After the marriage, the cousin was spoiled by the whole family of the Marquis's Mansion

Chapter 91: Chain Set

The Ruan family's incident shocked the government and the public. Not only did they commit blatant violence, but they also killed the Ruan family's wedding procession.

Some people even shouted that Master Ruan was a traitor and used his daughter's marriage as an opportunity to transfer the evidence to the Xue family and hide it!

Normally, there were only soldiers defending the city of Yanjing. After the incident with the Ruan family, martial law was imposed and the four city gates were closed, leaving only one gate for entry and exit.

Thanks to the maid's desperate protection, Ruan Xiangyun only suffered minor skin injuries.

However, among the Ruan family's wedding procession, more than a dozen maids and servants died, as well as more than a dozen innocent passers-by.

For safety reasons, Mrs. Zhong even called in craftsmen overnight to fill the walls of the mansion with broken porcelain pieces to prevent thieves from climbing over the wall and entering the courtyard.

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Royal study room.

"Why are all the people from my Ruan family dead, but your Xue family's wedding party is unharmed?"

Master Ruan glared at Prime Minister Xue.

Xue Xiang sneered, "Whether the Grand Tutor is marrying off his daughter or framing someone else, this matter is still unclear. Don't get involved in these unfounded things."

His Majesty looked at the things that were turned out from Miss Ruan's dowry box on the desk. His hands that were placed on the table could not help but tremble. It turned out that the dynasty that he thought was solid was already so riddled with holes.

This thing turned out to be a letter of communication with the Western Jin Dynasty. It also contained half a map of a cannon, a map of the latest developed cannon that was smaller in size but more powerful.

These parasites have already extended their hands into the Shenji Camp, so what place has not been corrupted?

His voice trembled a little, "How dare you..."

Master Ruan and Prime Minister Xue both prostrated themselves and kowtowed.

These things are too horrifying, any one of them is enough to cause the entire family to be executed!

The Zhong family five years ago is the best example...

Ruan Taifu said with great fear, "Your Majesty, I have nothing to do with this..."

Before he could finish his words, Guan Jinghong, deputy commander of the Palace Front Department, came in holding a scroll.

"Your Majesty, I found this in Master Ruan's study."

Master Ruan was nervous. Any unfounded rumors could cost the lives of the entire Ruan family!

Eunuch Cao immediately stepped forward to take the scroll, untied the knot on it, and slowly unfolded it.

A beautiful picture of the grassland.

There is a man and a woman in the picture. The woman is dressed decently, but the man is dressed like a shepherd.

The woman handed the burning fireworks in her hand to the man, and the man made a wreath for the woman to wear.

His Majesty looked up at Master Ruan, "Master, what did you want to get by giving firearms to the Western Jin Dynasty? Status? Or money?"

Ruan Taifu immediately slammed his head to the ground, "Your Majesty, this is a deliberate frame-up! I have been with Your Majesty for more than 30 years, and your heart is clear to all!!"

His Majesty seemed not to have heard his words and continued speaking softly.

"If the crown prince is deposed, do you plan to support Prince Sheng, or Prince Qing? Or the youngest prince, and simply take control of the government himself?"

Master Ruan was sweating profusely, wondering who was trying to pin the crime of the entire family on him. If he was found guilty today, all nine members of his Ruan family would die in vain.

"Your Majesty, if I had the heart to rebel, why would I wait until I was old? I am very old now, but I have been loyal to Your Majesty for decades, and I will not change until I die!"

As he spoke, he leaned against the ground, tears falling from the corners of his wrinkled eyes. At last, he said excitedly.

"Your Majesty! I have no real power and am of no benefit to anyone! This is blatant harm!"

His Majesty threw the letter of treason to the side of Ruan Taifu, "You are right, you have no real power, who would want to harm an old minister without power! What benefit would it gain from harming you!"

He slammed the table in anger, "What on earth did the Western Jin Dynasty promise you? You want to sell the map of firearms!!"

"I have guarded this kingdom for half my life, and you sold it out like this!" Ruan Taifu turned pale, "Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

"My wife and Grand Tutor Liu's wife are sisters, and the Crown Princess is from the Liu family. Our two families are closely connected, so how could I do something like stabbing the Crown Prince in the back?"

At this time, Ji Yunzhang's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, Ji Yunzhang, wants to see you."

"Xuan."

Ji Yunzhang came in with a white cloth bag in his hand.

He placed the white cloth bag on the ground and opened it, revealing a box inside.

Eunuch Cao stepped forward to take it, but was stopped by him, "Eunuch, don't move, this thing is poisonous."

Upon hearing this, Eunuch Cao covered his mouth and nose and took two steps back.

Ji Yunzhang took out a handkerchief he carried with him, wrapped his hands with it, and then opened the box, which contained dozens of gold ingots.

"Your Majesty, I found dozens of bodies and this box of gold in a ruined temple in the suburbs. After identification by City Defense Commander Tang, it was found that this group of people were the ones who robbed and killed the Ruan family's wedding procession that day. The coroner at the Dali Temple performed an autopsy and found that all of them died of poisoning."

"The silver shop's imprint on the gold has been worn off. I have checked all the silver shops in Yanjing, and no one has exchanged such a large amount of gold recently."

Ruan Taifu immediately raised his head and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, this is the evidence of the false accusation! If it is the evidence of my guilt, why were these assassins who came and went without a trace poisoned to death!"

His Majesty pinched his brows and said, "Come here, take Master Ruan away. Wu Zhao is not allowed to visit him."

Ruan Taifu was completely panicked at this time, "Your Majesty, I am really wronged!!!"

The official hat on his head was taken off, and two guards took the pale-faced Tutor Ruan away.

His Majesty threw the scroll on the table to the ground with an annoyed look on his face. His voice was filled with fatigue. "Anything else you found?"

Ji Yunzhang and Guan Jinghong clasped their hands and said in unison, "Your Majesty, there are no new discoveries."

Eunuch Cao picked up the scroll on the ground and rolled it up. When he was tying the rope, he found that the scroll was cracked and there seemed to be something inside.

Only then did he notice that this scroll was larger than the other scrolls.

He hurriedly presented the things, "Your Majesty, there is something else in here!"

"open!"

Eunuch Cao responded, took down the scroll, and pressed two fingers along the crack. The scroll broke open, and a tiny folded white paper scroll fell out.

He hastened to present the scroll.

His Majesty opened the note, and his face changed drastically after seeing just a few short words.

He clenched the note into a ball while shaking, and the words seemed to be squeezed out from his teeth, "Detain everyone in Grand Tutor Liu's mansion, and don't let anyone go!"

Ji Yunzhang was shocked. How did this involve the Liu family? The Liu family was the Crown Prince's in-laws' family. This was probably a trap set for the Crown Prince!

"Yes."

They both retreated.

His Majesty's face looked extremely ugly. He wanted to take another look at the note, but he couldn't raise his hand.

His hands drooped, and the paper ball fell to the ground, rolled twice, and landed closer to Eunuch Cao.

Eunuch Cao didn't dare to pick it up, his heart was beating like thunder.

He had accompanied His Majesty in reviewing memorials for decades, and he was very familiar with the handwriting, the handwriting of Grand Tutor Liu!
Is Grand Tutor Liu planning to use the Western Jin Dynasty to defeat Your Majesty and then help the Crown Prince ascend the throne?

There were twelve words on the note.

The court is in disarray, and the will of heaven is followed, with the eldest son succeeding the throne.

(End of this chapter)