"Have you heard? The four brothels, Yihong Courtyard, Zuihua House, Lichun Courtyard, and Xunfang Pavilion, are owned by the second prince Li Shou!"
"I've heard that it's said that it has a nose and eyes. It doesn't sound like nonsense at all. Every piece of evidence is clear and can be checked!"
"I really didn't expect that the majestic prince would do such a dirty thing secretly!"
"Who says it's not the case? You dare to do such a vulgar thing, it really brings a disgrace to the royal family!"
"Haha, before His Majesty inspected the gambling houses, half of the gambling houses in the capital were owned by the second prince. Is it strange that there are only four brothels?"
"That's all. What's even more outrageous is that I heard that many of the women in these four brothels were forced into prostitution by the second prince!"
"What did you hear? This is obviously true. In the past, those who couldn't pay off their gambling debts in his casino, if they had pretty girls at home, were all caught by him and thrown into brothels!"
"Didn't you hear? Many places were on fire last night. I heard they are all the properties of the second prince!"
"Deserve it! Retribution!"
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This matter spread a lot in the capital, and Zhao Cheng did not dare to hide it and reported it to Li Shou truthfully.
"puff!"
After hearing the news, Li Shou immediately spat out a mouthful of blood and turned pale as paper.
"It's over, it's completely over now!"
The dignified prince opened a brothel privately, causing such a stir among the people. Emperor Qianwu could not just sit back and watch, and how could he give an explanation to the people of the world without severely punishing him?
Whatever he thought came to him, at this moment, the palace eunuch came to the mansion to deliver the order.
"His Majesty's oral instructions are for the second prince Li Shou to enter the palace immediately to meet the emperor. There must be no mistake!"
Li Shou had no choice but to bow down and accept the order, and headed to the palace with trepidation.
When they arrived at the palace, they saw Emperor Qianwu sitting on the dragon chair with an expressionless face.
Li Shou had done all the etiquette and bowed to the ground: "My son is paying homage to my father. I wonder why he summoned me?"
Emperor Qianwu narrowed his eyes slightly, and did not let Li Shouping kneel down like that. He leaned forward slightly and asked coldly: "Let me ask you, why did you sell off your family property in a big way a few days ago?"
Hearing this, Li Shoubu's heart tightened and he was slightly panicked.
Naturally, he sold his property in order to raise enough money to assassinate Li Changfeng. After all, with such a huge number as 300,000 taels, even he would have to break his muscles and bones.
Father suddenly asked, could it be that the investigation revealed something?
no!
No matter what, this matter must not be acknowledged!
Fortunately, he had already thought about what to say about this matter. He did not show any panic on the surface and said calmly: "Er Chen's previous gambling shop was raided and suffered heavy losses. Jiuhuangdi's Diantou and Beer BBQ City After the business opened, Erchen's restaurant business plummeted, and turnover was somewhat difficult, so he had no choice but to sell his property."
Emperor Qianwu smiled coldly: "Is that true? There is no other use?"
Li Shou said without changing his expression: "That's true, but all of my property was burned down by a fire last night. Please ask my father to ask me to make the decision!"
Emperor Qianwu said calmly: "If you dare to burn my emperor's property, I will naturally take the initiative. Do you know who did it?"
Li Shou looked thoughtful and said after a moment: "It must be the other princes who took the opportunity to cause trouble!"
"oh?"
Emperor Qianwu suddenly became interested. He sat up from the dragon chair and walked slowly towards Li Shou. He stared at Li Shou closely and asked, "How do you say this?"
Li Shou said calmly: "Yesterday, the Ninth Emperor Brother was assassinated in the city. In the evening, the son's property was burned to the ground. Is there such a coincidence in this world? Someone must have secretly made a move to sow discord between me and the Ninth Emperor Brother!"
Li Shou thought very clearly that there was no benefit in pretending to be dumb in front of Emperor Qianwu. It was better to act frank, clarify the matter directly, and muddy the water.
In this way, Emperor Qianwu's suspicions would not only be on him and Li Ji, but might 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. After pondering for a moment, he asked: "Then do you think Changfeng did it?"
Li Shou sighed and said: "I doubted the Ninth Emperor Brother at first. After all, I had questioned him in the court before, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it couldn't be him, because that little thing wouldn't make the Ninth Emperor Brother. To launch such a crazy revenge."
When he said these words, Li Shou felt 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 up and reduce his suspicion, he had to say this.
Emperor Qianwu remained expressionless, unable to tell what he was thinking, and asked coldly: "Did you find the person who assassinated Changfeng?"
Li Shou didn't seem to be surprised at all by this, and said with a bitter look on his face: "Even Father, do you think so? Just because the restaurant opened by the Nine Emperors Brothers robbed Er Chen of his business, Er Chen wants to kill him? It seems that he is going to be killed. The person behind this plan may have succeeded."
After saying that, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength and collapsed on the ground, with an expression of despair.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Qianwu frowned slightly, then returned to his expressionless look, and said indifferently: "I will investigate this matter and get to the bottom of it. No one can blame you if it wasn't you. It was you who did it." Can't escape."
"I am waiting for the day when the truth comes out."
Li Shou looked 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 all that's left is the brothel.
This was what he was most worried about, and there was no way around it except praying secretly.
Emperor Qianwu said coldly: "It is rumored that you opened four brothels?"
Li Shou had not thought about remedying the brothel incident, but after much deliberation, he finally gave up.
Unless he kills all the participants, such as the bosses and madams of various brothels, as well as many thugs in charge, etc.
But if you want to kill these people quietly without leaving any clues, it is impossible to do so in such a short period of time.
And with Emperor Qianwu's methods, it is not difficult at all to investigate.
Li Shou was well aware of Emperor Qianwu's temper. The more he quibbled about something like this, the more he would get angry and the more serious the consequences would be.
So he nodded very bachelorly: "Yes, Erchen did secretly open four brothels."
Hearing this, Emperor Qianwu could no longer hide the anger on his face, and said coldly: "It is rumored that you forced girls into prostitution. Is this true?"
Li Shou neither admitted nor denied this. He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe, but it was definitely not under the instructions of Erchen. I never asked what the people below did. Erchen never asked, it must have been them. "
"You pushed it clean!"
Emperor Qianwu scolded angrily. He could no longer suppress the anger in his heart. His tone suddenly increased a lot, and he asked sternly: "Your majestic prince, why do you do such a shameful thing? Where do you put my face when you do this? Wouldn’t it make the world laugh at you?”
Li Shou sighed and said helplessly: "Father, the monthly salary in the palace is too small, how can I spend enough? As you said, father, my son is a prince, and he can't live in the same poverty as those ordinary people, right? As for causing your father to lose face, this is something I never thought of, and I don’t know who brought this matter to light."
Emperor Qianwu was so angry that veins were pulsing on his face, and he said angrily: "Do you think the money I gave you is too little? Even if it is less, why don't you do some serious business instead of doing such a dirty thing?"
Emperor Qianwu did not object to the princes being self-reliant, but he would never allow this kind of industry that was despised by everyone in the world.
The last time he checked the gambling houses, half of them belonged to Li Shou, which already made him extremely disappointed in Li Shou. Now that something like this happened, he was completely disappointed in Li Shou.
At the same time, there is also uncontrollable anger.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he was Emperor Wu who conquered the south and the north and conquered the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was powerful in the world. Over the years, he allowed the people to recuperate and recuperate, and his reputation spread all over the world.
But he never thought that he would actually raise such a son who did evil things and became the laughing stock of the world.
He wanted to kill Li Shou.
Li Shou felt the suppressed anger of Emperor Qianwu and stopped making any excuses. He kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Father, I am wrong. I really know my mistake! Please spare me, father." This time, I will definitely change my past mistakes!"
"You know you are wrong now?" Emperor Qianwu smiled coldly, pulled out the seven wolves belt with a snap, and shouted loudly: "It's too late!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his belt and struck Li Shou hard on the head.
Snap!
A crisp sound resounded throughout the entire hall.
Because Emperor Qianwu came out in anger, he did not hold back. Li Shou's skin and flesh were torn apart in just one blow, and he let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
"ah!!!"
"Father, please forgive me!"
"This will kill someone!"
But Emperor Qianwu had no intention of holding back.
"Tell you to open a gambling house!"
"Tell you to open a brothel!"
"Telling you to force girls into prostitution!"
"You will disgrace me!"
"I told you to disgrace the Li family!"
"Why don't you think about making me look good like your Nine Emperor Brother? You bastard good-for-nothing!"
Every time Emperor Qianwu cursed, he would be slapped severely, frantically venting his anger.
Li Shou was beaten so hard that he let out heart-piercing screams and felt that all the bones in his body were about to be broken into pieces.
The tall and powerful man on the side had veins pulsing on his face, because Emperor Qianwu was really ruthless, and he would be beaten to death if this continued.
However, Emperor Qianwu was furious at this time, and he did not dare to persuade him at this time. He could only wait until his anger dissipated.
At this moment, Li Changfeng, whose neck was wrapped in an exaggerated white cloth that was almost as thick as his head, walked in briskly.
Seeing Emperor Qianwu beating the second prince severely, Li Changfeng suddenly felt happy.
Fight!
Use a little more force and fight to death!
It's best to beat him to death right here, so that I don't have to deal with him hard!
Emperor Qianwu saw that his neck was wrapped so exaggeratedly, and his attention was immediately diverted, and he threw the belt aside with a snap.
"Changfeng, are you okay?" Emperor Qianwu asked with concern.
Li Changfeng did not answer the question, and screamed strangely: "Father, why don't you stop beating me? Keep beating me as hard as you can, until I die, don't stop!"