When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

The emperor stood up from the dragon throne with a solemn expression, walked quickly towards Zhongli Mo, helped him up personally, and shook his bony arm with his hand.

An indescribable feeling of sadness welled up in the emperor's heart.

He said slowly:

"The Zhong family has always lived in seclusion. Over the years, I have issued orders to look for you many times, hoping to see you. But I didn't expect that we would meet today under such circumstances.

The Zhong Qing family does not need to panic. No matter who breaks the law, I will deal with it fairly and will not show any leniency.

Even if it is a prince or a grandson of the emperor, as long as they break the law, I will never condone it. Today, just tell me what happened.

Zhongli Moli's lips trembled slightly, and before he opened his mouth, tears welled up in his eyes.

His second brother knelt down behind him, and he choked up and said:

"I'll tell you about this. My brother has been bedridden for a long time and he's not strong enough. Besides, this matter was originally caused by me. Some time ago, I was lured to the gambling house to watch the fun. I didn't expect to be framed by a villain and lost all the family property. My brother was so angry that he fell ill.

The villain who harmed me was nowhere to be found. Out of guilt, I went out to work to earn money to support my family. My niece also wanted to go out to work to earn some money for her father's medical treatment. We didn't agree at first, but later we asked someone to find her a job reading Buddhist scriptures for the old lady.

The broker gave us a guarantee that she would not sell herself, be a concubine, or stay overnight in our house, and that she would not do anything else except reading Buddhist scriptures. All of this was written in the contract, and only then did we reluctantly agree to let her give it a try.

The dentist will tell you in advance that you can only do it after trying it out. If it doesn't work out or you feel like you don't get along with the client, you don't have to go.

Yesterday was the first day of my niece's trial period. Unexpectedly, she was met by the eldest son of the Shangshu Mansion as soon as she entered the yard. He carried her away without saying a word. The outer courtyard steward Chen Fu begged for a long time but he refused to open the door and let her go.

Helplessly, the housekeeper Chen Fu went to ask old lady Chen for help, but the old lady just burned incense and prayed to Buddha but refused to save my little niece from the fire pit.

The housekeeper Chen Fu went to the Shangshu's wife for help again, but unexpectedly, the Shangshu's wife not only refused to stop him, but also said that it was our blessing that her son fell in love with our girl, and at worst he could take a concubine in the future.

Your Majesty, you know that our Zhong family's ancestral precepts: no Zhong family girl should ever be a concubine. How could she force herself on others and still brazenly claim that she is a blessing to our family?

The eldest son of the Shangshu family is not worthy of our Zhong family. He is a piece of useless mud who hangs around in the red-light district every day. His reputation is so bad that we Zhong family would not even consider him as a wife, let alone a concubine."

A minister of the Ministry of Personnel who was engaged to the Shangshu family wiped his sweat: Is his reputation so bad? Then his wife still said how good the eldest son of the Shangshu family was?

Well, this woman has bad intentions!

As expected, the stepmother had no good intentions towards children who were not her own. She divorced this vicious woman when she returned home! She almost killed the legitimate daughter born to her ex-wife.

Let this young master get away from here. His family dare not marry into the Shangshu Mansion.

Emperor: Even the royal family doesn't dare to ask the daughter of the Zhong family to be a concubine. Minister Chen's wife is so arrogant.

The second uncle of the Zhong family continued, "My little niece refused to obey, so the eldest son of his family used force, and the minister's wife acquiesced. Chen Fu had no choice but to ask the minister Chen for help. When the two of them arrived, my niece was killed in front of them.

The Shangshu saw it with his own eyes. He not only tied up his own son and sent him to the government office, but also allowed his wife to roll up my little niece with a mat and throw her into a mass grave! Ah..."

The second uncle of the Zhong family also cried and begged the emperor:

"Your Majesty, please send someone to find my poor little niece. I don't know where her body is lying in the wilderness! Your Majesty... our Zhong family's daughter has been harmed to such an extent! Please, Your Majesty, help us! Woo..."

A man doesn't shed tears easily, that's just not yet very sad!

The three members of the Zhong family cried bitterly, feeling sad that their innocent child had suffered such a miserable end.

The emperor was so angry that his face turned blue, and he shouted, "Where is Minister Chen?"

Someone stepped out and trembled as he replied on behalf of Minister Chen:

"Your Majesty, Minister Chen's eldest son is ill. Minister Chen has asked the imperial physician to come to his home to see him. He is taking a day off today."

The emperor snorted and laughed, saying sarcastically, "You did something evil yesterday, and now you're sick? It shows that there is still retribution.

"Recall the imperial physician to me. This bastard is not worthy of being treated by an imperial physician. Also, appoint the King of Rui to preside over this case. Bring the criminals to justice immediately. Now! Immediately!"

The emperor was really angry! The daughter of the Zhong family had to be the prince's legal wife. The daughter of a great contributor to the dynasty was abused like this. Where would the royal family's face be?

"Also, Minister Chen must be dismissed and investigated immediately. Prince Rui, please thoroughly investigate the background of Minister Chen. His wife dares to be so arrogant, so I don't think she is clean either."

The emperor has already made such an evaluation before the case has even been investigated. Minister Chen's official career is over.

No wonder the old saying goes: A good wife brings less trouble to her husband! This shows that the character of a wife is the most important thing.

These court officials all took note of this silently in their hearts, and when they returned, they would give a warning to their wives and unfilial descendants. Don't think that you have to look for a wife with a beautiful appearance and a good family background. Character should be the first priority!

Jingzhao Yin Lin Yuxuan's heart was beating even more nervous. The emperor did not ask him, Jingzhao Prefecture, to take over the case. Was it because he did not trust him or was he afraid that he could not suppress the Shangshu because of his low official position?

Yes, Prince Perry wanted the royal family to intervene, after all, the Zhong family’s status is still different.

However, would the re-investigation of the Shangshu family lead to the case that was just closed not long ago?

Uh... there are risks.

After a while, the imperial physician came back and said:

"Your Majesty, the eldest son of Minister Chen has been poisoned to a serious degree. We are helpless and it seems that he will not live long!"

The emperor snorted.

"He's really going to die. It shows that God still has eyes. It's a good death! He dared to bully an honest family like the Zhong family. Even God couldn't stand it! Humph..."

The Zhong family is a truly honest family. Even though they have served the emperor well, they have never flattered him just because he is rich. Such honest people have been harmed by others. It is really shameful for the royal family to save face.

The imperial physician replied cautiously:

"The poison that the Shangshu Mansion's eldest son was poisoned with seems to be the same poison that the victim of the recent wife-poisoning case was poisoned with. However, this poison is extremely rare. I don't know how the Shangshu Mansion suppressed the poison. I didn't expect that this time the eldest son was in a hurry to... in a hurry for women before he recovered. As a result, the poison caused a second recurrence."

This imperial physician was a diligent man. He was fond of studying the interaction between drugs and their counteractions. After this poison appeared in the capital, he consulted the coroner about the properties of the poison during the case of poisoning his wife, and he also personally examined the corpse.

That was why he could give a definite answer that the eldest son had a relapse instead of being poisoned.