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

Chapter 51 I am willing to die in order to seek light!
Li Chengze could never have expected that the missing Fan Wujiu would be captured by the prince and used as evidence to slander him, but when he thought that this shameless scheme was planned by the prince, everything made sense.

Li Chengze could only admit his guilt. In the beginning, it was indeed he who sent the assassins to cause trouble in Baoyue Tower, but he never expected that the prince would also be in Baoyue Tower. As a result, he was accused of regicide by mistake. He did not dare to ask for an investigation to prove his innocence.

Because it seemed that he was not innocent, Li Chengze had no way to express his grievances. Even if it was a punishment of house arrest for a year, which had never happened before, he could only swallow his anger and say, "Your Highness, I obey your order!"

Looking at the hatred hidden in Li Chengze's eyes, Li Chengqian had achieved his goal.

He never thought that he could bring down the second prince by using this trick of replacing the crown prince with a cat.

Even if there were witnesses to this incident, Emperor Qing would not let the grindstone be worn out. Moreover, even if the Second Prince fell, there would be another "Second Prince" to compete with him. Li Chengqian was even more worried that Fan Xian would become a substitute for his second brother:

"This is the real hell difficulty. I don't want to play it."

Emperor Qing was already exhausted from presiding over the court meeting, but he had only solved one of the two major issues, Baoyue Tower and investigating corruption. The more important issue of investigating corruption and investigating the Second Prince's smuggling had not been resolved. Censor Lai was very dissatisfied:
"Your Majesty, please think twice! Corruption and bribery are serious matters, not to mention smuggling involves the fundamental interests of Qing State, which is tantamount to destroying one's own foundation and aiding the enemy! I request Your Majesty to thoroughly investigate this matter. No one is perfect. If the Second Prince is wrong, just correct it."

Lai Mingcheng is an old-fashioned man. He never thinks about winning or losing, but whether the interests of Qing Kingdom have been harmed. Which prince gains power and which prince loses power has nothing to do with him. He only cares about the gains and losses of Qing Kingdom.

Smuggling to Northern Qi was tantamount to cutting off the flesh of Qing Kingdom to Northern Qi, and the money obtained in exchange was stolen before it even entered the national treasury!

Emperor Qing was getting a little impatient after hearing about this again and again. He showed dissatisfaction on his face and asked with his eyes narrowed: "Lai Mingcheng, do you think that all the ministers in the imperial study are drunk and you are the only one sober?"

"I have already confined the Second Prince to his house for a year, and you are still not satisfied? Lai Mingcheng, what do you want? Do you want to risk your life to make a remonstrance, step on the majesty of the royal family, and exchange for the reputation of asking scholars to become censors?"

Lai Mingcheng could hear the dissatisfaction in Long's words, but for the sake of the well-being of the country and the prosperity of Qing, he would not allow thieves to steal the country's wealth and enrich themselves, so he had to speak up!
"Your Majesty, you turned a blind eye to corruption and cruelty, you are unworthy of being a censor. You turned a blind eye to the benefits and disadvantages of the people's livelihood, you are unworthy of being a censor. You avoided the unclear governance of the officials, you are unworthy of being a censor. You acted greedily for power and pursued profit, you are unworthy of being a censor!"

Lai Mingcheng made a loyal suggestion, his old eyes reddened: "Everyone says that the censors seek fame, they can eliminate the accumulated abuses and sweep away the chronic diseases of the past, expose the lawless and quell the chaos of the present. If this trip to Qingguo is all for fame, then I am willing to die for fame!"

"Hope, there will be a bright future!"

Boom!
Lai Mingcheng knelt down with his old body trembling.

This kneeling made all the ministers and officials cover their faces with shame. The whole court was silent. Emperor Qing was silent and did not say a word for a long time!

Fan Xian's eyes were filled with admiration. He shook his head in amazement and praised, "He's killing like crazy!"

Li Chengze's face became increasingly ugly, and his already thin skin trembled slightly.

Li Chengqian, as the crown prince, stood at the front of the court, but he always felt:

Censor Lai is the one standing at the forefront of Qing State, the pioneer who cuts through all obstacles.

He can see further than the prince who stood in front of Qing State.

Li Chengqian looked at Emperor Qing's indifferent expression, and he seemed to have made up his mind. He felt that he could no longer let Lai Mingcheng go on alone in the hall, or else Censor Lai's life would be in danger, and his faith would be gone:
"His Majesty!"

There was an uproar in the court. None of the officials had expected that Censor Lai had angered His Majesty, and someone would stand up to speak for this mad dog, this lonely minister. Even though Li Chengqian's words were not pleasant to hear, they were also to protect Censor Lai:
"Your son thinks that Censor Lai has no sense of propriety and is relying on the emperor's grace to shout the slogan of seeking fame by dying, so he wants to presumptuously investigate my second brother? Lai Mingcheng, don't think your life is too precious. It is not worth even a fraction of my second brother's!"

Li Chengqian's words completely put an end to Censor Lai's thoughts. Since no victim wanted to report to the authorities to track down the perpetrator, Lai Mingcheng would not be able to use the corruption investigation to link it to the regicide incident and use the crown prince's name to investigate the second prince!

Censor Lai shook his head in confusion: "Why is this happening, Your Highness?"

He couldn't understand. It was just an investigation into corruption, wasn't it just an investigation of the prince? Why didn't the Overwatch Council cooperate with him? Even the victim, the Crown Prince, refused to cooperate with him. Could it be that the Second Prince's status was so extraordinary that it was almost comparable to that of His Majesty?
Emperor Qing snorted coldly, seemingly not taking Censor Lai seriously, and looked at the Crown Prince: "Li Chengqian, you are really magnanimous. You have such a magnanimous character even after escaping from death. Your second brother is the one with the heaviest suspicion. What do you mean by protecting him like this?"

Li Chengqian shook his head: "I didn't protect my second brother, but the brotherhood we have had for so many years made me not believe that my second brother would choose to murder his brother to cover up his crime of smuggling. This is very puzzling to me."

"Lai Mingcheng has no qualifications to investigate my second brother. Your Majesty, please allow me to investigate on your behalf and find out the real culprit behind the Northern Qi smuggling case. I want to clear my second brother's name, give him justice, and give him freedom!"

Li Chengqian cried and said that for the sake of his brother's reputation, he would take over Lai Mingcheng's responsibility to investigate the prince. Only in this way could Lai Yushi have a chance to survive and no longer get involved in it. In the end, he was beaten with a stick by Emperor Qing.
Li Chengze was angry inside, but he acted very touched and knelt down to the prince: "Thank you, Your Highness, for believing in my character. I would also like to ask Your Highness to investigate this matter and clear my name!"

He said this because Li Chengqian had put him in the position of brotherly love and respect. If he said this, he would be a pure and honest person who wanted to prove his innocence. If he denied or declined, rejecting this "brotherhood",
There is no need to investigate, as he has already become a traitor who is trying to seize the throne in the eyes of officials.

The two princes took to the stage to perform a big show, and all the ministers and officials dared not say a word.

Only Fan Xian pinched his thigh hard to stop himself from laughing out loud.

Emperor Qing actually chuckled, looked at Li Chengqian and nodded:

"In that case, then you can investigate. I will help you achieve your brotherhood."

"My son, I accept the decree."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Chengqian and Li Chengze knelt down at the same time, presenting a beautiful picture of loving father and filial son. However, Emperor Qing did not even want to look at them any more. He stood up and left. The eunuch announced the adjournment of the court, and officials left one after another.

Li Chengze left the stage with a fake smile.

Li Chengqian welcomed his disciples, Xin Qiwu and others, as well as Fan Xian and his son.

There is also the unexpected lone minister, Lai Mingcheng, who never interacts with others:

"Your Highness, I am confused. I would like you to answer some of my questions."

　That line came from Teacher Wang Juan and should have appeared in the story, but it was left out due to the length of the series. I didn’t want this line to be lost, so I put it in this story and gave it back to my favorite Grandpa Lai Mingcheng.

　　In fact, this 100,000-word plot is a summary and response to the previous plot. I have already designed a detailed outline on how to make the excitement reasonable and how to make Lai Yushi survive reasonably. But after changing it over and over again, I still feel that it is not written to the best and the most exciting. It is a bit regrettable.
　　The young author is still a newcomer at Qidian.com, and his writing ability is still in the exploratory growth stage. He can only do his best. Twenty days after the book was published, I would like to thank the 10,000 readers who have collected it, and the readers who have rewarded me. Although the amount is small, it is very thoughtful. I would like to thank the readers who gave me recommendation votes and monthly votes. Although these two things seem to have different values, they are the same to me. I have never thought about rushing to the monthly ticket list. Having votes is your support for me. Thank you everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)