Chapter 129: Close to Li Chengze and use his ultimate skill! Educating a naughty child in a brothel! (23)

Upon hearing Li Changan's words, Emperor Qing's expression suddenly became serious.

"Oh? Is this happening?"

In fact, Emperor Qing knew about this matter, and in the original drama he even obstructed Fan Xian's investigation.

But now Emperor Qing obviously had other ideas and appeared very calm.

Li Changan continued, "It is true!"

"The Jinyiwei's data detailed the channels and routes through which the Cui family smuggled large amounts of goods to Northern Qi through Shijia Town in Cangzhou for many years."

"I have already sent the Shadow Guards to secretly investigate these channels and routes. The smuggling in the inner treasury is indeed true!"

"The millions of taels of silver obtained from smuggling to Northern Qi every year all went into the pockets of Li Yunrui and Li Chengze!"

"As for what the two of them did with the money, we need to investigate further."

After hearing Li Changan's words, the second prince could no longer kneel and immediately took two steps back and knelt down.

"Your Majesty! I am innocent!"

The prince's eyes rolled wildly, and although he was laughing like crazy in his heart, he showed no emotion on the outside.

He secretly checked Emperor Qing's expressionless face, then made a prompt decision and stood up.

"Your Majesty! Based on my understanding of my second brother, there is no way he would do such a thing!"

"This, this, this... there must be some misunderstanding!"

The corners of Li Chengze's mouth twitched wildly. He knew very well that he would never admit to such a thing even if he was beaten to death.

Smuggling with enemy countries and embezzling money from the treasury are both serious crimes!

Besides, where did all the money go? This cannot stand up to scrutiny!
We must not give in now and hope that His Majesty will take the eldest princess into consideration and not fall out with her.

"Your Majesty, my son and I, the princess, have never done anything to let down the Kingdom of Qing."

"The intelligence information of the Imperial Guards might have been prepared to cause civil unrest in Daqing!"

"I hope your Majesty will understand clearly!"

Emperor Qing looked at Li Chengze coldly. After a while, he turned to Li Changan and said, "Are there any witnesses or physical evidence?"

Li Changan is very clear about the current situation. If he says that there are witnesses and physical evidence, then he will have to hand over the witnesses and physical evidence.

Once you hand over the witnesses and evidence, the initiative is no longer in your hands.

Emperor Qing can even decide whether to investigate further based on his own wishes.

Li Changan knew that Emperor Qing would never investigate.

Therefore, witnesses and evidence cannot be handed over.

Li Changan has his own way to maximize the role of human and physical evidence.

What Li Changan needs to do now is to strike the snake at its most vulnerable part, cut the Gordian knot, and squeeze Li Chengze out.

The little alpaca has been completely controlled by Li Yunrui, and the right thing to do is to get out of it as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, without your Majesty's express order, I only sent people to investigate, but did not collect any evidence."

After hearing these words, Li Chengze's wildly beating heart finally calmed down.

It’s a good thing that there is no evidence, there is still time for everything!

But who has the key witness to Shijia Town’s disappearance?

If it was Prince Yong's uncle who was arrested, why are they saying there is no evidence now?

Prince Yong publicly reported that the princess and he were smuggling with the enemy country, but he did not produce any evidence. What did he mean by that?
Is it because the intelligence of the Jinyiwei must be submitted to His Majesty, so he reminded himself in advance and took precautions early?
However, if it is a friendly reminder, why not say it earlier in private?

The Crown Prince also thought of this. Prince Yong should be reminding Li Chengze to destroy the evidence as soon as possible!

The eldest prince, the third prince, and Fan Xian all had the look of a spectator, not being able to figure out what was going on.

Emperor Qing said solemnly, "Prince Yong has done a great job, both in public and private, for the country and the family. Smuggling in the inner treasury will never be tolerated!"

"Prince Yong, officially hand over the Jinyiwei's intelligence to the Inspection Bureau, and ask Director Chen to investigate this matter immediately!"

Li Chengze swallowed nervously, but he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It would take time for the Shadow Secret Guard to hand over the intelligence to the Inspection Institute. He and Li Yunrui still had time!

His Majesty's words seemed harsh, but he was just pretending. How could he really punish him and his aunt?

After Emperor Qing finished speaking, he turned to Li Changan and said, "Prince Yong, is there anything else you want to say?"

Li Changan decided to finish this matter first. Things should be done one by one and not too much.

"Not yet, Your Majesty."

Emperor Qing said with satisfaction, "Very good! Your Highness Prince Yong has sacrificed his own family for the sake of justice. I am very pleased!"

"Don't be nervous, Lao Er, since you are confident that you have done nothing wrong, just continue eating."

There was no sign of joy or anger on Emperor Qing's face, he actually finished the meal while talking and laughing.

After Emperor Qing left, Li Chengze rushed to Li Changan and said, "Uncle Yong, what exactly is this rule?"

Li Changan patted Li Chengze on the shoulder and said meaningfully, "Child, I am saving you."

This sentence made Li Chengze even more confused, but it also made the prince believe that Li Changan was helping Li Chengze.

The queen's bedroom.

Because the queen is afraid of the dark, the place is brightly lit.

Li Chengqian took off his shoes and walked and jumped exaggeratedly on the wooden floor.

The queen's expression suddenly changed. She took out several pictures of maids from behind her and threw them on the ground.

"what are these?"

"Did you draw these paintings?"

"Should I ask you again, who are these faceless portraits of?"

When Li Chengqian saw these paintings, he immediately broke out in a sweat.

"My son! I just paint for fun..."

The queen had obviously guessed most of it. She said angrily, "You are the prince!"

"For your throne, I have given up on revenge against Fan Xian! I agree that you can befriend Fan Xian!"

"But look! What have you been doing!"

Although Li Chengqian was afraid, he knew very well that the person in front of him was his mother, who would always stand by him.

He stood up and burned all the portraits in his hands.

When the Queen saw that the Prince had burned the portrait, she thought that he should be sensible, so she stopped harping on the issue of the portrait.

"Prince Yong reported Li Chengze. This is a good opportunity. We can't let Li Chengze destroy the evidence first."

Li Chengqian said with a gloomy face, "We are not afraid of destruction. We can just massacre the whole town and burn it down completely."

The queen was a little confused, "Why is that?"

Li Chengqian said bluntly, "In this world, except for a madman, who would do such a cruel and heartless thing?"

"The second brother is in cahoots with my aunt. Everyone knows how crazy my aunt is!"

"Once this incident comes out, everyone will think that it was my aunt who did it and is covering it up for the second son!"

The Queen sighed, and then said, "It's just like the incident with Wan'er drugging Li Yunrui. It left her speechless. Who asked her to do all the bad things she did all the time?"

Li Chengqian laughed innocently, "It was inspired by that incident that I came up with this brilliant idea."

The queen looked at her son deeply and said, "You are indeed the one who looks most like His Majesty!"

In the eyes of the Queen and the Crown Prince, the fact that Lin Wan'er took aphrodisiacs herself should have been framed by His Majesty to accuse Li Yunrui.

Guangxin Palace.

Li Yunrui frowned as he listened to the female official talking about the family banquet.

"How dare you openly touch the throne and sit in the same row with His Majesty! How arrogant you are!"

"Has Li Changan taken the wrong medicine in the past six months? Why has he become more and more arrogant? He has done things that many people want to do but dare not do!" "You really deserve to be... my younger brother!"

At this time, another female official entered the palace and reported the latest news about Li Chengze.

"Your Highness, the Second Prince has sent a message that all the stockpiled goods and personnel in Shijia Town have been evacuated."

"The smuggling trade with Northern Qi has been suspended for a while now, and all the personnel have been dispersed and hidden."

"It's just that those people and accounts that disappeared before are very deadly. Once exposed, there will be no recovery!"

After listening to this, Li Yunrui sighed, "I don't know who wrote this. Even I can't guess it."

"Chen Pingping? The prince? Or... Li Changan?"

The next day, Baoyue Tower.

Several burly guards knocked on the door of the shopkeeper's room anxiously.

However, the person who opened the door was the weak second shopkeeper Sang Wen, instead of the strong and fierce head shopkeeper Yuan Meng.

At this time, the head manager Yuan Meng had been secretly captured by Luowang and was recording his statement to accuse Li Chengze.

"Mr. Sang, something bad has happened. Baoyue Tower has been surrounded by the Shadow Guards!"

Sang Wen pretended to be surprised and said, "What! His Royal Highness Prince Yong's secret guards? Why are they surrounding our building?"

The guard said, "Commander Xing said that there are assassins sneaking into our building, so we are only allowed to enter but not leave!"

The building was sealed off under the pretext of assassins because the Shadow Secret Guards' duty was to help maintain Kyoto's law and order and to specifically search for assassins.

Sang Wen stamped his feet anxiously, "Oh my! What should I do?

Mr. Yuan is not here, and the two big bosses are still upstairs checking the accounts today!"

While the two were talking, a large number of Shadow Guards poured into the courtyard.

The Shadow Secret Guards are all masters above the seventh rank. How can these guards from Baoyue Tower compare to them?

"Rescue all the imprisoned women!"

"Let them give their statements and keep them under temporary custody!"

"Where is Yuan Mengren? Prince Yong is coming, quickly ask her to come out and greet him!"

Hearing the noisy voices, Sang Wen went out as he had rehearsed beforehand.

"I am Sang Wen, a commoner, meeting Commander Xing."

Xing Yusen asked seriously, knowing the answer, "You are the second shopkeeper, where is your first shopkeeper?"

Sang Wen quickly replied, "I don't know where he went. He was here last night."

At this moment, a childish question suddenly came from the third floor.

"You are... Xing Yusen? Why did the Shadow Secret Guard seal off Baoyue Tower?!"

Xing Yusen looked up and saw a young child in a brocade robe, frowning and questioning him.

Xing Yusen didn't know Li Chengping either, so he cursed, "Where did this little bastard come from? You're so young and you're visiting a brothel?"

Sang Wen quickly said, "Commander Xing, that is the second owner of Baoyue Tower!"

Xing Yusen shouted to Li Chengping, "No matter who you are, His Royal Highness Prince Yong will be here soon, so stay put!"

When Li Chengping heard that Li Changan was coming, his legs trembled subconsciously.

Fan Sizhe, who was hiding behind him, also had a bad feeling.

"Cousin, we are doing a legitimate business, what is my brother-in-law doing here?"

Li Chengping was also nervous for no reason. "Yeah, why did Uncle Yong come here? I get scared when I see him!"

In the eyes of this little prince, Li Changan is the only person in the world who is not afraid of Emperor Qing.

A person who is not afraid even of the emperor is himself very scary.

After an hour, Li Changan slowly walked into Baoyue Tower.

Fan Sizhe and Li Chengping, who were peeking from the third floor, retracted their heads at the same time.

Both of them felt that they must be in big trouble!

Wherever Li Changan appears, something big will happen!
"I, a commoner Sang Wen, pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Yong!"

Li Changan nodded and said, "Yuan Meng ran away, but you can't. Follow me upstairs."

Sang Wen nervously followed Li Changan upstairs. Although Luo Wang had already informed her of what she was going to do today, she was still a little nervous.

She hasn't seen Li Changan for a long time since she sang the song "Yi Jian Mei" for him last year.

Li Changan went up to the third floor, kicked open the door, and found Fan Sizhe and Li Chengping shivering in the corner.

"Greetings...Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Yong!"

"I've met...Uncle Yongwang!"

Fan Xian had no idea about the current Baoyue Tower incident, the Crown Prince was also unaware of it, and the Second Prince dared not show up.

Li Changan sat in the main seat of the boss and glanced coldly at the two naughty kids.

"Give them paper and pen, and let them write down the reasons and consequences of opening Baoyue Tower!"

Soon, writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone were placed in front of Fan Sizhe and Li Chengping.

Li Changan said, "You two should write seriously, don't be lazy!"

"Sang Wen, sing a song for me!"

Sang Wen picked up the pipa, held it elegantly in his arms, and asked softly and sweetly, "Your Highness, which song do you want to hear?"

Li Changan didn't think much about it, "Let's go with Yi Jian Mei."

Afterwards, Sang Wen's pleasant voice echoed in the room. Li Changan listened to the music while admiring the beauty.

The more you look at this girl, Sang Wen, the more charming she becomes.

Not long after, Fan Sizhe and Li Chengping each held a piece of paper and came in front of Li Changan.

Li Changan just glanced at it and said dissatisfiedly, "What are you writing about?"

Hearing Li Changan's words, Li Chengping and Fan Sizhe were both frightened.

Li Changan said to Xing Yusen outside the door, "Old Xing, have you finished recording the girls' statements?"

Xing Yusen replied, "Your Highness, the recording has been completed!"

Li Changan pointed at Li Chengping and Fan Sizhe and said, "Bring them all up here for the two masters to review."

After a while, the confessions of more than a dozen women appeared in front of the two naughty kids.

With every page Li Chengping turned, his expression became more shocked and his eyes more fearful.

"Cousin, we...we actually forced a good woman into prostitution?"

Fan Sizhe was sweating from watching this, "Not only did he force a woman of good character into prostitution, he almost beat her to death!"

Li Chengping said nervously, "It's over, it's over. Yuan Meng speaks so nicely, but how can she be so cruel!"

"If my mother knew about this, she would beat me to death!"

Fan Sizhe's face turned pale as well. "My father has been in a bad mood recently. If he knew about this, he would beat me so badly that my mother wouldn't even recognize me!"

The two became more and more frustrated as they talked, and they actually scared each other to tears.

Li Changan pointed at the two men's noses and cursed, "You are afraid now, what were you doing before? Do you think it's easy to be a boss without doing anything?"

"You two, write a letter to Concubine Yi and Minister Fan respectively."

"Write down the entire process of how you were deceived, and also write down the evil deeds of Baoyue Tower. You must also write down your repentance."

So, the two naughty kids wrote letters to their parents over and over again, listening to Sang Wen's sweet singing.

They wrote until their hands were sore. After more than ten drafts, Sang Wen's throat was smoking from singing, and finally their letter barely passed Li Changan's scrutiny.

"Listen carefully, both of you. Give these two letters to Concubine Yi and Minister Fan as soon as you get back."

"If you dare to conceal the truth, or exaggerate or talk nonsense, I will make you regret being born!"

(End of this chapter)