Family affection? Is it important to have rights?

These days, Mu Tangxi stayed quietly in the mansion. In the morning, he went to his father's study to study with his brothers, and then returned to the yard to practice music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But after a few days of such peaceful days, my father suddenly mentioned in the study that the eldest prince had impeached the second prince.

Mu Tangxi was relieved instead, as it finally happened.

These days, the eldest prince should be investigating the truth of the matter and the whereabouts of the person who reported the news.

Now Shen Qiu didn't inform her of the news, so he probably didn't find out.

Mu Wenyu took this opportunity to explain to the children in detail the open and covert struggles in the court, and the various factions of power.

Mu Tangxi was also there. It must be that her father ignored her, but that did not stop her from diligently absorbing what her father told her and making it her own.

She didn't want to be as stupid as Marquis Jingyang and ruin herself after she had power.

During the morning court session, the eldest prince impeached the second prince to the emperor. Of course, he did not just say it verbally, he also prepared evidence and tried to bring down the second prince in one fell swoop.

He found many people to prove that the Yi family delivered many boxes of gold to the Second Prince's Mansion on the eve of the flower-viewing banquet, and even found out that the Second Prince offered a reward of 100 taels of gold among the people.

Therefore, the reason for the eldest prince Ji Ruikun's impeachment was that the second prince's wealth far exceeded his salary and that it came from an illegal source!

But the second prince was no pushover. When his confidant was knocked unconscious and the clues found pointed to the eldest prince, he also urgently cleaned up the mess.

Facing the eldest prince's questioning in the court, Ji Linwen had a calm expression. After lightly glancing at his brother, he replied in a resounding voice: "Brother, don't be deceived by the villain's lies. I didn't do these things. The gold was brought to my house in advance by the Yi family for their daughter's marriage. Please understand!"

The emperor sitting on the dragon throne looked at his two sons with a puzzled expression as they started arguing again. He waved his hand and asked the eunuchs to search the second prince's mansion.

The eldest prince was not willing to be outdone. His gentle expression concealed the coldness in his eyes, "Second brother, why don't you explain the bounty?"

He was like a snake lurking in the darkness, always watching for Ji Linwen's weaknesses.

Ji Linwen looked up into his brother's eyes and smiled suddenly, "Brother, I just wanted to give father a surprise. I took out the salary I have saved for so many years to find that poet. I just wanted to make father happy."

"What's wrong with that?"

Ji Linwen lowered his eyelashes, looking lost.

Ji Ruikun wanted to curse at him when he saw his expression. No matter whether he was right or not, he always acted like this, as if he was wronged!

Can't you change it after all these years?!

Ji Ruikun maintained his gentle demeanor and forced a smile, "How could that be? I'm just worried that you'd go astray."

Ji Ruikun emphasized the words "went astray".

Ji Linwen: "Thank you for your concern, brother, but I really wasn't deceived."

The third prince Ji Qichen was watching the excitement from the side. He did not attend the last impeachment of Marquis Jingyang because he was unwell. As a result, he missed a big event, which made him very regretful.

So after that day, he actively attended court every day, hoping for something new to happen. However, he ended up waiting for several days before he saw his eldest and second brothers arguing with each other!

He watched with sparkling eyes as his elder and second brothers confronted each other with a dagger hidden in their smiles. Perhaps his expression was too obvious, and his father's eyes turned to him.

The emperor tapped the armrest of the dragon throne with his right hand, watching the quarrel between the two people casually. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a person with expectation written all over his face.

He looked carefully and found that it was the third prince. The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "Qi Chen, what do you think about this?"

Ji Qichen's expression froze for a moment, and he immediately adjusted his expression, "Father, I have no opinion on this. Let's wait for the people you sent to search to come back before making a decision."

What ideas does he dare to express?

What dare the third prince, who has no support from his mother's family and whose mother is not favored, say?

As for the eldest prince, the queen will put pressure on his mother and reduce all kinds of food, clothing and other expenses.

Speaking of the Second Prince, he would take revenge on him behind his back if he was unhappy with him. If the revenge failed, the Second Prince would keep an eye on him.

Ji Qichen sighed in his heart, life is really not easy!

Now even his father wants to punish him?

Ji Ruikun and Ji Linwen withdrew their gazes and continued to focus on their opponents.

The emperor sitting on the dragon throne gently let the third prince go and continued to wait for the eunuchs to come back with impatience in his eyes.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Ji Qichen breathed a sigh of relief. It was good to be an unknown person. If no one paid attention to him, no one would frame him.

It will be more joyful to be an idle prince in the future!

The eunuchs hurried back and reported, "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with the account books in the Second Prince's mansion. As for the ten taels of gold, it was indeed what the Yi family wanted His Highness to use to decorate a wing room for their daughter."

Ji Ruikun's face changed. Ten taels of gold? How could there be only ten taels of gold? !

The informant clearly said that there were 100,000 taels of gold, and the people he went to investigate also said that many boxes were carried into the Second Prince's mansion. How did it become 10 taels of gold? Where did he hide the rest of the gold? !

He also said that he was decorating a room for the Yi family’s daughter. Did the Yi family just think that the second brother didn’t have any money?

Ji Ruikun smiled gently, "I see. I thought that my second brother had gone astray. But the Yi family is really going too far. They actually paid for you to renovate the wing room for their daughter? Do they think that you are too poor?"

Ji Linwen said calmly, "The Yi family is just eager to marry off their daughter, and they have no other intentions."

He directly avoided the trap set by his elder brother in his words.

In fact, he had already altered the account book. As for the 100,000 taels of gold, they were naturally secretly shipped out overnight. How could they be kept in his own house openly?

Besides, they need the money more.

I don’t know whether it was the emperor who was stupid or the people under him who were stupid, but they actually knocked out his confidant and left without doing anything.

Such a simple and crude action does not seem like something the emperor's brother would do, but the emperor's brother found out about it and even impeached him in the court.

This made him have no choice but to believe that the person who broke into his mansion was his royal brother's man.

The hateful thing is that he hasn’t found any trace of that person yet, and he doesn’t know where his brother has hidden that person!

If he could find that person, he could impeach him today, saying that his royal brother sent people to break into his mansion.

My brother is so lucky, it may not be the same next time!

The emperor looked down at them and lowered his eyes in boredom. "Since Lin Wen is innocent in this matter, if there is no other urgent matter, then let's adjourn the court."

Ji Qichen was a little disappointed. He thought he could get rid of an imperial brother today!

I didn't expect that the two of them would fight back and forth.