After my mother read my mind, my whole family rebelled

"Third brother didn't deny it, it seems to be true!"

The voice of the King of Jin is hoarser and more unpleasant than that of the King of Qin.

"Lord Lu, you have just taken office and you have come across this case! I don't know the mystery behind it, so I specially asked the King of Qin for instructions today."

With this sentence, the King of Jin praised the King of Qin very highly.

Although the Black Dragon Guards are indeed the ones the emperor relies on the most, the only one who can truly judge and decide this case is the emperor!

If the King of Qin really gave the order, then the content of today's conversation would be known to the suspicious emperor, and he would surely become suspicious.

This King of Jin is really setting traps for his brothers all the time.

Xiaoxianbao is right, King Jin is really bad!

"Second brother, you are too kind. I am just following my father's orders to conduct a thorough investigation and submit the list of suspects."

The King of Qin spoke lightly, and it turned out that he was not stupid.

"Then... a thorough investigation of the scope?"

Lord Lu, who was like an invisible person standing next to him, finally couldn't help it.

"Yes, may the two princes please give us instructions!"

"The Emperor issued an edict today: From the county officials who stamped the blank documents with official seals, the grassroots record clerks, to the officials in charge of taxes in the counties, and even including the officials of the Ministry of Revenue in Beijing who failed to supervise and cooperated passively..."

The King of Qin paused.

"Up to the Minister of Revenue!"

“Down to the reserved officers!”

These words were like thunder, shocking the guests in Rooms 1 and 2!

From Kyoto to the local areas, all officials who have anything to do with taxes?

Not only does it include the Minister of Revenue Sun, who is now 84 years old, but also the reserve officials who have not yet been included in the list are included in the scope of the thorough investigation?

This would be a number of up to 30,000 to 40,000 people!

That covers almost all the major local officials of the Great Xia Dynasty!

Could it be possible that the emperor really killed tens of thousands of people?

There was complete silence on both sides, so quiet that Shen Yuyao seemed to be able to hear her own heartbeat.

Shen Yuyao looked at Xia Xiaoxian who was sleeping soundly, and then turned her gaze to Xu Yunxuan who was stuffing an abalone into her mouth.

"I know you're going to ask me..."

Xu Yunxuan looked as if she understood everything. She wiped the abalone juice from the corner of her mouth and said softly:

"I have read your book, that's right!"

"But I only like to read about the love story. What major events will happen in the court later? I really need to think about it..."

"I basically just glanced over the events in the court described in the book..."

Xu Yunxuan rolled her eyes countless times.

"I remember now. It was a major case, the Empty Seal Case! Right!"

"The emperor killed nearly a thousand officials, both big and small, and the number of officials implicated should be tens of thousands!"

"It also includes the protagonist's first wife's brother! The protagonist was also implicated and severely reprimanded by the emperor!"

"Wait, the protagonist's first wife? Isn't that you? Princess Shen of Ning?"

Xu Yunxuan pointed at Shen Yuyao, her eyes widened.

A look of disbelief!

The reason I have this impression is that Xu Yunxuan complained about it when she saw this.

In the original book, the princess had been dead for almost a year, but the male protagonist was still implicated. The princess' family could really harm the male protagonist!

Now that my stance is different, my view has completely changed.

Shen Yuyao's heart was filled with ice and snow.

The fact that my brother, who was guarding the border far away, was involved in this case was obviously framed by someone.

Someone must have known the seriousness of the case in advance and then induced the officials under her brother's jurisdiction to use it!

If my guess is correct, it should be the work of King Jin who knew the news in advance.

Shen Yuyao quickly sorted out the context of the matter in her mind.

Using blank documents in border military camps?

That should have only happened during the handover of military rations.

I have to write letters to my elder and second brothers as soon as possible, manage my subordinates well, and resolutely not use blank documents!

And there is Prince Ning...Xia Yu!

Although Shen Yuyao is no longer crazy about Prince Ning, she is also very clear that her life and death, honor and disgrace have been tied together with Prince Ning since the day the emperor granted her marriage.

It can even be said that it was Shen Yuyao's obsession that tied the Duke's Mansion and the Prince Ning's Mansion together, and thus increased the emperor's suspicion!

Just like the case of the empty seal, the "empty seal" was certainly against the regulations, but the officials were simply trying to make things easier. In their minds, it neither harmed the interests of the people nor embezzled the court's assets. It could even be said that it simplified the process and saved manpower expenses.

But they don’t understand at all that the current emperor came from a commoner background, and what he values ​​most is this supreme power!

The official seal is the symbol of power. Touching the official seal is equivalent to touching the authority of the king!

Not to mention the ministers and officials, even his own son cannot be touched!

Shen Yuyao stopped eavesdropping and called Baizhi to pack up the leftover dishes and give them to the poor beggars on the street. She also asked Zisu to carry the sleeping Xia Xiaoxian, and the group hurriedly left the Zuixian Tower.

......

When the first snowflake silently fell on the roof of Yuxiu Palace, Shen Yuyao finally received the long-awaited letter.

There were three letters. The first one was written by Shen Yuyao's mother from the Duke's Mansion.

The letter said that she had proposed marriage to Lord An's family as Shen Yuyao had said. However, Lord An's eldest daughter had already been granted marriage by the emperor, so the Duke's wife retreated and proposed marriage to the second daughter of the An family.

The Duke's wife was very pleased that Shen Yiyi himself did not object to this matter!

So the fourth brother’s marriage issue has been resolved!

When Shen Yuyao saw this, she secretly groaned in her heart!

She originally thought that if she failed to marry the eldest daughter of the An family, she would look for someone else.

Unexpectedly, her mother actually asked to marry the second daughter of the An family!

Isn’t that the evil girl that Xiaoxianbao mentioned?

This is exactly what Shen Yiyi loves, how could he object?

What makes me most anxious and angry is that my mother has set the same wedding date as the King of Qi!

In other words, it is too late to write a letter to the Duke's Mansion and cancel the engagement now!

Shen Yuyao, there is always a loophole!

Shen Yuyao opened the second letter with a wry smile. It was a letter from her brother at the border.

There are only a few words: "Know everything, take care of it!"

These few words finally made Shen Yuyao feel better.

She is just a noble lady. No matter how evil she is, it is just a matter of competing for favor in the mansion. The lives of her brothers are more important!

Just based on these few words, just based on this first snow, I should treat myself to an antique soup.

The third letter was from Ning Wang Xia Yu.

The letter only mentioned some trivial matters such as thanking the princess for treating the queen, and that the new Ning Wang Mansion would be built in the fiefdom in the near future.

At the end, Prince Ning asked the princess to tell concubine Xu that Prince Lin'an and Princess Xiaoyan were both safe.

If Prince Ning hadn't mentioned it, Shen Yuyao would have almost forgotten that there were two babies in Prince Ning's mansion.

They were born on the same day as Xiao Xianbao, but now Xu Yunxuan doesn't think that these two children are hers at all, and she has never even cared about these two babies.

As time goes on, I wonder if Prince Ning will become suspicious?