bestfiction Chapter 125: A world where only the crown prince is injured has been achieved.
Chapter 125: A world where only the crown prince is injured has been achieved.
As Zheng Luoqi answered, she carefully considered the suspicious points. Jingyu said that he had chased after the man in black to the place where the prince was injured.
It was obvious that someone had led him there, and it just so happened that Chen Xianlin happened to be outside, which meant that Chen Xianlin knew that the prince and Zheng Luoqi were being held inside. Fortunately, Zheng Luoqi sensed that something was wrong and immediately sent Boyu to find them.
But why did they target Quan Yuyuan? Or was Quan Yuyuan not their initial target, but they accidentally injured him, so they turned the tables on him?
The injuries on Quan Yuyuan's body were clearly from fighting with the assassin.
Zheng Luoqi thought of Wen Yichuan and Wen Yixuan. If this was an assassination attempt orchestrated by Wen Yichuan, then it would make sense.
Wen Yichuan originally intended to kill Xue Huaiyu at this banquet, but he chased the wrong person and killed Quan Yuyuan instead. As a result, Quan Yuyuan fought desperately and survived.
However, now that the assassination attempt on Xue Huaiyu has failed, Wen Yichuan is certainly unwilling to give up. So he plans to use this as a pretext to pin the assassination attempt on Zheng Luoqi, because Zheng Luoqi had a conflict with the prince when she first arrived at Chunhua Garden.
After the prince was injured, it was reasonable to pin the blame on Zheng Luoqi.
So while Zheng Luoqi and Ye Churan were looking at the Guo and Zhang families, Wen Yichuan noticed He Jinyu's departure and wanted to send someone to lure He Jinyu to the place where the young master was injured.
Then send someone to tell Chen Xianlin to bring the female guest over so that He Jinyu can be caught red-handed.
However, Xue Huaiyu and Ye Churan were also making plans.
Their plan was to create conflict between the Guo and Zhang families today, and then drag Zheng Luoqi into it. Zheng Luoqi would definitely side with the Zhang family, and the Guo family would certainly be dissatisfied.
As a member of the Grand Commandant's faction, the Guo family could not possibly accept Zheng Luoqi's authority, and the conflict would only deepen. Xue Huaiyu and Ye Churan wanted to use Zheng Luoqi as a tool to further weaken the Grand Commandant's power.
The relationship between the Grand Commandant and the Emperor is now so close that it's almost completely broken.
Xue Huaiyu and Ye Churan wanted to force the Grand Commandant to rebel, but before that, they wanted the Prime Minister's Mansion to fight the Grand Commandant.
Xue Huaiyu originally wanted to wait until things had developed to a certain point before stepping in to exacerbate the conflict between the two families and, incidentally, make his presence felt in front of those wealthy young men.
Ye Churan started planning from the moment Miss Guo fell into the water, but she never expected that Quan Yuyuan would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
Zheng Luoqi was not involved in anything either. As Ye Churan thought, Zheng Luoqi should be arguing for the Zhang family at this time.
According to Wen Yichuan's thinking, Zheng Luoqi should be unable to explain herself at this point and should be seen as having intentionally harmed the Crown Prince of Huainan.
But now Zheng Luoqi is perfectly fine, all because of one thought: to have Boyu go and find He Jinyu.
The focus of the matter has now shifted from the conflict between the Guo and Zhang families to the heir of the Prince of Huainan.
If the news of the Huainan King's only son's misfortune reaches his ears, wouldn't he be driven to the capital? Although the Huainan King has not participated in politics for a long time, he was once a valuable asset to the late emperor, eliminating countless political enemies for him.
Xue Huaiyu feared the late emperor, and he also feared the Prince of Huainan, since the Prince of Huainan's heir had his accident at the small spring banquet hosted by Ye Churan.
If this matter isn't handled properly, it will be difficult to explain to the Prince of Huainan! As for the Guo and Zhang families, Xue Huaiyu sent someone to inform the Minister of War and the Vice Minister of Rites, instructing them to handle the matter themselves.
The emperor summoned Zhang Zhiyuan, the Commander of the Imperial Guard, to investigate the assassination attempt on the crown prince.
The banquet was thus hastily concluded.
Zheng Luoqi hasn't started anything yet, but she already has someone in mind when it comes to finding good candidates for military officers.
The Grand Commandant also learned about the assassination attempt at the banquet, which failed, but he wouldn't let Xue Huaiyu and the Prime Minister's faction off so easily.
morning
Grand Commandant Wen stepped forward expressionlessly, holding a long memorial in his hand, and began to impeach several officials one by one.
The impeached officials included both civil and military officials, and they were almost all officials from the prime minister's faction and the imperial faction.
Wen Taiwei listed their various faults, from embezzlement and bribery to abuse of power, from oppressing the people to forming cliques for personal gain. Each charge was well-founded and supported by solid evidence.
Some of the crimes weren't too serious, and they escaped punishment, but it was enough to give those officials a hard time.
Some of them had already begun to turn pale and were sweating profusely.
Xue Huaiyu sat quietly on the dragon throne, listening to Grand Commandant Wen's impeachment, his face expressionless. He had long known that Grand Commandant Wen would take action.
However, since Wen Taiwei had reported a lot of officials, Xue Huaiyu couldn't possibly deal with a large number of them all at once, so he picked a few serious ones to make an example of.
Just as Grand Commandant Wen finished impeaching, Zheng Luoqi stepped forward.
As the Imperial Censor, Zheng Luoqi's duty was to supervise the behavior of officials both inside and outside the court and to impeach officials who violated laws and regulations.
Zheng Luoqi was also prepared. Since the Grand Commandant would take action against the officials of the Prime Minister's faction, the Prime Minister's faction could not be left behind!
Zheng Luoqi also directly impeached a large number of officials from the Grand Commandant's faction and the Imperial Power faction, and his impeachment was based on solid reasoning and conclusive evidence.
At this moment, Xue Huaiyu sat on the dragon throne with a dark expression. Although the Prime Minister and the Grand Commandant had started fighting in the direction he hoped for, they did not forget to drag down the officials of the imperial faction as well.
The atmosphere in the court was tense, and the ministers all lowered their heads, not daring to easily express their opinions.
Xue Huaiyu still punished the officials who committed serious crimes, while those who committed minor crimes were demoted, had their salaries deducted, and were each given thirty strokes of the cane.
Commander Wen stared fiercely at Zheng Luoqi, but Zheng Luoqi wasn't afraid and stared back defiantly at Commander Wen.
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After the court session, at the Grand Commandant's residence
After summoning Wen Yixuan and Wen Yichuan to his study, Grand Commandant Wen made them kneel while he sat at his desk, staring at them silently.
Time ticked by, and Wen Yichuan and Wen Yixuan had been kneeling on the ground for a full hour. Finally, Grand Commandant Wen slowly spoke, asking, "Yichuan, how did I teach you before?"
Wen Yichuan kept his head down, remaining silent. Grand Commandant Wen continued, "Do you really like that woman that much? You thought you were clever about the assassination attempt at the Spring Banquet!"
"No matter what, she is now Consort De, and you already have a wife. How can you still have fantasies about that woman?" The more Wen Taiwei thought about it, the angrier he became. He suddenly stood up and slapped Wen Yichuan hard across the face.
"You're actually getting bogged down in matters of the heart. No wonder my Wen family is always overshadowed by the Prime Minister's family."
“Although I deeply resent the Prime Minister, I must admit that he has raised a fine son. Do you see Zheng Luoqi being held back by such matters?” Grand Commandant Wen said with a sense of disappointment.