Chapter 43 Ye Qingmei
"In Beiqi, you almost put Fan Xian into a desperate situation, but in the end you were able to turn his enemy into a friend." Li Yunrui said with a hint of admiration in his tone.
"Fan Xian even kicked me out of Kyoto. Do you think I can let go of this grudge?" Li Yunrui's words revealed her dissatisfaction with Fan Xian.
Li Chengze was about to respond when suddenly, a prompt sounded in his mind:
"Reminder, trigger the silver-level active mission 'Gange'."
"Mission requirement: eliminate the conflict between Li Yunrui and Fan Xian." "Mission successful, Fenghou Qimen."
Hearing this reminder, Li Chengze's heart moved. He didn't expect that he would actually trigger another mission, which seemed to be simpler than the previous mission to bridge the gap between him and Fan Xian.
Back then, when he revealed his identity as a time traveler and eliminated the estrangement between him and Fan Xian, that was an opening. In comparison, their real-name authentication chat seemed to be less difficult this time.
Li Chengze thought that although Li Yunrui had a fight with Fan Xian, she was kicked out of Kyoto by Fan Xian, which meant that she was at a disadvantage in this fight.
Fan Xian's hostility towards her may not be as deep as the hostility towards Li Chengze in his previous life.
This might be an opportunity for him to accomplish this task more easily.
He calmed down his attitude and then said, "My dear nephew, we were originally on the same side, but now it seems that you have chosen to stand with Fan Xian and put me aside, right?"
"Auntie, you have misunderstood what you said."
Li Chengze shook his head slightly and replied: "First of all, I have not given up on your idea. You know, it is actually very easy for a person to achieve his goal, which is to make good friends and reduce hostility. For no reason, how could I give up like What about allies like you?"
"Besides, the problem seems to be on your end."
"At first, you seemed to be on the same side as the prince,"
"But then you seemed to side with me again."
"However, in fact, you and His Majesty the Emperor are on the same side, aren't you?" Li Yunrui's face froze, and he looked at Li Chengze in shock, obviously not expecting him to speak so bluntly.
"Why, I've already told you, do you still want to continue to defend?" Seeing Li Yunrui's shocked and speechless look, Li Chengze asked.
"Ha ha……"
Li Yunrui laughed softly, looked at Li Chengze and said, "When did you notice it?"
Now that he had been exposed, it would be too shameful to deny it, so Li Yunrui did not continue to argue.
"Is the time you notice really that important?" Li Chengze asked back.
"Okay, let's change the question."
Li Yunrui's expression became serious, and he continued: "Since you have seen through it, it stands to reason that you should pretend not to know and take advantage of this opportunity, but you directly exposed this, what is your purpose?"
"The purpose is very simple. Didn't you just say that I betrayed our alliance? In fact, I am still willing to form an alliance with you." Li Chengze replied.
"So, you want me to betray His Majesty the Emperor and form an alliance with you?" After hearing this, Li Yunrui said to Li Chengze strangely.
Whether it seemed to be an alliance with the prince before, or it seemed to be an alliance with Li Chengze later, Li Chengze's real intention was always to maintain the alliance with Li Yunrui.
"Under these appearances, there is a deeper truth hidden. Li Yunrui has actually been following Emperor Qing's instructions."
"Coupled with her inner admiration for the strong, she has a twisted admiration for Emperor Qing."
"In Li Yunrui's heart, it is simply a fantasy for her to betray Emperor Qing, even for me."
"And Li Chengze clearly knows that I am a loyal supporter of Emperor Qing, but he still wants me to betray him. Isn't this ridiculous?" "Auntie, do you know why Emperor Qing wants Fan Xian to take over the inner treasury?"
Li Chengze noticed the contempt in Li Yunrui's eyes and asked a question.
"Isn't it because he married Wan'er?" Li Yunrui looked a little surprised.
"No, it's actually because of Fan Xian's true identity..." Li Chengze shook his head gently.
"Fan Xian's identity? Isn't he Fan Jian's illegitimate son?" Li Yunrui said with a strange tone.
"You are wrong. He is not Fan Jian's illegitimate son. To be more precise, he was adopted by Fan Jian. There is no blood relationship between him and Fan Jian." Li Chengze shook his head again.
"So, whose child is Fan Xian?" Li Yunrui began to feel uneasy in his heart.
"Fan Xian is indeed an illegitimate son, but it is not Fan Jian's, but the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing. If you want to say that, he is actually my half-brother." Li Chengze said.
it's out of the question!
Li Yunrui instinctively wanted to refute.
Although he was the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing, since he was the emperor's child, he should be raised by Emperor Qing himself. How could he be given to Fan Jian?
However, just as she was about to refute, a thought suddenly flashed through her mind, her voice trembling: "So, who is Fan Xian's mother?"
"Ye Qingmei." Li Chengze spit out this name.
This name was like a bolt from the blue, instantly shattering the defenses in Li Yunrui's heart. The vague uneasiness and speculation in her heart were confirmed at this moment.
"No, Ye Qingmei, he is actually Ye Qingmei's son!"
"Fan Xian, he is actually Ye Qingmei's son!"
"I want him to disappear, I want him to disappear!"
After learning that Fan Xian was Ye Qingmei's son, Li Yunrui completely lost his mind. Her emotions were like a bursting flood, uncontrollable.
Li Chengze remained silent, just watching Li Yunrui calmly, looking at her angry and roaring look.
After a long time, Li Yunrui's emotions gradually calmed down, and her face showed a deep helplessness and sadness: "No wonder everything went smoothly for Fan Xian as soon as he came to Kyoto."
"No wonder His Majesty thinks so highly of him, even more than you princes."
"No wonder the inner treasury was handed over to Fan Xian. It turned out that the property was to be returned to its original owner."
"Your Majesty, I have done so much for him. Those things that were inconvenient for him to do, I did for him. Those people that it was inconvenient for him to kill, I killed for him."
"Unexpectedly, in the end he chose that woman, chose that woman's son, and gave up on me."
After saying this, Li Yunrui immediately stood up and turned around to leave without stopping at Li Chengze's place.
"Auntie, go slowly. Come and sit down when you have time." Li Chengze said goodbye, but he did not get up.
Li Chengze shook his head. It was very difficult to resolve the conflict between Li Yunrui and Fan Xian. He could only do his best.
If it succeeds, that's naturally the best; if it doesn't, it doesn't matter. After all, this is a proactive mission, and there will be no penalty even if it fails.
However, after Li Yunrui left in the afternoon, Fan Xian came directly to the house in the evening.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Seeing Fan Xian's expression not looking good, Li Chengze asked.
(End of chapter)