Right now.
Xue Rengui, Yao Guangxiao, Shen Lian, Wei Ji and others participated in the operation and arrested all of Cai Yong and Chen Ji's followers.
Of the fifty imperial guards from the Han Dynasty palace, forty participated in the assassination attempt, and more than twenty were killed on the spot.
The remaining twenty-odd people were gathered together in one place, along with the leader of the assassins whom Liu Wei had knocked to the ground with a single punch. They were kept under close guard by the Imperial Guards and the cavalry battalion.
Of Cui Hao's forty or fifty men, nearly thirty were involved in the assassination.
Similarly, more than twenty people died under the hail of blades from the cavalry and the Imperial Guards.
The remaining ten or so people, along with the seriously injured Cui Hao, were also imprisoned in another place.
The two people from these two places were interrogated by two officers from the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
As for Cai Yong and Chen Ji's entourage, the Embroidered Uniform Guard also arranged for different people to interrogate them together.
There was an assassin in the delegation, and he even tried to assassinate the current prince of the Han Dynasty. This is no small matter.
After working for an hour or two, Liu Wei summoned Xue Rengui, Yao Guangxiao, Shen Lian, and Wei Ji to discuss the day's events.
"My lord, now that the dust has settled, it goes without saying that the two groups of assassins today were sent by He Jin and Empress He!"
Yao Guangxiao immediately pointed out the key point: the biggest suspect in wanting Prince Liu Wei dead was Empress He's faction.
“Great monk, of course I know this. I was demoted from Prince of Taiyuan to Marquis of Yinshan, and I was assassinated on my way to my fief. The Xiongnu also wanted to kill me. Behind all this, there was always the shadow of Empress He!”
Liu Wei said with a sneer, "I just don't understand why Empress He is so determined to kill me!"
"The biggest contender for the throne in Luoyang is not me, but my second brother, Liu Xie, the Prince of Chenliu."
Liu Wei never understood this problem.
He has now been exiled to the northern border, a place surrounded by foreign tribes, where danger lurks everywhere and survival is extremely difficult.
Empress He still sent assassins to kill him, determined to kill Liu Wei.
In terms of the threat posed to Empress He's son Liu Bian, Liu Xie posed a greater threat.
But why is Empress He targeting him like this!
"My lord, perhaps there are other reasons!"
Even with Yao Guangxiao's sharp mind, he couldn't figure out the reason. "We can have the Embroidered Uniform Guards infiltrate Luoyang to continue spying on this issue after a while."
"This humble monk believes that in this world, there is no love without a reason, nor is there hatred without a reason!"
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Liu Wei looked at Yao Guangxiao in surprise. This big monk could actually say such philosophical things!
"Alright, Commander Shen, keep this in mind. If necessary, inquire about it."
Liu Wei didn't care about this.
Although the Embroidered Uniform Guard's espionage tentacles have already penetrated deep into Luoyang, it is not something that can be done overnight to obtain further intelligence within the palace.
Moreover, this is Empress He, whose position and power are becoming increasingly higher and higher!
"Rest assured, my lord, we will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly!"
Shen Lian stepped forward and said, "Based on the results of our interrogation, we now know who was behind the assassination of the Prince. Besides Empress He, it is Empress Dowager Dong!"
These assassins were all incredibly stubborn, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards used every possible method to extract information from them, finally managing to get a few words out of them.
Liu Wei was not very satisfied with the result either.
Those palace guards, as well as the leader of the assassins who attacked Liu Wei, all insisted that they were people of Empress Dowager Dong.
The more they acted this way, the more Liu Wei felt they were doing it on purpose.
"Cui Hao and his gang of horse traders have confessed that they were sent by He Miao, the younger brother of Empress He!"
Shen Lian continued, "The other assassins who infiltrated the palace guards escorting Cai Yong were indeed Empress Dowager Dong's men!"
"Heh! Both the eunuchs and the imperial relatives in the court used the opportunity of delivering imperial edicts to me to assassinate me. Did they not consider the consequences of failure?"
Liu Wei scoffed.
As a mere prince with only ten or twenty thousand soldiers and control of two or three prefectures, he became a thorn in the side of both the eunuchs and the imperial relatives!
This is giving far too much credit to a prince who has no power base in the court!
"Your Highness, I suspect that those palace guards who claim to be Empress Dowager Dong's men are trying to frame her."
Wei Kai frowned and said, "Based on my previous experience in handling cases, the signs of this thief crying 'stop thief' are too obvious."
Xue Rengui said, "I don't think so. Their insistence on being sent by Empress Dowager Dong is an attempt to mislead us into suspecting that they were actually sent by Empress He!"
"But was it necessary for Empress He to send two groups of people to assassinate our lord?"
"So in my opinion, this group of people was most likely sent by Empress Dowager Dong. They don't care about the outcome of the assassination; their goal is to shift the suspicion of the assassination onto Empress He."
Upon hearing Xue Rengui's words, everyone fell into deep thought.
Liu Wei wholeheartedly agreed.
Empress Dowager Dong's faction's greatest enemy was Empress He.
They no longer need to offend Prince Liu Wei.
Therefore, the fact that Empress Dowager Dong sent an assassin to infiltrate the delegation and even revealed Empress Dowager Dong's orders must have misled Liu Wei into suspecting Empress He.
It is said that the appointment of Liu clan members as governors of various prefectures was secretly proposed by Empress Dowager Dong!
The restoration of Liu Wei to the throne was also orchestrated behind the scenes by the faction of Empress Dowager Dong.
If you don't think about it carefully, you might really think that Empress Dowager Dong and her group were planning to win over Liu Wei to fight against Empress He's faction.
In reality, Empress Dowager Dong and the Ten Attendants only used Liu Wei as a pawn!
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