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Chapter 779 Epilogue: Xiao Ling's World (Seventeen)
"Your Majesty, I have evidence of Prime Minister Xu and his clansmen occupying good farmland, forcing women into prostitution, illegally mining, and raising soldiers! It was because I couldn't stand the Xu clan members deceiving your Majesty and the court that I took the risk to come to the capital, but I was hunted all the way here. If it weren't for a few officials who were also forced by the Xu clan members to protect me all the way, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen you! But there were more than ten people who came to the capital secretly from Lingzhou, and now I'm the only one left!"

The Lieutenant General of Lingzhou was in tears and sobbing. All the officials in the court were shocked when they heard the words. How could Prime Minister Xu have such courage!

Prime Minister Xu kowtowed heavily, tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

The emperor looked at him coldly and said to the Lingzhou lieutenant general, "Present the evidence to the court!"

The whole hall was silent, fearing that saying something wrong would bring trouble to themselves. The most panicked were those who had supported Prime Minister Xu before. The Lingzhou lieutenant general went to the capital like this. I'm afraid that the Xu family really did those things. Your Majesty would not suspect that they also followed the Prime Minister to rebel, right? What was going on?

Especially the military officers who stood on the side of Prince Xun. Originally, they had no disputes with Prime Minister Xu. It was only because Prince Xun had just married Prime Minister Xu's daughter that they spoke a few words for him just now for Prince Xun's sake. If they were to be accused of rebellion for this...

Some people couldn't help but feel resentful. Before the princess was married, the prince had already ruined his reputation. Now that he had just married her, he had gotten into such a big trouble. Did he marry a disaster?
With a "pop", the evidence was thrown in front of Prime Minister Xu. The emperor was furious: "Xu Pinghai, take a look for yourself!"

Prime Minister Xu crawled over tremblingly and picked it up with trembling hands: "Your Majesty, this humble official..."

Before he could finish his words, the emperor roared again: "I trusted you so much and promised you the position of Prime Minister, but you repay me like this! Come, arrest the Prime Minister immediately, surround the Prime Minister's Mansion, and do not let anyone out!"

"Your Majesty... I don't know. I don't know anything about these things!"

"Don't know? Without your tacit consent, would the Xu family dare to do this? Minister of Justice, Dali Temple, listen to my orders."

"I obey your orders."

"I order the two of you to work together to investigate this case. All those who have had any interest in this case must not be spared."

"Wei Chen obeys your orders."

As soon as these words were spoken, half of the ministers in the court panicked. Not to mention the daily etiquette and exchanges, even yesterday when Prime Minister Xu married his daughter, they all gave expensive gifts in order to show their closeness. Would His Majesty think that they were also involved?

After giving the instructions, the emperor was still not satisfied and ordered the two princes, "Hui'er, Zhao'er, this time you will also follow the two ministers to handle this case together."

"Yes, Father."

Actually, both princes were involved. It seems that Prime Minister Xu will not be let off easily this time. Even if His Royal Highness Prince Xun wants to take advantage of the loopholes in the Ministry of Justice and the Supreme Court, I am afraid he will not be able to hide it from the two princes. It is possible that Prime Minister Xu's family will be exterminated this time, and his property will be confiscated.

After the imperial edicts were issued one after another, the entire capital city immediately fell into a solemn atmosphere. Even the small vendors smelled something was wrong and went home early.

The Prime Minister's Mansion was still full of joy until the soldiers entered the mansion and ordered all the masters and servants to be imprisoned separately, which finally alarmed the Prime Minister's wife.

"You are so brave! Who allowed you to act so recklessly in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" The Prime Minister's wife hurried to the front yard.

The leading officer sneered, "This is an imperial decree. The Prime Minister's wife had better not resist. Prime Minister Xu and his clansmen are suspected of rebellion. No one is allowed to move. Those who violate the order will be executed immediately."

"You are talking nonsense..." The old servant beside the Prime Minister's wife stepped forward to argue upon hearing this, but before he could finish his words, his head was chopped off by a soldier.

Everyone was stunned immediately, blood splashed on the Prime Minister's wife's face, and it took a long time before they screamed in fear. "Shut up! Don't you want to live?"

The Prime Minister's wife's voice suddenly died in her throat, and her body trembled continuously: "Prince Xun, Your Highness Prince Xun, but I..."

"Even if the king of heaven came, he couldn't save your Prime Minister's Mansion." The eldest prince slowly approached, "Why are you still talking to them? The masters and servants in the mansion should be detained separately, and interrogated one by one. In the study, bedroom, storehouse, anything that looks like an account book must not be left out."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The second prince curled his lips and smiled: "Brother, I heard that these powerful families like to build secret rooms, dark rooms and dungeons. I will go to see if there are any in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

The eldest prince nodded: "Go ahead, my brother will wait here for Prince Xun to come."

With such a big move in the palace, the news that the Prime Minister's Mansion was surrounded quickly spread throughout the capital, and Prince Xun's Mansion was the first to receive the news.

"What's going on?" Si Hengnian didn't care about the tenderness with Xu Huixin and stood up hurriedly.

Xu Huixin didn't care about the pain in her body and hurriedly changed her clothes: "Hengnian, why is the Prime Minister's Mansion surrounded for no reason?"

"I don't know either." Si Hengnian's face was gloomy. "What happened that even I don't know? What do you do for a living?"

"Your Highness, there is news from the palace that the Lieutenant General of Lingzhou has brought evidence to the capital to accuse the Prime Minister and his clan of treason! Your Majesty has ordered the Minister of Justice, the Supreme Court, the First Prince, and the Second Prince to work together to investigate the case."

"That's impossible!" Xu Huixin said firmly, "My father can't possibly rebel."

Si Hengnian comforted him, "Don't worry, I also believe that it is impossible for father-in-law to do this. There must be some misunderstanding, or someone deliberately framed father-in-law. Don't worry, I will not sit idly by."

Xu Huixin grabbed his arm and begged, "Hengnian, you must save my father and the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Prime Minister's Mansion is under siege, and my mother must be terrified."

"Don't panic, we'll be there now."

The two of them went there as quickly as possible. When Si Hengnian saw that they were surrounded by soldiers, he pulled Xu Huixin and tried to force his way in.

"Your Majesty, please don't embarrass me. This is His Majesty's order. No one is allowed to enter without permission."

"You dare to stop me?"

"What? Your Highness Prince Xun now disobeys the imperial edict and even dares to defy the emperor's order? Could it be that he and the prime minister participated in the violation and therefore do not take my father seriously?" The eldest prince walked towards them step by step, his momentum was no less than Si Hengnian, and he even had the momentum to crush him.

These officers and soldiers did not realize this before, but now after a comparison, they suddenly realized that the prince is indeed a prince, and his demeanor cannot be compared with that of a commoner like the prince.

Si Hengnian's face was gloomy, because he had never realized that the eldest prince could give him such a strong sense of oppression. Wouldn't all his previous plans be scrapped? The eldest son of the emperor actually hid his incompetence in front of a minister like him? Could it be that he had discovered something long ago? This guess made Si Hengnian's eyes even colder.