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The Minister of Justice knew that his people were not so blind, and that they were so anxious that something big must have happened.

"come in."

After entering the study, the confidant first bowed to the Dali Temple Minister before trotting to the Minister of Justice and whispering a few words in his ear.

"what?!"

"Why is it so sudden?"

The confidant just leaned over to whisper in the Minister of Justice's ear when he was interrupted by the Minister of Justice.

"Just tell me straight. This might help me and the Dali Temple officials investigate the case."

"Yes."

The confidant raised his eyes, glanced at the Dali Temple Minister, and lowered his head to reply.

"Master, sir, the Yao family has fallen."

"General Ling and the Junior Official of the Dali Temple just went to confiscate the property."

"what?!"

The Grand Secretary was as shocked as the Minister of Justice.

The Yao family is not as easy to deal with as those petty officials. It is a huge company, how can it fall down just like that?

"Go on."

The shocked Minister of Justice calmed down, stared at his confidant with serious eyes, and then glanced at the shocked Chief Justice of the Supreme Court with the corner of his eye.

Judging from the shocked look on the Dali Temple Minister's face, it must not be fake.

"The Junior Official of the Dali Temple was visiting the Yao family today. The eldest son of the Yao family took the Junior Official to visit their own library, and they discovered a newly made dragon robe in the library."

"Given the Yao family's style of dealing with this matter, they should use threats or bribes to silence the Dali Temple Shaoqing."

"Master, this isn't the only incident. I wonder who posted evidence of Master Yao's treason all over the city."

"The streets are full of letters from Master Yao and Beidong."

"That's impossible. With that old fox's temperament, there's no way he would leave such obvious evidence."

"That's not the only thing. There's also evidence of Mr. Yao's corruption and bribery during his time in office."

"The incident of Master Yao's grandson forcibly abducting a woman has also been uncovered..."

The two of them were stunned as they listened, and became more and more shocked.

Having worked with that old fox for many years, I have some understanding of his methods.

If something like this happened, it must have been a betrayal by a close confidant. Otherwise, given the old fox's style of doing things, he wouldn't have let anyone catch him, let alone have so many pieces of evidence uncovered at the same time.

"Do you know who did it?"

"Master, I don't know. The evidence was secretly posted in the city in the middle of the night."

"When the common people woke up early and saw the papers posted, they thought they were some kind of notice from the imperial court. Only when they asked someone who could read them did they realize they were evidence of the Yao family's crimes."

“How are things developing now?”

"After reading the contents of the papers, the people flocked to the palace gates, the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and other government offices in the capital, hoping that the court would severely punish this heinous criminal."

"My Lord, you and the Lord Temple Minister returned late, so you probably didn't encounter the people blocking the palace gate."

The two men looked at each other. Both of them were extremely smart people. There were so many tricks and loopholes that they could not have missed them.

"Got it. Go out and continue to follow up on this matter. Report any news as soon as possible."

After everyone left, only two people were left in the study, looking at each other.

"Sir, there are too many strange things about this matter."

"Master Temple Minister, please share your opinion."

The sudden courtesy made both of them feel awkward, but since they were both people who had seen a lot of things, they just laughed off the awkwardness.

"You and I followed the Emperor to the Yangxin Palace right after the court session. We left the palace later than the rest of our colleagues, so it's normal that we didn't see the people gathered at the palace gate."

"But this incident only happened today, and you and I went to the Yangxin Palace right after the court session. We didn't see anyone come to report this to the Emperor."

"Not long after we arrived at the mansion, the Yao family was raided, and General Ling also went to court today."

"If the Emperor learns of this while you and I are back in the palace, and then summons General Ling and the Junior Official of the Dali Temple to the palace and order a confiscation of our property, I think that would be impossible no matter what."

How could the Minister of Justice, who has been handling cases for decades, not notice the twists and turns involved?

Since the Dali Temple Minister had explained it so clearly, he naturally couldn't pretend to be confused.

“So there’s only one answer.”

"The Emperor has been planning this for a long time!"

"The Emperor had this planned!"

They both spoke at the same time and smiled at each other.

"If things are really as you and I say, I think I can make a bold assumption."

"Please speak, Lord Temple Minister."

"Brother Zhang, we have served in the same court for many years. We have been busy investigating cases these past few days, so why not have a drink?"

As he spoke, Dali Temple Minister Zhu Qin took off his official hat and placed it on the table.

Minister of Justice Zhang Yuntong understood and ordered his servants to prepare wine and food. He also took off his official hat and placed it on the table.

"Well, it's time for lunch now. I wish you a nice view of the lakeside pavilion at my residence. The weather is perfect today, so why don't you and I go to the lakeside pavilion and enjoy the view while drinking."

"That's great. I've heard that the pavilion in the middle of the lake at Brother Zhang's house is ingeniously built. It's a real honor to be able to appreciate the scenery today."

"Eh, that's not the case."

The two men flattered each other as they reached the pavilion in the middle of the lake. After sending the servants away, they each poured themselves a glass of wine and drank together.

After taking off their official hats and drinking some wine, whatever they said today was just drunken nonsense. In addition, the geographical location of the pavilion in the center of the lake meant that only the two of them knew what they said.

"Brother Zhang, based on my understanding of Master Yao, oh no, Master Yao, he is an extremely calculating person."

"The Second Prince has a broken leg and is disabled, so there's no way he can take that position."

"And the eldest prince, who is also the grandson of the Yao family, is both the legitimate son and the eldest son of the late emperor. With the powerful Yao family as his external family, he has a huge advantage."

"Since the Second Prince has been abolished, using him as a stepping stone to pave the way for the First Prince is something Master Yao would do."

"As the Second Prince's biological mother, the Queen Mother would never agree to use her own son as a stepping stone for others, so this must have been done by Master Yao behind the Queen Mother's back, secretly instigating the Second Prince to do this."

"The late emperor's first empress died of illness shortly after giving birth to the eldest prince. Then the current empress dowager became the second empress. She is obviously the eldest prince's aunt, but she has not been very close to him over the years."

"In the past, the Second Prince's reputation was widely circulated in the capital, but the First Prince was largely unknown."

"It can be seen that the Queen Mother does not have a close relationship with her eldest sister, and treats her son indifferently."

"The Empress Dowager must be very angry about what Master Yao did, and now the Emperor is threatening the Second Prince's life to get the Empress Dowager to bring down the Yao family."

"The Queen Mother had to do this for her own son."

When Zhang Yuntong talked about this matter with Zhu Qin, he was also thinking about the twists and turns involved.

After listening to it, I felt that what Zhu Qin said made sense.

"If it was really the Queen Mother who did it, she would have the ability to quietly post evidence of the Yao family's crimes all over the city, and naturally she would have the ability to assassinate those officials."

"But I have a doubt."

"Brother Zhang, please speak."