Zhou Yifeng was a little hesitant when he heard this, "But Jingyi, our family is powerless now, but Prince Rui is extremely powerful, how can we fight him?"
"That's right! The way we are now, there's no way we can fight against King Rui. Jingyi, you're fine anyway, how about we just forget about it? From now on, you can find a place to live incognito and stop worrying about these things!" Mrs. Zhou was worried.
road.
Princess Rui narrowed her eyes faintly and said: "No, I don't want to back down. With our strength, it is true that we cannot defeat him, but besides us, there is another person who can defeat him."
"The other person, who?" Zhou Yifeng asked.
Princess Rui said: "This man holds a lot of troops, has overwhelming power, and is extremely powerful. He is Prince Rui's greatest enemy. Not only that, the once arrogant King Jin and Queen also fell into his hands. As long as we join forces with him,
Don’t worry if you can’t defeat Prince Rui!”
"The person you are talking about, he is..." Zhou Yifeng stopped immediately when he said this.
Princess Rui nodded, "Yes, he is the person you are thinking of, father. Only by joining forces with him and using his power can we overthrow Prince Rui."
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Prince Li's Mansion
"Your Majesty, my subordinate is back!" When Chu Xuanchen was correcting official documents in the study, Moli walked in quickly.
"Just come back. How is the investigation?" Chu Xuanchen put down his brush, his expression calm and calm, and there was a natural majesty between his brows.
Moli said happily: "Your Majesty, after the unremitting efforts of my subordinates, we have finally collected a lot of evidence of Prince Rui's violation of laws and disciplines."
"Really?" A flash of light flashed in Chu Xuanchen's eyes.
Great! With this evidence, it’s just around the corner to overthrow King Rui.
"It's absolutely true. My subordinate has brought all the evidence. Please take a look, Your Majesty." Mo Li said, opening the bag in his hand and handing some letters and account books inside to Chu Xuanchen.
Chu Xuanchen immediately picked up these account books and read them.
After looking at it for a while, he frowned slightly and said, "Yes, Moli, you have done a good job. However, with these evidences alone, we cannot deal a fatal blow to Prince Rui."
"Your Majesty, all these illegal activities can't cure Prince Rui?" Moli said in surprise.
Chu Xuanchen twitched his lips, his eyes full of sarcasm, "Even having a secret meeting with his concubines can't cure him, let alone these? These evidences can be fatal to ordinary people, but to Prince Rui, they are...
It’s innocuous.”
Mo Li gritted his teeth angrily, "I know, because there is an emperor behind Prince Rui and the emperor is supporting him, there is nothing we can do against him. But if all these evidences are useless, what should we do?"
"Don't worry, a little will add up. A straw can break a camel's back. I believe he will suffer the consequences sooner or later. But you still have to continue the investigation now. If you can find evidence that he colluded with foreign enemies,
Better." Chu Xuanchen said.
"Colluding with foreign enemies? This is tantamount to treason. However, my subordinates have been investigating for a long time and have not been able to find any evidence. Could it be that Prince Rui has no intention of treason at all?" Mo Li said.
Chu Xuanchen was noncommittal, "No, he must have. Once when I attended a palace banquet, I saw that he interacted frequently with Dongfang Wuxiang and secretly colluded. I thought that there must be something wrong with the two of them."
"Dongfang Wuxiang? Is it true that he and Prince Rui are colluding?"
Chu Xuanchen said: "Whether there is collusion or not, we need to investigate first. As long as we can get the evidence of Prince Rui's rebellion, it is not difficult to bring him down."
"Okay, my subordinates will continue to investigate. However, Prince Rui is very shrewd. It may be difficult to check these evidences. Please give me a little more time," Mo Li said.
Chu Xuanchen said: "Well, but time is urgent and we can't delay it any longer. You have to hurry up."
"Your Majesty, a mysterious woman wearing a cloak came outside the door. She said she had a secret about Prince Rui that she wanted to tell you." At this time, Mo Zhu walked in.
"Mysterious woman?" Chu Xuanchen raised his eyebrows and said with his hands behind his back, "Ask her to come in!"
He wanted to see who this woman was.
"My lord, you don't even know who this person is, what if she is Prince Rui's work? Let's be careful not to be deceived by others!" Mo Li quickly advised.
"Yes, we just investigated Prince Rui, and she came to our door. Is there any fraud involved?" Mo Zhu asked worriedly.
Chu Xuanchen waved his hand, "Don't be afraid, no one in this world can deceive me."
As he said that, he looked at Mo Zhu and said, "Mo Zhu, ask her to come in."
"Okay, I'll go right away." After Mo Zhu said that, he ran out quickly.
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After a while, Mo Zhu brought the woman in black in.
From a distance, Chu Xuanchen saw a woman dressed in black and wearing a black gauze cloak on her head, walking towards him like a ghost.
He couldn't help but be a little curious as to who this was.
Soon, the woman approached him.
After walking over, she gave him a slight bow and said, "Prince Li, long time no see."
"Who are you?" Chu Xuanchen raised his eyebrows lightly.
"Zhou Jingyi." The woman said, gently lifting the gauze curtain and revealing her face.
"It turns out to be you! Princess Rui, why do you come to see me?" Chu Xuanchen did not expect that it was Princess Rui who came to see him.
However, based on the news he had heard recently, he was not surprised at all that Princess Rui came to see him.
Princess Rui smiled and said: "Your Majesty is a smart man and must know why I am here. I am here to make a deal with you."
Chu Xuanchen raised his eyebrows, looking particularly domineering, "Transaction? What kind of transaction? If it is not a very important matter, I am not interested."
Princess Rui said confidently: "Don't worry, you will definitely be interested."
As she said that, she took out a large pile of letters from her sleeves and handed them to Chu Xuanchen, "Your Majesty, Prince Rui has repeatedly set you up before and made it impossible for you to go to Princess Li. I know that you have recently been collecting information about his illegal behavior.
I think I have some evidence here that is extremely difficult for you to find. I can give it to you, but you must agree to one condition!"
"First tell me what evidence these are, and then I will consider your conditions." Chu Xuanchen crossed his arms across his chest, looking calm and self-possessed.
Princess Rui frowned, as expected of King Li, he was indeed shrewd.
Fortunately, she had made a decision and would no longer be his enemy, otherwise she might have died an ugly death.
She said: "These are letters between Prince Rui and Dongfang Wuxiang, the crown prince of Donglin Kingdom. It says in them that Prince Rui gave up our country's mining rights to Dongfang Wuxiang in exchange for Dongfang Wuxiang's support. He wanted to
With the help of Dongfang Wuxiang's troops, he forced the palace and seized the throne. He and Dongfang Wuxiang were ambitious and colluded with each other in an attempt to subvert the Chu State's regime. If the emperor can see these evidences, I believe he will deal with Prince Rui."