Quick Wear: The host is both a dog and ruthless

Chapter 327 A powerful official dressed as a man 1

At that time, Emperor Qing looked at Yu Yan for a long time, and then tacitly allowed her to continue to be a spy.

At this time, Prince Lu knew that his plan had completely failed. He was very aware of the situation and immediately hugged Emperor Qing's thigh and begged for mercy.

"Father, I was wrong. I just can't accept it. I have participated in politics for many years, but in the end you want to make my seventh brother the crown prince. I just can't accept it. I don't really want to harm my seventh brother."

It doesn’t matter if he loses this time, he still has a trump card, and he will definitely get everything he wants next time.

Minister Zhang also quickly pleaded for mercy, saying that as long as His Highness was there, they still had hope.

"Your Majesty, Prince Lu has been giving you advice and helping you maintain a stable court for so many years. Even if he has no merits, he has worked hard! Please forgive him this time!"

Emperor Qing had a cold expression on his face and completely ignored the two people's pleas. He looked at Prince Lu again and asked calmly.

"Let's not talk about the stupid things you did for now. How do you explain the thousands of soldiers stationed on the South Mountain?"

The Dali Temple not only found secret letters and tokens from the assassins, but also found red mud that was only found in Nanshan from under the sole of one of the assassins' shoes.

This means that the assassin had been to or stayed in Nanshan in the past two days.

Following this clue, they soon discovered that someone was secretly hoarding private soldiers deep in Nanshan.

When Prince Lu heard Emperor Qing's question, his body suddenly stiffened.

His trump card was finally discovered. King Lu seemed a little dejected, but the next moment he made a last-ditch effort to defend himself.

"I don't understand what your Majesty said. I have never been to Nanshan, let alone what is there in Nanshan."

At this time, the chief eunuch beside Emperor Qing came back in a hurry, holding a box in his hand. He walked quickly to Emperor Qing and reported.

"Your Majesty, I and the commander of the Imperial Guards were ordered to search the Prince of Lu's Palace and the Shangshu's Palace, and we found these things."

As he said this, he placed the box in his hand in front of Emperor Qing and opened it.

Not to mention what Emperor Qing looked like, when Prince Lu and Minister Zhang heard these words and saw the things in the box, their originally angry and aggrieved faces instantly turned pale.

When Emperor Qing looked at the evidence, he realized that he had underestimated his son over the years.

The evidence showed that he not only assassinated Chen'er and other princes many times, but also formed cliques to increase his own power, and even stockpiled a large number of private soldiers in Nanshan a few years ago.

The money he used to support his private soldiers came from the money his uncle, Shangshu Zhang, embezzled from taxes and the national treasury.

Holding the account book of Shangshu Zhang's embezzlement and bribery, and looking at the amount of money on it that amounted to tens of millions of taels, Emperor Qing's hands were shaking with anger.

He directly smashed a teacup on Zhang Shangshu's head. Seeing the blood pouring out of Zhang Shangshu's head was not enough to calm his anger at the moment.

He didn't expect that they would do so many unscrupulous things that harmed the people right under his nose. They were so bold and presumptuous.

Emperor Qing was furious and directly threw Shangshu Zhang into death cell and ordered a search and confiscation of the Shangshu's mansion.

Prince Lu looked at Shangshu Zhang who was being dragged away, and knew that he could not escape death. He began to throw away all hope, and while laughing wildly, he stood up and pointed at Emperor Qing and questioned him.

"Father, although I failed, I don't think I did anything wrong. You are the one who caused me to be like this. Father, you are too partial. We are both your sons. How can I be inferior to Nangong Chen? Just because I am not the legitimate son of the Empress, I am not worthy of being the Crown Prince. Is this fair?"

Originally, Emperor Qing was already disheartened by Prince Lu's crimes, but he did not expect that Prince Lu was still so stubborn and would say such heartbreaking words.

Emperor Qing was furious and slapped him hard in the face.

Emperor Qing felt that he had never looked down on him and had always entrusted him with important tasks. Although he had no intention of letting him inherit the throne, he was also doing his best to train him.

As long as he behaves himself, he will still have the dignity of a prince.

The decision to make Nangong Chen the crown prince was not only because he was his only legitimate son, but also because he was the child born to his beloved woman.

In order to stabilize the court, he had to marry concubines he did not love and could not give the woman he loved the promise of being together for the rest of their lives.

All he could do was to help their son inherit the throne and make him the supreme leader of the dynasty.

Moreover, the child has a kind heart. Even if he doesn't create a new prosperous dynasty, he can still protect this century-old foundation.

However, he didn't expect that his idea would make Nangong Lu so dissatisfied and even make him do so many unscrupulous things.

After this incident, Prince Lu, who originally had a place in Emperor Qing's heart, was directly rejected by him.

Although Prince Lu is the biological son of Emperor Qing, he privately stockpiled troops, formed cliques for personal gain, accepted bribes, and murdered his brothers, all of which are punishable by death.

Emperor Qing gave him poisoned wine on the spot, which saved his last bit of dignity.

After dealing with Prince Lu, the usually iron-blooded Emperor Qing couldn't help feeling a little sad, and he looked obviously much older.

Nangong Chen knew that Emperor Qing was feeling upset, so he stayed by his side silently.

Emperor Qing felt somewhat relieved when he looked at his son. He couldn't be said to be a kind father, and he had always been very strict with him, but that was a love that was so deep and strict that it was the deepest love a father could have!

"Chen'er, Yu Yan..." Emperor Qing wanted to explain to his son that Yu Yan was not his man, nor was he sent to monitor him.

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, Nangong Chen, who looked anxious, interrupted him.

"Father, Yuyan did not lead me astray on purpose. All my thoughts and strategies on governing a country were taught to me by Yuyan. He treats me very well."

When Emperor Qing saw his son was so nervous, his face suddenly darkened and he looked at him in a deep voice.

"Oh, is that so? His kindness to you means taking you to roam the streets all day long without doing your job? He also takes you to brothels, gambling houses and other dirty places. Is this what a subject should do?"

Nangong Chen saw that Emperor Qing had a gloomy expression on his face and felt that Yu Yan would be chopped off in the next second, which was not what he wanted to see.

So he changed his usual cowardly and silly appearance and defended Yuyan in front of Emperor Qing.

"Father, you misunderstood Yu Yan. He took me to brothels again and again so that I could discern people's hearts. He took me to the streets all day to watch the fun so that I could understand the people's feelings. He took me to gamble so that I could be decisive and ruthless. In short, I believe in Lord Yu, and everything he does is for my own good."

After saying this, he looked at Emperor Qing with a look of undoubted conviction.

Emperor Qing: …………

I used to think my son was a fool, but today I discovered that he is a naive person.

In this way, will the prince really not ruin the great empire he has worked so hard to build?

The emperor was silent for a long time, sighed deeply, and finally patted the prince on the shoulder and left.