The capital is a melon field, I happily eat melons

Looking at those people who wanted to push her out, Concubine Chen was so angry that she laughed.

"Who have I worked so hard for all these years? Who are you able to live such a good life because of? Now you want to push the responsibility onto me alone? You wish!"

"If you want to put the blame on me alone, then I would rather the emperor sentence me to the crime of deceiving the emperor and let all of you die!"

This group of heartless people were well taught by the great aunt before anything happened, but now that something bad has happened they put all the blame on her.

She didn't want to fake a pregnancy at first. After all, if it was discovered, she would lose her head.

It’s all for my mother’s family and for that disappointing younger brother.

After pretending to be pregnant, the late emperor was very pleased and she took this opportunity to support her parents' family.

These bastards got everything thanks to her. She can let them enjoy such a luxurious life, but she can also make them lose such a life!

Who is afraid of who? Anyway, she has no descendants, so if we have to die, we will die together!

Seeing Concubine Chen like this, others were also scared.

They also knew how powerful their aunt was, otherwise she would not have survived the harem struggle and is still living such a comfortable life now.

If it weren't for Lin Mo and the system, perhaps their family could really live a good life forever, all thanks to this aunt.

But there really is nothing we can do now. We can’t let the whole family be buried with this incident!

"Mrs. Dowager! We beg you, too. We have worshipped you like an ancestor for so many years. The children in your house are still young. Even if you don't consider us, you should consider the children. Zhen grew up by your side. If you really return those things, what will happen to these children?"

"We are not seeking fame and fortune, we are doing this for the children!"

The Duchess's wife and her two sisters-in-law knelt on the ground crying and shouting, looking so pitiful.

The others also hurried over, and now there was crying one after another. The crying was even more sad than if their parents had died.

Chen Zhen stood beside Concubine Chen with an embarrassed look on her face. There were many children in the family, and she was not the most outstanding one. But because she had lived with the Concubine since she was a child, she was always treated differently from her other brothers and sisters.

Of course, she hoped that the concubine was fine, after all, the concubine was his backer.

But she also didn't want anything to happen to other people. After all, she was now the daughter of the Duke's Mansion. It would be good if she was given the title of Princess. As long as she was not given the title of Princess, she would have to rely on the Duke's Mansion.

Concubine Chen also saw Chen Zhen's entanglement, "Why, you also want to join them in forcing me, don't forget who brought you up to this age, who let you live such a good life."

Chen Zhen knelt down in shock, "Aunt! I didn't think so, but those kneeling here are my parents and brothers and sisters. I don't want anything to happen to you or them."

This was the mess that Duke Chen saw when he returned home.

He was already very angry and now he was even angrier.

"What are you doing! Get out of here, everyone!"

Concubine Chen glanced at her brother and said sarcastically, "Your wives and children are forcing me to confess my crime alone. They are your good family members."

The expression on Duke Chen's face suddenly turned into shame. "Sister, this is my fault. I didn't teach them well. Please rest assured, I will never let you bear it alone. I just want to return these things, so just return them."

"Anyway, these shops and fields have made a lot of money over the years. Although I can't support the extravagant life I used to, it's still enough to support my family. I can use the remaining money to buy some more shops. It won't be too bad anyway."

Yes, no matter what, it won’t be that bad. Duke Chen was just crying poor in front of the emperor.

The income from decades of shops and land is no small sum.

Although a lot is spent every year, there will always be some left, and this little bit left every year is enough.

They could use the money to buy shops and land, and continue to support their family, but they could not spend as lavishly as before.

Almost everyone else knows what happened here.

After the officials returned, they immediately asked their men to investigate.

They couldn't miss such a delicious melon, so they wanted to know whether the emperor would kill Duke Chen or confiscate their homes.

Such a crime would not be excessive even if they were killed.

So much money was collected when the treasury was empty and the country was in the most difficult time, and it was all obtained by fraud.

The emperor has become so poor for the sake of the country, and officials like him donate large sums of money every year to supplement the national treasury, but Duke Chen is extremely stingy.

You are so rich but you donate nothing. If you were a little more generous when donating every year, given the emperor's character, maybe he would let this matter go.

After all, Concubine Chen was not the concubine who received the most rewards. After the death of the late emperor, the emperor never pursued any matter when those concubines returned to their parents' homes with the things bestowed by the late emperor.

It’s just that Concubine Chen is a money-swindler and Duke Chen is so stingy, which is what makes the emperor so angry.

They had no regard for national justice and only cared about personal desires, which violated the emperor's bottom line.

Lin Mo and Bai Xiao also knew about this.

"You deserve it! You cheated so much money and didn't donate any of it, and you dress up in jewels and jewelry every day to show off outside. It's no wonder you got caught."

Lin Mo really didn't have a good impression of the young masters and young ladies in Duke Chen's mansion.

They are the ones who are arrogant and domineering. They never commit big mistakes but keep committing small ones. They commit mistakes every day, but they are all manageable.

Lin Mo also asked Bai Xiao to look for their melons, but they were all not very impressive.

I have to say that their family actually lives quite cautiously. The people in the Chen family really have the same personality. They value money more than anything else, but they don't do anything big.

Bai Xiao rolled around on the bed and said, "It's a good thing that the Queen checked the accounts, otherwise they would have really escaped. It's fine that the late emperor gave you the reward, but you can't cheat. It's a bit immoral to cheat and then not give anything back when the country is in trouble."

Bai Xiao was so stupid that he didn't even bother to check. If he did, these people would be exposed! He didn't even bother to think about it.

The emperor announced to the public that the empress discovered the problem when she was checking the accounts, and she also found the imperial physician who had previously taken Concubine Chen's pulse, so she knew about Concubine Chen's fake pregnancy.