Chapter 239 Identification

The Queen immediately reported the assassination attempt on the Crown Prince to the Emperor, which naturally reduced the suspicion on the King of Qin. Especially those who had chosen to support the King of Qin in the court all pleaded for him at this time.

"Your Majesty, it seems that this is a conspiracy! The King of Qin must have been framed by someone. The purpose of this person behind the scenes is probably to frame the King of Qin for murdering the Crown Prince, and thus kill them all. At present, the King of Qin and the Crown Prince are the most valued princes under the Emperor. If something goes wrong with them, there will definitely be chaos in the court. The person behind this must be murderous!"

"Yes! What the censor said makes sense. Your Majesty, please do not be fooled and must find out the truth. Now that the King of Qin is in prison, there are still people who want to harm the prince. This shows that His Royal Highness the King of Qin must have been framed before. There are too many doubts about this matter!"

"Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in a coma and there is no prince in the court who can be of any use, please release the King of Qin and let him find out the truth!"

"Your Majesty, please release His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. The Prince of Qin is innocent!"

Many ministers knelt down to beg the emperor, and some people who secretly surrendered to Prince Shuo, a few came out to refute their views, and they were refuted one by one. They even asked those ministers directly, whether they were the ones who framed the King of Qin, and who they were loyal to behind the scenes? This made them feel guilty, so they could only blow their beards and glare, and dared not say anything more.

The emperor rubbed his brows in annoyance. He knew that the King of Qin was imprisoned and someone had assassinated the crown prince. There must be a huge conspiracy behind it. He even suspected that it might be done by the King of Yu or the Sixth Prince.

Although they were banished to the imperial mausoleum, their mother was still alive, so maybe they were the ones who did it. But he didn't expect that when he was doubting, news came from outside the palace that shocked him.

"Your Majesty! It's bad! Something happened! In the middle of the night, the imperial mausoleum caught fire and burned the place where His Royal Highness Prince Yu and the Sixth Prince lived. They were both burned!" The guard hurried into the palace, knelt on the ground and said anxiously.

The imperial mausoleum suddenly caught fire in the middle of the night. They tried their best to put out the fire. After the fire was out, they reported it to the emperor during the morning court session.

The emperor stood up from the dragon throne in astonishment and angrily asked, "How could the imperial mausoleum have a fire? Are Prince Yu and the Sixth Prince injured? Has the imperial mausoleum been burned down?"

"The cause of the fire has not been found yet. The imperial mausoleum was not seriously damaged. Only Prince Yu and the Sixth Prince... one had his face burned and the other had his leg broken." The guard said with difficulty and trepidation.

"What! Who did this? Investigate...investigate it all for me!" said the emperor angrily.

All the ministers were shocked when they heard this, and those who supported the King of Qin quickly reacted. They knelt on the ground again and begged the emperor to release the King of Qin.

"Your Majesty, there must be someone behind this! The purpose is to target the prince of Daxia! First, they framed the King of Qin for murdering the Crown Prince, and attempted to destroy both of them. Now, the King of Yu and the Sixth Prince are in trouble again. The person behind this wants to make Daxia have no successor!"

"Now, the King of Qin and Young Master Pei are both in jail. The matter of the King of Yu definitely has nothing to do with them. This means that there is someone behind the scenes who is controlling everything!"

"Your Majesty, you must not be deceived! I beg Your Majesty to release the King of Qin and Young Master Pei. Young Master Pei is very capable. If he can find out the truth with the King of Qin, I believe he will be able to catch the real culprit behind the scenes!"

Many ministers spoke one after another, and the emperor was gradually moved by them. He immediately issued an edict, saying that there was insufficient evidence and that both Prince Qin and Pei Jingchuan should be released.

At the same time, the news soon reached Prince Shuo's mansion. Originally, Prince Shuo was going crazy with Xu Qingyue in the bathtub. After hearing the news, Prince Shuo angrily kicked the naked Xu Qingyue aside, put on his clothes and left.

"What is going on? How come our people were caught? How come they can't even beat the trash in the Prince's Mansion? And as for the matter of the imperial mausoleum, I only asked them to guard it first and haven't asked them to take any action yet, right?" Prince Shuo asked a series of questions.

The secret guard in charge of assassinating the prince knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, there seems to be someone else in the prince's mansion protecting the prince. They are too powerful, even more powerful than the prince's own secret guards. Our people were simply unable to defeat them, and one of them was even captured alive by them! I heard that they were sent by the Queen!"

The servant in charge of hiding in the imperial mausoleum knelt on the ground trembling, and said in confusion: "Your Highness, it was not us who did it. Before our people took action, another group of people came from nowhere and set fire to the imperial mausoleum. They lured the royal guards over, but they fled very quickly, leaving our people in front of the guards!"

"What? So what you mean is that not only was the person who assassinated the prince caught by the queen, but now our people have also been caught by the royal guards, and they thought they were the ones who set the fire?" Prince Shuo could no longer remain calm and stood up from his chair angrily and anxiously.

Suddenly, he felt out of control, as if his path had been blocked. He had planned everything well. Both the King of Qin and Pei Jingchuan were put in prison because of his perfect plan. How could he be framed? Who was framing him? Could it be that while he was stalking the cicada, someone else was waiting behind? Prince Shuo couldn't figure out who this person was.

On the other hand, the King of Qin and Pei Jingchuan were released from the prison by the Emperor's order, but they still did not do anything, but waited for the Emperor's summons. They knew that the Emperor would summon the King of Qin soon, after all, the King of Qin was the only one who was healthy among the adult princes.

Regarding the arson of the imperial mausoleum, since Pei Jingchuan's men had already secretly blocked the escape routes for those people to commit suicide, the people from the Dali Temple quickly confessed Prince Shuo after torture and interrogation.

When the emperor heard that the person behind this was Prince Shuo, he couldn't believe it at all. How could his brother Xiaoyao do such a thing? But the evidence was in front of him, making it hard for him not to believe it.

So he had to summon Prince Qin and Pei Jingchuan into the palace, and have Prince Shuo called as well, to question him face to face.

"Royal brother, why did you do this? These people have already admitted that they were instructed by you. What else do you have to say?" The emperor looked at Prince Shuo with disappointment and said.

Prince Shuo saw his men, the two who were captured, were covered in wounds and had obviously been tortured. He was puzzled. Most of his men were already dead men. Usually, they would commit suicide when they were captured, and would not confess themselves. Why did they confess this time? It seemed that the person behind this was quite powerful.