Ji Xiaolan: Kill Qianlong at the beginning

He Shen continued, "Now Mo Li has returned to the capital with me. Your Majesty, please take a closer look."

Emperor Gai Zhang thought that He Shen was obviously speaking ill of Mo Li and said, "I don't believe it. Summon Mo Li to the palace."

A eunuch said, "Call Mo Li to the palace."

Mo Li walked in quickly in casual clothes, bowed and said, "Your humble servant Mo Li pays homage to the emperor. Long live the emperor." He even dropped his pipe while kowtowing.

Emperor Gai Zhang asked, "Mo Li, what is the cause of your crime?"

Mo Li said, "Your Majesty, I have no idea what crime I committed. I was brought back to the capital without knowing what was happening."

Emperor Gai Zhang said, "That's ridiculous. You left the capital under imperial order, as an imperial envoy. If I were here in person, how could this be a joke? Who arrested you?"

Mo Li said, "In reply to the emperor, it was Heshen and the Lord who were so absurd."

He Shen was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, it is not that I am ridiculous. He really is Mo Lihe... He really is..."

After saying that, he looked at Mo Li and said, "What? How come I arrested him? We clearly agreed on this and put it on for that person. Why did you..."

Mo Li said, "Master He, you are right to follow my arrangements."

He Shen said, "If I follow your arrangements, I will get deeper and deeper into trouble. Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

After saying this, he turned and looked at Emperor Gai Zhang, "Your Majesty, Mo Li was acting according to the emperor's orders, but he abused his power for personal gain and created unnecessary complications. This is truly a crime of deceiving the emperor, Your Majesty."

Emperor Gai Zhang looked embarrassed and said, "Mo Li, what do you think is going on?"

Mo Li said, "Your Majesty, I have come to Qingzhou and have killed two birds with one stone. Not only have I escaped any guilt, but I have also made great contributions to the court."

Emperor Gai Zhang said, "Killing two birds with one stone, how can you say that?"

Mo Li said, "While investigating Lu Chang'an's case in Linqing, I stumbled upon a secret. Someone is secretly refining an elixir of immortality."

Emperor Gai Zhang laughed and said, "Ha, where in the world is there an elixir of immortality? They are all lies. The laws of my Great Xuan have already clearly forbidden it. How can you still believe these absurd things?"

Mo Li said, "Yes, of course I dare not believe it easily. I continued to investigate and discovered something incredible."

Emperor Gai Zhang was stunned.

Mo Li said, "I discovered that the main ingredients of this immortality elixir are pearls that were tributed from the South China Sea."

Emperor Gai Zhang’s eyes widened.

He Shen said, "Mo Li, Mo Li, why are you bringing up the matter of Pearl again? You... you're just kicking someone when they're down."

Emperor Gai Zhang asked, "Who is so bold?"

Mo Li said, "Your Majesty, I have secretly collected evidence from various sources and discovered that these pills were commissioned by His Excellency to be refined."

Emperor Gai Zhang said sternly: "Heshen, as an important official of the court, why did you break the law knowingly?"

Heshen said nervously, "Your Majesty, that's not the case. Your Majesty, it is like this. Please listen to what I have to say..." Then he knelt down.

Emperor Gai Zhang said: "Alright, alright, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Mo Li said quickly, standing up. He Shen said the same thing and stood up.

Mo Li said, "Your Majesty, I have something else to report."

Then he pointed at Fu Kang'an and said, "This Lord Fu Kang'an is also involved in the pharmaceutical production."

Emperor Gai Zhang said, "Fukang'an, you are also involved. You are relying on my favor to do whatever you want. It is outrageous."

Fukang'an and Heshen immediately knelt down.