"I wronged you?"

Li Beimo stepped forward and shouted outside the hall, "Bring the people up!"

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the commander of the Royal Forest Army leading a group of people and escorting more than a dozen prisoners in. Behind them were dozens of ordinary people wearing linen and coarse clothes.

These prisoners, covered in blood and with disheveled hair, were kneeling on their knees in the main hall.

Seeing the faces of these people, Lin Jizong looked a little panicked, but his face was calm and he asked: "King Jing'an, what do you mean?"

"Marquis Mingyuan, don't be impatient." Li Beimo waved his hand, "Bring it up!"

Ling Feng and Meng Ji, who followed behind, carried a large box to the middle of the hall, put it down, and opened the lid.

Li Beimo said: "Father, the things in this box are evidence of the crimes of these officials. Please take a look."

"Oh?" Emperor Jiahe stepped down from the dragon chair.

Prime Minister Fan checked the box first, then took out one of the letters, opened it, and handed it to Emperor Jiahe respectfully.

Jiahe Dixin hadn't finished reading yet, but anger was already showing on his face. After reading three letters in a row, he was so angry that he was shaking all over and threw the letters in his hand at the faces of the accused officials.

"Look at the good deeds you have done. You have done whatever it takes to destroy humanity. It's like eating the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard. I actually raised a bunch of wolf-hearted things like you!"

Prime Minister Fan also read several secret letters, and immediately had these dozen officials taken down. They took off their official hats and uniforms, and were pinned to the ground by the imperial guards.

Emperor Jiahe decreed that several important ministers and the Minister of Punishment should be interrogated in the palace, and even the instruments of torture were brought up.

Li Beimo has been preparing evidence for these people's crimes for several years. Now that the evidence is complete, the evidence is conclusive and cannot be denied by these people.

At the end of the interrogation, several more corrupt officials were implicated.

The emperor was furious and ordered a few of the most corrupt officials to be executed. The rest were sentenced to confiscate their homes and their families were exiled to the border.

However, for the sake of Taishi Lin being the elder of the three dynasties, the emperor did not raid Taishi's mansion, but all the officials of the Lin family serving in the court were dismissed from their posts, and the title of Mingyuan Marquis and the property under the Lin family's name were taken back.

The King of Zhennan knelt down in front of the palace and begged the emperor to spare Shangguan Bai. He claimed that he had only embezzled a little money and had not committed any other mistakes. The King of Zhennan was willing to use twice as much money to atone for Shangguan Bai's sins. He was not allowed to be exiled to the bitter cold borderland and his daughter was not allowed to remain a widow.

Li Jinchuan also knelt down to plead for his future father-in-law, because the imperial master told him that Shangguan Yu was a phoenix star in this world, and only by marrying her could he sit in that high position safely.

"Father, Yu'er is the future crown princess of my father-in-law. If my father-in-law is sent into exile, Yu'er will be very sad. I don't want to make Yu'er sad, and I am willing to use my salary and property to atone for my father-in-law's sins."

"Since Uncle Wang begged for mercy from the Crown Prince, I will give you a favor and spare Shangguan Bai this time, and move out of the House of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance immediately."

The emperor had already expected that these two people would intercede for Shangguan Bai. Since they were willing to spend money to buy this waste, he would grant it to them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Father!"

The three thanked each other.

Li Beimo slightly raised the corners of his lips with satisfaction, "Since the King of Zhennan and the Crown Prince are so rich, then they will hand over the money with one hand and let them go with the other. Ling Feng, calculate how much double the money is in total. The money will be replenished as soon as it is delivered. into the treasury.”

"You...Li Beimo, don't go too far. Father didn't say he wants money now. Why are you interrupting here?"

Li Jinchuan was filled with hatred. Now that he was the prince, Li Beimo still didn't take him seriously.

But thinking that he was about to go to Daxing Kingdom to be a hostage, even if he didn't die, he would never return to Fengjin Kingdom again in this life, so just let him be arrogant for a few more days.

Li Beimo glanced at him disdainfully, "I just interrupted, what can you do to me? Hurry up, if you can't get any money today, I'll send Shangguan Bai away."

The king of Zhennan and the prince gritted their teeth in anger, but they were not allowed to let anyone go back to raise money. They each took out more than 100 million taels of silver, but they did not have enough money at all, so they could only use their shops as collateral.

Chengfu.

Cheng Qingqing wanted to check on her brother's leg injury. As soon as she walked out of the hospital, she saw Bixia running back happily.

"Miss, the Shangguan Mansion next door was ransacked by the Royal Forest Army. Princess Mingzhu, Shangguan Yu, and Shangguan Fu were all kicked out. They are not allowed to bring anything out. They are crying at the door of the mansion!"

Cheng Qingqing was stunned. Li Beimo moved very quickly and came to search the house so early.

"Come on, let's go watch the fun."

Finally waiting for this day, how could we not have her as a spectator?

At this time, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance.

The emperor dispatched the Imperial Guard to raid Shangguan Bai's home. As soon as he entered, he ordered all the guards and servants in the palace to stand together and wait for punishment. Those who were disobedient or slow-moving would be whipped.

The three of them, Li Meizhu, were all kicked out of the mansion and were not allowed to take anything out except what they were wearing.

Li Meizhu relied on her status as the princess to argue with the imperial guards.

"Let me tell you, my daughter is the future crown princess. If you dare to treat us like this, when my Yu'er marries the prince, I will make you look good..."

However, before she could finish scolding her, the expressionless Imperial Forest Army picked her up by the back of her collar and dragged her out of the house. Shangguan Yu and Shangguan Fu were also picked up and thrown out.

Shangguan Fu cried in fright: "Mother, what happened? Why did they drive us all out?"

She was having breakfast just now when a group of people suddenly broke in and took her out of the dining table without any explanation.

"Don't be afraid, no matter what happens? Your grandfather will definitely save us." Although Li Meizhu comforted her daughter, she was anxious in her heart. She knew that the stolen secret messages must have been exposed.

When Cheng Qingqing came over, there were already many people watching the excitement.

"Oh, it's so lively here!"

The sounds of gloating were particularly harsh in the ears of Li Meizhu, mother and daughter.

Shangguan Fu could no longer maintain her previous calmness, jumped up, pointed at Cheng Qingqing and cursed angrily.

"Cheng Qingqing, you are a vicious woman, you must have done all this, right?"

"Yes! Even if I did it, what can you do to me?" Cheng Qingqing raised her chin provocatively.

"Bitch! It turns out you really harmed us, I'm going to fight you..." Shangguan Fu said and suddenly rushed towards her, trying to strangle her neck.

How could Cheng Qingqing let her touch him? She would kick Shangguan Bai out with just one lift of her foot.

"Ah!" Shangguan Fu was kicked to the ground and rolled around. The white cloth bandaging her face fell off, revealing the wounds on her face. She quickly covered her face with her hands.

But the onlookers had already seen that the wound was already hideous and terrifying, and with half of his face swollen, it was very scary at first glance.

"Fu'er..." Li Meizhu quickly came over and took her into his arms, glared at Cheng Qingqing and gritted her teeth and said, "Cheng Qingqing, you will die badly."

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