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After hearing this, Emperor Chengde frowned in displeasure.

"Why is he so unruly?"

Rules are the most powerful weapon for those with vested interests to restrain the bottom, because these rules themselves have stipulated the interests of those with vested interests. As long as people in the world can abide by the rules, then those with vested interests will always be those with vested interests.

The royal family is the biggest vested interest.

Therefore, even if the emperor does things, he must follow the rules. If there are no rules, the emperor will no longer be an emperor.

Even Emperor Wu at the time couldn't do whatever he wanted.

The investigation of the case like the third prince Ji Zhong is as fast as possible, but there are no rules, which makes the emperor of Chengde a little unhappy.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned, and said, "How long has Li Yan been in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"

Chen Ju glanced at the sky outside, and said, "It will be half a day."

Emperor Chengde closed his eyes with some difficulty.

"At this moment, Li Yan probably has suffered a lot."

"Go there yourself and ask the third child to release Li Yan."

This time, although the emperor of Chengde did not die, he was indeed seriously injured. According to several imperial doctors, the knife pierced into the emperor's body hurt the emperor's lungs. This kind of injury will inevitably leave hidden wounds, which is almost impossible get well.

It can only be recuperated slowly.

In addition, the emperor of Chengde is already 45 years old, and he is no longer in the prime of life. Even those imperial doctors dare not say when or whether he can be raised well.

The imperial physicians did not even dare to say how long the Emperor Chengde could live.

Under such circumstances, there is obviously no way to turn against the Peaceful Nanhou Mansion.

Because the crown prince has not yet been established, the emperor of Chengde needs to spend the rest of his time investigating candidates for the new emperor, and basically has no energy to go south to Shu County.

In other words, the matter in southern Xinjiang may not be resolved in the Chengde Dynasty.

It can only be handed over to the next emperor.

This kind of situation was a situation that the former emperor of Chengde would not want to see anyway, but there was no way, this was already a reality that had to be faced.

Although the Emperor Chengde is lying on the bed, he is calmer than ever. The capital is already in chaos. He needs to take care of the country as much as possible in his unknown life, and then hand over the country. to a suitable emperor.

Chen Ju nodded bitterly.

"The old slave knows."

He bowed his body and said shyly, "Your Majesty, does this matter end with Li Yan?"

Emperor Chengde opened his eyes with some difficulty.

"We can only stop at him, and if we continue to investigate, it will not end well."

"You are a smart person, this matter... you go in person and watch to deal with it."

Chen Ju nodded.

"Then the person before Li Yan?"

This matter was investigated from the shallower to the deeper. The people before Li Yan mentioned by Chen Ju refers to people like Zhou Danian and Li Ji.

"All killed."

Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes: "Except for Li Xin, everyone else counts as one, and I will kill them all!"

When things have come to this point, how can the emperor of Chengde not hate him?

Li Yan was let go because there was nothing he could do, but the people before Li Yan counted as one, and they all deserved to die!

Chen Ju bent down deeply.

"Old slave...understand."

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When Chen Ju rushed to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Li Yan, the servant of the Ministry of War, had indeed suffered a lot.

Originally, he was considered an official of the Jiuqing level. According to the rules, no one can take him without an edict, and no one can torture him before the official body is removed, but the third prince has never been a person who talks about rules. I have already beaten Li Yan forty or fifty times by doing it myself.

He has practiced martial arts since he was a child, so the strength in his hands is naturally not small. Even with fifty lashes, even with Li Yan's physique, he couldn't support it, and almost fainted from the pain.

Holding the torture whip in his hand, the third prince looked coldly at Li Yan, who was in a state of embarrassment, and growled, "Say, who ordered you to harm my father?"

Although Li Yan was embarrassed, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, he opened his eyes with some difficulty, and glanced at Ji Zhong.

"Your Highness, if you treat me unruly today, there will be others who treat you unruly in the future, just wait and see."

"How dare you speak hard!"

Ji Zhong let out a low growl.

"You gangsters and thieves, you harmed my father! Don't tell me what the rules are. Today, I beat you to death. If the court pursues responsibility, I will pay you with my life!"

Ji Zhong's face was stern, and the whip in his hand shook loudly.

"Did you say no?"

Li Yan had wounds all over his body, but the soldier didn't bow his head, he just forced a smile: "Your Highness...what do you want me to say?"

"I want you to name the mastermind behind the scenes!"

Li Yan glanced at Ji Zhong indifferently, and said with a smile: "Your Highness's beatings are nothing more than wanting this official to bite Ping Nanhou. Well, this official now confesses that this matter is indeed my fault." , was also instructed by Marquis Pingnan."

"and then?"

Li Yan's expression was calm: "His Royal Highness is going to Shu County now, and he will also arrest Ping Nanhou and beat him up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, and then force him to ask who is behind the scenes?"

Li Yan's words made Ji Chong somewhat at a loss as to how to respond.

This person was still a tough guy just now, why did he change his attitude after a while, bowing his head and admitting cowardice?

Ji Zhong glanced at Li Yan uncertainly.

"Do you dare to draw a bet?"

Li Yan chuckled: "Of course I dare, the question is whether Your Highness dares to let me draw a pledge."

Li Yan didn't look at Ji Zhong, but at a person not far behind Ji Zhong.