Most of the civil servants who came forward were of middle rank, and the highest was only a minister of the Ministry of Industry.

They focused on the suspicious points on Ning Fengzhi and gradually pointed their target at Qian Yong, but no one openly revealed Qian Yong's true identity, as if the other party was just an ordinary silk and satin shop owner.

Pei Yue was well aware of the intentions of these people. As long as he could persuade Emperor Kaiping to restart the investigation of the assassination, Qian Yong's identity would naturally not be concealed, and the second prince would be involved.

He raised his eyes and looked at the backs of the princes not far ahead, and finally his eyes rested on the fourth prince.

Whether it is Ning Fengzhi or Qian Yong, they are not ordinary people who can come and go as soon as they are called. How terrible is it that they betrayed each other at the most critical moment? The fourth prince seemed to be like a wandering cloud and a crane in these years, but he

Being able to extend its tentacles so far and so deep without a sound makes you feel chilly just thinking about it.

Previously in the Bamboo House, Pei Yue hinted to the fourth prince many times with complicated emotions, from Ning Fengzhi's life and death to Emperor Kaiping's attitude towards this matter. With his astuteness and wisdom, Pei Yue should be able to understand. But judging from the situation of today's court meeting

From the looks of things, the fourth prince obviously didn't take those hints into consideration. After planning to frame the eldest prince, he still insisted on dragging the second prince into the water. He was obviously planning to hunt down rabbits and eliminate the two biggest competitors at once.

However……

That emperor who sits on the throne, will he turn a blind eye to these little thoughts of yours?

As a prince who is so ruthless and ruthless, how can he continue in the future?

The call to investigate Ning Fengzhi and Qian Yong gradually became louder in the main hall. In addition to the dozen or so officials at the beginning, ministers with higher rankings gradually came out to make statements. Emperor Kaiping watched without saying a word.

These people, until Han Gongduan, a Hanlin scholar, flicked his sleeves and was about to step forward, he coughed lightly to suppress the commotion in the court, turned his eyes to the area where the princes were, and asked indifferently: "Does anyone in the ministers' family know the origin of Qian Yong?"

?”

Han Gongduan hesitated for a moment, but finally took back his right leg that he had just stepped out.

The hall suddenly became quiet.

Some people know Qian Yong's true identity, but they will not take the initiative to speak out, because what they have to do today is to involve Qian Yong, and then stay out of it to protect themselves. This is what the fourth prince told them.

There are also people who have nothing to do with the fourth prince, but they still dare not expose Qian Yong's identity, because there is a chill in the bones of Emperor Kaiping's words. No one knows what the emperor is thinking. After all, based on the current clues, the assassination

The case is most likely that the second prince bribed the eldest prince's cronies, which is of course an absolute scandal to the Tian family.

The second prince noticed that Emperor Kaiping was looking at him and did not dare to wipe the sweat on his forehead. In the almost stagnant atmosphere in the palace, he slowly took a step forward, bowed and saluted: "Father Qi Zhen"

Your Majesty, your minister knows Qian Yong’s identity.”

Emperor Kaiping ignored it and turned to the fourth prince next to him.

At this moment, the fourth prince looked up at his father.

The distance was not too far, and the fourth prince saw extremely complex emotions in Emperor Kaiping's eyes.

At this moment, he suddenly understood that his father knew everything, and nothing escaped his eyes. Perhaps as long as he helped the second emperor brother out of the siege at this moment, even if he did not have the chance to peek at the crown prince's position, he could continue to be a wealthy and idle prince in the future.

, maybe he can still get the care of his father. He thought a lot, including the previous meeting with Pei Yue, the hidden hints in the other party's words finally surfaced, presumably they were all his father's instructions.

The fourth prince stood quietly, his lips pursed and silent, showing a bit of cold stubbornness.

Emperor Kaiping withdrew his gaze and asked the second prince indifferently: "Do you know?"

The second prince was still half-bowed at this time, and he hated that bastard Qian Yong in his heart. He said with difficulty: "Back to my father, my princess has a cousin named Qian Yong, who now runs a silk and satin shop in Xicheng.

village."

All the officials were in an uproar and looked at the second prince in disbelief.

Liu Xian's face turned ugly. Since he had already thought about Ning Fengzhi's problem, how could he not guess that this matter must have been done by a certain younger brother? At this moment, hearing Liu Yun's personal admission, he felt a surge of anger.

Welling up in his heart, however, Concubine Wu's instructions suddenly rang in his mind, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and did not make a fuss in public.

There was a strange flash in the fourth prince's eyes, and he continued to watch his nose and heart, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

After the commotion, Chengtian Hall became silent again.

Previously, the eldest prince ordered assassins to ambush Pei Yue and Pei Ning, which had already caused turmoil in the court. Now it has become the second prince's plot to frame the eldest prince. The two adult princes who are most promising to become princes caused such a scandal, which not only caused the crowd to

Chen frowned, even more worried that Emperor Kaiping on the dragon throne would rain down thunderous wrath.

The atmosphere in the palace became increasingly tense.

At this time, only the important ministers of the two governments were qualified to speak, and even Pei Yue was not suitable to smooth things over.

Mo Haoli raised his head, looked at Emperor Kaiping with a dull expression, sighed softly in his heart, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, this matter may have nothing to do with the second prince."

There is no need to say something too clearly. Most of the courtiers who can enter this hall are smart people. When the second prince revealed Qian Yong’s identity, they understood that this was a drama of brothers fighting each other. This kind of thing

Even if it happens to an ordinary family, it is difficult to solve it, let alone the Tian family that decides the position of the crown prince?

When things happened to this point, it was no longer a simple murder, so no one paid attention to Pei Yue, the victim.

It is not difficult to understand that Mo Haoli is partial to the second prince at this time. As the left ruler of the East Palace and the head of the civil servants of Daliang, he cannot just watch the two princes turn into unfilial people who disobey human ethics. That would be detrimental to the dignity of the Tian family.

Said it was a huge blow.

Luo Ting, who was behind him, frowned and went out to announce: "Your Majesty, I agree with Master Mo, but this matter must be thoroughly investigated! I suggest that Qian Yong be arrested immediately and the relationship between him and Ning Fengzhi be investigated.

connections and find out the real culprit who instigated him behind the scenes."

Mo Haoli looked back at him with extremely complicated eyes.

Luo Ting has a tall and straight figure and a temperament like pine and cypress.

Wang Pingzhang and Gu Liang behind the princes on the right were silent. In fact, Wu Xunqin could not speak at all at this time, because if he was not careful, he would be involved in the fight for the heir apparent, which was something no king wanted to see.

scene.

The ministers held their breath and concentrated, the second prince was sweating profusely, the eldest prince looked complicated, and the fourth prince was calm and composed.

At this moment, Emperor Kaiping suddenly stood up, flicked his sleeves, and walked straight towards the back of the palace.

A group of ministers with stunned faces were left behind.

The fourth prince slowly raised his head and looked at Emperor Kaiping's disappearing back, his face showing confusion and anger, which eventually turned into several sneers.
Chapter completed!