After the mind-reading and gossip-eating incident, officials in the imperial city were demoted one a

As the two left the palace, Qin Jingyu pulled back the carriage curtain, and the guards bowed respectfully, watching them depart.

"The palace guards have been replaced, and my nephew has indeed become more aggressive. Is it because he's been affected by the turbid energy?"

Ye Yaoyao nodded gently. The golden light from Taigu Temple was so intense that it almost dissipated. She hadn't expected the Crown Prince to be so well hidden.

"You noticed it too? Just now in the hall, I sensed something unusual about the Crown Prince's aura."

Ye Yaoyao recounted what she had seen:

“Zhao Wanxi was only tainted, which was obvious from the surface. The Crown Prince was not. The turbid energy was integrated with him. If it weren’t for his emotional outburst and the black energy in his eyes that I happened to see, I would have been deceived by him.”

Thinking that if fate had not been changed, the Crown Prince's prophecy would surely have come true after the Crown Prince ascended the throne.

"The fact that the Crown Prince can control the turbid air shows that his temperament is extremely terrifying."

It's not that the Emperor and Empress doted on the Crown Prince, so why did he develop a dark mentality?

"How genuine can family affection be in the palace? I am the late emperor's son, and a master has predicted that I will be of immeasurable nobility."

My father had some affection for my mother; otherwise, how could I have been raised by the late emperor? How many in the royal family are as fortunate as I am?

Qin Jingyu smiled and patted Ye Yaoyao's head.

Ye Yaoyao nodded in agreement. In the palace, many princes whose mothers had passed away and who had no emperor to protect them lived worse lives than eunuchs.

Qin Jingyu's involvement in the military pay case has stirred up another storm in the capital.

After hearing the system's previous revelations, Prince Jing drew up a list and ordered people to investigate, starting with their arch-enemies.

The four guards of Prince Jing's mansion were running around all day, causing quite a stir.

General Sun's first wife, Ning, divorced him a month ago, and now she has been found and surrounded by a group of people.

Before long, two people were dragged out of the teahouse, a man and a woman, who were none other than Lord Han and Madam Ning.

The two men were disheveled, their hair was messy, and they looked utterly wretched.

Lord Han was pulled into the crowd, his face ashen, his lips trembling violently. He instinctively tried to straighten his clothes, but to no avail.

"Who are you? Let me go, or you'll regret it."

Ning, with her hair disheveled, struggled and screamed at the top of her lungs, her eyes filled with rage.

Hearing the commotion, the surrounding people quickly gathered around, surrounding them in layers.

“This is not Lord Han and Lady Ning. You see, these two are having an affair.”

"Why do so many couples have affairs in broad daylight? It's a disgrace to the elegant name of teahouses."

A scholarly young man dressed in a moon-white robe and holding a folding fan had a face full of disgust, his brows furrowed tightly, as if he had seen something extremely disgusting and filthy.

Unconsciously, he rapidly waved the folding fan in front of him, as if trying to fan away the "turbid air" of the scene before him.

"Isn't this Madam Sun? How could she possibly do this to General Sun?"

The old man, his body hunched over, shook his head, his eyes full of reproach.

"Uncle, you're out of touch. The Ning family and General Sun have already divorced."

"Pah! In my opinion, those two scoundrels must have been having an affair before."

Ning's curses were drowned out by the chatter of the onlookers.

"Gentlemen, we need your cooperation in investigating General Sun's embezzlement of military funds."

Kuangyun stepped out from the crowd and addressed them.

“You are Prince Jing’s man! I have nothing to do with the corruption case. Prince Jing’s treatment of a fourth-rank official is outrageous. I will submit a memorial to impeach Prince Jing.”

When Lord Han saw the culprit, he was so angry that he trembled all over, his face turning pale and then red.

His eyes widened as he glared at Kuangyun, shouting fiercely.

"Lord Han, you and Ning committed adultery behind General Sun's back. We have reason to suspect that you were involved in framing General Sun. Take him away!"

Kuang Yun's expression remained unchanged, his eyes resolute, and he gave the others a wink.

“Sun Daoji and I have already divorced. You are ruining my reputation.”

Ning was unwilling to accept this and struggled desperately.

"Haha! So Prince Jing's investigation into the embezzlement of military funds actually uncovered that someone was having an affair?"

"To commit such a disgraceful act in broad daylight, and still have the nerve to shout about it!"

"They're shameless; it's obvious they're always having secret meetings behind General Sun's back."

"They're in such a hurry to get a divorce, who would believe that General Sun was wronged by Lord Han because of this?"

Lord Han was so angry that veins bulged on his forehead. He was held firmly in a grip and unable to move, so he could only shout:

"A bunch of scoundrels are spouting nonsense! I have always been honest and upright, how could I be involved in such sordid matters? You must be acting under someone's orders to deliberately slander me!"

"Haha, someone as morally corrupt as you dares to claim you're innocent."

"It's not exciting to have a rendezvous at home, otherwise we wouldn't have the chance to witness it."

Someone in the crowd blurted out this remark, which caused a burst of laughter. The various mocking and disdainful gazes felt like thorns in their backs, making Ning Shi and Lord Han's faces turn red.

"Whether it's slander or not, we'll find out soon enough. Take him away!"

The onlookers automatically made way for them, pointing and whispering, with many following behind to watch the spectacle.

They encountered the team that Gale had captured halfway there.

The swift wind escorted three officials, and together they made the procession even larger.

"And what's going on with those three over there?"

The three ministers were gagged and made muffled noises.

"Those three used such foul language that their mouths were gagged."

"The three of them were drinking at a restaurant and were just dragged out. It would be strange if they didn't curse. Is the Prince Jing's Mansion catching adulterers?"

"Let me tell you..."

The people shared the news they had received with each other.

The last person to be taken away was the "old lady" whom Lian Jin and his men forcibly dragged out of the brothel.

This "old lady" had a graceful figure, and even though her face was full of anger, she still couldn't hide her beauty.

"The people from Prince Jing's mansion have been causing trouble all day, why are they arresting the old lady?"

"Haha, that's not an old lady, it's an old man."

"How could it not be? Look at that figure, it's even better than the courtesan."

"He is Guo An, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice."

"Ah! Lord Guo dresses in women's clothing and goes to brothels, what kind of hobby is that?"

Upon hearing this, the crowd erupted in uproar; some gaped in astonishment, while others burst into laughter.

"Isn't this an investigation into embezzlement of military funds? Their methods are all too shady."

"Do you think the Prince Jing's mansion arrested the right person?"

"These people are undoubtedly corrupt officials."

The bustling city returned to tranquility at night.

Even if the arrested ministers are eventually proven innocent, their despicable behavior in private has been exposed to the public, and they will inevitably be ridiculed wherever they go in the future.

Besides the common people who were watching the spectacle unfold, the officials in the capital were also secretly keeping a close eye on every move of the Prince Jing's residence.

Qin Jingyu's high-profile arrest has offended many powerful figures, and the Jingwang Mansion is about to face a major upheaval.