Cypress Boat Floating

Lu Ci Qiu sorted out all the evidence he had collected, carefully packed it up and personally delivered it to the emperor. The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of all the people on the list and announced their crimes in public. The entire capital fell into chaos, and officers and soldiers ran around, arresting people, confiscating homes, and imprisoning people. Everyone on the list, no matter what position they held, even if you were a marquis, would be severely punished.

As for those officials who lost their official positions because of this incident, the court quickly arranged new personnel to take over their positions to ensure that the court would not collapse because of this incident.

For a time, the officialdom in the capital was in turmoil and everyone was in danger.

However, the storm did not end there. Every day, countless people in the palace knelt in front of Chengming Hall to beg for mercy, hoping to get the emperor's forgiveness. But the emperor seemed to have made up his mind and ruthlessly rejected their requests, resolutely throwing all those involved into prison.

At the same time, Lu Ci Qiu's life was not easy. Since he submitted the criminal list, some unidentified objects appeared at the door of his mansion every day, and someone even sneaked into the mansion in the middle of the night to assassinate him. Fortunately, Lu Zhixing had already sent a large number of guards to protect him and successfully prevented these assassination attempts.

When Lu Ciqiu was on the road during the court session, he found that the ministers around him avoided him and did not dare to talk to him. Those who had connections with the imprisoned officials or were affected by Lu Ciqiu's actions glared at him.

However, Lu Ci Qiu didn't care about it at all. He firmly believed that everything he did was right. Whenever he encountered someone trying to assassinate him, he would always subdue and tie up the person without hesitation, and then bring him before the emperor. Usually at this time, he would not clearly point out who was behind the scenes, but anyone with a discerning eye could see who else could be the one who was so angry that he wanted to assassinate Lu Ci Qiu.

Lu Ci Qiu knelt there aggrievedly, covering his injured arm from time to time, the bloodstains on his hands were still clearly visible.

Upon seeing this, the emperor had no choice but to do him justice. He sent a few more people to protect him and also rewarded him with some gifts.

Lu Ci Qiu got what he wanted and went back to the palace happily.

However, Huai Xi in the mansion was so frightened when he saw Lu Ci Qiu covering his arm with blood all over his hand that he almost fainted. He hurriedly wanted to apply medicine to Lu Ci Qiu and asked the imperial physician to see him. Fortunately, Lu Ci Qiu stopped him, otherwise he would have run to the Imperial Hospital.

"I think, the prince's injury was intentional, right?" Ye Jianqing saw it clearly after taking a look from the side. With such a small injury, Lu Ci Qiu could have avoided it by walking, so how could he be injured? No matter how he looked at it, he felt that it was intentional.

"Qing'er has really sharp eyes." Lu Ci Qiu laughed.

The wound on his hand was not serious, and he could have avoided it, but why bother? He was already isolated by the people in the court because of this incident, and they even wanted to kill him. If he didn't go to the emperor to ask for some benefits and cry bitterly, then wouldn't it be a waste of his efforts?

Ye Jianqing glanced at the brocade box in the hands of the guard following behind Lu Ciqiu and raised his eyebrows: "Why, did you go to your father to make some money?"

"It would be a shame not to take the good thing. Besides, they gave this to me, and I didn't beg them to kill me." The two men walked towards the yard. Lu Ci Qiu talked as he walked. He just wanted to deal with the wound on his hand quickly. He really couldn't stand the blood stains.

Ye Jianqing nodded: "They are desperate and will definitely attack you."

"It's okay. The people they sent couldn't beat me. I tied them up and sent them to my father. I wanted him to see what his good subjects did to his son." Lu Ci Qiu sneered, but there was no extra smile on his face.