The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 781 Fisherman’s Profit

"...Minmin is also a person who can't sit still." Usually, Li Shou thought that Li Zhaoqin's temper was okay. But when he heard from Meng Renping that Li Zhaoqin went to the Meng Mansion to talk to Meng Shisan at this critical juncture, and that the topic was about the direction of the political power, he felt a headache, "Did Bo Huan deliver any news to the palace today?"

The first sentence is a response to Meng Renping, and the second sentence is a question to Chang Qing.

Chang Qing said, "Prince Jing sent a message to the palace yesterday, saying that the prince has found some clues about the bloody fight in the theater that Your Highness asked him to investigate, but it seems a little... mysterious."

"Mysterious?" Li Shou immediately thought of the mysterious incident when he was a child, when he was half asleep and half awake, and almost jumped into a well. He turned back to Meng Renping and asked, "You also said before that Yaoyao asked Gao Jin to investigate this matter. What was the result?"

Meng Renping thought about it and said, "Yaoyao didn't tell me the details of this matter. Gao Jin told me that Yaoyao had found some roots, and those roots helped Wu Tuiguan to successfully close the case. After all, those two refugees were just being used by others, not evil people who made trouble out of nothing. After Wu Tuiguan found out the truth and made them sign, he also made them surrender according to the laws of the Wei Dynasty. They are now serving their sentences in the Beijing jail. As for the mastermind behind the scenes..."

Li Shou asked: "Yaoyao found out?"

"Probably not yet." Meng Renping shook his head. This shaking of his head had two meanings. One was that Meng Shisan really hadn't found out the mastermind behind it yet, and the other was that Meng Shisan had found out but hadn't told him yet. "I've been busy with work recently, and I've forgotten about this. I, and Yaoyao too, haven't been able to spare the time to deal with this matter for the time being."

He was unable to ask for further results, and his cousin was unable to find further evidence.

As for the mastermind behind the scenes, not only can he guess it, His Highness can guess it, but with the intelligence of his eldest cousin, she can also guess it.

What is always lacking is substantial and hard evidence.

"Perhaps Yaoyao has new hatred and old grudges, so she is going on such a killing spree this time." Based on Li Shou's understanding of Meng Shisan, even though he has not yet fully understood his maternal cousin, but based on his cousin's past behavior, he feels that Meng Shisan's massacre of the hundreds of guests in Li Heng's private residence was by no means a momentary impulse.

Meng Renping also nodded and said, "Although there is no evidence, we can roughly guess who did it. Those refugees have no fixed place to live. On weekdays, they are content with having a roof over their heads and a job to earn a few copper coins to fill their stomachs. This time, they made a scene in the theater at night, not only causing bloodshed, but probably someone wanted to use this to cover up something, or to draw attention to this matter and achieve some purpose."

Ji Kuan heard this and belatedly interrupted, "What does the Second Prince want to cover up? What purpose does he want to achieve?"

Li Shou and Meng Renping both remained silent and did not answer his question.

The main thing is that no matter what Li Heng wants to cover up or what purpose he wants to achieve, the fight between the two sides has already started with the sound of war drums, and it is thundering.

Some were injured, some died, some were demoted to the lowest position, some were stripped of their official hats and became commoners, some were in the open while others were hiding in the dark, both sides showed their skills, and the victory and defeat, who will be the king and who will be the bandit, all depends on the result.

It's impossible to stop.

If this is the case, then it is destined that after this battle, one person will completely fall from the throne and lose the qualification to compete for the throne.

In this case, cover-up or purpose becomes the least important.

Li Shou ordered Chang Qing: "Send someone out of the palace to Prince Jing's Mansion and tell Bo Huan that there is no need to investigate the matter of the refugees any further." Chang Qing agreed and left the hall to pass on the order.

Chang Zhu brought up snacks and tea, and gently replaced the empty bowl with cold tea. He then retreated silently.

"Your Highness, have you never doubted Concubine De?" Meng Renping thought about it again and again, and finally asked the question in his mind.

Li Shou knew Meng Renping would ask this question because he almost died in the well. He had investigated all these years and all the clues pointed to Concubine De of Huachun Palace. "Since Concubine De entered the palace, she has indeed been a little strange. If you say that my father has favored her for so many years, there is no such strange reason. I don't believe it. But as for the refugees, I am more inclined to think that my second brother is framing me. The reason is just to make me fight with Concubine De so that he can reap the benefits."

Meng Renping had also thought about this possibility, but he was a little confused: "Mysterious things have always been rare, and it is even rarer to have dragon energy under the feet of the emperor. The Second Prince can do this and succeed. Could it be that the Second Prince has already had this convenience on weekdays?"

"You mean, he and Concubine De may have joined forces?" Li Shou smiled slightly after getting Meng Renping's nod. "I have thought about this as well. When I thought about it, I asked Tongchen to investigate secretly. It was confirmed that when the refugees happened, the entire Huachun Palace had no contact with outsiders. During that time, no one from the Second Prince's palace had ever set foot in Huachun Palace, let alone passed by it. Of course, I didn't just confirm this. I also asked Tongchen to investigate some other things. The information obtained was enough to prove that Concubine De and Second Prince had no possibility of contact during this period. Since there was no channel for contact, how could they join forces?"

Whether it is a transaction or something else, it always requires negotiations between you and me. Even if it is impossible to reach an agreement face to face, a middleman will definitely be needed to act as a go-between.

If there is no wireless bridge, it will be impossible to connect.

Meng Renping finally understood: "That is impossible. Yaoyao also suspected Concubine De, but Yaoyao is outside the palace, and without the convenience of Your Highness in the palace, it is impossible to verify it even if she wants to."

When he goes home today, he can tell his eldest cousin the result directly.

Li Yaoshen received a message from Chang Qing asking Wang Gui to go to Prince Jing's Mansion. When he heard Li Shou's message, he was about to leave the mansion to continue the investigation. But after hearing the message, he was spared from leaving the mansion.

As soon as Wang Gui left, he went straight back to the backyard and headed straight for Tonghan Courtyard.

Li Zhaoqin came back from a trip to the Meng Mansion today and told Meng Shisan everything she wanted to say. Also, because Li Heng was seriously injured, her strength proved that Li Shou was better than the Eastern Palace. It also showed that her father's choice to stand on the side of the Crown Prince was indeed the right move. So she was in an unprecedented bright and happy mood.

As soon as Li Yaoshen entered the courtyard, the servants came to report. She was waiting happily under the veranda. When she saw Li Yaoshen turning into the Aquarius Gate, she immediately ran down the stone steps with her skirt lifted up like a happy little bird and rushed to her eldest brother.

"Big brother!"

"Why are you so happy?"

Li Zhaoqin took Li Yaoshen's arm and sat down at the stone table under the tree. With a happy face, she recounted the gossip between her and Meng Shisan when they went to the Meng Mansion.

Li Yaoshen nodded as he listened, and only asked at the end, "Do you girls like to listen to these court affairs so much?"