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"Yes!" Li Junxian clasped his fists in response.
"Your Highness..." Wang Qingxue hesitated to speak, "I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."
"Miss Wang, but it's okay to say."
"Your Highness may offend the Crown Prince completely by acting like this. How will Your Highness deal with the Crown Prince's anger in the future?" Wang Qingxue asked worriedly.
"Clear snow!"
Xue Rengui's face changed when he heard this.
"It's okay, Miss Wang is a good question!"
Li Xiao smiled lightly, and said slowly: "Before today, I have asked myself countless times, how should I deal with Li Chengqian's schemes?"
"It wasn't until today that I got the answer."
"Your Highness is sure to deal with the crown prince?" Wang Qingxue asked curiously.
"Hehe..." Li Xiao chuckled lightly, "My answer is that since I don't know when, my strength and his strength are no longer at the same level. I don't have to worry about this at all."
If there is someone who makes Li Xiao worry.
Then there is only Li Er.
As long as Li Er is not partial to helping Li Chengqian, with his current strength, he doesn't need to take Li Chengqian seriously at all.
Even Changsun Wuji was on Li Chengqian's side.
What he has to do is to develop his own power as much as possible to deal with the next national war.
Hearing this, Wang Qingxue fell silent immediately.
Li Xiao also doesn't seem like an arrogant person, so why would he speak so much nonsense?
How many secrets are still hidden in him?
Chapter 205: The Prince Confines His Foot
Li Junxian's work is very fast.
Early the next morning, the sky in Chang'an City was filled with rice paper.
It records how Li Chengqian and Lu Tiexin colluded together and deliberately framed Li Xiao.
When this happened, the whole city was in an uproar.
The people in the streets and alleys all regard this matter as a topic of conversation after dinner, and often talk about it.
The matter soon spread to the palace.
Li Er was furious, and brought people to the East Palace without saying a word.
"As the prince, you colluded with the court ministers and framed the meritorious ministers!"
"As the elder brother, you have carefully planned to exclude your five-year-old younger brother!"
"In the future, if I block your way, will you still have to deal with me?!"
Li Er was furious, and roared at Li Chengqian.
"Father, this son has been wronged!"
Li Chengqian looked flustered, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "This matter is clearly unfounded, someone is trying to frame my minister, please investigate clearly!"
"I think you won't cry when you see the coffin!" Li Er said with a sullen face, "I have ordered Wei Zheng to take over this matter. Under the torture and interrogation, Lu Tiexin will confess soon. At that time..."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian's eyes froze, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "My son...has never done this before! Please check it out!"
Li Er's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard the words, and he didn't speak any more.
After an unknown amount of time, a voice came from outside the door.
"Your Majesty, Lord Wei Zheng, please see me!"
Hearing this voice, Li Chengqian obviously tensed up, a little embarrassed.
Li Er looked at Li Chengqian and said, "Xuan!"
Afterwards, Wei Zheng walked in with a blank expression.
"Your Majesty, I have already found out..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Er stretched out his hand to stop him.
Li Er looked at Li Chengqian expressionlessly: "I will give you one last chance."
At this moment, Li Chengqian's face was pale.
He gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "Father, my son was wronged."
Hearing this, an inexplicable look flashed in Li Er's eyes, and he ordered: "Wei Zheng, you can speak now."
"Yes!"
Wei Zheng clasped his fists respectfully, and then said slowly: "After the torture, Lu Tiexin confessed completely. The matter of framing the king of Yue was planned by him alone, and the crown prince never participated."
"No one ordered?" Li Er frowned slightly, "Then where did he get the courage? What's the motive?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, at the Martial Arts Conference, Xue Rengui brought out a shocking divine weapon, which became famous all over the world. Lu Tiexin was greedy, so he wanted to take this opportunity to seize the divine sword for himself, and then the scene at the wedding banquet happened." Wei Zheng said slowly.
When Li Chengqian heard this, he didn't dare to make a sound, but there was obviously an unconcealable ecstasy in his eyes.
"In this case..." Li Er pondered slightly, then looked at Li Chengqian, "Is it because I blamed the prince? Do you have any complaints about me?"
"I dare not!" Li Chengqian said hastily.
"If you get to the bottom of this matter, the minister also has a certain responsibility."
"If my son can spare some time to spend time with Brother Xiao, and let the world know that I have a deep brotherly relationship with Brother Xiao, then the people behind the scenes will not be able to take advantage of it."
"Is it really just that?"
Li Er looked at Li Chengqian with deep eyes.
"Father, my son can swear to the sky..."
"Okay!" Li Er waved his hand impatiently, then turned around, "Confinement for three months, no going out without my order!"
"Think about it, where did you go wrong!"
Li Er took Wei Zheng away.
Li Chengqian, on the other hand, collapsed powerlessly on the ground. When he came back to his senses, his entire back was already wet with sweat.
"Li Xiao..."
Suddenly, he looked towards the sky with hatred in his eyes: "You and I cannot live together!"
"Come on!"
"Subordinates are here!"
"Go and find Changsun Chong!"
"Yes!"
……
Lantian Villa.
Outside a room.
"Miss Wang, are you still used to living here?"
Li Xiao said to Wang Qingxue with a smile.
"Your Majesty, thank you for your concern. Everything is fine with Wang." Wang Qingxue said respectfully.
"That's good." Li Xiao rolled his eyes and said, "I came to Miss Wang this time because I have something to say."
"Please speak, Your Highness."
"On the surface, you are the guard I recruited, but you are also the daughter of the Wang family, and Xue Rengui's best friend, and you are also a leader in martial arts among the younger generation. Naturally, this king will not wrong you to be a guard."
"But this king's villa also has a rule that it does not support idlers, so what are you going to do, Miss Wang, so that this king can continue to protect you."
"Wang has only martial arts, nothing else."
"Then how about making you a martial artist?" Li Xiao said thoughtfully.
"Warrior? Who do you teach?"
Wang Qingxue looked puzzled.
"Train recruits for the king."
"Recruit?" Wang Qingxue became even more confused, "Where did the recruit come from?"
"Of course they are recruits recruited by the king, how to raise them, are you interested?"
Li Xiao smiled, but there was an inexplicable look in his eyes.
"what?"
After hearing this, Wang Qingxue was stunned.
After a while, she asked with a surprised face: "Your Highness recruiting soldiers privately is a felony! It's so confidential, so His Highness told me so?"
"Xue Rengui believes in you, and this king believes in Xue Rengui, it's as simple as that." Li Xiao said indifferently.
"Well, do you agree?"
Wang Qingxue thought for a while, then clasped her fists together and said, "Since Your Highness believes in Wang, Wang should give it a try, but I can't guarantee the effect."
"Okay, come with me, and I will show you around the king's villa."
Li Xiao nodded, then turned and left.
Wang Qingxue took a deep breath and followed with a serious face.
On the road.
"Are you curious why this king wants to recruit soldiers privately?"
Li Xiao glanced behind him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
Wang Qingxue thought for a while, and said: "The prince is very powerful. Most of the civil servants and generals in the court support the prince. Your highness is weak, so you have to keep a hole card for yourself."
"Hehe..." Li Xiao smiled helplessly, "He is not worthy of Li Chengqian."
"The recruits are recruited because the national war is about to break out."
"Your Highness is worried that our Great Tang will not be able to defeat the Turks and Dongying?" Wang Qingxue asked in shock.
"I'm not worried, I'm sure Datang will lose." Li Xiao said solemnly.
"How is it possible?" Wang Qingxue looked puzzled, "If Datang is really no match for the pincer attack of Turks and Dongying, then with the recruits in His Highness's hands, they can turn the situation around? Please forgive Wang for not being able to understand!"
"You'll understand later."
Li Xiao smiled slightly and did not continue talking.
At this time, several people passed by the blacksmith shop.
Hearing the sound of beating and beating coming from inside, Wang Qingxue asked suspiciously: "His Highness not only recruits private soldiers, but also builds armors privately?"
"Of course." Li Xiao said with a smile, "That peerless sword is also from here, do you want to go in and have a look?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Qingxue's eyes flashed with curiosity.
But then she still gritted her teeth and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, it's unnecessary."
"You can watch it if you want, you are one of your own, and this king has no secrets from you."
Li Xiao rolled his eyes, and then took the lead into the blacksmith's shop.
Curiosity flashed in Wang Qingxue's eyes, and she followed in.
"Your Highness!"
When the blacksmiths saw Li Xiao, they all saluted.
"How's the progress?" Li Xiao asked casually.
A strong blacksmith stood up and said respectfully: "Your Highness, half of the list His Highness ordered has been completed, including ten peerless sword handles, three hundred steel crossbow arrows, twenty steel spear heads, and twenty steel shields... ..."