Chapter 107 - 93: Father! I Have a Plan to Eliminate Prince Qi!

Chapter 107: Chapter 93: Father! I Have a Plan to Eliminate Prince Qi!

"It all lines up!" Zeng Anmin clenched his fists, his eyes flashing with a frenzied, sharp light. "The death of Earl Zhongyuan—my cousin-in-law—was precisely because Emperor Xi’s Map was exposed, drawing the covetous eyes of others."

However, the next moment, his brows furrowed deeply. He hesitated. "But if the matter of extracting the true essence of the Celestial Dao Map wasn’t exposed, how do we explain the tail on my cousin-in-law’s corpse?"

This was a glaring loophole. After all, the physical changes to his cousin-in-law’s body were officially recorded. Moreover, the majority of the people on the battlefield back then had seen it with their own eyes.

"Heh." Unexpectedly, his father merely chuckled softly. He glanced at Zeng Anmin and said, "Although you understand the ways of the world, possess unparalleled talent and unmatched wisdom, and solve cases with divine accuracy..."

With every word his father spoke, Zeng Anmin couldn’t help but puff out his chest. He met his father’s gaze and nodded in agreement. He thought, "That’s exactly right. He’s talking about me!"

Seeing the look in his eyes, his father’s mouth twitched. Changing the subject, he added, "But you still lack experience in court politics."

Since his father had praised him so much, he figured he should return the favor and flatter him a little. Zeng Anmin immediately stood up and bowed deeply and solemnly to his father. "Please enlighten me, Father."

"Heh." Zeng Shilin smiled and nodded subconsciously. His right hand instinctively rose to stroke his beard. "Right now, the most important thing is not the property confiscation case of Earl Zhongyuan’s estate from back then, but the evidence of Prince Qi’s collusion with the Profound Array Department. As long as the evidence is solid, as for the tail on Duan Yuheng’s corpse..."

At this point, a touch of indifference appeared on his father’s face. "His Majesty will naturally help us clean it up."

Hearing his father’s words, Zeng Anmin nodded thoughtfully. His eyes lit up. He looked straight at his father, his face covered in a relaxed smile. "I assume you have already found evidence of Prince Qi’s Mansion secretly contacting the Profound Array Department, Father?"

His father’s smiling face stiffened slightly. Meeting Zeng Anmin’s expectant gaze, he looked away. "Actually, when I first came up with this plan years ago, I didn’t expect Prince Qi to actually have dealings with the Profound Array Department. If you hadn’t mentioned the Agarwood, I would have had a hard time finding out about it.

"As long as we act fast enough, the Agarwood can indeed serve as physical evidence. However... Prince Qi still has room to deny it.

"Therefore, we are still missing a human witness... which makes things a bit difficult."

"What witness?" Zeng Anmin looked at his father, speechless. "Dad, I’ve already bared all my secrets to you. Why are you still beating around the bush? They say you raise children to look after you in old age, but you’re in the prime of your life. What are you guarding against?"

Zeng Shilin’s gaze deepened. "Do you still remember the strategist from Prince Jiang’s Mansion, Qi Xianlin?"

"Are you saying we use him to ’secretly link’ Prince Qi?" Zeng Anmin’s mind raced, and then his brows furrowed deeply. "Frame him?"

"COUGH COUGH!" His father choked on Zeng Anmin’s blunt words, his throat suddenly itchy. He glanced at his son and said without a change in expression, "The Saint says: Whatever benefits the people may be imposed upon others."

After saying this, he gave Zeng Anmin a faint look. He thought, "These are the methods of the Saint! What do you know?!"

Zeng Anmin couldn’t even be bothered to listen to such high-sounding rhetoric. He just pondered for a moment and murmured, "So right now, you lack a witness to testify that Qi Xianlin is colluding with the two brothers, Prince Qi and King Jiang, right?"

At this point, his heart skipped a beat. A bold plan slowly surfaced in his mind. He looked up sharply, a brilliant light flashing in his eyes. "Dad, if we’re talking about a human witness, I actually know a highly suitable candidate..."

"Who?" His father frowned. He had searched for a long time but hadn’t found anyone suitable for this role. Moreover, the matter was of grave importance; an unreliable person could ruin the entire grand scheme.

"Don’t worry about that for now. I remember you mentioning that the Profound Array Department has something called... the Heaven-Questioning Array, which can perform deductions, right? Can this deduction... figure out where the enemy is?" Zeng Anmin stared intently at his father.

"The Heaven-Questioning Array is peerlessly profound. Its users sacrifice their lifespan, so naturally, it possesses such miraculous abilities," Zeng Shilin nodded.

"Then it’s going to be easy!" Zeng Anmin clapped his hands together, a highly eerie smile spreading across his face.

As the sun slowly rose, his father headed toward the Ministry of the Secretariat.

Unless there was a matter of great importance, Emperor Jianhong rarely held early morning court assemblies. Therefore, under normal circumstances, officials in the capital rarely woke up extremely early.

Zeng Anmin also freshened up and prepared to head out. However, his destination was not the Imperial College.

After asking Dachun to request a leave of absence for him at the Imperial College, he rode his horse straight toward his intended destination. Since he couldn’t ride at a full gallop within the city, it took him nearly half an hour to arrive.

CLOP CLOP CLOP.

Zeng Anmin slowly raised his head to look at the plaque before him.

Imperial City Department.

The three large characters shone brilliantly. A dark undertone reflected the dense aura of power emanating from this government office. Upon arriving, Zeng Anmin dismounted, tied his horse to a post, and strode toward the entrance.

"Who goes there? State your business!"

A cold shout halted Zeng Anmin in his tracks. At the entrance of the Imperial City Department stood two expressionless guards.

"I’m here to see Bai Ziqing. Please inform him that Zeng Anmin is looking for him," Zeng Anmin said with a smile. As his words fell, a folded silver note was silently slipped into the guard’s hand.

"Hmm... ahem. Please wait a moment, Mr. Zeng." The guard discreetly felt the corner of the silver note in his palm, an amiable smile blooming on his face.