Red Mansion, Ningfu Scholarly Family

Chapter 316: Ye Xiang feels cold in his heart

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"Uncle Rong, this is from our girl." Baoqin quietly handed a note to Jia Rong. The master was not in Beijing now, so they could only contact Jia Rong.

"Are you all doing well over there?" Jia Rong asked after taking the note.

"It's okay, but Concubine Nan'an and Madam Liu are still very wary of the girl, so she is very cautious with every step she takes over there." Baoqin said.

"I understand. If anyone dares to bully the girls of our Jia family, the Nan'an Palace will definitely pay the price." Jia Rong said seriously.

In fact, the price has been paid. In the original book, Jia Yuanchun and her servant with her zither were able to stay in the palace for nearly ten years, bringing glory to the Jia family again. They are not someone to be trifled with.

Jia Rong read the contents of the note carefully and had a general understanding of Yuanchun's plan. At the same time, he had to admire the ruthlessness of his grandfather and Aunt Yuanchun.

First he sent someone to assassinate him, but when that failed he crippled the person. Then he drugged him and tortured him to death, and he wouldn't stop until he died.

There is not much that Jia Rong needs to do now. If the detective from Shuntian Prefecture really finds out that Yuanchun and others are responsible, he has to help clean up the mess in time, such as leading the matter to the White Lotus Sect. Another point is to guard against interference from the Jinyiwei.

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At this time, there was a lot of crying in the Nan'an Palace. After the Nan'an Concubine entered the room and saw that her husband had died, she fainted on the spot and it took her a long time to recover.

"My life, my life, how could you be gone like this..." Concubine Nan'an sobbed and cried.

Liu hurriedly comforted him, "Grandfather, please accept my condolences. The dead cannot be resurrected..."

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, he was pushed away by the old lady: "I don't need you to cry here, get out!" Obviously, the eldest grandson died for no reason, and Concubine Nan'an was the first person to suspect the second house.

Liu was embarrassed for a moment, although she had long wanted to avenge her son in this way, and even prepared some "things" and hid them in the room.

But it really wasn't her who did it this time.

Yuanchun stood quietly on the periphery without saying a word. If she spoke more at this time, she would make more mistakes; if she spoke less, she would make fewer mistakes; and if she said nothing, she would be right.

The eldest son of the eldest house suddenly got into trouble and had no offspring. Even a fool would suspect the second house. Unfortunately, the son of the second house fell and died half a year ago, so he cannot inherit the family business...

This inevitably makes people think too much. Could it be that someone wants the Nan'an Palace to have no descendants?

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Beijing Palace.

"Mu Feng is dead?!"

Prince Beijing had a gloomy expression.

In recent years, several princes from other families have almost one thing in common: they died early.

His father, the previous Prince Beijing, died at the age of thirty, and he was the only son, so he inherited the title of king at the age of twenty.

Only the Prince of Nan'an was considered to have a long life because he had been guarding the southern border for many years. However, one of his sons fell off his horse and became a living dead, and another son died just a few days after arriving in Beijing.

Who would believe that someone didn't tamper with this?

"Somebody come!"

"My lord, what are your orders?"

"Prepare the sedan chair. I am going to the Nan'an Palace to pay my respects."

"Yes!"

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Daming Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Emperor Anping was listening to Zhao Quan talking about various events that had happened recently.

"Your Majesty, the investigation you asked me to conduct last time into the Governor of Shaanxi, Wu Jian, has yielded some results." Zhao Quan's injuries healed quickly, and he was able to walk with the help of crutches.

Emperor Anping drank his tea and asked calmly, "What was the result?"

Zhao Quan hurriedly took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it over respectfully: "Your Majesty, please take a look."

Emperor Anping put down his teacup, picked up the secret letter, read it quickly, and immediately became furious.

"Snapped!"

The secret letter was placed on the jade table.

"How ridiculous! This person is actually a huge corrupt official!"

"I sent two waves of imperial envoys and they all said that he was an honest official and that his family was extremely poor. The reason he was impeached was because he refused to go along with the corrupt officials and was envied... I even planned to use him!" Emperor Anping became more and more angry as he spoke, and his fingers could not help but tremble.

Zhao Quan was very happy in his heart, but he remained expressionless. He lowered his head and said nothing.

"Zhao Quan!"

"Chen is here!"

"I order you to quickly send someone to bring the Governor of Shaanxi back to the capital to be questioned. In addition, Wei Shengfu, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Huai'an Metropolitan Procuratorate, has failed my expectations and will be handed over to the Jinyiwei for a thorough investigation to see if he has formed a clique for personal gain."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhao Quan bowed and said, "The emperor ordered me to investigate the great victory in the northwest last year and I have found some clues."

"tell me the story."

"It's like this. One of my subordinates found out during an investigation that the Tatars in the northwest occupied the three towns of Yulin and plundered them crazily. The military officer He Qiuyuan did nothing, let alone the courage to fight the Tatars. The Tatars plundered for three days under the noses of the army and returned calmly, and He Qiuyuan did not order a pursuit."

Emperor Anping was so angry that he almost died.

"emperor!"

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

"emperor……"

Xia Shouzhong and several other eunuchs who served him closely surrounded him.

Emperor Anping slowed down and waved his hand, saying, "It's okay, I'm fine. Lord Zhao, please continue. I want to see what good things my good subjects have done!"

"Do you all think I'm blind and deaf?"

For a moment, everyone was intimidated by the power of Emperor Anping and remained silent.

"My dear Zhao, please continue!" Emperor Anping repeated.

Zhao Quan thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, that's all. Nanyang is a long way away, so I haven't sent anyone to investigate the situation yet."

Emperor Anping waved his hand and said, "There is no need to investigate the Nanyang issue for now."

The affairs at home are enough to worry him over, so who would care about a barbaric place like Southeast Asia? Let Jia Jingai do whatever he wants, and he will deal with it later when he has time.

"Minister of the Ministry of War He Qiuyuan lied about his military achievements. He deserves death. The Jinyiwei will bring him back to the capital for trial. Once the truth is revealed, he will be stripped of his title, dismissed from office, and his entire family will be exiled to three thousand people! All other people involved will be severely punished!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhao Quan quickly agreed.

Jinyiwei came up with these big jobs at once, bypassing the three judicial departments. It can be seen that the emperor trusts him. He must continue to work hard...

"Your Majesty, I heard that the death of the prince of Nan'an Palace was suspicious and might involve a big conspiracy. I suspect it is related to the assassination of the second prince. Do you need the Jinyiwei to investigate the case?" Zhao Quan said seriously.

Xia Shouzhong next to him suddenly felt that Zhao Quan was very bad!

This is going to completely sideline the three judicial departments!

"That's right!"

Emperor Anping waved his hand.

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The residence of Prime Minister Ye.

Ye Xiang has been very worried recently.

Ye Lian is seventeen years old this year, which can be considered a grown-up girl in Daxia. Daughters of this age are usually married. Some parents love their daughters so much that they want to keep them for two more years that they have at least got them engaged.

Although Ye Xiang was reluctant, he had to give it up.

There is no place for women to stay in college!

Just when he made up his mind to find a son-in-law, some bad news came.

Jinyiwei ordered Zhao Quan to go to the palace to see the emperor, and when he came out, he brought the emperor's order: Shaanxi Governor Wu Jian was handed over to Jinyiwei for corruption and abuse of power, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice Ren Huaian and the Right Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate Wei Shengfu formed a clique for personal gain and were handed over to Jinyiwei for strict investigation, and the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War He Qiuyuan lied about military achievements and was handed over to Jinyiwei for strict investigation...

Most of these people are his people, especially He Qiuyuan, who was promoted by him.

What is the emperor doing?
Ye Xiang felt cold in his heart...

(End of this chapter)