Yue Fuguang and the system had discussed the person who took action later. She also had some guesses in her heart, but those were still just guesses and lacked solid evidence.
Without having to announce her arrival, Yue Fuguang smoothly entered the Yangxin Hall.
When she went in, oh, good heavens! The spacious Yangxin Hall was now filled with people. With a quick glance, they were all those who could hear people's inner voices.
Yue Fuguang pretended not to know and just greeted her grandfather before walking towards Emperor Mingxi.
"Your Majesty, did you summon me for something?"
She naturally sat on the embroidered stool brought over by Eunuch Qian and looked at Emperor Mingxi, waiting for him to continue.
Emperor Mingxi nodded and said seriously, "Fuguang, regarding the assassination attempt on you during the Lantern Festival, Ministers Wei and Cai found some clues this morning."
He motioned for Wei Ping to speak.
Wei Ping bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Master of the Lesser Preceptor. That night, we captured a total of sixteen assassins, and more than twenty escaped.
Among the sixteen, five took poison and committed suicide on the spot, and two died due to serious injuries. Currently, there are nine survivors.
After interrogation by the official and Minister Cai, three of them have confessed.
These three belong to two organizations. One of them is from the top assassin organization, You Tan. According to the confession of that person, the assassination order was directly issued by the headquarters without a buyer.
The official speculates that You Tan is taking revenge on the Master of the Lesser Preceptor for providing information that disrupted their plan to kidnap the bride of the Bao family.
As for the other side, it was assigned by the Prince of Qi's Mansion. These people are all the dead soldiers raised by the Prince of Qi's Mansion. The five who took poison and committed suicide among the sixteen were all his accomplices.
This person was greedy for life and afraid of death and didn't dare to bite the poison sac in his mouth."
"You Tan, the Prince of Qi," Yue Fuguang murmured.
[Master, shall I go and take care of the Prince of Qi first?]
Before Yue Fuguang could answer, she heard Emperor Mingxi say, "Fuguang, regarding the Prince of Qi, rest assured that I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation."
Yue Fuguang asked indifferently, "How does Your Majesty plan to give me an explanation?"
Emperor Mingxi looked at the more than a dozen people present. They were all the important ministers among those who could hear inner voices and were all trustworthy.
So he said, "Next month, Princess Pingning, Xie Zhiyao, will go on a marriage alliance to Yuanjia. After she leaves the capital, I will settle the matter of the Prince of Qi's Mansion's intention to rebel."
"The Prince of Qi's Mansion wants to rebel?" As an "unaware" person, Yue Fuguang showed a surprised look on her face.
Seeing her slightly exaggerated expression, Emperor Mingxi couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth and nodded cooperatively, saying, "The evidence is conclusive. When Shen Kang and the others raided the other courtyard in Taohua Alley, they found a secret passage under the house.
The other end of the secret passage led to a small courtyard in the east of the city. They caught two people and found some things in that courtyard.
Cai Xian then found evidence that the Prince of Qi had raised private soldiers with the intention of rebelling based on this.
The reason I've been holding back until now is to wait for Pingning's marriage alliance team to leave the capital."
Yue Fuguang couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Your Majesty afraid of being impeached by the imperial censors? After all, her daughter has just married for the country, and then you're going to deal with her father right away."
Feng Tang, who had been standing behind listening to their conversation, heard Yue Fuguang mention the impeachment by the imperial censors. That was his area of expertise, so he quickly stepped forward and said, "Master of the Lesser Preceptor, the evidence of the Prince of Qi's Mansion's rebellion is conclusive, and the evidence shows that Princess Xie Zhiyao was also involved.
His Majesty didn't kill her but sent her on a marriage alliance. It's already an extra favor.
We imperial censors won't impeach His Majesty because of this."
Yue Fuguang thought of his high favorability of 89 towards her. He was a die - hard fan, so she smiled faintly at him and said, "Censor Feng is a reasonable person."
A compliment from Yue Fuguang made Feng Tang happier than being promoted by Emperor Mingxi. His face flushed red and he said, "I don't dare to accept the praise from the Master of the Lesser Preceptor."
Wu Yong rolled his eyes. If you don't dare to accept it, then why are you so happy!
No, he also had to work harder to make sure that next time he was the one to be praised individually by the Master of the Lesser Preceptor.
"So, except for Xie Zhiyao who is far away on a marriage alliance, none of the others in the Prince of Qi's Mansion can escape. The Prince of Qi and his son who planned this assassination, I guarantee they won't live through this autumn."
Yue Fuguang nodded, indicating her acquiescence to his statement.
Seeing that the matter of the Prince of Qi was resolved, Wei Ping continued, "Among the nine survivors, after three of them confessed, they identified the accomplices among the remaining six.
But we found that there were two people whom all three of them denied were from their side.
So the official speculates that there should be at least three groups involved in the assassination during the Lantern Festival."
Yue Fuguang thought for a while and asked, "Did they say if they knew about each other's existence?"
Wei Ping shook his head. "Those three are just small pawns following orders. Apart from following orders to kill, they don't know much."
"Then, does Minister Wei have any guesses about the identity of this third group?"
Wei Ping pondered for a moment and then replied, "We've tried all means, but those two still won't talk. However, the official and Minister Huo still noticed some characteristics on them that are different from the people of Dayan."
Since the assassins were all men and Yue Fuguang was still a young girl, he didn't go into details about the physical differences.
Yue Fuguang understood and didn't ask about the differences in detail. She just asked, "In the opinions of Minister Wei and Minister Huo, which side do these two people belong to?"
Wei Ping said, "In the official's opinion, they should be from Xiqiang and Beili."
"Xiqiang and Beili? Because of the bet during the last birthday celebration? Do they want to renege on the debt?"
That won't do. It concerns her points. Cutting off her points is like killing her parents. She definitely won't allow this to happen.
"Since the land ownership documents are already in the hands of the Master of the Lesser Preceptor, they can't renege on it at least on the surface. Otherwise, not only will the court lose its credibility, but they wouldn't go so far as to make the emperor break his promise for a piece of useless land."
Yue Fuguang thought to herself: Useless land? Wait until the cotton she planted covers the land over there, and then see the faces of those countries!
"So they're trying to assassinate me! In Minister Wei's opinion, is it the intention of their emperors or the private actions of my opponents?"
Before Wei Ping could answer, Emperor Mingxi said, "In my opinion, it should be carried out under the instruction of their emperors and led by those people."
Yue Fuguang nodded, agreeing with Emperor Mingxi's statement. With the will of the country behind it, those people would act so recklessly.
Assassinating her in public during the Lantern Festival was not only an attempt to kill her but also an attempt to intimidate Dayan.
[Master, shall I send a few divine servants to eliminate their emperors directly?]
The officials and the emperor of Dayan thought: Sure enough, it's still the divine artifact master who likes to fight and kill the most. As soon as he opens his mouth, it's about taking someone's life, and it's the life of a country's emperor, as easy as killing a chicken.
They all felt a bit sorry for those emperors. You say, who couldn't you provoke, but you had to provoke the little immortal!
The divine artifact master who protects the master just wants your lives!
It would be embarrassing enough for a country's emperor to die in an assassination! But according to the style of the divine artifact master, he should send the so - called divine servants directly into the palace. Then the royal family would lose even more face!
