Empress can't eat enough

Chapter 60

Hearing Wei Yingning's words, Li Mu's dull eyes suddenly lit up.

Ever since he lost the big backer of the Marquis of Pingning's Mansion, his good friends in the past have advised him to give up and to settle down. He is already a lonely and courageous person.

The affirmation she gained last time came from her father Wei Yuan.He didn't expect that she would go against the current and walk side by side with him less than two days after she married him.

He originally thought that one day, as his wife, she would be like those who cared for him, and persuade him to give up that position, and just be an idle prince in peace, living in peace...

But not only did she support him and wish him to fight for it, but she even planned for him?

He turned away all the waiters in the room, held her hand, and asked happily, "Have you figured it out?"

Last night when he said he wanted her to be the queen, she pretended to be asleep and ignored her.

Wei Yingning knew what he said, and did not avoid his fiery gaze.She said: "Father said that the Great Zhou Dynasty will last forever, and it needs a high-ranking person like His Highness. He asked me to do my best to help Your Highness."

Li Mu unconsciously held her hand tighter, and asked softly, "Then you are not afraid? What if..."

"Father believes that His Highness has his own ups and downs in his heart, and if he is not fully sure, he will not act recklessly."

Although Wei Yingning replied calmly, Li Mu saw an unshakable firmness in her eyes.

"Okay." He patted the back of her hand with his warm palm, and suddenly leaned forward to embrace her in his arms, and whispered in her ear: "I will protect you, the Wei family, and the family." Everyone."

But he just didn't say why he insisted on that position, even when he was so weak.

He didn't say anything, and Wei Yingning didn't ask.Because, that doesn't make sense.

Li Mu quickly went out to deal with him.For the first lunch in Prince Huan's Mansion, Wei Yingning shared with Jiang Zhaoer.

She told Jiang Zhaoer that King Huan was very concerned about this matter, and there would be news soon, telling her to wait with peace of mind and not to worry too much.

Li Mu first went into the palace to inquire, and learned that the emperor was frightened and had already avoided anyone.

The emperor firmly believed that someone was going to murder him.For this reason, he handed over all matters to the prince, and ordered the three jurisprudence departments of Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Procuratorate to hold a joint trial.

The Shenji Battalion's expedition to the northern border with the army has also been postponed.Although General Zhou Qingyao of the Chinese Army bit Jiang Chiyi, he was still imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice like him, and he had to be severely tortured.

When Li Mu came to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Jiang Chiyi was already unconscious, his chest and back were covered with bruises, he couldn't help looking at Wei Yuan in surprise.

"I was flogged when I was in the palace," Wei Yuan told him with a sigh, "it was carried back to the Ministry of Punishment."

The emperor really moved the fury of thunder!If this happened unexpectedly, he would not be relieved even if he beat Jiang Chiyi to death.

Li Mu frowned slightly.

Hearing the horrific screams in the cell next door, he asked Wei Yuan again: "Can Zhou Qingyao's confession be interrogated?"

"Even under such severe torture, he also firmly insisted that Jiang Wuchen deliberately murdered the saint. But..." Wei Yuan lowered his voice, and continued: "I found that Zhou Qingyao came from a poor family, but he was able to rise to the top all the way. Entering the Shenji Battalion as an errand and getting a position in the Chinese Army within two years is indeed a bit smooth. He is only ordinary, if there is no support behind him, it would be very difficult to get to this point in two years."

"Father-in-law, do you have clues?" Li Mu looked at Wei Yuan clearly.

"There has been an inference, but there is no evidence yet." Wei Yuan said, "I have already been verified by someone, and there must be news soon."

"My lord," at this moment, a small official came over and reported, "The crown prince is here."

"His Royal Highness, please wait a moment, I'll go right away." Wei Yuan turned his head and asked Li Mu after returning, "Why don't Your Highness come with me?"

Li Mu was a little surprised.He and the crown prince are not on good terms. It is well known in civil and military courts, but why does his father-in-law want him to go to see the crown prince together?Could it be...

"Alright." He guessed, and agreed.

In the flower hall of the atrium of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Gu Qingzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, was serving good tea and chatting with Prince Li Ji.But he couldn't explain clearly what Li Ji asked, even Li Ji had a good temper and lost his patience.

"Master Gu is really old." He sighed, and said: "Since you are old, you might as well ask my father to resign and go back to the hometown to be honored and raised, so as to free up the position of minister and give it to someone who can use it." what."

"Your Highness and the saint are so sympathetic to the old minister, how can the old minister be lazy and resign in advance?" Gu Qingzhi seemed to be unable to understand the good words in his words, and just expressed his position, "The old man has a long-term ambition, and the old minister will definitely give up his rotten wood." Serve the imperial court with all your strength, and you will not rest until you die!"

Li Ji was so angry that he picked up his teacup and rolled his eyes secretly, thinking that this old guy is really occupying the latrine and is used to eating vegetarian food... I hate that he has gone through three dynasties and is an old man in Dazhou. If he doesn't ask for resignation, If it's nothing serious, it's really not good to ask him to retire and return home.

King Huan and Wei Yuan finally came one after the other.

Li Ji was overjoyed, finally someone who understood came over!It can be seen that King Huan is also annoying.Father asked him to take charge of this matter, several hours had passed before he had any idea, he was already devastated, and had no intention of dealing with the troublesome King Huan.

"Fourth brother, what are you doing here at the Ministry of Criminal Justice?" He looked at Li Mu contemptuously and asked, "You also came to inquire about the case of the bomb blast?"

"I'll take a look at Jiang Wuchen." Li Mu replied, "By the way, I also want to see who is going to blame him."

"Fourth brother has friendship with Jiang Wuchen? Even if there is friendship, you can't be so arbitrary. Who knows that someone must frame him, not him deliberately murdering the father?" Li Ji raised his proud head and said: "The father has already This case is handed over to the Crown Prince to supervise, and the fourth brother should not get involved, so as not to interfere with judicial justice."

Li Mu ignored him and didn't say a word.Li Ji glanced at him, then turned his eyes to Wei Yuan boredly, and asked, "Wei Shilang, how is the investigation going? Is there any progress?"

"His Royal Highness," Wei Yuan respectfully replied, "After comparison and verification, the newly-made firearms made by Shenjiying will not explode easily, and if you want to make it easy to explode, just add more than twice the gunpowder. The bird gun that exploded today is very likely to have been tampered with."

"The gunpowder was put on by Jiang Wuchen himself, what do you mean, Jiang Wuchen did it?" Li Ji was a little excited, but hoped that things would be as simple as possible.

"Jiang Wuchen applied the medicine to the bird gun after shooting. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Zhou Zhongjun was also present. He applied a lot of medicine, how could he not be discovered?" Wei Yuan rejected Prince Li Ji's statement.

"There are two doubts about this matter, and this is one of the doubts." He continued, "The second doubt is why the bird gun exploded in the hand of the eunuch who delivered it? Was it the little eunuch who pulled the trigger or the bird gun? Go off on fire by yourself?"

(End of this chapter)