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Chapter 61 The mastermind behind the scenes
When Li Lingyue walked into the emperor's tent, Li Zhi was reading a letter sitting on the main seat, and a middle-aged woman was standing on the side below his head.

When Li Lingyue approached, she realized that the middle-aged woman was actually Cui Daizhao who was beside Empress Wu.

When Cui Daizhao saw Li Lingyue coming in, a loving smile appeared on his face. Li Lingyue looked at her with a smile, and a simple exchange of eyes was regarded as a greeting.

"My daughter has met Aye!" Li Lingyue bowed slightly, and greeted Li Zhi politely.

"Coming!" Li Zhi responded, put the letter in his hand aside, pointed to Cui Daizhao who was next and complained to Li Lingyue:

"Your mother can't trust me after all. No, even Cui Daizhao was sent to be your bodyguard. Alas, they were also born of the same mother. Your royal brothers are not as lucky as you!!"

Knowing that Li Zhi was making fun of Li Lingyue, Cui Daizhao, as Empress Wu's personal servant, quickly leaned over and explained:

"Returning to Your Majesty, the princess is out of the palace for the first time, and the empress is really worried. Therefore, it's not because you don't trust your majesty that the servant girl came to accompany her in Fuzhou!"

Cui Daizhao's words, in Li Zhi's ears, somewhat made him feel guilty.

Before he left the palace, he repeatedly assured Empress Wu that he would protect his daughter's safety.

As a result, as soon as he arrived in Yanzhou, Li Lingyue was put in prison and received dozens of lashes. Although she did it herself, the Empress Dowager would definitely blame him for the debt. Besides, Li Lingyue was almost assassinated. If you are a father, you will definitely be blamed by Empress Wu when you go back.

Now Li Zhi was eager for Empress Wu to take over, so he pretended to nod generously, and smiled at Li Lingyue:

"I heard that, your mother misses you very much, so, tomorrow morning, you will go back to Chang'an with Cui Daizhao!"

What!Back to Chang'an! !

Is this the big gift from Aye?I would rather not have this gift!
Li Lingyue looked at Li Zhi with some surprise, seeing the other person's face relieved, she had to look at Cui Daizhao again,
"Cui Daizhao, did Auntie send you to fetch me back to the palace?"

Cui Daizhao leaned back and said, "Princess Hui, that's right!"

"No! I can't go back yet!" Li Lingyue refused without thinking.

Cui Daizhao reassured: "Princess, this place in Yanzhou is dangerous, and this servant is ordered by your mother to take the princess back!"

"Then please ask Cui Daizhao to go back and tell my aunt, to kill the locusts and help the people have enough to eat, and come back to Chang'an on horseback!" Li Lingyue was excited, and casually uttered a self-made doggerel.

Hearing this, Li Zhi clapped his hands and praised: "It's such a day of 'killing the locusts and helping the people to eat well, come back to Chang'an on horseback!', um, good literary talent, worthy of being my daughter!"

Li Lingyue gave Li Zhi a white look, and a mischievous evil smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, which made Li Zhi's back feel hairy.

Cui Daizhao wanted to persuade him again, but was threatened by Li Lingyue's eyes. Li Zhi coughed:
"Well... since the princess doesn't want to go back, Cui Daizhao shouldn't force others to make things difficult. My daughter, just like her aunt, has a stubborn temper!"

"But Your Majesty, the servant girl has received the news that someone will harm the princess!"

Li Zhi said indifferently: "With Zhen here, no one can hurt the princess in the slightest, Yue'er!" Li Zhi looked at Li Lingyue: "I have a surprise for you!"

After finishing speaking, he ordered to Eunuch Chen next to him: "Go! Bring me up!"

"According to the order!"

Eunuch Chen responded, walked to the door, and waved his hand outside, only to see a prisoner escorted by two imperial guards walking in.

Li Lingyue looked around and almost exclaimed, it was none other than Liu Cheng, the governor of Fuzhou who had disappeared.

"Aye! So this is your great gift!" Li Lingyue happily bowed to Li Zhi.

That's right, the assassins in the city used military crossbows, and his own Aye could easily find Liu Cheng. The emperor wanted to arrest someone, but Liu Cheng couldn't get out of the border of Fuzhou.

Li Zhi blinked at Li Lingyue, turned his gaze to Liu Cheng, and began to interrogate him.

"Tell me, why did you assassinate the princess, and who is the mastermind behind it?"

Liu Cheng bowed his head respectfully, and replied in a calm tone: "Your Majesty, the person who assassinated the guilty minister was not the princess, but Mrs. Zhang. No one instructed me, and everything was done by myself!"

Li Zhi frowned, and said majesticly: "I will give you another chance, if you don't take it seriously, I will punish you from the nine clans!"

Liu Cheng looked solemn, and kowtowed again: "The guilty minister has nothing to say, please punish the crime, Your Majesty!"

Li Zhi was about to get angry, Li Lingyue walked up to Liu Cheng, said with a smile:

"Don't tell Dudu Liu, this princess also knows that the person behind you is Guannei Dao Yushi Zhongcheng who leads the 27 states... Yang Kuo!"

As soon as these words came out, not only Liu Cheng's body shook, but Li Zhi also showed a surprised expression.

Seeing that Liu Cheng was still silent, Li Lingyue was not annoyed, and continued:

"My princess has sent someone to investigate. Mrs. Zhou Ji Mizhuang who was cut off by He Shan is actually just your distant cousin in Yanzhou. You belong to the Liu family in Yanzhou. You follow your mother's surname. Six years ago, your grandfather implicated King Liang. In the case of rebellion, the whole family was exiled to Guazhou, and Yang Kuo was the supervisory censor of Guazhou six years ago. Guazhou was transferred to Fuzhou, this princess is right!"

Liu Cheng said in a deep voice: "But this does not prove that I have any relationship with Lord Yushi!"

Li Lingyue nodded and said: "Indeed, just one point can't explain anything, but this princess found out from Zhang Yi that you, a small general, can make the governors of all states follow your lead. The military and political power of each state is in one body, and if you look at the entire Guannei Road, who else can give you such great power except Yushi Yang Kuo?"

After Li Lingyue finished speaking, Li Zhi couldn't sit still first: "Yue'er, Yang Kuo has always been upright and honest, with an excellent official voice, and won the trust of me and your mother. I don't believe that he is a heinous person. If you don't Conclusive evidence, don't make wild guesses!"

Li Lingyue pointed to Liu Cheng and said, "Aye, this Liu Cheng has been with Yang Kuo for many years, he knows whether Yang Kuo is a good official or not!"

"Liu Cheng, why don't you tell me the truth!" Li Zhi asked again forcefully!
Liu Cheng still didn't say a word, obviously, he was ready to bear everything.

"Eunuch Chen, go and bring Yang Kuo to me!"

Li Zhi simply asked Yang Kuo directly, Li Lingyue quickly stopped him:

"Aye, no, Yang Kuo won't admit it without conclusive evidence. If we bring him here to confront him now, it will be easy to scare the snake away. Besides, Yang Kuo has been cultivating in the Guannei Road for many years, and he must have many followers. If we force him to Too urgent, if you can't keep the other party in a hurry, this person can't move for the time being without full evidence and certainty!"

Li Zhi thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and waved to Eunuch Chen.

Li Lingyue stood in front of Liu Cheng again, knelt down and said to Liu Cheng:
"My princess is very curious. What kind of weak spot did Yang Kuo catch on you? How dare you risk killing your family and hide it for him, oh, yes!" Li Lingyue's expression suddenly dawned, "My princess remembered, you Only you and your wife, children, and mother are left alive in the Liu family in Yanzhou, so could your weakness be your wife, children and mother?"

As Li Lingyue spoke, she carefully observed Liu Cheng's reaction. When she asked about the other party's wife and children, Liu Cheng's expression obviously tightened.

Li Lingyue, who saw the clue, suppressed her excitement, and thought to herself in the bottom of her heart:

Since Yang Kuo can use your wife and children to make you shut up, can't this princess use your wife and children to make you talk?

As the saying goes: return the same way to the other body, if this princess doesn't believe you, you won't be able to speak!
(End of this chapter)