Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

Chapter 272: Internal strife within the Wu family will begin

After hearing the last piece of news, Wu Chengsi's expression finally became a little ugly.

This news, which was not good news for Emperor Wu Yizong, actually conveyed another thought of Wu Zetian.

That means there is one less Prince Li Dan, so I will create another enemy for you.

Multiple political parties competed for the position of crown prince, just like raising a Gu, and only the one who survived at the end would become the crown prince.

Wu Yizong, who was originally hopeless, now not only has military power, but also has the honor of becoming one of the people who can easily influence the political situation.

If Wu Chengsi was the most powerful one in the Wu family, then the only things that Wu Chengsi surpassed his brothers in the Wu family were official positions and titles.

Wu Yizong now holds many official positions, and it is already a great kindness for her to come to his house and say these words to him. Once he leaves the house, under the pressure of Wu Zetian, Wu Yizong, who is under the fire, can only dream of fighting for it.

And Wu Youji absolutely could not just sit back and watch the political situation. After tonight, Wu Youji was no longer Wu Sansi's friend, but Wu Sansi's competitor. Wu Youji's eldest brother and third brother absolutely could not just stand by and watch.

The entire Wu family has been collectively put under fire by Wu Zetian because of the incident involving Prince Li Dan.

As for the source, Wu Chengsi also knew clearly who it was.

Zhao Hai!

The leader of the Inner Guard Palace who was ambushed on the outskirts of Liang County and finally brought back to Luoyang under the protection of the Inner Guards.

After the Bleeding Eagle case, Wu Zetian regarded the Internal Guards as her lifeblood, firmly believing that no one in the world might listen to her, but the Internal Guards would definitely perform their duties loyally.

The woman who assassinated Zhao Hai has not confessed yet, but Wu Zetian's patience has reached its limit.

This was obviously an assassination attempt to frame Li Dan, and it ultimately resulted in the middle generation of the Wu family joining in. The person in the Wu family who sent the killer must be regretting it now.

"Emperor Yizong." Wu Chengsi poured a cup of tea for Emperor Wu Yizong and slowly handed it to him. "Who do you think sent the assassin?"

"I don't know, but it must be related to one or even several of us who were forced into this." Wu Yizong took a sip of tea, his eyes filled with anger.

"In that case, how about you and I join forces? There are only a few people in the court who are truly disciples and former officials. You can only count your disciples and former officials in the court, right? If the two of us join forces, Cunxi is my disciple, and we also have that old man Di Huaiying, so we have nothing to fear."

"Are you serious?" Wu Yizong raised his eyebrows. "Then I won't be polite. Even if Wu Sansi has won over Wu Youning, Wu Youji and his brothers, they are only equal to us."

"Okay, Li Dan will reflect on his mistakes for a year. The prince's party will definitely stop their activities within this year. The descendants of the Li family will not fight us to the death. Next, we will see who can find more evil deeds."

Wu Chengsi trusted Wu Yizong immensely, and the two brothers now formed a formal alliance.

As for Wu Chengye, Prince of Changshan, Wu Chengsi had already put this brother behind him and had no mood to pay attention to him.

In two days at most, Wu Chengye would have to return to Chang'an and continue to be in charge of the Western Capital Chang'an. Even if he wanted to help, he would not be able to do so.

Wu Chengsi stood up and said, "I will write a letter to Cunxi and ask Lao Bai to deliver it overnight. He must conduct a thorough investigation of Sansi and his followers."

"Okay, Li Shaoyin is patrolling on behalf of the emperor, which is just right to make things difficult for Wu Sansi."

Wu Yizong stood up and bowed.

"Goodbye. There will be a big court meeting tomorrow. Let's see what Wu Sansi's attitude is."

……

East Palace.

Wu Sansi had already told Li Xian about Li Dan's year-long seclusion and reflection. Li Xian, who had already heard about it from Wei Anshi, was not very interested.

As if sensing the ambiguity in Li Xian's attitude, Wu Sansi could not continue speaking, and the two began to talk about their own children.

Ever since Shao Wang Li Chongrun married Wu Yuanmo, Wu Sansi has never seen his good daughter Wu Yuanmo again. He missed her a little and mentioned Wu Yuanmo, who was now the wife of Shao Wang.

Li Xian was quite satisfied with his daughter-in-law. After all, who wouldn't like a cute little loli? Moreover, with Wu Yuanmo, the Eastern Palace didn't seem to have the same dull feeling as before.

While we were chatting, a woman suddenly came in from outside, knelt on one knee and said:

"Your Highness, Prince of Liang, the Minister of the Central Secretariat Wei Anshi has an urgent matter to report!"

Li Xian shook his hands, leaned back lazily, and ordered:

"Please invite Lord Wei in."

Wei Anshi came in the middle of the night, naturally he had something important to report.

After entering the hall of the Prince's Mansion, he bowed to Li Xian and Wu Sansi, and said bluntly:

"Your Majesty has conferred titles on several relatives of the Wu family tonight. Among them, the one with the highest title is the Minister of Rites Wu Yizong, who was conferred the title of Prince of Henei and General of the Right Jinwu Guard. He is already a high-ranking official in the court on par with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei and His Royal Highness the Prince of Liang."

"Also, Your Highness Prince Liang, I advise you to return home as soon as possible. Prince Wu Youji of Qiancheng and Prince Wu Youde of Nanping have been waiting for you in your palace for a long time. Your servants were stopped outside and have not been able to inform you. I want to say one more thing and advise you to return as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Wu Sansi hurriedly said goodbye to Li Xian and left the Eastern Palace. As expected, he saw his servants shivering in the wind.

"Wu Youji and Wu Youde came to my house?"

"It's been more than an hour." said the servant with a bitter face.

"Not good, the situation in the court is going to get bad!" Wu Sansi quickly got on the carriage and urged, "Return home quickly."

……

The Di Mansion is brightly lit.

Wu Zetian's imperial edict came too quickly, forcing all of Li Tang's old ministers who had just had supper and were preparing to go home to stay in Di's mansion.

Everyone was at a loss, but they could all see that the political situation had become even more chaotic.

Chaos had already occurred. The cause of the chaos was that some people in the Wu family wanted to eliminate the powerful power grabber of the Li family. In the end, Wu Zetian was so angry that she dragged the middle generation of the Wu family into the chaos.

Originally, the matter of Li Dan's disciples abusing their power was not a big deal, but the assassination of Li Cunxi added three more points to the crime, and the robbery and murder of the leader of the Internal Guard Palace added another thirty points.

The method of robbery and killing that made it even more obvious would not let Wu Zetian think that the man was sent by Li Dan. This also led to the Wu family members behind the scenes being involved as well, and no one was spared.

Now the court has once again returned to the period of various factions fighting for power, and there are now more than three factions remaining in the Wu family.

No one dared to imagine how brutal the fight would be at the next grand court meeting.

"Di Gong, what should we do now?" Yao Chong asked.

Di Renjie took a sip of tea and said:

"If the Wu family members are fighting each other to the point of bloodshed, we can still keep our troops in place and wait for Cunxi to patrol on behalf of the emperor and capture Wu Sansi's disciples and former officials."

"If the Wu family members don't fight each other next, we will have to confront them head-on to protect the Crown Prince and the Prince of Xiang!"