Tyrannical Wang's Beloved Wife

Chapter 68: Everyone Come Put on a Play

The matters of the inner manor, even if more than one person died, in those men’s eyes, it was still just small quarrels. If it touches something he cares about, then perhaps he might get involved, and the method was usually just simple and crude. If there were certain restrictions, then perhaps he would even speak some truths, but if he had absolute authority at home, then sorry, whoever his heart leans towards is who he’ll unscrupulously help. Even if the others stomp their feet in anger, they could only just swallow their grievances.

In their eyes, important matters only resided in the imperial court. Aside from those that truly harbored the common people of the world in their hearts, the rest, even the matters of their own jobs, all may not necessarily be put to heart. Eagerly seeking fame and profit, climbing on this one, and making friends with that one, all for the sake of gaining benefits for their own clan, attempting to climb even higher, and obtain unparalleled power. They didn’t have the ability to open up new territory, expand the battlefield, and get conferred into nobility. So they just hope to rise a level higher from their merits to the throne.

Today’s important matter of the imperial court was none other than yesterday’s fire at the flower market. Because the fire wasn’t put out in time, and not dealt with properly, the entire flower market was practically all destroyed, with severe casualties. If it were said to be an accident, then the most unfortunate was probably the fire rescue army, and perhaps also the city defense squad. But it was very obvious that this was an arson case, because at the scene of the fire, there were too many corpses. Because of the severity of the matter, after the large fire was extinguished, the task of arresting the perpetrator was handed over to the capital’s local magistrate, Right Fu Feng[1], and Left Feng Yi[2], these three officials to jointly investigate and handle.

Just, in this short 24 hour period, even if all three of them took all the people of Jing Zhao Fu[3] and worked strenuously day and night, by the morning court session, they still didn’t have the slightest lead. In fact, they couldn’t even figure out the identities of those that died.

The capital’s magistrate’s eyes were filled with blood veins, as he knelt upon the palace hall, while being violently berated by Le Cheng Emperor.

The capital’s magistrate was also very helpless. The corpses’ burns were truly too severe, even the coroner couldn’t get too much information out of it. It’s unknown whether they were burned to death, or thrown into the fire after they had died. And they couldn’t find any other clues at the scene of the crime either, very much like everything was purposefully erased. Everything all pointed towards having been caused by someone, but they just couldn’t find any evidences. The more it was like this, the more confusing it became.

However, in actuality, there was quite a few people in the palace hall that actually knew the ‘truth’ of the matter. However, because there was no evidence, each and every one all kept silent, yet inside, perhaps they’ve long given their regards to the other party’s ancestors a few hundred times already.

That’s right, the third prince, Rui Qinwang was determined that it was the eldest prince, Kang Qinwang’s doing. And Kang Qinwang was also determined that it was Rui Qinwang’s doing. And as for the pawn who still didn’t even know he was a pawn, the poor bug, fourth prince Gong Qinwang, he also was determined that it was one of the two, or even both temporarily working together only to trap him. Inside, he hated that he couldn’t have their skins stripped and their tendons cut. The power in his hand was already relatively weak in itself. The damage this time, to him, wasn’t considered small at all.

Besides these three, the second prince died young, fifth prince was sickly, hardly ever going out, and sixth prince Li Hong Yuan didn’t concern himself with anything. For him to be able to come to morning court once or twice out of ten times was already pretty good in itself. Right now, he was also not present. The remaining princes that have already reached age 16, all stood in their respective spots, looking down to their noses with their heads lowered. Regardless whether they’ve secretly casted themselves under a certain powerful brother, or also had their own ambitions, and regardless whether they knew the inside story of this matter, or completely didn’t know anything, they all do not intend to get involved. After all, one misstep, and they might bring disaster upon themselves. Being pushed out to be the scapegoat was light, but losing their little life would be too much of a loss.