Chapter 60 Chu Wuxun: I have three words to say
Yangxin Palace.
Chu Yingrui is talking to Chu Wuxun.
To be precise, Chu Wuxun was reporting his work to Chu Yingrui.
Although the New Year's Eve dinner is over, the story is not over.
Marquis Xiangyang brought assassins into the palace to assassinate, this matter has already crossed Chu Yingrui's bottom line... This is equivalent to inviting someone to your home for a good meal on New Year's Day, but in the end the other party brought a knife to kill your whole family. Who can tolerate this?
So...examine! Examine carefully!
Where did Marquis Xiangyang get such courage, and why?
He wouldn't think that he could become emperor by killing the emperor!
"Your Majesty, the brother-in-law of Marquis Xiangyang controls a caravan that has been operating on the border between Great Chu and Beiliang in recent years. According to investigations... this caravan has been selling salt and iron from Great Chu to Beiliang all year round, and Marquis Xiangyang has provided a lot of protection for his brother-in-law during this process, and 90% of the profits earned have been sent to the Marquis Xiangyang's mansion."
"After the Battle of Beiliang, the court tracked down the traitor, and I also found the clue of weapons... I think the Marquis of Xiangyang noticed something and was afraid that Your Majesty would punish him, so he..."
“Bang!”
Chu Yingrui smashed a cup directly.
"Do I not give them salaries? Do I not give them rewards?! They actually sold the salt and iron of our Great Chu to Beiliang just for a little money?!"
"Marquis Xiangyang actually dares to come and kill me?!"
"Kill, just kill him!!!"
Chu Wuxun waited quietly for His Majesty to finish his temper before continuing to speak.
"Marquis Xiangyang cried in prison and said that he was deceived by the Beiliang people and that he was sorry to Your Majesty. At the same time...Marquis Xiangyang was willing to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence, and only asked Your Majesty to forgive his family."
"He still wants to beg for mercy? ... Well, what is the basis for him to make amends for his crime?"
Chu Wuxun: "Marquis Xiangyang said that because the conditions in Beiliang were bad and there was no iron ore, the demand for salt and iron was extremely high. In addition, His Majesty restricted the sale of salt and iron to foreign countries, so this secret transaction with Beiliang was extremely profitable... So in fact, when his brother-in-law was transporting salt and iron to Beiliang, he also found that other caravans were doing similar things. The patron of one of the caravans was the Minister of Revenue, Fang Cheng."
"Fang Cheng? Is that the Dou... ahem, Fang Qingxue's father? The father of Fang Qingxue who pushed the princess into the lake?"
Chu Yingrui almost subconsciously said the nickname "Fighting Chicken Eyes".
Chu Wuxun nodded expressionlessly, as if he didn't know that His Majesty almost said the wrong thing.
"Yes, it's this Fang Cheng."
"This Fang Cheng..."
Chu Yingrui rubbed his chin.
He had heard of this person in Jiang Yueyao's inner voice, and it was said that... Lao Qi had met this person alone and was injured as a result?
Could it be that the seventh brother is also involved?
"Also arrest this Fang Cheng and interrogate him thoroughly!"
"Humph, my Great Chu cannot tolerate these parasites!"
"yes."
Chu Wuxun bowed and accepted the order.
Then... just stood there without moving.
Chu Yingrui raised his eyebrows.
"Do you have anything else to do?"
Chu Wuxun: "I have three things to say."
"say."
"We didn't find much gold and silver in the Marquis of Xiangyang's mansion. Besides, the Marquis of Xiangyang's youngest daughter is the third prince's concubine."
Chu Yingrui's eyes widened instantly.
What does this mean? This means that although it seems that Marquis Xiangyang is the one who is doing the smuggling, the one who actually benefits from it is his own third brother!
Even...how could Marquis Xiangyang have the courage to bring the Beiliang assassin into the palace?
Could it be that he was planning to kill me and then help the third brother take the throne? !
"Okay, okay, these sons of mine are really 'filial'!!"
Chu Yingrui's hair was so angry that it was about to explode!
Chu Wuxun still waited quietly for Chu Yingrui to vent his anger. After waiting for about five minutes, he spoke again and said the second sentence.
"Before the New Year's Eve banquet, the Third Prince was arranged by His Majesty to go to Jingyang for disaster relief, and he did not have time to meet with Marquis Xiangyang."
Chu Yingrui, who was still angry: ...
Suddenly the anger was interrupted.
So... the assassination of Marquis Xiangyang has nothing to do with the third prince?
Even though the Third Prince is extravagant, smuggling and taking kickbacks, is he still my good son?
"Even so...even so, but the Third Prince is smuggling for profit, when he returns from Jingyang with the disaster relief, he will be punished to hand over all the stolen silver and be confined to the palace for six months to reflect on his mistakes!"
This is already a relatively light punishment, Chu Wuxiang accepted the order.
And then... he said the last sentence.
"Your Majesty, do you think the Marquis of Xiangyang is so bold as to assassinate you?"
Chu Yingrui: ...
His eyes sparkled.
Marquis Xiangyang was greedy and lustful. If he knew that I was going to investigate smuggling and was so scared that he committed suicide, but he dared to come to the palace to assassinate Thaksin... He didn't have such courage.
Unless someone gave him the confidence, or someone used something more terrifying than life and death to force Marquis Xiangyang to do so.
Thinking of this, Chu Yingrui couldn't help but take a breath.
"Who do you think it could be?"
Chu Wuxian shook his head, "I don't know, but I suspect... this person is probably the same person who revealed the marching route map to Beiliang."
Chu Yingrui also agreed with Chu Wuxun's inference.
"This person is a parasite of the Great Chu State. We must find him as soon as possible."
"Wu Xian, I leave this matter to you to handle. Please don't let me down."
Chu Wuxun bowed and said, "I will certainly do my best."
Finally...
Now you can start investigating without any hesitation.
The assassination attempt by Marquis Xiangyang actually helped him.
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After finishing his business, Chu Wuxun was preparing to leave Yangxin Palace.
However……
[Wow, is this the Yangxin Palace? ]
[It looks really grand. I wonder if the pillars here are really made of gold. Can I take one off and take it away?]
[If I can take it away, I will definitely give you the biggest one! ]
[Well, it’s best if the whole thing is considered as one piece]
[Wow, is that a night-shining pearl in the dragon's mouth? I want it so badly, so badly, so badly~~~]
The two people in Yangxin Palace.
Oh, I see, Jiang Yueyao is here.
Then the next second, Eunuch Fu came jogging over.
"Your Majesty, the Queen is here."
Queen?!
Chu Yingrui spoke quickly.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, come in."
As he spoke, he stood up impatiently and wanted to go to the door to greet him.
I haven't seen my wife for a long time. I miss her so much.
It is said that his wife had previously said that she was afraid of infection and had not allowed him to go to Kunning Palace, and had driven him away if he went there. Why did she come here on her own initiative today?
Chu Yingrui walked to the door impatiently, followed by Chu Wuxun who quickened his pace.
only……
As soon as they reached the door, they both stopped.
Uh... this is my wife? !
Uh... Is this Jiang Yueyao? !
Chu Yingrui stared blankly at the two people who walked in.
What is that on my wife's face?
Pretty cute?!
[Hahaha, handsome guy, you didn't expect that the mask made by this fairy girl is so special?! ]
[Wow, there is a big handsome guy following behind the old handsome guy]
[This picture looks so harmonious~]
[Don’t say it, please don’t say it… These two are indeed uncle and nephew. They look quite alike from this perspective.]