The princess arrives and the prosperous Tang Dynasty begins

Chapter 198 Reversal

In the deep secret room, Lin Xiao and Li Yi held the secret book that was regarded as the key clue, with solemn expressions. The dim candlelight flickered, illuminating their faces full of doubts and vigilance.

Lin Xiao's eyes were fixed on the words in the secret book, her eyebrows furrowed, and she fell into deep thought. She slowly said, "Your Majesty, this secret book... I'm afraid it's not as simple as we expected."

Li Yi came forward, his eyes full of anxiety: "My beloved concubine, why do you say that?"

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and pointed at some words and patterns on the secret book. He said in a heavy tone, "Your Majesty, please look at the connection between some of the expressions and patterns. It seems that someone has forcibly tampered with the original content and then pieced it together into what we see now."

Li Yi's face became increasingly gloomy. He clenched his fists tightly, and his joints turned white due to the force. "Who on earth is so bold as to tamper with this important secret book!"

Lin Xiao shook his head slightly, his eyes full of contemplation: "Anyone who can do such a thing must be very careful and well-informed, and they know our investigation very well. They know that we are looking for this secret book, so they set up this trap in advance to try to mislead us."

Li Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! I will never let them succeed. My beloved, what do you think we should do next?"

Lin Xiao raised his head slightly, his eyes wandering in the secret room for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to find out the motive of the person who tampered with it. The content of this secret book must be extremely important, otherwise they would not go to such trouble to confuse people. Perhaps there is a bigger conspiracy behind this."

Li Yi nodded, his expression stern: "My beloved concubine is right. But in this vast sea of ​​people, it is not easy to find the mastermind behind this."

Lin Xiao's eyes were firm. "Don't worry, Your Majesty. We might as well start from the original source of this secret book. Find out how it fell into the hands of others, and when and where it was tampered with. Maybe we can find some clues from it."

A glimmer of hope flashed in Li Yi's eyes: "Okay, I will immediately give the order and let my trusted confidant investigate."

Lin Xiao continued to analyze, "In addition, Your Majesty, we still need to re-examine all the clues we have collected before. Perhaps, in those seemingly insignificant details, there is key information related to the tampering of this secret book."

Li Yi responded, "My beloved concubine has thought it through. I will give the order right away and have everyone sort out the clues again."

The two left the secret room and returned to the palace. Li Yi immediately summoned his trusted ministers and gave them the task of investigating the source of the secret book. After receiving the order, the ministers got busy.

Lin Xiao was in her own palace, repeatedly studying the tampered secret book, trying to find clues that might have been overlooked from every word and every pattern.

As the days passed, the investigation progressed slowly. Lin Xiao and Li Yi were filled with anxiety.

One day, Lin Xiao was sitting at the table, thinking hard, when suddenly a palace maid came to report: "Madam, there is an old man outside the palace who wants to see you. He said he knows something about the secret book."

Lin Xiao was delighted and said quickly, "Please invite him in."

Soon, an old man with ragged clothes and white hair was brought into the palace. When the old man saw Lin Xiao, he knelt down and saluted: "I am here to see your Majesty."

Lin Xiao hurriedly helped him up: "Old man, please stand up quickly. I heard that you know about the secret book, and I hope you can tell me the truth."

The old man sighed and said, "My Lady, this secret book was originally written by a hidden master. Many years ago, this master passed the secret book to his disciple. But for some reason, the secret book later spread among the people, and after several twists and turns, it fell into the hands of some people with ill intentions."

Lin Xiao asked: "Then do you know where this hidden master is now?"

The old man shook his head: "I don't know. I just heard that this master has long been traveling around the world and has disappeared."

Lin Xiao was slightly disappointed, but still thanked the old man.

At the same time, some news came from Li Yi. It turned out that his confidants found some clues related to the ministers in the court while investigating the source of the secret book.

Li Yi immediately called Lin Xiao to discuss the matter.

Li Yi said with a gloomy face: "My beloved concubine, my confidant discovered during the investigation that this secret book once appeared in the house of a minister."

Lin Xiao was startled: "Your Majesty, do you know which minister it is?"

Li Yi gritted his teeth and said, "It's the Minister of Revenue, Lord Wang."

Lin Xiao thought for a moment: "Your Majesty, this matter needs to be handled with caution. You can't conclude that Lord Wang is related to this matter based on this alone. Maybe someone deliberately framed him."

Li Yi frowned: "My beloved concubine, what you said makes sense. But no matter what, I will get to the bottom of this matter."

So Li Yi ordered to secretly monitor Lord Wang's every move.

A few days later, the surveillance personnel brought news that Lord Wang met with a mysterious person in the mansion at night.

After learning about this, Li Yi and Lin Xiao decided to go to Lord Wang’s residence to find out what was going on.

That night, it was dark and windy. Li Yi and Lin Xiao dressed in casual clothes and quietly came to the outside of Lord Wang's house.

The mansion was completely silent, with only a faint light coming from one of the side rooms.

Li Yi and Lin Xiao approached cautiously and stuck to the window to eavesdrop on the conversation inside the house.

I only heard Lord Wang say: "This matter must not be exposed, otherwise we will all die without a burial place."

The mysterious man lowered his voice and said, "Don't worry, sir. Everything is under control. As long as we act according to the plan, we will be able to conceal the truth."

Li Yi and Lin Xiao looked at each other and understood what was going on.

Li Yi kicked the door open, and Lord Wang and the mysterious man in the room were immediately shocked.

Li Yi shouted angrily: "Sir Wang, how dare you do such a treasonous thing!"

Lord Wang collapsed to the ground and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

After some interrogation, Lord Wang finally confessed the truth. It turned out that he had colluded with some treacherous officials to tamper with the secret book for personal gain, and tried to use this to create chaos and subvert the court.

Li Yi was furious and immediately ordered the arrest of Lord Wang and his accomplices.

However, the matter did not end there. Although Lord Wang and others were captured, the whereabouts of the real secret book was still unknown.

Lin Xiao said to Li Yi: "Your Majesty, there may be someone behind this. Lord Wang and his men may not be able to plan all this on their own."

Li Yi pondered for a moment and said, "My beloved concubine is right. We need to continue investigating and find out who is behind this."

In the following days, Lin Xiao and Li Yi did not dare to slack off and continued to investigate in depth. They did not let go of any clues or any suspicious persons.

Finally, by chance, Lin Xiao discovered an old account book hidden deep in the palace, which recorded some strange transactions and dealings.

After careful research, Lin Xiao discovered that these transactions were inextricably linked to the tampering and dissemination of secret books.

Following this clue, they gradually approached the truth.

It turns out that the mastermind behind all this is Li Yi's uncle, Prince Ning.

Prince Ning has always been eyeing the throne. In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to tamper with the secret books, create chaos, and try to seize power.

After Li Yi learned the truth, he was heartbroken: "Uncle, I have always respected you, why did you do such a treasonous thing!"

Lin Xiao comforted him, "Your Majesty, now that things have come to this, the most urgent thing is to find a way to resolve this matter."

Li Yi's eyes flashed with determination: "I will never tolerate evil, I will make my uncle pay the price for his actions!"

A thrilling palace struggle is about to begin...