latelenovela Chapter 503 Joy of Life 59
Chapter 503 Joy of Life 59
Because the performance was so realistic, almost no one suspected that he did it on purpose.
Li Yunrui lost 800,000 taels of silver for nothing and gained nothing in the end. He was furious and could only curse Li Chengqian and Li Chengze as being pig-brains.
Thinking of Fan Xian, who was on a diplomatic mission to Northern Qi, she became even more anxious.
After weighing the options in his mind, Li Yunrui ultimately focused his attention on Fan Xian.
Although the opportunity to eliminate Chen Pingping was once in a lifetime, killing Ye Qingmei's son was clearly more important to her.
However, her most capable subordinate was none other than Yan Xiaoyi, a ninth-rank archer.
Although the other party has now been released from confinement, they still cannot leave the capital without Emperor Qing's order.
Left with no other choice, Li Yunrui could only turn his attention to the Junshan Society.
The Junshan Society is a very special organization that includes almost all the most outstanding people in the world.
Apart from a small number of people who could provide her with intelligence and were under her control, most of the rest of the members were either wealthy or noble, either martial arts masters or from merchant families.
Most of these people are beyond her control and can only cooperate through the exchange of large amounts of resources.
The last time Li Yunrui was able to contact Zhuang Mohan, it was through this Junshan Club.
"It seems we'll have to use the Junshan Society again this time," Li Yunrui muttered to himself, a ruthless glint in his eyes.
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Li Chengze sat leisurely on the swing, eating grapes while using his telekinesis to travel throughout Kyoto and observe the movements of various forces.
Kyoto, which should have been in complete chaos, was unusually calm at this moment.
It was like the calm before a storm, making people feel extremely depressed.
Everyone was doing their jobs in a routine manner, but they couldn't help but secretly glance at Lin Ruofu and Chen Pingping, eager to know the final outcome.
Lin Ruofu remained as composed as ever, without revealing much of his personal emotions or preferences; while the other remained calm and collected, fully cooperating with Lin Ruofu's search operation of the Control Yuan.
Both of them acted strictly in accordance with the laws and regulations of the imperial court, and everything seemed normal.
It was under these circumstances that Li Yunrui discreetly contacted the Junshan Society.
However, this "low profile" was only in her own mind; in reality, Emperor Qing, Lin Ruofu, Chen Pingping, and Li Chengze all saw her actions.
"Tsk tsk! This Li Yunrui, he really is more trouble than he's worth." Li Chengze shook his head, even the grapes in his hand seemed rather tasteless.
Emperor Qing's order to thoroughly investigate the Censorate was not because he truly intended to destroy the institution.
The Control Yuan was his best tool for maintaining his rule and supervising officials and the people; it was a sharp blade in his hand. Unless he was stupid, he would never cripple himself.
As for the prison break, it was not a big deal for Emperor Qing at all.
As long as key figures Fan Sizhe and Wang Qinian are dealt with, and Chen Pingping is brought to an end with a slight adjustment, even Fan Jian will not be affected.
Therefore, Emperor Qing's real purpose was to take this opportunity to find out whether Chen Pingping had betrayed him.
However, in his view, whether a person is loyal cannot be determined by a simple investigation, but needs to be verified through actual tests.
Therefore, although he ordered a thorough investigation of the Control Yuan, he did not specify how the investigation should be conducted or to what extent.
Lin Ruofu clearly understood Emperor Qing's intentions, so he acted in accordance with the law from beginning to end and did not take advantage of his position to deliberately suppress the Censorate.
Chen Pingping also sensed from Lin Ruofu's actions that Emperor Qing had no intention of killing him, so he immediately changed his previous stance of wanting to confront him head-on and chose to "lie down and let the investigation proceed," subtly expressing his absolute obedience to Emperor Qing.
But these alone are far from enough.
Li Yunrui's assassination attempt on Fan Xian has suddenly disrupted the delicate balance of power among the three factions, becoming the best test for Chen Pingping.
Li Chengze sighed deeply, and couldn't help but start complaining about Emperor Qing in his heart.
He appears to be shrewd and calculating on the surface, but in reality, he's nothing special.
After all these years of being busy, I still don't know what I've been busy with.
They claimed they would unify the world, but after all these years, there has been no substantial progress.
He claimed he wanted to consolidate power, but after more than a decade, he still couldn't fully control Ye Qingmei's inheritance, and instead, he created Chen Pingping.
Even the Qing Kingdom was in chaos under his rule. The ruler and his ministers distrusted each other, fathers and sons were at odds, and brothers killed each other. The ruler was not a ruler, the minister was not a minister, the father was not a father, and the son was not a son. Moreover, almost anyone could collude with the enemy country.
Now that Chen Pingping has helped Fan Xian break out of prison, he's still testing the reactions of various forces.
Honestly, if Emperor Qing weren't a Grandmaster, Li Chengze would have wanted to kill him and take the throne himself.