Chapter 291: Imperial Envoy

Li Fei requested a retrial of Shangguan Xiao's case!

This was equivalent to publicly questioning the resolution of the Chief Grand Secretary and the Cabinet back then!

Even the Crown Prince's face changed upon hearing this.

He also never expected that this "First in History" he personally recommended could be so bold!

"Your Majesty."

Just when everyone was shocked by Li Fei's audacity, Ming Qi, who had been silent from the beginning, suddenly spoke.

He also bowed to the Emperor in greeting:

"This poor monk also does not want any rewards, and earnestly requests Your Majesty to retry this case!"

"Oh?"

The Emperor looked at Ming Qi in surprise, "Are you also related to this case?"

Ming Qi shook his head: "This poor monk has nothing to do with this case."

The Emperor smiled: "Then why do you also request a retrial of this case?"

Ming Qi turned his head and glanced at Li Fei beside him.

From the beginning to now, others only saw Li Fei's audacity, feeling he was relying on his talent to be proud.

Only Ming Qi saw Li Fei's sincere heart, and saw the sincere feelings between Li Fei and his master.

Ming Qi understood this!

So he spoke to plead for Li Fei, and was also willing to use his own reward to exchange for a chance for Li Fei to retry the case.

Li Fei also didn't expect Ming Qi to actually speak up to help him, and couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart.

He actually didn't have much certainty that he could really retry the case, just holding an attitude of trying it out.

If it were just for him alone, for the posthumous name of Shangguan Xiao and Hao Yi, this case could not be retried no matter what.

Because on the other side was a frontier official and a Grandmaster!

But the Datong Prefecture had already publicly torn its face with that side, and there was also a Wu'an University that had a direct competitive relationship with the Hongyi University.

So Li Fei was not fighting alone.

If this case could really be retried, the Datong Prefecture and Wu'an University would definitely be happy to see it.

Sure enough, an official immediately stood out from the ranks:

"Your Majesty, this minister also participated in the trial of this case back then. This minister felt at the time that there was something strange about this case, with many doubts. So this minister believes that this case can be retried!"

This person was a member of the Supervision Pavilion, Fang Xingmao.

After Shangguan Xiao's case was "poked" to the center by Governor Bian Jingru back then, it was Fang Xingmao and Duan Qi who were responsible for the "preliminary trial" first.

The two had publicly argued in the Zixu Hall of the Cabinet Academy back then.

The "Canglin Lu Family" had people in the Cabinet, and Governor Bian Jingru, this Datong Prefecture Garrison Commander, also had his own connections.

"Father Emperor!"

Seeing that Ming Qi actually entered the game, and another Cabinet Minister spoke, the Crown Prince felt this was a good opportunity, and hurriedly said:

"Although I have only known Li Fei for a short time, I believe in his character and that he would absolutely not talk nonsense and ignore the court law; moreover, it is not just him who has objections, but the entire Datong Prefecture has objections!

Father Emperor, why not retry this case; it can settle the hearts of the two geniuses of the country, and can also settle the hearts of the officials of the Datong Prefecture."

The First Imperial Prince couldn't hold back either:

"Father Emperor, I think this matter must not be done. A case formally decided by the Chief Grand Secretary and the central Cabinet, how can it be overturned and retried without any solid evidence? How will this settle the hearts of the many officials in Feng Province? How will this settle the hearts of the Cabinet ministers?"

After his voice fell, other Cabinet Ministers immediately stood out to support him.

These Cabinet Ministers, some were the First Imperial Prince's people, and some were people of the "Canglin Lu Family."

The Emperor did not speak, watching everyone speak quietly.

After a while, the Zhige Pavilion member Duan Qi, who had just stepped out, suddenly shouted:

"Your Majesty, this minister has a word!"

"Speak."

The Emperor raised his eyes.

Duan Qi said: "These two geniuses both said they didn't want rewards, and were willing to use this reward to exchange for a chance to retry the case; I think this matter doesn't make sense from the root; even if both are First in History, what merit do they have for the country? Asking for things with merit without establishing any merit, this is hard to convince people's hearts!"

The Crown Prince's lips moved, but he didn't speak in the end.

This credit initially belonged to him, but he had already stated it was his "duty," then smoothly shifted to requesting rewards for the two prodigies instead.

But now that things had evolved like this, if he jumped out again to say this was his merit, and he wanted to exchange this merit for something.

That would become asking for rewards with merit, and the nature would be different.

The Crown Prince understood the Emperor; he knew this was what the other party disliked the most!

This Emperor was generous to his ministers, but famously strict with his own children.

If it were to be said in one sentence, it would be "Zhen gives it to you, then you can take it. Zhen didn't give it, you cannot grab it"!

"Besides, Li Fei feels that the result investigated by the Feng Province investigation team back then was wrong; he doesn't believe it, and doesn't accept the final judgment of the central Cabinet. Then may I ask, even if the case is retried, and someone else is changed to investigate, if the same result is found in the end, will he be convinced?"

Duan Qi raised a new question.

This was indeed a problem.

If the case is retried, and the result found in the end is the same, will Li Fei be convinced?

It seemed he still wouldn't be.

Doesn't this mean that this case must be presented according to the result Li Fei wants before he can be convinced?

This sentence was even more attacking to the heart than what the First Imperial Prince said before!

Looking at the silent Crown Prince, the Emperor looked at Duan Qi:

"Then what suggestion do you have?"

Duan Qi obviously had a draft early on, saying without hesitation:

"This minister thinks that if we really want to exchange something with merit, at least there should be merit first! And if we want to make Li Fei completely convinced, I am afraid we have to let him personally participate in the whole process of investigating the case.

Since that is the case, this minister has a suggestion. Not long ago, the Daluo Sect lost the Life-Prolonging Elixir prepared for Your Majesty; why not let Li Fei start investigating this case. First, if he can really find the elixir for Your Majesty, naturally he should be rewarded, and this merit can be used to exchange for the qualification to personally investigate Shangguan Xiao's case.

Second, the case of the missing elixir has already troubled the colleagues of the Zhige Pavilion for many days; if Li Fei can investigate this case clearly, it also proves his ability, and then letting him investigate Shangguan Xiao's case, everyone will be convinced."

After listening to this suggestion, many officials in the hall took a cold breath, secretly sighing at Duan Qi's ruthless means!

The case of the Daluo Sect's missing elixir had been around for a while, but the Zhige Pavilion responsible for this case had never come up with a concrete chapter.

There was no other reason; it was too tricky!

It involved the Daoist ancestral court; even if the Zhige Pavilion was known as "suppressing the major sects in the world and stopping the disputes of martial arts practitioners," it still didn't dare to act recklessly.

After all, the Daluo Sect sat on a True Monarch of the current era, and a Martial Saint of the human world!

And taking this matter as a trigger, it had already involved the Pudu Temple, and now there was the matter of Buddhism refining Sha weapons for the Great Lan Dynasty.

This vortex was getting bigger and bigger, and one didn't know how many serious consequences were involved!

So the big figures of the Zhige Pavilion had really lost I don't know how much hair recently for this case.

Now Duan Qi actually wanted to push this case to Li Fei to investigate, simply clearly wanting to let Li Fei go to his death!

Many people in the hall realized that Duan Qi should be a person of the "Canglin Lu Family," otherwise he wouldn't be so ruthless.

If Li Fei didn't dare to take it, naturally everything would be unmentioned, and in the future, even if he really established some merit, it would be very difficult to mention the matter of retrying the case again.

If Li Fei took it, then it went without saying; Duan Qi didn't worry at all that Li Fei could find the elixir back, because this thing was lost at the Daluo Sect!

The dignified Daoist ancestral court, with countless experts sitting in town, and even having a True Monarch and a Martial Saint.

Who dared to steal the elixir there? And the one stolen was the elixir for the Emperor?

Even if one dared to steal, looking at the world, how many people had the ability to steal the elixir?

So the more Li Fei wanted to investigate the truth, the more he was looking for death!

Duan Qi's move could be considered as solving a heart-trouble for the "Canglin Lu Family" in advance, and at the same time throwing away a hot potato for the Zhige Pavilion, which could be considered killing several birds with one stone.

The Crown Prince's face changed!

He turned around abruptly and glared at Duan Qi fiercely:

"Li Fei has never had relevant experience before; how can he just participate in investigating the case like this?"

Duan Qi seemed not to feel the Crown Prince's gaze, replying calmly:

"On the case file of Shangguan Xiao's case back then, Li Fei's personal information was also recorded; this minister saw that besides his identity as a Wu'an University student, he also had an identity as a secret inspector of the Datong Prefecture Supervision General Academy, with authority equivalent to a 9th-rank official.

Being able to be appointed as a secret inspector and possessing 9th-rank authority, how could he have no experience in investigating cases? I think this peerless genius must also have extraordinary skills in this aspect!"

The Crown Prince was startled.

When he looked at the information related to Li Fei back then, it was also written that Li Fei had this identity as a secret inspector.

But compared to Li Fei's "First in History" talent and Dao Foundation stage realm, this secret inspector with 9th-rank authority was simply not worth mentioning.

He didn't expect Duan Qi to actually use this identity to make a point.

The Crown Prince looked at Li Fei, his gaze severe, and shook his head.

Having reached this step, he could only let Li Fei refuse this matter himself.

Above the Dan steps, the Emperor had no expression after listening to Duan Qi's suggestion.

He looked at Li Fei, who also had no expression:

"Unexpectedly, you are already Zhen's minister; since that is the case, Li Fei, are you willing to find this life-prolonging elixir for Zhen?"

"Father Emperor!"

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince was about to speak immediately.

But a single look from the Emperor made him shut up.

Silent as a cicada in winter!

Under the Emperor's gaze that was like substance, Li Fei bowed slowly:

"This minister is willing to accept this mission!"

At 11:03 AM, today's court meeting ended, and the court was dismissed.

A group of officials filed out from the Zheng Lan Hall.

After a while, the Crown Prince, Li Fei, and Ming Qi walked out of the great hall together.

"Just now on the hall, thank you, Master, for speaking up for me."

After walking out of the great hall, Li Fei bowed to Ming Qi to express his gratitude sincerely.

Compared to the Crown Prince doing it to win him over, Ming Qi's help appeared very pure.

And also very precious.

"Amitabha."

Ming Qi helped Li Fei up, revealing a pure smile:

"The feelings between Li Benefactor and your master moved this poor monk; if your master really has grievances, this poor monk is also sincerely happy that you can clear his name!"

"Thank you, Master, Li Fei will keep it in his heart."

Li Fei looked at Ming Qi and said so.

"Sigh."

The Crown Prince on the side sighed, "Li Fei, you are too impulsive! Do you know how deep the water is in this case of the Life-Prolonging Elixir? This is simply not something you can grasp!"

Li Fei turned to bow to the Crown Prince:

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, but I still want to try."

Of course he knew how dangerous it was to investigate the Life-Prolonging Elixir case, but he still accepted this case without hesitation.

Because even if one day his strength was enough to kill Xu Jing and wipe out the entire Lu family.

But unless he could overthrow the entire Great Lan Dynasty, he would never be able to overturn the case for Shangguan Xiao and clear Hao Yi's name.

The two would forever carry the stigma.

Besides this, there was another important reason, which was his dream realm.

This dream realm was both the opportunity for him to investigate the case and the motivation for him to investigate the case.

Because it was very likely that he had already been involved in this event; rather than passively waiting for things to slowly ferment and finally completely lose the initiative.

It was better to take the initiative to understand and strive for more favorable chips for himself!

Many officials walking out of the great hall around saw this scene, their expressions were different, and the looks they gave Li Fei were also very complex.

Li Fei accepted the case of the missing Life-Prolonging Elixir at the court meeting, and the Emperor spoke with a golden mouth, giving him a chance to go to the Daluo Sect to investigate the case thoroughly.

That is to say, Li Fei could now be considered an Imperial Envoy.

Regardless, as an 18-year-old Imperial Envoy, Li Fei had broken another historical record and had another "First in History" on his body!

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