NFBE Chapter 181 The Hou Family's Ambition
Chapter 181 The Hou Family's Ambition
Mu Bai and his team acted quickly. They had already obtained a lot of evidence when they were investigating secretly. This time, under the guise of an open investigation, they laid all the evidence out in the open.
Mu Bai led his personal guards and the people assigned to him by Bai Zhuo, arrested all the members of the Hou family and put them in jail, and personally interrogated them one by one.
At the beginning, the head of the Hou family insisted that he was wronged and refused to admit that he had sent people to murder Lan Ling and Yin Yi.
But when Mu Bai spread out the collected evidence in front of him one by one, the head of the Hou family collapsed with a pale face.
"How did you find this evidence? I have already dealt with it very cleanly."
Patriarch Hou looked at Mu Bai, wanting to know how he had failed.
They had handled the former queen's affairs very cleanly and no one had noticed. After his sister became queen, she found excuses to secretly kill all the servants who had served in the former queen's palace.
However, despite all their calculations, there was still a fish that slipped through the net. By the time they noticed it, that person had already come into contact with Lan Ling. Fortunately, that person didn't know who the real murderer was.
They also acted quickly, and although they didn't kill Lan Ling, they did cause him to lose his memory.
Over the years, they have been sending people to secretly watch Lan Ling. As soon as he shows any signs of recovering his memory, they will immediately arrange an accident to make him disappear.
In order to avoid attracting attention, the Hou family even asked the young people in the family to restrain themselves and act like they were incompetent in public.
Unexpectedly, even though they were so careful, they were still discovered.
Mu Bai looked at the confused look on the face of the Hou family master and sneered: "Haven't you heard the old saying? Wherever you go, you will leave traces. No matter how careful you are, as long as you have done it, there will definitely be clues left.
You are indeed smart. When we first investigated, we did not suspect you. We just thought you were being used as scapegoats and wanted to investigate the real culprit behind the scenes.
However, although you are very smart, it does not mean that others are all stupid. Although the process was a bit troublesome, we finally found out and confirmed that your Hou family is the real culprit behind the scene. "
At this point, Mu Bai paused, and continued with some confusion, "To be honest, your abilities are actually not bad, including those young people in your family.
In fact, as long as you behave yourself, with your abilities and your sister's status as the queen, you can make your Hou family a first-class noble family.
I don't understand what you are thinking. You have done so many things with all your efforts, but in the end you are just a middle-class noble, and the people in your family can only do some insignificant things. Can you tell me why you do this?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is so smart, can't he guess it?"
Since he had already failed, the head of the Hou family no longer continued to act. He calmly closed his eyes and waited for the next trial.
"I do have some guesses, but I still want to hear you say it yourself."
Mu Bai glanced at the recorder on the interrogation table and spoke calmly.
"Oh, what are you talking about? You're saying that our Hou family is not content to be just a noble family, so we're planning to overthrow the royal family and the House of Representatives, become the new royal family, and become the ruler of the empire like the Mifa Empire, where the royal family has absolute power."
The head of the Hou family opened his eyes and looked at Mu Bai with contempt, "Or does our Hou family intend to support that idiot Seventh Prince to take the throne and make him a puppet emperor?
Your Highness, since you already know everything, why are you still asking so clearly? "
Mu Bai was not too surprised by what the head of the Hou family said. They had already understood the Hou family's ambitions during the investigation.
“It seems that you are not satisfied with the current system of the Mingxi Empire, so you want to overthrow the current system and become like the Mifa Empire, where one family holds absolute power.
I'm very curious, when did you come up with this idea, and when did you hook up with the royal family of the Mifa Empire?
And, what methods did you use to get those people to do things for you?"
With the Hou family's status in the Mingxi Empire, many things cannot be accomplished at all. For example, they cannot even get involved in the border military.
“Your Highness, sometimes, if you want someone to do something for you, it’s not enough to just ask for help. You also need to have something on someone so that you can blackmail them into doing it for you.
When you ask someone for help, that person may not work hard enough because of selfish motives, but as long as you can find something that he can hold against you, he will obediently help you do what you want perfectly.
I admit that the current system of the Mingxi Empire is relatively humane and can do more practical things for the citizens.
But don’t you think the current system is rubbish and a huge waste of time?
It's just a small matter, but once you encounter a big matter, it will require a vote by all the senior executives before a decision can be made. However, those big matters are often changing rapidly, and by the time you have discussed the results, the best time has already been missed.
You think that the monarchical system of the Mifa Empire is not humane enough, but I think such a system is very good. In such a system, the imperial power is above everything, and all matters can be decided by the emperor alone.
Isn't it good that everything, whether good or bad, can be decided by one person's preference? "
The Hou family head became more and more excited as he spoke, "I remember that our Mingxi Empire used to have a similar system. At that time, a very wise emperor appeared and led our Mingxi Empire to become the most powerful empire in the entire galaxy. When other empires saw us, they would give us some distance.
But now, look at what has become of our Mingxi Empire? Our national strength is weakening day by day, and those empires that we used to ignore are now on equal footing with us.
They used to be just a small country that didn’t have even half the strength of our Mingxi Empire. What qualifications do they have to be compared with our Mingxi Empire?
If we could dominate other empires in the past, why not now?
Is all this because our current system is not good? What ability do those old men in the House of Representatives have to become one of the highest decision-makers in the empire?
They only know how to point fingers by relying on their status all day long. They are a bunch of frogs in the well who have never even left the Imperial Star, and yet they still want to control the lifeblood of the empire. They are simply ignorant!
Look at what has become of our Mingxi Empire since the establishment of the House of Representatives? Don’t you want our country to become the strongest in the entire galaxy? "