Chapter 102 (1/2)
Hearing His Majesty raise his voice et this angry, and it was even rarer for His Majesty to be so harsh towards Director Chen Chen Pingping, however, wasn’t fazed in the slightest, explaining, ”On the way back to the capital, someone in the Imperial court tried to take Si Lili away; the spy from Northern Qi who has connections with the assassination attempt on Fan Xian Because of that, I was forced to take a detour, which took more tihtly He had brought the topic to such attention, and he had now put it back to rest just as simply
The other officials initially feared that Director Chen had fallen out of favor of the emperor But after later develop’s lateness and the fact His Majesty was trying to clear the department However, at the mention of Si Lili, the officials were shocked; it was their first ti about an abduction attempt on an escorted prisoner Perhaps there really was so with Northern Qi to inflict chaos onto the political syste the case of the pri coldly
Cheng Pingping stretched his body He took a look at Lin Ruofu, before s in reply, ”Those two cases… are actually one and the same”
”How so?” Not only the eued by what Director Chen just said Only Lin Ruofu thought of so and appeared uneasy
”The pri that would be inappropriate to say now But I also wouldn’t dare hide anything from Your Majesty, so please pardonhis dried-out hand into a fist, Chen Pingping raised it to his , he said, ”When the second son was killed, he ith Wu Bo’an”
”And who is this Wu Boan? Be clear”
Wu Bo’an was quite well-known a the political circles in the capital The officials present all heard of hi around the crown prince and the second prince; for him to be with the son of the priet worried After all, everyone here were civil officials; if that rabid dog Cheng Pingping exposed sonity
Lin Ruofu still sat on the round stool His eyes were still red, but otherwise he didn’t look worried
”During the current investigation, Si Lili confessed that the one conspiring with Northern Qi was none other than Wu Bo’an The one who let the archers into the capital was the leader of the city patrol, Fang Daren The raiders we encountered outside Cangzhou City were led by a subordinate of Fang Daren’s distant cousin Fang Xiu… fro Xiu and Fang Daren carried out the plan As for why the bodies of the archers were cremated with such haste, that re else other than curiosity as to why the prime minister’s second son would meet up with the main culprit of the Fan Xian assassination case at the asped upon hearing this Guo Youzhi, the director of the Board of Rites, was the first to speak on the prime minister’s behalf, ”More like that Si Lili couldn’t handle torture and threw out a naoat, even if Wo Bo’an was connected with the previous case” Turning to the eenuinely do not believe it was suspicious in the slightest for the second son to be with Wu Bo’an After all, Wu Bo’an was a high-achieving scholar froo with many connections in the capital For Director Chen to make such baseless accusations despite the prime minister’s pain is too… unbearable! Unbearable!”
Lin Ruofu stood up and bowed to His Majesty He spoke in a pained voice, ”My son was not the most-disciplined and unpredictable But to accuse hi traitorous, I refuse to believe it no matter what” He then added, ”I have met that Wu Bo’an He was indeed a man of talents I traveled with hihts of the capital Should he have a eted?”
”Indeed” Another official shook his head ”I too have met him The man appeared proper and formal If he really turns out to be an absolute scoundrel, ould it concern the second son? Director Chen should be more mindful about his words”
Lin Ruofu was suddenly moved ”Should I have any connections with this incident,the prime minister ether Seeing the his amuseave the officials the per had already asked for pardon Furthermore, he’s not yet finished Please allow hi had always dominated the Iether Chen Pingping glanced at Lin Ruofu and said, ”I beg your pardon, prime minister I merely don’t understand The Overwatch Council could not find Wu Bo’an after days of searching, but your son was able to chat with hi on”
”Regardless, we don’t know if Wu Bo’an is the o to the , put the ping’s explanation
Seeing His Majesty taking their side, the other officials breathed a sigh of relief But Lin Ruofu was hit by the last sentence and felt a chill He knew His Majesty arning hierate the matter
This was a trade which both sides were aware of Lin Ruofu believed in Yuan Hongdao’s judge’er’s death should be unrelated to the Fan household He fell silent as he accepted the facts If the Overwatch Council really do investigate along the current trail, his position as the prirave risk