hsntnovel Chapter 2258 No Evidence
Chapter 2258 No Evidence
Li Chengqian is very worried now. He has been thinking hard about Li Shen's matter, but in the end he has gained nothing.
Fortunately, I don’t think too much about it and can only take one step at a time. Fortunately, there is no evidence yet to show that Li Shen did it.
The news outside has spread like wildfire, and even among the people there are rumors.
As the saying goes, good things do not go out, and bad things spread for thousands of miles.
After brewing for several days, the matter finally broke out at a grand court meeting.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I have something to report."
An imperial censor from the Censorate stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
"What's the matter, Censor Wang?" Li Chengqian asked calmly, thinking to himself, he finally came.
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince, recently the various managers of Xizhou Prefecture reported that the cotton industry in Xizhou Prefecture was attacked by rebels.
All the managers were killed and all the cotton was looted. The information brought back by the people sent out to investigate confirmed that it was true.
"I also ask Your Highness the Crown Prince to conduct a thorough investigation," the Wang family's censor reported.
"What? There is such a thing?" Li Chengqian's expression changed, one full of disbelief.
"I dare not deceive His Royal Highness, this matter is absolutely true, and a steward of my Wang family has also escaped.
Please, Your Highness, make the decision for us." The Royal Censor bowed again.
"How ridiculous! I've long heard that the rebels in Xizhou Prefecture are rampant, but I never thought they would be so rampant.
Don't worry, my dear Lord Wang, I will immediately order the Xizhou Prefecture to send troops to encircle and suppress them, and I will definitely give you an explanation."
Li Chengqian was furious and made a promise.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, I have heard from the outside world that this matter may be related to Prince Ji." Censor Cui Renzhi stood up and said.
"Cui Yushi, are you implying that Prince Ji is colluding with the rebels to commit acts of burning, killing, and looting?"
When Li Chengqian heard this, his face immediately darkened and he questioned.
"I dare not. I only heard rumors from the outside world. Otherwise, why were all the workshops looted except for Prince Ji's Mansion?"
Cui Renzhi bowed and responded neither humbly nor arrogantly.
"Do you have any evidence?" Li Chengqian asked directly.
"This...I have no evidence." Cui Renzhi was stunned by the question. If he had evidence, there would be no need to speculate here. He would have impeached him directly.
"That's hearsay, Censor Cui. The Censorate has the power to report on rumors, but it doesn't allow them to impeach at will.
You will ruin the reputation of Prince Ji by doing this."
Li Chengqian stared at Cui Renzhi and warned him not to bring up anything without evidence.
"Yes, I know my crime, and I hope Your Highness the Crown Prince will forgive me." Cui Renzhi bowed helplessly.
"Your Highness, I have heard that the reason the Ji Wang Mansion's property was safe was because Your Highness was there at the time.
With tens of thousands of guards around him, the rebels dare not advance rashly, otherwise the Ji Wang Mansion’s assets might not be spared.”
At this time Wei Siyan began to explain.
At this time, someone must come out to support Prince Ji, and his Wei family will be the first to bear the brunt.
"If that's the case, why didn't His Royal Highness Prince Ji send troops to rescue? I heard that the rebels only numbered a few thousand at the time.
As long as His Royal Highness Prince Ji sends some troops over, the rebels will surely flee."
Lu Chengqing began to question.
"What a joke! His Highness Prince Ji is worth a lot of money. How could he put himself in danger like this?" Wei Siyan sneered and scoffed at this.
"That's right, what is the identity of His Royal Highness Prince Ji? At that time, the enemy and us were unclear. Who knows if it was a trick of the enemy to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
What if the rebels’ target is not the workshop, but they are using the attack on the workshop as a pretext to divert the guards around His Royal Highness Prince Ji, and their target is His Royal Highness Prince Ji?
If His Royal Highness Prince Ji were injured, or even captured, do you know how serious the consequences would be?"
Wei Daijia echoed at this time.
Suddenly no one spoke to argue anymore. Wei Daijia's reason was very sufficient. The royal bloodline should be given priority at all times.
Is the royal bloodline not as valuable as your few crappy workshops?
"Alright, I will send someone to investigate this matter. Although Prince Ji is not responsible, he is suspected of dereliction of duty. I will personally write a letter to reprimand him.
And asked him to cooperate in the investigation of this matter." Li Chengqian saw that the situation was almost heated and began to express his position.
Li Shen was classified as the party without blame.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Everyone bowed in unison.
"Retire~~~~~~"
With a long groan, Li Chengqian stood up and left. The ministers all withdrew.
But this time, most of the faces showed dissatisfaction.
"Duke Zhao, why didn't you say anything just now?"
In the Ministry of Chancellery, in Zhangsun Wuji's classroom, officials from several aristocratic families gathered.
"What did you say?" Changsun Wuji asked calmly.
"Of course, it's about the looting of Xizhou. It's obvious that Prince Ji is the most suspicious."
Zheng Jingsi spoke.
Changsun Wuji calmly poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip:
"As the prince said, there is no evidence, it's all just speculation and hearsay."
"Duke Zhao, besides our families, your family suffered the most serious losses this time. Could it be that Duke Zhao doesn't want to find out the truth?"
Cui Renzhi's face changed when he saw Zhangsun Wuji's expression. It looked as if the Duke of Zhao was not going to pursue the matter.
"The truth is that it was the rebels who did it. What's there to investigate? Prince Ji has always been very careful in his actions. Even if you have doubts, what can you do?"
Changsun Wuji looked at the few people with disdain, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
After fighting with King Ji for so many years, how come there is still no progress? King Ji will not let you find any evidence against him so easily.
If it was that simple, why did we fight for so long?
"Duke Zhao is wrong. There is no such thing as an impenetrable wall. Although there is no evidence to support this matter, we know it is definitely related to Prince Ji.
Otherwise, why would it be such a coincidence that such a thing happened not long after Prince Ji led his troops there?
Each family has suffered heavy losses this time, and we can't just let it go."
Several people from the aristocratic families were very dissatisfied with Zhangsun Wuji's attitude. They suffered too great a loss this time.
In the early days of Xizhou Prefecture, they invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, and many things were transported from the interior.
How could they be willing to be destroyed like this?
Chang Sun Wuji suddenly glanced at everyone, and then said solemnly:
"Everyone, I will not care what happens to you. My Zhaoguo Mansion will not do anything and will only wait for the investigation of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
If the investigation shows that it was indeed the rebels, I would suggest increasing the efforts to suppress the rebels.
But if it was really Prince Ji who did it, I will never let it go and will make him pay the price.
But now there is no evidence, so I won’t speculate.
I would also like to advise you not to make any public announcements without solid evidence, or you will suffer losses."
(I feel sleepy when I start writing, but feel refreshed when I’m done. Is this a disease?)