Hey, hey, hey! Your golden finger is mine.

Many people speculated that all these things were planned by Xu Qingyou in order to marry into the Su family.

After all, she was an orphan, and marrying into the Su family, even as a concubine, was marrying up.

Su Xuanjing was rumored to have an affair with someone named Long Yang, and Sang Luo broke off the engagement and her reputation was damaged. Only Xu Qingyou was the biggest winner.

As more and more people said this, Su Xuanjing also believed it firmly.

And his purpose of marrying Xu Qingyou was simply to prove to everyone that he did not have a preference for men.

For Xu Qingyou, he broke off the engagement with the Sang family and lost the Sang family's golden thigh. Su's father was quite dissatisfied with him because of this.

What made him even more angry was that Su's mother had actually given up on him. Despite being 35 years old, she became pregnant and was now wholeheartedly waiting for the birth of the baby in her belly.

For a time, his position in the Su family was precarious, and he was no longer the carefree and unrestrained Master Su of the past.

Naturally, he lost his good face towards Xu Qingyou. He either beat her or scolded her, and even didn't treat her as a human being.

Xu Qingyou had no one to rely on, so she could only swallow her anger and accept everything, trying her best to be a good wife and mother.

She felt that Su Xuanjing's ability to marry her proved that he still had a trace of love for her in his heart, otherwise he would not have broken off the engagement for her...

Therefore, she tried her best to please Su Xuanjing, thinking that one day she would definitely be able to climb to the position of Su Xuanjing's wife.

After hearing the news brought by the servant, Sang Luo was in a good mood. He generously rewarded the servant with 10 taels of silver and sent the servant away.

Now, it's time to settle accounts with the Su family...

On the second day, a piece of news suddenly began to spread in the capital: Su Mo, the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, took advantage of his position to collude with the enemy country, sell out his country for personal gain, and profit from it.

As soon as the news came out, the emperor was furious and announced a thorough investigation of the matter. He soon found a lot of evidence.

In the court, the emperor threw all the evidence he had found at Su Mo's face. "My dear Su, please explain to me what all this is."

Su Mo picked up one of the books and started flipping through it. The more he read, the more frightened he became. His face turned pale and beads of sweat fell from his forehead.

He knelt down and kowtowed, begging for mercy loudly: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged! Even if you gave me ten times the courage, I would not dare to do such a thing! I beg Your Majesty to investigate and give me justice!"

The emperor frowned and said, "Now that the evidence is irrefutable, what else can you say?"

"Your Majesty, I did indeed do these things..."

The emperor was a little surprised: "Oh? So you admit it?"

"I dare not! Although I did these things, I did not know that behind these transactions, there was actually collusion with the enemy country!"

"I have served as an official for many years, working diligently. As the Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple, I know very well how serious a crime it is to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country! I would never do such a thing!"

The emperor looked at Su Mo suspiciously: "What is your purpose in doing these things?"

Su Mo looked embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, as you know, my son Su Xuanjing was engaged to Sang Luo, the daughter of Lu State's richest businessman, five years ago."

"After we got engaged, Sang Yao would come to me from time to time and ask me to help him with some things."

"After all, our two families are relatives by marriage, so I couldn't refuse. I agreed and helped him to establish the relationship."

"And every time I help out, the Sang family will give me a generous gift."

"I was momentarily bewildered and blinded by the money, which is why I agreed to help do these things."

"But if I knew that all these things he did were to collude with the enemy country, I would never do such a thing!"

"Moreover, the Sang family has been engaged in business for generations. They are not welcomed by the aristocratic families in the capital. It is very likely that they will choose to seek refuge in another country!"

"I am at least a fifth-rank official, receiving a salary from the court. There is no need for me to take such a risk."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, half believing and half doubting.

After all, the Sang family has appeared many times in the clues found during the investigation.

"Come here, bring Sang Yao over here. Please kneel down first."

Su Mo crawled to the side and knelt, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Over the years, he has bribed many officials, so there should be many people who speak for him...

Soon, Sang's father was brought to the court and kowtowed tremblingly: "Your Majesty, long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

The emperor said with a cold face: "Sang Yao, you did all these things?"

Sang Yao held the memorial in his hands and read it word by word, his face turning pale in an instant.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I would never dare to do such a thing as betraying my country for personal gain! These things were all ordered by Lord Su."

Su Mo quickly climbed out and spat at Sang Yao: "Bah! You were the one who asked me to do it, and you even said that our families are relatives and insisted on asking me to help you!"

Sang Yao's eyes widened.

"Master Su, how can you slander me?"

"You were the one who said that if I didn't want my daughter to be wronged after marrying into your family, I would have to help you do it!"

"I'm just a wealthy businessman. How dare I go against the imperial officials?"

"Fortunately, my daughter came to her senses and chose to break off the engagement with the Su family. Only then was I able to break free from Lord Su's control."

"He said I asked him to do it. How could I possibly have the ability to threaten an official appointed by the imperial court?"

"Moreover, Lord Su asked me to do more than just that. He also asked me to deliver gifts to Lord Chen, Lord Liu, Lord Song, Lord Wang, and Lord Yuan, and he would ask me for money from time to time."

Sang Yao told Su Mo everything he had asked him to do, in great detail.

The officials he mentioned on the scene were instantly sweating profusely.

The emperor's eyes swept over the officials mentioned by Sang Yao, and instantly those officials knelt down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is very perceptive!"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

"Your Majesty, I don't know what they are going to do. They forced those things on me!"

"emperor……"

The cries of grievance that rose one after another in the hall made the emperor frown.

He slammed the table and the court quickly quieted down.

At this time, a young eunuch hurriedly walked up to the emperor and reported to him: "Your Majesty, Sang Yao's daughter Sang Luo requests an audience."

The emperor frowned and asked, "What is she doing in the imperial court, a woman like her?"

"She said she brought evidence of the Su family's treason!"

"What?" The emperor's eyes widened. "Call her in quickly."

"Call Sangluo into the palace!" the eunuch shouted.

The next second, Sang Luo appeared at the door of the hall.

What surprised everyone was that Sang Luo, covered in blood-stained clothes, walked into the hall step by step, leaving a blood-red footprint with every step he took.

Sang Luo glanced at all the court officials, and finally landed on Su Mo. He put on an extremely wanton smile and said, "Sir Su, you didn't expect that I would still be here."

"Along the way, waves of assassins almost stopped me."