The system and Yue Fuguang later discussed who was responsible for the attack, and she had some guesses in her mind, but those were just guesses and lacked empirical evidence.
Without needing to announce his arrival, Yue Fuguang entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation without any hindrance.
Upon entering, wow, the spacious Hall of Mental Cultivation was filled with people. A quick glance revealed that they were all those whose thoughts could be heard.
Yue Fuguang pretended not to know anything, greeted her grandfather, and then walked towards Emperor Mingxi.
"Your Majesty summoned me here because of something?"
She naturally sat down on the embroidered stool that Eunuch Qian had brought her, gazing at Emperor Mingxi and waiting for him to continue.
Emperor Mingxi nodded and said with a serious expression, "Fuguang, regarding your assassination attempt at the Lantern Festival, Lords Wei and Cai found some clues this morning."
He gestured for Wei Ping to speak.
Wei Ping bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Junior Tutor, that night we captured a total of sixteen assassins, and more than twenty escaped."
Of the sixteen people, five committed suicide by poisoning on the spot, two died from their injuries, and nine remain alive.
After interrogation by me and Minister Cai and Lord Feng, three people have already spoken.
The three belonged to two different organizations, one of which was You Tan, the number one assassin organization. According to that person, their assassination orders were issued directly by headquarters, and there were no buyers.
I suspect that You Tan is seeking revenge against the Junior Tutor for providing information that thwarted their plan to abduct the Bao family's bride.
As for the other side, they were appointed by the Prince Qi's mansion. These people were all assassins raised by the Prince Qi's mansion. The five who committed suicide by poison among the sixteen were his accomplices.
This man, fearing for his life, didn't dare bite open the poison sac in his mouth.
“You Tan, King Qi,” Yue Fuguang murmured to himself.
[Master, should I go and deal with King Qi first?]
Before Yue Fuguang could reply, Emperor Mingxi said, "Fuguang, rest assured about Prince Qi, I will give you a satisfactory explanation."
Yue Fuguang asked calmly, "How does Your Majesty intend to explain this to me?"
Emperor Mingxi glanced at the dozen or so people present. They were all key ministers among those who could hear his thoughts, and all trustworthy individuals.
So he said, “Princess Xie Zhiyao of Pingning will be married off to Yuanjia at the beginning of next month. After she leaves the capital, I will settle accounts with the Qi Prince’s family for their plot to rebel.”
"The Prince Qi's mansion is plotting a rebellion?" Yue Fuguang, who was 'unaware' of the situation, was full of surprise.
Seeing her slightly exaggerated expression, Emperor Xi couldn't help but twitch his lips. He nodded in agreement and said, "The evidence is conclusive. When Shen Kang and his men searched the villa in Peach Blossom Lane, they discovered a secret passage beneath the house."
The other end of the secret passage led to a small courtyard in the east of the city, where they captured two people and found some items.
Based on this, Cai Xian discovered further evidence that the King of Qi was raising a private army with the intention of rebelling.
A knowing smile spread across his face. "The reason I have held back until now is because I am waiting for Pingning's marriage procession to leave the capital."
Yue Fuguang couldn't help but ask, "Isn't Your Majesty afraid of being impeached by the censors? After all, that's someone's daughter who just got married for the country, and you're already targeting her own father?"
Feng Tang, who had been listening to the conversation between the two from behind, heard Yue Fuguang mention the censor's impeachment, which was his area of expertise. So he quickly stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, the evidence of the Qi Prince's Mansion's rebellion is conclusive, and the evidence also shows that Princess Xie Zhiyao was involved."
His Majesty's decision not to kill her but to send her away for a political marriage is already an extraordinary act of mercy.
We, the censors, will certainly not file an impeachment for this reason.
Yue Fuguang thought of his high favorability rating of 89 towards her, which meant he was a die-hard fan, so she smiled at him and said, "Imperial Censor Feng is a reasonable person."
A single compliment from Yue Fuguang made Feng Tang even happier than Emperor Mingxi's promotion. His face flushed as he said, "This humble official dares not accept such praise from the Junior Tutor."
Wu Yong rolled his eyes. If you don't dare to accept it, then what are you so happy about?
No, he must continue to work hard so that he can be the one praised by the Junior Tutor next time.
"Therefore, apart from Xie Zhiyao who was married off to a distant land for political reasons, no one else in the Qi Prince's mansion can escape. I guarantee that the Qi Prince and his son, who planned this assassination, will not live past this autumn."
Yue Fuguang nodded, tacitly agreeing with his statement.
Seeing that the matter of the King of Qi had been resolved, Wei Ping continued, "Of these nine survivors, three have already identified their respective accomplices among the remaining six."
However, we discovered that two of them, along with all three others, denied being on their side.
Therefore, I suspect that at least three groups were involved in the assassination attempt during the Lantern Festival.
After thinking for a moment, Yue Fuguang asked, "Did they say whether they knew of each other's existence?"
Wei Ping shook his head. "Those three were just lowly soldiers who followed orders. They didn't know much except how to kill people."
"Does Lord Wei have any guesses about the identities of this third group of people?"
Wei Ping pondered for a moment before replying, "We tried everything we could to keep those two from speaking, but Minister Huo and I still noticed some characteristics in them that distinguish them from the Dayan people."
Because the assassins were all men, and Yue Fuguang was still a young girl, he didn't go into detail about their physical differences.
The moonlight seemed to understand, and without asking further questions about the differences, it simply inquired, "In the opinion of Lord Wei and Lord Huo, which side do these two belong to?"
Wei Ping said, "In my opinion, they should be from the Western Qiang and the Northern Li."
"The Western Qiang and Northern Li? Because of the bet made at the last Emperor's Birthday Festival? They want to renege on their debt?"
That won't do. It concerns her points. Cutting off her points is like killing her parents. She absolutely cannot allow that to happen.
"Since the land ownership documents are already in the hands of the Junior Tutor, they cannot deny it openly, otherwise the court will lose credibility, and they would not risk the emperor's reputation for breaking his promise over a piece of useless land."
Moonlight thought to herself, "What use is this land? Wait until her cotton blooms all over that land, then see the true colors of those countries!"
"So they plotted to assassinate me! In your opinion, Lord Wei, was this the emperor's doing, or the private act of my rivals?"
Before Wei Ping could reply, Emperor Mingxi said, "In my opinion, it should be that those few people were in charge of carrying out the assassination mission under His Majesty's instruction."
Yue Fuguang nodded, agreeing with Emperor Mingxi's statement. Only with the will of the state could those people act so recklessly.
The assassination attempt during the Lantern Festival was not only intended to kill her, but also to intimidate Dayan.
【Master, should I send a few divine servants to eliminate their emperor?】
The emperor and his ministers of the Dayan Dynasty: As expected, it has to be the divine weapon master who loves fighting and killing people the most. He can kill a country's emperor as easily as killing a chicken.
They all felt sorry for those guys. Why did you have to mess with the Little Immortal Lord?
The divine artifact that protects its master surely wants your lives!
It's not shameful enough for an emperor to die from an assassination! But given Lord Divine Artifact's style, he'd probably send that divine servant straight into the palace, which would make the royal family even more disgraced!
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