CHAPTER 683: CHAPTER 335: LIKE A PIG_3

Li Jiao did not speak.

Another person hesitated for a moment before speaking, "The Emperor doesn’t care about the Tenth Prince’s life or death; keeping him around is useless."

"He’s useless to the Emperor, but not necessarily to Prince Chu." Li Jiao said thoughtfully, "Prince Chu has a good relationship with the Tenth Prince. We can use him to threaten Prince Chu."

The other person disagreed, "No matter how good the relationship between Prince Chu and the Tenth Prince is, it’s unlikely Prince Chu would be threatened by us for him. These princes value no brotherhood when faced with personal interests."

Li Jiao found some truth in the other’s words.

"The Tenth Prince can’t be kept." The other person glanced at Li Jiao and said, "Though the Tenth Prince is out of favor, he’s still the Emperor’s son. Keeping him locked up is too dangerous for us."

Li Jiao said nonchalantly, "Then let’s get rid of him."

"Get rid of the Tenth Prince?" The other person was quite shocked, "I’ve seen you getting along well with the Tenth Prince lately. I thought you’d gone soft on him..." He stopped mid-sentence when he received a cold and sharp glance from Li Jiao, too frightened to continue. "I misspoke, how could you possibly go soft on the Tenth Prince."

"We’ll take action in a couple of days." Li Jiao spoke with a hint of impatience.

"Understood." The other person asked, "Should we send someone to monitor Prince Chu?"

Li Jiao replied, "There’s no need for us to watch Prince Chu. The Crown Prince and Prince Dai will have their people keeping a close eye on him. We don’t need to make unnecessary moves."

The other person pondered this and agreed. He then asked, "What about Prince Jing and Prince Wei?"

"Prince Wei is one of us. When he arrives, we should host him well. As for Prince Jing." Li Jiao curled his lips into a sneer, "Ignore him."

"The Crown Prince sent a message saying that after Prince Jing arrives in Jinling, he will act recklessly and asked us to keep an eye on him." The other person added, "The Crown Prince also instructed us to teach Prince Jing a lesson."

Li Jiao chuckled playfully upon hearing this, "How exactly should we teach him a lesson, to what extent?"

"The Crown Prince’s letter said as long as he doesn’t die, it’s fine." The other person laughed wickedly, "Seems like the Crown Prince really detests his brother, Prince Jing."

"Since the Crown Prince has given the order, we’ll comply." Li Jiao smiled meaningfully, "Let’s give Prince Jing a good lesson to vent the Crown Prince’s anger."

"Alright, I know what to do." The other person sneered when he thought of Zhao Yao locked in the secret chamber, "It seems being a prince doesn’t bring any good."

While Li Jiao and the other person were discussing matters, Zhao Yao was talking to sparrows.

During this period, he had become friends with the sparrows outside the secret chamber and learned many things from them.

Before Li Jiao returned to the chamber, Zhao Yao let his sparrow friends leave and continued to feign a state of deep sleep.

Meanwhile, on his way to Jinling, Prince Wei had already learned of Zhao Yao’s whereabouts.

The Southern Wei people hiding in Jinling had spent considerable effort to finally trace Zhao Yao’s location.

Prince Wei’s eyes were filled with icy killing intent, "It turns out the Li Family kidnapped the Tenth Prince!"

Standing at the side, Yu Hai exclaimed in shock, "The Li Family must have some nerve to dare kidnap His Highness the Tenth Prince!" He then asked, "Your Highness, did the Crown Prince order the Tenth Prince’s kidnapping?"

"No, the Crown Prince never cared about the Tenth Prince. It was the Li Family acting on their own to kidnap him." Prince Wei spoke darkly.

"Your Highness, the Tenth Prince wasn’t involved in the Jinling affairs, so why would the Li Family kidnap him?" Yu Hai asked, full of confusion.

"To provoke Father, or perhaps to threaten the Fourth Prince." Prince Wei said grimly, "Regardless of the Li Family’s motives for kidnapping the Tenth Prince, they deserve to die."

"Your Highness, what should we do next?"

"First, rescue the Tenth Prince, then make the Li Family pay." Prince Wei was most worried about whether Zhao Yao had been harmed, suffered, or humiliated during his disappearance. The thought of the Tenth Prince, who had never suffered since childhood, being hurt and humiliated made Prince Wei’s heart ache.

"The Tenth Prince being captured must have terrified him." Imagining the Tenth Prince in a dark and isolated cell, frightened and terrified, made Prince Wei want to immediately rush to Jinling and massacre the Li Family.

Yu Hai also worried for Zhao Yao. He quickly comforted Prince Wei, "Your Highness, the Tenth Prince will surely be alright."

"If only I had accompanied the Tenth Prince to Jinling." Prince Wei felt deeply guilty about Zhao Yao’s kidnapping.

"Your Highness, the Tenth Prince being kidnapped has nothing to do with you, it’s all the reckless Li Family." Yu Hai consoled Prince Wei.

Prince Wei felt it was his fault. He said, his face full of remorse, "I underestimated the people of Jinling, which is how the Li Family managed to kidnap the Tenth Prince."

"Your Highness, you’ve already ordered the Tenth Prince’s rescue. He’ll be saved soon, so you don’t need to worry too much."

Prince Wei knitted his brows tightly, his expression grave as he said, "We must rescue the Tenth Prince quickly, or his life will be in danger."