Rebirth of the Noble Concubine

Chapter 407 418. Begging for mercy

The eldest prince looked back at Mr. Li and saw his brows were deeply furrowed. It seemed that this matter was not groundless.

As for Princess Ke herself, she has never made any mistakes.

It was her mother's family who was always causing trouble for them. She originally thought that Li's family would be prosperous and had a large number of people, but now she felt that it was not as good as having no people, so she could save time by letting him clean up the mess.

Just as he was about to plead for him, he saw that Emperor Qi was impatient.

"Now that we have just returned from a victorious battle in the northwest, there is another flood in the southwest. As an official of the imperial court of the Jin Dynasty, you don't want to worry about me, but you still want to stir up public resentment at this time. It is simply audacious!"

He shouted loudly to Feng Jinxu, "I'll leave this matter to you. You must find out those corrupt officials who prey on the common people. I will punish them severely!"

"I obey the order!"

I was really happy and sad at the same time when I heard that this matter was entrusted to Feng Jinxu.

With his uprightness, the eldest prince was afraid that all of Li's shady hookups would be revealed. On the contrary, Mr. You, who had just spoken, was full of pride.

Feng Jinxu is now an official appointed by Emperor Qi to investigate the rape case in the suburbs of Beijing, so it is useless for anyone to plead for mercy.

The Li clan members came to Prince Ke's Mansion early to discuss. The eldest prince's face was ashen, and the princess sitting next to him also had a sad face at the moment.

Although she has the emperor's eldest grandson with her now, if she loses the favor of the eldest prince, she will be different from the past.

He glanced at his brother angrily, looking like he hated iron.

At this moment, Mr. Li did not speak righteously like he did in the court, but said to Prince Ke without tears.

"Your Majesty, I really didn't ask them to forcibly pay it. I just casually said that it would be the same as in previous years. Who knew that someone named You would be caught?"

"Confused! How has it rained in the past six months? Are you blind? Even if you are blind, what do the people below do for food? They will only cause trouble for me all day long!"

Prince Ke is quite critical of them now and is not even willing to speak politely.

After being scolded, Mr. Li did not dare to speak out to defend himself.

Instead, they were noisy to Princess Ke and winked desperately, hoping that she would protect her as before.

Hey, he was still her brother after all, and Princess Ke couldn't really see him being implicated in this matter, so she could only bite the bullet and tell her husband.

"Your Majesty, this was an unintentional mistake on his part. Besides, the forcibly confiscated grains have been returned. Could you please please tell me in front of Mr. Feng? This is a man who once served as an official. He never looks down when he raises his head.

If we really defeat the Li clan, it will not do any good to the prince."

She has been with Prince Ke for many years, so she naturally knows what words can move him most.

So he continued, "In a few days, it will be the wedding day of the Nine Emperor Brothers. I am deliberately making a fuss at this time because I think they are plotting against the prince. If the Li family is really allowed to be dragged into the water, won't they be allowed to succeed?"

The Ninth Prince was Prince Ke's pet peeve, and just to prevent the Ninth Prince from being proud, he wanted to keep the Li family.

Otherwise, what majesty can he have in this court, and how can he get others to follow him.

Seeing that he was a little moved, Mr. Li immediately stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to say. On the night when Duke Wei Guo was assassinated, we arranged for spies outside his house to report that they saw someone inside carrying a body out. As for who it was, we have not yet found out who it was.

Yes, I guess this person may be related to the assassin."

After hearing what he said, Prince Ke put away his anger and asked instead.

"Where's the body?"

"It was cut into eight pieces by the people of Duke Wei's palace and thrown into a mass grave, so the appearance was not seen."

Cutting it into pieces, what kind of deep hatred and hatred is worthy of such a move by the Wei family? It seems that Mr. Li's guess is correct.

"Check! Check all the people who may have been bribed that day. I want to see what kind of medicine is sold in the Wei family's gourd!"

In a few words, the topic and conflict changed.

Prince Ke promised to intercede on his behalf, but Feng Jinxu had a "notorious reputation" and he was not completely sure that he could persuade him.

The princess and Mr. Li thought that if the prince spoke, no matter how ruthless Feng Jinxu was, he would still be more cautious.

Feng Jinxu always handles cases with lightning speed, and he hasn't even waited for Prince Ke to speak.

Mr. Li had been "summoned" into Dali Temple and was never heard from again.

Prince Ke was shocked when he heard this. After all, the Li family was his wife's family. If they were really dismissed and investigated, everyone would look bad, so they hurried to Dali Temple.

After waiting for less than half a stick of incense, Prince Ke walked out with a livid face. He stared at the words Dali Temple fiercely for a long time, and then walked away.

When Wei Dalang told the matter to Duke Wei as a joke, he was indifferent.

The left eye is recovering well now. It hurts a bit, but I am lucky to be able to save my life.

"The forced seizure is just a fuss made out of a molehill by us. If it doesn't cost the life of the Li family, has the affairs in Jinling City been properly arranged? That's a big deal."

He is now weak and has to leave many things to Wei Dalang and his subordinates, but he is always a little worried.

Wei Dalang finally managed to get some opportunities in front of Duke Wei. How could he let it go? Naturally, he said with assurance.

"Father, don't worry. My son has sent a secret message to them to deal with Liang Quanbin. Then all traces of us in Jinling City will be wiped out. Even if Bai Chaoan notices something, there will be no evidence."

"That's good. It's just a pain for Lan'er."

Duke Wei didn't finish what he said, but his meaning was already very clear.

Since they took action against Liang Quanbin, they naturally abandoned the entire Liang family, and neither Liang Pan nor Liang Luo could stay.

Otherwise, if their brothers and sisters find out, they may cause trouble in the future.

Poor Wei Lanxuan is still immersed in the dream of being a mother and being held in the hands of the Liang family, but she doesn't know that her end will be so miserable in the future!

In Dali Temple, although Mr. Li was imprisoned, no one lynched him.

But at this moment, there is a shocking secret on Feng Jinxu's desk.

These past few days have been spent investigating matters in the suburbs of Beijing. In fact, this matter for the Li family is not a big deal. On the contrary, a bearded man in his village is particularly arrogant and unreasonable.

Not only did he frequently beat and scold the tenant farmers below, but this time he forced a family to sell their children and daughters in order to forcibly repay the grain. In the end, the couple hanged themselves at home. This gave Mr. You the leverage to implicate Mr. Li.

The investigation of this bearded man was clear on paper. In fact, the culpability was not difficult to find. Now that he had the evidence, it would be easy to catch this man. But what made him doubtful was a name he had never heard of before.

(End of chapter)