"Who? Who are you? What are you going to do?" Suddenly seeing a strange young man in black clothes in front of him, Wu Yanji couldn't help but asked in shock.

"It doesn't matter who I am!" The young man in black said slowly, "But I can tell you what I want to do!"

As he said that, the young man shook the rope in his hand and said, "I'll kill you!"

Wu Yanji was horrified and was about to shout loudly, but when the young man reached out and pinched his neck, he was immediately rendered speechless.

Then, the rope that had already been knotted was quickly wrapped around Wu Yanji's neck like a snake. As soon as the young man turned his elbow, the rope fell on his shoulders. He bent down and pulled hard, and Wu Yanji was free.

He was carried upside down on the young man's back.

Wu Yanji kept kicking his legs, struggling desperately, and trying hard to pull off the rope with both hands, but to no avail. After a while, he stopped moving.

The young man put Wu Yanji down on his back and tried the method. He was indeed breathing no more, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.

…

The next morning, before Li Xian had time to go to the Wei Palace, a shocking news came: Wu Yanji, the successor king of Wei, committed suicide by hanging from a beam last night.

Li Xian seemed dumbfounded and muttered to himself: "It's over, it's over, everything is over!"

As soon as Wu Yanji died, the matter came to light, and there was no room for redemption.

The news of Wu Yanji's suicide was not only known to Li Xian in the East Palace, but also to Wu Zetian in the palace soon.

what is going on?

Wu Zetian ordered Wei Tuan'er to send people from Tianji Pavilion to find out the news as soon as possible.

Tianji Pavilion really lived up to its reputation. It only took less than an hour to figure out what happened.

After hearing Wei Tuan'er's words, Wu Zetian asked sharply: "Did the King of Wei leave any suicide note?"

"There is no suicide note, only this!" Wei Tuan'er handed over a piece of paper.

The paper was densely filled with the words "hate", large and small. Obviously Wu Yanji's death was due to Li Chongrun, otherwise he would not have written so many "hate" words before his death.

There was an open conflict between Li Chongrun and Wu Yanji, which clearly violated the Mingtang oath, which Wu Zetian would not tolerate. What's more, Li Chongrun also forced Wu Yanji to death.

At this moment, Wu Zetian's hands were trembling slightly due to anger.

Shangguan Wan'er saw Wu Zetian's cheeks glowing blue, which was murderous intent.

In the past few years, Wu Zetian has turned benevolent and rarely shows murderous intentions. However, the cruelty that has disappeared for a long time has now resurfaced.

Shangguan Wan'er shuddered.

"Summon the prince!" Wu Zetian said sluggishly.

Shangguan Wan'er responded and went out.

At this moment, Princess Taiping was still staying in the palace. When Shangguan Wan'er called Li Xian in, she asked in a low voice: "Wan'er, is there something going on in the palace?"

"Something happened, you'd better go back!" Wan'er smiled bitterly, "We were peaceful for a while, but things are troubled again."

Princess Taiping had always been cautious in getting along with her mother. She understood her mother's character and any overstep would bring bad luck to herself. Therefore, she did not dare to ask Wan'er the truth about her question and hurried back.

Wu Zetian looked at Li Xian who was kneeling in front of her fiercely, and said angrily: "I haven't killed anyone in three years, and someone dares to make trouble. Do you really want to force me to kill someone?"

After saying that, Wu Zetian called out the door: "Here comes someone!"

In response, two guards ran in.

"Bring me Chongrun!" Wu Zetian ordered.

Shangguan Wan'er hurriedly advised: "Your Majesty, Prince Shao is still a child."

"Go quickly!" Wu Zetian did not listen to Shangguan Wan'er's explanation and waved her hand to order.

Li Xian was trembling all over and didn't say a word from beginning to end.

He repeatedly warned himself that he must be patient and must save Run'er's life no matter what. A little impatience will mess up a big plan, be patient and the wind will be calm, and the sea and the sky will be brighter if you take a step back.

He knew very well that in front of Wu Zetian, any explanation or resistance would be of no use. Not only would he not be able to save her, but he might even be in danger.

The two guards rushed directly to the East Palace. Without waiting for notification, they rushed in and searched everywhere in the East Palace for King Shao Chongrun.

Unexpectedly, Li Chongrun was not found, but suddenly he heard a woman's wail faintly coming from the back hall. It was pitiful and fierce, but it suddenly stopped, as if someone had cut it into two pieces.

The two guards saw a terrifying scene: Li Chongrun was lying on his back with a sword in his hand, blood was spraying everywhere, his throat was still gurgling with blood, and the air was filled with thick blood.

Li Chongrun committed suicide.

After hearing the news, Wu Zetian was stunned.

Wu Zetian knew better than anyone about the imminent war between the Li and Wu clans, and because of the relationship between the survival of the country and the state and family ties, she first adopted the method of letting them marry each other to ease the conflict. This led to the marriage of Princess Yongtai.

The emergence of Wu Yanji’s “political marriage”.

Regardless of whether their union was a forced one, it eventually turned into a bitter fruit full of blood and tears."

Li Xian finally couldn't bear it any longer, sat slumped on the ground and burst into tears.

The next day, even more unfortunate news came again: Yongtai County took the initiative to induce early delivery of the fetus and died of dystocia during the delivery. Neither the adults nor the child could survive.

It is true that the Queen has not killed anyone for several years, but this time four people died at once. Although she did not personally order the execution, it had a lot to do with her. Especially Li Chongrun, who died for no reason, was greatly shocked.

In both the government and the public, the clan members were even more silent.

Although Wu Zetian restored Li Xian as crown prince, she still insisted on safeguarding the interests of the Wu family as much as possible.

Soon after Li Xian's family returned to Chang'an, she took the initiative to organize a series of marriages for the Li and Wu families. Li Xian's daughter Li Xianhui, the princess of Yongtai County, married Wu Yanji, the son of Wei King Wu Chengsi, and Li Xian and Wei's direct descendants

The youngest daughter, Princess Anle, Li Guoer, married Wu Chongxun, the son of Wu Sansi.

Regarding these two marriages, Wu and Li Xianwei carried out the marriage without any objection. For them, this was the best solution they could think of. It seems that the rift between the two families has indeed been repaired day by day.

, marriage especially makes the relationship between young people very good.

However, no one expected that such a thing would happen.

Needless to say, the death of Wu Yanji was a shock to the Wu family. It was an even deeper blow to Li Xian and Wei.

A pair of children were killed alive but he was powerless. The death of their children had a severe impact on Li Xian and his wife.

Especially Empress Wei, her whole person has changed.

The two children she raised by herself died when they were in their prime. Although Li Xian had four sons, only Li Chongrun was Wei's biological son. He was only nineteen years old, not yet married, and he had no children.

His death was a complete disaster for Webster.

The cruel reality told Webster that even if Li Xian had been restored to the crown prince, if he could not grasp the real power, he would still be at the mercy of others.

She shouted in her heart: She must have power, absolute power. Only in this way can she control her destiny in her own hands.

…

The news that Li Chongrun, Wu Yanji and Li Xianhui were killed one after another reached Lu Xiaoxian's ears, and he couldn't help but frown. He didn't feel sorry for the three of them, but felt that this matter was very strange.

When he thought about it more carefully, his brows furrowed even more tightly. Lu Xiaoxian could feel that there was a pair of black hands secretly manipulating this matter, and even smelled a hint of conspiracy in it.

As this feeling became stronger and stronger, Lu Xiaoxian finally couldn't bear it anymore and went directly to Yao Chong.

"What? You want to examine the body of King Ji Wei? How can this be done?" Yao Chong said without thinking, "The body of King Ji Wei is stored in Zongzheng Temple and is about to be buried in the past two days! Without His Majesty's order

, how can you investigate casually?"

"That's why I came to find you!" Lu Xiaoxian said calmly, "No matter what, you are still the Prime Minister and you still have this power. Even Zongzheng Temple has to listen to you!"

"What on earth are you going to do?" Yao Chong felt like he was being driven crazy by Lu Xiaoxian.

Lu Xiaoxian still had the same lazy expression and said slowly: "What would you think if I said that I suspect that Wu Yanji did not commit suicide but was killed by someone else?"

"What?" Yao Chong was almost shocked, "How is this possible? You can't talk nonsense without evidence!"

"It's precisely because there is no evidence that I have to find evidence!" Lu Xiaoxian was too lazy to talk to Yao Chong anymore and said straightforwardly, "Just give me a nice word, you don't want to help me, right?"

"You won't give up until you kill me!" Although Yao Chong was very reluctant, he still compromised. He asked with a grimace, "When do you want to go?"

"The sooner the better, it's best to go now!"

…

In the mortuary of Zongzheng Temple, Lu Xiaoxian saw the body of Wu Yanji.

Looking at Wu Yanji's remains, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but sigh: The prince who was so proud two days ago is now a corpse. What a trick of fate!

As he had to do business, Lu Xiaoxian could no longer express his emotions. Accompanied by Yao Chong and the minister of Zongzheng Temple, he began to examine Wu Yanji's body.

He looked very carefully, especially at the neck, and he almost lay on top of the body.

The minister of Zongzheng Temple asked Yao Chong in a low voice: "Mr. Yao Ge, is this person a disobedient work of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Yao Chong was already very angry. Seeing that the minister of Zongzheng Temple was so ignorant, he couldn't help but choked him: "Ask what you should ask, don't ask what you shouldn't!"

The minister of Zongzheng Temple was shocked: Mr. Yao Ge has always had a good temper. What happened today?

It is true that Yao Chong has a good temper, but it also depends on the circumstances.

For example, now, he was in a very bad mood when he brought Lu Xiaoxian to do an autopsy. If word got out about this, it would not end well. He wished that Lu Xiaoxian would finish it quickly and leave here.

After about a stick of incense, Lu Xiaoxian finally straightened up and winked at Yao Chong.

Yao Chong understood and found a reason to send the minister of Zongzheng Temple out of the mortuary.

"Can we tell you now, what exactly is going on?" Yao Chong asked impatiently.

"What do you hope will happen?" Lu Xiaoxian asked with a playful smile.
Chapter completed!