The Princess being attacked is a major event, and the news was immediately reported to the Emperor who was just about to sleep.
The Emperor was shocked, and even more shocked by the identity of the assassin, then he flew into a rage: “This is simply outrageous!”
“How is the Princess?” At this moment, he remembered to express concern for Xiao Li.
“In response to Your Majesty, the Princess is unharmed, but the assassin was injured and fled.”
The Emperor breathed a sigh of relief, then turned his attention to the Pingnan Hou Manor.
“Bring someone, issue an order to surround the Pingnan Hou Manor, and capture Gu Ling alive!”
This night was destined to be sleepless for the Gu Family.
The Pingnan Hou was actually innocent, because they had no idea what Gu Ling had done. They were almost frightened out of their wits when the Imperial Guard surrounded them.
It wasn’t until the Imperial Guard was about to arrest Gu Ling, and Gu Ling wasn’t even at home, that they realized Gu Ling had caused trouble.
The entire Pingnan Hou family was thrown into prison, and then a city-wide search for Gu Ling began.
Xiao Li rarely took the initiative to enter the palace, going to pay a visit to the Empress Dowager, of course, the Empress Dowager didn’t give her a warm welcome, and then she turned to go to the Emperor.
Since her Imperial Brother was helping her so much, she naturally had to show a grateful attitude.
When she arrived, the Emperor was still receiving ministers and couldn’t be disturbed for the time being.
Xiao Li’s gaze shifted and fell upon Lou Yan, who was standing at the entrance.
A row of eunuchs and Guards, but he was the most striking, and of course, the most intimidating.
“Lou Yan.”
Lou Yan, hearing his name called, raised his eyes and looked at her. His cold, emotionless eyes reflected the smiling face of the person in the purple clothes.
Xiao Li smiled and waved her hand: “Come here, come here!”
Lou Yan looked at her, remaining motionless for a long time. Xiao Li also looked at him, her smile unwavering.
Finally, Lou Yan took a step forward: “What does the Princess command?”
Xiao Li leaned closer, but maintained a distance so as not to touch him, and said mysteriously: “I heard from Prince Wei that you are very skilled at killing. Do you take private jobs?”
Lou Yan’s eyelashes flickered, and his unwavering eyes slowly lowered to look at her.
She dared to ask him something like this, was this Princess truly foolish or did she have ulterior motives?
“The Princess is joking. This servant’s actions are only at the command of Your Majesty.”
That was a rejection.
Xiao Li understood, and felt very disheartened: “Sigh, so Gu Ling wants to kill me, but I can’t catch him. It’s infuriating that he’s hiding at Fifth Imperial Brother’s manor. If I wasn’t afraid of wrongly accusing and offending my Imperial Brother, I would definitely go and search thoroughly.”
As she finished speaking, someone came out from inside, and Xiao Li turned around, leaving Lou Yan behind.
Lou Yan stood in place, watching her go, and was still somewhat concerned about her words.
Gu Ling is hiding at the Chen Prince Manor?
What does Princess Xuanyang want to do?
Xiao Li waited for two days without hearing any news, and didn’t get discouraged. It was natural that Lou Yan wouldn’t take the bait, he just looked too difficult to deceive.
Considering the lingering connection between Gu Ling and Liu Xueyin, Xiao Li was eighty percent certain that Gu Ling would hide at Liu Xueyin’s residence, after all, he had hidden there before when he was injured.
But the problem was, she couldn’t bring people to arrest Gu Ling. The Chen Prince wasn’t dead, and it wasn’t his fault, so how could she allow anyone to search his manor on a fabricated charge?
And Gu Ling would run. Even if he was hiding there now, by the time people actually went to search, he would be long gone.
Xiao Li thought about it and, besides Lou Yan, who did shady work, she couldn’t think of anyone who could deal with Gu Ling at the moment.
If what happened on the street that day was just Xiao Li disliking Gu Ling’s attitude, so she complained to the Emperor to warn him.
But after Gu Ling tried to kill her, she just wanted to get rid of him.
The cut to her pillow and bedding wasn’t fake. If she had been a little unlucky, she would already be dead.
Of course, she hadn’t originally intended for him to die, she was just bringing it forward.
Gu Ling wasn’t a good person. The original body was pregnant and unable to have an abortion. She later suspected a relationship between Lu Yanzhi and Liu Xueyin, and frantically retaliated against Liu Xueyin, even hiring someone to kill her.
Just as it was about to succeed, Gu Ling saved Liu Xueyin, and learned that Princess Xuanyang had sent the assassin. He wished he could immediately go and kill her, but Liu Xueyin stopped him, saying that the Princess was pregnant and even if she was guilty, they couldn’t harm the child.
He rushed to Princess Xuanyang’s residence that night and skinned Lan Yue alive in front of her, telling her: “You should be glad you’re pregnant, otherwise this young master would have skinned you!”
Truly a heart-killing act!
The original body died from postpartum hemorrhage after being frightened into premature labor by him.
Even if the original Princess Xuanyang was bad, everything was forced upon her. But Gu Ling? He was truly evil!
He could kill anyone, as long as it was for Liu Xueyin. He was simply a love-brained mad dog.
This didn’t happen in the original plot, but after Xiao Li publicly humiliated Liu Xueyin, it was perfectly normal for him to kill a Princess for the sake of his beloved.
Such a person is a menace to society, especially now that she has already taken action against him.
He must die!
“Lord, Princess Xuanyang and Prince Wei are here to pay their respects.”
The cold and emotionless Chen Prince Manor rarely welcomed two guests.
“Imperial Brother!” Xiao Li, dressed in a red dress and adorned with gold ornaments, walked gracefully, adding a touch of vibrancy to the austere Chen Prince Manor.
Xiao Jingyi followed closely behind, not showing any disrespect to the Chen Prince: “Imperial Brother, what are you doing?”
Xiao Jingyu looked at his younger brother and sister, and his usually frosty face softened slightly.
“What brings you here?”
Xiao Jingyi said with a smile: “Imperial Sister is here to visit Imperial Sister-in-law, I’m just coming along for the ride. Surely, Imperial Brother won’t object?”
Xiao Jingyu’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he still received them.
“You two chat, I have something to discuss with Imperial Sister-in-law. I’ll go ahead.”
Xiao Li said and grabbed a servant girl, asking her to lead the way to Liu Xueyin’s courtyard.
It’s laughable, Liu Xueyin, as a Princess Consort, doesn’t live with the Chen Prince, but resides in the most remote courtyard of the manor.
If you say their relationship isn’t good, the Chen Prince frequently goes to Liu Xueyin’s to sleep, and even has relations with her. But if you say it’s good, Liu Xueyin’s treatment is no better than that of other concubines. The Chen Prince ignores her, and the servants of the manor can show this Princess Consort disrespect.
But thankfully Liu Xueyin isn’t favored, otherwise how could someone hide in her room without being discovered?
“Princess Consort, are you there?”
Xiao Li didn’t have any manners of a guest, and barged in arrogantly, pushing open the door.
“Who, what person?”
There was a panicked voice from inside the room, as if someone had bumped into something.
Xiao Li entered with ill intentions, shouting as she walked: “Princess Consort, it’s me, I’ve come to talk to you, why don’t you come out to greet me?”
“Princess, you can’t come in, you can’t—”
Liu Xueyin’s servant girl tried to stop her, but was held back tightly by Hong Yue and the others, and could only watch as Xiao Li barged in.
Finally, Xiao Li was blocked by a screen in front of Liu Xueyin.
Liu Xueyin glared at her with a displeased expression: “What do you want?”
Current Lou Yan: I don’t want to bother with that foolish Princess.
Future Lou Yan: Princess, you haven’t spoken to this servant for three days.
Haha~~