The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 745: Hot Commodity (7)_1

Chapter 745: Chapter 745: Hot Commodity (7)_1

Li Jiesong, for the Li Family, was a man who could do no right and everything wrong.

"Father, it’s her, it’s that slut You who instigated me into selling the grain," Li Jiesong suddenly thought of a scapegoat and started yelling.

"Shut up." The Marquis Li landed a kick on him.

"My lord, you must save Yanran, our daughter." Lady Mu pleaded through her crying.

Mentioning Li Yanran was a mistake. The moment her name was uttered, Marquis Li became even more emotional.

"Why do you think the Prince sent her back, don’t you get it?" The dignified man finally shed tears. But Marquis Li’s tears were not for Li Yanran, they were for the imminent downfall of the Li Family.

The late Prince had once promised the old lady to keep the Li family safe. But that promise came with a condition — descendants of the Li Family must abide by the rules and do nothing to harm the Prince.

But only a few days after the old lady had passed, the members of the Li Family had already caused so much trouble.

The son sold grain illegally, which would be severely punished; the daughter was even more extreme, she had helped the Tatars kidnap the Prince’s wife, a crime punishable by death. Even the thought was enough for Marquis Li to faint, hoping that all of this was just a nightmare.

But reality did not allow him to faint. When the Prince brought Li Yanran back with his black-armored soldiers yesterday, he wished he could split her in two. The daughter he had once spoiled and adored was now his mortal enemy.

"Brother, sister, how could you do this?" Li Jieyong, both frustrated and helpless, didn’t know what to do. Watching his siblings court death, he felt helpless and heartbroken. But he lacked the ability and courage to save them.

"Father, I didn’t have a choice." Li Yanran sneered, expressing no fear. As she had taken advantage of the lax search in the city yesterday and went to the countryside by herself. She had planned to ruin Lin Ziyin’s face there, then break his limbs and throw him into the Heihe River.

However, to her surprise, she didn’t find the bastard Lin Ziyin in the countryside. Instead, she ran into the charming Prince.

Indeed, the moment she saw the Prince, she was scared by the chill in Chu Suifeng’s eyes. But Chu Suifeng didn’t touch her; instead, he seized her nanny and maid, Xique.

After a night, she was returned to the Li Residence by the black-armored soldiers without a scratch. On her return, she blamed Xique and her nanny for betraying her. And most surprisingly, while the Prince did not dare to kill her, her own father wanted her dead.

No, she couldn’t die.

"Mother, since father does not want me, you must save me," seeing the hatred in Marquis Li’s eyes, Li Yanran, without recognizing her own faults, acted spoiled like she always used to, hugging Lady Mu’s legs and crying. "Mother, it’s all the fault of that slut You. If she hadn’t run into the Wang Residence and snitched, the Prince would have never suspected me."

"Yes, it’s all the fault of that slut You," Li Jieyong vehemently agreed with a grimace.

The siblings jointly blamed You.

Lady Mu also held resentment; she vowed to torture You when she returned, making her wish for death but unable to die.

"Brother, sister, don’t you regret your actions even now? Are you satisfied only when we are all killed?" Listening to them, Li Jieyong gave up hope of saving them.

"Big Brother, we can’t show mercy," Lady Jin incited further, although she was afraid. Both Li Yanran and Li Jieyong’s actions constituted grave crimes. Although the second branch of the family wasn’t involved, they were still living in the Li Family mansion, with properties not yet divided.

If the Li Family really angered the Prince, causing him to execute them all, the second branch wouldn’t escape either.

Even if the properties were divided, their association with the Li Family would still bring them trouble given the seriousness of the situation.

"Big Brother, we need to split our family, right now." The anxious Lady Jin immediately spoke.

"You..." Faced with this crisis, instead of helping, the second branch added insult to injury.

Marquis Li and Lady Mu were so angry their chests hurt, and Li Jieyong looked at the second branch’s family disapprovingly.

"Big Brother, it’s not that we are ruthless." Mr. Li from the second branch spoke, "You guys do whatever you want, and all the problems you cause are serious. We can’t risk our whole family’s life for you."

Those cold-hearted words made Marquis Li feel like the sky was falling, his legs gave in, and he collapsed onto a chair.

"Big Brother, you better deal with those two quickly." Lady Jin couldn’t help but interject, "If you are soft-hearted, you might end up causing the death of our whole family."

Deal with? When Li Yanran and Li Jieyong heard this, they were so frightened that they forgot to beg for mercy, staring at Marquis Li in shock.

This term was supposed to be used for disposable servants, not them. But no, they didn’t want to die.

"Father, mother, you can’t be so ruthless." Li Jieyong started wailing.

"Mother, I don’t want to die." Li Yanran held onto Lady Mu’s legs even tighter.

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