amaotonovel Chapter 470 Joy of Life 26
Chapter 470 Joy of Life 26
"What did you say? Whose son is Fan Xian?"
In a villa on the outskirts of Beijing, Li Yunrui's eyes suddenly widened as he stared intently at the figure kneeling on the ground, his voice trembling with disbelief.
The man trembled with fear, not daring to lift his head, and stammered out, "It's Ye Qingmei and... His Majesty's son."
"Crackling and popping—"
Li Yunrui's eyes turned bloodshot in an instant, and he suddenly overturned the table in front of him.
Teacups, incense burners, vases, and candlesticks were scattered all over the floor with a series of crisp, chaotic cracking sounds, leaving a mess.
But she couldn't care less about any of that. She suddenly stood up and strode over to the man. Her fair feet stepped over the sharp shards, instantly cutting several bloody gashes that gushed out.
But she seemed oblivious, only gripping the man's collar tightly, her voice almost screaming: "Say it again, who is Fan Xian's son?"
The man stared at the nearly out-of-control princess before him, his heart filled with extreme fear. His teeth chattered, and his voice trembled as he repeated, "It's... Ye Qingmei and His Majesty..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Yunrui lost control and kicked him to the ground. His face was a mixture of indescribable madness and grief, as if the whole world had collapsed at that moment.
"what--"
"Why? Why?"
In a fit of anger, Li Yunrui smashed a vase on a flower stand to the ground.
"Clap!"
The sound of the vase shattering echoed in the silent room, just like her heart, now broken and fragmented.
"No wonder His Majesty suddenly values Fan Jian's illegitimate son, Fan Xian, so much that he not only wants to marry Wan'er to him but also entrusts him with the power of the Imperial Treasury. It turns out that he wants to return the property to its rightful owner!"
Overwhelmed with grief and indignation, Li Yunrui's tears fell like large pearls from a broken string, soaking her delicate clothes.
Both Emperor Qing and Ye Qingmei were the people who had the greatest influence on Li Yunrui.
It can be said that the two of them single-handedly created the mad Li Yunrui of today.
The former makes her yearn for something she can't have, while the latter makes her admire, envious, and simultaneously despise her.
Li Yunrui admired Ye Qingmei's strength, envied her intelligence and beauty, and at the same time looked down on her for dying so easily.
Ye Qingmei's appearance in this world was like that of a goddess. She almost single-handedly saved the then-fallen Southern Qing Dynasty.
Such a person should have been high above everyone, a god worshipped by all. But in the end, she willingly stepped down from the altar and came together with Emperor Qing. After being drained of all her value, she was burned to death by Emperor Qing in the Taiping Villa.
Li Yunrui witnessed firsthand how much Emperor Qing had loved Ye Qingmei, but the bloody scene at Taiping Villa drove her completely insane.
Even a woman like Ye Qingmei was betrayed by Emperor Qing.
So what can she do to avoid being let down?
So she desperately tried to prove that she was better than Ye Qingmei; she desperately wanted to prove that women could also get things done.
What Ye Qingmei could do, she could do; what Ye Qingmei couldn't do, she could also do.
Li Yunrui felt that she loved Emperor Qing, but she couldn't say for sure how much of that love was genuine and how much was a desire to prove herself to be better than Ye Qingmei by conquering Emperor Qing.
In short, she did not want to repeat Ye Qingmei's tragedy, nor did she want to be let down by Emperor Qing, so she tried her best to become someone useful to Emperor Qing.
She gave Emperor Qing whatever he wanted, and she did the things he was unwilling to do herself.
Even at the cost of ruining their reputation, they would satisfy all of Emperor Qing's needs.
However, now Emperor Qing wants to take the Imperial Treasury from her and hand it over to Ye Qingmei's son, Fan Xian.
How could she accept this?
This is absolutely unacceptable!
If Li Yunrui's intent to kill Fan Xian was already ninety percent before, then at this moment, that intent has risen to an unparalleled peak.
In the past, she might have still considered Emperor Qing's feelings, so her methods still retained a trace of restraint.
But when she learned that Fan Xian was Ye Qingmei's son, she went completely insane.
For half her life, she had been shrouded in the enormous shadow of Ye Qingmei, so she longed to one day be able to rise above Ye Qingmei.
But Emperor Qing's actions told her that she could never compare to Ye Qingmei.
The man she couldn't have had once poured out his deepest affection and love for Ye Qingmei.
The inner treasury she desperately tried to hold onto ended up in the hands of Ye Qingmei's son.
Her only daughter is about to become Ye Qingmei's daughter-in-law.
The name "Ye Qingmei" was like a sharp blade, once again shattering all her pride into pieces.
Li Yunrui's eyes flashed with a murderous intent: "Ye Qingmei's son must die! I want Fan Xian dead!"
Li Yunrui simply couldn't tolerate the fact that Ye Qingmei was involved.
However, she had always lived in the palace, and her every move was under Emperor Qing's watchful eye. If there was any disturbance, Emperor Qing would inevitably notice it.
After Li Yunrui vented her anger, the female official beside her patiently advised, "If the princess wants to get rid of Fan Xian, why rush it now? If Fan Xian meets with misfortune at this time, it will surely arouse His Majesty's suspicion, which would be disastrous."
Mentioning Emperor Qing seemed to sober Li Yunrui up a bit. He suddenly turned to look at the female official, lowered his voice, and roared, "What do you know? This is what His Majesty owes me! He owes me! Who have I been unmarried for all these years? Who have I been working so hard to manage the Imperial Treasury for? I've given him so much, and now he wants to kick me aside? How is that possible? Besides, Fan Xian is Ye Qingmei's son. I must kill Fan Xian!"
Li Yunrui's eyes reddened, and his gaze revealed a bone-chilling killing intent.
The female official lowered her eyes for a moment, then spoke: "Princess, please do not be impatient. Fan Xian is not worth your personal attention. You can find someone else to handle this, lest His Majesty eventually become estranged from you."
"You mean..." Li Yunrui paused slightly, thinking for a moment, "You mean Li Chengqian, or Li Chengze?"
The female official hesitated for a moment: "Actually, the Prime Minister also has some reservations about the princess's marriage. Perhaps he..."
Li Yunrui wiped away the tears on his face and sneered disdainfully: "That old fox Lin Ruofu was only given a few words of warning by His Majesty, and he didn't dare to utter a single fart. He didn't even dare to face Fan Jian head-on, so how could he talk about killing Fan Xian?"
At this point, she hesitated between the two princes, and the face of Li Chengqian, who looked so much like Emperor Qing, flashed through her mind. Li Yunrui was momentarily dazed, but was ultimately suppressed by her obsession with killing Fan Xian. She gritted her teeth and said, "Let them both move together and each find a way to kill Fan Xian. Whoever succeeds, I will find a way to allocate one million taels of silver from the Imperial Treasury to them."