Daqing: Reborn Prince, intercepting Si Lili at the beginning

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty!" Fan Xian realized something and looked at Li Chengyuan. He suddenly felt a congestion in his brain and his mouth was dry.

Li Chengyuan no longer hid the truth from him and directly admitted, "That's right, you are not Minister Fan's son. Your biological father is the current emperor. According to seniority, you should be the current fourth prince!"

"Fourth Prince?" Fan Xian stared at Li Chengyuan. "So, what do you say..."

Li Chengyuan nodded and said, "It's just as you think. I'm your twin brother!"

Fan Xian's whole body trembled, and then a sentence came out of his mouth.

"No, why are you my brother?"

Li Chengyuan: “???”

"No, no!" Fan Xian waved his hands hastily, "Sorry, I'm a little confused!"

Fan Xian rubbed his face, turned to look at Wu Zhu and asked, "Uncle, is what His Highness said true?"

"Yes!" Wu Zhu said, "The young lady did give birth to twins, and he is indeed your biological brother. I can feel the same blood in you!"

"So that's how it is!" Fan Xian took a deep breath, his mind in a mess.

When Fan Xian learned that Li Chengyuan had been secretly helping him, he thought of many possibilities.

He even thought that Li Chengyuan was not actually the emperor's son, but another illegitimate son of Fan Jian!

As it turned out, Li Chengyuan was indeed his brother, but he was his twin brother.

This fact really made Fan Xian unable to recover for a while.

"What is going on? Uncle, have you been hiding this from me all these years?"

Wu Zhu shook his head and said, "I didn't hide anything from you. I had forgotten all about these things, but I only remembered them after seeing Li Chengyuan!"

Li Chengyuan stepped forward and said, "Okay, don't worry about it, I'll tell you what's going on!"

Li Chengyuan came and sat down next to Fan Xian, then put his arm around Fan Xian's shoulders and said, "Did you see the stone tablet that our mother erected at the entrance to the Inspection Institute?"

"Of course!" Fan Xian nodded.

Li Chengyuan said: "What is written on that stone tablet is the cause of our mother's death!"

"What?" Fan Xian was shocked.

"That's perfectly normal!" Li Chengyuan said, "You've seen our mother's ideals. Do you think an emperor could tolerate such ideals?"

Fan Xian's mind buzzed.

Li Chengyuan's words made him think of many things at once.

Yup!

Their mother Ye Qingmei wants to create a society where everyone is equal.

But in a society where everyone is equal, the biggest enemy is the royal family.

In other words, Ye Qingmei's remarks were almost equivalent to digging up the roots of the royal family. To put it bluntly, these remarks were almost tantamount to rebellion.

What’s even more cruel about Ye Qingmei is that she not only said this, but also did it.

Her original intention in establishing the Inspection Institute was to realize this ideal.

It’s a pity that no emperor can tolerate such an ideal.

So the final consequence was that Ye Qingmei was ruthlessly liquidated.

The principle is very simple. With Fan Xian's intelligence, he immediately thought of the key.

Fan Xian swallowed his saliva with a dry mouth, looked at Li Chengyuan, and said in great shock:

"Your Highness, are you saying that the murderer of our mother is the current emperor?"

Li Chengyuan nodded and said, "I don't have any evidence, but based on the results of my private investigations over the years, this is indeed possible!

So all these years, I have actually not been liked by His Majesty.

He made me a king so that I could be the whetstone for the prince.

He let you come to Beijing just to use you to stir up the political situation.

So when you first came to Beijing, I was targeting you.

Because, if His Majesty is really the real murderer behind the murder of our mother, then he definitely doesn't want to see us two brothers join forces!

So the more I target you, the safer you will be!"

"So that's how it is!" Fan Xian breathed a sigh of relief. Everything made sense now. "No!"

Fan Xian suddenly asked doubtfully, "But, Your Highness, if that's the case, why do you want me to be your retainer now?"

Li Chengyuan shook his head and said, "I don't want to either, but this is not my intention, it's your majesty's intention!"

"Your Majesty?" Fan Xian's expression changed slightly.

Li Chengyuan nodded and said, "I still haven't figured this out.

His Majesty must have a plan for letting us two brothers join forces.

However, His Majesty's layout and calculations have always been subtle and unclear, and it is impossible to see through them until the very end.

I'm just following orders now, responding to situations as they arise!"

"I see!" Fan Xian suddenly realized something and took a deep breath. He then asked, "Your Highness, besides His Majesty, was there anyone else who murdered our mother?"

"Of course there are!" Li Chengyuan said, "Besides Your Majesty, there are many others, but most of them are just my guesses. There is no evidence, so I won't mention them for now.

But there is one person, even though I don't have any evidence, I'm sure she's one of the masterminds!"

"Who?" Fan Xian asked in a deep voice.

"Princess Li Yunrui!"

"I knew it was her!" Fan Xian gritted his teeth.

Fan Xian already hated Li Yunrui, and now he hated him even more, to the point that he no longer wanted to endure it.

"Your Highness, why don't you think of a way to kill this woman?"

Li Chengyuan nodded and said, "I have the same idea. Don't worry, I already have a plan.

Tomorrow, go to the Inspection Office and tell Dean Chen that we can secretly go to his house tonight and have a meeting together. Oh, and bring Wang Qinian with you too!"

"Why bring Wang Qinian with you?"

Li Chengyuan said: "I promised to tell him the truth!"

"Hmm?" Fan Xian came to his senses again and said speechlessly, "Your Highness, don't tell me you and Old Wang know each other too?"

Li Chengyuan smiled and said, "Before you came to Beijing, Lao Wang was already my retainer. He was chosen by me and Chen Pingping to be your guide. Of course, he was sincerely helping you!"

Fan Xian: "..."

Good man, he finally knows that there are schemes everywhere around him!

"Okay, it's getting late. You and Uncle Wuzhu should go back first! If there's anything, we can talk about it tomorrow night!"

"Okay!" Fan Xian nodded, then asked, "Your Highness, what about this box and the letter..."

Li Chengyuan said, "Take everything. I won't need it. But don't close the box. I've sent the key back. If you close it, it won't open!"

"Understood!" Fan Xian walked over, packed up all the things, then separated the box with books to prevent it from closing automatically, then tied it up with a rope and carried it on his back.

Fan Xian, carrying the suitcase, came to Li Chengyuan and suddenly hugged him, saying emotionally, "Brother, thank you!"

Li Chengyuan said with disdain: "Alright, alright, that's cheesy, let's go!"

"Hey, okay!"

P.S. Guys, here are 17000 words. My mind is muddled and I can't write anymore. I'll continue tomorrow!

Chapter 153: The God of Poetry, the Immortal Poet, and the Sage of Literature! Crazy Kyoto! Promoted to Prince?

The next day, early in the morning, public opinion throughout Kyoto exploded.

The Third Prince achieved the titles of Poet Immortal, Poet God, and Literary Sage last night.

Although the title of "Literary Saint" is currently only recognized by the literary circles of Qing Kingdom.

However, the Immortal Poet and the God of Poetry had already been recognized by both the Qi State and the Dongyi envoys.

So when they heard the news, almost all the literati and poets in Qing Kingdom were shocked.

Especially in the literary and official circles of Qing Kingdom, it was as lively as New Year's Day early in the morning.

Among them, the ones who reacted the most were not the scholars and students, but some officials from the Ministry of Rites!

Last night's banquet was actually originally prepared for the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites.

However, some officials from the Ministry of Rites did not attend the dinner because they were not involved in the negotiations.

After all, this kind of occasion is actually for socializing and many people don't like such occasions.

However, this morning, those officials from the Ministry of Rites who did not attend heard that at the banquet last night, the Third Prince had written a complete article on "The Great Learning", discussed etiquette in public, and even used reason to make the Qi noble Zhuang Mohan so angry that he vomited blood.

Every one of the officials who did not go beat their chests and stamped their feet in regret.

Some officials who had lost their defense even ran to the Honglu Temple to make a scene, saying that it was their fault that they had taken up the banquet spots.

A dinner like this should be a special event for the Ministry of Rites!

They are a bunch of vulgar people in the Honglu Temple. They can only bark and know nothing about etiquette.

It would be a waste of time for them to go to this dinner!

Will they understand when they go there?

How can a group of wild boars eat fine bran?

Then these words angered the officials of the Honglu Temple.

What are you talking about?

What do you mean the officials from the Honglu Temple can only bark?

Do they also understand what humility is and what it means to be a great country?

Aren’t they the ones who receive foreign envoys when they come to Kyoto?

When did they fail to be rude?