The little sister is a troublemaker

Chapter 443 Please Explain the Confusion

"Princess Regent, don't forget your identity. If..."

"Regent Princess?" Li Mulan interrupted Nalande, "Prime Minister, you are not talking about the Regent Princess of Daqing, right? She is still in the capital of Daqing and has no time to come to Beiqi."

Nalande narrowed his eyes slightly, and naturally understood her implication. "The Crown Prince has the support of the Emperor, the Right Prime Minister and most of the people in the court support him. How do you think I can bring him down? Do you have confidence in me, or are you too confident in yourself?"

"Everything is done. Don't worry, I won't let you fight alone. In three days at most, I will let you know where my confidence comes from."

Nalande looked at her with complicated eyes, not knowing what to say for a moment, "Does your...Master know what you are going to do?"

Li Mulan smiled, "Master never cares what I want to do, because as long as I want to do it, I will definitely accomplish it."

Nalande looked at Li Mulan's confident and flamboyant smile, and his mood seemed to be infected. Although he didn't know Li Mulan, he had a hunch that this seemingly young girl might really be able to accomplish something.

"Then...what do you need me to do?"

Hehe, it’s done!

"At present, the Prime Minister only needs to cover for us and prevent us from being found by Situ Lian's people. As for the rest, when the time comes, the Prime Minister will naturally know what to do."

Nalande sighed. It must be said that the younger generation pushes the older generation forward, and it is true that heroes emerge from young people.

"Then... Is Miss Xiao's injury serious?"

Speaking of this, Li Mulan's face suddenly turned cold, "Situ Lian broke my sister's tendons in her hands and feet, and used special medicine. After the injury heals, she can no longer practice martial arts."

Nalande sighed. The once famous heroine of Northern Qi ended up like this. The royal family was really... heartbreaking.

"I will try my best to find all the herbs. If you need anything else, just let me know. My Left Prime Minister's Mansion has been quiet for many years. Even the Crown Prince would not find this place, so you can just stay here with peace of mind."

"Okay, Prime Minister, don't worry, I will never be polite."

Nalande nodded, "The Xiao family back then... Hey, I'm very happy that this girl is alive. I hope she can live a healthier and smoother life in the future."

"Will do."

Nalande glanced at Li Mulan and turned to leave. At this time, Li Mulan spoke again, "By the way, there is one thing I have been confused about. I would like to ask the Prime Minister to solve it."

Nalande frowned slightly, "Please go ahead."

"Xuanyuan Hong has always cared about Situ Yue and even planned for him for so many years. Why did he suddenly cooperate with the Prime Minister?"

"Suddenly?" Nalande raised his eyebrows. "How can it be said to be sudden? General Zhennan is devoted to the country, so he naturally knows who can be of great use. Whether it is the crown prince, the second prince, or the third prince, none of them are suitable candidates for the crown prince. Although General Xuanyuan is the third prince's uncle, it is precisely because of this that he knows what kind of person he is better than others."

"That General Zhennan is truly righteous."

"As a minister, besides being dedicated to sharing the worries of the emperor, I also need to serve the millions of people in Northern Qi."

Li Mulan looked serious and earnest, "Master is right, the Prime Minister is indeed a good official who cares about the world."

Nalande's lips trembled slightly, "Don't you think I have selfish motives?"

"Selfishness? Haha, everyone has selfishness. But I believe that the person raised by the Prime Minister will definitely be a good emperor who cares about the people in the future."

Nalande looked at Li Mulan with a complicated and somewhat unexpected look. In the end, he said nothing and turned and left.

In the next two days, many things happened in Ronghe City, and each one was enough to shock the entire court.

A lot of corpses suddenly appeared on the west side of the moat of Ronghe City, washed down along the river. There were thousands of corpses, some of which were even skeletons, which was enough to show that some of these people had been dead for many years.

The people followed the river upstream and found that the source was actually the Prince's Palace.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Ronghe City was in an uproar, and ministers in the court submitted memorials one after another requesting a thorough investigation.

Soon, someone discovered that one of the bodies was the child of Lord Xu, a third-rank official in the court, who had lost his child three years ago. The body was naturally unrecognizable, but the clothes and the jade pendant he carried with him could prove his identity.

Lord Xu, the Minister of the Imperial Household, knelt outside the imperial study and begged the emperor to thoroughly investigate the matter and give justice to his youngest son.

Then, the two hundred thousand taels of military pay embezzled by the right prime minister Zhuge Wenqing were also found, and turned out to be in the prince's mansion.

Then, there was a rumor in Ronghe City that the prince had a habit of eating human blood, and a maid in the mansion accidentally saw it. It was said that he looked like a devil from hell, very scary. The maid had gone crazy at this moment, and it was said that she was scared.

There are also rumors that the crown prince Situ Lian has been weak since childhood, and even if he has been cured now, he is still infertile. A crown prince who cannot reproduce, is he still qualified to be the crown prince of Northern Qi?

Then there was the Crown Princess' suicide, which was said to have been forced by the Crown Prince because she found evidence that the Crown Prince had framed her family. Then the story of the Xiao family's eldest son being torn apart by five horses was also exposed, after all, there were many people present at the time.

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These incidents were widely spread throughout Ronghe City.

In order to reduce the public opinion storm, the Emperor of Northern Qi ordered Crown Prince Situ Lian to reflect on his mistakes in seclusion, but he never gave in on the matter of a thorough investigation.

After all, he should know the truth of these things better than anyone else.

Situ Lian was in the mansion at the moment, looking at the people kneeling below with a gloomy face. These were his supporters, and they all lowered their heads and dared not speak.

"So, after all this time, none of you have found out the source of the rumor?"

The people below looked at each other and lowered their heads even more.

"What? Are you all mute?"

Situ Lian's chest heaved violently, but he still tried his best to control his temper, but his face looked very ugly.

"So now, do you have any ideas on how to deal with it?"

The Minister of Finance raised his eyes slightly and said, "Your Highness, the Right Prime Minister embezzled military pay. This matter... has irrefutable evidence and he may not be able to get away with it. Your Highness, why don't you just... abandon him? After all, at this time, saving yourself is the most important thing."

One person started talking, and then others began to express their opinions.

"Yes, yes. The Prime Minister's... well, that habit is now known to everyone. His reputation has been ruined. He has also made such a big mistake. I guess he will have little use in the officialdom in the future."

"Who says it's not true? Tell me, why did he have to harm the grandson of the old man in the Honglu Temple? That man is a piece of stinky and hard stone, how can he let it go?"

"Ah, the Prime Minister is confused."