Chapter 823 Guo was silenced
Feng Qiuli stood aside without saying anything.
Wang Huailu seemed to be very angry, his face turned red, but he still tried his best to stay calm.
"Prime Minister Liang was only concerned about the overall situation. Your Majesty is powerful. If it weren't for the Prime Minister's intervention, the aristocratic family would have been banned long ago. Moreover, there are both external and internal troubles at present."
"The border war is at a critical juncture. If they start a quarrel with the Queen at this time, chaos will break out in the court, which will not benefit anyone. If it really affects the war and problems arise at the border, the whole country will be in chaos. How can they remain unscathed..."
As Wang Huailu spoke, his voice couldn't help but become heavy.
Feng Qiuli's brows furrowed, and after a moment she spoke, "I'll go back and discuss this with Prime Minister Liang. I'll definitely not let them cause any trouble."
After a pause, he continued,
"Master Wang, please don't take what happened just now to heart. Uncle Min was just angry for a moment, and I apologize to you on his behalf. Also, today's matter is of great importance. Master Wang, please keep it confidential and don't mention it to anyone."
Wang Huailu looked up at the young man beside him. He had a worried look on his face, his brows were full of solemnity, and his tightly pursed lips showed that he did not agree with what Min An and the others said and did, but he still protected the interests of the aristocratic family, so he kept his mouth shut.
Wang Huailu said, "Don't worry, Lord Feng. I know the seriousness of the matter."
The Feng family's carriage came and stopped in front of them. Feng Qiuli said, "I'm going to the Liang family. Sir Wang, would you like to come with me?"
Wang Huailu shook his head and laughed at himself, "I won't go. It's not my place to interfere in the affairs of the aristocratic families. I overstepped my bounds before. If Liang Xiang has anything to say later, just tell me directly."
"Lord Wang..." Feng Qiuli wanted to speak.
Wang Huailu waved his hand: "Master Feng, there is no need to say more. I will go back first."
The two parted ways in front of the restaurant. Feng Qiuli frowned as she watched Wang Huailu leave. She couldn't help but sigh softly when his back disappeared from her sight. Then she got into the carriage with a worried look on her face. However, as soon as the curtain fell, the expression on his face turned cold.
Her fingertips fell on her knees, and Feng Qiuli's eyes were gloomy. This Wang Huailu...
"Sir, is there really something wrong with Lord Wang?" someone asked softly outside the curtain.
Feng Qiuli pursed her lips.
Wang Huailu seemed to have betrayed the emperor and gotten close to the aristocratic families, but what he did was not a problem considering his current status. The emperor asked him to infiltrate the aristocratic families to gather information, and he did nothing wrong in persuading the aristocratic families to give in and not wanting them to turn against the queen.
Feng Qiuli whispered, "Have someone keep an eye on him to see if he will send any information to the palace."
If he did, it means that he still stands firm. Although it is not certain whether the affair between him and King Hui is true or not, at least on the surface he did not betray the emperor. But if this is the case, then what the girl from the Wang family said becomes interesting.
The outsider couldn't help but ask, "What if Lord Wang doesn't send it..."
"If you don't send it, it means what the Wang family girl said is true."
Feng Qiuli was indifferent, and it was even simpler if Wang Huailu betrayed the emperor and joined the aristocratic family simply for the sake of profit.
Regardless of whether he colluded with King Hui or had any other plans, after this matter was over, this person would no longer be able to stay in the court. It would depend on his actions to decide the life and death of other members of the royal family.
"We had people keep an eye on the Min family and King Hui before, but did anything come of it?" Feng Qiuli asked.
The man outside the palace replied as he drove, "Prince Hui is still the same as before, occasionally interacting with some people in the court. However, there has been no unusual movement from the Min family. Min San has not appeared, and the others are also missing. My lord, is it possible that the Min family does not know that Min San and his companions have secretly returned to the capital?"
Feng Qiuli said calmly, "So what if you know or not?"
After today, the people from the aristocratic families have started to have ideas. Once they really want to do something, Liang Guangyi will not be able to suppress them at all.
Even if Min San and his men returned to the capital without telling anyone else, once Min An and others took action, it would be equivalent to achieving the same goal as Min San and King Hui. No matter whether they knew it now or not, as long as they got involved later, it would make no difference.
As the carriage swayed, Feng Qiuli reached out, lifted the curtain, and glanced at the bustling crowd outside.
"Tell someone to inform the Queen of the news here. We are going to the Liang family."
"Yes, sir."
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Tang Ning did not react when she received the news sent by Feng Qiuli. She just ordered the people in the Privy Council to keep quiet for two days. Seeing that the aristocratic families had not delivered what Liang Guangyi had promised, the Ministry of Justice's investigation became more severe on the third day. A chief official of the Ministry of Justice who was in contact with Guo Changming was found out and died suddenly on the way to the prison.
Before Guo Changming could even breathe a sigh of relief, he heard that the Black Armored Guards had directly broken into that man's house, not only throwing all the women and children in his family into jail, but also continuing to investigate further.
The trafficking of convicts was exposed, and the queen ordered the capture of two slave traders.
Guo Changming was completely panicked. He was in a state of panic all day long, feeling that the guillotine was at his neck and would fall at any time.
He sent someone to send a letter to the Shi family, threatening them that if they did not help, he would hand over all the evidence about the family to the queen. The head of the Shi family compromised and asked him to go to a winery in the west of the city after nightfall to discuss countermeasures, but who knew that when Guo Changming and his men went there, they were ambushed.
The night was dark and deep, and Guo Changming was caught off guard and was nearly stabbed through. He covered the wound on his stomach with his hand and was forced back into the alley.
"Who are you? Why are you trying to kill me?!"
The followers around Guo Changming had already died, their bodies lying at the entrance of the alley. He fled in a panic, covering his painful wounds. As he stumbled, he knocked over a basket placed against the wall and fell down.
The mud ground was not regular, and there was a row of bamboo joints under the basket. When Guo Changming fell down, his leg was scratched and he was in so much pain that he couldn't stand up.
"Don't come over here. I'm the Minister of Justice, an official of the imperial court. If you dare to kill me, you will die."
Guo Changming's face turned pale. "Whoever asked you to come here, no matter what he promised you, I can give you double the money. If you let me go, I can give you silver. How about 50,000 taels?!"
The man who was chasing him didn't answer at all. His face covered by a black scarf showed only cold eyes. When he heard the fifty thousand taels of silver, he didn't even waver at all. Instead, he quickly approached and slashed at him with his knife.
Guo Changming's face twitched, and he went crazy the next moment.
"Did Shi Qingrong ask you to come? Did he want to silence us? Is he crazy? If I die, the Shi family will never have a good life..."
ah--
The long knife fell towards his head. Guo Changming opened his eyes wide and screamed, thinking that his head would be separated from his body in the next moment. But who would have thought that his scalp would hurt. Then he heard a "clang" sound, and the knife above his head was deflected by an arrow. The man in black who was originally standing in front of him also had a feather arrow stuck in his chest.
"Who are these scoundrels who dare to commit murder in the capital?"
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