Walking to the center of the palace, he rolled up his sleeves and saluted and called out: "Your Majesty."
Xiao Chongjun looked at him. He had not seen him for more than half a year. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight, but he looked good.
He nodded and said: "I heard from the prince that you had an accident in southern Xinjiang. My heart was very painful. Fortunately, you came back safe and sound, but the prince..."
Xiao Chongjun paused and asked, "Have you heard about the prince? Do you know his whereabouts?"
Xiao Chengyi shook his head: "When I learned that something happened to the prince, I sent people to look for him. I also went to the place where the prince fell from the cliff, but nothing was found."
He lowered his head and said, "But I believe that the prince is a good person, and nothing will happen to him."
As soon as Xiao Chengyi finished speaking, Li Wei, the censor doctor, snorted coldly and said, "Your Majesty, please stop being hypocritical here.
Do you dare to say that the assassination of the prince had nothing to do with you? The guard around the prince escaped at that time, but when he woke up, he insisted that you had murdered the prince.
His Highness the Crown Prince went to southern Xinjiang to avenge you, but you took the opportunity to harm him, which is simply a wolfish ambition."
Every word he spoke was loud and powerful, accusing Xiao Chengyi of all kinds of evil.
Xiao Chengyi raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Wei: "Master Li, what do you mean by this? Do you suspect that the prince's assassination was instigated by me?"
Li Wei said: "Why does the prince ask questions knowingly? Who else would harm the prince besides you?"
Xiao Chengyi glanced at him and asked, "Why do I want to harm the prince?"
Li Wei snorted: "Why? Of course it's for the throne? You have been wooing the courtiers since you entered the court.
After the incident happened to His Royal Highness, half of the courtiers in the court petitioned Your Majesty to appoint you as the new crown prince. This was your real purpose in murdering the Crown Prince."
Xiao Chengyi chuckled lightly: "It's a joke. Everyone in the world knows my identity. Even if something happens to the prince, it won't be my turn to be the crown prince. After all, there is no reason to have the surname Yuan in Nanyue."
His current surname is his mother's surname, and his real surname is actually Yuan. Many people know this.
Li Wei said: "You are also afraid that His Majesty will not appoint you as the crown prince, so you plan to raise troops to rebel. Prince Regent, your Majesty already knows that you are mining ores privately in Fengdu and secretly raising troops.
Have you wanted to annex Nanyue since the first day you stepped into this court?"
Xiao Chengyi was stunned. He looked at Li Wei and asked with some uncertainty: "You said that the king mined ores and raised troops in Fengdu. What evidence do you have?"
Li Wei said: "The people of Fengdu are the best evidence. Just before you entered the palace, there were people from Fengdu who told His Majesty everything you did in Fengdu. What else do you have to say?"
Xiao Chengyi has learned a lot today. What does it mean to catch a thief? This is it.
His cold eyes fell on Li Wei: "Master Li is really just a blockbuster."
Since he came to Nanyue, he has gotten to know everyone in the court. He thought that the imperial censor was a conscientious, old-fashioned and pedantic minister. It turned out that he was hiding his clumsiness.
Li Wei raised his head, his momentum unabated, and said: "What else does the Regent have to say?"
Xiao Chengyi looked back at Xiao Chongjun and asked: "Your Majesty also believes what Master Li said and thinks that I have evil intentions and am trying to seize Nanyue's kingdom?"
Xiao Chongjun frowned and asked, "Yi'er, what's going on in Fengdu?"
Xiao Chengyi replied: "Someone took advantage of the rumors that Fengdu was haunted and captured the people of Fengdu mining iron ore in the mountains. I have executed the person behind this."
Xiao Chongjun asked: "Who is so bold?"
Xiao Chengyi said: "He said his name is Xiao Li, and he is from the Nanyue royal family. He should be a descendant of a branch of the royal family. The disappearance of the prince was also the work of that person."