NCCnovel Chapter 105 Want to be Emperor?
Chapter 105 Want to be Emperor?
"Who dares to do this?" Zhao Shujing roared into the courtyard. He had been working here for two years and his three-year term was about to end. Now that such a big thing had happened, how was he going to cover it up?
The constables who were with him didn't dare to speak. More than a dozen people had died. This kind of murder case hadn't happened in the entire prefecture in nearly ten years.
"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! Find out the whole truth!" Zhao Shujing cursed.
At this moment, the advisor reminded him, "But sir, even if you find out the truth, with such a thing happening in your territory, I'm afraid your promotion is hopeless. Why don't you investigate while having someone ask the Prince for his opinion and put the matter aside for now?"
"I was confused. You're right. There's still the Prince here. I'm not alone." Zhao Shujing looked at the corpses in the courtyard and ordered people to search the courtyard. However, they found that Li Ermao's account books and money were missing, leading them to conclude that it was a burglary.
Why would a robber steal the ledger?
Moreover, everyone in the city knows that Li Ermao is someone he protects, so how could they dare to touch Li Ermao?
Zhao Shujing felt that everything was strange, but he couldn't figure it out for the time being.
At this time, Zhao Shujing was unaware that Li Ermao's account books and the memorial impeaching him were already on their way to the capital.
As for Ye Wanning and her group, they had already arrived at their next destination under the escort of Yunfeng Money House.
Five days later, the account books received in the capital arrived in Xie Bohuai's hands first, and he saw them first.
"My lord, the memorial states that Prince Hui has been plundering the people's wealth and harboring ulterior motives over the years, confirming the information we uncovered." Si Yan, who had risen from a servant to a sixth-rank censor under Xie Bohuai, relied entirely on Xie Bohuai's connections. Many were resentful of his new position, but there was nothing they could do.
"Now that we have the evidence, let's eradicate Prince Hui's faction completely." Xie Bohuai's face remained expressionless.
Over the years, these princes have been fighting each other openly and secretly, causing Xie Bohuai a lot of trouble.
"But sir, he is, after all, a prince. Shouldn't this matter be reported to the Emperor?" Si Yan asked.
Xie Bohuai glanced at the memorial. The Emperor was on his last breath; if he heard about something like this, he might just pass away.
He said no.
Xie Bohuai took the imperial seal and summoned a scribe to write down the imperial edict.
The court officials were right when they said he held power and controlled the government. He truly was in control; in the capital, Xie Bohuai was the one who made all the decisions.
The decree to depose Prince Hui caused an uproar throughout the capital. No one expected that Xie Bohuai would suddenly turn his attention to Prince Hui.
The young and impetuous Prince Cheng stopped Xie Bohuai as he was leaving the palace, saying, "My fourth brother has been silent for many years, why won't you let him go?"
"Silence? Your Highness, are your eyes not good enough, or your hands not long enough?" Xie Bohuai said coldly. "Over the years, Prince Hui has amassed more than 300,000 taels of silver in the area. For the sake of money, he has allowed his men to operate illegal mines and traffic women and children. Why don't you go and see what your fourth brother has been up to?"
Prince Cheng had received some rumors that Prince Hui was not behaving properly, but he did not know the details. "Even so, he is still Father Emperor's son. Could this really be Father Emperor's decree?"
"If Your Highness doesn't believe me, you can go to the palace and ask. If you don't dare to go, then don't be arrogant in front of me." Xie Bohuai looked at Prince Cheng, "If there's a next time..."
He didn't say anything more, but King Cheng felt a light flash on his neck, and only after Xie Bohuai left did he realize that his back was sweating.
Looking at the palace walls so close at hand, King Cheng looked again and again, and finally led his men to King Jing's residence.
King Cheng did not believe that King Xian would sincerely cooperate with him. With King Xian's mindset, associating with such a person would inevitably lead to being schemed against and killed sooner or later.
But his sixth brother was different; he was a complete idiot.
Fools have their uses, but as soon as Prince Cheng arrived at Prince Jing's residence, he saw his fifth brother come out.
Their eyes met, and the Wise Prince spoke first, "I heard that Seventh Brother went to see Xie Bohuai. Are you here to see Sixth Brother and encourage him to deal with Xie Bohuai? I advise you to give up. You don't have the ability."
Of course, King Jing was even less capable of this.
The wise king's meaning was clear, which made the king even more displeased. "What I want to see Sixth Brother is none of your business. You should think more about who among us will be next to die after Fourth Brother is gone."
"You don't need to worry about that. I'll say it again: we're brothers. If we're not united, Xie Bohuai will defeat us one by one. You don't want the Li family's empire to change its surname to Xie, do you?" After saying that, the Prince Xian left.
After watching the departing figure of the Prince Xian, Prince Cheng still entered the Prince Jing's residence.
At this moment, Xie Zhongyuan asked the question that everyone wanted to know, "Xie Bohuai, what exactly do you want to do? Do you want to become emperor yourself?"