Tang Gang was in a heavy mood. He came out of the palace and declined the officials who wanted to speak to him. He went straight back to the mansion and closed the door of the study. Only then did he have the opportunity to calm down and think carefully about what to do.

The Marquis of Pingshun is certainly guilty, but if we want to investigate the matter thoroughly, many officials will be involved, and the Marquis's mansion will then become the target of public criticism.

It is impossible to pick it up high and put it down gently, because the Crown Prince and the Second Prince are watching from the side, each with their own purpose.

The emperor also requires that one should be sensible, and how to strike the right balance is also very important.

In the past, they father and son wanted to board the prince's ship, but unfortunately the prince did not give them the opportunity. Now the prince's situation has become confusing. No one expected that the empress dowager, who had always been in good health, would suddenly become seriously ill, and no one knew that the emperor would order the collection of debts owed to the national treasury, which would seriously damage the prince's vitality.

As for the Second Prince...

He frowned and asked his adviser to analyze the situation, but the adviser couldn't get to the point no matter how hard he tried. You have to know that he is a cautious and timid person, and his advisers are naturally the same, all seeking stability.

"The Earl of Pingshun was impeached today, and this has caused a huge uproar. Could it be that someone secretly arranged this?"

"Is it the Crown Prince or the Second Prince, or someone else?"

"The Emperor has asked the Crown Prince and the Second Prince to assist him. Why don't you take a step back and let the Crown Prince and the Second Prince fight it out on their own?"

Tang Gang glanced at the strategist and cursed him in his heart for being a waste. How could a marquis like him not understand such a thing?

It is obvious that today's incident was planned by the Second Prince, and it came with such force that the Crown Prince and his party were kept in the dark. The Second Prince was certainly going to use the incident involving the Earl of Pingshun to deal a heavy blow to the Crown Prince.

"Go down."

The counselor knew that he could no longer stay in the Marquis's mansion, so he prepared to pack up and submit his resignation in two days, which was better than being kicked out.

"My Lord, thank you for your audience, Minister."

Steward Zhang came to report that Minister Xie was the Crown Princess's uncle, and that he must have come at this time to win over Tang Gang for the Crown Prince.

"Please wait a moment, Minister Xie."

Tang Gang suddenly felt refreshed. In the past, Tang Rong had requested to see the prince several times but was refused because the prince never saw him again after Tang Rong was bitten by a dog twice. But now the situation has changed.

The Crown Prince's men had successfully entered the Marquis' Mansion, but there was no movement in the Second Prince's Mansion. After lunch, Tang Mo went to see the Second Prince. He was a little surprised to learn that the task fell on his old man. He smiled at the Second Prince's concerns and said, "My father is a cautious person and never takes risks. If I want to persuade him to follow the Second Prince, I may not be able to do it, but if I want him to thoroughly investigate Pingshun Bo and make Pingshun Bo unable to turn over, there is no problem with that."

The old man is very insidious and he holds grudges. Although he doesn't have much ability, he still has the trump card left by his grandfather. If he finds out that Earl Pingshun gave his beloved eldest son's wife to Prince Nanguang, he will not make it public, but he will definitely skin Earl Pingshun alive.

The second prince was very satisfied with his answer. As long as he supported Tang Mo to inherit the title, it didn't matter whether Tang Gang followed him or not.

Minister Xie had tried to win over Tang Gang on behalf of the Crown Prince. Apart from anything else, the matter of the Marquis of Pingshun could not involve the Duke of Enguo's Mansion, nor could it involve officials from the Crown Prince's party. The Second Prince's party naturally had no need to be polite.

Tang Gang neither refused nor agreed. He just said that he knew his limits and praised the prince again and again. Only then did Minister Xie feel satisfied.

Tang Gang soon became busy. If he wanted to get to the bottom of the case, he had to assign more people. This was Zhou Zheng's responsibility. The crown prince and the second prince also assigned people to him. They obeyed his orders and assembled a team within a day to start working.

Many people who had just escaped from the shadow of the treasury's debt collection began to get nervous again. Those people had been entertained by the Earl of Pingshun and were afraid that he had left some evidence. If the emperor had not imprisoned the Earl of Pingshun as quickly as possible and not allowed anyone to visit him, they would probably not survive tomorrow.

"Are you serious?"

Aunt Yu's people had a harvest. They waited in the Nanguang County Prince's house for two days and spent a little money to get the news. "It is absolutely true. The house was bought by the steward of the Nanguang County Prince's mansion a few months ago. After buying it, he renovated it extensively and demolished a yard to build a garden. They planted precious flowers. Recently, there has been a sound of piano in the garden. There are people guarding the gate of the garden. No one can get close."

"Someone also saw a woman wearing a bamboo hat coming out of the garden and leaving through the main gate. The Prince of Nanguang was watching, and no one could get close to the carriage outside the gate..."

The previous tracking had all yielded no results, and this time I didn’t know who was so kind as to point the way, so naturally I had to find out everything before replying.

Aunt Yu was shaking with excitement. Tao Yiran actually had an affair with Prince Nanguang!

Tang Rong has a really big green hat on his head!

There was a rumor in the city earlier that Chun Lang was not Tang Rong's child. Is this true?

Nuer's laughter brought her back from her fantasy. She turned around and saw Nuer holding a rattle and smiling at her happily. The corners of her lips slowly rose. She walked forward, hugged Nuer and kissed him. For the sake of her son, she had to seize this opportunity.

"Madam Yu has received the news, but has not yet decided what to do."

Nanfeng immediately delivered the news to Xin An, who asked her to reveal what was happening outside to Aunt Yu and guide her to wait for the right time to report to Tang Gang in person.

"Let Aunt Yu take the credit for this. We know nothing about it."

Nan Feng smiled and nodded, "Yu Yiang's people have been keeping an eye on us for a while, it's really hard work."

"You better be alert these days and don't make any mistakes."

"Yes."

Although the young lady did not say it explicitly, Nanfeng could already feel the storm coming. As long as she could hold on, there would be sunny days, and she would be different.

Tang Gang thought that Tang Mo would take the initiative to find him. The Xin family and the Xu family were close, and he was worried that Tang Mo would side with the Second Prince. After observing for a while, he found that neither Xin An nor Tang Mo had any dealings with the Second Prince's Mansion. At most, Xin An went to the Xu family. Only then was he barely relieved.

But Tang Mo still went out early and came back late as usual. Even if he came back earlier, he would accompany his wife for a walk, which made him confused.

"The Second Prince didn't look for you?"

Tang Mo didn't come, so he called Tang Mo over. Tang Mo still looked lazy, "Why did the Second Prince look for me?"

"Then the Xu family didn't look for you?"

Tang Mo laughed, "You talk like I'm some insignificant figure. He's a prince and a general with military power. How could he come to me?"

"It's really interesting to talk about it. I told my father about the haunted house of the Marquis of Pingshun earlier, but he wasn't interested at all. I didn't expect that he would take charge of the matter just a few days later."

"Father, you must investigate thoroughly. The Earl of Pingshun is not a good person. He used beauties to bribe court officials. Over the years, he has harmed countless people."

"Do you need your son's help?"

Seeing that he was not behaving properly, Tang Gang was very displeased. "You have been walking outside all day, have you noticed anything unusual about the Pingshun Marquis's Mansion?"

"I don't care about that street."

Tang Mo crossed his legs. "If you want to know what's going on in the Pingshun Marquis's Mansion, you might as well ask your sister-in-law. Your sister-in-law is familiar with the young lady of the Pingshun Marquis's Mansion. Didn't she always go to the Pingshun Marquis' Mansion to talk?"

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