Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 808 - 506 Suggestion_3

Chapter 808: Chapter 506 Suggestion_3

Peering through the lattice window, Li Junqing watched the three large characters on the plaque reading "Prime Minister’s Mansion," glancing at the secluded alleys around him, the corners of his lips unconsciously curved into an arc:

"Crown Prince, tonight, there should be many people watching this place."

The Crown Prince sat opposite, his voice warm and gentle,

"I am well aware of this matter."

Li Junqing cracked a smile, tinged with mockery,

"You know and yet you still come here. Have you really thought through what this represents, elder brother?"

"...."

After a moment of silence, Li Yucheng smiled slightly,

"Yunqing, your brother merely wanted to prove some things to our father emperor."

Having finished, the Crown Prince did not wish to say more, standing up and preparing to leave the carriage. Yet as soon as he moved, he felt someone tugging at his robe.

He slowly looked back.

Silence enveloped the carriage,

Li Junqing let out a tainted breath, his typically nonchalant face showing a rare hint of solemnity. He looked directly into the eyes of his elder brother and asked softly,

"Brother, tonight father emperor sent me to demand an explanation from the Prime Minister’s Mansion, do you know why I specifically had someone notify you?"

"....."

Li Yucheng was silent.

Had Li Junqing not conveyed the message, he might not have learned of tonight’s visit to the Prime Minister’s Mansion until the dawn of the following day.

Li Junqing leaned forward, clasping his hands before him and resting them on his knees, eyes lowered as he murmured,

"I... wanted to set up a game for you, elder brother, before I leave."

Li Yucheng’s eyes narrowed slightly,

"A game?"

Li Junqing smiled faintly, his clasped hands tightening slightly,

"After the start of the new year, I am to be dispatched to Japan. Regardless of the past, you and I, brothers, probably won’t have another chance to clash."

A flicker of unusual emotion passed through Li Yucheng’s gentle and scholarly gaze. Subconsciously, he wished to rebuke, but the words at his lips turned into a sigh, releasing one word: "Hmm."

Li Junqing glanced at the Prime Minister’s Mansion outside the carriage window, swallowed by the night’s snowstorm, his voice light,

"Tonight, father emperor is using me to strike at the Prime Minister’s Mansion. Choosing the time of the Prime Minister’s Mansion’s grand feast may not completely tear off the façade, but it’s only one layer of paper away."

"I am here for this very matter," said Li Yucheng.

"No, you shouldn’t have come for this," Li Junqing replied.

Li Yucheng’s brow furrowed.

Li Junqing chuckled, shaking his head,

"Contrary, you need to stop me and prevent me from conveying father emperor’s imperial edict today."

Li Yucheng’s frown deepened,

"That’s slapping father emperor’s face."

"It is indeed slapping his face."

"You’re crazy."

"We’ve been brothers for twenty years. Do you think I’d be crazy over something like this?"

Li Junqing’s hands clenched and unclenched, his words measured,

"Only by doing this will you have a chance to survive."

Li Yucheng rubbed his temples,

"Yunqing, father emperor can tolerate dissent, but he absolutely will not allow anyone to defy and disrupt his plans."

"Elder brother... you are mistaken."

Li Junqing released his clasped hands, gazing out the window, his voice haunting,

"What father can tolerate is not the voice of dissent, but the voice of dissent from those who are useful to him.

"As long as you are of great use to him, he will even tolerate you copying his plans."

"...." The Crown Prince fell silent.

Li Junqing smiled and continued to question,

"Do you think aside from your cultivation and your status as the legitimate eldest son, what else do you have that is of use to father?

"The warfare in the Northern Frontier is about to conclude, and Li Zhaoyuan will return to the Imperial Capital. When that time comes, elder brother, do you think you will still have a way out?"

The words fell into silence.

Li Junqing reached out to grasp Li Yucheng’s hand, inhaling deeply, his tone slightly hastened,

"Brother, take my advice. Tonight, you can present a declaration of allegiance to both father emperor and the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

"Father emperor will tolerate you relying on the Prime Minister’s Mansion and the Sect Alliance represented by our second brother to contend. Minister Xu will also support you in fighting with the Sect Alliance represented by our second brother.

"So, stopping me later is your only way out right now."

"..."

The carriage was quiet, so quiet the fall of snow could be heard.

Li Yucheng opened his mouth, his eyes looking into his younger brother’s with complex emotion. After a long silence, he spoke softly,

"Yunqing, perhaps if you became the elder brother, this struggle for the heir... might just....."

His words hadn’t fully left his mouth when they abruptly stopped.

Dao Charm’s cultivation gave Li Yucheng an extremely keen Spiritual Perception of danger. Without any warning, a chilling sense of death enveloped him.

Following the sensation of Qi, Li Yucheng looked in shock to find the sense of death emanating from beneath the ground of the Prime Minister’s Mansion.

What’s happening?

What is going on inside the Prime Minister’s Mansion now?

A jolt of alarm rose in his heart,

And in the next instant,

The explosive sound that came from within the Prime Minister’s Mansion provided Li Yucheng with an answer.

It was the light of a heaven-piercing sword glow illuminating the night.