a matter of great importance: the need for both increased revenue and expenditure reduction.When Dantai Jing said this, many officials perked up.A truly great person of our time is a truly great pers...Chapter 499: Abyssal Zhou Peace

The night was cool as water, and the moonlight bathed the earth. In this secluded and quiet corner of the capital city, the sudden appearance of these dozens of corpses would send chills down anyone's spine.

And Li Yinhu, his three souls and six spirits would be terrified out of their wits.

He never expected that Li Chen would bring him to see the body, that of a White Lotus Sect prisoner!

Aren't these people the ones who were rescued by their own people and fled for their lives!

Why would everyone die here!

And how did Li Chen control all of this!

Countless questions left Li Yinhu standing there in a daze.

"King Zhao, come here."

Before Li Chen beckoned to Li Yinhu, calling him over.

Standing side by side, Li Chen said with a smile, "How about it Although the scene isn't pretty, it's quite impressive, right"

Li Yinhu twitched the corner of his mouth, and he asked stiffly, "Your Highness, what on earth is going on"

Li Chen suddenly reached out and hooked his shoulder onto Li Yinhu's, making the two of them appear extremely close.

At the same time, Li Chen lowered his voice and said, “Of course it’s a scheme.”

“The Imperial Court’s Minister of Justice, Zhou Ping'an, anticipated someone would attempt a prison break. He preemptively poisoned the prisoners. If everything went smoothly tonight, they would have taken an antidote half an hour ago, and nothing would have happened. But if something went wrong, naturally they wouldn’t be able to take the antidote. The poison would take effect, and they would die here.”

Patted Li Yinhu on the shoulder, Li Chen chuckled lightly: "It's a pity, you can't be the executioner."

Li Yinhu pulled at the corner of his mouth, forming a grotesquely ugly smile.

To be honest, he went through all this trouble to escape being the executioner. Whether these people run away or die, he doesn't have to be the one carrying out the execution, which is a good thing.

But looking at Li Chen's face beside him, with a smile that held no warmth or emotion, Li Yinhu couldn't feel happy at all.

For he knew that Li Chen must still have a trump card waiting for him.

But he didn't know what kind of trump card it would be.

Seeing Li Yinhu unable to utter a word, Li Chen retracted his hand and then turned to get onto the carriage.

"Return to the palace."

Thus, Li Chen simply left.

Li Yinhu stood on the spot, his heart aching so much he felt like vomiting.

Zhou Ping'an had not yet left, he drifted to Li Yinhu's side and said, "Your Majesty Zhao, there are some things the prince finds it inconvenient to say, so I will remind you."

Li Yinhu kept his face grim and silent.

With a gentle smile, Zhou Ping'an didn't care about Li Yinhu's attitude towards him. He said softly, "Nowadays, everyone in the world knows that the imperial court has arrested a large number of high-ranking officials from the Bai Lian Jiao and executed them on the same day."

"Therefore, spies of the Bai Lian Sect are ubiquitous in the capital. It's inevitable. Even if those spies were asleep tonight, the assassins who attempted to kill Your Highness wouldn't be. So, the jailbreak at the Ministry of Justice last night and Zhao Wang, the imperial censor, rushing to the East Palace to see the prince overnight are no longer secrets."

"Given the close relationship between King Zhao and the White Lotus sect, they knew that King Zhao was appointed as the executioner but didn't want the job. Yet, on the eve before King Zhao had to reluctantly carry out the execution, all the White Lotus prisoners died. King Zhao, do you think the White Lotus sect knows who did it"

"They will suspect the prince, or perhaps King Zhao"

Looking at Li Yinhu's face, which had suddenly turned deathly pale, Zhou Ping'an's voice remained calm.

"If Your Highness wanted them dead, you could have simply ordered their execution. There was no need for such elaborate measures. Therefore,Your Majesty, King Zhao, you are the prime suspect."emporary Machiavellian. In ancient China, during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao was lauded as a statesman who could govern in peacetime and a warlord who thrived in chaos. Zhao Xuanji can be compa...