My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare!-Chapter 399 - 270 Notify
The intelligence from the Spiegel Bureau is beyond doubt.
These old officials from the Eastern Palace, those who got promoted did so, and those who got rich, did too. Following the dissolution of the Eastern Palace, their lives seemingly had cheat codes enabled, and they rose up against all odds, all thanks to the support from the Capital Governor and King Han behind the scenes.
Although the Capital Governor was once the Junior Chief Steward of the Eastern Palace and might have taken care of his former subordinates, the fact that they ended up dying unexpectedly one after another is somewhat inexplicable.
To investigate the current status of other Eastern Palace officials would be an extremely time-consuming affair, even for the Spiegel Bureau, and Li Nuo needed to patiently wait.
Li Anning stood beside Li Nuo, looking at the dossier.
Li Nuo thought for a while and asked, "Why don't you stop getting involved in this case?"
Both the victims and the perpetrators were her own relatives.
This case was indeed cruel for her.
Li Anning shook her head and said, "Since I've already started investigating, I have to see it through to the end."
Li Nuo said nothing more. These past few days, she was investigating both day and night, and hadn't rested much, so Li Nuo had her lie on the bed and used special massage techniques from the Medical School to help relieve her fatigue.
He stayed in the room with her till the evening, and just when it was about time to rest, Li Nuo was about to go to the Jiaren's place, Anning hugged his arm and said, "I want to sleep holding you tonight…"
Looking at her pitiful appearance, Li Nuo really wanted to agree.
But last night, it was she who had slept holding him.
It was time to visit Jiaren's room today. Favoring Anning would inevitably neglect Jiaren.
In matters like this, Li Nuo had always been fair and balanced.
Having personally gone through these events, he could somewhat understand why there was always such fierce competition for favor in the Emperor's harem.
Having two wives was certainly not easy…
Li Nuo gently tapped her forehead and said, "I can't. If we do that, Jiaren will overthink…"
After the improvement in his Cultivation Technique, his wife's character was no longer so icy, but she remained reserved and restrained, not becoming like Yiren. If he neglected her, she might not show it on her face like Anning, but would likely care even more in her heart.
Anning, still hugging his arm, said, "Then I'll come over and sleep with you guys…"
Li Nuo glanced at her. Did she think he didn't want to?
What man wouldn't want the joy of a shared blessing, but getting his wife to agree was not an easy task.
Before the improvement in the Cultivation Technique, all three of them had slept together in the same bed, but since the new cultivation practice, her demeanor had become even shyer, even preferring to extinguish the lights before consummating their marriage.
Anning, in the bedroom, was completely the opposite.
Seeing that Li Nuo didn't outright refuse, Anning quickly said, "I'll go talk to Jiaren sister!"
Li Nuo shrugged his shoulders. If she could persuade his wife, what reason did he have to refuse?
Inside Song Jiaren's room.
She was sitting at a table doing embroidery. Anning entered, sat beside her, gently took her hand, and said, "Jiaren sister, your skill has improved so quickly…"
Song Jiaren smiled slightly and said, "It was all taught by Phoenix."
When it came to women's affairs, Phoenix was the teacher of both of them. However, as Anning had to go to the Ministry of Justice, she didn't have much time to practice, so her embroidery skills naturally did not match Song Jiaren's.
Anning watched her for a while before tentatively saying, "How about the three of us sleep together tonight…"
Song Jiaren, without overthinking, put down the half-finished handkerchief and said, "Sure."
Anning hugged her and planted a big kiss on her face, saying happily, "I knew Jiaren sister was the best. I'll come over after my bath…"
Song Jiaren was slightly taken aback and asked, "Bath… For what?"
Li Anning said, "Of course it's for sleeping. What else would it be, going out to investigate a case?"
Song Jiaren asked, "Isn't it to go out and investigate a case?"
Li Anning waved her hand and said, "There can't be that many cases to investigate…"
Song Jiaren said, "I…"
Li Anning immediately said, "You just agreed, one can't go back on their word!"
…
Early in the morning.
Li Nuo and Anning walked out of the house together, one towards the Ministry of Justice, the other to Honglu Si.
He didn't know what Anning had said to his wife, but she had actually agreed for the three of them to sleep together, although it was just plain sleeping. It was still a significant step forward.
He only took the first step, so he could take the second and third steps.
After arriving at the Honglu Si, without any official duties to attend to, Li Nuo continued his training.
Whenever he tired, he took a rest; once rested, he resumed training, and the day passed by quickly.
Tonight, it was supposed to be Anning's turn to accompany him, but instead, she chose to sleep together with Li Nuo and Jiaren. With the groundwork laid the previous night, Jiaren's response was even more natural tonight.
For several days in a row, Anning clung to them, and eventually, Jiaren evidently grew accustomed to it.
This morning, Li Nuo woke up from the soft warmth on both sides. Today was a rest day; he didn't need to go to the yamen and could stay home to accompany them while casually instructing his wife and Yiren in swordsmanship.
Their progress over these days had been incredibly fast.
Yiren no longer mentioned returning to the Sanqing Sect; she dedicated herself to cultivation every day, working as if she were a changed person.
While Li Nuo sat in the courtyard watching Yiren practice swordsmanship, Housekeeper Wu came from outside and handed Li Nuo a thick bundle of documents, saying, "Young master, the Spiegel Bureau has completed the investigation you requested…"
Receiving the documents, Li Nuo and Anning went to their room.
A few days ago, he had asked Housekeeper Wu to have the Spiegel Bureau investigate the whereabouts and current status of former Eastern Palace officials because it involved so many people, it had taken until now to get results.
There had been a great many officials in the Eastern Palace. Coupled with those in the Crown Prince's Inner Palace, there were over a hundred who had direct access to the Crown Prince. Investigating all of them was indeed no easy task.
Many of these officials had indeed died for various reasons after leaving the Eastern Palace.
A considerable portion had been implicated in a theft case from that time and had been dealt with by the court.
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Those not involved in the theft incident didn't die in great numbers over the years.
Most of these officials remained in the same position without any promotion after leaving the Eastern Palace, their ranks only going down, not up, but they were still at the court.
By comparison, they were less suspect.
Those who had left the Eastern Palace and had been promoted rapidly or amassed wealth rapidly were more suspicious.
There were not many such people. Aside from a few who had died, the remaining ones could be counted on one hand.
They were the ones worth paying close attention to.
Li Nuo's gaze swept over the list of female officials of the Crown Prince's Inner Palace and passed inadvertently over one, only to quickly return to it.
Sun Jin, Chief of the Inner Palace of the Crown Prince, a position held by a secondary eighth-rank female official, was responsible for managing the Crown Prince's and the Crown Prince Concubines' jewelry, clothing, hair accessories, cosmetics, entertainments, and was an official who often came into contact with the Crown Prince and his concubines.
Li Nuo was not familiar with this name.
But he was not at all unfamiliar with her as a person.
After leaving the Eastern Palace, she started a brothel business in Chang'an. Over ten years, the business grew larger and larger, eventually becoming one of the top pleasure grounds of Chang'an, frequented by many officials and dignitaries.
This brothel was called Happy Building.
And Sun Jin had been executed by King Han because of a conflict with the Jade Sound Pavilion last time.
People thought that it was King Han giving face to his father, but now it seemed it was done deliberately.
This was their usual trick.
Acquiring the Jade Sound Pavilion might not have been their real goal—they just found an excuse to end the life of this former female official of the Inner Palace.
If it weren't for these cases, many of which Li Nuo had personally dealt with and found some doubts, he would never have associated these deaths with the Eastern Palace.
It seemed that King Han was definitely involved in the matter of those years.
What was not clear was how he managed to successfully plot against the Crown Prince back then.
Most of those who had known about that incident had died, leaving no one to testify.
With the status of King Han, King You, and the Capital Governor, there was no way to arrest them for questioning. The last breakthrough lay with those few suspicious former officials of the Eastern Palace.
If they died too, there would probably be no chance of overturning the case.
As it stood, this case had already exceeded the control of him and Anning.
There were few in the entire court who could control it.
After discussing with Anning, Li Nuo swiftly made a decision.
The night grew deep.
Li Mansion.
Li Nuo knocked on a door, and a voice came from the room: "Come in."
Li Nuo pushed the door and entered. As Li Xuanjing put down the book in his hands and stood up from behind the desk, he said, "Why aren't you asleep at this late hour?"
Li Nuo closed the door behind him, slowly walked over, and said earnestly, "Father, please sit down. I have something important to tell you…"
