Chapter 168: Needs to be cleaned up]
Lord Wu looked at Qu Wan'er impatiently and said, "Princess Wanping, I trust the people working in my office. Madam Li said there's nothing, so she must have found something. I'm afraid the princess may have misjudged it for a moment, but it's possible!"
He really didn't want to argue with the unruly princess anymore. He just wanted to settle the matter peacefully and get all the troublesome people, such as the empress and the crown princess, out of Qingzhou City and Hejian Prefecture as soon as possible. After entering Xijing Prefecture, where Youzhou City was located, he felt relieved.
This time, the prince returned to the court victoriously, but on the way he suddenly attempted rebellion and was executed. It seemed strange no matter how you thought about it.
According to his analysis, it was probably because the person in the palace saw the prince's great military achievements and was afraid that the prince would become too powerful, so these things happened?
As for the Fifth Prince or other princes, I'm afraid they are just pawns!
Now that the prince is dead, he really doesn't want to get involved in this mess.
After all, if something really happened to the Queen or the Crown Princess in Hejian Prefecture, which was under his jurisdiction, on the surface, he was relieved to have eliminated the trouble for the person in the palace.
But, the man who was famous for loving the false reputation of a benevolent monarch, instead of eradicating the evil himself, he hypocritically issued an imperial decree of exile. Wasn't it because he didn't want to bear the reputation of a cold-blooded tyrant?
Therefore, if something really happened to the Empress, the Crown Princess and the Ninth Prince here, then let alone being rewarded, he would probably immediately become the scapegoat for the current emperor's reputation as a benevolent ruler, and be thrown into prison for not protecting the Empress and the Crown Princess!
What's more, the prince has always enjoyed high prestige among the people.
Although the prince's sudden rebellion had been concluded by the ruler of the time, the people did not care about it and were still discussing it in private.
If anything happened to the Queen or the Crown Princess, he would be afraid that the common people would throw rotten vegetable leaves at him whenever he went out.
He would be crazy to do such a lose-lose thing!
Qu Wan'er didn't care what Lord Wu was thinking.
She had been insulted twice by Shen Fenghe, how could she let it go!
"Sir Wu, are you deliberately favoring the female prisoner because she's pretty? This princess said she saw it, and you keep saying there's nothing wrong with the people in your yamen. Could it be that this princess is blind?"
Even Lord Wu, who had always treated Qu Wan'er with courtesy, was furious when these words were spoken. He slammed the gavel and shouted, "How dare you! Princess Wanping! I have tolerated you repeatedly because you were conferred a princess by the emperor, and your father, General Qu, serves in the court with me! Now you dare to fabricate dirty rumors and smear me! How can I tolerate your presumption in this court! Come on, expel Princess Wanping from this court immediately!"
Shen Fenghe was also amazed.
Qu Wan'er is really used to being arrogant and domineering. General Qu holds military power and guards Hejian Prefecture. It is normal for the prefect of Hejian Prefecture to be polite to his family.
After all, in important border areas, military generals always have more say than civil officials.
But in terms of official rank, the prefect's rank is one level higher than that of the general.
This Qu Wan'er actually dared to fabricate dirty words about the prefect. I can only say...she deserves to be punished.
When Qu Wan'er heard this, she became extremely anxious. She desperately shook off the two yamen runners who were holding her and said, "Who dares to touch me? I am Princess Wanping!"
At this moment, a burst of "haha" laughter suddenly came from outside the court, and then a bearded man walked in and said, "Master Wu, my daughter has gotten into trouble again. I hope Master Wu will forgive my mistakes and not make a fuss with her!"
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