"It's over. Everything is over."
Li Chengqian sat on the ground in a daze, and the Crown Princess also looked anxious. The Crown Princess also knew that this matter was different from the past, but when the money was collected, the Eastern Palace really could not hold on. If it were not for this money, the Eastern Palace might not even have enough to cover its daily expenses.
This matter cannot be blamed on the Crown Princess. If there is anyone to blame, it can only be blamed on Li Chengqian for being too playful. At that time, in order to please himself, he gave away one farm after another, completely ignoring the financial situation of the Eastern Palace.
"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will write a letter to my father right away and will never let him tell anyone about Your Highness."
The Crown Princess suddenly thought of this matter and immediately asked her subordinates to grind ink.
"Don't think about these things, it's useless."
Li Xiang shook his head speechlessly, wondering how you became the Crown Princess.
"What do you, a junior, know? You've already established your own palace and been crowned a king. What does the affairs of the Eastern Palace have to do with you?"
The Crown Princess said with bared teeth.
"I'm from the same lineage as the Eastern Palace. Don't you know better than me what kind of person your father is? How long have you been here? Has your father sent anyone to inquire about this? If the Emperor starts investigating this matter, do you think your father won't drag more people into it just to survive?"
Li Xiang's words hit the Crown Princess' heart like a heavy hammer. It was indeed as Li Xiang said, she had been imprisoned for so long, and the Hou family didn't even ask her.
To survive, Hou Junji would definitely muddy the waters. The Crown Prince was his most important bargaining chip, and he would definitely drag him into the water. If the emperor didn't punish the Crown Prince, why would he punish me? Just like the matter of deposing the Crown Prince, in the end everyone was happy.
Li Xiang was too lazy to stay here and walked out quickly. He had to find a way now. Li Chengqian also hurriedly caught up with him, wanting to see what Li Xiang was planning.
Letting Hou Junji memorize it should be the best solution, but all those who know about it must be silenced.
All the people who knew about it on the East Palace side could be found, but could Hou Junji find it? So this matter must also involve Hou Junji, but can Hou Junji help the East Palace now?
All kinds of thoughts came to Li Xiang's mind along the way, but when he walked back to his hall, Li Xiang was still not sure what to do?
"Your Highness, the Queen sent a note."
Qian Ping took out a note from his hand, which had a wax stamp on it, which meant that it could only be seen by Li Xiang. Generally speaking, if it didn't say "Empress", it would mean the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace.
No. 12 Suzaku Street!
There were only a few words on the note, and Li Xiang didn't understand what was going on. He immediately snapped his fingers and Shu Liu appeared from behind him.
Give him the note and this guy will know what to do.
In less than half an hour, this guy came back from outside.
"Your Highness, there is only a little boy and a few wet nurses here. If we are not mistaken, this little boy is related to the Marquis' Mansion."
To be able to get such information in half an hour means that they have the ability to investigate. Li Xiang also understood who this little boy was, and there was no need to investigate the subsequent matters. This should be Hou Junji's illegitimate child outside.
With this, we have the bargaining chip, and we don't have to worry about you, Hou Junji, not taking responsibility for this matter.
"son?"
The prince looked at Li Xiang for a long time without saying anything, feeling extremely panicked. He didn't know what Li Xiang was thinking. Shouldn't there be a solution at this time? If he continued to remain silent, time would pass by minute by minute. If the emperor got the news, we would all be in trouble.
Li Xiang looked at his father's anxious face, thought of the people in the Eastern Palace, and then thought about his future life, so he had to be ruthless.
"Father, let her out for now! Her interests are equal to ours in this matter. Have her find all of them and send them all...all of them to the winery outside the city."
Li Xiang originally wanted to kill all these people, but after all, they came from the modern era, and the idea of respecting life still existed. Li Xiang would never kill innocent people unless it was absolutely necessary. These people were just obeying their masters and they had no choice at the time.
"I'll go right away, I'll go right away..."
Li Chengqian is now afraid. As long as there is something for him to do, as long as he can be busy, the fear in his heart will be alleviated a little. As for how to solve this matter, Li Chengqian does not ask now and leaves it all to Li Xiang.
"Control the people on Suzaku Street and find a place where even I can't find them."
Li Xiang turned his head and gave an order, and Shu Liu immediately disappeared into the darkness.
"Prepare the car and go to the Marquis' Mansion."
Although it is late now, Li Xiang can't care about so much. Even if there are loopholes in this matter, he must do it. He will know the result after trying hard. If he waits at home, there will be no good results.
"Your Highness, two groups of people came to assassinate Zat'elk. We followed them out of the city and headed south of the Yangtze River. We can't find out where they came from."
On the way there, Hu Yi came to report to Li Xiang that the place where they were guarding Zatlk was attacked twice in one day. Fortunately, our local brothers were able to benefit, otherwise Zatlk would have been beheaded by now.
Zatlk has offended many people, but even if those people want to kill him, they will never show up at this time. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Chang'an City is now shrouded in dark clouds, and it is too late to hide. Who would come up?
If anyone wants to come up, they are probably the ones who really want to get rid of Zatlk, and they are not coming for revenge, but to protect themselves. There is no need to check these two groups of people, they should be Hou Junji's people.
"How strong are the people coming? How many of them are there?"
Li Xiang suddenly thought of the purpose of the money. Since Qian Ping couldn't guess what Hou Junji used the money for, Li Xiang guessed that Hou Junji might have used it to raise assassins, after all, it was such a huge sum of money.
"There are over seventy people in the two groups, and their strength is about eight people..."
After hearing this, Li Xiang's guess was almost right. Among the major wealthy families in the capital, a guard with a combat strength of five people was already considered good. More than seventy death squads with a combat strength of eight people would cost a lot of money in a year...