Emperor Qing had long known that the person Fan Xian wanted to investigate was Li Chengze, so he could not stop it. Chen Pingping and Fan Jian not only did not help resolve the conflict between the two children, they also added fuel to the flames. Chen Pingping felt that Li Chengze was bewitched by officials with ulterior motives, and someone should step forward to eliminate these traitors. Only Fan Xian would be the most suitable to do this. Emperor Qing walked away in anger, leaving Fan Jian and Chen Pingping aside.
Fan Jian did not expect that Li Chengqian would arrange for his disciples to fuel Lai Mingcheng in the hall. Chen Pingping suspected that those people were arranged by Lin Ruofu. He deliberately let Li Chengqian's disciples come forward in order to provoke a conflict between Li Chengze and Li Chengqian. Fan Jian was greatly surprised. Although Fan Xian did not say in public that the person he wanted to investigate was Li Chengze, all civil and military officials guessed that Li Chengze. Li Chengze couldn't swallow this breath, so he came to Fan Xian to question him. The list of corrupt officials submitted by Chen Pingping was all his subordinates. He suspected This roster was provided by Fan Xian. Fan Xian deliberately pretended to be stupid and didn't know anything about it.
Li Chengze offered to reconcile with Fan Xian, but Fan Xian didn't buy it. Xie Bi'an came with people to support Li Chengze, and Deng Ziyue led his colleagues from the inspection institute to support Fan Xian. The two sides were at war with each other. Li Chengze threatened that he would send people to chase Fan Sizhe and soon captured Fan Sizhe for questioning, but Fan Xian ignored him. The more Li Chengze thought about it, the angrier he became. He sent Xie Bian to Baoyue Tower to create a murder case and put Fan Sizhe to death so that Fan Xian could experience the pain of losing a loved one. Xie Bian took orders to prepare.
It was pouring rain, and Yuan Meng had just left Baoyue Tower in the rain. Three thugs rushed into Baoyue Tower, dragged Lao Jintou's daughter out of the gate and beat her to death. Lai Mingcheng led the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to work overtime to investigate corrupt officials. Suddenly he received news that the singer in Baoyuelou was beaten to death in the street. The shopkeeper Yuan Meng fled, leaving a letter before leaving, indicating who the big owner of Baoyuelou was. Fan Sizhe and Lai Mingcheng immediately wrote a letter to impeach Fan Xian and Fan Sizhe.
Fan Xian rushed to Baoyue Tower after hearing the news. He saw the tragic death of Miss Jin and the letter left by Yuan Meng. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and guessed that Li Chengze was the mastermind behind the incident. Fan Xian sent Deng Ziyue to hunt down Yuan Meng. Prince Jing's eldest son, Li Hongcheng, had an affair with Yuan Meng. When Li Hongcheng heard about the Baoyuelou incident, he was worried about being implicated by Yuan Meng, so he took the initiative to come to Fan Xian for help. He asked Fan Xian not to tell anyone about his relationship with Yuan Meng, and he even vowed to do so. He said that he would treat Fan Ruoruo wholeheartedly, but Fan Xian didn't believe him at all and forcibly drove him away.
When Emperor Qing heard about the Baoyuelou massacre, he asked Li Chengqian for his opinion. Li Chengqian suspected that someone was framing Fan Xian. Emperor Qing casually mentioned that the officials who supported Lai Mingcheng in the court that day were his subordinates. Li Chengqian was so frightened that he knelt down and begged for mercy. No knowledge of this matter. Emperor Qing deliberately gave him a three-legged stool to remind him to do things safely in the future, and asked Li Chengqian to go to the queen for advice.
Li Chengqian went to the queen for help. The queen asked in detail what Emperor Qing said, complaining that Li Chengqian should not stand up to support Fan Xian. As the prince, he should just watch and stay out of the matter. The queen guessed that Lin Ruofu ordered Li Chengqian's disciples to support Lai Mingcheng in the court, and believed that Emperor Qing I also guessed this, but I didn’t say it explicitly.
Since the incident of beating a singer to death in Baoyuelou, Fan Xian and Fan Jian have excused themselves from going to court because of health problems and refused to see guests. Lai Mingcheng suspected that they wanted to clear up their guilt and deliberately hid away from people, but they could not come to ask questions. , I can only sigh secretly. Li Chengze also saw that Fan Jian and Fan Xian deliberately claimed to be sick and asked Xie Bian to find a trustworthy imperial doctor to come to see the doctor.
Fan Xian was bored at home every day and made all kinds of snacks with his own hands. Wang Qinian ate them happily and praised his craftsmanship. Deng Ziyue wrapped the snacks and wanted to go back and taste them slowly. Fan Xian saw that Deng Ziyue still had doubts. Wanting to confirm whether he was really his backer, Fan Xian reassured Deng Ziyue, and they also had Chen Pingping's support behind them, but Deng Ziyue was still cautious and couldn't let go.
Dr. Li came to Fan's house to see a doctor. Fan Ruoruo hurriedly came to report the news to Fan Xian. Fan Xian believed that Fan Jian would not cheat. Seeing that the time was right, he asked Deng Ziyue to find someone to spread the news. Liu Ruyu deliberately greeted Dr. Li loudly and tipped off Fan Jian in the room. Fan Jian hurriedly took the poison that Fan Xian had given him in advance and lay on the bed pretending to be sick. Dr. Li carefully examined Fan Jian and found that he was poisoned. , and asked Liu Ruyu to check the people in the house and find out the poisoner as soon as possible. Doctor Li went to see Fan Xian again. Liu Ruyu hurriedly led the way and reminded Fan Xian loudly.
Fan Xian had already made careful arrangements. His face was pale and he came to see Dr. Li in a wheelchair. He fainted due to lack of physical strength. Dr. Li found out that Fan Xian was seriously injured, causing qi and blood disorders. Fan Xian was sometimes clear and sometimes confused. He acted so vividly that he successfully deceived Dr. Li. Doctor Li truthfully reported to Li Chengze that Fan Jian was poisoned and Fan Xian was seriously injured, but Li Chengze didn't believe it at all.
Deng Ziyue summoned many people and asked them to spread the story about the affair between Yuan Meng, the shopkeeper of Baoyue Tower, and Li Hongcheng, the eldest son of Prince Jing. The matter soon spread to every corner of Kyoto.