Chapter 571 Concubine Xiao did it

"Are you satisfied with my reward?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward. We are very satisfied!" Everyone said.

No matter what the emperor rewarded them, it was a recognition of their work and a reward for them.

"It's good that you are satisfied! Tell me, which master guided you so that you can do the job so well!" Li Chengqian said.

"Your Majesty! It was His Royal Highness Prince Xu who guided us, and we were able to complete the task assigned by Your Majesty. If it weren't for His Royal Highness Prince Xu, we wouldn't be able to do the job so well." One person stood up and said.

"Yes! His Royal Highness Prince Xu is very talented and has the strongest ability among all the princes. It would be great if he could assist Your Majesty." Another person stood up and said.

Others were not willing to lag behind and stood up to speak for Li Sujie, praising his ability. Some

even implicitly recommended Li Sujie to Li Chengqian as the crown prince.

Li Chengqian had no expression on his face, but he was very unhappy in his heart. He felt that Li Sujie was forming a clique for personal gain.

Since ancient times, emperors have been most afraid of this, and they were most afraid that the princes and ministers would form cliques for personal gain and threaten the emperor's authority.

"I will consider what you said. Let's stop here today! You all can leave!" Li Chengqian said.

"I'll take my leave!" Everyone stood up, saluted and left.

"Wang Quan!" Li Chengqian shouted after they left.

"I'm here!" Wang Quan replied.

"Send all these people to other places. I don't want to see them again. They dare to form cliques so blatantly. Do they still regard me as the emperor?" Li Chengqian said angrily.

"Calm down, I'll do it now!" Wang Quan said.

"And there's that rebellious son Sujie. He wants to be the crown prince, but I can't let him do it. You can go to Di Renjie to see how he is doing with his investigation!" Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" Wang Quan took the order and left.

That day, the minister who had just been rewarded was sent to other places.

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"Everyone! You've been watching for so long, you'd better stop watching, drink some tea, and take a rest!" Wang Quan said.

"I am indeed a little tired. I feel a little tired after reading so much. It is easy to get tired when you are old." Li Chengqian put down the book in his hand and took a sip of the tea handed by Wang Quan.

"Everyone should be strong and healthy. You will surely be blessed with longevity and a hundred years of life." Wang Quan said.

"How is Di Renjie's investigation going?" Li Chengqian asked.

"There are some clues! But the details still need to be investigated in detail. There are some places that the Minister of the Central Secretariat has not figured out!"

"The Minister of the Central Secretariat said that when he understands these details, he will be able to thoroughly investigate whether it is as he thinks." Wang Quan said.

"Then when will he be able to figure it out? There is no useful clue at all?" Li Chengqian asked.

"I don't know about this. I have asked the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and he said that it is hard to say. It may take only a moment to figure it out, or it may take a long time to figure it out."

"In short, everything has to wait for the Minister of the Central Secretariat to figure it out thoroughly before it can be completely closed." Wang Quan said.

"I am a little tired and need to take a nap. If there is nothing important, don't disturb me." Li Chengqian said.

"I understand!" Wang Quan replied.

At this time, an eunuch rushed in.

"How dare you! How can you be so hasty!" Wang Quan scolded.

"What's the matter?" Li Chengqian asked. He had just taken a nap when someone ran in.

"Report to everyone! The Minister of the Central Secretariat Di Renjie is outside to see you!" The eunuch hurriedly saluted and said.

"It seems that our Zhongshu Ling has figured out the matter and understood what is going on. Call him in! I am waiting for his reply." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" The eunuch bowed and left, calling Di Renjie in.

"Your Highness, I am Zhongshu Ling Di Renjie, and I am here to see you!" After Di Renjie came in, he bowed and saluted.

"Mr. Di, please stand up and take a seat!" Li Chengqian said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Di Renjie stood up and thanked him.

"Mr. Di, you came to see me, but has there been any progress in the assassination of Prince Wei?" Li Chengqian asked.

"Yes, after careful investigation, this matter is related to Concubine Xiao." Di Renjie said.

"Are you saying that this matter involves my harem? What is going on? Please explain it to me clearly." Li Chengqian said.

Ever since Di Renjie tried to thoroughly investigate the case, Li Chengqian had long suspected Concubine Xiao and her son, but there was no evidence. He couldn't bring them to justice based on a mere guess!

What if he was wrong? Wouldn't that be clearing obstacles for others?

"After careful investigation, I found that although Tian You has a clean background, he still has an old mother, a brother and sister-in-law, and two nephews in his hometown."

"Tian You's family has a lot of land. After some inquiries, I found that these lands were purchased bit by bit when Tian You was alive. This is the land situation of Tian You's family. Your Majesty, please take a look." Di Renjie said, handing out a report.

Wang Quan hurried forward, took the report from Di Renjie, turned around and came to Li Chengqian, and handed it to Li Chengqian.

As Li Chengqian flipped through the report, his brows became more and more furrowed. With Tian You's annual salary, he simply couldn't afford to buy so much land.

The report did record these lands in detail, when they were purchased, and how much money was spent. This is totally not something a small chief historian can afford.

Tian You was able to purchase these lands, either because he was corrupt, or someone behind him helped him to purchase them.

"What's going on? With Tian You's ability, he can't afford these fields at all. Could it be that Tian You is also a corrupt person?" Li Chengqian asked.

"No, Tian You has been conscientious in his work as the Chief Secretary and has never been involved in any corruption."

"These are all businesses that Xiao Guifei arranged for Tian You through her family, the Xiao family. Moreover, Tian You and Xiao Guifei have known each other for a long time."

"After my many secret visits and clues, I finally found out that it was Xiao Guifei who strongly recommended Tian You to Your Majesty to become the Prince of Wei's tutor."

"Tian You is the spy and assassin that Concubine Xiao Gui placed around Prince Wei, with the purpose of eliminating the target at a critical moment." Di Renjie said.

"So according to what you said, Concubine Xiao Gui should not only place spies and assassins around Prince Wei, but also around other people?" Li Chengqian was shocked and asked hurriedly.

"Indeed, there are such people, Zhao Daosheng who is around the deposed prince, and several other princes have placed such people around them." Di Renjie said.