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Chapter 781 Epilogue, Xiao Ling's World (XIX)
"Why is the eldest prince here?" Si Hengnian looked over with inquiring eyes, as if he wanted to see through the secret.

Min Hui stepped forward and said, "Your Highness is here to prevent scoundrels from interfering with the investigation. After all, the Prime Minister has many disciples, and there are always those with radical ideas. However, Prince Xun is newly married, and he is not staying in the mansion to accompany the princess, but instead comes near the mansion of this criminal. This makes people suspicious of his motives."

"Can't I come here? It's just that the princess is worried about the Prime Minister's Mansion and asked me to come and take a look."

"Next time the prince comes, you can be as open and frank as you were during the day. It would be bad if others think you are someone with bad intentions. Please rest assured, the prince, I will send someone to notify the prince's mansion as soon as the case is confirmed."

Si Hengnian stared at him closely, as if he was meeting him for the first time, and said in a solemn tone: "Then I'll have to trouble the eldest prince."

"Your Majesty is polite."

Not only the Prime Minister's Mansion, but after Si Hengnian left, he went to Fang Mansion again and found that the Second Prince was guarding Fang Mansion. He was the first to discover his presence.

What surprised Si Hengnian was that he had been an official for ten years, but he had never known when the two princes became so powerful. Could it be that the royal family had been on guard against him from the beginning?
What a vicious mind, is he just waiting for him to make a mistake and then take him down?
Oh, so all his previous military exploits for the court, where he risked his life, were to be wiped out?

Si Hengnian thought viciously, although both princes were trained excellently, they were too excellent. Isn't he afraid that the two princes will become enemies in the future?
They are about the same age and about the same intelligence, but there is only one throne, so he can almost predict how the future will develop.

From this point of view, the previous plan may not fail. When the two princes fight each other, he will operate secretly. It is hard to say who will have the last laugh.

But Hui Xin might be wronged. After all, he cannot play all his cards now, otherwise he will be feared by the royal family and the road ahead will be more difficult.

As a minister, he is always forced to do things against his will. He cannot even protect the family of the woman he loves. Si Hengnian took a deep look at the palace. Sooner or later, he would ascend to the highest position. Even if the world obstructed him, at least he had to make the person in the highest position listen to him.

Si Hengnian, who was full of anger, never thought about who gave him the opportunity to have what he has today?
You said that your military exploits are unmatched. Did His Majesty grant you the throne of the only king of a different surname in this dynasty? Did His Majesty turn a blind eye to the treasures you gained from the wars and allow you to keep some of them? With such kindness, what else do you want? If you had not repeatedly disobeyed the emperor's orders while at the border, and if you had not exercised your power at the border, causing the soldiers and civilians at the border to only know the king but not the emperor, why would His Majesty have to trap you in the capital?
I gave you soldiers, food, and military power, but you took all the military achievements and fame for yourself. How can Your Majesty not be afraid? Not suspicious?
Does it mean that I have to obey you in everything just because I have taken back a few cities? Without the trust and support from the court at the beginning, how could you have so many soldiers obeying your orders and so much food and grass at your disposal in just ten years?
This is what people who are too conceited are like. They think all the mistakes are someone else's.

Of course, if you end up in power, you can say you were right, but if you don't, you will have to bear the consequences of your over-ambition.

In the General's Mansion, Song Xia and Feng Shao were also awake. Song Xia looked at the moonlight and said, "It is estimated that it will not be long before the border will start fighting again. Shao'er, are you ready?"

Feng Shao's eyes were firm: "I am not afraid of any difficult war, but Jingguo has just lost 30,000 soldiers and horses, and it is winter and the grass is scarce. How can they have the strength to go south again?"

"What if someone is colluding with them? They are short of food and fodder, but we in Li have plenty."

Feng Shao suddenly realized: "Mom, are you talking about Prince Xun? But how could he..."

"Why not? Some people will do anything to get back their rights. Don't judge anyone's bottom line easily. Shao'er, you have the Fourth Princess and Lingling to help you with food and fodder. I'm not worried. But you have to be careful with the people around you. After all, the soldiers who follow you now also followed the prince for ten years."

"Mother, I will be careful." "In two days, I will ask the eldest and second princes to send a few people to secretly protect you. Don't blame me for being suspicious. It's better to be careful."

Looking at Song Xia's worried eyes, Feng Shao swallowed his words of refusal.

And just three days after the mother and son had their heart-to-heart talk, the border was indeed in danger, and His Majesty hurriedly ordered Feng Shao to go to the border as quickly as possible.

In Prince Xun's Mansion, Xu Huixin looked at Si Hengnian expectantly: "Can the crisis of the Prime Minister's Mansion be resolved in this way?"

Si Hengnian held her in his arms and said, "I don't know either, but as long as Feng Shao fails in the battle, I will be the only one left who can resist Jing Kingdom. At that time, no matter whether my father-in-law is guilty or not, Your Majesty will have to punish him leniently for my sake."

Xu Huixin threw herself into his arms: "Hengnian, it's great to have you."

However, it was too early for the two to be happy, because the evidence collected previously was complete enough, and Prime Minister Xu and his family were quickly convicted. In order to demonstrate the justice and grief of the court, all the evidence was made public for the public to judge.

The common people may not understand what is wrong with officials privately mining and raising soldiers, but when they saw the lists of embezzled treasures and occupied fertile land, countless people were outraged. On that day, the gates of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Fang Mansion were filled with rotten eggs and vegetable leaves.

Special cases are handled specially. Although there were many officials involved in the case, His Majesty showed no mercy. Some were dismissed from office, some had their property confiscated, some were exiled. As for the Prime Minister's Mansion, except for children under the age of ten, all other men and women were beheaded in public, and three clans were convicted. In gratitude for the military merits of King Xun, Xu Huixin, who was already married, was pardoned. As for other married women, although their crimes were pardoned, their dowries were confiscated to serve as a warning to others.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, all the people in the capital applauded. The confiscation of property was handled personally by the eldest and second princes. Looking at the boxes of treasures being moved out, the people thought of the dowry given by the Prime Minister's Mansion when Princess Xun got married.

That's not a dowry, that's the hard-earned money of the common people! Why can Princess Xun be immune from this?

In a short period of time, Xu Huixin's reputation became even worse. Some people even accused her of being unfilial and said that she could enjoy her life in peace while her relatives from her mother's side were beheaded.

In fact, after the verdict came out, Xu Huixin fell ill and could not even get out of bed. If it weren't for Si Hengnian, she would have committed suicide long ago. Although she was not dead yet, she had a quarrel with Si Hengnian and refused to eat or drink for two whole days.

"I know you blame me for not being able to protect the Prime Minister's Mansion, but they took this opportunity to make a quick decision, and I didn't have time to react! Hui Xin, you have to consider our children."

"Child?" Xu Huixin finally reacted.

Si Hengnian quickly held her hand and said, "The imperial physician just said that you are already one month pregnant."

Unexpectedly, Xu Huixin collapsed even more: "My parents and my clan members are about to be beheaded. How can I give birth to a child with peace of mind? Hengnian, you lied to me, you lied to me!"

"I will avenge you. I swear, I will avenge you. Hui Xin, please don't scare me, okay?"