Chapter 18 Prince Qi confesses

The next morning, Zhao Jie ran to the Eastern Palace to find Li Chengqian.

"Zhao Jie, why did you come to the Eastern Palace so early today? This is not like your style. What happened? Didn't you go to the brothels last night?" Li Chengqian said.

"Your Highness! Something big has happened!" Zhao Jie said.

"What big thing?" Li Chengqian looked confused!

"Last night, the Dali Temple interrogated Prince Qi overnight. Prince Qi confessed many accomplices, and many officials in the court have been imprisoned."

"I heard that Yin Hongzhi, the Minister of History, resisted arrest and was killed on the spot by the imperial guards. A large number of weapons and armor were found in the secret room of his house."

"Now, Concubine Yin De has also been sent to the cold palace." Zhao Jie said.

Yin Hongzhi and his Li family had a deep blood feud, so Li Chengqian was not surprised at all when weapons and armor were found in his house!

"My lord! Prince Du is here!" Wang Quan came in and reported to Li Chengqian.

"Let him in!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" Wang Quan took the order and retreated, then led Du He in again.

"Du He! You come to me so often, I'm afraid my little sister is going to eat me." Li Chengqian joked to Du He who came in.

Du He was stunned! Then there was a bitter smile. The prince has really changed recently. Not only is his temper not so bad, but now he can even make jokes.

"Your Highness! Prince Qi Li You has confessed everything, and he also said that Hegan Chengji was his hidden man sent to your side." Du He said.

Zhao Jie was shocked! I didn't expect Hegan Chengji to be the Prince of Qi's man. Fortunately, he was killed in advance. Otherwise, who knows if Hegan Chengji would take risks and do something harmful to the prince after knowing his identity was exposed.

Li Chengqian was not surprised at this result! He had known for a long time that Hegan Chengji had a connection with the Prince of Qi. Li You was a timid man. When he was frightened in prison, he naturally confessed everything.

Du He looked at Li Chengqian who was not moved at all, and thought to himself: I didn't expect the prince to become so humble and calm now, and his temperament became more and more stable, without the violent temper before. Du He couldn't help

but think, what exactly did the prince go through? It has only been such a short time, and there has been such a big change.

"Your Highness! How do you know that Hegan Chengji is Li You's man?" Du He asked in confusion.

Li Chengqian was stunned. He really didn't know how to tell them this. This was his memory from his previous life. He couldn't tell them so bluntly!

Otherwise, they would think he was crazy!

"How would I know that he was Li You's man? I just found that Hegan Chengji was a little abnormal recently. He often contacted people he knew secretly. For the sake of safety, I got rid of him in Huayin County." Li Chengqian said.

He could only say this vaguely, hoping to get away with it.

"So that's it! No wonder Your Highness insisted on killing Hegan Chengji. I thought it was strange at the time! Now I understand what Your Highness did at the time." Zhao Jie said. "

Yes! It's a blessing!" Du He said.

No one would doubt that Li Chengqian killed Hegan Chengji to silence him and cover up the fact that he wanted to rebel.

Even Li Er and Changsun Wuji, the ministers in the court, believed that when the prince was assassinated in Huayin, Hegan Chengji mistakenly thought that the assassins were sent by Li You, so he suddenly exposed himself and was killed by Li Chengqian.

"By the way, Your Highness! When Wei Ting was exiled to Xiangzhou, the King of Wei personally sent Wei Ting off. It is said that Wei Ting also advised the King of Wei to go to Huayin to recruit Wang Fangyi." Du He suddenly thought of this.

This was also the main purpose of his coming to the East Palace. The matter about Hegan Chengji was just a passing mention.

"Du He, you need to come to the East Palace in person to report such a small matter to His Highness. It's really an exaggeration."

"If it were you, the person sent by the King of Wei would be kicked out without even seeing Wang Fangyi."

Zhao Jie sneered. What the Crown Prince couldn't do, how could the King of Wei do it?

Unless Wang Fangyi was a fool, he would be stupid enough to follow a prince instead of the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince had been frustrated, and the King of Wei would definitely not be any better.

Just wait and see the King of Wei's jokes.

"Zhao Jie, this matter shouldn't be that simple. I want to know how Qingque did it? Did he listen to Wei Ting?" Li Chengqian said.

With Wei Ting's experience, how could he let Li Tai just send someone to Fengquan Villa and get it done? There must be some backup plan.

"The Prince of Wei has entered the palace to meet His Majesty! He presented a memorial to His Majesty praising Wang Fangyi's filial piety and recommending him to serve as an official in the court and join the Prince of Wei's palace as a staff member." Du He said.

"It seems that the old ones are still the wisest. Wei Ting's move is really clever. In this way, as long as Wang Fangyi has the idea of ​​serving as an official, he will be summoned to the capital, and Li Tai will be able to get a powerful general like Wang Fangyi without any effort." Li Chengqian had to admire Wei Ting.

If he had known earlier, he would not have rushed to Huayin County to invite Wang Fangyi. It would have been better to go directly to the palace to ask Li Er to issue an edict to let Wang Fangyi come to the East Palace.

However, if it had not been so, perhaps there would have been no chance to cut off one of Li Tai's arms, so it would not have been a loss.

Li Chengqian and his friends didn't know that Wei Ting not only taught Li Tai to recruit Wang Fangyi in this way, but also asked Li Tai to report Zhao Jie in front of Li Er.

Li Er was asked to send Zhao Jie back to Yangzhou and transfer Zhao Jie away from Li Chengqian, so that Li Chengqian would have one less confidant.

Zhao Jie was a good person in every way, except that his private life was a little undisciplined, and he often stayed in the fireworks and wine alleys.

If there was nothing wrong with him, after all, there were a few men in the Tang Dynasty who didn't like this, but the key point was that the one who reported him was Qingque'er, Li Er's favorite, so Zhao Jie was in trouble.

"Wang Fangyi should refuse, right?" Zhao Jie asked.

Li Chengqian shook his head. Du He laughed and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? His Majesty summoned him to the capital, how dare he not come?"

"My dear!" An eunuch trotted in and saluted Li Chengqian.

"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian said.

"My dear! Someone from Princess Changguang's mansion said that the princess asked Governor Zhao to go back, saying that His Majesty sent someone to the princess's mansion to issue an imperial edict to Governor Zhao." The eunuch said.

Li Chengqian and Du He looked at Zhao Jie and thought: Why would they issue an imperial edict to Zhao Jie at this time?

They had a bad feeling in their hearts.

"Zhao Jie, go back and see what's going on first!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" Zhao Jie bowed and left, and hurried back home.

"Wang Quan! Send someone to Princess Guangchang's mansion immediately to find out what's going on." Li Chengqian said.

"I understand!" Wang Quan took the order and left.

Soon! News came from Princess Guangchang's mansion that Zhao Jie was demoted from the position of governor to a county magistrate farther away from the capital.

Zhao Jie was ordered to leave Chang'an immediately to serve as a county magistrate and was not allowed to return to the capital without an imperial edict.

After receiving this news, Li Chengqian was stunned! He didn't even have time to see Zhao Jie again before Zhao Jie was sent out of Chang'an.