The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 745: good inspection
Chapter 745 Good Observation
Although he knew that Bai Qingyan was holding the letter he had written to the Second Prince, Li Mao was far less shocked than when he found out that Bai Qingyan could recite the letter word for word.
The other letters were not a big deal, but if those letters repeatedly urging the Second Prince to force the Emperor to abdicate were sent to the Emperor, he would not be able to explain himself.
Bai Qingyan stood up and pulled her fox fur coat closer, wrapping her tightly inside, revealing only her extremely delicate and beautiful facial features. She looked like a delicate beauty, but her eyes were filled with determination and resoluteness: “Before sunset, if the white-haired old man doesn’t arrive, the letter will appear on Prince Yu’s desk. My second sister and seventh sister…are already in the Prince’s residence, so let’s see what the Left Prime Minister will do.”
After saying that, Bai Qingyan turned around and walked out.
Li Mao stared at Bai Qingyan’s back, wishing he could tear Bai Qingyan into pieces, but he couldn’t help but lower his head and shouted, “Someone come!”
The butler who was standing at the door holding Li Mao’s cloak immediately came in: “Prime Minister!”
“Prepare the car and go to Dali Temple Prison!” Li Mao said loudly.
Dali Temple Prison.
Li Mingrui waited a long time for the old man to come back to report, but he waited for his father instead.
Through the prison door, Li Mingrui saluted to Li Mao: “Father…”
“Did you ask the old man to kill the female guard beside Bai Qingyan?” Li Mao asked in a cold voice, standing with his hands behind his back and his fists clenched tightly.
The old man didn’t come back for a long time, so my father came to question him again, thinking that the old man had made a mistake: “The female guard beside Bai Qingyan, how could her martial arts be so superb?”
“Are you crazy?! This time you framed Princess Zhenguo and angered her! You even dared to kill the people around her! Do you know that we still have evidence in Princess Zhenguo’s hand against you for touching her? What did your father tell you?!” Li Mao gritted his teeth and lowered his voice to scold his son, “Didn’t your father tell you not to provoke Princess Zhenguo!”
Li Mingrui looked embarrassed and lowered his eyes: “Did the Princess Zhenguo go to threaten my father?”
Li Mao snorted coldly, stood with his hands behind his back, and whispered: “The Princess Zhenguo wants the old man now. If you can’t hand him over before sunset, you will have to hand over the heads of my entire family! The letter is now in the Prince’s Mansion! It’s up to the Princess Zhenguo to hand it over or not!”
Li Mingrui looked up in shock and looked at Li Mao: “Father, could it be that… you want to hand over the old man?! The old man is following my orders! And… the old man saved my life and my mother’s life, and has taken good care of me for many years!”
“If you don’t hand over the old man, do you want to hand over the heads of my entire Li family?”
The housekeeper who came to the prison with Li Mao coughed lightly. Li Mao then realized that this was the Dali Temple Prison and it was not advisable to speak too loudly.
“Where is the old man?” Li Mao asked with a stern face.
“Father!” Li Mingrui was unwilling to hand over the old man. Not to mention that they had met by chance but the old man risked his life to save him, Li Mingrui had developed feelings for the old man who had forgotten his past over the years. The old man didn’t talk much, but he would always accompany Li Mingrui when he was feeling down. Li Mingrui had never forgotten these things.
“Where is the old man?!” Li Mao raised his voice, his eyes full of murderous intent.
Li Mingrui looked grim. He lifted the hem of his long gown and knelt down to kowtow to Li Mao: “Father, please spare my life for the fact that I once risked my life to save my mother and me, and for taking good care of me over the years! If you can’t ask the Princess Zhenguo for mercy, please try to… let me meet the Princess Zhenguo!”
“You can’t even protect yourself, and you’re still thinking about protecting others?!” Li Mao was furious and grabbed the prison door with both hands, “Mingrui, Mingrui! You are my eldest son, and I have high hopes for you! The future of our Li family… will still depend on you! I know you value friendship, but you have to know how to make choices if you want to do great things!”
Li Mingrui, who was kneeling on the ground, slowly tightened his hands.
“Tell me where the old man is.” Li Mao squatted down and stared at his son. “He will come out immediately after you tell him!”
Li Mingrui actually didn’t know where the old man was, but he was afraid that if he said he didn’t know, his father would go to Du’s house in Jiuchuan Hutong to search. What if the old man was injured and was in Du’s house at this time, wouldn’t he have no choice but to surrender?
Li Mingrui gritted his teeth and kowtowed to Li Mao: “Father…I was the one who brought the old man back to the Li family. Since you want to send the old man to the Princess Zhenguo, I should be the one to send him there!”
Looking at his son, Li Mao knew that Li Mingrui was trying to protect the old man, and sighed: “Which is more important, the entire Li family or an old man whose name is unknown? You should decide for yourself! If in your heart the entire Li family is not as good as an old man, I will accept it as my father!”
After saying that, Li Mao stood up and told the housekeeper: “Go and tell the jailer that Lu Jin should have received the order from his superiors to release Mingrui.”
“Yes!” The butler hurried to greet the jailer.
Li Mao also looked at his son deeply and turned to leave.
Coming out of prison, Li Mingrui, who was always pretentious and tidy, didn’t bother to change his clothes. He jumped on the horse prepared by the butler and was about to leave by pulling the reins. The butler caught up with him, grabbed Li Mingrui’s reins and said, “Sir, the Prime Minister has high hopes for you! Please don’t let the Prime Minister down!”
Li Mingrui gritted his teeth, pulled the reins without saying a word, rode away at full speed, and galloped towards the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion.
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After returning from the Li Mansion, Shen Qingzhu had been restless, waiting for the Li Mansion to send back his master Shen Baizhong. When he heard the doorman report that Li Mingrui came to ask for a meeting, Shen Qingzhu lost his patience.
The master who had passed away for so many years suddenly appeared in the capital, but seemed not to recognize her anymore. How could Shen Qingzhu not be worried?
At first, the master’s wife thought that the master was dead. Within a year, she fell ill due to missing him and died of illness.
Bai Qingyan raised his hand to signal Shen Qingzhu, whose arm was wrapped in fine cotton cloth, to sit down, and asked the concierge who came to report: “Did Li Mingrui come alone, or did he bring someone with him?”
The old woman hurriedly said, “Miss, it’s a person.”
“Young lady!” Shen Qingzhu turned to Bai Qingyan and asked, “Does Li Mingrui want to negotiate some terms?”
Bai Qingyan tapped his hands lightly on the agarwood table and said with a clear gaze, “Li Mingrui may be different from Li Mao. He probably doesn’t want to hand over your master. Let’s go and have a look first.”
If Li Mingrui had not pushed someone else to settle the matter like his father Li Mao did, Bai Qingyan would have looked up to Li Mingrui.
Bai Qingyan stood up with the help of the small table, put on his fur coat and prepared to go to the front yard. Seeing Shen Qingzhu wanted to follow him, Bai Qingyan turned around and said to her, “Don’t go in when you are outside the door. If you are too concerned, you will be confused. Li Mingrui is a person who is good at observing. I am afraid he will see something, which will be disadvantageous to your master.”
Shen Qingzhu clenched his fist and nodded: “Okay, I’ll listen to you, young lady.”
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