When Yuan Bohua brought Fang Fu to the study in the front yard, Yuan Chaokang and Yuan Chaochang were already waiting there.
Yuan Chaokang and Yuan Chaochang saw their father coming and stood up to salute, "Father..."
Yuan Bohua waved his hand and walked to the top, saying, "Sit down! Both of you tell me what you think."
After Yuan Chaochang sat down, he couldn't wait to ask, "Father, I want to ask you a question. Are those who can pass the exam and become the third place in the imperial examination also smart in other aspects?"
Yuan Bohua did not answer his eldest son's question immediately, but looked at his youngest son Yuan Chaokang.
Yuan Chaokang also had his own opinion on this, and replied without hesitation: "My son thinks that both the provincial and palace examinations are quite comprehensive. Those who study hard may be able to pass the imperial examination. But those who can pass the first-class examination must be smart in all aspects.
Especially those from poor families, perhaps they are even smarter than we think. After all, if a poor family doesn't have as many resources as us and yet they can pass the exam, how smart must they be!
After hearing what his second brother said, Yuan Chaochang's idea became even stronger. "Then my son will guess it's Li Shihuan!"
Yuan Bohua raised his eyebrows and motioned Yuan Chaochang to continue.
Yuan Chaochang had already exchanged some opinions with his second brother before his father came. But his younger brother was suspicious of that person, while he was more suspicious of that crazy woman Li Shihuan.
"My mother rarely offends anyone. The only person who has a grudge against her is Concubine Zhen in the palace. The eldest princess happens to be Concubine Zhen's biological daughter, and she also happened to be offended by my mother.
The son thought that if this time the person was coming for his mother, he would guess that it was that crazy woman Li Shihuan.
Her husband must have noticed something and was afraid of implicating the entire family, so he took the initiative and set up a plan to expose that Li Shihuan was pregnant during the mourning period, and then publicly announced that Li Shihuan was domestic violence against him.
There is a high probability that the emperor will sentence him to divorce that crazy woman. Even if he doesn't, he has suffered so much, the emperor will not vent his anger on his nine clans.
As for Tang Ronglei, without a future, it doesn't matter to him whether he is alive or dead.
Zhenfei has been favored in the palace for so many years, so she must have some manpower. Who knows if these manpower are in the hands of Li Shihuan, the crazy woman.
But these are just my son’s speculations, there is no evidence.”
After listening to his elder brother's words, Yuan Chaokang recalled the course of events today. He had to admit that his elder brother's words made sense. "I suddenly feel that what you said makes sense. Perhaps I underestimated you and didn't think about it that way."
Yuan Chaokang lamented that over the years, he had become somewhat arrogant due to his past life experiences. He needed to calm down in the future, as there were always people better than him.
Yuan Bohua first looked at his eldest son with admiration in his eyes. It seemed that the officialdom was really a training ground for people. "Then let's wait and see the results! I will also send people to investigate the Tang prince consort carefully."
"Father, please send a few ordinary people to investigate. He might find us there too, and it would be bad if he discovered our people.
Maybe he will take this opportunity to see the strength of each prefecture."
Yuan Chaokang felt it would be inappropriate for them not to act, especially since they had uncovered so much information. As for revenge, there would be plenty of opportunities once this storm died down.
Seeing that both of his sons understood, Yuan Bohua said, "Okay, you two should rest now! I'll go back and sleep with your mother."
Yuan Bohua left immediately after he finished speaking, but when he returned to the inner courtyard, he was in a much better mood than when he came.
The same thing was happening in the mansions of all the noble ministers in Yuan'an as in Prince Fu'an's mansion.
Everyone wanted to know why he was so brave, but they were also afraid that this disaster would affect their own family, so they summoned everyone in the mansion to question him that night.
From their perspective, these people were coming for the emperor, and assassinating the emperor was a serious crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of the family.
Many people's houses were brightly lit all night long, which shows how serious this matter was.
The people around the emperor also acted quickly. By dawn, the results of the investigation were already placed on the emperor's desk.
The emperor saw it the first thing he did when he woke up.
The emperor's first thought when he saw this was doubt. He still couldn't believe that the daughter he had watched grow up could be so brave.
Even if the target was the princess, assassination in the palace was considered treason.
The emperor was so distraught that he smashed the entire imperial study room. Finally, he ordered, "Bring that evil girl here! I want to ask her in person who gave her such courage.
As for those who cannot be in the palace, clear them out immediately."
The emperor now felt that Xie Zixin had failed to live up to his longing for her all these days. Even after her death, there were still people in the palace who were loyal to her.
This was an unforgivable mistake for an emperor. If Li Chengqian's legs hadn't been so weak, the emperor would have taken his anger out on his son.
The emperor wanted to see Li Shihuan, so Li Shihuan was brought up quickly.
Li Shihuan thought that her father wanted to see her, and she thought that her chance of success had come.
As soon as Li Shihuan came in, he crawled over and hugged the emperor's legs, "Father, I know I was wrong and I won't dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time!
I will respect the Empress Dowager in the future. I am just a little jealous that the Empress Dowager treats an outsider better than her granddaughter.
This son of yours truly won’t dare to do that again, Father, Father…”
The last two calls of "Father" sounded so pitiful.
The emperor did not move his legs, allowing Li Shihuan to hold him. "I want to ask you, was it you who arranged the assassination last night?"
"No..." Li Shihuan opened his mouth to refute.
The emperor glared at Li Shihuan with a sullen face. "I advise you to think carefully before speaking. You know the capabilities of my men. There's nothing we can't find out."
Li Shihuan shuddered, "Yes, I am your son, but I am not going to assassinate you, father. I just want Zhou Qiongyue to die and Yuan Chaokang to regret his death.
I am the eldest daughter of my father, the emperor, and a dignified princess. Why do they look down on me? Why?"
The emperor kicked Li Shihuan directly to free his leg. "How could I have such a stupid daughter like you?"
Li Shihuan had wanted to do this a long time ago, and she had no regrets. "Hahaha, that's how it is! I am the princess, the sovereign, and Zhou Qiongyue and her son are just subjects. Why? It's just because of the Empress Dowager's partiality.
I just want to see who will support Zhou Qiongyue now that she's dead."
The emperor simply didn't want to look at this stupid and vicious daughter any more. "Oh, then you're wrong. Princess Fu'an still has me backing her up."
As soon as the emperor said this, the smug expression on Li Shihuan's face instantly cracked, and his face was full of madness and hysteria:
"Why? I am your father's biological daughter, and that old woman Zhou Qiongyue is just your father's cousin. You don't support your daughter, but you support your cousin?"
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