Chapter 198 A Plan in Mind
"They... I haven't asked them yet."
After Princess Ning reminded him, Matthew Li also remembered.
As soon as he got the news, he became anxious and angry, and then Princess Ning came back.
He had completely forgotten about his sons.
However, whether to ask or not, even if there are suspects, investigating each family one by one is not as direct as asking Prince Ning to take action.
"If you ask Prince Ning to negotiate with the Dark Tower, there is no need to ask them."
Matthew thought so and said it out loud.
Regarding the affairs of Yuzhou, he wrote a secret letter and sent it to Prince Ning's palace.
This matter may be related to the affairs of Yuzhou.
But judging from the expression of his eldest daughter, it seemed that she didn't even think about the affairs of Yuzhou.
"Father, let's call them here to question them. If there are any suspicious people, we can ask Prince Ning to take action. Wouldn't it be faster to find the nephews?"
After the incident with Zhao Tian, Princess Ning also had a clearer understanding of Prince Ning.
No matter how good he looks on the surface, it's hard to hide his cowardly nature.
Zhao Tian had feelings for him, but he treated her like a piece of trash after her death, and even had no feelings at all when her body was lost.
Not to mention finding the body and giving it a proper burial, or returning the property to its original owner.
He is really afraid of things to the extreme.
If she and Prince Ning had not given birth to two legitimate sons, and the arrow has been shot, there is no turning back.
She was afraid that she didn't want to go any further down this road.
"Princess Ning is right."
Matthew nodded in agreement, and seeing that Ma Tiao was still standing outside the door, he asked him to go to the main courtyard to call for help.
Mrs. Ma has been very anxious since she learned last night that several of her legitimate grandchildren were missing.
Several legitimate sons went out of the house overnight to look for someone, and they have just returned home not long ago.
At this moment, he is in the main courtyard comforting Madam Ma.
Ma Ruyu was standing by and felt a little awkward.
This time, the Ma family lost five legitimate sons, and none of them were from his family.
Anyone who comes here without knowing the truth would probably suspect that he was the one behind it.
"Madam, Princess Ning has returned home. The old lady invites a few gentlemen to the study for a talk."
Ma Tiao appeared at the right time and relieved Ma Ruyu's embarrassment.
Madam Ma also changed her expression and asked several legitimate and illegitimate sons to follow her to the study.
Ning Prince's Palace
Prince Ning was also in the study, discussing matters with his staff while waiting for news.
"My Lord, something happened in Yuzhou."
Mao Zhang, the chief steward of Prince Ning's mansion, hurried to the door of the study and spoke in a low voice when he saw that the people inside were all his own people.
"What happened in Yuzhou?"
Prince Ning frowned. Although Matthew Li had not been directly involved in what he did in Yuzhou, the source of the money that flowed out of Yuzhou could be traced.
If this matter is not investigated, he will be the biggest beneficiary.
If this matter is investigated, he will most likely be implicated, of course it also depends on who is investigating.
"Wanhua Tower was closed down, the abbot of Qingfu Temple was arrested, and... "
Mao Zhang told all the information that the servants in the palace had found out.
Everyone in the capital knows that Prince Ning does not use secret guards, but few people know that the servants in Prince Ning's mansion are more powerful than the secret guards.
There is no information they cannot find out.
Of course, that also requires the people in the Dali Temple to be willing to turn a blind eye.
"Is that true?"
Prince Ning pounded the table with his fist, looking serious.
Matthew Li managed a total of six temples and ten brothels in Yuzhou.
Jiang Baiqing found problems with all of them.
It is not known whether the pawnshops distributed in various counties and the information bases in various states of Sheng'an Kingdom have been found.
Such a big thing happened, but he didn't even hear a word about it.
This... doesn't make sense!
"Have you received any secret letter from the Ma Mansion recently?"
King Ning did not think that Matthew would deliberately conceal him.
All the news between them was transmitted through Princess Ning.
If something really happened in Yuzhou, Princess Ning would not have failed to tell him.
"To answer your question, Lord, no."
When Mao Zhang saw the news brought back by the servant, he broke out in a sweat.
As his master's confidant, he knew best the extent of his master's involvement in Yuzhou's affairs.
And the money that flowed through his hands...
"Is there anything unusual in the princess's yard recently?"
King Ning was also puzzled.
He, Princess Ning and her husband, and the Ma family are all grasshoppers on the same rope.
Something happened in Yuzhou, why did they hide it from him?
Could it be that Matthew Lee knew that the situation was hopeless and decided to shoulder everything on his own in order to protect his daughter?
So...it's not impossible.
"To reply to your Highness, there is nothing unusual in the Princess's courtyard. Even Concubine Zhou's courtyard is very stable..."
Mao Zhang knew Prince Ning well. He had people watching over several important courtyards in the backyard of the prince's mansion at all times.
"Besides Jiang Baiqing and the Ministry of Justice, are there people from the Dali Temple and the Eastern Palace investigating the affairs of Yuzhou?"
Prince Ning felt that nothing bad was going on in the backyard, so he thought of Chu Chengyi.
If you can't find any evidence against him, investigate his father-in-law.
They must be trying to implicate him in his father-in-law's affairs in order to ruin his future.
He felt that Chu Chengyi was really calculating.
"To reply to your Highness, I have not seen anyone other than the Ministry of Justice and the North City Military Department."
Mao Zhang thought that Prince Ning's mansion was well hidden, and Chu Chengyi was not someone who would easily attack his brothers, so he would definitely not target Prince Ning.
Matthew Lee was investigated, and it turned out that it was Zhou Hongjing who caused the trouble.
"Quickly send away all those who have ties to Yuzhou, stop what you are doing, and wait and see what happens."
Prince Ning hopes that Ma Xiuli will take all the responsibility and does not want Chu Chengyi to target him.
So he would never take the initiative to ask about the affairs of the Ma family.
Playing dumb is his best protection.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will send them off right away."
When Mao Zhang said this, his face was calm, as if he was really just seeing a few people off.
However, only he knew that there were more than just a few people who had connections with Yuzhou.
And the sending away mentioned by Prince Ning was not a real sending away.
After Mao Zhang left, Prince Ning continued to discuss matters with his staff.
Chu Qinshu and Xiao Hulu were in the space, watching his every move.
"Master, this Prince Ning is a wicked man. When he said send them away, he meant to send those people to hell. Moreover, for the sake of your emperor's position, he did not hesitate to collude with the enemy..."
Little Gourd doesn't like King Ning.
As a gourd, it knows that it cannot betray its own people, cannot quarrel with its brothers, and cannot covet things that do not belong to it.
But King Ning is clearly a human being, so why doesn’t he have the mind and character of a human being?
"Yeah, he is just bad. My father won't give him a chance."
The opportunity Chu Qinshu was referring to was the opportunity for Prince Ning to collude with the enemy.
Prince Ning and Prince Huai are indeed brothers from the same mother, and their methods of competing for the throne are exactly the same.
In the original book, King Huai let King Ning take the blame for him and was exiled to the frontier.
Afterwards, he cooperated with the enemy and framed the border guards who were not from his faction.
Now, Prince Huai has been exiled, and Prince Ning has followed the same path that Prince Huai took in the original book.
As a bystander, how could Chu Qinshu give him such an opportunity?
Of course, he was conveying messages to Chu Chengyi all the time, in order to nip Prince Ning's idea of endangering Sheng'an Kingdom in the bud.
"Master is right."
Seeing that his master had a plan in mind, Little Gourd nodded and started flipping through the list.
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