Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Chapter 178 Holy Will

On the second day after Jiang Feng met Guan Shanyun, Princess Taiping and Prince of Bin Li Shouli jointly wrote a letter requesting a reinvestigation of the assassinations of Crown Prince Li Longji and Prince of Xue Li Longye the previous year.

Who is Prince Bin Li Shouli? He is the legitimate son of Prince Zhanghuai Li Xian and the legitimate grandson of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi.

If he wasn't such an absurd person, he would have the qualifications to fight for the throne.

Princess Taiping contacted her to re-examine the assassination of brothers Ji and Ye, and her purpose was very obvious.

The assassination case itself had not been closed, so Li Dan naturally agreed to Princess Taiping's request.

With the emperor's approval, Princess Taiping ordered the Dali Temple to send people to Zhenzhou to escort Dou Ding back to Beijing for trial.

He also arranged for people to provide heavy protection for Princess Cheng'an.

Even at the gate of Jiang's house, there were some strangers who were obviously on a mission. Jiang Feng originally thought that they were arranged by Li Longye.

Until that day, Li Longye came to Jiang Mansion to see her.

Seeing that the entrance to Jiang's house was bustling with activity, comparable to that of the East and West Markets, he kicked the vendor selling "sugar men" at the entrance away.

Those who were following him, perhaps not knowing Prince Xue, surrounded him.

Li Longye ignored them. After kicking them, he felt very happy and strode into the Jiang Mansion.

Only Li Zan and Feng Changqing were left. Soon, a wailing sound was heard in the yard.

Jiang Feng said: "Why chase him away! I think the sugar-roasted chestnuts at the door are quite delicious."

Li Longye said bitterly: "How can you eat it!"

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and Li Longye suddenly said: "There's news from Zhenzhou that Dou Ding didn't go there at all."

Jiang Feng was shocked and asked, "The exiles haven't arrived yet, so the local officials didn't report it?"

Li Longye said: "Although Dou Ding did not arrive, the Chief Secretary of Zhenzhou received an oral order from the Eastern Palace, asking the Zhenzhou government to treat it as a sudden death."

Jiang Feng thought for a while before saying, "They played a good chess game! At this critical moment when the case of the Crown Prince's assassination is being reexamined, Dou Ding, an important witness, has disappeared. Your Majesty must have thought that it was the Crown Prince who did it."

Jiang Feng suddenly said with certainty: "Dou Ding must be in the hands of Ji'an County Princess or Prince Ning!"

Li Longye asked, "Why do you say that?"

Jiang Feng: "Dou Ding came to see me the night before he was exiled to Zhenzhou and told me about the Aconitum poison. She said that the Iron Arm Man who assassinated the prince and the murderer of the preserved fruit boss in Liangzhou were the same person. And then Jiang Fei knew about it and thought that I had teamed up with Dou Ding to report her. At the same time, the Iron Arm Man appeared with Princess Cheng'an. These two coincidences were all planned by Ji'an! The only way now is to find the Iron Arm Man as soon as possible, and then have Cheng'an testify, which may help Your Highness out of danger."

Li Longye sighed, "We have been looking for him since the assassination attempt, but he is like a drop in the ocean, with no trace at all." He added, "Besides, even if we find him, he must be the eldest brother's dead servant. Everything depends on him, so it's hard to say for sure."

Jiang Feng said: "What should we do then?"

Li Longye said: "A Feng, do you think evidence is important to our father? Is the truth important?"

Jiang Feng opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and said, "But it is important to the prince."

Li Longye shook his head and said, "There is no way to explain many things clearly. Doesn't the emperor know about the little tricks behind my eldest brother's back? But he still turned a blind eye. Doesn't the emperor know that Princess Taiping is powerful and has suppressed the crown prince without any authority to be the crown prince? But he was only cruel once and moved her to Luoyang, and still relied on her after he came back. Why? Afeng! He just felt that making my third brother the crown prince was unfair to my eldest brother! He didn't investigate the assassination last time, but only to compensate my third brother and me, so he reduced the power of my aunt and eldest brother; this time, just wait and see, our emperor has already determined in his heart that he has wronged his sister and son, and I wonder how he will weigh the pros and cons!"

In fact, Jiang Feng could feel Li Dan’s preference for his eldest son Li Chengqi.

Perhaps, in his beautiful vision, all five sons should be together, and the eldest son would inherit the throne.

Who would have thought that the third brother would show up unexpectedly.

Jiang Feng said: "So, the evidence is not important, Dou Ding is not important either, what is important is the emperor's heart, the holy will!"

As soon as Jiang Feng finished speaking, Li Zan came in hurriedly.

This time, the other party added another heavy weight to the scale of the emperor's favor!