I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 134 The final conclusion
Fan Xian was furious when someone threatened to kill his entire family.

But Wu Zhu's words calmed him down.

"Fan Xian, I can't beat him."

Unable to defeat even the strongest force around him, Fan Xian had no choice but to bow his head. He glanced at Chen Pingping opposite him, still unwilling to give up and asked, "Is there no room for maneuver?"

"If I plot to kill your father, will you let me go?"

Li Chengzong sneered and said coldly: "Fan Xian, don't be too greedy. Your mother has used up all her kindness. She let your Fan family go because we are half fellow villagers."

Fan Xian remained silent.

Put yourself in his shoes. If he were Li Chengzong, he would not only not let Chen Pingping go, but he would not let anyone else go either.

Li Chengzong stopped paying attention to Fan Xian and looked at Chen Pingping, asking curiously, "President Chen, have you found out the truth of that year?"

Chen Pingping poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all in one gulp as if he was drinking a beheading wine, and said with a smile: "I have found out."

"Then why didn't you touch my grandma and uncle?" Li Chengzong was really curious.

You know, in the Taiping Villa case, although Emperor Qing was the driving force behind it, the ones who did it were the Qin family, the Queen Mother and others. Since Chen Pingping wanted to avenge Ye Qingmei, he should not let the Queen Mother and Qin Ye go.

Chen Pingping smiled sadly: "I understand your character to some extent. If you attack General Qin and the Queen Mother, I am also afraid of your crazy revenge. But I didn't expect Fan Xian to participate in the Dadongshan assassination. If Fan Xian didn't participate in it, would your Highness let Fan Xian take over the Supervisory Council?"

can you?

No, Fan Xian has too much power, so much that it can threaten the imperial power.

It can be said that if he had not appeared today, the prince would not have been able to sit on the throne safely.

This is Fan Xian’s power, even greater than that of his mother back then.

Whether as the emperor or as the royal family's trump card, he would never let Fan Xian take over the Supervisory Council.

Li Chengzong shook his head: "No, the power of the Supervisory Council is too great, and the power he controls has already posed a huge threat to my Li royal family. Of course, if he had not been involved, I would have shared the power in my hands and maybe let him be the prime minister."

Chen Pingping was stunned for a moment, then said with some regret: "The Prime Minister is not bad. I have always believed that Your Highness and Fan Xian are the best match, but unfortunately, God does not always agree with us. After all, man proposes, God disposes."

Chen Pingping sighed, took another sip of wine, and couldn't help coughing. He coughed for a long time before he stopped and suddenly asked, "Your Highness, do you think he will regret it?"

"Do you regret having joined him, being loyal to him, and saving him from danger many times?"

Chen Pingping was stunned, a look of nostalgia appeared on his face. After a long time, he slowly said: "When your majesty was young, you had a clear and broad mind, treated people with sincerity, and treated your subordinates very well. I, an old minister, have a strange personality. As long as people treat me well, I will treat them well, so I have no regrets!"

Li Chengzong nodded and replied, "Based on my understanding of the old man, he will not regret it. You have been his subject for many years, and you should know him well. With his character, he will not blame himself for his mistakes."

"Yes, he always finds the right reasons to put the blame on others. If it was Your Highness, would you kill her?"

"There's actually no point in asking this. You should know why the old man killed her."

After investigating for so many years, I have found out everything clearly.

The reason why Emperor Qing wanted to kill Ye Qingmei was not only because the power in Ye Qingmei's hands threatened his power, but also because he could take advantage of Ye Qingmei's death to wipe out the old powerful forces in Kyoto.

Didn’t you see that the power of the Queen and the Queen Mother’s maternal family was completely slaughtered after that?

Chen Pingping nodded and asked again, "Would Your Highness kill her?"

Li Chengzong shook his head without even thinking about it and said, "No, Ye Qingmei is the most extraordinary woman in the world. It would be a pity to kill her. The key is that I don't care about the throne. I can give it to her as long as she can pass the throne to my descendants of the Li family. But I am not an old man after all, so your assumption is meaningless."

Chen Pingping smiled, probably because he remembered Ye Qingmei's tragic ending, and sighed, "In my life, I have never seen a woman like her. She descended to this mortal world like a fairy, trying her best to change what she thought should be changed and save what she thought should be saved. She helped him, saved me, saved Qing, and made the world better... She was a great person, but he destroyed her and killed her in the end. He deserves to die."

When saying these words, Chen Pingping did not feel any anger, only a deep sense of vicissitudes and sadness.

"When I was planning to kill him, I never thought about living. Yan Bingyun is a good man and is loyal to Qing Kingdom. Your Highness can hand over the Supervisory Council to him in the future. I hope Your Highness can lead Qing Kingdom to a further step." After Chen Pingping finished speaking, he closed his eyes calmly.

Li Chengzong ignored Chen Pingping and turned to look at Ye Liuyun.

"Uncle, what are your plans for the future?"

"Your Highness, won't you kill me for revenge?"

"You didn't do anything, didn't you? Besides, the Ye family is the backbone of our Qing country. I won't do anything that will destroy the Great Wall."

"Then can you let me out... Forget it, I'd better stay in Kyoto. After drifting on the sea for so many years, it's also good to stay in Kyoto to retire." Seeing Li Chengzong suddenly smile, Ye Liuyun changed his words in time.

"Thank you for your understanding, uncle. Besides, my daughter is still young. I can't let her wander around with an old man like you. And even if I agree, her mother won't agree."

Ye Liuyun was immediately delighted: "Your Highness, have you agreed?"

"I agree. Pick a date and I'll let Jingyue become your disciple."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your help." Ye Liuyun smiled happily. He thought that keeping him here today was a Hongmen Banquet and his life might be in danger, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise.

"It is also Jingyun's luck to have a great master as his teacher."

Li Chengzong smiled and added, "Ten years, maybe. After ten years, I will set my uncle free. You can go wherever you want."

Ye Liuyun took the initiative to raise his glass and toasted, and said with emotion: "If you and His Majesty didn't look so much alike, I would have thought you were not his biological son. His Majesty is far inferior to you!"

Li Chengzong didn't know how to comment on his own father, so he simply skipped the topic and called him Uncle Wang.

Prince Jing was suddenly shocked: "Zong'er, I have nothing to do with the assassination."

Li Chengzong was speechless, "Uncle Wang, what are you thinking? How can I not understand you? Even if you have the intention, you don't have the courage."

"Right, right, right... No, you are indirectly calling me a coward!"

Prince Jing was happy at first, then angry, and finally couldn't help laughing: "Tell me what you want me to do. I won't do anything that's too difficult."

After all, they have been together for so many years. Since Li Chengzong knew that he had nothing to do with the assassination, then he suddenly called him, so there must be something for him to do, Prince Jing was very sure.

"You are the Minister of the Imperial Clan, please do me a favor and call the clan members to Beijing to open the ancestral temple and remove Li Chengqian from the list."

Li Chengqian stood up and angrily asked, "Li Chengzong, what do you mean?"

"Do you think that I don't know what you did because I wasn't in Kyoto? Let's not talk about your plot to assassinate the emperor. Just talking about your affair with Li Yunrui, it was enough to expel you from the clan. If the Queen Mother hadn't pleaded for you, you would be dead now. You still have the nerve to yell at me here. Who gave you the courage?"

Li Chengzong's tone was flat, but every word he said sounded like thunder in Li Chengqian's ears. He finally sat down powerlessly, his expression dazed, like a puddle of mud.

"Big brother, second brother, fourth brother, after you go back today, think carefully about the path you want to take in the future. Submit a plan within three days, and I will talk to you then. Especially second brother, you must think carefully. This is the last chance I give you. Don't let me down again. Second brother, you are not the crown prince, and grandma may not protect you."

"Don't worry, third brother. I understand everything." Li Chengze said with a wry smile.

He felt that his third brother was still too reserved. It was not just a "maybe" but a "definitely" that he would not.

He is different from the crown prince. No matter what, the crown prince has half the blood of the empress dowager's maternal family, and can be said to be the last male offspring of the empress dowager's maternal family.

This is why the Queen Mother protected the Prince to the death.

The boss didn't say anything and just kept drinking. It was obvious that he hadn't recovered from Fan Xian's deception.

As for the younger brother Li Chengping, he said simply: "Third brother, I don't need to think about it. I will just follow you and do whatever you tell me to do."

"Go back and ask your mother first."

"No need to ask, my mother will definitely agree." Li Chengping smiled confidently, and then said with some embarrassment: "Third brother...can I ask you for a favor?"

"explain."

"It's my aunt, can you please let me off?"

Li Chengzong didn't react for a moment and asked, "Your aunt?"

"It's the aunt from the Fan family."

Li Chengzong suddenly realized and said, "Although everyone in the Fan family must leave Qing State and never set foot in Qing State again, otherwise they will be killed, but since you have asked for mercy, I will of course give you face. However, your aunt may not be willing to stay. Not to mention that Fan Sizhe is now in Northern Qi, just because she is in love, she will most likely leave with Fan Jian."

"What is love brain?"

"It's for men that you can give up everything."

"My aunt won't do that?"

"Who knows? Anyway, she can leave or stay."

"Thank you, third brother."

Li Chengzong shook his head, indicating that he was not to be thanked, and stood up and said, "Old Hong, ask the two Grand Secretaries Shu and Hu and Li Yunrui to wait for me in the Imperial Study. I will first send Dean Chen to the Supervisory Council. That's all for today, and everyone can go home."

The crowd dispersed, but the dark clouds in the sky did not disperse. Instead, a light rain began to fall.

Outside the square building of the Supervisory Council, autumn rain was also falling, and it was getting colder and colder.

Yan Bingyun stood by the window. He had torn off the black cloth that had been covering the window and threw it at his feet, making the originally dark room much brighter.

He looked quietly in the direction of the palace and issued orders calmly and forcefully.

With the trust of Chen Pingping and Fan Xian, he has already gained a lot of power in the Supervisory Council. However, even with this power, he is still unable to suppress the ghost fire that is burning inside the Supervisory Council, the black ghost fire that arises from the hearts of those officials wearing black official uniforms.

Fortunately, Yan Bingyun had made sufficient preparations beforehand. Most of the senior officials of the Supervisory Council who were extremely loyal to Chen Pingping had been detained by him in advance, otherwise it would have been even more difficult to control the Supervisory Council.

In fact, he still couldn't believe that Dean Chen, whom he admired so much, would betray Qing Kingdom and plot to kill His Majesty.

But whether he believed it or not, it didn't matter anymore. The most important thing now was that he had to keep this yard.

Even if he is unable to take over this courtyard in the end, Yan Bingyun hopes that he can make it as complete as possible.

No one knows what the Third Prince will do, and no one can fight against the Third Prince and the powerful state apparatus of Qing Kingdom, even though the Supervisory Council is the most powerful link in this apparatus.

Dean Chen has lost his mind!
Yan Bingyun let out a long sigh, and just as he was about to go out, Wang Qinian ran over.

"Master Xiaoyan, the Third Prince and Dean Chen are here."

Perhaps because he didn't expect Chen Pingping to come back, Yan Bingyun was stunned and hurriedly took Wang Qinian to welcome the future new king.

"Meet His Majesty the Third Prince." x2
Li Chengzong waved his hands and jokingly said, "Wang Qinian, you are Fan Xian's trusted and beloved general, how come you are not imprisoned?"

Wang Qinian quickly expressed his loyalty and said, "Third Prince, I am loyal to the Kingdom of Qing."

Li Chengzong smiled faintly, "Fan Xian is probably going to Northern Qi. If you go with him, you should be able to get along better than in Qing. Since we have a good relationship, I can let your wife and daughter go with you."

"You didn't kill Lord Xiao Fan?" Wang Qinian's face was full of surprise.

"No, I exiled the whole family. After all, I still stand on his mother's side when it comes to his mother."

Wang Qinian smiled, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but I'd better forget it. After all, I am a Qing countryman and I will not go to Northern Qi with Master Fan."

Li Chengzong nodded and jokingly said, "Come to think of it, since you love money so much, you won't sell information to Fan Xian in the future, right?"

"I can swear on the life and death of my wife and daughter that I will never do that."

"It's just a joke, don't take it seriously. Are you and Lord Yan busy? If not, come along."

"Yes, Your Highness." x2
Li Chengzong pushed Chen Pingping in a wheelchair and wandered around aimlessly. The sound of the special wheelchair rolling over the bluestone slabs was very small, but it seemed particularly loud in today's Supervisory Council.

When seeing the wheelchair, no matter who you are, you can't help but stop, take a look at the man in the wheelchair, then salute the man pushing the wheelchair, and hurriedly go about your own business.

After walking around for a while, Chen Pingping couldn't help himself and spoke first.

"How does Your Highness intend to deal with this old minister?"

Li Chengzong stopped and said, "President Chen, to be honest, I am a little disappointed with the Supervisory Council in your hands. It is too dark in the Supervisory Council. It is almost like the prisons of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice. It shouldn't be like this."

"I am very curious, what does the Overwatch Council look like in your mind?"

"In my mind, the Supervisory Commission is a place that can make decisions for the people, a bright and dignified place, not a knife in the hand of the emperor, a knife that makes the people afraid to enter."

Li Chengzong sighed: "In my opinion, Ye Qingmei's expectation for the Supervisory Office should be that it can become the Procuratorate of Qing State, but you turned the Supervisory Office into a Jinyiwei."

"Forgive my ignorance, Your Highness, could you please explain in detail?"

"In the future, take a closer look at the stone tablet at the door and think about why it is placed at the door of the Supervisory Council instead of somewhere else."

"after?"

Chen Pingping was stunned and said, "Your Highness won't kill me?"

"Why would I kill you? We've already talked about the grudges between your previous generation, so it should be settled by your previous generation. If you win, it's your ability. Of course, if you let Fan Xian get involved, the situation will change a bit."

Li Chengzong sighed and said, "Actually, when I learned that the old man had died, I actually thought about killing you, but I just couldn't get over it. After all, in the matter of Ye Qingmei, I really think the old man deserves to die. But I'll let you go. I think you might go to Northern Qi with Fan Xian, which would have a huge impact on my Qing Kingdom. I definitely can't let you go, but I can't bring myself to kill you, so just be a good teacher and teach Yan Bingyun more in the future so that he can take control of the Supervisory Council as soon as possible. If possible, how about taking you in as a student?"

"Could it be the young prince?"

"As expected of Chen Pingping, please consider it."

Chen Pingping didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your Highness values ​​me so much, if I still need to consider it, it would be ungrateful."

"Okay, I'll find some time to let that kid become my disciple."

"But I'm afraid I won't be able to explain to the court officials that Your Highness let me go like this."

"Fan Xian and the Crown Prince colluded to assassinate the emperor. What does this have to do with you, Chen Pingping?"

The assassination by Fan Xian and the Crown Prince was Li Chengzong's final conclusion that Emperor Qing died in Mount Dadong.

As for the death from illness announced by the court... he could only say that it was ridiculous and not even a fool would believe it.

"Your Highness, this is inappropriate. If Fan Xian is branded as a patriarch, his life will be ruined."

As expected of Mr. Fan, he always thinks about his "son" Fan Xian.

Li Chengzong curled his lips and said, "This is the truth. Am I wrong? You must know that Fan Xian shot the old man on Mount Dadong. If he dared to do it, he should take the responsibility."

Chen Pingping was silent.

He also knew what happened on Mount Dadong and could not find any reason to refute it.

"In short, the old man was assassinated and must be given an explanation to the world. It just so happens that Fan Xian and the prince also stabbed the emperor and killed his father, so they are the most suitable to give an explanation."

(End of this chapter)