Her Highness Doesn’t Want to Work Hard Anymore

After being reminded by King Zhao, Chen Wangbei searched the study very carefully this time, especially those places where there might be secret rooms hidden, and he repeatedly checked back and forth.

In the end, he really found a clue.

After pushing away the Bogu shelf, he tapped the floor tiles with his fingers and found that two of the floor tiles were actually hollow.

Chen Wangbei couldn't find a mechanism that could open the floor tiles, and he didn't bother to bother, so he just violently destroyed and forcibly removed the two floor tiles polished by bluestone.

So the entrance to an underground secret room was revealed like this.

Chen Wangbei immediately ordered someone to report the news to King Zhao.

Li Ji looked at Liu Ze and asked with a half-smile.

"I didn't expect Master Liu to really have the hobby of building secret rooms in the study."

Even though Liu Ze tried his best to control it, his body still couldn't help trembling slightly, and beads of sweat rolled down the corners of his forehead.

The things in the underground secret room were moved out.

It was a full three hundred boxes of gold ingots.

According to visual estimates, there are at least one million taels of gold.

This is definitely an astronomical sum. Even if the Liu family ancestors had some accumulation, it is impossible to accumulate such a large sum of money.

Li Ji picked up a gold ingot casually, turned it over and looked at it.

At a glance, you can see the Xiliang characters engraved under the gold ingot.

However, all gold ingots made by Xiliang Kingdom will have Xiliang characters engraved on the bottom of the gold ingots, which is their practice.

It was precisely because of this that Liu Ze never used these gold ingots because he was afraid of being discovered.

He originally planned to melt them down and recast them into gold bars when they were needed in the future.

Unexpectedly, these gold ingots would be dug out by King Zhao.

With ironclad evidence like a mountain, Liu Ze knew he was doomed.

His legs went limp, and he slumped to the ground, muttering.

"It's over, it's over..."

Li Ji casually threw the heavy gold ingot back into the box.

He walked up to Liu Ze, stared into his eyes and asked.

"Do you know what happens to collaborating with the enemy and treason?"

Liu Ze's mouth trembled violently, and he dared not answer this question.

Li Ji: "I'll give you a chance to redeem your crimes. Tell me, where is Xiao Hong now?"

Liu Ze didn't expect that he even knew about Xiao Hong, but soon Liu Ze realized that this was an opportunity he could use.

So Liu Ze said quickly.

"I can tell the prince where Xiao Hong is, but the prince has to forget everything that happened today."

Li Ji narrowed his eyes: "Do you want me to use my power to protect you?"

Liu Ze: "The life and death of the princess is unknown now. The prince must be very worried. If he can find the princess earlier, the princess will be less dangerous."

Li Ji: "Is this a threat?"

Liu Ze: "No, this is a deal. You help me settle the trouble, and I help you save Princess Zhao. It's mutually beneficial and the best of both worlds."

Li Ji stared at him for a moment, then smiled suddenly.

"Even if you don't need to tell me, I can still find Xiao Hong's location."

Liu Ze didn't believe it at all.

Xiao Hong is hiding in an unknown small village in Jingbao Mountain.

That dilapidated village was isolated from the outside world, and there was no record even in the local county annals.

It is impossible for anyone to find it there.

Zhao Wang must be deliberately bluffing when he said this, so he will not be fooled.

Li Ji heard the thoughts in his heart clearly.

"Is it Jingbao Mountain?" Li Ji got the answer he wanted most, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his black eyes glowed brightly.

Liu Ze was stunned on the spot.

He slowly opened his eyes wide, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

He never mentioned Jingbao Mountain to anyone, even his own sister, his wife and children, he never mentioned a word.

How did King Zhao know about it?

Seeing that King Zhao was about to turn around and leave, Liu Ze suddenly came to his senses and shouted frantically.

"No! It's not Jingbao Mountain! You are all mistaken!"

But no matter how he shouted, King Zhao didn't look back.

Li Ji got on his horse and gave instructions to Bian Ziming.

"You escort Liu Ze and his family to Dali Temple. As for the gold from his family, send it to the palace and hand it over to the saint."

Bian Ziming hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"

Li Ji: "Go to Jingbao Mountain to save people."

After speaking, he flicked the rein and rode straight towards the city gate.

Chen Wangbei followed closely behind with the royal guards.

...

Xiao Hong received a report from his subordinates, saying that Hua Manman and Ah Qi have gotten very close recently.

It seems that Ah Qi is fascinated by Hua Manman.

The subordinate was very worried: "Ah Qi is a very stupid boy, what if he is instigated by that woman? Should we separate the two of them in advance?"

Xiao Hong said lightly: "No, just keep staring at them."

He will see then, what tricks can that woman do?

Tonight, Hua Manman gave A Qi a bed blanket as usual.

Ah Qi immediately noticed that her eye sockets were a little red, and she could tell from her appearance that she had just cried.

After getting along for this period of time, Ah Qi felt that he was already very familiar with Hua Manman, so he asked without much hesitation.

"What's wrong with you? Did someone bully you?"

Hua Manman: "It's okay, I just got sand in my eyes."

After she finished speaking, she smiled, deliberately pretending that nothing happened.

The house is surrounded by walls, where is the wind and sand coming from?

Knowing that she was whitewashing peace, Ah Qi became more and more worried.

he stammered.

"You, if you have any difficulties, just tell me directly, and I will find a way to help you."

Hua Manman shook her head: "You can't help me."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the house, closing the door gently.

Because of such a small episode, Ah Qi couldn't fall asleep all night.

When he saw Hua Manman again the next day, he found that she had returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

But that night, Ruyun put a bowl of hot noodle soup in front of Hua Manman.

"Princess, today is your birthday. There is nothing here for you to celebrate. This servant can only cook you a bowl of longevity noodles. I hope you can live a long and healthy life after eating, and your blessings will last forever."

Only then did Ah Qi realize that today is actually Hua Manman's birthday.

He didn't even prepare a congratulatory gift.

Just when he was racking his brains to figure out what to use as a gift, he saw Hua Manman crying into the bowl of hot noodle soup.

Big tears rolled down her cheeks like broken beads.

She covered her eyes with her hands, but the tears were still streaming down, and she couldn't stop them.

All of a sudden, both Ruyun and Ah Qi panicked.

"Princess, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"

Hua Manman choked with sobs and said: "In the past, every birthday, my mother would cook longevity noodles for me. I miss my mother so much. Will I never see her again, woooooooo!"

Ah Qi didn't know how to comfort him.

He could only say dryly: "No, I won't miss it."