recent information.

Because he knew that his second brother was now protected by powerful masters, and it would be impossible for ordinary people to assassinate him.

After all, when the group of experts he had found a few days ago went to assassinate Li Chengze, not only were they all wiped out, but they were also discovered by the other party.

This also led to Li Chengqian not daring to leave the palace now, as he felt it was safer inside the palace.

Now that Guo Baokun has done this, not only his entire family has been implicated, but even he will be affected.

If my father thinks that Guo Baokun did this entirely at his behest, then we will be in trouble.

After all, Guo Baokun was just a compiler in the palace, so how could he have the courage to murder the prince?

Isn't this just shifting the blame to someone else?
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian cursed and immediately said to the young eunuch:
"Hurry up and go to Guangxin Palace, find the princess, and tell her that I have something important to discuss with you!"

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away." The young eunuch nodded in agreement and immediately turned around and left.

Afterwards, Li Chengqian became angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and when he looked at the script beside him, he lost all interest in it.

He grabbed the script in front of him and threw it to the ground.

When he felt that he had almost calmed down, Li Chengqian waved his hand and shouted, "Someone come."

Soon, a pretty palace maid came in from outside the door.

"Your Highness, what do you want?"

Li Chengqian pointed at the book on the ground and said, "Pick it up. I haven't finished reading it yet."

……

'Guangxin Palace', the main hall.

Li Yunrui sat upright in front of the bed, holding a tea whisk in his left hand and a porcelain bowl in his right hand, gently mixing the tea powder.

In front of her, a female official was standing with her back bent, and she was still saying something.

After a while.

Li Yunrui held the porcelain bowl, a charming smile on her face, and said softly: "It turns out that he had been prepared for a long time. No wonder he was so confident when he entered the palace today."

"In this case, the Minister of Rites is clearly asking for trouble, and he can't blame anyone else."

"No, if we really want to blame someone, we can only blame Guo Baokun, this brainless guy."

Li Yunrui picked up the tea whisk, stirred it to make the tea powder absorb water evenly, then poured in an appropriate amount of hot water, and then quickly stirred it with the tea whisk until foam appeared, then stopped what he was doing.

She picked up the towel, wiped the sweat off her face, and said with a smile: "No wonder the prince can't beat him now, he has become stronger recently."

"I really like him more and more."

Thinking of this, Li Yunrui licked his thin red lips, and his eyes began to become confused.

(End of this chapter)