Xiao Li couldn't see the unwelcoming look in her eyes and lowered her head to sniff. “Imperial Sister-in-law, are you injured? Why is there such a strong medicinal scent?”
Liu Xueyin’s face instantly tensed. “I fell and hurt my knee, and I’m applying medicine.”
“Is that so?” Xiao Li suddenly smiled, bewitching and captivating, then abruptly pushed Liu Xueyin aside.
“Stop!” Liu Xueyin panicked, but still couldn’t stop Xiao Li.
Liu Xueyin followed Xiao Li into the room in a panic, and seeing it was empty, her heart relaxed instantly, then anger flared. “What are you here to do?”
“Of course, I came to see Imperial Sister-in-law, but it seems Imperial Sister-in-law doesn’t welcome me, so I’ll leave then.”
Xiao Li came and went in a hurry, and Liu Xueyin suspected she had found something out, but how was that possible?
However, she didn’t have time to suspect Xiao Li, she was worried about Gu Ling. He was so badly injured, what would he do if he divorced her?
Xiao Li left after a quick visit, and Xiao Jingyi immediately wanted to follow, but Prince Chen couldn’t help but feel their insincerity.
“What exactly did you come for?”
Xiao Li and Xiao Jingyi exchanged glances. Xiao Jingyi shrugged his hands; he genuinely didn’t know, he was simply brought along by his Imperial Sister to make up the numbers.
Xiao Li took out a fan from somewhere and waved it: “Imperial Brother really wants to know?”
She smiled wickedly. “Imperial Brother should know I was attacked, but Gu Ling hasn’t been found. I remembered that Gu Ling has a very good relationship with Imperial Sister-in-law, so I came to try my luck.”
“Of course, I haven’t caught him yet, but I’ve arranged people outside. If anyone tries to escape at this moment, they’ll be throwing themselves into a trap.”
“Imperial Brother, do you think I can catch Gu Ling?”
Xiao Li finished speaking and quickly ran off.
Everything she did was only to achieve her own goals. As for the feelings between Prince Chen and his wife, that had nothing to do with her.
Outside the wall, a group of people were lying around, looking like they were injured.
Xiao Li’s face suddenly turned cold. “Where are they?”
Yang Zhuo knelt before Xiao Li. “Reporting to Princess, Gu Ling did indeed jump from here. We worked together to capture him, but three black-clothed men suddenly appeared and kidnapped him.”
Xiao Li couldn’t help but be angry.
They were already severely injured and in her grasp, yet they were still snatched away.
This was simply outrageous.
As expected of someone who could be the Male Supporting Character, he still had a bit of luck on his side.
“Have the Patrol Camp intensify the search. Whoever finds him will be rewarded with five hundred taels of gold.”
She didn’t believe she couldn’t kill Gu Ling.
Gu Ling’s escape and refusal to show himself confirmed that he was an assassin.
The Emperor issued a wanted order, and Marquis Pingnan was stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner, his entire family exiled to Quzhou.
This place was specifically chosen by Xiao Li for that family. Quzhou was now her fiefdom, and she could easily control them there.
Not long ago, Princess Xuanyang almost ruined the Lu Clan, and now she had directly destroyed a Marquisate.
The common people talked about it, and the aristocrats and officials were worried, unsure whether this was due to Princess Xuanyang or whether the Emperor wanted to use Princess Xuanyang’s name to eliminate someone.
However, the Lu Clan didn’t have time to care about those rumors outside, they were all worried about Lu Yanzhi.
Since being carried back after getting drunk and being beaten by the Princess, he had been like a lost soul.
He ate and read normally, but his eyes were always vacant, and he would often stare blankly, looking like a walking corpse, which worried his family.
“What on earth is going on? Could he have been beaten senseless?”
Madam Lu’s heart ached every time she looked at him, but Lu Yanzhi insisted he was fine. “Mother, don’t worry, I’m alright.”
Was he alright?
Seeing him start to space out again while talking, Madam Lu’s heart bled. How could he be alright?
It was truly a misfortune. How did her good son encounter such a disaster as Princess Xuanyang!
Lu Yanzhi wasn’t lost, his worldview had been shaken.
The Old Man couldn’t stand it anymore and called him over. The grandfather and grandson played chess.
Lu Yanzhi was clearly distracted and stopped after a few moves. He asked blankly, “Grandfather, have I been resentful of Princess Xuanyang all these years, and was I wrong to do so?”
Chief Minister Lu narrowed his eyes, sharp and stern. “You’ve been beaten like this, and you’re already doubting yourself? It seems I underestimated her.”
“She was wholeheartedly infatuated with you before, so she acted meek and easily bullied. But a princess who lost her mother can survive in the Empress Dowager’s hands, she must be cunning and good at biding her time. Don’t be deceived by her.”
Lu Yanzhi knew the Princess was bad, and now her badness was obvious. But for those three years, she hadn’t been bad, and he had genuinely liked her. He could tell the difference between truth and falsehood.
However, Lu Yanzhi’s indecisiveness was quickly shattered.
Liu Xueyin had a miscarriage, shortly after Xiao Li went to cause trouble for her.
Lu Yanzhi clenched his jade pen so hard it shattered. He actually had soft feelings for such a vicious woman as Xuanyang? What was he doing?
Xiao Li: I admit I’m vicious, but I won’t take the blame.
Liu Xueyin was clearly miscarried because of Prince Chen’s abuse. What did it have to do with her?
Upon hearing the news of Liu Xueyin’s miscarriage, Xiao Li curled her lips. This was why she disliked Liu Xueyin and several other Male Supporting Characters, but she didn’t hate the Male Lead, Prince Chen.
This was simply too much.
Liu Xueyin was abused by him repeatedly, both physically and emotionally, and was always on the verge of death.
Xiao Li hated domestic violence, but remembering that Liu Xueyin eventually forgave him and they became a lovey-dovey couple.
What can I say, a domestic abuser and a white lotus, a perfect match!
However, while Xiao Li was still sighing, Lu Yanzhi came back carrying his belongings.
“Princess, the consort’s men are moving his things.”
Xiao Li instantly felt like there was a fly in her throat. She had regretted not divorcing him last time, only wanting to annoy the Female Lead and Lu Yanzhi. Now, thinking about it, she would have to pretend to be husband and wife with this man for a while.
Even if it was just on the surface, it was truly disgusting.
Should she kick him out? No, she still needed to deceive the Emperor.
“Let him move.”
He didn’t learn his lesson after being beaten twice, so she wouldn’t be blamed if he died at her hands in the future.
Xiao Li thought of the dog-blood plot in the book, which seemed complicated but was actually simple. It was centered around the Female Lead, Liu Xueyin, and told of her ambiguous love affairs with several men.
All the male villains would be crushed by the Male Lead, and all the female villains would die at the hands of various Male Supporting Characters. Then, the Male Supporting Characters would choose to support the Male Lead and push the Male Lead and Female Lead to the supreme position.
So, would she be able to leave this absurd world if she killed the Male and Female Leads and the Male Supporting Characters?
Xiao Li felt like she had found a direction.
Kill them, and this world will cease to exist, and she will be able to leave.
Her eyes, which should have been gentle and affectionate, were filled with excitement and killing intent.
It was a pity that Gu Ling almost escaped that day, but now someone had obediently delivered himself to her.
The Female Lead wasn’t strong enough yet, and the Emperor wouldn’t allow her to divorce. Let alone obtain a divorce letter.
Trust me, the Female Lead will definitely slap the divorce letter in Lu Yanzhi’s face! With a resounding slap!