latelenovela Chapter 452 Joy of Life 8
Chapter 452 Joy of Life 8
After a moment of silence in the room, Li Chengze sighed again, his voice tinged with helplessness: "I'm thinking about some things, but because I have limited information, I just can't figure it out."
Upon hearing this, Xie Bi'an replied without hesitation, "I will investigate immediately."
Li Chengze finally opened his eyes and looked at Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiu, who seemed ready to go through fire and water at any time if he gave the order. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional for the original owner of this body.
The original owner was actually an extremely charismatic person. Even though all the officials in the court had already seen that the position of Crown Prince was as secure as Mount Tai and that he was just a whetstone for the Crown Prince, there were still many people on his side.
The guards and retainers under the original owner's command were extremely loyal to him and had no ulterior motives.
Li Chengze shook his head and said softly, "If I'm not mistaken, it really is that person who has covered up all the information. In that case, no matter how you investigate, it will all be in vain, and you might even alert the enemy."
Upon hearing this, Xie Bi'an replied matter-of-factly, "In that case, we will not investigate."
Li Chengze leaned against the swing ropes, his thoughts drifting: "But this matter is of utmost importance. I will not be at ease until I find out the truth."
Xie Bi'an lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head again: "Then just keep thinking along the current lines, and you'll figure it out sooner or later."
Li Chengze was taken aback, not expecting him to say that, and couldn't help but smile wryly, "But I've been trying really hard to think about it."
Xie Bi'an replied without hesitation: "Then let's follow your logic and think about things on a grander scale, on a more outrageous scale, based on what we already know. Anyway, it's just thinking, there's no cost to it, and nobody will know."
Li Chengze smiled.
Xie Bi'an is indeed straightforward, but he only knows one name. Even if he thinks about it in a broader sense, what can he do?
Not yet...
Ok?
Li Chengze's expression suddenly froze.
Thinking on a larger scale?
The Ye Qingmei he had imagined was nothing more than someone who brought things from another world into this world to make money.
However, once wealth accumulates to a certain level, it can very likely affect the entire Qing Kingdom.
To be more daring, Ye Qingmei was at least in her twenties or thirties when she made a name for herself, plus the more than ten years she disappeared.
If she were still alive, she would be between forty and fifty years old, similar in age to Emperor Qing.
When Emperor Qing was young, he was just an unknown heir to the Prince of Cheng.
His father, Prince Cheng, was the least prominent of the emperor's sons at the time, and had absolutely no chance of succeeding to the throne.
However, things can change unexpectedly.
Two powerful princes were inexplicably assassinated, ultimately leading to the throne falling to Prince Cheng.
What if this matter is related to Ye Qingmei?
To be even bolder, what if we assume that Ye Qingmei killed the two princes?
Li Chengze suddenly understood, and all his previous doubts instantly came together.
So this is how things should be.
After arriving in the Qing Kingdom, Ye Qingmei, who had traveled through time, initially relied on Emperor Qing, who was then the heir apparent of Prince Cheng, to do business. However, due to various reasons, she later became involved in the struggle for the throne.
In order to ensure that Emperor Qing could ascend the throne, Ye Qingmei took a risk and eliminated the two most competitive princes at the time, thus ensuring that Prince Cheng could inherit the throne.
A few years after Prince Cheng ascended the throne, he passed away, and Emperor Qing naturally became the emperor. At the same time, he began to fear Ye Qingmei.
After all, Ye Qingmei was able to kill two princes without leaving a trace, helping him ascend the throne. Who can guarantee that she won't repeat the same trick in the future, supporting someone else to replace him?
Therefore, Emperor Qing harbored murderous intent towards Ye Qingmei, meticulously planned and carried out the assassination, and ordered the complete erasure of all information related to Ye Qingmei, as well as the seizure of all her property.
It makes sense! Everything now makes sense!
Li Chengze's eyes grew brighter and brighter, sparkling with a captivating light.
He couldn't help but stand up from the swing and stand at the doorway, watching the sunset, which was now just a sliver in the sky.
The afterglow of the setting sun painted the clouds on the horizon, making them look like a blood red color from afar.
But how did Emperor Qing kill Ye Qingmei?
Ye Qingmei was able to develop her business to such a large scale not only because of Emperor Qing's support, but also because she must have had many trustworthy people under her command.
In order to smoothly take over Ye Qingmei's vast fortune, Emperor Qing would never do it himself; he would definitely choose to use someone else to do the dirty work.
After the deed is done, they will then turn around and eliminate the person who killed Ye Qingmei, thus giving a "reasonable" explanation to those around Ye Qingmei.
So, whose knife did Emperor Qing actually borrow?
Li Chengze paced back and forth in the room with a solemn expression, muttering to himself, "Whose knife did he borrow? What kind of knife could be so heavy?"
Emperor Qing will certainly maximize his benefits. While using this knife to get rid of Ye Qingmei, he might also use Ye Qingmei to get rid of this knife.
Li Chengze quickened his pace, his clothes fluttering in the wind.
It'll be soon!
It was so close!
He was about to figure it out!
So who exactly is it?
Who is it?
Who is the knife?
Just then, the last ray of sunlight disappeared on the horizon, and the room was plunged into darkness.
Seeing that Li Chengze was deep in thought, Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiu did not dare to disturb him, but silently lit the candles in the room.
As each flame lit up, it seemed to illuminate Li Chengze's heart as well.
Li Chengze stood in the center of the room, all his confusion and doubts vanishing in that instant. A smile involuntarily appeared on his lips as he whispered, "Crown Prince."
The knife that Emperor Qing borrowed belonged to the Crown Prince's maternal family.
The current Empress Dowager and Empress are aunt and niece, two empresses from one family, what an honor!
However, this illustrious family was slaughtered overnight by Chen Pingping's Black Knights.
Without any questioning or public trial, their entire clan was exterminated.
The Black Riders brazenly stormed into the mansion, conducting a thorough search, and even stormed into the palace, where they slaughtered all of the Empress's clansmen in front of her.
This incident caused a huge uproar in Kyoto, with officials and common people alike expressing their opinions.
However, Emperor Qing did not pursue Chen Pingping's mistake afterward, but instead let the matter pass by lightly.
All of this seemed so strange and intriguing.
Looking back now, it seems that Emperor Qing used the Empress's maternal family to eliminate Ye Qingmei, and then used Ye Qingmei's people to eliminate the Empress's maternal family.
Kill two birds with one stone.
This eliminated both a major threat and the influence of a powerful maternal relative.
This is why Emperor Qing felt comfortable making Li Chengqian the crown prince, even at the cost of sacrificing the original owner of the body, in order to use him to temper Li Chengqian.
Because Li Chengqian had no maternal relatives, he could only rely on Emperor Qing's favor, so he would not have to worry about being hindered by maternal relatives after ascending the throne.
Furthermore, Chen Pingping's decision to order the Black Riders to storm the palace was clearly not authorized by Emperor Qing.
Although Emperor Qing wanted to eliminate the Empress's maternal family, he would never allow anyone to openly storm the palace.