Don't ask where people go

Chapter 17 Reward
In the early morning of the next day, before the interrogation, Li Shengxuan heard a report from the guards of the prison, saying that the five girls committed suicide in fear of crime.

Xia Houzhang couldn't help being stunned when he heard the news, "Kill yourself in fear of crime?"

But Li Shengxuan just calmly asked the guard to submit the confession he found, and after reading it carefully, he calmly came to a conclusion: "The girl who did the attack yesterday is the mastermind, and the other four are also accomplices. Since everyone is dead, Let's stop here."

Hearing what Li Shengxuan said, the guard knew how to deal with it, so he agreed and went down.

Xia Houzhang on the side frowned, "Your Majesty really believes that they committed suicide in fear of crime?"

"She did it." Li Shengxuan just answered lightly, "She said she would clean it up."

Clean it up?Xia Houzhang couldn't help feeling that the hairs on his back were standing on end, five people were killed in one night, and he did it neatly, who is so cruel and merciless?

Suspicion flashed through Xia Houzhang's heart, and then he opened his mouth quietly, "Your Majesty, although Fang Zilan's action has solved the empress dowager's eyeliner for His Majesty, but yesterday she was able to take out a short dagger casually, stabbing herself is also a big deal. Without hesitation. Your Majesty should not keep such a person by your side."

Li Shengxuan looked at the confession letter on the table and said with a smile: "She can take out more than a short dagger? With her ability, even if she doesn't have anything, it is not difficult to take someone's life. What will she do? , let her go for now."

"But the lives of those five girls..." Xia Houzhang was about to say something, but when he saw Li Shengxuan looked back at him from the side, he immediately stopped talking and said no more.

Li Shengxuan looked back and saw Xia Houzhang's stunned face, thinking that he didn't believe it, so he smiled slightly: "If you don't believe it, you can ask her yourself later."

"Your Majesty summoned her?" Xia Houzhang answered casually, Li Shengxuan still just smiled, "No summons, but she will definitely come."

As if to prove Li Shengxuan's words, the two of them heard rustling sounds from the imperial study room after a while, and looked up to see that Fang Zilan was already standing in front of them.

"Did someone see you coming?" Xia Houzhang asked first, Fang Zilan's lips curled up slightly, "Of course not."

Xia Houzhang hesitated for a moment, but he still couldn't hold back, "Those five girls..."

"I killed it." Fang Zilan admitted it bluntly, but Xia Houzhang was stunned.

"Good job, thank you for your hard work." It was Li Shengxuan who spoke, and he quietly looked at the person in front of him, as if he wanted to see something from her face.

Fang Zilan felt a little uncomfortable when he saw him, "Why does Your Majesty look at me like this?"

Li Shengxuan just shook his head and didn't say anything.

He still remembered the appearance of Fang Zilan when he stepped forward to kill Shangguan Yun in the Wind River Valley that day, when he killed Shangguan Yun, he raised the knife and dropped it so neatly, but then the hand holding the dagger was hidden in the sleeve and trembled uncontrollably.

When she said that she was a killer, he was always skeptical.

It is common for a killer to kill ruthlessly, and it will not become like that after killing a person like her, but now she kills five girls as soon as she wants, and her expression is calm as usual, all of which remind him that she is indeed the killer Zi Zi show.

"Since the matter has been settled, I would like to talk to Your Majesty about the reward I mentioned before." Fang Zilan's voice suddenly sounded, bringing Li Shengxuan back to his senses, and nodded: "I remember you said that you want to belong to the your place."

"That's right." Fang Zilan nodded, waiting for Li Shengxuan's next words, "Ms. Fang is satisfied with the rank of Xiugui?"

Hearing this, Fang Zilan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, "What does your Majesty mean?"

"Regardless of whether she has anything to do with the Fang family of the prime minister's mansion, the girl's surname is Fang after all. I already have a queen surnamed Fang by my side, so I can't have a woman above the concubine's surname Fang." Li Shengxuan thought about it and explained a few times. He said, "The only thing I can allow you is the position of nobleman."

"Did Your Majesty misunderstand something?" Fang Zilan said coldly, her expression was completely different from before.

Li Shengxuan was also taken aback, "Miss Fang doesn't want to be a nobleman?"

"The place I'm talking about is not in the harem." Fang Zilan looked at the person in front of her firmly, clenched her fists, "What I want is a place in the court."

Li Shengxuan didn't react for a while, and repeated her words in a murmur, but couldn't help laughing out halfway through the repetition.

"Miss Fang, do you know what you're talking about?" Li Shengxuan carefully looked at Fang Zilan in front of her, but there was no smile on her face, "I know."

"You are a woman..." Xia Houzhang couldn't help interjecting, but was interrupted by her, "What about a woman? Could it be that a woman can only serve the king in the harem and raise heirs, and cannot stand above the court ?"

She spoke eloquently, but she was very clear in her heart that the answer given by Li Shengxuan might not satisfy her.No wonder Li Shengxuan and Xia Houzhang looked weird when she proposed this reward that day. They all regarded her as a woman who wanted to climb the dragon and become the phoenix.

In this way, it all made sense, Li Shengxuan's ambiguous attitude towards her, no matter it was the time when the carriage escaped for his life, or the words he meant in the Royal Garden yesterday, to put it bluntly, it was just a bribe for a woman.

"As a woman, standing above the court hall?" Li Shengxuan confirmed again, and Fang Zilan nodded again, "It's not without precedent, I will not make things difficult for Your Majesty."

"You're talking about Xiahou Yunzhao?" Li Shengxuan subconsciously said the name, his expression turned a little cold, "What kind of status is Xiahou Yunzhao, what qualifications do you have to compare with her?"

"Status cannot be compared, but what Xiahou Yunzhao can do, I can do the same." Fang Zilan's eyes showed indescribable firmness, "I would rather wrap my body in horse leather on the battlefield than sit in the harem and wait for my hair to grow old."

"You are so courageous!" Li Shengxuan yelled softly, but she didn't take it seriously, "Since I dared to come here to discuss remuneration with His Majesty, I am fully prepared. Claiming to be sick, the Shangguan family is obedient, and the family in the northern border has no one to use..."

"Shut up!" Li Shengxuan interrupted her violently, but he knew in his heart that what she said was the truth.

The Jinren in the Northern Territory has always been a confidant of the imperial court. Now that he has just ascended the throne, the imperial court is unstable, and he dare not deploy troops from other places to pacify the Northern Territory with all his strength.At this juncture, neither of the two aristocratic families in the northern region was willing to stand up, so he couldn't choose a capable and trustworthy coach to go to the battle.

"Why did the Huangfu family and the Shangguan family refuse to fight? Don't you know the reason?" Li Shengxuan's expression became colder, but Fang Zilan was still not afraid, "Because I killed Shangguan Yun. This matter happened because of me. Why didn't His Majesty let me end?"

"Miss Fang!" Xia Houzhang scolded, "Don't be aggressive!"

"Your Majesty doesn't agree, it's just because the woman who can stand in the court with her military exploits is named Xiahou Yunzhao, right?" Fang Zilan ignored Xia Houzhang's words and continued on her own, "If that woman's surname is not Xiahou , Your Majesty will definitely grant my request."

"Miss Fang, please be careful with your words." Li Shengxuan stood up and walked in front of Fang Zilan, "Don't think that I dare not kill you because you have helped me."

"I didn't think so. It's a deal between me and His Majesty, so please honor your promise and give me the reward I deserve." Fang Zilan met his eyes without giving in at all.

"The transaction should be established on the basis of reciprocity. I don't think you can get such a reward for what you do." Li Shengxuan didn't let go at all.

This was expected by Fang Zilan, but Li Shengxuan had no idea what kind of mentality she was standing in front of him.No matter what method is used, she must get him to agree.

"The emperor's promise is more than a thousand pieces of gold? Since your majesty has already agreed to me, you can't go back on it. Otherwise, if the news of the will spreads, I'm afraid your majesty's position will not be so stable." Fang Zilan's expression was serious, and Li Shengxuan's expression became more and more ugly. "Are you threatening me?"

"I don't dare to do that." Fang Zilan clenched her fists a little more as she said, "I just want His Majesty to know my determination and my unstoppable means until I achieve my goal."

"What a swearing-in if you don't achieve your goal, do you really think that I will be afraid of you?" Li Shengxuan smiled coldly, and Xia Houzhang who was beside him hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, calm down!"

As soon as Xia Houzhang finished speaking, he saw Li Shengxuan pull out his saber with his backhand. This sudden change caught him off guard.

The next moment, the sword in Li Shengxuan's hand pointed directly at Fang Zilan's throat, but it would have killed her in the slightest.Yet she was motionless, not even frowning.

"It's not what I thought, but Your Majesty is really afraid." Fang Zilan showed no fear, and her words were very clear, "If Your Majesty hadn't been afraid, I would have been a dead soul under this sword long ago, and I have no chance to speak at all. Since Your Majesty hesitated, You might as well give me this chance, Xiahou Yunzhao is no longer able to become the sword in His Majesty's hands, but I can. If you can't pacify the northern border, I will come and see you."

"That's what you said." Li Shengxuan said as he stabbed straight with the sword in his hand. Xia Houzhang had no time to react, and saw that the sword was nailed to the territory map not far behind Fang Zilan. It is the land of the North.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your success." Fang Zilan knelt on one knee and saluted with fists clasped.

Li Shengxuan didn't look at her, his eyes fell on the territory map behind her, "Don't be in a hurry to thank me, what I want is not only to put down the chaos in the northern border."

Hearing this, Fang Zilan couldn't help but look up at him, only to see that the expression on his face was as fierce as ever.

She heard him say: "What I want is Chakel's head, so that the Jinren can no longer make trouble."

What Li Shengxuan wanted was much more difficult than quelling the chaos in the northern border, Fang Zilan couldn't help but secretly sighed.

When Li Shengxuan was still King Xiang, he fought so many times with the leader of the Jinren, Chakel, but he failed to kill him, which is enough to show that this person is cunning.

Even as a killer Zixiu, it is difficult to complete this task, let alone take his head on the battlefield.But this is the only chance she asked Li Shengxuan to come, that is to say, only success is not allowed to fail.

Fang Zilan heard her own voice, slowly but firmly, "Since this is His Majesty's request, then I will do what His Majesty wishes."

Li Shengxuan looked down at the person kneeling straight in front of him, and reached out his hand to take out half a tiger charm from his pocket, "Get ready, go to order soldiers tomorrow, and set off soon."

　Finally, start a career!Hope everything goes well~
　　
　
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