After hearing this, Yun Qiongying went to the prince and told him what Wan Shufang said, and then asked the prince worriedly.

"Your Highness, you must investigate this matter as soon as possible. You cannot keep General Chen in prison, otherwise the mastermind behind it will definitely find a way to harm him."

The prince begged the emperor and finally got his permission, so he was able to investigate the assassin's case himself.

He naturally listened to what Yun Qiongying told him, and then tried to find out how the assassin entered the palace and why she was able to sneak into the dancers without being discovered.

After a day of investigation, he found out one thing: the assassin was a dancer who was hired three years ago.

She is from Huzhou. In the past three years, she has been practicing dance like an ordinary dancer, and there is no problem at all.

She was able to dance at the banquet, and she only gained this qualification by defeating others with her strength.

The only difference is probably that she suffered a serious illness a year ago, and this illness has made her a little distracted this year.

It wasn't until the Queen wanted someone to dance that she suddenly cheered up.

"In other words, this assassin really acted on the spur of the moment, and wasn't he arranged to be assassinated at all?"

The prince sorted through all the clues and felt that if he wanted to know why the assassin hated the emperor so much, he might have to go to Huzhou to investigate.

He immediately sent someone to rush to Huzhou, while he went to Liyuan to check again for the traces left by the assassin.

After a while, he found a clue in the place where the assassin had slept. That was that the assassin's bed seemed to have been specially made by her.

The prince once stayed on the border for several years. He became friends with several soldiers from Huzhou. Naturally, he learned through them that Huzhou people like to put small sachets made by family members on the edge of their beds.

The assassin's bed didn't have a sachet, but there was a faint scent coming to his face.

The prince immediately felt that this sachet was a very important thing, and immediately started looking for it in the whole room. Finally, he turned over the entire bed and found the palm-sized sachet.

The prince opened the sachet and found a letter inside.

He was stunned for a while, and then took out the letter.

Finding that the letter was a bit thick, it felt like the assassin had written all his life's pain and annoyance on the letter. Various thoughts were running through his mind, but he quickly opened the letter on his face.

The content of the letter was about a major case involving thousands of people discovered in Huzhou seven years ago. The assassin was none other than Forsythia, the daughter of Wu Zhirong, the then prefect of Huzhou.

She believed that Liu Feng, the Minister of Household Affairs, was trying to blackmail her grandfather, so he deliberately constructed lies to slander her father, Wu Zhirong, the prefect of Huzhou.

After that, the whole Wu family and a group of people close to the Wu family fought against the traitors. The emperor listened to Liu Feng's words without investigating the matter in detail, and believed that everyone in the Wu family was related to the remnants of the previous dynasty. This sentenced the entire Wu family to execution.

Forsythia was rescued, and then it took four years to find out that Liu Feng had used this method to harm many people.

She came to the capital to file a complaint three years ago with some evidence, but was blocked by Liu Feng.

She herself was hunted by Liu Feng's people, and finally had no choice but to disguise herself and hide herself in the palace.

During the three years that Forsythia hid in the palace, she had been trying to find a way to see the emperor, hoping to let the emperor know about the evil deeds Liu Feng had done.

But after three years, she couldn't see the emperor no matter how hard she tried.

She fell seriously ill a year ago, and Liu Feng's people discovered her traces again.

She felt that she could no longer place her hope on the emperor, so she decided to kill the emperor to avenge her family.

"I didn't expect that she turned out to be Forsythia. No wonder she would say such things to me."

The prince learned about Forsythia's identity through the sachet, and immediately came to Dalao to see Chen Changli and told him about Forsythia.

After hearing what he said, Chen Changli immediately thought of the little girl he had saved seven years ago who was disguised as a boy.

That little girl was the daughter of the Huzhou magistrate, and because he saved her, the Huzhou magistrate, in order to thank Chen Changli, deliberately found a way to raise some food and grass for Chen Changli.

Chen Changli also relied on that part of the food and grass to save the prince, and led the prince to fight out from the siege of the dog soldiers.

"Forsythia's grandfather was a giant businessman in Huzhou. When I was fighting on the border seven years ago, he donated a lot of money."

"Although his son-in-law was the prefect of Huzhou, he was also very charitable. As his daughter, Forsythia was well educated by him at that time."

"I also gave her a gift to let her grow up well. I didn't expect that we would meet again under such circumstances."

Chen Changli looked very sad, but his expression seemed a bit painful.

After the pain passed, he quickly remembered something and couldn't help but said in great surprise: "The prefect of Huzhou was harmed. How come no news about this matter was revealed? Has Liu Feng already controlled all places except the capital?"

"Impossible." The prince lost his voice, and immediately his face turned cold. "I have heard about the Huzhou Thousand People Case, but it was about the rebellion of the remnants of the previous dynasty. The prefect of Huzhou was involved with the remnants of the previous dynasty, which led to The prefect of Huzhou was killed by the remnants of the previous dynasty."

"If the remnants of the previous dynasty were lies deliberately fabricated by Liu Feng, wouldn't it mean that the more than a thousand people who died were all wronged?"

The prince said this all at once, his heart beating wildly.

As the Minister of Household Affairs, Liu Feng had met him many times. He was born into a family of officials. He was intelligent, handsome and handsome. He passed the Jinshi examination at the age of eighteen and stayed in the capital.

He has been up and down in the court for many years and has always been the emperor's confidant.

Why did he want to blackmail Forsythia's grandfather, just to get money?

The prince thought that things should not be like this. There must be a big secret behind what Liu Feng represents, and it might be related to the remnants of the previous dynasty.

"Chen Changli, I suspect that the refugee rebellion is related to the remnants of the previous dynasty, and Liu Feng slandered the Wu family as remnants of the previous dynasty seven years ago. He might..."

Chen Changli quickly answered the prince's words: "He may be the person who collaborates with the enemy and treason."

The prince's eyes were full of coldness: "Liu Feng has been running the court for many years, and he comes from a family that is not short of money at all. He must be blackmailing wealthy businessmen for money to achieve an ulterior purpose."

"No, I have to tell my father about this as soon as possible, so that he can be more vigilant, and then find a way to catch Liu Feng."

The prince told Chen Changli to stay well in prison. He first told the emperor about Forsythia and Liu Feng, and then asked the emperor to release Chen Changli.

Chen Changli originally wanted to say something, but when he saw the prince leaving in a hurry, the words were stuck in his throat.

Imperial Palace, Tai Chi Hall.

The emperor had not been sleeping well in the past two days. When the prince came, he happened to be awakened by a nightmare.

"Why did the prince come to see me? Maybe there is progress in the assassin's case."

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