After the divorce, the princess was forced to raise a sickly villain

In order to appease the ministers, His Majesty the Emperor finally decided to go there in person: "Come, show me the general's mansion!"

So all the civil and military officials who participated in the court meeting followed the emperor out of the palace.

Except for Concubine Duan and the officials from the Ling family, the other ministers were partly escorting and partly watching the excitement. They all wanted to know who would win in this confrontation between Ling Ancheng and the eldest princess - this time was different from the previous inspection of the Hong family.

First of all, although the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue has a relatively high official position and is a serious and important minister in the court, he is still inferior to the Ling family, which has been so prominent in recent years. Moreover, the search of the Hong family was at night, and it coincided with the palace. The door was locked, and Hong Shangshu was unprepared and had no way to call for help. The eldest princess found out and even unfortunately found a large amount of gold and silver treasures obtained through corruption. In the end, he had to plead guilty and face the law.

Secondly, Concubine Duan and the eldest princess are biologically related as mother and daughter. If she didn't even give her mother-in-law the face of her own concubine and raided her uncle's house without any mercy, then the image of the eldest princess as ruthless and cold-blooded would only be lost. It will become more and more popular among the people, and all the civil and military officials in the court will have to consider whether the eldest princess, who has no relatives, will be soft on them in the future.

Third, the ministers also wanted to take this opportunity to see if Concubine Duan and the eldest princess would turn against each other because of the Ling family. Will the emperor favor the concubine or protect the eldest princess?

The ministers from Feng Xiang and the Queen's faction also had somewhat conflicting attitudes. They both hoped that Chu Qinghuang would be ruthless and get rid of the Ling family so that they would have one less powerful opponent. They also hoped that the emperor would listen to the advice of the ministers and remove the eldest princess's daughter. Take back the power and stop making people panic.

With such complicated thoughts, the ministers finally followed the emperor out of the palace and headed towards General Ling's Mansion.

"The Emperor has arrived——"

Before the Emperor Luanjia arrived at the Ling family, the high-pitched singing and cheering of the eunuchs rang out. Ling Ancheng stood up hurriedly and led everyone in the Ling family to kneel respectfully to greet the Emperor: "I will pay my respects to the Emperor. Long live my Emperor!"

Everyone in the Ling family kowtowed and said, "Long live my emperor!"

When Luan Jia arrived at the gate of the Ling family, the emperor glanced at Ling Ancheng, who was bowing respectfully and bowing his head. He had the loyalty of a courtier, as well as just the right amount of anger and forbearance, as if he had just been greatly wronged.

Chu Qinghuang got off the horse and bowed to the emperor: "Father."

"Qinghuang, what's going on?" The emperor looked at her and tried to show the majesty of the emperor, "How come the house was confiscated and ended up in General Ling's house? This is such nonsense!"

"Father, I don't know. My son has recently received some secret reports. General Ling took advantage of his power to embezzle military salaries, lie about the cost of weapons and equipment, falsify account books, and enrich his own pockets. Over the years, the embezzlement proceeds amounted to millions of taels." Chu. Qinghuang's tone was indifferent, "Even the Lieutenant General of the Silver Armored Army openly declared his allegiance to General Ling. He has no king and is treasonous. I have reason to suspect that General Ling is self-respecting and has the ambition to become an emperor on his own. I hope my father will see clearly!"

"Absurd! This is complete nonsense!" Ling Ancheng said angrily, "How could Her Royal Highness the Princess slander me like this?"

"General Ling is a first-class general personally appointed by the emperor. How can he be disloyal to the emperor?" Ding Yushi said righteously, "Her Royal Highness the Princess cannot wrongly accuse loyal ministers casually."

"General Ling is extremely loyal to the world, please let your Majesty take a closer look!"

"Please, Your Majesty, see clearly!"

"You don't have to worry." Chu Qinghuang's voice was extremely calm. "Whether General Ling is loyal to the world, or whether I am using my power to bully others and wrongly accuse him, you will know soon. Please be patient."

Ling Ancheng kowtowed: "I beg the emperor to understand clearly, and I will be loyal to you——"

"Isn't the evidence coming now?" Chu Qinghuang said coldly, her eyes falling on the Ling family's gate, "If there is no evidence, I will not waste time entangled with the Ling family here."

Everyone followed her line of sight and saw four yellow-armored Imperial Guards walking out carrying a heavy mahogany box.

The familiar box made Ling Ancheng turn pale.

No, this is impossible!

How could they open the door to the Ling family's secret vault? Where did the key come from?

Mrs. Ling also saw it, her legs softened, her body swayed, and she almost fainted on the spot.

The ministers watched in stunned silence as the guards came out carrying boxes one after another. The boxes were placed in the wide courtyard one after another. The guards opened them, and there were neatly placed yellow gold ingots inside.

Under the sun, so many gold ingots almost dazzled their eyes.

One box, two boxes, three boxes...

The emperor's face was ashen, and his original relaxed and leisurely mood was long gone. As the box filled with gold ingots was carried out, his face became ashen as water, and a layer of frightening frost shrouded his brows.

The minister who had been shouting that General Ling had been wronged just now was speechless and could not utter a word.

"Your Majesty!" A guard quickly walked up to the Emperor, knelt down on one knee, and presented a thick stack of account books with both hands, "These are all account books that were found from the secret vault of General Ling's Mansion. Please take a look at them, Your Majesty. "