With a bang, the palm of his hand slapped on the table, shaking the teacup that had just been placed on his head.

The prince's face became gloomy again. He had already improved a lot these days, but today, he received two news that annoyed him one after another.

One was that Li Ling finally entered the capital, but was not sent by a prison carriage as he hoped, but a carriage. Then, when the Censorate deliberately sent someone to pick him up, intending to let him cross the capital and suffer some hardship, he was intercepted by the King of Ying who arrived later.

The prince really couldn't accept and understand Sun Bi's actions, but at this point, he could do nothing. People didn't care about the discussions of the government and the opposition, and he did grasp the key. Li Ling had not been convicted yet, so it was indefinitely determined how to deal with it. Also, it was not decided whether to detain the person in the Censorate or the Ministry of Justice. It was nothing more than just who would take action quickly.

It’s a pity that I didn’t expect this move to make Sun Bi snatch the first. Given the situation at that time, no one except me could compete with a prince.

Although this incident made him quite annoyed, it was not completely unacceptable. Even according to the Liu brothers, Sun Bi had more performance at this time and would be more involved at that time, which was something he was happy to see.

But the next arrangement of the Ministry of Justice for Li Ling made it difficult for the prince to calm down. Did I invite him to enjoy it? What is the purpose of the Ministry of Justice for this arrangement? Is this an enemy of me?

"I must have someone impeach the Ministry of Justice and sue them for nothing!" The prince said angrily, "Tell me, what can I do to make him suffer first?" He was really unwilling to let Li Ling stay in the prison so comfortable.

This time, the confidants in front of him all shut up, and even Mr. Mo didn't say anything. It was not until the prince turned his eyes to him and signaled him to say something that he gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, in my opinion, this fact has nothing to do with the overall situation. For Your Highness, whether Li Ling is now about the black prison or the inn, it is impossible for him to affect his next fate. Even if he is allowed to be free for two more days? When he goes to court and is convicted of a serious crime, isn't it up to me to live or die?

"And, in my foolish opinion, even Li Ling should not be what Your Highness, you should really care about at this time. On the contrary, the King of England is the person we should deal with next. And now, the more they do, the more beneficial it will be for us. For example, Wei Liang, who arranged Li Ling in the Ministry of Justice, will there be a handle on us now?"

"What you said is certainly reasonable, but this tone..." The prince still said angrily. He had been waiting for this day for several months, and now he finally waited for the result, but he was still like this...

"Your Highness, please be relieved, they will be arrogant for a few days." Mr. Mo comforted him again.

"Yes, Your Highness, the court will make a decision at most three or five days. With the relationship between Wei Liang and Li Ling of the Ministry of Justice, the case will naturally fall into the hands of the Censorate or Dali Temple. We have already arranged it there. Not to mention that the evidence of his crimes is confirmed, even if there is no, he will definitely kill him this time!" Liu Suiyun hurriedly followed up, saying, as if he had shown a little in front of the prince.

The prince's expression was a little better, and he let out a long breath: "Then let him be proud for two more days! But you can hear one thing, you can't miss it again this time."

The Liu brothers didn't say anything, but just looked at Mr. Mo. Because he arranged this matter by himself, if there was any problem, they would naturally not advance and retreat with him.

Mr. Mo didn't care about their reactions, and just said, "Don't worry, your highness, I have planned this plan long ago and it's perfect. Not to mention Li Ling, even if King Ying falls into it, there is no possibility of being relieved of his crime. So he is dead this time."

"Hey... embezzlement and resell border military weapons is a serious crime of treason. Not only is Li Ling dead, but his entire family will be completely destroyed this time, and no one will be left behind!" The prince said viciously. His resentment and hatred towards Li Ling had already penetrated into his bones, making him completely ignore the identity gap between himself and Li Ling.

...

The same news was only spread to Lu Zhen later, and then it was exchanged for a series of coughs from the old man. The old servant Lu Yuan was so scared that he quickly massaged his back and brought him a spittoon and tea. It was so busy that his master recovered.

The wrinkles on Lu Zhen's face were as if they were carved on the knife, especially dense and deep. After sighing slowly, he shook his head and said, "Sometimes obsessions can really make people do something wrong. The prince's resentment towards Li Ling is too deep, and it has reached the point of recklessness. This is not a good thing for him and the Dayue court."

"Master, what do you mean... Lord Li was framed?" Lu Yuan couldn't help asking. In fact, he had this question for a long time, but he just couldn't find the opportunity to ask.

Lu Zhen smiled: "Is this obvious? Li Wenzhong is a smart person, so how could he do such a stupid thing? Haha... He arranged the logistics of the border army by himself, and even many officials and others were chosen by him. Now something happens here, naturally everyone will doubt him. Do you think someone will put himself in such a position for that little profit?"

"This is not a small profit..." Lu Yuan murmured in a low voice.

"Yes, according to what I found before, the value of the stolen and resold weapons should be between 700,000 and 800,000 taels of silver. Even if you are in a hurry to take action and have to give a discount, it should be more than 500,000 taels. For many people in the world, it is a huge sum of money." Lu Zhen smiled, "But for Li Ling, this is really a small profit."

Lu Yuan was stunned at first, then he understood: "Master, is his wealth..."

"Yes, Zongheng Bookstore, Zongheng Trading Company... The industries under his name have taken root in various parts of our country. Even if it is just a hasty calculation, the profit he can get every year should be one or two million silver, or even more. Do you think that a person who can easily earn so much silver will take risks for a few hundred thousand silver and risk losing his head to steal and sell weapons?"

Lu Yuan immediately shook his head: "Of course it is impossible!"

"I think so too."

"So it seems that Lord Li can escape from the crime successfully this time?"

"This may not be necessary. Although this reason is reasonable, it is not ironclad and cannot convince too many people. Li Wenzhong really wants to get rid of it, but in fact it depends on what kind of rebuttal he can make, especially finding out the flaws that some people have deliberately calculated... but what is more important is another point."

"What?" Lu

Yuan was curious and asked.

"Your Majesty's attitude today." Lu Zhen said softly, and a light flashed in the blurred old eyes. As a veteran of several dynasties, he looked at things much deeper than ordinary people. As long as it was a dispute between the court, after all, it was the case of the emperor's sage, the same is true for Li Ling's case.

But this time, even Lu Zhen couldn't guess what His Majesty would think today.

...

It's late at night in the palace.

The emperor put the bowl of ginseng soup on the table, then looked at Wei Tang who had been standing beside him: "Do you have something to say?"

"The saint is wise... Just before dark, the palace received news that Lord Li had been taken to the capital and had also been to the Heavenly Prison of the Ministry of Justice." Wei Tang replied slowly.

The emperor said, "Is Li Ling? Why, the people from the Censorate didn't cause trouble for him?"

"I looked for it, but I was blocked by King Ying. After that, King Ying sent Lord Li to the Ministry of Justice, and no one dared to obstruct it."

"Ha... He is really successful. He already knows that he should use his identity to act. It's good!" The emperor said, and coughed twice again, "What's the reaction from the East Palace?"

"I heard that the prince was very unhappy, but there was no solution for the time being."

"Hmph, so many years have passed, but I still haven't made much progress. I'm not even as good as Lao Qi. At least he still knows when to take the initiative and when to stay out of the matter again." The emperor frowned and commented. Then he looked at Wei Tang, "What I asked you before, do you have the answer now?"

Wei Tang was stunned. Of course he knew what the emperor was talking about. Just when Li Ling's case broke out, the emperor asked him what he thought about this. At that time, he was stupid and could not see through the answer. Unexpectedly, after these days, the emperor actually brought up the old things again, and this time, he obviously could not make excuses.

So after a while of silence, he thought carefully: "I think Lord Li is mostly innocent."

"How can I see it?"

"Because he is not that kind of person, and he is rich, the money to resell military equipment is not enough for him to earn himself." His understanding of Li Ling is still above Lu Zhen. After all, there are spies all over the world, and Li Ling's business is not shameful, so he was naturally investigated clearly.

"Yes, he is innocent, but he is definitely not innocent." The emperor suddenly said something a bit contradictory, but Wei Tang didn't answer this time, even if he knew what was in the words.

"Since the prince feels that targeting him can bring heavy damage to Lao Qi, let's take a look." The emperor's words stunned Wei Tang. Could it be that His Majesty decided to help the prince this time?

But as soon as this idea was started, the emperor said softly: "But whether it can be achieved depends on his own ability and fortune. Wei Tang, tomorrow morning, you will go to the Political Affairs Hall to issue an imperial edict, and say that Li Ling's case is of great importance and cannot be despised. Let the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and the Censorate jointly hear it. Within five days, I will have a result!" As he said that, he added: "Also, let the Ministry of Revenue, Transportation Department and other yamen send people to the trial."
Chapter completed!