Chapter 60 Chen Pingping returns to Beijing.

Li An calmly watched the farce in front of him. The Crown Prince and the Second Prince had been fighting overtly and covertly in the past, but now they were no longer hiding it and were throwing dirty water in front of Emperor Qing.

Hearing Emperor Qing's roar, the Crown Prince and the Second Prince quickly shut up and bent down.

"Let's wait for the Supervisory Council to investigate this matter and make a decision after the results come out!" Emperor Qing's face was as cold as frost. In front of an outsider like Li An, he felt that he had lost his royal dignity. He said to the two people who were lying on the ground: "Restrain your followers in the next few days and don't cause any trouble to interfere with the Supervisory Council's investigation."

Originally, the matter would have come to an end here, giving them a chance to breathe, and the Supervisory Council would have to do its job. However, the prince failed to achieve his goal when he entered the palace this time, and he continued to speak unwillingly.

"Your Majesty, Fan Xian's night trial of Si Lili has given rise to a possibility that he already knows that the Niulan Street assassination was committed by Lin Gong."

As the prince spoke, facing Emperor Qing's increasingly cold gaze, his voice gradually became smaller, and finally he even closed his mouth and said no more.

"Everyone, go out!" Emperor Qing spoke. The Crown Prince had no choice but to take his leave and left the imperial study with the Second Prince.

In the quiet imperial study, only Fan Xian, Li An and Emperor Qing were left.

Emperor Qing adjusted his sitting position on the couch, picked up the teacup and took a sip, his brows were furrowed as if they had never been relaxed. The corners of his mouth curled up, and he asked Li An in a suggestive tone: "Sir, do you know Wu Zhu?"

Li An also took a sip of the tea, but couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, so he answered, "Naturally."

"So is he in Kyoto now?"

"In the city."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Fan Xian was shocked! But what surprised him was that Emperor Qing did not make trouble for it.

"Then please keep this matter to yourself, sir!" A strange color flashed in Emperor Qing's eyes. He slowly raised his head and said this after a long while.

Li An did not respond, but glanced at Fan Xian. Fan Xian naturally did not notice this small action, but it did not escape the eyes of Emperor Qing.

Emperor Qing said calmly: "I will give you a reward."

Li An smiled and said, "If that's the case, even if someone wants to pay me to ask, I won't tell you." After that, he performed the etiquette of a subject. If it was before, it would be fine, but now with Li An's status as a grandmaster, it seemed a bit funny and out of place.

"However, this time, I don't want gold or silver as a reward. I just want to promote some improved agricultural tools and a calendar."

"Oh?" Emperor Qing was actually interested at this time. After listening to Li An's description, he laughed heartily and said, "Since it is beneficial to the people of the world, we should agree to it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Only then did Li An's answer carry a hint of respect.

"Hmm." Emperor Qing turned his head and looked at Fan Xian, who had been silent for a long time, and said, "You don't have to worry too much about this matter. Just wait for the result. Let me think about it carefully." After saying this, Emperor Qing closed his eyes.

Fan Xian let out a sigh of relief, understood what Emperor Qing meant, bowed to him, and said goodbye.

Seeing that today's goal had been achieved, Li An stood up and followed Fan Xian out of the imperial study. Then, led by a palace maid, he left the palace.

At this moment, the surroundings outside the palace were very quiet, and the pedestrians on the road were all in a hurry, as if they were affected by the answer. Knowing that the wind direction had changed in recent days, they all spoke less and walked more cautiously.

Otherwise, living in Kyoto is not easy. Without some foresight, it would be difficult for these people to survive in Kyoto.

Along the way, Fan Xian wanted to speak several times, but stopped because of the presence of the palace maids beside him. Now that they were both out of the palace, they could no longer endure it.

"Why do you want to tell us Uncle Wuzhu's whereabouts?" Fan Xian asked in confusion. At the same time, this was the first time he became wary of this 'fellow villager'.

"It makes no difference whether I say it or not, Emperor Qing will know the news soon." Li An paused and did not explain any more, "At least, today I have promoted the new calendar and farm tools, which will benefit the people of the world. By the way, guess what the prince is doing now?" Fan Xian was shocked, and after thinking for a moment, he shouted in his heart, "Overseer Council!"
Thinking of this, he said goodbye to Li An and wanted to rush to the Supervisory Office to deal with the aftermath.

"Just to remind you, someone has returned to Beijing." After saying this, Li An returned to Wanshizhai.

At this time, Lin Ruofu's reward also arrived in Li An's hands - 100,000 taels of silver.

Adding the previous reward from Li Hongcheng, his wealth value has now reached 710,000 taels.

After that, Li An no longer cared about these troublesome things. He took out the remaining pills and continued to teach his disciples in the courtyard.

"Teacher, the young lady of the Fan family went to the Prince's Eastern Palace today." Seeing that the teacher had time to come, Hong Kaijia began to talk about what Li An had asked him to do today.

Li An nodded and said with a smile: "Dear guests, the arrival is coming!"

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"Sir, there is no need to panic. Miss Si Lili didn't say a word from beginning to end. I think it will be the same this time." Wang Qinian and Fan Xian walked hurriedly, waving their hands and gesturing while speaking to comfort her.

Fan Xian's expression was grim at the moment, and he kept moving: "She didn't say it, she just wanted to stay alive."

Wang Qinian suddenly realized and followed his train of thought: "If she knew that the prince wanted to save him."

"Then she is definitely the first one to betray me." Fan Xian said affirmatively. The two of them had already arrived at the street where the Supervisory Office was located.

Wang Qiming hurriedly took two steps and walked in front of Fan Xian, making a gesture: "Should we get rid of Si Lili in advance?"

Fan Xian shook his head and was about to say something, but he saw many of the prince's guards parked at the gate of the Supervisory Council not far ahead!
The two were shocked and quickly hid themselves and watched everything.

"No!" Fan Xian reacted, "Now whether I kill Si Lili or not, the matter will be suspected of me. The only thing I can do is to prevent the Crown Prince from entering the Supervisory Council!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Qinian said cheerfully, "Don't worry, sir. Royal children are not allowed to enter the Supervisory Council and interfere in its affairs."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw the Crown Prince leading his personal guards and clashing with the people from the Overwatch Council who had gone out to confront him!
"This prince is really a character! We all underestimated him!" Fan Xian sighed, turned around and said helplessly to Wang Qinian: "It seems that I have to run away. I have to escape from Kyoto as soon as possible! Wang Qinian, we will never meet again!"

Wang Qinian's face was already filled with sorrow, and he was about to say goodbye, but suddenly he saw the changes at the gate of the Overwatch Council, and his expression changed from worry to relief. He hurriedly smiled and said to Fan Xian, "Sir, take a look!"

After hearing this, Fan Xian quickly turned around and looked.

I saw black cavalry approaching in the distance. The master of the Supervisory Council, Chen Pingping, has returned to Beijing!
"Was Lin Gong killed by Wu Zhu?" Seeing Fan Xian remained silent, Chen Pingping opened her lips slightly, which were as thin as willow leaves, and said, "You don't believe me!"

Chen Pingping was greeted by Fan Xian's silence as before.

"Wang Qinian! Are you the dean's man?" Fan Xian had already left the Supervisory Council and was shouting at the grinning fat man in front of him with an angry face.

"Oh, sir, please don't say such harsh words!" Wang Qinian said with a sly smile: "I want to leave the Supervisory Council, so I naturally have to do this last thing for the president!"

Fan Xian's face was full of contempt, and he asked jokingly, "So what do you plan to do after you leave the Overwatch Council?"

"Haha, of course I'll follow you, sir! You are so young, but you are already a supervisor of the Supervisory Council. You must have a bright future. And you are generous, sir. If I follow you, I can earn more money to supplement my family income!"

Fan Xian's face was filled with helplessness. He had no way to deal with Wang Qinian, so he just acquiesced to what he said.

At this time, Chen Pingping entered the palace.

(End of this chapter)