His Rui

Chapter 595 Xi Ying's Dangerous Plan

It was almost morning when Xi Ying and General Li stepped out of Xi Ying's study room.

Both of them had serious faces but General Li had a graver expression on his face.

"Prime Minister Xi, is your plan not too dangerous?"

Xi Ying turned his head to look at the middle-aged General with a deep frown on his face as he asked him

"Then do you have a better plan, General Li?"

General Li's face went blank as he looked at Xi Ying. Of course, he didn't. After all, he was not a clever and intelligent strategist like Xi Ying.

Still, the plan …

"I don't but I can't let my daughter's husband do such a dangerous thing. Let me tell you one thing, Prime Minister Xi. If something happened to you during this battle of yours then I won't let my daughter stay a widow. I will marry her to some other man who…."

"General Li"

General Li was startled when he heard Xi Ying's icy cold voice.

"You better not say those words again."

However, one thing that General Li most liked to do was to irritate and annoy his son-in-law. So how could he miss this opportunity!

Stepping forward with a smirk playing on his lips, he said

"Why should I not, Prime Minister Xi? I am just stating the truth. There are many capable men who would wish to marry my daughter…"

"General Li!"

Xi Ying's hand was on his sword as his eyes dug holes into General Li's face.

"If you were not Rui's father then by now this Lord would have cut your tongue!"

General Li was not surprised and afraid by what Xi Ying said. However, after a few moments of staring into Xi Ying's cold and indifferent eyes, his own gaze went soft and he said

"You really love my daughter, don't you? Then why don't you think again about this plan of yours?"

Xi Ying's body stilled at General Li's words. He looked away from General Li's soft eyes and said coldly

"Do you think that killing an Emperor would be so easy, Prime Minister Xi? We will need to take risks at every step. The plan that this Lord has made is the safest way to kill Zhao Wang Lei. No one will get to know of anything. We will be able to clear everyone from our path and Zhao Zhang Wei would be able to ascend the throne easily."

General Li sighed helplessly as he understood that he won't be able to change Xi Ying's mind. His eyes flickered as if he suddenly thought of something.

He could only ask Rui to talk to Xi Ying. Only she would be able to change his mind.

"This General will leave then."

Xi Ying merely nodded his head and saw General Li walking towards the Plum Courtyard. He stood there for a few moments looking at the sky.

No one could guess what was going on inside his mind.

It was a few moments later, that he finally walked towards Plum Courtyard.

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Yi Huiqing woke up again in the morning. The sun had not even risen up. She just opened her eyes for a few moments and looked at the sky that could be seen from the slightly opened window.

Perhaps it was because of the effect of the medicines, she was feeling sleepy again.

She was just planning to go to sleep again when her eyes suddenly fell on the chair that was placed beside the bed.

Her eyes couldn't help but flash with surprise as she looked at the man who was deeply asleep with his head leaning against the chair.

'What was he doing here?'

Yi Huiqing thought inside her heart.

Her eyes then fell on the book that was lying on his lap. The memories from last night flashed inside her mind suddenly.

She had slept when he was reading the book to her.

Yi Huiqing suddenly looked away from Zhao Zhang Wei's sleeping face and closed her eyes abruptly. She wanted to ignore that small throbbing feeling inside her heart.

It meant nothing for her.

In front of everything she had gone through, this was nothing.

She never opened her eyes again and fell into the deep slumber again just like that.

Running away was after all easier.

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The next day, General Li decided to leave Xi Manor with his wife Yi Jie.

The early morning when Xi Ying woke up after the sleep of only a shichen, he got to know of this news. Li Rui also stepped out of the room with him.

Since Yi Jie's body was still weak, General Li decided to take leave for a few days from the Imperial Court. After he informed Xi Ying of his plan of departure, Xi Ying asked Butler Shui Cao to make all the preparations.

Yi Jie took Li Rui's hand and suggested to her a few things she could do in her pregnancy. However, she couldn't help but smile when she noticed that Xi Ying was also listening to her attentively.

It warmed her heart to see that Xi Ying thought so much for her daughter.

Half of the Imperial City assumed that Xi Ying favored Li Rui only because of her beauty and this kind of favor doesn't last long. As Li Rui would grow old, her beauty would also fade away.

Yi Jie was not unaware of people's thoughts. She had heard many people talking like this in the last banquet.

However, as she looked at Xi Ying and the way he looked at her daughter, she felt those people knew nothing.

"Take care."

In the end, she just said these words and then General Li helped his wife inside the carriage. The carriage was standing outside Plum Courtyard only. Since Yi Jie's body was weak, Xi Ying asked Shui Cao to do this.

After Yi Jie was seated inside properly, General Li walked back to stand in front of his daughter.

"Visit us frequently in the future."

He said to his daughter as he patted his head.

Li Rui nodded her head with a smile on her lips. However, her eyes were filled with confusion when she heard her father continuing.

"Also…talk to your husband about the plans he is making. Don't let him do anything foolish."

Xi Ying cursed General Li inside her mind as he suddenly understood why General Li didn't say anything to him last night. It was because he had thought of this way.

General Li left without even glancing at Xi Ying while the latter could already feel his wife's questioning gaze on himself.