Chapter 567 Result

Tian You's pigeon flew down into a courtyard.

"Master! Tian You's pigeon sent a letter!" The maid took the letter tied to the pigeon's leg and handed it to a noble lady in gorgeous clothes.

"What did Tian You say?" the noble lady asked.

"Tian You said that the matter has been settled and Li Xiang is dead!" the maid said.

"That's great! Send a pigeon to my son immediately and ask him to set off immediately and rush back to Chang'an. You go and inform our ministers in the court and ask them to support my son to become the prince." The noble lady said.

"Yes, I will do it right away!" The maid bowed and left.

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"Why did you come back alone? Where is King Wei? Why didn't he come back with you? What happened?" Li Chengqian asked.

Li Chengqian saw Wang Quan coming back alone with a grim look, and Li Xiang didn't come with him. He felt uneasy and felt that something big had happened.

"Everyone! Prince Wei was assassinated and died! I dare not hide anything, so I come to report it to you!" Wang Quan said.

"What? You, what did you say? Xiang'er was assassinated and died? How could this happen? Who did it?" Li Chengqian was shocked.

When Li Chengqian first asked about the bad news, he felt dizzy and almost fainted.

"Everyone! What's wrong with you?" Wang Quan hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Chengqian and asked with concern.

"I'm fine! Tell me quickly, what's going on?" Li Chengqian said.

"I don't know either, but I have ordered people to seal off the scene and detain the people around Prince Wei." Wang Quan said.

"Immediately let the Dali Temple and the Minister of Justice investigate the case thoroughly. I want to know who is so bold that he dared to assassinate my son under the feet of the emperor." Li Chengqian said angrily.

"Everyone! I have a guess and I don't know if I should tell it." Wang Quan said.

"Tell me, do you guess who dared to do it? Who is it? Who is it?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I think it might be the deposed prince who raised an army to rebel and sent people to assassinate Prince Wei. He made two preparations. He can't become the prince, and he doesn't let Prince Wei become the prince." Wang Quan said his guess. "

No, no, no, no, this is absolutely impossible. I know Li Jue. He doesn't have this intention and can't do such a thing. There must be someone else behind this." Li Chengqian said.

Li Chengqian knew what kind of person Li Jue was. Even if Li Jue was instigated by others to rebel, he would never do such a thing.

Li Jue's character determined that he would never do such a despicable thing.

"Could it be that the people around the deposed prince were the ones who assassinated Prince Wei!" Wang Quan said.

"Then what was the motive? What was the motive for killing Li Xiang? Li Jue's rebellion failed, so what was the point

of them assassinating Li Xiang?" Li Chengqian asked. No matter from which angle, it was unclear why those who could not explain Li Jue wanted to assassinate Li Xiang after Li Jue's rebellion failed.

This was meaningless to them, and they would not get any benefit from killing Li Xiang.

Once Li Xiang died, the biggest beneficiary could only be the other princes, and definitely not Li Jue.

So, could it be these brothers of Li Xiang who did it?

Li Chengqian thought of this and did not dare to think further.

"I don't know if this servant wants to avenge the deposed prince. What the deposed prince cannot get cannot fall into the hands of Prince Wei." Wang Quan said.

"This is just your guess. Don't take it seriously. Let's wait for the results of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice!" Li Chengqian said.

Wang Quan stood aside without saying a word. He and Li Chengqian were quietly waiting for the results of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice.

They waited for nearly five hours before they got the results.

"Your Majesty! Sun Fu, the Minister of the Dali Temple, and Cui Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, request to see you!" An eunuch trotted in and said.

"Quick! Call them in." Li Chengqian said hurriedly.

After waiting for nearly five hours, Li Chengqian was eager to know the result.

"Yes!" The eunuch retreated and called Sun Fu and Cui Yan in.

"I am Sun Fu, the Minister of Justice (Cui Yan, the Minister of Justice)..." The two came in and immediately bowed to see the

emperor. "That's enough! No need to be polite. Just tell me about the case! I'm almost dying of anxiety!" Li Chengqian interrupted them without waiting for them to finish their greetings.

"Yes! You two should tell me the results quickly. His Majesty has been sitting restlessly, just waiting for you." Wang Quan said.

"Your Majesty! After the coroner's examination, it was found that Prince Wei was stabbed to death at close range."

"The murder weapon that killed Prince Wei was a dagger, but no murder weapon was found at the scene." Sun Fu, the Minister of Justice, said.

After the coroner's autopsy report, the cause of Li Xiang's death can be determined.

"After our careful investigation of the scene, we found no signs of a fight, and Prince Wei was stabbed to death at close range."

"I also asked Prince Wei's guards if there was anything unusual before Prince Wei's death. They all said that there was nothing unusual, and they didn't hear any noise."

"It was not until the chief historian of Prince Wei's mansion and Prince Wei's tutor Tian You shouted that the guards knew that Prince Wei had been assassinated." said the Minister of Justice.

"That's right! We asked the guards on duty who the Prince of Wei was with before the accident."

"The guards said that the Prince of Wei had been with the Grand Tutor Tian You. In addition, there were no signs of a fight at the scene, and the Prince of Wei was assassinated at close range. I concluded that the murderer must be Tian You." Sun Fu, the Minister of the Dali Temple, said.

Li Chengqian was furious when he heard this. This damn Tian You was actually the murderer. It was a waste of his trust in him and appointed him as the Grand Tutor of the Prince of Wei. He was ungrateful and did such a conscienceless thing.

Why did Tian You do this? What grudge did he have with Li Xiang? He had to risk being exterminated by his entire clan to assassinate a prince.

"Can you interrogate Tian You? Why did he want to assassinate my son? Why?" Li Chengqian roared.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. First, Li Jue was plotting a rebellion, and now his eldest son was assassinated. This made him very angry.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. When we took people to arrest Tian You, Tian You had already committed suicide by taking poison!"

"There is no way to know why Tian You wanted to assassinate King Wei. I have checked everything about Tian You. Tian You and King Wei have no grudges. King Wei has always trusted me very much." Sun Fu, the Minister of the Dali Temple, said.

"I guess this has something to do with the position of the crown prince. Now that the crown prince has been deposed and the prince of Wei has been assassinated, the beneficiaries must be other princes. I think this matter is closely related to other princes." Cui Yan, the Minister of Justice, said.

"Do you have any evidence?" Li Chengqian asked.

Sun Fu and Cui Yan shook their heads. This was just their speculation, and there was no substantial evidence to prove it.

"You all should leave! This matter must not be made public." Li Chengqian said.

"I'm leaving!" Sun Fu and Cui Yan bowed and left.