The first thousand six hundred and ninety-nine chapters
In fact, what she said was just a conjecture. This assassin was definitely not sent by Xiao Zichen himself, and starting from today's assassination, the target of those assassins was only her.
She was quite worried when facing Xiao Zichen, so the seeds of doubt were left in her heart.
Looking at his reaction now, perhaps he himself did not expect such a result.
If it was someone sent by the Queen, it would be impossible to attack only her and not Xiao Zichen. The same goes for the two Xiao sisters.
Therefore, the only spearhead can only be pointed at Xiao Zichen's own people.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. If I wasn't very sure, how could I have said such a thing? Your subordinates were cruel to me because the emperor said today that you are not allowed to have concubines or a wife.
"Ye Fuxun said calmly.
"Princess is tired," Xiao Zichen suddenly said: "Have a good rest tonight. I will naturally find out the real culprit behind the scenes."
With that said, he walked out of the room without giving her any reaction.
Seeing his figure disappear behind the door, Ye Fuxun felt discouraged and leaned on the edge of the bed.
Things are getting more and more complicated.
Xiao Zichen walked out with a gloomy expression, all he could think about was what Yu Siling said to him just now.
How could it possibly be his!
She was obviously making it up.
But Yu Siling's words still echoed in his mind.
"Your Majesty," there were footsteps behind him. When he looked back, he saw a boy running towards him: "Your Majesty, please go to the front hall quickly, Mr. Li and the others are here."
Mr. Li?
He was doubtful, but in the end he said nothing, nodded, and followed the boy towards the front hall.
In the front hall, Mr. Li has been waiting for a long time.
As soon as he saw him coming in, he stepped forward with a panic look on his face and asked, "The prince was assassinated tonight. Were he injured anywhere?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Li." He nodded slightly, indicating that he was not injured in any way: "It's true that Mr. Li is old, and it's not worth it to have to worry about such a thing in the middle of the night."
Mr. Li waved his hand and sat on the chair with the help of others. After all, he was an old man over fifty, and his body was already worse than before. After all the movements, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Xiao Zichen looked at him, his eyes dark, not knowing what he was thinking.
"How did Mr. Li know that I was assassinated in the middle of the night?" He asked casually, turning the ring on his little finger.
Mr. Li, who was originally relaxed, was suddenly startled. Then when he realized what he was doing, his voice was a little weak: "I only found out about this from others. I was worried about the prince's safety, so I rushed over right away."
Xiao Zichen said nothing.
He seemed not to hear, playing with the ring on his hand, and said nothing for a while.
"But it has only been less than three hours since my accident, and I didn't let everyone keep quiet. Logically speaking, Mr. Li shouldn't have learned the news so quickly."
Mr. Li was shocked.
Xiao Zichen continued to say slowly: "If you had known that this would happen a long time ago, I think it should have something to do with you."
As he spoke, his sharp eyes shot towards him like an eagle.
When Mr. Li saw him like this, he broke out in cold sweat.
Xiao Zichen looked at his guilty look and guessed in his heart that he was inseparable.
With a sneer, Yu Siling said that it was indeed true.
"Mr. Li can now tell me why you brought assassins to assassinate us?"
Mr. Li closed his waist tightly, and his whole body seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant. Then he slowly opened his cloudy eyes and sighed.
"My lord," he said with a bit of hatred, "didn't you hear what the emperor said at the palace banquet today? If you marry the princess of the Western Kingdom, you will never have a concubine or a wife again in your life.
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"She can indeed bring us a lot of help, but the distant water cannot save the near fire, let alone an unpopular princess. The emperor's move is clearly to cut off your escape!"
Xiao Zichen looked at him coldly.
"I didn't want to harm the princess's life, but those people under my command were so hasty that they almost hurt the prince. Prince, I'm doing this all for your own good!"
"Mr. Li, there is no need to say any more," Xiao Zichen said coldly: "Since I have agreed to the emperor's engagement, I will marry the princess of the Western Kingdom."
"Your Majesty!"
Mr. Li's face turned red with excitement, and he coughed violently. The maid beside him quickly handed him tea to calm him down.
"If I had known that the emperor would give this secret, I would never have agreed to the marriage myself even if I died!"
"It's a foregone conclusion, there's no point in talking more," Xiao Zichen looked at him: "Why does Mr. Li think that if I don't marry the princess and His Majesty doesn't issue this order, then he won't issue it to the next princess either!"
Mr. Li was stunned.
"Since he made this request today, it means that he has been planning this matter for a long time. No matter whether I choose the Princess of the West or the Princess of the East Desert today, he will still say the same thing!"
"Mr. Li," he turned around, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice: "Do you think what you did is still right now?"
Mr. Li suddenly realized what he was doing. He stumbled to his feet, his legs softened and he almost fell to the ground.
Speaking of which, he has been in the imperial court for many years, so he can't even understand this.
"Your Majesty..." he said.
"Mr. Li is here unexpectedly, so I have spoken out today. There is only one person in my heart, and marrying the princess is only forced by power. Mr. Li should know it clearly in his heart."
Mr. Li frowned in fear and looked at Xiao Zichen with incredulity in his eyes: "Does the prince want to give up for such a woman..." A better chance to seize the throne?
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Zichen in front of him suddenly had a look on his face, and his voice was a little chilly: "Mr. Li should clearly understand that she is not some casual woman, she is my wife, and the only one in my heart.
of a wife.”
Mr. Li was deeply regretful.
He had never seen that Xiao Zichen... was actually an idiot.
"I hope Mr. Li will see the situation clearly and not take action against the princess in the future. I am sure of other matters."
After saying these words, he didn't give any reaction to the people behind him, snorted coldly, and walked straight out of the door.
Xiao Zichen instinctively felt a sense of fear in his heart. He raised his head and looked at the dark sky above his head, his expression condensed.
Storms are coming and big things are going to happen.
And in the room on the other side.
Ye Fuxun was lying on the bed, with her entire back exposed, while Lu Xia was burning the medicine on her body, sobbing from time to time.
"Silly girl, why are you crying? Nothing happened. People who don't know would think you were injured instead of me." Ye Fuxun was amused by her sobs and joked.