Does your husband only love his wife?I turned around and left the house to marry a villain

"Yes!" Chen Qingtang slowly extended his hand to the front of her neck, then bent his elbow slightly and grabbed Li Qiulian's neck fiercely.

Li Qiulian was so scared that she screamed and shouted: "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."

Chen Qingtang withdrew his hand, patted Li Qiulian on the shoulder and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, cousin, you are in Xie's house now, I am here, no one dares to touch you, think about what you are going to do next to save yourself."

"I, I've made up my mind. I want to see the emperor and expose He Yuanzhou's true face."

Chen Qingtang's plan went according to plan.

The plans of the Emperor and Empress are also progressing smoothly.

When Li Qiulian was kneeling in front of the emperor and empress, the wives of the heads of several major families, including the Wei family, Tuoba family, Wang family, and Yuan family, also appeared at the palace gate in carriages.

The palace was filled with the voice of Li Qiulian exposing He Yuanzhou's crimes: "It was He Yuanzhou who instructed me to amass a fortune. He said that these noble families would not live long, but they were wealthy and we could make a fortune from them."

"When I have made enough money, he will use the emperor's will to charge these noble families with treason and confiscate their property. Then, the remaining property left by the noble families will be used to fill the national treasury. This way, no one will know about it."

"I tried to persuade him not to do this. As an official, he should live up to his official uniform, serve the court, and kill treacherous officials for the people. But not only did my persuasion fail, he also grabbed my neck and threatened me with the lives of my mother and brother."

As she spoke, Li Qiulian pulled out her handkerchief, covered her face and began to cry: "In order to prevent me from escaping his control, he sent people to monitor me and only allowed me to live according to the plan he made."

"Later, I learned from the servants that He Yuanzhou's favorite woman was someone else. This time, I used my cousin as an excuse, saying that I would go to my cousin to borrow money to make up for the loss I had made. Only then did he agree to let me go to Xie's house."

"Moreover, he even specially sent the servant named Chunsheng to follow. It is not easy for me to enter the palace. But I beg the emperor and the queen to make the decision for our Li family. I beg the emperor and the queen to save my mother and brother."

"They are now being held in my backyard by the Supervisory Department. If I can't settle the issue between the noble families, He Yuanzhou will push me, my brother, and my mother out to take the blame."

After saying that, Li Qiulian kowtowed heavily to the man on the dragon throne.

Gu Changning turned around and looked at Xie Jinyun.

Xie Jinyun pursed her lips and winked at him. At this time, a eunuch walked in and reported to the emperor and empress: "Your Majesty, Madam Wei, Madam Yuan, Madam Tuoba, and Madam Wang have jointly written a letter to accuse Madam He of accepting bribes privately but not doing her job."

Good Lord, if we are to die, we should all die together. This comes at the perfect time.

Gu Changning said: "Tell all the ladies of the noble families to enter the palace."

Upon receiving the order, the eunuch immediately walked out of the palace and shouted, "The emperor has ordered that Madam Wei, Madam Tuoba, Madam Wang, and Madam Yuan come into the palace to see the emperor."

Li Qiulian turned her head and looked at the ladies of noble families who were walking into the palace one after another from outside the hall.

Several ladies bowed to the emperor and empress.

After the ceremony, Mrs. Wei recognized Li Qiulian who was kneeling in front of them at a glance.

"Mrs. He." Mrs. Wei glared at Li Qiulian, then rushed forward, pulled Li Qiulian's clothes and said angrily: "My Wei family gave you so many things, why did you let Lord He come to confiscate our Wei family."

After that, Madam Wei knelt down and pointed at Li Qiulian and said to the Emperor and Empress: "Your Majesty, Empress, the person I want to sue today is Madam He. In the past half month, she has brought her mother and brother to my store every day to get things. Lord He claims to be honest. I thought that the two countries are now integrated, and the Chen family and the Yan ministers should also be in harmony. So I treated them with courtesy and intended to make friends with the He family. Who knew that this couple would collect our Wei family's property while sending troops to confiscate our property. Your Majesty, the Wei family would rather use our family property to fill the national treasury than let this pair of greedy wolves get away with it. I beg Your Majesty to have someone investigate our Wei family carefully. The Wei family is willing to assist the new monarch and help Your Majesty to promote the two countries to become a great power as soon as possible. The Wei family will also be loyal to the Yan State from now on."

After Mrs. Wei finished speaking, she kowtowed to Gu Changning repeatedly.

When He Yuanzhou led his troops to the Wei family, the Wei family realized the seriousness of the matter.

These days, the Wei family has been secretly trying to win over the remaining forces of the Chen State, intending to resist the rule of the Yan State.

They thought they had done it perfectly and had not been discovered by the Yan party, but who would have known that they would now be uprooted.

The several noble families whose property has been confiscated by the new emperor are among these remaining forces.

They also deeply realized that if they resisted again, their lives might be in danger, so the head of the Wei family asked Madam Wei to go to the palace to explain her position to the new emperor in order to save the safety of the family.

This was exactly what Gu Changning wanted to see. He looked at the other ladies from the noble families and asked, "What about you?"

The statements of several ladies from aristocratic families were almost the same as Mrs. Wei's.

After they took turns to accuse Li Qiulian of her evil deeds over the past few days, Gu Changning said, "I didn't expect that Lord He, whom I trusted so much, would do such a thing. Madam He, if it is really as you said, I can no longer let He Yuanzhou be the Supervisory Commissioner, and I will punish him severely."

"Your Majesty, everything I said is true." Li Qiulian said, "You can send someone to check it out now. He Yuanzhou abused his power and let the Supervisory Guards do what he wants. He took control of the courtyard where I live in order to control my mother and brother."

Gu Changning felt that it was almost time, so he looked up and called out, "Call General Xiao."

Xiao Zhi walked quickly into the hall to listen to the orders of His Majesty Hou.

Gu Changning said, "You lead the soldiers to surround the He Mansion and see if the mother and son of the Li family are trapped in the backyard by the Supervisory Office guards and cannot leave. Then have someone search He Yuanzhou's study thoroughly and don't leave any corner unchecked."

"I obey your order." Xiao Zhi bowed, turned around and walked out of the palace, immediately summoned the Xiao family army, and rushed to the He Mansion as quickly as possible.

He Yuanzhou didn't expect that the emperor was so anxious to get rid of him. When he was tidying up the warehouse and preparing to return all the things to the various families on the pretext of buying and selling goods, the Xiao family army had already surrounded the entire mansion.

Xiao Zhi’s purpose is very clear.

After entering the He Mansion, he captured the He family's servants and asked about the whereabouts of Madam Li and Li Qingyue. The servants did not dare to hide it and personally led Xiao Zhi.

Xiao Zhi walked to Qingtang Courtyard, looked at the plaque of Qingtang Courtyard, and drew his sword to chop it down.

With a loud "bang", the plaque was cut into two pieces and fell heavily to the ground.

Xiao Zhi stepped on the broken plaque and walked into the yard, where he saw the guards from the Supervisory Office guarding every corner of the yard. Among them, Madam Li and Li Qingyue were trapped in the bedroom.

There were two guards from the Supervisory Office standing guard in front of the bedroom door.

The Chief of the Guards of the Supervisory Department stepped forward and saluted Xiao Zhi: "General Xiao."

Xiao Zhi took out the token and said, "I came to the He Mansion to investigate the case under the order of the Emperor. Why are you trapping Madam Li and her son?"

The Supervisory Office guards did not know Xiao Zhi's intention, so they told him the truth: "General, it was the master's intention. The master ordered his subordinates to keep an eye on Madam Li and his son and not let them escape."

After saying this, Xiao Zhi's eyes darkened and he said, "Now we don't need the Inspectorate to keep an eye on Li's mother and son. The emperor ordered us to escort Li's mother and son and He Yuanzhou into the palace. You should return to the Inspectorate immediately. From now on, you don't need to obey He Yuanzhou's orders anymore."

"Someone, take away Li's mother and son, and search the He Mansion!"

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