Chapter 413: Reopening the Old Case
The light curtain in the sky was still there. Yun Qingqing raised her hand again, and the light curtain changed, switching the scene.
This time it looked like a study. On the screen, one could see a pair of hands flipping through a thin booklet, and the contents on the pages were exactly the gunpowder formula and process flow of the private gun factory!
After a while, the hands closed the book and put it into a locked wooden box. Then they came to a treasure rack, opened a secret compartment after some operation, and put the wooden box inside.
An important official of the court whispered:
"This... seems to be the Crown Prince's study?"
Yun Qingqing looked at Xiao Zirui, whose face was ashen, and sneered:
"Indeed, the profits from private gun factories are enormous. The investigation six months ago was a serious blow to the Crown Prince, and the losses were huge."
"So he's been hiding this crucial formula and process, waiting for the storm to blow over before quietly returning to his old ways and opening another illegal cannon factory!"
"The booklet is still in his study. We can find it by going to the Prince's Mansion before he sends people to destroy the evidence!"
There was an uproar!
Everyone was skeptical at first, but when they saw the prince's expression and his speechless look, they understood almost everything.
The emperor slammed the table and shouted:
"Where is Commander Yan?"
Yan Ning, who was in charge of the imperial guard, stepped forward immediately:
"I am here!"
"Take people to the Prince's Mansion to search immediately to see if this is true!" The emperor was extremely angry at this moment and directly sent the imperial guards instead of asking the ministers to investigate.
The speed at which the Imperial Guards rushed back and searched was naturally incomparable to that of the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple. This did not give the Crown Prince any chance to send anyone to respond!
"I obey your command!" Yan Ning quickly took his men downstairs.
Yun Qingqing didn't wait for the emperor and the officials to catch their breath. She raised her hand again, and the light curtain in the sky changed again.
Everyone's eyelids were twitching. Every time the Regent Princess took action, the Crown Prince had another crime charged on his head. Wasn't she done yet?
Looking again, I could hear voices of conversation coming from the light curtain.
This time, the people in the light curtain talked about a lot of things. Everyone was confused at first, but the more they listened, the more shocked they became.
Many officials also recognized the person who appeared in the light curtain. He was the commander of the Huben Camp of the Imperial Capital, General Qin!
Suddenly, General Qin bowed his head and said:
"Your Highness, rest assured. Yunwu Mountain has been cleaned up. There will be no more trouble!"
All officials were in an uproar again!
Yunwu Mountain, isn’t this referring to the suppression of the banditry in Yunwu Mountain?
Normally, the elimination of a bandit problem was not a big deal in the eyes of court officials, but the incident in Yunwu Mountain was different.
Because this matter involved the Regent being robbed while transporting military supplies!
Moreover, the fake grain that was robbed turned into grain purchased by the prince and appeared in the palace parade ground!
The matter was also exposed by the Regent Princess at that time. In the end, the emperor only confined the prince to his feet on the grounds that "the prince was deceived by the grain merchants" and did not impose a more severe punishment.
Not long after that, news spread that more than 2,000 bandits in Yunwu Mountain outside Beijing had been completely wiped out, and the crime of robbing food and grass was also pinned on the bandits.
Any officials in the court who were a little more astute could see that there was something wrong with this matter, but everyone was smart and would just think about it privately and no one would delve into it further.
However, as soon as the conversation on the screen came out, all the clues were connected, and the truth about the food and grass being robbed could no longer be concealed!
The suppression of bandits in Yunwu Mountain was ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and no one was left alive, regardless of gender, age or status!
The purpose is to make the bandits bear the crime of robbing food and grass, and there will never be a day to overturn the verdict!
And from some obscure conversations on the light curtain, it is not difficult to guess that the ones who robbed the food and grass at that time were actually the Huben Camp which was still under the management of the prince!
Amidst the uproar, the emperor's face had completely darkened, and the look he gave Xiao Zirui became increasingly unfriendly.
Of course, he had known for a long time that Xiao Zirui was involved in the military rations case.
But Xiao Zirui was the legitimate son and the crown prince after all, and the crown prince and the queen swore to put all the blame on the grain merchants and bandits. The emperor was unwilling to believe that the crown prince would do such a thing, so he simply deceived himself and didn't think too much about it.
In the end, for the sake of the royal family's dignity, they agreed to let the bandits take the blame.
But knowing it in one's heart is one thing, but seeing directly how the prince plotted against the regent, snatched military rations, killed bandits and framed them...that was another matter entirely.
The emperor slammed the table fiercely:
"Quickly dismiss Qin Yue from his post and put him in jail. Instruct the Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation into the Northwest Military Grain Case!"
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