Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 997 The incident came to light
As soon as the scandal came out, several of the involved houses sent people out to investigate, but what they found was different from each other.

What the Prince of Qin's Palace found out was that the news about the cloth was spread to Princess Qin's ears by someone arranged by the Prince of Jin's Palace.

Since the news was released by Prince Jin's Mansion, the sudden appearance of the thief must also be Chu Chengyao's work.

Chu Chengye knew that he was being set up by Chu Chengyao. He was so angry that he told the two maids about the cloth to Princess Qin and beat them to death with sticks.

He also sent Jia Yu to prepare generous gifts and go to the mansions of Dali Temple ministers and imperial censors to apologize and explain that he had fallen into the scheme of the Jin palace.

However, the news found by the Dali Temple Minister Dong and the royal censor Mr. Zhao is:
In order to suppress the prince, the King of Qin set up a scandal of adultery between brother and sister in the Duke's palace, and deliberately invited their wives to catch the adulterer. They were forced to be hostile to the Duke's Palace. As a last resort, they had no choice but to take advantage of the Prince of Qin's Palace.

The two families felt that they were being taken advantage of by the Qin Palace. In anger, they did not let Jia Yu in at all. They only said that they were not feeling well and could not see guests.

After Chu Chengye found out, there was a big fire in the house, and even Princess Qin and Han Shuang also suffered.
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royal palace.

The information found by the emperor was more detailed.

Not only did he know that his second son was plotting against the Duke of Guo and the Prince of Qin, but he also caused a rift between the Dali Temple Minister and the Imperial Censor and the Prince of Qin's Palace.

Even the boss behind the cloth shop, Li Siyu, the brother-in-law of the Minister of Household Affairs, was also found out.

Hiding in the dark, he calculated that the prince and King Qin could stay out of the matter. This son really should not be underestimated...

The memorials of impeachment against the Duke were sent to the palace like snowflakes. The emperor flipped through a few of them and threw them aside.

Hearing that the queen and the prince asked to see each other, they were impatient and made them wait for a long time before they could see each other. The queen and the prince first humbly apologized, and then complained aggrievedly and begged the emperor to investigate thoroughly.

The emperor's complicated eyes fell for a long time on the eldest son who had given him great hope.

The son he devoted all his efforts to love and cultivate was far inferior to an unloved and helpless son in terms of ability, temperament, and methods. The disappointment of hating iron for not being able to turn into steel made him not even want to say anything, and he had a headache and was holding his forehead. Swing the two away.

Before I could sort out my thoughts, I received the message:
Qin Zongliang is the suspect who stole the Xue family's treasure!
Since the Xue family's treasure was stolen, the emperor has been sending people to investigate privately. After several months of secret investigation, some clues were finally found, and all the results pointed to Qin Zongliang.

In the days after the treasure was stolen, someone testified that they saw Xue Ren in Jizhou. It is known that Xue Ren was Qin Zongliang's bodyguard and only followed Qin Zongliang.

It happened that no one saw Qin Zongliang in Kyoto during those days. During this period, some people went to the Duke's Mansion to visit him. The housekeeper said that Qin Zongliang was suffering from cold and could not see guests.

During the New Year's Day, the servants of the Duke's Mansion purchased a batch of things from Jizhou and returned to Beijing. They told the outside world that they had bought grain, but people who had seen it said that the ruts were much deeper than those used to pull grain, so it must be heavy objects.

Moreover, the prison head who was imprisoning the Xue family at that time had a private relationship with a steward of the government. After the Xue family was exiled, the prison head suddenly got a large sum of money, which he said he had won through gambling.

The gambling house he went to happened to be owned by the Duke of Qin.

Seeing this, the emperor still didn't understand that the news about the treasure house was leaked by the prison boss, so that the Duke's Mansion could steal so many treasures from him before Jin Wei.

That much money is enough to support an army!
The prince and queen, who were colluding with the Duke's government, probably knew about this, but never mentioned it. She was really his good wife and son!