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Chapter 48 The Princess Takes the Blame and is Granted Death (48)

When the local officials of the Qi Wang's fiefdom sent the urgent notice that the Qi Wang was in trouble, Ding Shui had not yet had time to take action against those gentry families. Later, because the action was taken, because so many people were involved and their status was not low, the local officials who were still alive had to rush to send another urgent notice.

So there was a second urgent matter from Qi.

As these two urgent documents were delivered, even though it was already late, the officials from the Ministry of Personnel who were about to get off work still hurriedly submitted them, and heated discussions began internally.

The main topic of discussion was the second urgent letter from Qi.

After all, no matter how many local princes died, as long as the crown prince did not pass away, it would have no impact on them. They could even be spectators in private.

But a large number of local gentry were also implicated and killed.

It's really hard for them to calm down.

Because they knew very well that the princes and the gentry were two different systems, and the foundation of these officials was in the gentry. Harming the gentry was undoubtedly digging up their roots.

Not only are they fully aware of this.

Emperor Tianwu, who had just finished reading the urgent letter, immediately realized that this was the best reason for all civil and military officials to work together to find the murderer behind the scenes.

Their interests had not been harmed much before, and they could even watch the royal family make a fool of themselves, so it was understandable that they did not want to work.

But now their interests have also been damaged, and judging from the current situation, the other party is obviously unlikely to stop, and the situation will only get bigger and bigger. By then, there will not be many royal families for the other party to judge and kill, and it will be clear who will suffer!
However, considering that it is not a good deal to rush in,

Therefore, Emperor Tianwu did not immediately summon all the ministers to a meeting, but planned to discuss it in court tomorrow, which was a good opportunity for the relevant news to ferment tonight.

So that some officials may not be aware of this.

As Emperor Tianwu had expected, the Ministry of Personnel did exactly what they expected. After a brief discussion, they quickly left work and went home. However, some of them went straight home, while others went to other officials' residences or gathered in some private places to pass on the news and discuss what to do.

After all, this matter did have an impact on them.

And it's also a threat!!!
If you don’t figure it out, you might not be able to sleep well.

So many people did not sleep well that night, or even got little sleep at all. They drank several cups of strong tea in the first half hour of the next morning court session in order to be in good spirits so that they could face Emperor Tianwu well.

The morning court proceeded according to procedure without any problems. The process simply added the incident of a large number of gentry families and even the killing of some officials in Qi, and asked all officials to discuss how to deal with it. As for the matter of the three princes, Emperor Tianwu did not even mention a word.

Anyway, it was done by one person.

Investigating the killing of a large number of gentry and even some officials in Qi was equivalent to investigating the curse on his three sons and the murder of the deceased King Lu.

There is no need to bring up the matter of the three sons.

Let the officials comment on it.

For officials who were qualified to attend court, it was obviously impossible that the news was so late that they did not know about such a big thing, so the officials were not surprised and even spoke in an orderly manner.

"Your Majesty, this matter is the responsibility of the authorities to investigate!"

"Let the local county magistrate conduct a thorough investigation!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Tianwu, who was sitting on the throne, almost turned pale, because this development was indeed something he had not expected.

He thought that these officials should be able to unite against a common enemy and find ways to find the murderer behind the incident, or at least give some useful advice.

But see what they say.

The Minister of Personnel's statement that the relevant departments should investigate and handle the case undoubtedly meant that this murder case had nothing to do with them and that the relevant departments should handle it. The Deputy Secretary of the Dali Temple's statement that the local county magistrates should conduct a thorough investigation was also an attempt to shift the blame, but there was nothing wrong with what they said either. Strictly speaking, this matter was not the responsibility of the Dali Temple. Local homicides should definitely be investigated and handled by the relevant local officials.

If the investigation results.

It would be enough for the Dali Temple to review it.

It was clear that the civil and military officials below had already discussed it last night and insisted on not doing anything about it. It was also possible that they felt that the gentry and a small number of officials who died in Qi were just exceptions, and died because of the King of Qi's implicated crimes.

I want to continue to wait and see.

Emperor Tianwu overlooked a very important point, that is, the living conditions of the current gentry officials themselves are far worse than those of the previous dynasty and the dynasty before that.

With no one daring to harm them, they would of course be furious after seeing so many people die.

But the reality is that the number of officials and gentry killed by Emperor Tianwu every year was far greater than those who die today.

It was cut down at the intersection of Caishi Street in the last five or six days.

I guess it’s more than this.

Rather than worrying about being killed by this unknown existence one day, they might as well worry about being beheaded by Emperor Tianwu one day.

No matter how cruel this unknown existence is.

That would only kill the actual perpetrators and instigators.

No family members or clans were implicated.

It can be said that Emperor Tianwu was extremely angry at this time, but he had no way to refute it, because the officials who spoke were actually not wrong. Of course, it would be more convenient for local homicides to be investigated by the local authorities themselves. At most, a few imperial envoys would be sent down to assist and cooperate.

So in the end Emperor Tianwu had no choice but to endure it.

He ordered the officials to investigate.

However, he must have remembered this grudge, and he would definitely find an opportunity or catch some fault to vent his anger.

Everything went on as usual at the morning court afterwards. Emperor Tianwu did not mention the matter of his three sons. The matter of Prince Lu had finally been settled. If the matters of Prince Qi, Prince Jin and Prince Han got into trouble again, it would not be something that could be covered up by just lingchi (slicing) a few people at the Caishi Street intersection.

Fortunately, the three of them are not dead yet.

The dispatches only mentioned that they were cursed.

There is still room for maneuver.

After the court session, Emperor Tianwu hurriedly urged the crown prince to hurry up and told him that if there was a shortage of manpower, he could tell him and other matters could be put aside for the time being.

The prince frowned, but could only agree.

Then he began to mobilize troops and sent some to the fiefdom of Prince Lu to investigate, that is, to verify who Prince Lu had killed and what happened to their families and friends. And who else had Emperor Tianwu killed to cover up Prince Lu's crimes, and whether the families and friends of those people were in any unusual condition now?
By the way, deal with the funeral of King Lu.

Another group of people were sent to the fiefs of the King of Qi, the King of Han, and the King of Jin to collect evidence of their past crimes and bring them back to the capital.

As for the henchmen who silenced the witnesses and did the dirty work...

The prince dared not give this order.

Even his biological father, the current emperor, that unknown being, said that he would settle the accounts after his death. As a prince, he was probably not much better than a prince, so he dared not cause trouble.

If they really want to silence him, let his father give the order personally.

Anyway, he definitely wouldn't give this order.

……

Half a month later, because Prince Lu was dead, Ding Shui had taken it easy and stayed in his coffin for a few days. He was once again annoyed by the royal family's actions.

The guys who were responsible for the funeral of Prince Lu.

They actually moved Ding Shui's coffin to the mausoleum of King Lu. At the same time, because the mausoleum of King Lu had not yet been built, they actually buried her in a mound of earth that was slightly larger than the graves of ordinary people.

There isn't even an underground tomb!!!

Of course, this is actually not important. After all, you are dead anyway. It doesn’t matter if you are not placed in the main tomb chamber, or even in the side tomb chamber. It is acceptable.

What Ding Shui couldn't accept was——

Information revealed in casual chats was that they were rushing to repair the unfinished Lu Wang Mausoleum to facilitate the supervision of the mausoleum.

(End of this chapter)