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Chapter 68 Is this a legitimate medicine?

Stop joking like that. Fan Xian is a good person, a good person in every sense of the word.

Tsk, could it be that he's planning to secretly kill him?

Probably not. Fan Xian usually seems to follow the rules quite well.

No, no, it can't be that bad...

As Li Chengze was thinking this, the next moment, there was a muffled thud. Fan Wujiu, who was sitting on the side of the pavilion reading a book, rolled his eyes and fell to the ground.

Xie Bi'an reacted extremely quickly, flipping his wrist to draw his longsword completely, shielding Li Chengze behind him and warily looking around.

There were actually lanterns in the garden, but the candlelight inside had all quietly gone out at some point, leaving only the cold, clear moonlight spreading across the ground.

Then the two saw a figure swaggering in from the garden gate.

"It's you!" Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Xie Bi'an's pupils suddenly contracted.

Li Chengze raised an eyebrow and said in a deep voice, "You know him?"

"I've seen him in the delegation," Xie Bi'an explained, keeping a close eye on Russell as he strolled closer. "He was in Fan Xian's carriage the whole time; I guess he's one of Fan Xian's retainers."

It really is Fan Xian...

This guy actually dared to lay a hand on a prince, all for the sake of a guard's wife and children.

A sense of absurdity rose in Li Chengze's heart, but this did indeed seem like something Fan Xian would do: "You've come to kill me? Where's Fan Xian? Why didn't he come himself?"

Russell was speechless upon hearing this. He flicked his finger in Xie Bi'an's direction, and with a muffled thud, the longsword crashed to the ground, and Xie Bi'an fainted.

He really wanted to kill these guys in front of him, to get it over with cleanly and quickly, but Fan Xian had too many concerns and wouldn't let him.

According to his plan, they would skip the process of filing a complaint with the emperor, kill Li Chengze first, then Li Chengqian, and finally go to the palace to send Emperor Qing to meet his ancestors. Fan Xian would then reveal his identity as a prince and, with the cooperation of Chen Pingping, his father Fan Jian, and his father-in-law Lin Xiang, carry out a major purge of the court and ascend the throne as a matter of course.

Fan Xian gained the throne, Russell gained a chance to win a lottery and Emperor Qing's true qi, the Lin and Fan families directly became the number one clan in Daqing, and Chen Pingping also avenged Ye Qingmei. What a perfect script, what a happy ending.

Unfortunately, it seems that all time travelers have a common problem: unless they are the protagonists of a dynasty power struggle, none of them are interested in becoming emperors.

Russell couldn't really blame Fan Xian for this, because he shared the same thought.

What he really wanted was the sense of transcendence that comes from being unbound by existing rules, the thrill of breaking rules, ignoring rules, and being above rules and others. But once you become emperor, not to mention the many things that come with it, this feeling of being different disappears altogether.

Of course, not wanting to be emperor is not the end of the world, and it has nothing to do with killing Li Chengze. But Fan Xian's reason is very convincing. Many things cannot be solved by fighting and killing. Russell will eventually leave. Unless Russell gives him a Gundam, he can only continue to fight within the framework with his abilities.

If he kills Emperor Qing, others will follow suit and try to kill him as well.

Furthermore, at present, he still harbors some hope for his biological father, Emperor Qing.

What else can Russell say? Since the person involved has said so, and he is just an outsider helping out, respecting the employer's wishes is a basic quality. In any case, he will continue to stay here for a long time.

He would only leave if he could achieve a state of perfect purity and complete isolation between his body and the outside world. Otherwise, in his current state as a pure little human, he would die wherever he went, whether he returned to Tianlong or the main world.

"You're quick." Fan Xian's voice rang out from the garden gate as he jogged over.

The two had a clear division of labor: Russell was responsible for dealing with the guards and assassins, while he was responsible for seducing the servants and maids.

Li Chengze rubbed his forehead, then returned to his seat, poured himself a glass of water, and asked, "Fan Xian, what exactly do you want to do? Assassinating a prince is a capital offense punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family."

Things have come to this point, there's no way to run away now, and begging for mercy won't work either, so it's better to be dignified.

"Your Highness is joking. I didn't say I wanted to kill you. I just wanted to ask you something," Russell chuckled as he approached Li Chengze. "Come on, Your Highness, open your mouth. Uncle will feed you candy."

"You bastard! What do you think you're doing! Stop!"

"What terrible lines..." Fan Xian watched from the side, his mouth twitching. It's just feeding someone the Truth-Telling Pill, why make such a big show of it?

The medicine worked extremely quickly; in less than a second, Li Chengze's gaze began to wander and become unfocused, and a bewildered yet submissive expression appeared on his face.

Holy crap!

Fan Xian quickly turned to look at Russell: "Is this medicine of yours legitimate?"

Seeing Li Chengze's condition, Russell was also a little unsure. He quickly took out the medicine bottle and checked it. It was indeed a True Word Pill. He leaned down and asked, "What's your name?"

"Li Chengze".

"Do you want to be emperor?"

"think."

"Have you ever made love with your aunt?"

"..."

"Get out of my way." Seeing that the question was going further and further off track, Fan Xian shoved Russell aside in annoyance and asked the question himself.

Where are Teng Zijing's wife and children?

"The backyard of Baoyue Tower".

"Baoyue Tower?"

"..."

In less than half an hour, Fan Xian had extracted all the information about Teng Zijing's wife and children, Li Chengze and Li Yunrui's entire scheme, and the location of all the evidence.

At the same time, he also knew that Shijia Town was not massacred by his men, so the Crown Prince was no saint either.

However, this was all within his expectations and nothing to be surprised about. The only thing he didn't expect was that Fan Sizhe had also been tricked into the plan and became the apparent owner of Baoyue Tower. Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and there was still room for redemption.

After asking all his questions, Fan Xian gave Russell an OK sign. Russell then took out a Forget-Dust Pill, broke it into three pieces, and tossed them to Fan Xian.

The combination of the Forget-Dust Pill and the True Word Pill is practically invincible. Anyone who uses it knows how powerful it is. When Li Chengze wakes up, he'll just think he's taken a nap and won't know that Fan Xian has exposed his underwear.

"Why is it pills again? Shouldn't your sci-fi genre be about capsules or injections?" Fan Xian took the pills, subconsciously rubbed some powder under his nose, and sniffed it.

then……

Fan Xian: "Huh? How did we get here? Russell, did you teleport?"

Russell: 「(ノ｀⊿´)ノ」

Sometimes I really want to hit someone!!!

After another round of commotion, Fan Xian pried open the mouths of Li Chengze and the unconscious Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiu, stuffing the fragments of the Forget-Dust Pill into them one by one.

Looking at the blank expression on Li Chengze's face, Fan Xian felt little pleasure, but rather a complex mix of weariness and coldness.

Factional struggles have their own rules. Court politics involve both overt and covert schemes, with each side relying on its own methods. If you lose in a court battle, your family will be wiped out, which is simply a matter of being less skilled than others, and there's nothing more to say about that. But the most taboo thing is to break the unspoken rules and directly target the other party's relatives and family. The consequence of doing so is that if you do the first thing, I will do the fifteenth, and in the end, no one will be able to play the game anymore.

But since Li Chengze has a good father, unless he flips the table like Russell suggested, he can only obediently follow the rules and procedures.