Chapter 524 Your Highness, please respect yourself
This is a small courtyard, which looks very ordinary, but there are four guards guarding the main house.
When Su Yizhao arrived at the door, the guards let him go without asking any questions.
As soon as Su Yizhao entered, he saw a familiar figure sitting in the main room.
"I thought you wouldn't come." The fourth prince looked at Su Yizhao with a smile.
"How dare you lower your rank? You will be the crown prince in five days." Su Yizhao saluted and then stood aside.
"If I weren't the crown prince, you wouldn't come, right?" The fourth prince's eyes were a bit incomprehensible, and there seemed to be hurt emotions in his eyes that were always Gujing Wubo.
"The lower official is only loyal to the emperor and the Eastern Palace. It is not appropriate for him to be too close to the prince before he has been appointed."
The fourth prince chuckled, "You always have these high-sounding reasons."
"I know that you and Xiao Wu are very close, and he has helped you, so you don't have much defense against him."
Su Yizhao was very surprised when he heard what the fourth prince said.
She didn't want to talk too much with this guy, he was thinking deeply!
"Your Highness, the Fourth Highness, came to see your subordinate. You don't know what's going on?"
"I know what Lao Wu said to you, but what I want to say is that I did not kill the third brother." The fourth prince put down the tea bowl in his hand and said seriously.
"Since this matter is related to the third brother, there is no need for me to intervene. If you say it is to frame the fault on the fifth brother, then there is no need to harm the third brother."
"Because I have a lot of things to do with the fifth brother, such as the flood three years ago, and the fifth brother's family enriched their own pockets; and the matter of supervising the construction of the imperial mausoleum. Do you think he didn't do anything about it?"
Su Yizhao believes that the money in the hands of every prince is not clean. Before he can ascend to the throne, money and talents are indispensable.
"There is also the sale of military positions below the sixth rank. I don't know how much benefit he got during the year he supervised the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
"Then why didn't you expose him?" Su Yizhao felt strange. With so many crimes, he should be able to make the fifth prince lose his job for several years, right?
The emperor couldn't stand the floods alone, because he hated these things the most.
The fourth prince looked at Su Yizhao. After a moment of silence, he said, "Because I want to keep the fifth prince and let him deal with the other princes. Among these princes, the fifth prince is the smartest and good at strategy."
Su Yizhao didn't know whether to say that he was confessing or that he had no scruples.
"I did it, I admit it. Even now, there is no need to lie. It was not me who killed the third brother, nor was he killed by the fifth brother."
"Aren't you afraid of changes? There are only four days until the crown prince ceremony." Su Yizhao didn't understand why he said it so early.
"Don't be afraid. I have so many things to do with Lao Wu. Why should I be afraid of him?"
The fourth prince has a plan in mind, "But I grew up with Lao Wu, and he has relied on me since he was a child. I can't bear to lock him up in the clan mansion. When he comes out, I will let him go to the fiefdom to save my brother's affection."
Looking into the deep eyes of the fourth prince, she felt that the fourth prince was more terrifying than she imagined.
"Then who do you think killed the third prince?" Su Yizhao continued to ask.
"You can't be sure, but you can check who Wu Huo is working for and who he usually comes into contact with. You should already be investigating, right?"
It turns out that the fourth prince is well aware of the recent developments in Dali Temple, and it seems that Dali Temple has something to do with it.
"There is also the previous Xuanwu case. Since there are two Xuanwu cases, there can also be three or four. Can those people really do it? From outside the pass to the middle of the court, the infiltration is so thorough, there must be a huge
people network."
Su Yizhao suddenly felt something in his heart while listening to the fourth prince's talk.
"Then who do you think it is?"
"Perhaps you could check with the Capital Master?"
Looking at Su Yizhao's surprised eyes, the fourth prince suddenly said: "Perhaps you don't believe it, but if you check his concubine E Liman, you will make important discoveries."
"Your Excellency, the Capital City, today also expressed his respect to the Emperor, asking the Emperor to appoint you as Crown Prince. If he has second thoughts, why should he do this?" Su Yizhao said suspiciously.
"I said you wouldn't believe it, but if you check E Liman, you will know that what I said is true. However, this person's identity has not been revealed yet. He is the border guard general Dingyuan General Zhong Fuyuan."
"Have you checked everything clearly?" Su Yizhao asked.
Su Yizhao knew about Zhong Fuyuan, and he was not from a noble family.
"No, you still need to check the rest."
The fourth prince said and walked to Su Yizhao's side. Su Yizhao was about to retreat, but the fourth prince held his shoulders.
He lowered his voice, leaned into Su Yizhao's ear and said, "I know you are a girl. As long as you are loyal to me, I will not only give you an official title, but I will even give you the title of harem master if you want."
As he spoke, he suddenly touched Su Yizhao's cheek with his hand. Su Yizhao suddenly felt angry, and she slapped the fourth prince's hand away.
"Your Highness, please respect yourself!"
The fourth prince suddenly smiled, "I won't expose you, just do whatever you want!"
Su Yizhao just wanted to say, "It's really embarrassing. What's the difference between this and a threat?"
When Su Yizhao returned to the mansion exhausted, he didn't want to hear the emperor's summons again.
When I asked the time, it turned out to be the beginning of Haishi.
The Qin family father and son are really good at enslaving people! You two have a lot to do, and she hasn't slept well for several days.
After getting dressed, he saw Su Huai carrying a tray outside.
"My master, there have been refugees entering the capital recently. I am afraid that there will be a plague, so I asked you to drink some preventive medicine."
Is this late at night? Su Yizhao glanced at the dark soup, then picked it up and drank it in one gulp.
Even if he wanted to harm herself, it was not just a matter of time. She had heard about the recent plague in the capital, but she heard that he was expelled by the Beijing Guards Command and the Five Cities Military and Horse Department.
"Grandpa hasn't slept yet? The chief steward asked grandpa to have a good rest and not to work too hard."
"Hey!" Su Huai responded, then stopped talking.
"Dafu has good abilities, but lacks experience. He will become more and more experienced."
Su Huai then smiled with relief and left.
Just when Su Yizhao was about to leave the front yard, Su Wenqing suddenly appeared.
I heard that Su Wenqing was often away from the house during this period, and the dragon never saw its end.
Su Yizhao bowed, "You haven't gone to bed yet?"
"Don't run around these days. I heard that there are refugees rioting. They are all gathering outside the city, and there are many inside the city. They all carry the plague, and their illnesses are very serious, and there is no good medicine."
Su Yizhao frowned. He had been investigating the case some time ago, but he had ignored these. Thinking that the matter was quite serious? It seemed that he had to ask the emperor if he had any countermeasures.
When Su Yizhao arrived at the imperial study, he found that the emperor also had a sad look on his face. Remembering that he had just lost his son, he sighed slightly in his heart.
“Your Majesty’s condolences!”
I don't know when, but the emperor also had gray hair.
"You're here! I always feel that there is some mystery in this case, so I asked you to come and give me some advice."
The emperor was not in the mood for small talk, so he said directly.
Isn't this because you are so angry that you don't have time to declare it? She clearly said before that she still has doubts that have not been resolved and she has to wait.
"I second the motion! Therefore, the case is still under investigation!"