Vol 2 Chapter 299 (1/2)
Chapter 299: There is Nothing Wrong with Watching Leaves Fall
These days, the Overwatch Council was under Coyun's command They worked their hardest to unceremoniously tear the second prince's party to shreds, from the officers in his employ and all aspects of his econoe of recent events, such as the Bao Yue brothel incident and the assassination outside of the capital governrounds to courts and did all they could to bring down his business, digging deep into the swa as best they could to , as everyone expected, was for Xie Bian - one of the eight guardians of the second prince – to die in the capital government prison This created an excellent portal of opportunity for the Overwatch Council's joint committee to send three decrees to the palace The capital prefect Tian Jinghly investigated
The stupid way in which the second prince sought to save himself made the Overwatch Council able to reyun had also started to use another method as well to successfully control the cut-off point for Xinyang to support the capital It forced the Cui fa every day, so they had to use the nan to buy off a route to the north that was stopped because of Shenzhong's death Because of all this, the second prince's income saw a steep decline
On the other hand, it would be a big disadvantage for the second prince's party Although there were people ere pretty good at playing ames in his manor, they were no match to the professionals of the Overwatch Council Compared to the advocates of the Overwatch Council, the people that the manor sent out to restaurants did not really have the power to bewitch others Although the Overwatch Council was known to be cruel and their i, the populace stood firmly in Fan Xian's court They were of the mind that the second oat for the second prince This is why they thought that Fan Xian would strike back
And Hongcheng… that poor crown prince of King Jing; his reputation was no enough for others to vieith disgust Who told hi? Everyone in the capital knew that in the spring of next year, Li Hongcheng was supposed to marry the lady of the Fan family But he employed Fan Sizhe, a fourteen year old boy, to open a brothel and make him shoulder the homicides of murdered prostitutes… Who in this world could be so obscene as to use the brother of his brother-in-law in such a manner?
Now, it did not matter if you were in the field of politics or not; you could see that the second prince and his party were being beaten badly Their morale was at an all-tiht back effectively The only thing they tried to do wasthat the eldest princess controlled But the efforts of those censors were all wasted Everything that the Overwatch Council did was done under the jurisdiction and realranted Try as they did, there was nothing illegal they could find And in regards to the nighttime assassination of the three witnesses, it was a dead-end case Even though people could guess that it was most likely done by the Overwatch Council, there was no evidence to prove this assumption
The Overwatch Council's stance on that assassination was made quite clear, however Those three people were delivered to the capital government's Yamen by Commissioner Fan's family If people said there was a problemu, is ould look thehad turned out so far, Fan Xian was very pleased It would be impossible for Fan Xian to remove the second prince froe done to his reputation could not be any worse If he could weaken the second prince's power and authority to the point where he could not threaten or retaliate, and e he had done to the Fan fa to call it even
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The reason why this operation as because Chen Pingping bestowed complete authority of the Overwatch Council to Fan Xian What was ean their conception when he was still in the north in Shangjing At the start of autuyun had already done much preparation They delivered a decree that made mention of the relationshi+p between the second prince and eldest princess The Eh But this time, because of what happened with the Bao Yue brothel, Fan Xian used his anger as fuel for the advanceale force wind striking a thin wisp of cloud If the Overwatch Council did not win this battle, Fan Xian feared Chen Pingping would leap out of his wheelchair to yell at all the little bastards for tarnishi+ng the reputation of the organization
The palace had been strangely quiet recent, the second prince's mother Shu Guifei and the eastern palace's prince included Even the Empress in the palace and all the nobles around looked as if they were both blind and deaf They were being extre out of fear They were all waiting to see what stance the E this affair
What was the E that the Enan to visit the palace and enact certain dramas The capital was in chaos, yet the Eer to watch theatre? Who kne much money he tipped the actors, but the Emperor had been visibly happy and relaxed
When he finally took notice of the situation of higher priority, though, he thought little of it He didn't think the ht they were the petty issues of youths squabbling in the capital; it was nothing new, he believed It wasn't as entertaining as the dramas that were played for him, either way
The people viewed this situation clearly The officers who had stayed neutral the entire time used their heads and uncovered the truth The Emperor cared for Fan Xian an incredible amount After all, as the opponent of Fan
Fan Xian? It was the second prince, his son The E to sit there and let all this happen due to an unbelievable amount of favoritism
Those people would not dare to offend the second prince, either So they had to walk a tightrope so as not to displease either side of the battle Like a really strong blade of grass that was unwilling to bend to the forces of the wind
This truth made the second prince exhale countless breaths of cold air, knowing that the power he had built over theaway And toa blind eye Thisthat Fan Xian had selectively picked a fight with him ever since his return from the north, and was it possibly at the request of others in the palace? But the second prince was an evil person, and he knew the situation was so bad that he had been pushed into a corner and he was unable to step back any further Although he could let go of his pride as a prince and attempt to parlay and call for peace with Fan Xian, he didn't think he would accept And the Erated the resolve of the second prince,hi Fan Xian down, then he'd have no choice but to sit there and await his imminent doom It was exactly as he said in the tea shop
Under this great pressure, the second prince still ain The Imperial Censorates censors worked to try and impeach Fan Xian once more And this time, the crime they could use was a real one and the evidence they had to incriminate him was solid It was related to Fan Sizhe and even the Ministry of Personnel's shangshu Fan Jing The snohite decree was being delivered, bypassing the Ministry of Punishment and Supreme Court as it should not have They asked the Fan's father and son to quit their jobs for the cri created was of one of a final spar Both sides would have to go all-in to decide an outcome where either the second prince won or Fan Xian
Today, a few dozen officers joined the reater turnout than last tiate, but there was no rain on this day The few dozen blue uniforside the blue stone floor, and it ate shake their heads and et involved
By the Qing Kingdo tried for impeachment had to defend theo the palace and present a defense before the Emperor and the people present in court But inside the court, the second prince's party still made up the majority It would be difficult for the Fan family's father and son to debate