The whole family is obsessed with love? The princess woke them up one after another.

Not only the King of Wu, but everyone in the hall was astonished.

Grand Secretary Zhang immediately looked at Emperor Kangwu.

He also saw a slight surprise in Emperor Kangwu's eyes.

Grand Secretary Zhang understood; even His Majesty was unaware of the truth.

"This is really interesting." Qi Zhiyu didn't care what other people's reactions were; she found it amusing.

"Some time ago, those people went to beat drums and cry injustice, saying that my father had embezzled their money."

"This is clearly a slanderous act."

Qi Zhiyu chuckled, "With me here, I can't let my family lack money."

"If I wanted to swindle money, wouldn't that be incredibly easy?"

Everyone: "..."

Actually, the princess didn't have to be so frank.

"So, we thought, why don't we try fishing?" Qi Zhiyu continued.

"If they can't directly slander my father, could they try a different approach, a roundabout way, by having someone close to him slander him, indirectly proving that my father accepted bribes?"

King Wu clenched his fists so tightly that he felt no pain even as his nails pricked his palms.

That little bit of pain was nothing compared to the anger burning in his heart.

Prince Rui and his accomplices were so despicable and shameless, setting a trap for him!

Are they just trying to rip him off like this?

"So, we deliberately found Ma Qinghe and arranged for the villagers from the village where his clan lived to say something that seemed plausible but was actually true."

"Wow!" Qi Zhiyu clapped her hands happily. "I really didn't expect to get so many things!"

"It's so strange, who is this kind person?"

Most of the people in the hall remained silent, keeping their eyes down and their mouths shut.

Although they lowered their eyes, their peripheral vision was quite sharp, observing the changes in the expressions of the people inside the hall.

The King of Wu really lost his temper; his entire face turned black.

"As for evidence, we have it," Qi Zhiyu said, looking at Qi Jingxi.

Qi Jingxi immediately pulled a booklet out of his pocket.

The eunuch came over, took it, and presented it to Emperor Kangwu.

Emperor Kangwu glanced through the document, and Qi Zhiyu said, "Some of the villagers who provided the clues were working in other places back then, and some were visiting relatives in other places."

"In short, none of them were nearby, and it was impossible for them to have noticed anything unusual about Ma Qinghe's relatives."

"So, how exactly did they discover that Ma Qinghe's relatives were transporting goods?"

Everyone: "..."

For some reason, I suddenly felt sorry for the King of Wu.

"As for Ma Qinghe's relatives being better off... that's because my father used to secretly give them some money," Qi Zhiyu said with a smile.

"My father has always been very generous to his own people. Knowing that his clansmen were having a hard time, he helped them out."

"We also asked the villagers to leak this information on their own initiative."

"After all, it's better to mix truth and falsehood to catch the fish."

After reading through the contents of the booklet, Emperor Kangwu smiled and asked, "Chen'an, who do you think framed your father?"

"We haven't found out about that yet." Qi Zhiyu glanced at the King of Wu and the Marquis of Guangping with a smile.

She naturally saw the connection between their destinies.

But why did she expose it?

If they don't expose them, they can continue to take advantage of others.

She doesn't even need to look for it; people come to deliver things on their own. Isn't that great?

"However, it doesn't matter anymore," Qi Zhiyu said with a light laugh. "We've decided to put all of these things into the national treasury."

"Grandfather, I only need those few people's shops."

"Princess, this is not right." Someone quickly spoke up to stop them.

Qi Zhiyu turned her head and looked at Yan Junyi, who was objecting, and asked, "I think it's fine."

Yan Junyi explained, "Princess, those shopkeepers didn't exactly make false accusations. They did indeed take silver to bribe people."

"Although they had no connection with Prince Rui, the money they gave out was genuine."

"Given it away?" Qi Zhiyu chuckled. "Want me to do the math for you?"

Yan Junyi looked at Qi Zhiyu with a puzzled expression.

Qi Zhiyu looked at the Minister of Revenue: "Find a few people who are good at accounting and bring them over with abacuses."

The Minister of Revenue immediately turned his head and silently asked Emperor Kangwu for instructions.

Emperor Kangwu nodded.

The Minister of Revenue immediately ordered someone to summon several of his subordinates.

No one in the hall knew what Qi Zhiyu was going to do, and they were all incredibly curious.

Soon, several people came in carrying abacuses.

"I'll explain, you guys do the math," Qi Zhiyu said. "When their shop first started doing business..."

Then, everyone listened to the history of the shop's development.

Qi Zhiyu started by buying a shop, stocking it, hiring staff, and selling goods. Later, the shop expanded, branch stores were opened, and the variety of products increased.

Qi Zhiyu explained all the costs, expenses, gross profit, and net profit very clearly.

Qi Zhiyu even calculated the household expenses of those shopkeepers.

Qi Zhiyu spoke very clearly and very quickly, rattling off one number after another.

They calculated the exact assets of those shopkeepers.

"...We can send someone to their house and shop to check the accounts, and the final total error will not exceed six thousand taels," Qi Zhiyu concluded.

"Six thousand taels to bribe my father... We really wouldn't even consider it."

Everyone was stunned.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the King of Wu sneered, "Chen'an, you're quite amusing."

"You think we'll believe you just because you're spouting nonsense here?"

"Nonsense?" Qi Zhiyu asked, puzzled.

The King of Wu asked the Prefect of Jingzhao, "Could you search the homes of those individuals and obtain their account books?"

The Prefect of the Capital shook his head: "No."

They all had leads to find the people who accepted bribes, so naturally they would investigate those people first.

Moreover, even if the princess provided the medicine, none of the shopkeepers revealed that they had ledgers showing bribery records.

What else are they searching for?

"Chen'an, you certainly have the audacity to go to a commoner's home and take their account books directly," the King of Wu coldly rebuked. "Who gave you that authority?"

Qi Zhiyu rolled her eyes: "King Wu, wake up!"

"Whether I've been there or not, their family knows best."

"The truth of this kind of thing can be found out with just a little questioning."

"You didn't go to get the account books, so how do you know their accounts so clearly?" King Wu questioned.

What is Qi Zhiyu pretending for here?

They took advantage of their power to bully those shopkeepers at their homes!

"Can't you just do a quick calculation?" Qi Zhiyu asked with amusement. "The price of their shop when they opened, the labor costs, the cost price, plus their selling price."

"These things aren't out in the open?"

"Even if you can roughly calculate the shop's expenses, how do you know their household expenses?" King Wu simply didn't believe it.

"Why should I know about their household expenses?" Qi Zhiyu asked in surprise.