Chapter 149 Prince, You Are Outrageous <<<
With that kick, Li Yinhu let out a scream of pain and rolled on the ground.
Li Chen's sudden outburst surprised everyone.
Zhao Qinglan could no longer bear it. Her picturesque willow brows furrowed, and frost covered her delicate and beautiful face as she scolded: "Prince! You are being presumptuous!"
"You dare to kick the Eighth Prince in front of this palace? You're truly lawless! What do you think of this palace?"
Li Chen narrowed his eyes, looking at Zhao Qinglan. Besides the coldness in his eyes, there was also a surge of pride.
"Your Majesty, you heard what the Eighth Prince just said. Between the lines, he's implying that I killed the Ninth Prince. If I remain silent, wouldn't that be admitting to the crime of fratricide?"
Zhao Qinglan's frosty expression on her pretty face remained unchanged. She said coldly, "Right and wrong, this palace will naturally distinguish. Your such an extreme reaction, are you not afraid of being caught in your lies?"
Li Chen sneered and said, “The sudden death of the Ninth Prince, this matter I must investigate to the bottom. Please, Empress Dowager, do not obstruct me.”
"This palace must also know the truth. Whoever dares to harm the imperial heir, no matter who they are, this palace will bring them to justice."
Zhao Qinglan seemed to be hinting at something. Her phoenix eyes glinted with a dangerous light as she looked at Li Chen and spoke.
Li Chen's face was ashen, he looked down at Li Yinhu and said coldly, "Tell me the whole story in detail, and bring up all the maidservants and eunuchs who served the Ninth Prince, as well as the imperial physician who treated him."
At this critical juncture, Zhao Xuanji, who had remained silent throughout, stood on the side, observing the unfolding situation with a calm demeanor.
The Ninth Prince was going to die. He had known it for a long time, so he wasn't shocked by the news.
What he's thinking about now is how to firmly pin this huge black pot onto Li Chen.
Why is it that in most cases throughout history, when princes competed for power, they rarely killed each other, but instead raised their swords only after ascending to the throne?

No matter which prince it is, even if he becomes the crown prince, there's always the emperor watching over him and a host of civil and military officials by his side. Once something like fratricide happens, what will the emperor think?
Even though the emperor himself came to power this way, no father wants to see his sons fighting each other.
If a prince were to be in power, he would be too ruthless. In order to compete for power and profit, he could kill his own brothers today. Tomorrow, would he not also kill his father and usurp the throne?
So even though Li Chen is currently the Crown Prince Regent, if he is proven guilty of fratricide, he would be stripped of his power and punished severely.
And just as Zhao Xuanji was calculating how to operate, a figure quietly came to his side. When no one was paying attention, the figure whispered two words in Zhao Xuanji's ear.
Zhao Xuanji's eyes widened in surprise. After decades of navigating the treacherous waters of the imperial court, there was hardly anything that could cause him such a reaction.
He didn't say anything.
The figure beside me quietly withdrew after finishing its words.
Zhao Xuanji took a deep breath, his palm hidden in his sleeve involuntarily clenching into a fist.
The Ninth Prince is dead, but he was not killed by his own people.
Then, who exactly is it?
Zhao Xuanji's eyes kept roving over Li Chen.
He believed that besides himself, only Li Chen had the possibility of killing the Ninth Prince without a sound.
The question is, what was Li Chen's purpose in doing this?
At this point, Li Chen had already interrogated the palace maids, eunuchs, and imperial physicians thoroughly.
But there wasn't any valuable information.
Li Chen's gaze swept across Li Yinhu, the latter lowering his head, seemingly afraid to meet Li Chen's eyes.
After a moment of silence, Li Chen asked in a calm tone, "Have the imperial physicians been able to determine the cause of death for the Ninth Prince?"

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