Chapter 20: One Day is Enough

"Father, the sons and daughters all listen to the father's arrangement and have no opinions."

Zhou Yang also showed a very obedient look on his face, as if he didn't have the slightest opinion on Emperor Deyuan's next arrangements for him.

Seeing Zhou Yang's statement like this, the fourth prince showed a triumphant smile on his face.

Now that the assassin has been dealt with by the people he sent out, even if Zhou Yang wants to continue to investigate, he has no chance.

However, the prince next to him was suddenly unwilling.

This time was a good opportunity to deal with the four princes, and he let it go in vain, which made him very unwilling.

Before Emperor Deyuan could express his position again, the prince hurriedly stood up.

"Father, the son thinks that this matter is far from over."

"As far as I know, the assassin was originally going to confess in the Imperial Prison, but at this time he was assassinated by the Jiangyang thief sent by the Criminal Department."

"There must be something strange about this matter, Erchen thinks that there must be someone behind the scenes after this, otherwise, why would an assassin assassinate Concubine Xian Niangniang?"

Listening to the prince say there, the faces of the four princes were extremely ugly.

At this time, it has come to the end of the case, as long as he uses a little more strength to get Emperor Deyuan to agree to close the case, then this matter will be over.

The prince jumped out at this time clearly against himself.

What does the prince mean by that? Since the assassin has been caught, and he confessed to the matter, he also died in the edict prison, it should be the poor guard of Dali Temple, why should the cause of this matter be blamed on the criminal department. ”

"Fourth, don't confuse the public there, what the hell is going on in this matter, you must be clear in your heart."

"His Royal Highness the Prince, my brother can't understand this, and I ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to make it clear, what is going on?"

The crown prince and the fourth prince were arguing with each other there.

One asked aggressively, the other pretending to be confused.

And Emperor Deyuan was indeed in a wheelchair at this time, and he did not interfere in any way, but still closed his eyes slightly and looked like he was sleeping.

Just let the crown prince and the fourth prince quarrel there.

"Fourth, this palace heard Liu Ke say that on the night when Dali Temple released those poor people from the Criminal Department, they died inexplicably in the restaurant in the city."

"Where is such a coincidence?"

"The assassin captured by Dali Temple is dead, the Jiangyang thief who killed the assassin is also dead, and the messengers who followed the escort to Jiangyang Avenue are also dead."

"Don't you tell this palace that all this is a coincidence, this coincidence is inevitably a coincidence, it's too much, right?"

The crown prince looked at the fourth prince and kept asking him.

However, the fourth prince still looked extremely indifferent, listening to what the prince said so much, in the end, he turned out to be a handful.

Looks like I don't know anything.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is asking these questions to the younger brothers, but they really don't know what to do, what do these things have to do with the younger brothers? If you want to ask, you can ask Zheng Shangshu of the Criminal Department what is going on. ”

All these things were done by the four princes without leaving a trace.

Since the last time he was caught off guard by Zhou Yang at the city gate and captured the assassin from his guards, the fourth prince no longer took action himself.

Even those people around him tried their best not to use it, and removed all their suspicions.

After a few words, the prince was scolded for having no temper.

"Fourth."

The crown prince couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted angrily, pointing at the nose of the fourth prince.

"Don't pretend to be confused here anymore, who doesn't know that Zheng Shangshu of the Criminal Department is your person, what you say, he must have done what you wanted."

This sentence directly revealed the secret that everyone in the court originally understood in their hearts.

These officials in the court secretly found their own backers and bet on treasures, some of them were on the side of the prince, and of course some were on the side of the four princes.

It's just that these are all open secrets, and no one would really be stupid enough to put this matter on the table, after all, Emperor Deyuan is now in the prime of life.

But what the prince said just now, he pulled out the secret directly.

"Enough!"

Watching the crown prince and the four princes arguing, the more they talked, the more excessive, Emperor Deyuan was no longer there to watch the excitement, and knew that it was time to make his own move.

Emperor Deyuan's angry shout made the red-faced prince and the fourth prince who were originally noisy suddenly quiet.

Sitting on the dragon chair, he looked at his sons condescendingly.

Originally, this matter should have been Zhou Yang's business, but from beginning to end, Zhou Yang only said one sentence on this matter.

But it made the crown prince and the fourth prince who had nothing to do with this matter on the surface earn a lot of money.

This made Emperor Deyuan couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yang a few more times.

Is this stupid son of mine really enlightened?

Thinking that since Concubine Xian was assassinated, Zhou Yang's performance has been very bright several times, and Emperor Deyuan couldn't help muttering in his heart.

"Okay, since there are still doubts in this matter, let's continue to investigate!"

"In three days, if no clues can be found, then the case will be closed, and no one will be allowed to mention this matter in the future."

Emperor Deyuan waved his hand and said.

His decision was even the balance of two bowls of water.

In his opinion, three days could not find anything at all, but these three days were enough to make the prince's heart feel better.

Let the fourth child also know that he will not blindly favor him.

Emperor Deyuan attached great importance to the four princes and the crown prince, but he climbed to this position from the power struggle, and he believed that only by winning the power struggle could he be qualified to sit in this position.

Therefore, he has always been very happy to see the prince and the four princes fighting openly and secretly there, so he did not hesitate to treat Zhou Yang as a chess piece, just to let the four princes and the prince use Zhou Yang as a chess piece to play with each other and exercise the hearts and means of the two.

Hearing Emperor Deyuan's words, the crown prince and the fourth prince quieted down, but the two looked at each other unconvinced, but they didn't dare to make any more quarrels.

Seeing the scene in front of him, the corners of Zhou Yang's mouth slowly hooked up a smile, and he slowly took a step forward.

"Father, it won't take three days, you can find out the clues tomorrow."

Zhou Yang suddenly said this, which surprised the princes and ministers present.

looked at the Seventh Prince Zhou Yang in front of him incredulously.