Joy of Life: The melon-eating prince sees through Fan Xian's fake death

Chapter 50 Li Chengze lost this round
Fan Wujiu's last memory was when Haitang Duoduo subdued him with one move, and then smashed his face with two axes, severely humiliating him:
"Seniors can be killed, but not humiliated!"

After Fan Wujiu said this, Haitang Duoduo did not humiliate him anymore, but she knocked him out with a palm, making him fall into a coma. When he woke up, he was in a prison car going to Beijing, and he was inexplicably charged with a crime he did not commit.

Assassination of the Prince
"Even if I had ten guts, I wouldn't dare to do such a thing."

Fan Wujiu felt very wronged and angrily questioned the Kyoto officials who were escorting the prison van, asking what was going on. Instead, he was severely hit on the buttocks with a stick, and then the people threw rotten eggs at him, covering his mouth.

Only those who have wronged him know how wronged he is.

Unfortunately, Fan Wujiu was destined to have such an ending after he started working for the Second Prince.

What happened in Kyoto City was transmitted to the Imperial Study at an extremely fast speed. The first to report were the eunuchs, and then the officials spread the news by word of mouth. Soon, the news that Fan Wujiu was escorted to Kyoto Prefecture on charges of regicide was established.

After Emperor Qing confirmed the news, he was neither angry nor furious, and his expression did not change at all. It seemed that he already knew the inside story. He was just planning to use this incident to achieve his original purpose.

Unlike the other officials who had fallen silent, Censor Lai stepped forward with his hunched back:
"I, your humble servant, would like to take back what I just said to His Royal Highness. It was because I was ignorant and did not know the whole picture that I was misled and therefore I was dissatisfied with His Royal Highness. Now I would like to apologize to His Royal Highness and I will not criticize him anymore."

Good guy.

In the end, although on the surface he was criticizing Fan Xian, in his heart he was actually criticizing me.

Li Chengqian was not angry at all: "I accept your apology, Censor Lai, you can rest assured. I am not a mean person who would bear grudges against you. As long as everything you do is beneficial to the Kingdom of Qing, you will always be a capable minister of the Kingdom of Qing in my mind."

The praises eased the atmosphere in the court. The ministers originally thought that the Crown Prince would use this incident as an excuse to severely criticize the Second Prince, but it turned out to be the opposite. It seemed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had no intention of adding insult to injury and was waiting for His Majesty's decision.

Censor Lai's remarks just now also unconsciously cleared the prince's reputation, but he is not a member of the prince's party. He is just following the laws of Qing Kingdom and obeying the law as if he were drawing a sword. Although he will not report the prince, he will report the second prince!
"Your Majesty, the second person I want to report is the Second Prince. Fan Wujiu is a swordsman under the Second Prince. He appeared in the map of Baoyue Tower and tried to assassinate the Crown Prince. The Second Prince is suspected of killing people to silence them, assassinating the Crown Prince, and maliciously seizing the throne!"

"As for the previous rumors about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince lingering in Baoyue Tower, which caused misunderstandings among the ministers and officials, perhaps the Second Prince took advantage of the opportunity to stir up rumors of factional strife and delay the investigation of corruption!"

Li Chengze was sweating profusely in an instant.

The situation in the court suddenly reversed. The original attacks on the Crown Prince and Fan Xian and his entourage were reversed because of Fan Wujiu's regicide. It was originally thought that Fan Xian was waving the banner of justice to stir up factional strife for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

In fact, the Second Prince was in the wrong. On the basis of the suspicion of smuggling with Northern Qi, he secretly sent a swordsman to kill the king, and spread rumors to make the court suspect that the Crown Prince and Fan Xian's advocacy of investigating corruption was a factional dispute, in order to mislead officials and even the emperor to delay the investigation of corruption!

Fan Xian stood behind the bookshelf with Xin Qiwu, smiling stealthily:

"No wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so confident. It turns out he has this trick up his sleeve."

Although Xin Qiwu didn't understand what move it was, he raised his chin proudly:
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is wise and brave, resourceful and resourceful. He will definitely be the first crown prince in the history of Qing Kingdom!"

······
Li Chengze hurriedly walked out and stood slightly behind the Crown Prince, explaining with an incredulous look on his face:
"Your Majesty, I would never dare to do such a treasonous thing! Your Majesty and I have been brothers since childhood. We have helped each other and grown up together. How could I have the slightest intention of killing each other? I am innocent!"

Li Chengze tearfully protested his innocence: "There must be a thief who framed me. I am innocent!" Emperor Qing paused and said nothing.

Censor Lai said what was inconvenient for him to say:

"Then may I ask, Second Prince, isn't Fan Wujiu your man?"

"Yes."

Li Chengze choked up and said, "But I sent Fan Wujiu out only to invite back Fan Sizhe, the owner of Baoyue Tower, and persuade him to turn himself in. I never drove him to kill his own brothers, and I never had the intention of killing the king and usurping the throne!"

Tears fell like a kite with a broken string. The Second Prince, who was always known for his coldness and indifference, cried more than anyone else for the sake of brotherhood. He cried so hard that none of the officials could tell he was acting.

Emperor Qing then spoke and looked at the Crown Prince: "Li Chengqian, what do you think?"

All the officials looked at Li Chengqian, who helped the shaky Li Chengze up:

"Your Majesty, I don't believe that my second brother would do such a heinous and treasonous thing. My second brother and I have a deep affection for each other and he is always very caring towards me. There must be some misunderstanding. I request a thorough investigation to clear my second brother's name!"

Li Chengqian supported the second prince while looking heartbroken.

In Li Chengze's eyes, it was nothing more than a pretense to make him, the crown prince, appear to be a benevolent monarch, and then use another method to find out that he was involved in smuggling with Northern Qi, and then use an open conspiracy to bring him down in public, showing that the royal family members clearly distinguished between public and private.
Prince, oh prince, you have such a cruel heart that you use an irrelevant person to harm me!

Li Chengze cursed the prince in his heart, but he had to pretend to be grateful and touched on the surface.

Censor Lai saw that if things continued like this, the investigation into corruption would come to nothing!

"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has shown signs of attempting to kill the emperor and seize the throne, spreading rumors of factional strife, and delaying the investigation of corruption. I think the case of the Second Prince and Northern Qi smuggling should be brought up for re-investigation, and Fan Wujiu must also be tried thoroughly."

"We can investigate whether he was ordered by the Second Prince to assassinate the Crown Prince, and we can also get clues about the Northern Qi smuggling case from him. Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly!"

Officials headed by Censor Lai were discussing among themselves, and formed a trend of investigating the smuggling of the Second Prince. However, the investigation of corruption had already reached the prince and the wallets of the royal family members. Emperor Qing thought for a moment:
"There is no evidence of smuggling. I will not allow it."

Emperor Qing's denial caused a small stir in the court, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, as the victim, did not seem surprised at all. In fact, if it was discovered that smuggling was indeed taking place, His Royal Highness the Second Prince would be severely punished.

But when the Second Prince's smuggling was discovered, and he was charged with attempting to assassinate the king in order to hide the truth, the punishment would be severe, either life imprisonment or outright execution, directly declaring the Crown Prince's forces the winner.

Emperor Qing wanted to balance the court, so he couldn't throw away the grindstone at this time, so he looked at the prince who must be dissatisfied with the result and said: "I will punish your second brother again, and confine him to his house for a whole year, and he is not allowed to go out."

Li Chengze's face was grim. He lost this round.
(End of this chapter)