Chapter 361: Drunkenness, murderous intent and autumn mood in the villa.

Looking at the eldest princess who had been waiting for a long time and was not surprised at his final victory, Li Chengze could not help but sigh in embarrassment.

Only then did he understand the viciousness of the false emperor Li Chengqian.

He also knew the news that the Queen Mother had passed away.

When the Queen Mother was still alive, she did not want her descendants to fall into chaos at a time like this, but is it necessary to sacrifice herself just for the sake of balance and stability?

Just like when my father was still alive?
He always avoided meeting people in the palace, even the eldest princess.

Li Chengqian is not as simple as he seems.

He always knew where his strengths were, and he also knew who was truly powerful after leaving Kyoto. He looked very much like his father, and because of this, he was always certain that the eldest princess was his own from the beginning to the end.

His extraordinary forbearance has brought him to where he is today.

But Li Chengze doesn't believe this!
He is older than Li Chengqian, and is superior to him in terms of intelligence, ability, and even the art of controlling people. The empress dowager is old and has dim eyesight, and his father sticks to the old ways!
Today, everything will come to an end.

"Chengze, come here and let me take a closer look."

The eldest princess flicked her sleeves and greeted him from where she stood. Her tone was somewhat cheerful, and a smile was on her face that had not changed over the years.

This smile is so beautiful, as fresh and gorgeous as a young girl in her twenties.

This contradictory feeling is the reason why Li Yunrui is famous all over the world. Li Chengze admires her, but also feels disgusted.

Li Chengze wiped his eyebrows and calmed himself down. He walked forward, bowed slightly to the beautiful lady in palace dress on the stone slab in the courtyard, and said softly, "Hello, aunt."

Li Chengze's voice was extremely low, and indescribably natural and gentle.

The eldest princess stared at her brother's son in a daze. Her fake smile slowly faded away. She said with some regret, "Why do you look so much like Fan Xian?"

Li Chengze did not reply.

When Fan Xian first came to Kyoto, he was surprised by Fan Xian's appearance.

It's like looking in the mirror. No matter the degree of the smile or the artificial posture, they are all as if they were carved from the same mold.

Therefore, although the princess was sighing about her appearance at this time, she was only saying it to herself.
"How have you been lately?"

The voice seemed to be complaining, I haven't seen you for many days, and you didn't come to greet me?
Frowning, Li Chengze coughed uncomfortably, smiled and said lightly: "I have been really busy recently, so I have time to come and visit my aunt."

"I understand your intention."

The greetings between the two had exhausted the last bit of affection, and Li Yunrui's expression turned cold.

She first whispered a few instructions to the palace maids in the courtyard, and then led Li Chengze to the inner courtyard.

It turned out that a table of food and wine had already been arranged in the courtyard. There were only two people in the room, so they relaxed a little. In addition, it was their nature that they did not care too much about the success or failure of the matter, and their tone became gentler.

Sitting on the stone bench, Li Yunrui, who didn't know what to say, sighed and said faintly: "In your eyes, what kind of person am I?"

Li Chengze tilted his neck, somewhat puzzled.

Such gentle words are totally unlike the temperament of an aunt. Li Yunrui grew up in the palace and was loved by the old queen mother. She really had everything she wanted. But she didn't want what others gave her, but what she wanted to fight for was something that others couldn't give up. For her, it was two extremes.

There were all kinds of mixed emotions in my heart, and I didn't know how to express myself for a moment.

"It makes no difference to me what kind of person my aunt is." People are only divided into useful and useless ones.

As long as it is beneficial to him, Li Chengze can show the utmost tolerance and patience even if the other person is extremely ugly or has no talent.

Obviously, Li Yunrui is such a person at this time!

"I didn't expect that in the end, I still didn't hear a sincere evaluation from you." Today's eldest princess still has a beautiful face, red lips and bright eyes, and her long hair like a black waterfall is still tied up as before. Compared with the past, she revealed some rare real emotions. She is not as timid as the legend says, which makes her peerless beauty more vivid.

Slowly, she served the food to Li Chengze. The two of them were not in a hurry and wanted to fill their stomachs first.

After a long time, Li Chengze clapped his hands lightly, and two guards who had been waiting in the front yard for a long time came over carrying a person.

"Your Highness!"

"let it go."

After waving his hand and waiting for the two guards to leave, Li Chengze wiped his mouth and said softly, "Aunt, this is the eunuch who leaked the news at the beginning. He is also a spy planted by Fan Xian in the East Palace. It's ridiculous that my father was so smart all his life, but in the end he was used by his most trusted subordinates and his most beloved son."

Hong Zhu can be said to be half responsible for the current chaos in Qing Kingdom.

He is the most direct fuse.

"This is a great gift."

Li Yunrui smiled softly, as if he didn't care about this person.

Things have already happened, and it is too late to make amends. Faintly, Li Yunrui still enjoys this feeling, the feeling of "revenge" on his brother after the incident was exposed.

"My nephew is sincere enough, so I will leave this person to you, aunt."

No one knew how Hong Zhu was captured here. As early as when he completed Fan Xian's mission, he had been arranged to go to the border state to reunite with his brother.

His friendship with the prince made him decide to go to the Eastern Palace to die, but after many twists and turns, he finally fell into the hands of Li Chengze.

The palace maid in the distance behind him stepped forward and filled Li Chengze's glass with wine. He raised the glass and drank it all, feeling the slight bitterness in his throat, and experiencing how mellow and rich the Wuliangye liquor brought into the world by Fan Xian's mother Ye Qingmei was!
"Where is my brother now?"

Qin Ye supported Li Chengqian. He was already a top ninth-rank master. With the support of the thousands of most elite soldiers in the camp, it was not surprising that he was able to protect the second prince Li Chengqian in the battle.

But all the people in the suburbs of Kyoto are his.

As for the surrounding areas, according to Li Chengze's estimation, the reinforcements from Dongyi City that Fan Xian requested would almost arrive. Where else could Li Chengqian run to?

It was nothing more than one of the several escape routes that my aunt had already prepared.

"what!"

A palace maid holding a dagger had already killed Hong Zhu who was kneeling on the ground. She then took out a dry cloth to wipe the blood off the sword before putting it back into the sheath and standing behind Li Yunrui.

The chill from outside the royal villa seeped in bit by bit, rudely taking away the last bit of heat from the food on the table. It was really a novelty to eat this meal next to the corpses of countless dead soldiers.

But this also made Li Chengze evaluate his aunt's mental state.

Finally he came to a conclusion: This woman is really crazy!
"Do you believe?"

Li Yunrui laughed wantonly: "If I tell you, you two brothers will both die at the hands of Fan Xian and Li An!"

(End of this chapter)