Gao Panlong paused briefly before continuing, "Therefore, I request that Your Majesty appoint a virtuous and capable minister to the court, one who possesses both outstanding character and talent, to shoulder this important responsibility. I beg Your Majesty to approve my request."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Gao Panlong and said, "This is a matter of great importance. I must discuss this with you, my dear ministers. You must not act arbitrarily."

"Lord Gao, you are truly loyal to the emperor and patriotic. This is known not only to me but also to the late emperor. So, Lord Gao, please first listen to the opinions of the ministers." Zhu Youxiao turned his head, his eyes sweeping across the faces of the ministers, and asked, "What do you think, my dear ministers?"

In fact, many people know that this is bullshit.

The late emperor was indeed dead, but he was not murdered by Fang Congzhe. The reason why Concubine Zheng sent women to the late emperor was very simple. She was afraid that she would die in the palace without knowing the reason.

She had treated the late emperor very badly in the past, especially when he was competing with her son for the position of crown prince, she had done a lot of bad things.

Later, the late emperor ascended the throne, and Concubine Zheng had to curry favor with the late emperor, otherwise no one would know how she died.

Giving those women to the late emperor represented Concubine Zheng's submission, and also represented Concubine Zheng's attempt to please the late emperor.

The women were sent over, but who could have imagined that the late emperor would take them all in at once.

The late emperor must have been pent up over the years, indulging in revelry day and night for several days without stopping, and his health suddenly collapsed. Then, while trying to recover, he took two pills given by Li Kezhuo and died.

There may be some inconsistencies here, or even someone may have drugged someone, but the truth is definitely not as Zhang Chunping said.

So this case itself is a fabrication, putting together some seemingly plausible things to make it seem like it is real.

However, not many people in the court believed this, but everyone treated it as if it were true. This is a very strange thing in officialdom.

There are some things that you clearly don’t believe in your heart, but when you say them out loud it sounds as if they really happened.

After Zhu Youxiao's questioning, someone else stood up and said the same things. The general idea was similar to Gao Panlong's. In fact, his attitude was much softer. He acted as if he was investigating and would correct his mistakes if there were any, and encourage others if there were none.

But can this matter be checked casually?

The late emperor was killed!

Once this case is investigated, there will be rivers of blood and countless deaths. By then, it will be impossible to stop it!

Some people always want to control things that they cannot control. Zhu Youxiao was helpless.

Glancing at Liu Yijing beside him, Zhu Youxiao said directly, "What do you think, my dear?"

After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Liu Yijing suddenly came back to his senses.

Just now, Liu Yijing was like a clay Buddha statue in a temple, with a look of wandering soul, and seemed to be still immersed in the failure just now.

After hearing Zhu Youxiao's question, Liu Yijing suddenly had an idea and said, "I think this case should indeed be investigated. However, we need to send a senior and experienced court official to investigate, just like we did just now. This way, we can avoid any problems and thoroughly investigate the whole story."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Yijing with some doubts in his heart.

Is this all you have, Liu Yijing?

Weren't we doing well before? Why is there nothing left now?

If the plot really develops like this, Liu Yijing will really disappoint himself.

However, Zhu Youxiao felt that he should still help Liu Yijing. If Liu Yijing fell at this time, things would be troublesome.

Zhu Youxiao really couldn't understand what Liu Yijing was thinking.

It was obvious that this incident was a revenge by the Donglin Party, or in order to get rid of Donglin’s own crisis and drag Liu Yijing into it.

Once the investigation begins, Liu Yijing will definitely not be able to escape, and everyone related to him will be implicated.

Now Liu Yijing was acting like he didn't care? He actually agreed to let the investigation go?

Yes, it's a serious matter. If you don't let us investigate, we will be attacked by others. But you should also think of other ways instead of agreeing to it like this.

Do you, Liu Yijing, really want to wait for death?

"Is this what you think, my dear minister?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.

Liu Yijing's expression remained unchanged as he continued slowly, "Your Majesty, I believe this matter should indeed be investigated, but I also have some different opinions."

This sentence made Zhu Youxiao somewhat satisfied.

That's right!

How can you, Liu Yijing, admit defeat?

It’s not time for you to give in yet. The key is to do your best.

In fact, Liu Yijing had no choice. It was not that he had no response or measures, but that the response and measures were not appropriate for him. He had already arranged for other people to do this.

However, when His Majesty asked again, his attitude was very clear, that is, His Majesty did not want others to stand up for him, Old Liu, but wanted him to take the lead himself, so there was no choice.

Although it's not appropriate for me to say it, I still have to say it. Of course, I can choose not to say it, but then His Majesty will probably teach me a lesson.

At such a critical juncture, if you offend His Majesty, there will be no good outcome. His Majesty doesn't even need to lend a hand, just stand by and watch, and you're done for.

So Liu Yijing didn't care about much and said directly: "I think that the source of the news should be investigated. The matter itself should be investigated, and the source of the news should also be investigated thoroughly."

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