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

After Jiang Huai finished speaking, Gu Changning chuckled, reached out and put all the chess pieces on the chessboard into the jar, and then said sarcastically: "Doesn't she know what she did?"

Jiang Huai also felt speechless.

But for someone who loves to lie, if she tells too many lies, even she will believe them. Now Li Qiulian and Madam Li firmly believe that they are the victims and that He Yuanzhou instructed them to do everything. The emperor should not keep them in prison but release them without charge because they are innocent.

"General Xiao sent people back to Jiangping County to investigate the Li family. Li Qingyue was involved in multiple murders, and Madam Li was an accomplice. Also, the Li family's business was in collusion with salt merchants, and they were secretly selling contraband salt." Jiang Huai said again.

Gu Changning's eyes darkened, and he said, "Then take him back to Yan State and take him to the Dali Temple. We will dig deep into the Li family's situation and not let go of anyone who has problems and is causing trouble for the people."

As the civil strife in Chen State was being cleared up in a smooth and orderly manner, and when Gu Changning returned to Yan State, all the officials behaved themselves in a very timid manner.

Nowadays, ministers of the Chen Kingdom have to give way to common people when they walk on the streets and dare not provoke these "ancestors".

Because if they accidentally step on the feet of civilians and their political enemies find out, they will write another memorial the next day to impeach you for oppressing the people, and then you will inevitably be beaten.

When Gu Changning left Chen State, he wrote two lines of words in the Xuanming Hall: Be strict in governing officials and lenient in treating the people.

He wanted all officials to remember their duties. Chen State would no longer be the same Chen State as before. In the future they would have a new king to continue the rule.

"The Queen and I have a son and a daughter. The prince, Gu Yanqing, will live in the Grand Palace of Chen State when he turns five and be named the regent. You should abide by the etiquette and laws, petition for the people, and build up the dilapidated Chen State. Although I will not be in the land of Chen State in the future, Chen State has been incorporated into the territory of Yan State. Yan State has changed its name to Dayan. You must come to Yanjing City to see me every month, and I will also summon you to Yanjing at any time to chat about trivial matters among the people. Don't forget what you should and should not do."

After Gu Changning finished speaking, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt on the ground and shouted "Long live the emperor".

The return trip was scheduled for the third day.

Xie Ci led the Xie family army to escort him all the way back to Yanjing.

Xiao Zhi and Xie Jinyu stayed in the imperial capital to handle and control state affairs.

Along the way, Gu Changning took Xie Jinyun to travel around the mountains and rivers.

As for the Li family, they could only sit in the prison car.

After Li Qiulian searched for Chen Qingtang several times without success, she finally had some evil thoughts.

"General, there is a female prisoner in the prison van who looks like she is dying."

"No more?" Xie Ci turned the carriage around and looked at the prisoner carriage behind.

The Xie family army who came to report pointed to the prisoner car in the middle and said, "That's the young lady of the Li family. She kept holding her stomach and complained of pain. I went to take a look just now and found that she had fainted in the prisoner car. She didn't respond when I called her. General, go and take a look."

Although he is a criminal, the emperor hopes that the criminal can be tried alive rather than die a quick death.

Chen Qingtang, who was sitting in the carriage, also lifted the curtain and looked out: "Husband, what happened?"

Xie Ci said: "Someone said Li Qiulian fainted, so I went to take a look."

Chen Qingtang knew Li Qiulian's character very well. When Xie Ci was about to go to the prison car, Chen Qingtang said, "Then take the imperial physician to see her. Husband, don't get close to her to avoid any trouble."

Xie Ci was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes to look at the woman in the carriage, and in an instant he understood the hidden meaning of Chen Qingtang's words.

He nodded and went to Gu Changning to ask for an imperial physician.

Soon, Xie Ci brought Doctor Sun to the prison car to take Li Qiulian's pulse.

After a while, Doctor Sun raised his hand and bowed, then said to Xie Ci, "General, she is fine. If she wants to sleep, let her lie down and have a good sleep."

Li Qiulian, who was pretending to be fainted, couldn't continue.

She pretended to have just woken up, holding her forehead with her hand and slowly sitting up, her eyes fell directly on Xie Ci, and she said weakly: "Brother-in-law, why are you here, why did the prison car stop, my head feels so heavy, I wonder if I am about to get sick."

Xie Ci narrowed his eyes and saw through Li Qiulian's thoughts at a glance: "This is the best doctor in our palace. If you feel uncomfortable, let Doctor Sun take your pulse."

After saying that, Xie Ci turned to look at Doctor Sun and said, "Doctor Sun, check her out again."

"No need." Li Qiulian used a trick to lure Xie Ci over, not to let Xie Ci find a doctor to treat her, but to let Xie Ci see Chen Qingtang's true face: "Maybe I didn't get enough rest. It's very bumpy in this prison car. I didn't expect my cousin to be so cruel. She sent me to jail but didn't fulfill her promise. She said that as long as I testified against He Yuanzhou, she would plead with the Queen Mother to let us go. Brother-in-law, what do you mean by locking me up here now?"

Xie Ci frowned deeply, turned his head and stared at Li Qiulian in the prison van: "You still don't know why you are locked in the prison van?"

"Why?" Li Qiulian immediately straightened up and grabbed the prison car with both hands.

Xie Ci snorted coldly, "Your cousin promised you that as long as you testify against He Yuanzhou, she would ask the Empress to let you go. She did not fail to keep her promise. If your Li family and you had not committed any crime, the Emperor would never have used lynching to lock you up here. Cousin Qiulian, you didn't believe what you said to outsiders, did you? It was not He Yuanzhou who took things from the shops of the wealthy families. You did it without telling He Yuanzhou. You were not clean enough to withstand the investigation of the Supervisory Office and ended up as a prisoner. How can you blame me, Qingtang?"

Li Qiulian's expression suddenly changed: "So, the emperor wants to continue investigating?"

"Of course I want it." Xie Ci said, "The emperor is a wise ruler. If he finds anyone who has violated the law, he will investigate to the end. Don't be lucky. The emperor knows everything you have done.

Li Qiulian was so frightened that she fell back into the prison van.

When Xie Ci saw her expression, he realized that the Li family’s problems might not be what they seemed.

Selling illegal salt is a serious crime, and one could even kill nine generations of one’s family.

Not to mention, Li Qingyue has several murder cases on his hands.

Xie Ci ignored Li Qiulian, and Li Qiulian behaved well along the way and didn't dare to make trouble again.

Gu Changning and Xie Jinyun finally returned to Yanjing City, and then they received a memorial from Xiao Zhi, which was about the Li family's case of selling illegal salt.

Since Gu Changning ascended the throne, the Li family's business of selling illegal salt has been interrupted. Qin Zhi has two suspicions.

First, the Li family’s private salt business was more covert and less likely to be detected.

Secondly, the Li family's business of selling illegal salt was robbed, which led to the Li family's continuous expenditure over the past six months. The family became increasingly destitute and even owed a lot of huge foreign debts.

Xiao Zhi also suspected that there was a big umbrella in Yanjing City, but there was no clue about this matter at present. The person behind the illegal salt trafficking was very cautious and secretive!

The only way to solve this problem was to start from the Li family. Finally, Gu Changning set his sights on Li Qiulian: "Go to the Dali Temple and bring Li Qiulian to me. I have something to ask her in person."