His Rui

Sitting in front of the Emperor, Xi Ying looked deathly serious.

Zhao Wang Lei's fists were tightly clenched inside his sleeves and his face was expressionless.

He was thinking just what Xi Ying wanted him to think.

That Xi Ying was still loyal to him. However, he now had another person to include in his list of people that he needs to eradicate.

And that was his unborn child.

Then again, Zhao Wang Lei knew very well that he couldn't do anything until Xi Ying himself was in the Imperial City.

Though not completely, he knew very well just how powerful Xi Ying was. To kill someone inside the Xi Manor, Zhao Wang Lei knew that he needed to send Xi Ying out of Xi Manor.

Even if Xi Ying left, he would also have to take care of the people who he would leave behind to take care of his people and his people included that Li Rui also.

Implanting his own people inside the Xi Manor, providing them the things they would need, and then eradicating all the evidence of his indirect deeds…all of this could only be done when Xi Ying was absent from the Imperial City for a few months.

Thinking all this, Zhao Wang Lei didn't know if he should feel happy or not.

However, in the end, he was still relieved. Xi Ying was still loyal to him and it was a matter of joy because Xi Ying was the most important pawn he needed to destroy Li Clan. After destroying Li Clan, he could always eradicate all other things as well including him as well.

"Prime Minister Xi"

Zhao Wang Lei finally opened his mouth. His face was still expressionless but he tried his utmost to sound a little gentle and comforting as he said

"Zhen understands very well your thoughts. A child is very important to his or her father. We only got to know about this matter when the princess had already sent her people to attack Lady Li."

Xi Ying snickered coldly inside his heart as he witnessed just how the Emperor separated himself from the whole matter as if he (Xi Ying) was a fool to believe him.

Unaware of the thoughts going inside Xi Ying's mind, Zhao Wang Lei continued

"Prime Minister Xi is already known to the First Princess's feelings about you so I think it is understandable for her to react like this, right?"

Xi Ying didn't say anything. Now he couldn't even pretend to agree with this matter.

How could an Emperor find his daughter's deeds reasonable when she is sending her people to kill someone just because she is jealous?

Then when was Zhao Wang Lei a good Emperor?

Xi Ying sighed silently at the fate of Xin.

He smiled coldly and this time didn't lie at all.

"This minister understands very well what His Majesty is trying to imply. However, this minister has never liked arrogant, jealous and stupid women. This minister hopes that this should end Your Majesty's expectations from this minister in this matter."

Zhao Wang Lie pretended to sigh sadly after Xi Ying finished and said

"Zhen promises Minister Xi that there would be no repetition of what happened yesterday. We will ask our people to keep an eye on Princess Wenling. They will inform Zhen as soon as she tries to do something like this again."

Zhao Wang Lei said very seriously and with a very earnest face.

However, Xi Ying knew what was going inside the cunning Emperor's mind.

Even if he couldn't complete his promise, what will he be even able to do except mourn over the death of his unborn child?

Zhao Wang Lei would express his regret ad guilt and Xi Ying would have no other way except to accept his unborn child's death. And even if he got angry and killed Princess Wenling, what did this have to do with the Emperor himself?

However, Xi Ying was intelligent enough to remove all these illusions from Zhao Wang Lei's mind.

He smiled coldly as he said

"It would be better for Your Majesty as well as this minister if Your Majesty keeps his promise. Because if something really happened to this minister's child, then this minister will not take a moment to change the sides."

Zhao Wang Lei's eyes immediately went cold.

His phoenix eyes stared at Xi Ying as if he was looking at a stranger.

The one thing that he hated the most was being threatened by someone. He hated it the most.

In place of Xi Ying, he could suddenly see General Li standing in front of him and telling him that he will banish the Li Clan's army and then leave Xin with his whole clan if he punished his daughter Li Rui.

He hated Xi Ying to the same extent at this moment, he had hated General Li Heng.

However, again he could not let his hate visible to the person in front of him. Because he needed Xi Ying.

He could only smile forcefully and whisper to himself.

"We see."

Only a few people had dared to threaten him like this and now the list included Xi Ying also. Perhaps he had already seen it before. Seeing the power Xi Clan held, Zhao Wang Lei was afraid that Xi Ying would try to stop him from getting what he wanted even if he destroyed Li Clan.

Because he had certain principles.

Hence he could do nothing except make a plan to kill him. He wanted to destroy Xi Clan after killing Xi Ying.

His plan failed once but he promised to himself at this moment, that it will not fail next time. He will plan again when he would no longer need Xi Ying and he will make sure that his arrow would hit the target at that time.

Zhao Wang Lei didn't know what he should say after this conversation. For now, he didn't even wish to see Xi Ying.

He had thought that by using princess Wenling he would easily be able to kill Li Rui in the next few attacks but now he himself had to promise Xi Ying that he will make sure that no attack will happen in the future.

In other words, he would have to hide from that stupid daughter of his that Li Rui was pregnant or she would go rampant in her jealousy.

Xi Ying's thoughts were no different for him at this moment.

It was difficult to see even the face of the man who killed his wife and son in the last life. So he stood up from the chair and said

"This minister thinks that Your Majesty just wanted to discuss this matter with this minister."

Zhao Wang Lie immediately nodded his head and Xi Ying was also relieved.

"Then this minister will no longer disturb Your Majesty."

Saying this, Xii Ying turned around but he suddenly seemed to remember something so he turned around to look at the Emperor again.

Zhao Wang Lei looked at Xi Ying with a confused frown.

"This minister has advice for Your Majesty. Does Your Majesty mind if this one continues?"

Zhao Wang Lei's frown went deeper. A moment later, it smoothened.

Whatever he thought inside his heart, he knew very well just how intelligent Xi Ying was so by refusing to hear advice from Xi Ying, he would only be doing something not good for himself.

"Minister Xi can continue."

"According to this minister, a servant should not be given much freedom when he starts to use his master's name to look higher and arrogant in front of others."

Xi Ying was signing to Eunuch Wang …the old Eunuch who served the Emperor and had been serving for so many years.

Zhao Wang Lei understood it very well. His phoenix eyes flickered and he couldn't help but frown and think over Xi Ying's words.

Xi Ying was very pleased and took his leave after being done with his work.