At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

"Although I am the uncle of the emperor, I don't have any real power. Even if I want to help the tyrant, I don't have the strength to do so."

"What do you mean by asking me this?" Li Shu asked doubtfully.

"Take a look for yourself and see what your brother has done." Li Shiji took out a blood test certificate from his arms and presented it to Li Shu.

When Li Shu took the blood certificate, he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Is this...is this true?" Li Shu looked at Li Shiji in disbelief.

"Not only is it absolutely true, Madam Shi brought her son to the capital to file a complaint with the emperor, but they were also confiscated."

"Our Li family is involved." Li Shiji told the truth.

"I...our family..." Li Shu suddenly opened his mouth, but didn't finish his words.

He was just about to ask how his family could get involved in such a rebellious act, after all, their family had no real power at all.

But he soon stopped thinking so. Since neither he nor Li Shiji were involved, the person involved was most likely his eldest son Li Shidao.

Although Li Shidao had no real power, he had a powerful father-in-law, Chen Yushi.

"It's over, it's over. If His Majesty investigates this matter, then...then our whole family will be doomed."

Li Shu felt that he couldn't breathe. If Li Shiji beside him hadn't quickly supported Li Shu, Li Shu would have collapsed to the ground.

"Shiji, you can't present this blood certificate to His Majesty. If you present it to His Majesty, then... then our Li family will be absolutely finished." Li Shu reacted and grabbed Li Shiji.

"Dad, are you confused because you made me a child? If we don't confess our guilt quickly, are we waiting for His Majesty to punish us?"

"If we go and confess our crimes first, His Majesty may spare our lives for the sake of the late emperor, but if we wait for His Majesty to come and punish us, then we will have to wait to go down and reunite with the late emperor." Li Shiji sighed.

Just as Li Shiji was discussing with Li Shu, a voice came from outside: "Second brother, how come you have time to accompany Dad to watch fish today?"

Li Shiji looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the elegant man in a blue shirt was none other than his half-brother Li Shidao.

"Brother, you are still so leisurely. Do you know that you have caused a big disaster!!!" Li Shiji sighed.

"Disaster? What disaster have I caused?" Li Shidao looked completely clueless, but Li Shu could no longer bear it. He stood up and slapped Li Shidao several times: "Rebellious son, look at what rebellious things you have done!!!"

Li Shu threw the blood certificate in front of Li Shidao.

When Li Shidao picked it up and saw the guilt written on the blood certificate, his head suddenly exploded.

"This...how is this possible? How...how could this happen?" Li Shidao couldn't believe that this was all true, and suspected that Li Shiji had been deceived.

This can't possibly be true.

"Brother, I'm afraid you are the one who has been deceived." Li Shiji sighed and told him the story of the centurion Shi and how Shi Huan and his mother went to the capital to file a complaint about the confiscation of the imperial costumes.

Li Shidao now completely collapsed on the ground, speechless.

"Rebellious son, what on earth is going on? How did you get involved?" Li Shu kicked him.

"My third uncle's son told me that the centurion of Anyang was plotting a rebellion, and his relatives fled to the capital, and asked... asked me to report to my father-in-law..." Li Shidao confessed everything tremblingly. As for the fact that he and his father-in-law had accepted money, he did not reveal a single word.

Li Shu was so angry that he almost kicked Li Shidao into the pond to feed the fish.

"Dad, you...you must save me." Li Shidao cried and hugged Li Shu's thighs.

"Save you, go ask your third uncle to save you!!!" Li Shu kicked Li Shidao away angrily.

Although he was angry, he still brought Li Shidao and his old face to the palace to meet the emperor.

As for Li Shiji, he went to find Censor Chen.

……

Tianlu Pavilion.

At this time, Wen Yan was furious in the cabinet. He summoned all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue to investigate the issue of corruption in the rewards for retired veterans. However, all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue stated that they were honest and had never engaged in corruption.

"All expenditures of the national treasury are handled by you. You didn't embezzle any of the money. So, the money was embezzled by me." Wen Yan suppressed the pain in his stomach and pushed all the books on the table away.

The officials kneeling in the pavilion did not dare to breathe. Only Minister Liu, who was exempted from kneeling, dared to speak: "Your Majesty, please give me three days. I will investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Okay, I'll give you three days. If you can't find the answer, you will all be executed!!!" Wen Yan slammed the table in anger and told them all to get out.

"The minister will leave..."

After all the officials from the Ministry of Revenue had left the Tianlu Pavilion, Wen Yan could no longer hold on and lay down, touching her belly to comfort the baby in her belly.

After Wen Yan recovered from the pregnancy, the old eunuch waiting outside the pavilion reported, "Your Majesty, Uncle Li wants to see you."

The king's uncle?

Wen Yan was suddenly startled and sat up, and asked the old eunuch to bring Li Shu in.

"Your Majesty, your servant Li Shu and your servant Li Shidao pay their respects to you."

Li and his son entered the pavilion and paid respectful obeisance to Wen Yan.

Although they are older than Wen Yan in terms of family seniority, one is his uncle and the other is his cousin, but Wen Yan is the emperor and should be treated as a subject by his subjects.

"The king's uncle came to visit suddenly. I wonder what's the matter?" Wen Yan asked curiously.

"I am here to plead guilty today."

Li Shu and Li Shidao both lay on the ground, not daring to look Wen Yan in the eye.

Wen Yan asked in confusion: "What crime has the emperor committed if his uncle never leaves his house?"

"The son of a guilty minister has committed a serious crime. It is because I, an old minister, failed to teach him well, so he should be punished with the same crime." Li Shu took out a blood petition from his arms and presented it to the old eunuch beside him. He also changed the story about Li Shidao's involvement to saying that he was bewitched by him.

The old eunuch took the blood certificate and handed it to Wen Yan.

After reading the examples of the Anyang Li family and the local county magistrate mentioned in the blood oath, Wen Yan was immediately furious.

Li Shidao only dared to lie on the ground with his face pressed to the ground, and only Li Shu, who was lying on the ground, dared to speak: "Your Majesty, please punish me."

"Can you, the Li family, bear the punishment?"

"Are you worthy of the grace of the previous emperors, and are you worthy of me!!!" Wen Yan was so angry that she slammed the table. She really didn't expect that the royal relatives would do such a treasonous thing.

The Li father and son lay on the ground without saying a word, allowing Wen Yan to smash the books on their heads to vent his anger.

While Wen Yan was still furious, the eunuch outside the door reported through the door: "Your Majesty, Censor Chen and the maternal relative Li Shiji request to see you."

"Xuan." Wen Yan shouted.

Soon Li Shiji brought an old man into Tianlu Pavilion.

This old man was Li Shidao's father-in-law, Censor Chen.