Zhuge Yu's expression froze, "Your Majesty..."
"I understand that as the monarch of the capital, I can and cannot do anything." Li Shengxuan stopped Zhuge Yu's words, with an inexplicable astringency in his voice, "But I am just a selfish mortal. .”
Zhuge Yu's hands hidden in his sleeves clenched into fists. What he was most worried about finally happened. He closed his eyes slightly, calmed his expression, and asked, "Did the Prime Minister say anything to His Majesty when he came to the palace to have an audience?"
Li Shengxuan was silent for a moment and told Zhuge Yu the contents related to the art of witchcraft and Gu. He nodded in agreement, "What the prime minister said is very reasonable. This kind of precedent must not be set."
"So, you also think that Fang Zilan is the real murderer of Princess Rongan and must die?" Li Shengxuan couldn't help but ask. Zhuge Yu remained silent for a long time and then said: "I don't think so."
He changed his self-identification, and the relationship between the two was no longer a clear-cut monarch-subordinate relationship. "Although I have known Sister Lan for only a few years, I almost never make mistakes when I see her act."
He paused and changed his voice almost abruptly, "I wonder if your majesty still remembers that the two princesses Di Rong were robbed and killed when they came to Beijing last year?"
"I remember." Li Shengxuan nodded, and Zhuge Yu continued: "At that time, Wu Sheng, Yang Zhiqing and other adults were killed one after another, and people in the capital were panicked for a while. However, since the wedding of King Yucheng, no similar cases have happened again. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager let the news go out, and the people praised King Yucheng as a lucky star who was alive, and the joy of the wedding shocked the troublemaker."
"I have heard about this." Li Shengxuan said thoughtfully, "Zhuge Yu, what exactly do you want to say?"
"The murderer has not yet been apprehended, so how could he stop without any reason? After thinking about it, I know that someone must have done something behind the scenes to prevent the murder from happening." Zhuge Yu looked solemn, "The person who stopped the murderer was Fang Zilan."
Li Shengxuan was startled, and Zhuge Yu continued speaking on his own, "Your Majesty knows that she is inextricably linked to the Ghost Sect, and the Zhuge family is also worried about it. But when chaos arose, she chose the big one." Beijing."
"She..." Li Shengxuan looked complicated, and his compassion became stronger. If Fang Chongzheng's suggestion is followed, will Fang Zilan have a way to survive?
Li Shengxuan recalled what Fang Chongzheng said when he came to the palace that day. Those were the words that he could not tell Zhuge Yu.
Fang Chongzheng frankly admitted that Fang Zilan was the third young lady of the Fang family. His concubine's daughter accidentally killed Princess Rongan against her will. He was also responsible for poor upbringing, and the entire Fang family was willing to share the blame.
After hearing these words, Li Shengxuan hesitated in his heart. Although the current emperor, whether he was his father or brother, was suspicious of him because of his status as a former member of the Fang family in the Prime Minister's Office, Fang Chongzheng acted with integrity and nothing was left to anyone.
In addition, after he married Fang Ziqin, his understanding of the Fang family was different from before. If he were to deal with the Fang family today, he would first feel inappropriate.
However, what he didn't expect was that Fang Chongzheng took advantage of his hesitation to move forward step by step, paving the way out of the deal one by one, and proposed prisoner exchange. After that, the Fang family left the capital and invited Su Heng back to ensure the stability of the imperial court.
If not, Fang Chongzheng is willing to die to apologize and exchange his own life for Fang Zilan's life...
The Fang family is a wealthy businessman, the prime minister is in a high position in the court, and the queen honors her mother. If they are expelled from the capital, I am afraid it will not be as small as the current Fang Zilan incident, but only worse. Nothing less.
Fang Chongzheng had seen through everything and knew that Li Shengxuan would not refuse outright, so he followed the temptation and put him into a dilemma.
For reasons of love and justice, both public and private, Li Shengxuan seemed to have no reason to refuse.
However, if the prisoner exchange was exposed, what would cause an uproar would not be the murder of the Duke of Yue, or the fact that the Fang family was expelled from the capital.
But when the emperor neglected his duty and was immoral, the whole world was angry and attacked him in groups.
Not to mention whether the Empress Dowager will return to Beijing to support King Yucheng Li Qiyou in seizing the throne, Prince Yuning Ji Ningtian, who remains in Beijing, is the first to lose his composure.
So much so that Li Shengxuan once suspected that Fang Chongzheng's proposal was the result of discussions with Ji Ningtian in advance, in order to push him down from his supreme position and never recover...
"Your Majesty?" Zhuge Yu's voice brought Li Shengxuan back from his thoughts, and he composed himself, "What did you just say?"
"It's nothing." Zhuge Yu shook his head. It wasn't that he couldn't see Li Shengxuan's wavering. On the contrary, he was just as shaken as Li Shengxuan.
Li Shengxuan opened his mouth when he saw this, but before he could say anything, he saw Xia Houzhang coming in a hurry and shouted "Your Majesty" in a deep voice, but there was no follow-up.
"But it doesn't matter." Li Shengxuan spoke bluntly, and Xia Houzhang said without hesitation: "Master Mo Han has sneaked into the Tianlao."
Hearing this, Zhuge Yu said quietly: "Since Your Majesty is so determined, it is not a big deal for Lord Mo to sneak into the Heavenly Prison."
Xia Houzhang coughed slightly and looked at Li Shengxuan subconsciously. Seeing his expressionless expression, he said, "Mo Han was also in Xiangsheng Restaurant on the day of the crime. If they meet, there may be no new clues."
Zhuge Yu looked clear. The emperor intended to let things go, so of course the people below him turned a blind eye, including him.
It's just that allowing a gentle scholar like Mo Han to easily escape from the Yue Kingdom Palace and swagger into the prison is no longer letting go of water, but letting go of the sea.
"Your Majesty..." Xia Houzhang said bravely: "In addition to Mr. Mo, King Rong'an also went to Tianlao. He was still on the way when I received the news, but I am afraid he has already arrived."
Li Shengxuan's eyes darkened, and he said calmly, "Let's go to the prison."
Xia Houzhang responded quickly, but before he could pass on the order, Li Shengxuan had already strode out, and he had to follow him immediately.
Zhuge Yu followed closely behind, suddenly feeling an unreasonable panic in his heart.
In recent days, there has been one wave after another, making him worried, will Fang Zilan take action against King Rongan? And will there be someone hiding in the dark who will take the opportunity to kill King Rongan and cause a bigger trouble?
It was obvious that Zhuge Yu was not the only one who was worried. Li Shengxuan walked in a hurry. When he arrived at the prison, even the warden was shocked. He saluted with fear and fear, "I didn't know that His Majesty was here, so I was wrong..."
However, before he finished speaking, Li Shengxuan stepped into the prison like a gust of wind.
When all the jailers in the prison saw Li Shengxuan, they all knelt down. The warden caught up with him and stopped talking, "Your Majesty..."
"How is Lord Zilan, Duke of Yue, doing now?" Xia Houzhang asked on Li Shengxuan's behalf, "Is there anyone here to visit?"
