Chapter 143: The Eighth Prince

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Li Chen looked at Su Jinpa, his face full of righteousness and seriousness.

Su Jinpa frowned and said, "This matter is up to Your Highness to decide. I'm just a woman, I don't understand politics, but Your Highness, aren't you going to let go of my hand"

"This matter causes me great distress."

Li Chen sighed and muttered, "At the end of the day, there are just too few people who can be used."

Su Jin said angrily, "Your Highness, if you spent more of your frivolous thoughts on government affairs instead of making light of me, these difficulties would be nothing."

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Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

Zhao Qinglan looked at the Eighth Prince kneeling respectfully before him and said, "The Ninth Prince is resting right now, and his mental state isn't good. You shouldn't disturb him."

Zhao Qinglan's willow-like eyebrows were slightly furrowed as she gazed down at the silent Eighth Prince.

The Eighth Prince, Li Yinhu, lay on the ground, his voice choked with emotion: "Although the Crown Prince was a bit strict, he did it all for our own good. As an older brother, I care about my younger brothers' feelings. I believe the Crown Prince will understand. If he truly wants to punish someone, I am willing to take the blame."

Zhao Qinglan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Based on these words alone, the Eighth Prince is infinitely better than the Ninth Prince.

Back then, if it weren't for the Ninth Prince being young and therefore easier to control, the Eighth Prince might have been a better choice.

The fact that the Ninth Prince was once innocent and naive, while a virtue in his youth, has now become a fatal weakness in the face of Li Chen's growing power and dominance.

With a sigh, Zhao Qinglan waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go."

"Your humble son thanks the Empress for her grace!"

Having just stepped out of the Fengxi Palace, Prince Li Yinhu turned around only to be bumped on the shoulder by a palace maid who rushed in.

"Oh, it's the Eighth Prince! Forgive me, servant girl, I deserve to die!"

The palace maid knelt down in fear.

No matter how much the princes were neglected, they were still princes. In the future, they would be enfeoffed as kings, definitely not someone these palace maids could afford to offend.

Li Yinhu said with a smile, "It's alright, you were just careless. I didn't notice either. Is there something the matter"

The palace maid gratefully said, "Thank you, Eighth Prince, for your kindness. I truly have something important to report to the Empress."

"Oh, then go quickly, don't delay your mother's business."

With a smile on his face, Li Yinhu helped the palace maid up. As their hands intertwined, he quietly slipped a black bug into the seam of her sleeve. Then, amidst the palace maid's endless thanks, he left. Turning back, Li Yinhu lowered his head slightly. The gentleness and kindness in his eyes were now replaced with insidiousness and ruthlessness.

"Lowly thing, dare to bump into me! You must look down on me, mocking my fallen status!"

Moments later, cries of alarm from palace maids and the empress came from Fengxi Palace behind him, followed by a large group of guards rushing in.

Passing the guards, Li Yinhu heard the Empress's angry scolding and the maids' screams faintly behind him. A smirk played on his lips, "Damn lowly servant, this is what happens when you look down on me."hen was intentionally hitting him or if he had really forgotten about him. He didn't dare to ask, so he could only endure the pain of his wound and stand beside him silently waiting.It was Li Chen's p...