In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

Soon, Empress Dowager Lu learned the news: "Princess Yonghe was thrown into a brothel and even received customers!" She couldn't help laughing, "What a retribution!" Empress Dowager Lu was very happy that someone did for her what she had always wanted to do.

She gnashed her teeth and said, "If it weren't for the late emperor, I would have thrown that traitorous girl into the military camp to be a prostitute!"

However, she also felt a little regretful, "It's a pity that I couldn't kill that damn girl myself..."

Seeing this opportunity, General Cheng stepped forward and offered a plan: "Madam, this is a good opportunity to bring down the Lu family." He whispered, "Let the people in the brothel and the prostitute house all blame the Lu family, and let Lu Fengyun come to justice."

"If they are guilty, they will be punished. Even if they are innocent, the Lu family's reputation will be completely destroyed."

"Lu Fengyun is the most promising and capable person in the Lu family, and will be the patriarch in the future."

"If he is destroyed, the people in the Lu Mansion will become disunited and want to split up the family."

Empress Dowager Lu nodded after hearing this and said, "This is a good plan. We should do this. Go and tell the people in the government office to strictly investigate this case."

She didn't know yet that things would go far beyond her expectations - the Lu family would be split up, and all the people in their main house would be executed.

Although the officials of Jingzhao Prefecture had received the secret order from the Empress, they did not know how to arrest the Lu family for questioning and investigation.

The reason for this was that these officials were not familiar with the Lu family, and they were also afraid of alerting the enemy. After all, this was a matter related to the face and dignity of the royal family. If they acted rashly without solid evidence, they would probably cause unnecessary trouble.

At the same time, the government office also received the opinions of Qin Gaoming and other royal children: "The princess' death must be related to the Lu family. You must do everything you can to find evidence against them, bring them to justice, and safeguard our royal dignity!"

Such instructions put the officials in the government office under great pressure. They knew that this matter was of great importance. If they could not find evidence as soon as possible, they would not only be blamed by their superiors, but it might even trigger a political storm.

The officials in the government office were all worried and distressed. They all sighed, "What should we do? The Lu family is not only large but also rich. More importantly, their reputation is also very high. If we arrest people for interrogation without solid evidence, it may cause the people to riot!"

Just when they felt they were at their wits' end, they suddenly heard news from outside that someone had come to report to the police.

Immediately afterwards, a woman named Ding Jinxiu filed a complaint, accusing the eldest branch of the Qi family of killing the third branch's family and taking away their property.

Lord Xiao was shocked when he heard this and couldn't help asking, "How dare someone sue the Marquis's Mansion for robbery and murder?"

The official clapped his hands happily and said with a smile: "Haha, isn't this the key person we have been looking for? She came just in time!"

The other adults looked at Mr. Yuan with puzzled eyes, "What do you mean by that?"

"Tell me about it quickly." Lord Xiao urged.

"Don't you know? She is Hu Dingmin's concubine." Mr. Yuan shook his head and smiled proudly, "Hu Dingmin is now close to Lu Fengyun. Isn't this a good opportunity?"

The affairs that the official is in charge of in the government office are the foreign affairs affairs.

He sent his runners out to gather information and look for clues to the case, and the people under his command were all from all walks of life.

There are many things that the Member knows, some of which even the parties involved may not know.

He talked about how Ding Jinxiu was sold to be a skinny horse, and how she ended up in the hands of Governor Hu, and told his colleagues.

These words left all the officials in the government office dumbfounded.

After a long while, Master Xiao sighed, "If they are not from the same family, they will not marry. The two of them are really a perfect match."

"A pair of bitches." Lord He cursed, "How dare you come to the capital to jump around and bring disgrace to yourselves."

Mr. Xiao thought of a solution. "It just so happens that Ding has come to file a complaint. We will then charge her with false accusation and make her tell the truth about Hu Dingming and Lu Fengyun."

"That's right." Lord Yuan shook his head. "If they fall into our hands, we will make them leave the capital empty-handed."

"No one in the Lu family is an official now, so it's a good opportunity to settle old and new accounts together." Lord Jiang said.

Just when everyone thought it would be easy to deal with the Lu family and Lord Hu, things took another turn.

Duke Huiguo and Ding Jinxiu had sex several times and they formed an alliance.

It just so happened that Duke Huiguo was planning a marriage with the Lu family.

In the Empress Dowager's family's Lu Mansion, the eldest daughter of the fifth room, Miss Lu Er, her husband died a year after her marriage, and she has no children.

She observed mourning for three years, and after her aunt became the empress dowager, she asked for a divorce and returned home.

Duke Huiguo wanted to get close to Empress Dowager Lu and the young emperor, so he took the initiative to invite an official matchmaker to go to Lu's mansion to propose marriage.

Of course, both governments are willing to see this kind of closer relationship.

It is a great joy for a woman whose husband has died to remarry and become the wife of a duke.

The marriage was quickly arranged. The relationship between Duke Huiguo and Empress Dowager Lu was not only cousins, but also brother-in-law, which could be said to be a close relationship.

After her father's persuasion, Empress Dowager Lu said, "Your Majesty, it is most reassuring to employ our own people. After all, our interests are tied together." She decided to make use of Duke Huiguo.

For some important matters in the court, Empress Dowager Lu would ask the Prime Minister and then ask Duke Huiguo for his opinion.

On this day, Empress Dowager Lu summoned Duke Huiguo to ask about matters and then chat.

Duke Huiguo kindly reminded, "Your Majesty, you must be careful of the Qi Mansion. They have always pretended to obey you but secretly disobeyed you. Before, when the late emperor was still the crown prince, they never wanted to make friends with you and acted as if they looked down on you."

Empress Dowager Lu laughed and said, "They are only loyal to the emperor and do not form cliques."

Duke Huiguo changed his approach to instigate, "Your Majesty, the Qi family was too poor to start a rebellion before. Now their business is booming, and they have opened money houses all over the country. If they are loyal to the emperor, they should hand over these money houses to the court, and keep the profits for the inner treasury."

Empress Dowager Lu was silent. Although these words did not allow her to make a decision for the time being, they planted a seed of dissatisfaction in her heart. "Miss Qi is actually richer than me, and I don't have so many shops."

Duke Huiguo smiled and changed the subject, "The emperor is still young and it is the time for him to study. He should let the people from the Li and Lu mansions be his tutors."

Empress Dowager Lu did not agree at first and just said, "Let me think about it."

Ding Jinxiu came to the government office to sue the Qi family.

Lord Xiao took the petition and frowned as he looked at the densely written words on it: "The words are so messy!"

Master Xiao impatiently threw the complaint to the lawyer: "Read it to me."

The lawyer took the complaint and read it out while shaking his head. The complaint listed many crimes of the Qi family, the most important of which was disregard for human life - Qi Lu, the eldest son of the Qi family, had seized the huge wealth of the third son, and also sent people to kill her parents and younger brother.

After listening to this, Lord Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked at Ding Jinxiu, asking, "Are you telling the truth?"

Ding Jinxiu nodded: "Sir, everything I said is true. Please make the decision for me."

Lord Xiao was silent for a moment, then said, "You can go back first. I will send someone to notify you when to come to the government office to hear the case."

"Yes, sir." Ding Jinxiu bowed happily when she saw the official accept her petition.

Qi Wan soon learned the news. Wu Yi came to report, "Master, Ding Jinxiu handed in the complaint. She walked out of the government office very happily and asked someone to buy wine and meat to celebrate."

Qi Wan smiled, placed a chess piece on the chessboard, and said, "She was taking each step one by one, thinking that if she submitted the complaint and had someone to protect her, she would be able to win."

"I have already decided the ending for her."

Wu Yi asked curiously: "What was her ending?"

Qi Wan swept his hand across the chessboard and said simply, "Die!"

She smiled and said to herself: You, Ding Jinxiu, and your gang are jumping up and down openly in the capital, while I am making trouble in secret. Let's see who will win in the end!