The Dali Temple presented the interrogation results to the emperor.

The emperor was furious.

He directly ordered the confiscation of the Marquis Pingyang’s mansion and the extermination of his clan.

Lord Ye presented Lu Yanke's confession without reservation.

As to whether Prince Jin is the man behind the scenes, the Emperor will make the final decision.

The imperial edict came down very quickly.

He will be executed at noon tomorrow, and no one, young or old, male or female, in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion will be spared.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, all the civil and military officials in the court fell silent.

No one dared to offend the emperor.

When the emperor was angry, blood flowed like a river.

If you dare to snatch money from the emperor’s pocket, you deserve to die!

*

Pingyang Houfu

There was a howl of ghosts and wolves.

The Imperial Guards rushed into the mansion and counted the heads one by one.

Song knocked her head against the wall and begged the commander to spare her son's life.

The commander said expressionlessly: "Take him away!"

Song hugged her son tightly and said, "I won't leave. We have nothing to do with the first wife. They are the ones who committed the crime. Why should the third wife be punished as well?"

Song's voice became hoarse from crying.

"Please be kind, he's just a child!"

The people watching outside sighed.

No matter what the prince of Pingyang Marquis's Mansion did, the child is innocent.

Jiang Chuwei stood in the crowd, watching everything with indifference.

The third branch is not guilty, but it’s their fault because their surname is Lu.

When a family prospers, all prosper, and when they suffer, all suffer.

Song had never done anything wrong, but it was her fault that she married into the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion.

Unlike Mrs. Song, Mrs. Mo from the second house had no expression on her face.

Only a pair of eyes were rolling around.

She didn't see Lu Haoran.

The old lady had fainted, and the marquis was kneeling on the ground like a living dead.

Everyone was stripped down to their underwear.

Shivering in this cold winter.

Nothing valuable was found in the Marquis's Mansion.

This took the commander by surprise.

Aren't you selling illegal salt? There should be too much money to put in the bag, right?

Why does the Marquis' Mansion look so poor? They have not only raided the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion, but also found boxes of gold and jewelry in abundance.

Is the Marquis' Mansion so poor?

The commander kicked Lord Lu and said, "Tell me, where else do you hide treasures in your house?"

Lord Lu was confused.

The soldier cracked his whip and said, "You are deaf! The commander is asking questions!"

Lord Lu shrank back, "Sir! All the items are here, and I dare not hide them."

"Who are you kidding! Lu Yanke sells illegal salt, how come there is nothing valuable in the mansion? Keep searching, if you fooled me, I'll make you pay."

The commander was furious.

Everyone is about to die, why are you still hiding the money?

Lord Lu was very scared. Although they were all about to die, it would be very unbearable to be tortured before death.

"Really? There is no money in the Marquis' Mansion. That rebellious son has only been in the salt mine for two months. He just brought back the money to improve his life!"

Lord Lu cried and shouted, which was heartbreaking to hear.

Lord Lu never did anything harmful in his life, but he ended up like this because he gave birth to a greedy and stupid son.

If a son is not well educated, it is the father's fault, and he is not wronged.

At this time, Chen Yulan crawled over and said, "Sir! There is silver. The old lady's Shoukang Hall has a basement with many good things hidden there."

Chen Yulan looked at Old Madam Lu who was lying on the ground. Everyone was going to die anyway.

This old pious woman was reluctant to lend a single needle or thread when the Marquis's mansion was in the most difficult times.

Now she has to watch helplessly as all the money is confiscated.

Let this stingy old woman be angry to death.

Old Madam Lu was not angry to death, but was brought back to life by anger.

As soon as she woke up, she heard Chen Yulan revealing that she had a private vault.

She was so angry that she yelled at Chen Yulan: "You vicious woman, it's because you forced Yan Ge'er to bring back the money every day that he took the risk.

It is you, this vicious woman, who has caused the Marquis's family to be destroyed. I will fight you to the death."

After saying that, Mrs. Lu got up and slapped Chen Yulan.

Chen Yulan is about to die, why would she care about filial piety and face?

So, the officers and soldiers formed a circle outside, while Madam Lu and Chen Yulan were fighting inside.

The people in the Lu residence watched quietly, and no one stepped forward to stop the fight.

Fearing that someone might get killed, the soldiers pulled the two men apart and whipped each of them twice.

Both of their faces were covered in blood, and the long nail marks were shocking.

Sure enough, in the basement of Shoukang Hall, all of Madam Lu’s treasures were searched out.

Not only the officers and soldiers, but even everyone in the marquis's mansion was amazed that the old lady actually had so many gold, silver and jewelry.

She is such a miser!

Seeing so many jewels, Lu Yanfang, who had been frightened for a long time, suddenly woke up from her dream, and her eyes lit up.

"Grandma, why did you hide so many treasures?" Lu Yanfang crawled to the old lady's side.

She suddenly broke down and yelled hysterically, "Why are you so cruel? I am your granddaughter! You have never given me a penny to spend.

Every time I went to steal that bitch Jiang Chuwei's jewelry, you would take some along with you.

I thought you really used all your money to subsidize the Marquis' Mansion.

You have deceived me so much! Why did grandma let us live like beggars?

When we went outside, we all looked extremely shabby.

That's why I would steal Jiang Chuwei's jewelry.

Who doesn't want to live with a clear conscience? The reason why I can't hold my head up in front of Jiang Chuwei is because the Marquis' Mansion has no money.

Why is Jiang Chuwei so high and mighty in front of me? Because I rely on her for charity.

I didn't expect that we didn't have to live such a poor life. It's you, old woman, who are going to put yourself in the coffin with this silver?

You were supposed to lead us to live a good life, but look at what we have become.

This is all your fault, old woman. It is your selfishness that has made us live like half-humans, half-ghosts.

All this is caused by you.

You didn't teach us well. What you taught me since I was a child was to take advantage of others.

Now I know that I can live a good life without taking advantage of anyone, and I don’t have to wag my tail and beg for mercy from Jiang Chuwei like a dog.

My elder brother doesn't have to commit a capital crime for money.

You damned old woman, you killed us."

Lu Yanfang's crying made everyone who heard it sad and shed tears.

Even the officers and soldiers felt that what Lu Yanfang said made sense.

If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked. Madam Lu was originally the backbone of the Marquis' Mansion.

As long as she walks the right path, there is little chance that her children and grandchildren will go astray.

Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion was even more angry.

While they were all eating coarse food, the old lady was holding so much gold and silver and refused to take out even a single bit.

Chen Yulan was even angrier. If her son knew that the old woman had so much money, he would never do such a thing that would cost him his life.

She spat at the old woman.

Mrs. Song and Mrs. Mo were even more shocked.

This old woman is too selfish.

The old woman knew how hard life the second and third wives lived, and she allowed their sons and daughters to not even have any meat to eat.

Mrs. Mo also crawled over and stomped on the old woman hard twice.

It's so infuriating.

At her age, she was so embarrassed that she spat out blood and fainted.

At this time, a head was poking its head out from behind the pillar.

When Mrs. Mo saw it, she immediately became excited.

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