#108 - To kill the prince consort
Baihe County, Li Family Mansion.
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The Li Family Mansion occupies a full fifteen hectares, its scale nearly matching that of a marquis or general in the Wu Dynasty.
Within the Li Mansion, there are artificial mountains, streams, and exquisite gardens, appearing exceptionally refined. The Li Mansion even imitated the Xu Mansion in Wudu, creating a Koi Pond.
The Li Mansion employs hundreds of maids and servants, not counting the guards.
It's hard to imagine such a scale for a wealthy family in a remote small town.
If this were in a town with stricter surveillance, such an oversized structure would be investigated.
However, this is Baihe County. For the Li family, they are one of the four local emperors of Baihe County.
In the backyard of the Li Mansion, a man is sitting cross-legged on a stone. His body is surrounded by black spiritual energy. With his constant breathing, his skin flickers, appearing quite sinister.
“Hui'er, do we really not need to move? That Yu Ping'an has already passed the imperial examination and become a Tan Hua (third-ranking graduate).” Li Chade, the head of the Li family, said anxiously.
Li Chade has been anxious for over three months.
Ever since the imperial examination results from Wudu reached Baihe County, Li Chade learned about this crippled Tan Hua.
When he learned about this crippled Tan Hua, he felt something was wrong and had a bad premonition.
He sent people to investigate, and it turned out that this crippled Tan Hua was the scholar whose legs he had broken before.
After that, he couldn't sleep well every day.
His son had broken the legs of the current Tan Hua!
How could Yu Ping'an let it go? As long as he said a few words in front of the Emperor, his whole family would be crushed like ants.
So Li Chade had long wanted to flee abroad.
Anyway, he had accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. If he fled to the Wei Kingdom, which had the worst relationship with the Wu Kingdom, what could the imperial court do to him?
However, his son was very calm. No matter what he said, he didn't want to leave.
“Dad, don't panic. That crippled scholar is now called Yu Ping'an, right? That Yu Ping'an definitely won't cause us trouble.” Li Hui said with a smile.
“How can you be so sure?” Li Chade didn't know how many times he had heard his son say this, but he had never given a reason.
“The reason can't be told to you, Dad.” Li Chade shook his head. “But Dad, think carefully. If Yu Ping'an really wanted to cause us trouble, the imperial court would have sent someone already. Would they wait until now?”
Li Chade: “…”
“Dad, what you need to worry about is not Yu Ping'an, but that someone from the county will be sent to investigate the missing boys and girls in Baihe County.” Li Chade said slowly.
“You still have the nerve to say that? Son, what do you need so many boys and girls for?” Li Chade said unhappily.
“That's not something you can ask.” Li Hui shook his head. “Now, we still need 10 pairs of boys and girls. Dad, you should prepare quickly. Don't you also want to cultivate? After it's done, that lord will help you fulfill your wish.”
Hearing that he could also cultivate, Li Chade's breathing became heavier: “Okay! Then I'll believe you, son.”
Li Chade left the courtyard, and Li Hui continued to meditate and cultivate in the courtyard.
After a stick of incense's time, a fragrant breeze swept through the courtyard. Li Hui suddenly opened his eyes, his expression filled with fear.
“This lowly one greets Your Excellency.”
Li Hui knelt down towards a tree in the courtyard, prostrating himself completely, appearing extremely respectful.
“Ding-ling-ling.”
A gust of ink-black breeze swept past, and a crisp, melodious bell sound rang from the tree in front of Li Hui.
A girl was sitting on that tree.
The girl's eyes were like water, but with a hint of coldness, as if she could see through everything. The curve of her lips seemed to disregard everyone in the world, as if everything could be manipulated by her at will.
The girl yawned, gently covering her mouth with her fingers. Her ten fingers were slender, her skin like creamy jade, snowy white with a hint of pink, as if water could be squeezed out.
Her vermilion lips smiled charmingly, every movement like a dance. Her black hair danced in the wind, emitting a fragrance, hanging straight down to her ankles. On her snow-white ankles, she wore a silver-white bell.
The silver-white of the bell, the snow-white of her jade ankles, and the delicate, rosy-white jade feet complemented each other, like the most perfect work of art created by God.
Following the girl's smooth, jade-like feet upward, were her shapely, slender calves. The black skirt above the calves did not yet reach the girl's knees. In the eyes of the world, this kind of dress was extremely immoral.
Her breasts should be average, but because of her slender waist, her breasts appeared full and well-proportioned as she sat on the branch.
A butterfly made of bright pearls was carved between the girl's eyebrows, emitting a faint light. Her eyebrows were lightly brushed, and her face was without makeup, but still couldn't hide her exquisite beauty. A crystal necklace around her neck further accentuated her clear collarbones, and a white jade bracelet on her wrist set off her snow-like skin.
Her beautiful eyes flowed, like pale butterflies that had lost their breath in the darkness. Her expression was indifferent, like a fairy who did not eat the food of the mortal world, ethereal and illusory like fireworks, yet brilliant.
“How are things going?” The bad girl, who looked like a demoness, played with the hair beside her ear, looking at Li Hui with a smile.
“Reporting to the Holy Maiden, we are only short ten pairs of boys and girls. Within ten days, this one will definitely send them to the Black Lotus Sect's branch.” Li Hui's voice trembled.
The girl glanced at him indifferently and flicked a medicinal pill to him.
Li Hui caught the pill and kowtowed with joy, as if afraid that the girl in front of him would regret it, and quickly stuffed the pill into his mouth and swallowed it: “Thank you, Holy Maiden!”
“You don't need to thank me.” The girl's eyes showed undisguised disgust: “This thing is a deal between you and the branch leader of Baihe County. I'm just giving you what you deserve for him. What you do is none of my business. You should prepare the remaining ten pairs of boys and girls as soon as possible.”
The girl yawned again, her expression showing some boredom, “But I'm here today for other matters.”
“Holy Maiden, please speak?”
Li Hui raised his head.
Although the girl was wearing a short skirt, Li Hui couldn't see anything under the skirt.
“I heard that three people have come to your Baihe County?” The girl lay sideways on the branch, with a bit of a black cat's laziness.
“Yes.” Li Hui quickly said, “They are a new county magistrate, an old prime minister, and a Wu Dynasty Zhuangyuan (top scorer in the imperial examination). That Zhuangyuan almost became the Wu Dynasty's驸马爷 (驸马爷 is the emperor's son-in-law).”
Girl: “I want two things.”
Li Hui's tone was sincere: “No matter what Your Excellency wants, this one will do everything in my power!”
“Is that so?”
The girl smiled coldly, looking at Li Hui playfully.
“I want the heart of that old prime minister.
I want the life of that驸马爷.”
