Leng Xi went back to the capital in the early morning of the next day. This trip took five days. During these five days, Li Fei went crazy and sent people everywhere to look for him. She sent people to assassinate Long Xiaomin.

, arrived in the capital ahead of Lengxi.

Wearing the clothes of a eunuch, he came to Concubine Li, cupped his fists and saluted:

"Empress, this slave is guilty and the mission failed..."

"waste."

Concubine Li suddenly became furious, "Wang Meng, if you can't do this little thing well, how will you achieve great things in the future?"

"The princess calmed down and we were about to succeed when Prince Xi arrived. In order to avoid being discovered by Prince Xi and fearing that we might accidentally hurt him, we decided to retreat temporarily."

"Xi'er went to Quan City?"

Li Fei looked at Wang Meng with disbelief, "Can you see clearly? Is it Xi'er?"

Wang Meng clasped his fists with both hands and bowed in salute, "It's clear that it is indeed Prince Xi. He even blocked an arrow for Long Xiaomin, otherwise we would have succeeded."

"He blocked the arrow for Long Xiaomin? Was he injured?"

"That's not true..."

Only then did Li Fei let out a sigh of relief, "That's okay. I asked why I couldn't find him for a few days. It turns out he went to Quan City."

At this point, her eyes flashed a few times and she continued:

"Has Xi'er come back? Did he realize it was you?"

Wang Meng shook his head vigorously, "We were all covered up at the time, and Prince Xi didn't recognize me. After we came out of Longwu Villa, we didn't dare to stay any longer, but he didn't seem to come back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Nanny Lu walked in quickly and said, "Mother, Prince Xi is here."

Hearing this, Concubine Li's eyebrows condensed and she said in a cold voice:

"Let him in."

Then she said to Wang Meng:

"You go down first, I will tell you what to do later."

Wang Meng nodded and saluted, then turned and walked towards the door.

When he met Leng Xi head-on, he cupped his fists and bowed in salute, "Prince Xi..."

Leng Xi didn't bother to look at him, but stopped him when he was about to leave.

"Wang Meng?"

Wang Meng hurriedly stood up, lowered his head and replied:

"Is there something wrong with Prince Xi?"

Leng Xi turned around and walked slowly to his side. He looked at him with furrowed brows, then suddenly raised his hand and patted his right shoulder. This unexpected move startled Wang Meng. He gritted his teeth and straightened his mouth.

Li said softly:

"My lord, what are you doing?"

Leng Xi looked him over, then nodded, "It's okay, let's go down."

With Leng Xi's permission, Wang Meng hurriedly walked out the door as if he were receiving amnesty. Leng Xi looked at his back and narrowed his eyes.

Although he felt that the man in black at Longwu Villa was somewhat similar to Wang Meng, his shoulder was not injured, so he should be able to line up with him.

But what he didn't know was that Wang Meng gritted his teeth and walked out of Liyuan. The wounds on his body were painfully painful under Leng Xi's slaps.

Wang Meng knew that Leng Xi was deliberately testing him, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on until he got out of Liyuan's door, then he covered his shoulders and left quickly.

Leng Xi came to Li Fei. Before he could speak, Li Fei shouted directly at him:

"Kneel down!"

Although Leng Xi didn't know why, he still knelt down in front of Concubine Li, clasped his fists and asked:

"Concubine, what did I do wrong?"

Li Fei stood up from the soft couch, walked slowly to him, twisted her eyebrows and asked,

"Xi'er, you have really disappointed your mother and concubine. I asked you to take advantage of your father's serious illness to spend more time with him these days. It would be better for you to run away without a trace. Where did you go?"

Leng Xi hesitated for a moment, straightened his neck and replied:

"I'm going to find Long Xiaomin."

He specifically emphasized the words "Long Xiaomin" because he wanted to see his mother's reaction.

Sure enough, when Li Fei saw that he said this woman's name without hesitation, she immediately pointed her finger at him and roared angrily:

"Long Xiaomin, Long Xiaomin, does she have magic power? Has she taken away your soul? Do you know that this is a very critical time? Didn't you see that Leng Yu and Liu Luolan are raising their spirits all day long?

Are you waiting there in the Heart Palace? They just want to take this opportunity to gain the emperor's trust. If you don't work hard now, what chance do you have?"

Leng Xi lowered his head, his mind filled with memories of the scene when Long Xiaomin was assassinated, and he had no intention of listening to Concubine Li's reprimand.

"Are you even listening to what I'm saying?"

Li Fei suddenly raised her voice and asked loudly.

Leng Xi raised his sad eyes and looked at her, questioning word by word,

"Concubine, is this the Longwu Villa you sent people to?"

His words stunned Li Fei for a moment, and then she frowned and replied:

"Where is Longwu Villa?"

Leng Xi curled his lips slightly, lowered his eyebrows and said coldly:

"Someone wants to kill Long Xiaomin. I only told you her name, concubine. I can't think of anyone else."

"presumptuous."

Li Fei's face suddenly turned pale, she kept breathing heavily, and said in a stern voice while pacing back and forth:

"Are you suspicious of your mother-in-law?"

"I dare not..."

"Then what are you doing? Although my mother-in-law doesn't want you to marry that folk woman, she won't fall to the point of killing people. Someone must be causing trouble and want to attack you, so you are the only one who can ascend to the highest level.

Only if you have a good position will no one want to harm you, and you will be able to protect the people you want to protect."

Leng Xi was stunned for a moment by Li Fei's words. He looked up at Li Fei and asked distractedly:

"If I really become the emperor, can I let Long Xiaomin be my queen?"

Concubine Li's eyes darkened for a moment, then she shook her head, "No, but you can let her be your concubine."

Concubine Li was smart. Just now, she suddenly changed her mind. Since other things could not arouse Leng Xi's confidence in seizing the throne, let's use Long Xiaomin to stimulate him.

Leng Xi stood up from the ground, faced Concubine Li, and said sadly:

"Then can I let her be my concubine now?"

Li Fei's lips twitched slightly, revealing a contemptuous smile, then she sighed and shook her head:

"Once your father dies and Leng Yu becomes emperor, you will be like a thorn in his throat. Do you think he will let you be a threat to him and let him go? He will think you are in the way.

You will be removed directly."

Li Fei's words hit Leng Xi's heart like a heavy hammer. He clenched his fists and said sadly:

"Could it be that the final result between us brothers and sisters can only be to fall apart and kill each other?"

Seeing that he was a little depressed, Li Fei raised her hand and patted his shoulder, and softly comforted him:

"Xi'er, the weak will eat the strong. This is an eternal truth. Since ancient times, there have been many brothers who killed each other for the throne. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your mother and concubine. You don't want your

Mother and concubine will be buried with your father after his death, right?"

Buried with someone? What a terrible thing!

Leng Xi lowered his head and replied coldly:

"I understand. If nothing happens to my mother and concubine, I will leave first."

With these words behind him, he took long strides and walked outside Liyuan.

He didn't know what he was thinking about at the moment. His mood was extremely complicated. He missed Long Xiaomin, wanted to protect her, and wanted to marry her home, but he, the prince, didn't even have this ability.

After leaving Liyuan, he went straight to the Yangxin Palace. Maybe his mother-in-law was right, he should go to his father to fulfill his filial piety, at least let him know that his son existed.

When he came outside the Yangxin Hall, he saw Leng Yuzheng and Liu Xi talking about something, and he suddenly appeared in front of Leng Yu with a different face.

"Fourth brother..."

When Leng Yu saw him, he immediately frowned and asked,
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