AWB Chapter 822: Li Department
Chapter 822: Li Department
Lou Yulan almost bit her teeth off, she was so angry.
After she returned to her room, she thought about it for a long time, but still felt unwilling.
At night, she sent someone to invite Xiao Tingshan, saying that she had gone to Xie's house to ask to see Shen Shuyi today, so she had something important to discuss with him.
Xiao Tingshan didn't want to leave at first, because without the life-extending pills these days, his health deteriorated rapidly.
Not to mention having sex, even walking makes him gasp for air and he cannot sleep at night.
In desperation, he had to pray to gods and Buddhas, in other words, he began to look for a Taoist master to refine elixirs in order to prolong his life.
"Send a message to her and tell her I'll be there later."
After Xiao Tingshan finished speaking, he lay in bed for a long time. In the past few days, he was often absent from court due to illness.
If this continues, let alone competing for that position, he might even die earlier than his father.
The reason why Lou Yulan came to him was simply for the two children.
He had no energy to deal with it, but she said she was going to see Shen Shuyi, so he had to make this trip.
After lying down for a while, Xiao Tingshan got up with difficulty and walked towards Lou Yulan's yard with the help of Songbai.
He never thought that one day his life would be completely in the hands of others.
But he was helpless.
Lou Yulan sat at the table and waited for a long time, until the candle was about to burn out, and finally someone came.
It would have been fine if she hadn't seen him this time. But when she saw him this time, she just felt dazed.
The man who used to be pale and thin but gentle as jade, is now emaciated, haggard and looks a little old.
"Your Highness." Lou Yulan felt heartbroken, yet inexplicably happy.
"Tell me, what do you want from me?" Xiao Tingshan sat at the table, his eyes fixed on her face.
"I sought an audience with Princess Mingzhu today, hoping to ask her for some pills that could cure His Highness, but she insisted that she couldn't find any rare medicinal materials and refused to give me even a single pill..."
Lou Yulan started crying and seemed to hate Shen Shuyi very much.
"So what?" Xiao Tingshan was not surprised by this.
"I am just feeling sorry for Your Highness. Does Your Highness' life really have to be completely in her hands? If she can control Your Highness like this, why can't we do the same?"
Xiao Tingshan sneered. It turned out that she came to him to talk about this.
If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have had to come.
How many people inside and outside the court want to kill Shen Shuyi, but has anyone succeeded until today?
Did she really think that she could subdue Shen Shuyi with just a few assassins or some poisons?
He even sent people to contact her maids and subordinates, but unfortunately, such a vicious person as her had a good way of winning people's hearts.
He spent a lot of effort but failed to persuade a single person to defect.
What's more, she has no weaknesses except Shen Shuhan and Xie Jingchi, but these two are extremely difficult to deal with.
As for the people in Qingyuan Marquis Mansion...it was really inconvenient for him to take action. Otherwise, if he revealed any flaws, it would be more trouble than gain, and he would completely lose the opportunity to compete for the throne.
Xiao Tingshan looked at her patiently: "What good ideas do you have?"
This question made Lou Yulan speechless. She naturally couldn't think of any solution...
"Why don't we find a poison too..."
Before she finished her words, Xiao Tingshan no longer had the desire to continue chatting. What on earth was he expecting?
Xiao Tingshan got up and left. Lou Yulan wanted to say something else, but when she looked at Xiao Tingshan's back, her eyes turned red with anxiety.
Xiao Tingshan coughed softly and wanted to go back to his room to rest, but the doorman came to report.
"Your Highness, a man named Li comes to see you."
"The surname Li? Did you ever tell me who he is?" Xiao Tingshan frowned. After all, the surname Ji was not common among the people of Daqian.
"No, but he was wearing a bamboo hat and his accent didn't sound like someone from Beijing."
Xiao Tingshan thought for a moment, his eyes lit up and he said, "Please come in."
His surname was Li, and his mother, Concubine Yao, also had the surname Li.
It’s just that Concubine Yao is not from Daqian, but a saint from a tribe between Daqian and Yuanxia.
This tribe is called the Li tribe. Its area is not large, even smaller than a city in Daqian. However, this tribe is extremely treacherous, rarely engages in foreign affairs, and is usually quite low-key, so it appears very mysterious.
People in the tribe often have totems painted on their faces. The saint woman is the most important person in the tribe, and there are also many elders.
The people of the Li tribe are not only good at using poison, but also good at using Gu.
It is precisely because of this that, although the tribe is small, no one, whether it is Yuanxia, Daqian, or other countries around it, would easily attack the Li tribe.
Xiao Tingshan immediately became more energetic and walked towards the study.
Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing a black vest appeared in Xiao Tingshan's study.
The man lifted his hat, revealing a face covered with strange totems. Xiao Tingshan's heart beat faster and he was inexplicably excited.
It seems that he guessed correctly!
"I believe you have guessed my identity." The man said in a deep voice.
"I don't know what to call you?" Xiao Tingshan asked.
The man said, "My surname is Li, my given name is Tian, and I am your mother's elder brother. You can call me uncle."
"So it's my uncle. Tingshan has never heard of my mother's family before and has not been in touch for many years. I am really disrespectful."
Li Tian said in a deep voice: "No need to be polite. I guessed that something happened to you because of the death of the poisonous insect between you and the tribe, so I came here."
"Please give me some instructions, uncle." Xiao Tingshan was a little impatient.
"Your mother was once a saint of the Li people. She traveled to Daqian and married Emperor Qianwu in order to save the Li people from extermination. However, our Li people have longed for peace for generations and do not want to participate in disputes. Therefore, after your mother learned that Lady Chengguo had replaced you, she hesitated again and again and pretended not to know."
Li Tian’s words left Xiao Tingshan stunned.
"What do you mean by this, uncle? Does my mother know?"
"Yes, all the people of my Li tribe have poisonous insects in their bodies. Your mother is a saint. Since she gave birth to you, the poisonous insects in your body will also respond to it. How could she not feel that her child was replaced?"
Li Tian spoke in a deep voice, but Xiao Tingshan couldn't help but clench his fingers.
She had always thought that the wife of Duke Chengguo was the instigator of all this, but she never expected that his biological mother actually knew about it.
But if you knew it, why didn’t you stop it?
Li Tian said, "I've said before that the Li people don't like disputes. We only want to live a simple life in seclusion in a paradise. Your mother married into the Xiao royal family and it was very difficult for her to walk on thin ice. Naturally, she doesn't want you to get involved in it, so she pretended not to know..."
Hearing this, Xiao Tingshan couldn't help laughing.
"So, mother did this for my own good?"
"Yes."
Xiao Tingshan laughed and coughed, his eyes reddened: "Does she know that I was bullied in the Chengguo Mansion? Does she know that I have to work so hard to have everything that I once had at my fingertips?"