Chapter 863: Chapter 861: The Emperor’s Family Affairs
To witness the efficient workings of the construction industry at Guangsha Construction was just a small gain for those minor officials. The key point was that the Emperor often summoned them to the palace to personally inquire about the progress of the reconstruction project.
Whenever the Emperor received their reports and heard their briefs, he may not have been overjoyed, but he was in fairly good spirits. These individuals managed to beco familiar faces in front of the Emperor, which was a real unexpected delight.
The Emperor’s happiness, however, was not what Ye Xinyan had hoped for.
Just as Ye Xinyan feared, the Emperor was very focused on the progress of the reconstruction, and after receiving satisfactory answers, his confidence in the future use of this track increased exponentially.
Accordingly, his interest in pursuing the root causes of the matter waned significantly.
As a shrewd Emperor, he was almost certain that the perpetrator was Prince Fu.
In the Emperor’s view, the struggle for the throne in history has always been perilously ruthless. At critical monts, it is not rely about the throne’s claim but a life-or-death question for oneself and one’s family.
To protect the lives of his entire family, even if it ant a bloody confrontation, it was worth taking the risk.
And this ti, Prince Fu, one of the royal sons, just tampered slightly with the construction project. It wasn’t considered a major issue. With this incident unveiled, there was no need to delve into it further; he should already be sowhat alerted. It served as a lesson to him, hoping for nothing more but to set an example for others.
But if the yan exposed the matter, what could he, as a father, do to his son? It’s a dilemma.
The Emperor decided to be lenient with his son, so he no longer inquired about the case’s progress afterward.
However, after Guangsha Construction’s artisans rushed to the project site, news erged during the capital’s yan’s lackluster investigation of the track project case of several key suspects dying one after another.
One had died a particularly grueso death, witnessed by many, and the rumors were rampant. The yan couldn’t simply treat it as a cold case.
You Chenghui gazed at the dossier brought over by the officials in charge of criminal matters. Amidst his anger, he also felt a sense of relief.
He was not a diocre person to hold the position of Intendant of the Capital Prefecture. He had his suspicions regarding the track case.
Seeing that the Emperor had stopped urging about the case, if no further follow-up occurred, it might have simply faded away. But the successive murders were like pouring oil on dying embers, reigniting a raging fire, enough to remind the related yan and officials of this case.
He realized he couldn’t brush this case out of sight again.
The only consolation was that he had a reason to hand the case over to the Ministry of Justice for handling.
But… You Chenghui furrowed his brow. How did the suspects, missing for nearly a month, suddenly end up murdered?
He reviewed the dossier on the case of stolen track materials from start to finish and carefully examined the recent investigation movents of the governnt officials, but found nothing.
He deduced that the yan’s investigation must have inadvertently stumbled upon so confidential matter, prompting the adversary to take such decisive asures to silence them.
Such a heinous case had already exceeded the jurisdiction of the capital’s yan regarding maintaining social order. As for the hidden elents behind the case, let the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review worry about it.
Han Yanhui imdiately suppressed the capital’s yan’s report upon receiving it.
Everyone knew no definitive results would erge from the track materials case. However, such a brutal occurrence happened now, and all those deceased were suspects in the track materials case.
Han Yanhui ca to the sa conclusion as You Chenghui: the investigation must have touched on so concealed event, leading to the silencing.
Thinking about the possible mastermind behind the track materials case made Han Yanhui’s back feel a chill.
He hurriedly rolled up the dossier and headed toward the Imperial Study Room.
……
The Emperor, after hearing Han Yanhui’s report, seed to weigh the gravity of the case by hefting the dossier submitted by the capital’s yan, then placed it casually aside.
He then furrowed his brows in silence, pondering sothing.
After a long while, the Emperor asked Han Yanhui, “What does Beloved Minister Han think of this matter?”
“This…” Han Yanhui sat on a chair, hesitating for a mont and instinctively glancing around the Imperial Study Room. Besides Zhang Cunhai, there was no one else.
“In recent days, I have noticed the capital’s yan’s handling of this case. It seems they are not very diligent. I believe that during their routine investigation, they may have unintentionally stumbled upon or approached so hidden matters, hence today’s disaster.”
The Emperor gestured toward the dossier, continuing to ask, “Does Beloved Minister Han think this case should be pursued further?”
Han Yanhui’s face tensed up; how should he respond to such a question from the Emperor?
It was evident to anyone that spending a year laying down nurous chess pieces could not rely aim to profit from the iron components; that would be laughable.
Hence, the failure of the wooden track could only be an act of sabotage.
Guangsha Construction certainly lacked the qualifications to be targeted by such grand sches, so the target of the sabotage was Prince Yu.
It’s a matter of qualification, and besides Your Majesty’s sons, no one else had the qualification to plot against His Highness Prince Yu.
Further pursuing this case ans investigating the Emperor’s sons. However, the Emperor is now asking him whether to continue the investigation?
Though he was a prominent minister in the court, relative to the Emperor, Crown Prince, and princes, he was an outsider. How could he answer?
After a long pause with no response from Han Yanhui, the Emperor tapped his fingers unconsciously on the desk and said, “Speak of your thoughts upon receiving the capital yan’s report. I shall spare you from any guilt.”
Han Yanhui sighed inwardly, realizing he couldn’t evade this.
“Your Majesty, the deaths of these individuals are too abrupt. I believe that even if not to apprehend and punish the culprit, there ought to be an understanding of this potential cause, which the court ought to grasp.”
The Imperial Study Room remained silent, and Zhang Cunhai dared not make a sound. Being a trusted eunuch attending the Emperor, although he enjoyed prestige, he also bore trendous pressure. The conversations just now were not ant for ordinary ears.
After a long while, the Emperor nodded and said, “What Beloved Minister Han said is indeed true. To smother so many people all at once indicates a very grave matter.” For a prince, the situation was severe enough that the Emperor, as a father, had to give it due attention.
The Emperor absentmindedly placed his hand on the dossier.
Just when Han Yanhui thought that the Emperor was about to hand the dossier back to him for further arrangents, the Emperor said, “This case cannot be taken lightly, nor can it be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for handling.”
With that, the Emperor turned to instruct Zhang Cunhai, “Go fetch Lih Mian.”
Han Yanhui let out a sigh of relief; this was a good outco. Lih Mian, as the commander of the Imperial Guard Camp, was the most trusted by the Emperor, and his n were all elite. Many of the Emperor and the royal family’s secretive matters were entrusted to Lih Mian.
With Lih Mian investigating this, regardless of the results, would avoid awkwardness for everyone involved, which was the best outco.
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