I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 60 On Ye Qingmei
The murder of Lin Gong caused today's morning court to be quite chaotic, and many people stood up to impeach him.

There were many targets of impeachment, including the city guards, Kyoto garrisons, the Supervisory Council, etc. Any department that had the responsibility to guard Kyoto was impeached, and Chen Pingping from the Supervisory Council was the most impeached.

It is worth mentioning that Lin Ruofu, the prime minister who did not attend court because his son died, was also impeached.

The person who impeached him was the now famous Qingtian Yushi Lai Mingcheng. Adhering to the principle of reporting matters upon hearing news, Lai Mingcheng believed that Lin Gong was a traitor and requested an imperial decree to thoroughly investigate the Lin family. The court was quite lively and chaotic.

Emperor Qing sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, watching the chaos in the morning court, his mind hardly fluctuating at all.

After learning about this yesterday, he had thought a lot about it.

In his opinion, it was not a bad thing but a good thing to make a fuss about Lin Gong's death.

The assassination he had arranged before was too obvious, and now Lin Gong’s death is more suitable as an excuse to declare war on Northern Qi than the assassination he had arranged.

So Emperor Qing, who had already made plans in mind, watched the court officials quarreling for a while, then hastily ended the morning court and summoned Fan Xian to the palace.

After entering the palace, Fan Xian was given an official position as Assistant Law Officer of the Taichang Temple. Afterwards, he went straight to the Lin family and acted out a half-true and half-false play, thus initially gaining Lin Ruofu's trust.

When he came out, he met Wang Qinian who said that the prince had gone to the Supervisory Council.

"What is the prince doing in the Overwatch Council?"

Dingwangfu.

Li Chengzong at the dinner table was also asking this question.

In the original plot, Si Lili was detained in the Supervisory Office, and Li Chengqian went to find Si Lili to ask Fan Xian whether he knew that the real murderer behind the Niulan Street assassination was Lin Gong.

Now the plot has changed. All the powerful people in Kyoto know why Fan Xian went to the Lin Mansion. Even if the prince pretended to be ignorant, Si Lili was not in the Supervisory Council and was now having lunch with him. Why did the prince go to the Supervisory Council?
"It is said that the prince does not trust the Overwatch Council and wants to take the body away to investigate Lin Gong's murder himself."

"Going there with such fanfare, just for Lin Gong's body?" Li Chengzong was a little confused about the prince's actions.

"That's what the prince said. He was about to resort to force against the Supervisory Council, but Chen Pingping arrived in time to stop the prince."

Compared with the prince's affairs, Li Chengzong cared more about Chen Pingping.

"Chen Pingping has returned to the Supervisory Council?"

"Yes, Master."

"Now that Chen Pingping is back, we should also go to the Supervisory Council."

The Supervisory Office is on Tianhe Street, which is also a relatively lively place in Kyoto City. However, the Supervisory Office is too famous in Qing Country, and no one is willing to come to this place. Therefore, the area around the Supervisory Office is very quiet, and there are almost no people to be seen.

Li Chengzong came to the Supervisory Council without making a big scene. He only brought Si Lili, Zhao Huai'en, and Li Yi, as well as an imperial edict.

After getting off the carriage, Li Chengzong asked Li Yi to call Chen Pingping, and then he took the two of them to the tall stone tablet at the entrance of the Supervisory Yuan.

"I hope that the laws of Qing are established for the people, not tolerated because of nobility, not deprived because of poverty, no unjustified injustice, no forced crime, respect the law like a sword, break the evil spirits and worship, and do not seek gods."

Hearing Si Lili reading the inscription in a low voice, Li Chengzong glanced at her and found that her expression was very complicated, with a mixture of longing, admiration for the person who erected the monument, emotion, etc.

"I hope that the people of Qing will follow the truth, know etiquette, and keep a benevolent heart... I hope that there will be no more oppression and bondage in this world... I hope that one day, everyone will be born equal, and there will be no distinction between noble and humble. Protecting life and pursuing light is what I wish for. Although there are thousands of twists and turns, we will not be afraid to move forward. We are born equal and everyone is like a dragon."

Si Lili read the entire inscription slowly with a solemn expression. She was silent for a long time before she spoke.

"The person who erected this inscription is admirable, but it's a pity that it's impossible to achieve."

"It is indeed admirable, but unfortunately the world she hopes for is only a vision and cannot be realized."

Looking in the direction where the voice came from, I saw a man covered in black and wearing a mask pushing a wheelchair. Sitting in the wheelchair was a man with gray hair, pale face, lightning eyes, and full of majesty.

This person was none other than Chen Pingping, who was second only to the emperor in Qing State.

Li Chengzong glanced at him, and said with emotion after reading the inscription: "Although it is just a vision and impossible to achieve, Ye Qingmei is still very admirable for daring to think so and working hard for it."

The world desired by the inscription, even the world where Ye Qingmei and Li Chengzong lived, is impossible to appear. Such a world can only appear in dreams, and most people dare not even think about it.

Ye Qingmei not only thought about it, but also made efforts for it, wanting to build Qing Kingdom into such a world, but she failed in the end.

She actually knew that she couldn't succeed. After all, human nature determined that such a world would not exist.

But she still did it, not for herself, but for the ordinary people of the world.

You may not like such people, but you cannot help but admire them.

"After all, there are only a few people in the world who think like the Third Princess. Many people think she is ridiculous."

"I think she's ridiculous, too."

"Huh?" Chen Pingping indicated that she didn't understand.

"A person who has a dream and works hard for it should not be laughed at, but her behavior makes me feel ridiculous."

In Li Chengzong's opinion, Ye Qingmei is actually quite stupid.

Since he came out of the temple and witnessed the cruelty and ignorance of feudal society and tried to change the status quo of feudal society, he should find someone who is easy to control, but he chose Emperor Qing, the poisonous snake.

Moreover, knowing Emperor Qing's personality and knowing that he was difficult to control, she not only did not want to run away, but also fell in love with Emperor Qing and gave birth to a son with him. This is really hard to understand.

A true heroine should think about how to become an emperor, not the emperor's woman, and rely on men to change the world. Do you really think that women can rely on men to change the world? Even novels don't dare to write like this. Ye Qingmei is lucky to have modern thinking.

Li Chengzong slowly turned around, looked at Chen Pingping who was sitting in a wheelchair, and asked, "Do you know how she died?"

Chen Pingping is a person with extremely complex psychology. He is also one of the most popular characters in Joy of Life and is one of the "Fan Dads".

In terms of means, he is no less than Emperor Qing, and his control over people's hearts is extremely powerful.

But he was a little confused about why Li Chengzong suddenly asked this, so he had to tell the truth.

"She was stabbed to death."

Li Chengzong laughed: "In my opinion, she died because of her own stupidity. She shouldn't have come to Qing Kingdom in the first place, and she shouldn't have relied on others. If she wanted to change the world, she should have become the emperor herself."

Why did Ye Qingmei die?
First of all, she touched the interests of too many powerful people.

If she tried to change Qing Kingdom according to her ideas, nine out of ten powerful people would want to kill her.

Secondly, she had too much power in her hands.

She posed a threat to the imperial power, and no emperor could tolerate her unless she became emperor herself.

More importantly, the powerful force in her hands is not the power of the army.

After all, she is a modern person, and she doesn't even understand that political power comes from the barrel of a gun. If she doesn't die, who will?

Among the people present, except Zhao Huai'en and Li Yi who showed no sign of reaction, the other three were stunned by Li Chengzong's words.

Among them, Chen Pingping was the first to come to his senses and said with a smile: "If the Third Prince's words today were to spread, I'm afraid he would be severely punished by His Majesty."

"It doesn't matter."

Li Chengzong turned his head and looked at the inscription, and said seriously: "Although I think some of Ye Qingmei's ideas and actions are stupid, but judging from what is written on the inscription and the efforts she has made for the world written on the inscription, I still admire her very much. As the president of the Supervisory Council, you should not let this monument gather dust."

After hearing what Li Chengzong said, Chen Pingping fell silent, which made him think of the person in his heart again.

Why say it again?

Because he had met Fan Xian before and had thought about it once.

"I have always believed that no matter what ideals and dreams you have, only when people are alive can there be hope of realizing them. If people are dead, everything is just empty talk."

Li Chengzong retracted his gaze and said with a smile: "President Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Pingping came back to his senses and smiled, "She once said that some people are alive but already dead, and some people are dead but still alive. As long as a beam of light appears, more lights will appear. Third Prince, what do you think?"

"That's true, but you, the president of the Overwatch Council, have let the inscriptions gather dust. Where is the light she mentioned?"

"I think the Third Prince and Fan Xian are the light she said."

Although Li Chengzong and Ye Qingmei are not from the same world, Li Chengzong's understanding of Ye Qingmei is deeper than anyone else in this world.

The world that Ye Qingmei envisions is the world that most ordinary people dream of.

We are all born equal, and everyone is like a dragon.

Sounds wonderful, doesn't it?

But you can just listen to this kind of talk, after all, people have to live in the real world.

"The world she envisioned cannot be realized, and I will not be the light you mentioned."

"Whether it is or not, this old minister still has the judgment in his heart."

Just talking about the Spring Examination in the first year of the Qingli period and the Feng family case, Chen Pingping felt that Li Chengzong was very similar to the person in his memory, not to mention that he knew more. If he did not know Li Chengzong's birth origin, he would have thought that Li Chengzong, like that person, came out of the temple.

Li Chengzong was too lazy to argue and said, "Think whatever you want. I didn't come to you today to talk about Ye Qingmei. I have something important to talk to you about."

Chen Pingping nodded and invited, "Third Prince, please come in."

"Your Overwatch Council doesn't allow princes to enter. You've even stopped the Crown Prince, so I, a prince, won't go in. Anyway, the Overwatch Council is meaningless now."

Li Chengzong said as he took out the imperial edict from his sleeve and handed it to Chen Pingping: "I'm too lazy to read it, you can read it yourself."

The imperial edict he asked Emperor Qing for specifically was certainly not just to snatch people from the Supervisory Council, but to clear Si Lili's identity as a secret agent from Northern Qi.

The general meaning is that Si Lili was originally a spy of Qing State, and then was sent to Qing State by Northern Qi as a spy.

Simply put, it is to create a spy identity for Si Lili.

So after reading the imperial edict, Chen Pingping couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I will ask the Supervisory Council to make arrangements for this matter and restore Miss Si Lili's status at the appropriate time."

"And one more thing."

"Your Highness, please speak."

"Dean Chen, do you still remember the name Guan Shiyu?"

(End of this chapter)