On the seventh day of the prince's funeral, Li Qinzai and Pei Xingjian met several times in the East Palace.
The occasion at that time was not suitable for talking about other topics, especially topics with a color of hatred, so Li Qinzai never had the opportunity to talk to Pei Xingjian face to face.
Now that the prince's funeral has ended, something must be said. In fact, Li Qinzai did kill the people of the Pei family in Hedong, and he personally gave the order.
Pei Juxian was shot like a hedgehog and died miserably. You can imagine how angry everyone in the Pei family was when Pei Juxian's body was returned to the Pei family.
Li Qinzai didn't care about Hedong Pei's reaction, but Pei Xingjian was different.
One is to respect him as a wise prime minister of the Tang Dynasty who has left his name in history; the other is that in Tuyuhun, he and Pei Xingjian each led troops and horses to fight together, and they had a great friendship.
Li Qinzai must have an explanation for killing members of the Pei family, otherwise he would be ignorant.
After the letter was delivered to Pei Xingjian's house, Li Qinzai seemed to have put aside a worry.
Next, let’s look at Pei Xingjian’s attitude, whether it is to avoid enmity or to make enemies, Li Qinzai will accept both.
The prince's funeral was in accordance with the emperor's standards. Li Zhi granted him the title of "Filial Piety to the Emperor", and the etiquette and rules of the funeral were also based on the emperor's death.
Therefore, since the death of the prince, the sound of silk, bamboo, music, and flute can no longer be heard in the entire city of Chang'an. There are no entertainment activities in the city. When it gets dark, the whole city is dark. When viewed from above, it looks like an empty city in complete silence.
The Li family didn't have any entertainment activities. The music troupe and kabuki they raised at home were on a long vacation, which lasted for a whole year. For some reason, Li Qinzai suddenly felt a little envious of them.
It was just that he was good-looking and could sing and dance. He could eat and drink for free during the year-long vacation and receive a monthly stipend. This made Li Qinzai have the urge to go to sea.
When one day his envy turned into jealousy, Li Qinzai decided to find some work for these stunning beauties and sent them to the backyard to pick up manure and water the vegetable garden. The visual contrast between beauty and stench is exciting just thinking about it.
When I was a social worker in my previous life, I never had the luxury of being able to take a year off and still receive my salary. Just because I got caught in the rain, I had to tear up other people's umbrellas, so there was nothing wrong with that.
After seven days of guarding the palace, Li Qinzai was exhausted.
After returning home, I slept for twelve hours. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I didn't get out of bed. The maid brought the meal to the bed. After eating, I was in a daze for a while, and then fell back to sleep again when I felt sleepy.
Twelve hours later, Li Qinzai was finally fully charged and resurrected with full health and mana. In one word, it was very exciting.
It had been a day and a night since the letter was sent out, but there was still no reply from Pei Xingjian. Li Qinzai couldn't guess what Pei Xingjian was thinking, so he had to continue to wait in the Duke's Mansion.
He secretly made a decision in his heart. If Pei Xingjian still didn't respond after two more days, Li Qinzai would set off back to Ganjingzhuang.
The mother-in-law and children are all in the village, and Li Qinzai has no time to spend with outsiders.
Li Qinzai, who had had enough sleep, was bored at home, when trouble came to his door.
Butler Wu hurried to the backyard and told Li Qinzai in panic that someone was making trouble outside the house.
Li Qinzai was greatly surprised when he heard this.
How many years!
I haven't seen such a short-sighted person in many years. He dares to cause trouble in front of the British government. Doesn't he think his life is too long?
"The ones on duty at the door are just for food? I'll beat them out with sticks." Li Qinzai didn't even bother to go out to see.
Butler Wu said with a troubled look on his face: "Fifth Young Master, I don't dare to take action. The troublemaker has a lot of background."
"What's the origin?"
"The Crown Princess, and more than a dozen members of the Pei clan in Hedong..."
Li Qinzai was startled, then frowned.
Is it finally here?
The people of the Pei clan in Hedong can ignore it, but the Crown Princess... Li Qinzai thought about it for himself, and it seemed that he couldn't afford to offend her.
Especially after the death of the crown prince, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty sympathized with the newly widowed crown princess. She personally came to the house to cause trouble, and Li Qinzai really couldn't beat her or scold her.
As for why the princess, whom she had never known before, came to make trouble, Li Qinzai knew better.
Killing the Crown Princess's uncle is not easy to get over, not even for the British Duke of a meritorious family. Others cannot offend the British Duke and Liaodong County Duke, but the Crown Princess can.
Sighing, what should be faced will eventually have to be faced, and this mess should be solved.
So Li Qinzai straightened his clothes and walked towards the door of the mansion.
Outside the Duke's Mansion, the Li family members silently blocked the door. Outside the door was a young woman in white plain clothes and a dozen middle-aged and elderly men.
The woman, with a frosty face, stared at the door of the British Palace without saying a word, while a dozen men pointed at the closed door and cursed. The Li family members seemed to know the identities of these people, but they just blocked the door and refused to let them in.
They broke in and faced their curses, but the tribesmen chose to endure in silence.
When Li Qinzai walked out of the mansion, he saw this scene.
It was a mess outside the door, and not far away there were many people watching the excitement. Maybe there were also sneaky censors inside. These people are like rats, they like to hide in the crowd of people and secretly listen to the news and public opinion.
Hate.
Seeing Li Qinzai walking out of the house, the rioting crowd suddenly fell silent, and then an elderly man pointed at him and shouted: "He is Li Qinzai, and it was he who ordered Pei Juxian to be shot! Poor my Juxian child, he died so miserably!"
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After scolding and crying loudly, the Pei clan members nearby were filled with indignation and quickly surrounded him. They were so angry that they were about to attack Li Qinzai.
Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Li family immediately moved sideways and stood in front of Li Qinzai.
Li Qinzai waved his hand and said, "Get out of the way."
After the Li family members looked at each other in confusion, they moved away hesitantly.
Li Qinzai then bared his teeth and smiled at everyone in the Pei family: "As I say today, I will stand here. If anyone dares to touch a hair on my head, I will kill him."
The Pei clan members who were about to rush forward and beat him suddenly froze. The outstretched fist was only half a foot away from Li Qinzai's face, but instead, as if they were being restrained, their fists froze in mid-air.
After hearing what happened to Pei Juxian before his death, no one in the Pei family dared to doubt the authenticity of Li Qinzai's words.
He said that if you want someone's life, you will definitely take someone's life. This is the integrity that comes from killing people.
The Pei clan members were angry but silent. Li Qinzai slowly looked around at everyone. Except for the Crown Princess, the other faces were relatively unfamiliar and they must have never been seen before.
Strangely, Pei Xingjian was not among them.
With Pei Xingjian away, Li Qinzai felt much more relaxed. If he really came to the point of taking action, he would have no scruples.
Stalemate, confrontation, time passes slowly.
After a long time, Crown Princess Pei finally spoke, her voice extremely cold.
"Li Qinzai."
Li Qinzai hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said: "I pay my respects to the Crown Princess."
The Crown Princess stared at his face and said coldly: "Outside the East Palace Gate, you ordered the shooting of my uncle Pei Juxian. You must give an explanation for this matter."
Li Qinzai said without hesitation: "Pei Juxian tried to break into the palace with evil intentions. I have been ordered to guard the palace. Anyone who dares to cross the thunder pool will be killed without mercy."
"Pei Juxian didn't listen to the warning and even committed suicide. I don't need to give an explanation. He deserves to die."