Long Xiyuan’s thin lips curled up, outlining a smile.

"That’s because I want to make you my accomplice."

Bai Zhi’er’s face showed no surprise.

On the contrary, she even propped her chin and sighed.

"I knew it wouldn’t be anything good."

Long Xiyuan was taken aback for a moment.

This was the first time he actively approached someone, and the other party thought he had bad intentions!

Long Xiyuan was both amused and annoyed: "You’re quite something, girl. While others can’t wait for me to give them a chance, you see it as trouble?" 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Bai Zhi’er reached out and took a grape from the plate.

She ate while speaking: "Those people obey the Emperor because they want something from him and seek to follow his command."

"But I neither seek power, nor want influence, and I have money myself. I don’t want to be the Emperor’s laborer!"

She had everything she needed.

Now she only wanted to accumulate merit and serve the Heavenly Dao.

If she didn’t strive hard, she would have to go back and inherit Great Chu, becoming the Empress.

The more she spoke, the more Long Xiyuan felt he had found the right person.

He leaned back in his chair, smiling with great satisfaction.

"Actually, I was keeping an eye on you since you entered the city. If it weren’t for your intervention, I would have already separated Prince Li Zheng’s head from his body."

Bai Zhi’er paused her grape-eating action.

Her eyes flashed, and she suddenly said: "So, the broken neck of that statue wasn’t an accident!"

Come to think of it, the Emperor could easily access the secret passage of Prince Li Zheng, so he naturally had a way to tamper with those statues.

It turns out Long Xiyuan planned to accuse Prince Li Zheng of disrespecting the late Empress once the statue problem arose and then strip him of power and position.

But unexpectedly, the statue encountered Bai Zhi’er halfway through being transported.

This little girl disrupted his plans.

Long Xiyuan drank tea with a smile: "To be honest, Prince Li Zheng should thank you for saving his life."

After saying this, Long Xiyuan’s eyes suddenly became mysterious and deeply unfathomable, as if a cold light was flashing.

"But his good days are coming to an end."

"As you’ve seen, they’re using the statues as a storage for embezzled funds."

"Over the years, who knows how much Prince Li Zheng has embezzled."

"If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed that the seemingly upright old official is actually a big corrupt official in private!"

Bai Zhi’er noticed his slight agitation.

So she pushed his tea forward a bit.

"Have a cup of tea, calm down."

Long Xiyuan indeed listened to her, picked up the tea cup, and drank it all.

His long, fair fingers tightly held the cup, as if he was holding Prince Li Zheng, controlling both life and death.

Bai Zhi’er pouted: "But... it seems I can’t help the Emperor much."

Long Xiyuan returned to his senses.

His emotions slightly calmed down.

"You can help. In Duke Huan Mansion, you can coordinate from the inside with me to obtain the list of all corrupt officials."

"Moreover, the two young men by your side are both impressive."

It seems Long Xiyuan indeed had people follow them the moment Bai Zhi’er set foot on Great Qin’s land and appeared before him.

So Long Xiyuan knew Bai Zhi’er was not on good terms with Duke Huan.

At the previous banquet, when Prince Li Zheng tried to slander, he had already become enemies with Bai Zhi’er.

Long Xiyuan, worthy of being the Emperor, strategized step by step and calculated that Bai Zhi’er would most likely agree to him.

However.

Bai Zhi’er just stared at him.

Her clear, dark eyes seemed to penetrate into one’s heart.

When Long Xiyuan met her gaze for a long time, he felt as if she could see through his most secret thoughts.

Bai Zhi’er suddenly asked: "People say Prince Li Zheng was the late Empress’s teacher, and no matter what, the Emperor would show leniency."