Chapter 565: Is Prince Ping the mastermind behind this?

Mo Beihan nodded: "Zhou Bonian, Minister of Dali Temple, has presented the confessions of the imprisoned officials to the emperor. The emperor was furious and ordered Prince Ping to hand over all the wealth and anointing collected over the years to the national treasury as soon as possible, and also confiscated his salary for three years. No big banquets are allowed during the year.”

"That's it?"

Qiao Ran couldn't believe it.

Prince Ping directed the magistrates of the two states to amass money crazily, causing many families to be ruined and killed. In the end, he was just fined with a light salary of a few years?

Mo Beihan nodded helplessly: "Prince Ping is the emperor's favorite prince, just because his mother-in-law is the emperor's favorite concubine. When Prince Ping was born, he died of dystocia. Before his death, he asked the emperor to teach his son well and not to ask for more from him. If he has a promising future, I just want him to live out his life peacefully and happily."

"The emperor agreed to her, so he took Prince Ping by his side and taught him personally since he was a child, making Prince Ping the most favored prince. Prince Ping also strived to be the most talented among the many princes. The emperor once lamented that if he was earlier than the eldest prince, If he is born, it would be more suitable for him to be a prince."

"It's just that Prince Ping also followed his mother's last wish. After he came of age and opened the palace, he didn't try his best to compete for honors and favors in front of the emperor like other princes. Instead, he traveled around. When he was in the capital, he only read books and practiced calligraphy in the palace. Occasionally, Go to elegant gatherings to discuss poetry and poetry with the literati."

"Everyone only thinks that Prince Ping is indifferent and open-minded. In order to avoid tit-for-tat with other princes, he would rather withdraw from the fight for the throne and become a free and idle prince."

"Who would have thought that he would actually deliberately recruit and train so many party members, even the prefects of the two most prosperous states in Dai Viet were brought under his command, and he quietly collected so much money."

"The emperor pities him for losing his mother when he was young, and he taught him so. Naturally, he cannot be punished too harshly. However, Prince Ping was let off lightly, and the officials of the two prefectures will bear all the blame. Except for the two prefects who will be punished. Except for beheading in public and implicating the three tribes, all others will be sent to the border areas and will never be allowed to enter the capital again."

After Qiao Ran heard this, she twitched her lips and sneered: "Ha!"

Mo Beihan also knew that the emperor was still too soft-hearted. Prince Ping was forming a clique, cultivating power privately, and amassing money crazily. The purpose was obviously not just for pleasure.

However, the emperor let Prince Ping off so lightly and gave him such a painless so-called punishment. The other princes and many ministers in the court were dissatisfied.

However, the emperor's mind was unpredictable, and no one knew what he was thinking. The ministers had piled up memorials demanding severe punishment for Prince Ping, but the emperor ignored them, and there was nothing anyone could do.

However, Qiao Ran remembered the secrets of Prince Ping that she had spied on while escaping, and the gold, silver, treasures and weapons of Prince Ping that she had plundered.

This King Ping obviously wanted to seize the throne, and even made weapons privately. It was very clear what he was thinking.

However, she didn't tell Mo Beihan these things.

She believed that when he went to Yunzhou and Linzhou to investigate, he must have discovered some clues, otherwise he would not have been chased and seriously injured.

Qiao Ran now guessed that Mo Beihan must have been hunted down by people sent by King Ping in an attempt to kill people, but he did not want to be saved by himself, and even cured Mo Beihan of strange poisons for many years.

If Prince Ping knew that he had saved Mo Beihan and detoxified him, he would definitely take revenge on him.

She looked at Mo Beihan and said:

"Master Mo, it's better that we don't have too much contact with each other in the future. King Ping will find out sooner or later that I saved you and detoxified you. You shouldn't just watch him vent his anger on me and take revenge on me and my family." Family, right?”

Hearing this, Mo Beihan nodded firmly: "I'm sorry to involve you in danger, but if you hadn't saved my life, I'm afraid I would no longer be alive now. Don't worry, I will send someone to Devil's Valley to protect you. Your family will never let them be harmed. As for you, I will send Mu Er to protect you! His martial arts is among the best among my men."

Qiao Ran shook her head: "No, I don't like people following me. Just send someone to protect my family."

After thinking about it, she added: "Prince Ping sent people to desperately collect money. Doesn't the emperor suspect that he has other agendas?"

Mo Beihan shook his head: "The emperor's thoughts are the hardest to guess. No one knows what the emperor is thinking. However, I did find some clues that Prince Ping was secretly mining, smelting gold, silver and weapons in various places, but there is no concrete evidence yet, and I can't Prove to the emperor that Prince Ping has the intention to rebel."

Qiao Ran lowered her eyes, she was very dissatisfied with this situation.

"If we can find out that Prince Ping has the intention to rebel, can we make him irreversible?"

Qiao Ran raised her head and stared into Mo Beihan's eyes.

Mo Beihan was shocked. He saw murderous intent in the eyes of the girl in front of him.

Yes, if Prince Ping knew that she was rescued by Miss Qiao when she was being hunted, and that she had cured all the strange poisons on her body, he would definitely kill her.

In order to protect herself, Miss Qiao naturally wanted to let Prince Ping die.

However, he still shook his head:

"Miss Qiao, we can't guess what the Tian family is thinking. The emperor has been very fond of Prince Ping over the years. When he made mistakes in the past, he basically just reprimanded him. This time, for such a big mistake, he only punished him with a salary. He was not punished in any substantial way, which shows the status of King Ping in the eyes of the emperor. I can't guarantee you that after finding out the evidence of Prince Ping's rebellion, the emperor will punish him severely, or he will continue to make big things smaller. Let it go gently.”

Qiao Ran exhaled, feeling as if there was a stone in her heart, feeling uncomfortable.

Biting her lower lip and thinking for a while, she suddenly asked: "Did you just say that the emperor ordered Prince Ping to hand over all the looted property?"

Mo Beihan nodded, not understanding why she suddenly changed the topic:

"Well, the emperor ordered Prince Ping to hand over all the looted property to the treasury within three days, otherwise he will have his palace confiscated and all property confiscated."

Qiao Ran gritted her teeth secretly.

Since the emperor is reluctant to touch his precious son, then do it yourself!

I have long wanted to go to Prince Ping's Mansion to search for property, but Prince Ping's Mansion is not as easy to sneak in as other official mansions.

As a prince and the most favored prince, Prince Ping's palace must have secret guards rewarded by the emperor. Their martial arts skills are much higher than those of the guards in ordinary official palaces.

Qiao Ran didn't know if she could successfully evade the secret guards and sneak into Prince Ping's palace to empty out the belongings.

However, you have to give it a try.

That guy has plundered so much gold and silver treasures, there must be many good things in the small vault.

Before those things were inventoried and sent to the palace, she didn't mind going to Prince Ping's Mansion to collect the treasures that were about to be put into the treasury into her own space.

Even if I don't need these treasures in my life, I can't take advantage of Prince Ping and the stupid old emperor.

When Prince Ping's palace is ransacked, let's see what he can use to replenish the treasury!

Will the old emperor still trust this good son who disobeyed the imperial edict and transferred his property?