After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 961 Public Opinion
Haijiao soon found out the answer to this question.

Before noon the next day, he heard that the Jinyiwei entered Sun's mansion and took away Sun Yongping, his trusted attendants, staff and others and sent them to the imperial prison.

The charges were ready. After the assassin entered the Sun Mansion last night, he had a quarrel with Sun Yongping, accusing the Sun family father and son of deceiving him. Sun Yongping did not deny his accusation, but mocked him for being stupid and gullible. These words were heard by the officers and soldiers who broke into the mansion, and they were the evidence that Sun Yongping had ordered the assassin to assassinate the new emperor!
The crime of treason is so serious that even if Lord Sun had the late emperor's will to protect him, he might not be able to escape the punishment smoothly, let alone Sun Yongping who was directly confronting the assassin in public?
Lord Sun was a shrewd man all his life, but unfortunately he did not have a smart son. He easily exposed his crimes in front of others and did not expect that the soldiers would enter the mansion and discover everything.

However, the assassin was a veteran of the Imperial Guards and was no fool. He went to Sun Yongping instead of confronting Sun Ge Lao directly. He probably believed that Sun Yongping was a fool and easier to deal with than Sun Ge Lao. Now, he has successfully avenged the Sun family and put them into an irreparable situation.

Since Sun Yongping revealed his crime, the palace and the cabinet deliberately did not block the news, so the rumor about "Sun's father and son deceived the generals of the imperial guards to assassinate the new emperor" quickly spread in the city. Everyone was secretive and discussed the matter in private, and they were all shocked by the Sun family's audacity. As for the vague rumor that "the late emperor killed his father and usurped the throne", it dissipated a lot.

Now everyone knows that the assassins thought that the late emperor murdered the previous emperor, Emperor Longding, to seize the throne, so they wanted to kill the late emperor and his son to avenge the late emperor and restore order. However, in fact, this matter was a lie made up by Sun Ge Lao and his son. The late emperor never did such a thing. The Sun family was unwilling to lose power, so they tried to murder the new emperor and replace their grandson-in-law with the throne. Since it was a lie made up by Sun Ge Lao, the assassins' accusations against the late emperor were naturally false. Regardless of whether there was a problem with the cause of Emperor Longding's death, the late emperor was innocent anyway, and the new emperor was even more innocent. His succession to the throne was legitimate, and no one could question his qualifications.

Such news spread quickly in the capital, and it was obvious that the palace and the cabinet had deliberately guided it. But so what? Those who saw this understood and remained silent. At present, the throne was changing, the court was shaking, and stability was more important than anything else.

Not to mention that before the late emperor ascended the throne, he was the crown prince of the Eastern Palace, and his succession was legitimate. Just to say that the throne had changed twice, there was no force in the court that supported Prince Ji or Prince An, and the royal family had no intention of jumping out to cause trouble at this time. Rather than letting the royal family cause turmoil again, causing a shock to the country, and countless people would lose their jobs and die, it would be better for everyone to accept reality and live their lives like this. Emperor Longding has been dead for more than 30 years, and those who once served him have never questioned the cause of his death. Why should future generations meddle in it?
Some things are over and done with. There is really no need to delve into them.

Public opinion put all the blame on the Sun family father and son. Even the assassins' families all said in unison that they were wronged and had been deceived into doing wrong things. They were not traitors, but they just mistakenly thought they were being loyal! Everything was the mastermind's fault!
Even the followers of the Sun faction came out to accuse Sun Ge Lao. At this point, it was impossible for them to save the Sun family. The most important thing was to get themselves out of the blame and not be implicated in the crime of treason. Many people took the initiative to write letters to Sun Ge Lao and his family members, and some people strongly opposed Sun Meiren's continued burial in the imperial mausoleum and demanded that her coffin be dug out again, because a treasonous criminal did not deserve this honor!

When the court was in chaos, Hai Chang'an was promoted and given a vacation because of his great contributions.

When he returned home, he had already changed into the official uniform of a fifth-rank Wei Zhenfu.

Hai Xiya was still at the Ministry of Revenue and had not yet returned home from get off work. Hai Jiao was also out, but Ma, Hu and Haitang rushed to the front yard upon hearing the news and happily surrounded him. His son Xiao Shitou also shouted with joy. Xie Wenzai, Lu Bainian and Cao Gengyun, who had just returned to visit an old friend, all looked at him with great satisfaction. Everyone was happy about his promotion because it meant that he was not affected by his original family at all and could develop his career with peace of mind.

Hai Xiya had a smile on his face. He kowtowed to his mother Ma and thanked several elders for their years of careful teaching. He also expressed his gratitude to his wife Hu for her continued support and care, which made Hu's eyes tear up and she was speechless. Finally, he also thanked Haitang and Xiao Shitou, the two younger generations, for their hard work in taking care of the whole family when he was not at home.

Haitang laughed and said, "Why are you saying these things, Uncle? Why should we be strangers when we're a family?" Little Shitou, on the other hand, was grinning so hard that his teeth were showing, and he stuck close to his father and laughed foolishly.

Seeing her daughter-in-law sobbing with red eyes, Ma urged the family of three to go back to the west wing: "It's not time for dinner yet, go back to the room and change your new clothes, don't get them dirty. Chang'an, you have to coax your wife. You have been away these days, and she is very worried at home. She also has to take care of the housekeeper, take care of the children, and deal with the people from the Chang family for you. It's hard work. You have to thank her!"

Hai Changan held his wife's hand, his peach blossom eyes smiled particularly affectionately: "This is natural."

He hugged Hu and went back to the west wing. Little Shitou wanted to follow him, but his grandmother Ma stopped him: "Silly child, why are you joining in the fun at this time? Let your parents have a private conversation. Come to the upper room. Grandma has something to tell you!"

Little Stone had no choice but to follow his grandmother reluctantly. Haitang raised her sleeve to cover her mouth, hiding her smile, and turned around to see Xie Wenzai and the three elders Cao and Lu talking with their heads down.

They had also heard a lot of news from the outside world recently: "It seems that the Chang family has successfully split up, right?"

"It's a split. Chang Gengxing's branch has finally drawn a clear line with the direct branch, and no longer needs to be implicated by the direct branch. But after all, they have the same surname, Chang. People outside remember their origins, and within three generations they will inevitably be implicated. Aside from Chang'an, I'm afraid there won't be any promising children in this branch."

"They deserve it! Who told them to cling to the direct descendants even though they had accomplished nothing in the past? Not only did they push their most promising son to be sacrificed, but they also flaunted their power all day long under the banner of the royal family's in-laws? The Ji Palace and the direct descendants of the Chang family never took them seriously, but they insisted on acting like this. It's too late to distance themselves from it now..."

Cao Gengyun finally made a conclusion: "After the family split, Chang Gengxing's father and brother's branch will not be in danger of being destroyed, but their family will also decline. They didn't raise any outstanding children, and they will have to depend on Chang'an's family in the future. Maybe they can be quieter. Chang'an is capable enough to deal with them. From now on, he only needs to focus on his official career and don't have to worry about being held back again."

Xie Wenzai and Lu Bainian both agreed with this statement. They stroked their beards and nodded, with looks of relief on their faces.

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Then Cao Gengyun changed the subject: "By the way, have you guys made any progress in finding a house?"