"Have you heard? The four green buildings of Yihong Courtyard, Zuihualou, Lichun Courtyard, and Xunfang Pavilion were opened by the second prince Li Shou! ”

"I've heard that it has a nose and eyes, it doesn't seem to be nonsense at all, every piece of evidence is clear and verifiable!"

"I really didn't expect that a dignified son would secretly do such a dirty thing!"

"Who's to say it isn't? This kind of indiscriminate thing dares to do it, it really disgraces the royal family! ”

"Hehe, before Your Majesty did not raid the gambling houses, half of the gambling houses in the capital were the second prince's son, what is strange about the four Qinglou in the opening area?"

"That's it, what's even more excessive is that I heard that many women in these four Qinglou were forced to become prostitutes by the second prince!"

"What did you hear? This is clearly true, those who couldn't afford to pay off their gambling debts in his casino before, if there were women in the family who were good-looking, they were all caught by him in the Qinglou! ”

"Haven't you heard? Many places were on fire last night, and I heard that they were all the property of the second prince! ”

"Well deserved! Retribution! ”

……

This incident spread in the capital, and Zhao Cheng did not dare to hide it, so he told Li Shou truthfully.

"Poof!"

After hearing the news, Li Shou immediately spurted out a mouthful of blood, and his face was as pale as paper.

"It's over, it's completely over!"

The dignified prince opened the Qinglou privately, and there was such a stir among the people, it was impossible for Emperor Qianwu to sit idly by and ignore it and punish him severely, how to give an explanation to the people of the world?

What you want, at this moment, the eunuch in the palace came to the mansion to deliver the decree.

"Pass on Your Majesty's dictation, and the second prince Li Shou will immediately enter the palace to face the saint, there must be no mistake!"

Li Shou had no choice but to bow down to receive the order and go to the palace with apprehension.

When I came to the palace, I saw Emperor Qianwu sitting on the dragon chair with an expressionless face.

Li Shou bowed to the ground and bowed to the ground: "The sons and daughters visited their father, but I don't know what happened when my father summoned him?" ”

Emperor Qianwu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't let Li Shouping let him kneel like that, leaned forward slightly, and asked coldly: "Let me ask you, what happened to you a few days ago?" ”

Hearing this, Li Shoubu's heart tightened, and he was slightly flustered.

He sold his wealth, naturally in order to raise enough silver taels for the world to assassinate Li Changfeng, after all, such a huge number of 300,000 taels, even he had to break his bones.

The father suddenly asked, could it be that something went wrong in the investigation?

No way!

In any case, this matter must not be recognized!

Fortunately, he had already thought about the wording for this matter, and there was no panic on the surface, and he said calmly: "Erchen's previous gambling house was confiscated and suffered heavy losses, and after the opening of the Nine Emperor Brothers' Diandude and Beer Barbecue City, Erchen's restaurant business plummeted, and there were some difficulties in turnover, so he had to sell his money." ”

Emperor Qianwu smiled coldly: "Is that so? No other use? ”

Li Shoumian did not change his face and said: "That's true, but all the properties of the sons and daughters were burned down by a fire last night, and I asked my father to ask the sons to be the masters!" ”

Emperor Qianwu said lightly: "If you dare to burn the emperor's property, I will naturally be the master, do you know who did it?" ”

Li Shou pondered, and after a while, he said, "It must be other princes who take the opportunity to do something!" ”

"Oh?"

Emperor Qianwu suddenly became interested, sat up from the dragon chair, and slowly walked towards Li Shou, staring at Li Shou with his eyes firmly and asking, "How do you say this?" ”

Li Shou said calmly: "Yesterday, the Nine Emperor Brothers were assassinated in the city, and the Erchen industry was burned down at night, is there such a coincidental thing in this world?" Someone must have secretly intervened to sow discord between me and the Nine Emperor Brothers! ”

Li Shou thought very clearly, there was no benefit in pretending to be stupid in front of Emperor Qianwu, it was better to make a frank appearance, directly pick out the matter, and muddy the water.

In this way, Emperor Qianwu's suspicion will not only be on him and Li Ji, but may also be extended to the eldest prince Li Chengye and other princes.

The fact was just as he expected, Emperor Qianwu was a little surprised, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Then do you think it was dried by Changfeng?" ”

Li Shou sighed and said: "At first, I suspected the Nine Emperor Brothers, after all, the ministers had questioned him in the court before, but then after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it couldn't be him, because that matter would not allow the Nine Emperor Brothers to launch such a crazy revenge." ”

When he said these words, Li Shou's heart was as uncomfortable as eating a fly, because he knew that all this must have been done by Li Changfeng.

But in order to clear himself and reduce his suspicion, he had to say this.

Emperor Qianwu was still expressionless, unable to see what was in his heart, and asked coldly: "The person who assassinated Changfeng, are you looking for it?" ”

Li Shou didn't seem surprised at all, and said with a bitter face: "Do you think the same thing even Father Emperor?" Just because the restaurant opened by the Nine Emperor Brothers robbed Erchen's business, Erchen wanted to kill him? It seems that the people behind this plan may have succeeded. ”

After speaking, he sat on the ground as if he had been exhausted with all his strength, with a loveless expression.

Seeing this scene, Emperor Qianwu frowned slightly, and then returned to his expressionless appearance, and said indifferently: "I will find out about this matter, no one can wronged you if you didn't do it, you did it, you can't escape." ”

"Erchen is waiting for the day when the water will come out."

Li Shou looked bright and upright on the surface, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

After saying this, Emperor Qianwu's suspicion of him will definitely be greatly reduced, and his suspicion of other princes will definitely increase.

Now it's all that remains of the Qinglou.

This was what he feared the most, and there was no way to maneuver, nothing but to pray in secret.

Emperor Qianwu said coldly: "It is rumored that you have opened four green buildings? ”

In the matter of Qinglou, Li Shou didn't think about remedy, but after thinking about it, he finally gave up.

Unless he kills all the participants, such as the shopkeeper and the old bustard on the bright side of the Qinglou, as well as many thugs and stewards, etc.

But if you want to do these people quietly and without leaving any handles, you can't do it in such a short period of time.

Moreover, with the means of Emperor Qianwu, it is not difficult to investigate at all.

Li Shou deeply knew Emperor Qianwu's temper, this kind of thing that was clear on the surface, the more quibbling he was, the more angry he became, and the more serious the consequences became.

So he nodded very shamefully: "That's right, Erchen did secretly open four green buildings." ”

Hearing this, the anger on Emperor Qianwu's face could no longer be hidden, and he said coldly: "It is rumored that you forced Liang to become a prostitute, but is there such a thing?" ”

Li Shou neither admitted nor denied this, thought for a while and said: "Maybe there is, but it is definitely not instructed by Erchen, what the people below do, Erchen never asks, they must have done it." ”

"You're pushing clean!"

Emperor Qianwu scolded angrily, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, his tone suddenly increased a lot, and he asked sharply: "You are a dignified son, why do you do such a shameful thing?" Where do you put my face when you do this? Won't it make the world laugh at it? ”

Li Shou sighed and said helplessly: "Father, there are too few moons in the palace, how can I spend enough?" As your father said, the son is a dignified son, and he can't live as poorly as those ordinary people, right? As for making your father lose face, this is something that Erchen never thought of, and I don't know who poked this matter out. ”

Emperor Qianwu's face was blue and bruised, and he said angrily: "Do you think that I gave you less silver?" Even if it's less, why don't you do some serious business and do this kind of dirty business? ”

Emperor Qianwu did not object to the princes being self-reliant, but this kind of industry, which was spurned by the people of the world, was never allowed by him.

The last time the gambling house was raided, half of it was Li Shou's, which already made him extremely disappointed in Li Shou, and now there is this incident, which makes him completely disappointed in Li Shou.

At the same time, there is an irrepressible anger.

Thinking that he Emperor Qianwu fought in the south and the north, and set the world, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is Weizhen Huanyu, and it is not an exaggeration to let the people recuperate and recuperate over the years, and it is even more famous all over the world.

But he never thought that he would cultivate such a son who did evil and became the laughing stock of the world.

He wanted to kill Li Shou.

Li Shou felt the suppressed anger of Emperor Qianwu, no longer made any quibbles, and kowtowed his head and begged for mercy: "Father, the son is wrong, the son is really wrong!" Please spare your son's ministers for this moment, and your sons will definitely change their ways! ”

"Now you know it's wrong?" Emperor Qianwu smiled coldly, pulled out the belts of seven wolves, and shouted, "It's late!" ”

As soon as the words fell, he raised his belt and slammed it towards Li Shou's head.

Syllable!

A crisp sound resounded throughout the hall.

Because Emperor Qianwu came out in anger, he did not spare his hand, and Li Shou opened his skin and let out a scream like killing a pig.

"Ah!!h

"Father's life!"

"It's going to kill you!"

But Emperor Qianwu had no intention of keeping his hand.

"Tell you to open a gambling house!"

"Tell you to open a green building!"

"Call you to force Liang to be a prostitute!"

"Shame on you!"

"Let you lose the face of the Li royal family!"

"Why don't you want to give me a long face like your Nine Emperor Brothers? You bastard shit! ”

Every time Emperor Qianwu scolded, he twitched hard, frantically venting the anger in his heart.

Li Shou let out a heart-rending scream when he was beaten, and he only felt that the bones in his body were about to be shattered.

The face of Gao Da on the side was bruised, because Emperor Qianwu was really ruthless, and he had to be beaten to death if he continued like this.

However, at this time, Emperor Qianwu was angry, and he did not dare to persuade at this time, so he could only wait for his anger to dissipate.

At this moment, Li Changfeng, who was wrapped in an exaggerated white cloth around his neck and almost as thick as his head, walked in briskly.

Seeing Emperor Qianwu beating the second prince fiercely, Li Changfeng suddenly felt happy in his heart.

Hit!

Push harder and fight to the death!

It's better to kill him here, lest this prince work hard to fix him!

Emperor Qianwu saw that his neck was so exaggerated, and he was immediately diverted, and threw his belt aside.

"Changfeng, are you alright?" Emperor Qianwu asked with a concerned expression.

Li Changfeng didn't answer this question, and screamed: "Father, why don't you fight?" Keep fighting, fight to the death, don't stop! ”

(End of chapter)