[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Lou Yujing found out that after the news that Ji Song was about to return to the imperial court, she became the emperor's abandoned son.In the past, when I begged to see the Supreme Emperor, nine out of ten times I could see the Supreme Emperor's face; now I begged to see the Supreme Emperor again, but I never saw his face again.

It's as if the emperor's love for her before was all fake.

But the Lin family became more and more happy when they got the news, and the plan against Lou Yujing became more stringent.Not only the princess mansion and consort's family, but even Lou Yujing's sisters were implicated because of her.

The two grew up beside their mother, and when they saw their husband's family being implicated, they almost didn't hesitate, and immediately brought their husband and children to the Lin family to make amends.

Although the Lin family did not let them go, they did not target them after all.

But after that, Lou Yujing's sisters also drew a clear line with her——

Such a sister who would cause trouble and be cruel, they dare not have any contact with her.

The sisters were originally worried that if they did this, their parents would mind, but they didn't expect that after they met the princess Gu and the eldest princess and the son-in-law, they found that they didn't care about it at all, and even felt very disgusted with their behavior of alienating their sister. agree.

Lou Yujing instantly became a loner.

It was Gu and Princess Chang's actions that made Lin Liu feel a little different when he knew about it.

She went to the door, and Princess Gu and the eldest asked Lin Liu to be brought in front of her directly: "Miss Lin didn't let us in when I asked to see you before. I thought Miss Lin hated me so much, why did I think of it today?" see me?"

Gu He and Princess Chang looked curiously in their eyes, completely ignoring the previous targets of the Lin family.

Lin Liu smiled: "I'm just curious about what the eldest princess has done during this time. Is Lou Yujing really the daughter of the eldest princess? Why did you give up so easily?"

Princess Gu He smiled: "Of course it's my daughter, but it's not the daughter I really want. At the beginning, I gave birth to several daughters one after another, but I never gave birth to a boy for the Lou family. I prayed to God and Buddha for this, and ate A lot of folk remedies, just ruined my body. Afterwards, I got pregnant with a child, but it made me walk outside the gate of hell."

"After that, I'm not going to give birth anymore."

"For this reason, I even allowed the son-in-law to take a concubine and let him have children with other women." The eyes of Gu He and the eldest princess were calm, as if talking about other people's affairs, "But the Lou family cherishes their reputation, and they especially value their concubines, so I hope that the heir of the Lou family will come out of my stomach, so I rejected my proposal to take a concubine."

"They said it nicely. They said it was for the sake of fame. They don't have to have a son. The big deal is to adopt a son from the brother-in-law's brother in the future."

The eldest princess suppressed the emotions in her eyes, "Who would have thought that after my body recovered, the concubine would give me medicine to make me pregnant again. The child that was conceived was Lou Yujing. Not only was this child not what I wanted, but it was not what I wanted. It almost killed me during childbirth. Tell me, how should I treat this daughter?"

If she is not right, she is frowning coldly, but it is because she is his daughter.

Lin Liu looked at Gu and the eldest princess: "You told me this so easily, are you not afraid that I will spread it around?"

Gu Hechang Princess smiled: "If you take it out and publicize it, you can be happy."

Lin Liu was stunned, and sighed slightly: "It seems that you don't have no feelings for Lou Yujing at all, and you are willing to give up your privacy to me for her."

"It's my daughter after all."

Lin Liu smiled: "I have paid back everything she did to me back then, and I won't care about Lou Yujing anymore. If she survived the strange eyes of others, I wouldn't care too much, but if she didn't It's..."

The eldest princess breathed a sigh of relief: "That's her life too."

Lin Liu looked at the eldest princess, smiled for a while and said, "You don't look like the members of the royal family I have come into contact with. You are more like a reasonable and normal person."

As for the others, tsk...

The eldest princess's eyes were light: "They have been in high positions for a long time, and they have lost the normal ability to judge right and wrong. If it wasn't for the forced pregnancy and Qian Man, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to wake up."

Qianman?

Lin Liu was stunned, and it took a while to remember the name that had disappeared from their lives for many years: "Is she okay?"

The eldest princess shook her head: "After being smeared and deceived, she has been unable to get out. Now she has gone to a temple in the suburbs of Beijing to lead a practice. I see that her energy is much better than before. Maybe it won't be long before she can Come out of the hurt."

After Lin Liu hesitated, he asked again: "What do you think of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor?"

The eldest princess glanced at Lin Liu, and said with a smile, "How else can I look at it? They are two masters who need to be served carefully, and they should not be provoked easily."

As for the identity of father and brother?Forget it, people don't recognize it, if you take it seriously, it will become a joke.

Just like her little daughter.

Just like back then, when she was drugged by the consort, she went back to ask for help full of hope but was rejected.

Lin Liu saw the indifference and resistance in the eldest princess's eyes, and chuckled lightly: "Eldest princess, shall we make a deal?"

……

It is not so easy for General Bianguan to return to the imperial court in class. He must obtain the emperor's permission before he can return to the imperial court.

When the news of the emperor's approval reaches Ji Song, Ji Song can bring people back to Beijing.

It will take at least three or four months from departure to return to Beijing.

After the Lin family and General Shenwu's Mansion got the news, although they were prepared, they were not in a hurry.

The emperor couldn't wait because of Ji Song's victory.

Just when the whole court was still ecstatic because of the victory at the border, the emperor suddenly launched an attack and directly sent people to copy the house of Ningguo Mansion.

Before the other four kings and eight lords could figure out the situation, Jia Zhen and Jia Rong went directly to the army without giving the others any time to react.

As for the crimes of the Ningguo Mansion, there are too many.

The emperor originally wanted to directly convict the Ningguo Mansion of deceiving the emperor, but because the Supreme Emperor was "concerned" about the merits of the ancestors of the Ningguo Mansion, he finally wiped out this crime that could punish him from the nine clans, and only sentenced him to exile for three thousand miles .

It is precisely because there is no such crime of deceiving the emperor, the other four kings and eight princes have not reacted, and the emperor is preparing to take action against them.

But this is nothing, because the emperor, who had been prepared for a long time, did not hide at all that he was going to deal with the four kings and eight princes——

Not long after the house was ransacked in Ningguo Mansion, the concubine Xiande, the "lingering sick bed" in the palace, passed away.

After Ningguo Mansion was ransacked, Rongguo Mansion was always in a state of anxiety, worrying whether the affairs of Ningguo Mansion would be implicated in Rongguo Mansion, causing their own home to be ransacked as well.

Later, I still thought that Concubine Xiande was doing well in the palace, and the whole Rongguo Mansion felt at ease——

Generally speaking, once something happens to a family with someone in the palace, the person next to him will be the first to be liquidated by the emperor.If the concubine is favored, I won't be too implicated, but I can also send some information outside the palace. If the concubine is not favored, she will either be thrown into the cold palace directly, or just disappear. In short, there will be a little news information.

But Concubine Xiande is still fine.

Not only that, Wang Ziteng, who has a close relationship with the Rongguo Mansion, is now a high-ranking official, and he is already a first-rank official.

If something happened to Rongguo Mansion, how could Wang Ziteng have no news at all?

But no one expected that not long after they comforted themselves in this way, Concubine Xian De disappeared like this.

And shortly after Concubine Xiande's death, Wang Ziteng, who was about to rush to the capital after receiving the news, unexpectedly caught a cold because of the rush, took the wrong medicine, and passed away.

A dignified official of the frontier, didn't he bring an accompanying doctor with him?

Taking the wrong medicine?It's just to coax those naive people.

After losing two protective umbrellas one after another, Rongguo Mansion panicked instantly. No matter whether it was Jia Amnesty or Jia Zheng, facing such a situation, they ran around like headless chickens, unable to find a direction to save themselves.

After the two brothers discussed it, they even went to the temple to invite the old lady back to Rongguo Mansion.

After all, the old lady cared about Rongguo Mansion, and she was also worried that in the midst of the panic, what disaster would happen to her two sons, and they actually returned to Rongguo Mansion.

As soon as she came back, Jia Min went to Rongguo Mansion to pay her respects.

Lin Liu thought for a while, and simply followed Jia Min.

But what I didn't expect was that the old lady refused to see her.The two stood at the door, Yuanyang came out, and sighed slightly: "The old lady said that the Rongguo Mansion is in danger now, and the house will be ransacked at some point. Aunt Lin was originally a pure and innocent person, so it is better not to have too close contacts with the Rongguo Mansion. So as not to embarrass you."

Jia Min was taken aback by these words: "As a daughter, I'm just paying respects to the old lady, why do I avoid suspicion to such an extent?"

She was about to distinguish when Jia Zhu got the news. After seeing her, she gave a big gift, got up and said, "Aunt Lin, you should go home quickly. No one else wants to mess with the current situation of Rongguo Mansion. You If you are willing to come to visit the old lady, the old lady is naturally happy. It’s just that you are kind, so we don’t want to stay longer, so as not to burden you, the only kind person.”

Jia Min looked at Jia Zhu, and sighed after a long time: "In that case, I'm leaving."

Jia Zhu nodded and explained in advance: "After my aunt leaves, if you hear any bad rumors, don't take it to heart."

Jia Min was taken aback, and was about to ask him, but Jia Zhu went straight into the old lady's room, leaving only her back.

Seeing that she couldn't recover, Lin Liu pulled Jia Min's sleeves: "Mother, let's go back first. Cousin Zhu's rumors, after we go back, we may find out within a day. Maybe it's not good. , but according to what Cousin Zhu means, it should be that he released it on purpose, so you just don’t take it to heart when the time comes.”

Jia Min sighed and left Rongguo Mansion with Lin Liu.

Sure enough, in the morning of the next day, Lin Ruhai mercilessly refused Rongguo Mansion's request to the Lin family. Jia Min, a married woman, was in a dilemma between her natal family and her husband's family. She wanted to go back to her natal family to visit her mother, but she was furious. The Duke's wife refused, and not only did she never see her face, she was also kicked out of Rongguo Mansion by the old lady.

The Rongguo Mansion and the Lin family may have broken up.

When Jia Min heard the news, she felt sad again.She knew very well that it was her mother who was protecting her, and she didn't want her to be implicated by the Rongguo Mansion's affairs.

She endured it, but in the end she couldn't hold it back, and approached Lin Ruhai: "I know I shouldn't ask, but... I just want to ask, is Rongguo Mansion's crime serious?"

Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Min for a while, then sat aside with his arms around her shoulders, looking into each other's eyes face to face.

His complexion was not very good, his eyebrows were lowered, and he seemed to be thinking about how to speak.

Jia Min knew Lin Ruhai deeply, and he got the answer immediately.

but……

She still wants to hear for herself how serious the situation in Rongguo Mansion is: "Ruhai, just tell me how many things Rongguo Mansion has committed. I can bear it."

Lin Ruhai raised his head, met Jia Min's worried but firm eyes, and sighed, "Other things are easy to say, whether it's the powerful slaves under his command who seized the good land, or they relied on the virtuous concubine to amass money wantonly, Mrs. Wang took the lawsuit, etc., there is still room for relaxation. room."

"Because Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng are not very successful, and they are not involved in the plans of the four kings and eight princes, the emperor doesn't hate them that much."

Jia Min smiled wryly, Jia pardoned Jia Zheng's ineffectiveness, and it turned out to be the lifeline of the Rongguo Mansion.

Lin Ruhai ignored Jia Min's complicated eyes, and continued: "But the problem is, Jia Amnesty was so bold that he caused someone's life."

Jia Min was taken aback: "Did someone die?"

Lin Ruhai sighed: "I just learned from my colleagues in Yushi's Mansion that they got the news before that Jia She forced someone to death for a few exquisite ancient fans."

"Who drove someone to death?"

Just as Lin Liu entered Lin Ruhai's study, she did not expect to hear such important news.

Lin Ruhai waved at Lin Liu, and after she sat down beside Jia Min, she continued, "It seems to be a person called a stone nerd. That person's family is poor, but he has more than a dozen ancient handed down handed down from his ancestors. The fans are all authentic works of famous masters, not to mention priceless, but they can be sold for tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"But people would rather live in poverty than sell the ancient fan. Obviously, they intend to keep the ancient fan as a family treasure and pass it down."

"Who would have thought that after Jia She learned about this, he would miss it."

Lin Ruhai frowned: "The news I got is that in order to get those fans, he relied on the power of the Rongguo Mansion to force an official named Jia Yucun to fabricate a charge of 'delinquent official money' for the stone nerd and send him directly to prison. into prison."

"After a lot of torture, the stone nerd couldn't take it anymore, so he finally sold a dozen or so ancient fans at home at a discount, and then made up for the unwarranted government money that was in arrears. But because the torture was too much, the stone nerd returned home. Soon, he took Shi Wangling and entered the underworld."

Jia Min was shocked: "Is my elder brother really so, so cruel? That is a living life!"

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "I don't know, but this is the news that the Yushifu received. However, the Yushifu is not planning to impeach it for the time being, because it involves human life. The government will sort out the evidence and put it in the court, and impeach this matter together with other charges of the Rongguo government."

"I heard that the Dali Temple has recalled the official named Jia Yucun to the capital. When he signs and pledges, Jia Amnesty is afraid..."

As soon as Lin Liu heard it, he understood which case Lin Ruhai was talking about: "Who exposed this case?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head and sighed: "It's the only son of that stone nerd. Because his family was poor and unable to support himself, he traveled extensively with the caravan early on, and only recently returned to the capital. He has also made a lot of money outside these years, and it is said that he brought it back. Nearly a thousand taels of silver, although it is incomparable with people like us, is still enough for the stone nerd family to live a relatively prosperous life. Who would have thought..."

He came back excitedly, but what he got was that his father was forced to death because of a few fans?The stone nerd's son didn't know how to break down after learning about it.

Jia Min opened her mouth, at the moment she was worried about Jia She, but at the other she felt that Jia She didn't care what happened, and she deserved it.

The two emotions were intertwined in her heart, and Jia Min felt uncomfortable, and her eyes were red.

Seeing this, Lin Liu turned around and hugged Jia Min: "Mother, if you want to cry, then cry."

The tears in Jia Min's eyes slipped down one by one in an instant.

After a while, Jia Min adjusted his mood.

Only then did Lin Ruhai continue to speak: "I see that stone nerd's son will never let it go, there is no room for reconciliation in this matter. I don't know how the rest of the Rongguo Mansion will be sentenced, but Jia Amnesty will definitely not escape even if he is exiled. "

Jia Min's eyes were red again, but perhaps she was prepared, she did not shed tears this time.

Lin Liu thought for a while, but then said: "That Jia Yucun has always liked to curry favor with powerful people. Although he used his connections with the Jia family in Jinling to get in touch with the Jia family, he soon became friends with Prince Teng. He has a relationship. And he has always been mercenary in doing things, and the matter of holding the stone nerd tightly in prison and beating him into a trick may be his own initiative."

But even if Jia Yucun made his own decision, Jia Amnesty could accept the fan Jia Yucun sent with peace of mind, which shows that it is not a good thing.

Seeing Lin Ruhai's doubts, Lin Liu brought up Jia Yucun's calculation of longevity: "In order to protect himself, it is possible for him to bite Jia She back."

Lin Ruhai had an impression of Jia Yucun. He frowned and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "Even if Jia Yucun made up his own mind, but the fan is in the hands of Jia She, it makes perfect sense for Jia Yucun to say that he was instructed by Jia She." I'm afraid that the people in Dali Temple will accept Jia Yucun's testimony."

The so-called instigation would not be written down in black and white at all, it just needs to be passed on to Jia Yucun by the servants around him.

Once Jia Yucun retorted, since Jia Amnesty had collected the stone nerd fan, he almost hit the nail on the head.

Moreover, it was Lin Liu's guess that Jia Yucun made his own claim. Only the two of them knew whether he was under Jia She's order or not.

In fact, Lin Liu had been prepared for this outcome, and only brought it up when she saw Jia Min was feeling uncomfortable. She didn't have much hope at first, but now that Lin Ruhai denied it, it didn't make her too sad.

Even Jia Min accepted this matter: "After all, it was him who became greedy. Those fans are just playthings for the elder brother. After buying them, they are kept in collections. They are useless at all. But for this A little bit of selfishness drives people to..."

"No matter what happens, he deserves it."

Even so, Jia Min still felt uncomfortable.

Lin Ruhai changed the subject: "Because the Rongguo Mansion did not participate in the rebellion of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, except for Jia Amnesty, everyone else was charged with lax family management if it was light, and if it was serious, they would not be exiled. Too worried."

Jia Min smiled and nodded, feeling slightly relieved.

But no one expected that the people from Dali Temple followed the stone nerd's case and found out the late Mrs. Wang's lending and champerty lawsuits.

Whether it is lending money or champering lawsuits, it is a serious crime.

The most unexpected thing is that even if Mrs. Wang is dead, Zhou Rui's family beside Mrs. Wang did not give up the income of lending money, and even secretly took out Mrs. Wang's dowry and continued to lend out.

Because the money is not hers, Zhou Rui's family is much more aggressive. Once it is time to repay the loan, the other party has not paid back the money. In order to get the money back, she will force people to death.

The number of people killed by Zhou Rui's family during the lending period, including those killed by Mrs. Wang's lending for decades, exceeded fifty.

Although those people were not directly killed by Mrs. Wang and Zhou Rui's family, they were also indirectly responsible.

After the evidence of these two incidents was discovered, the one that had the greatest impact on the Rongguo Mansion was——

No one believed that the servants would have the courage to use the master's money to lend money, so it was no surprise that Jia Zheng was charged with this crime.

Not only that, Madam Wang used to take over the famous posters used in the lawsuit, but also belonged to Jia Zheng.

The two crimes were punished together, and Jia Zheng also ended up in exile in a cold place.

But fortunately, apart from the two masters, neither Jia Zhu nor Jia Lian were too implicated because they were not in the capital these years.

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were exiled, and the Rongguo Mansion was also ransacked.

Because Jia's mother was still there, and the Rongguo Mansion was not involved in those life-threatening incidents, the emperor went online to make an exception, but did not intend to kill the people in the Rongguo Mansion immediately.

During the process of ransacking the houses of Ningrong and Rongfu, something interesting happened, which made people in the capital talk about it for a long time——

It turned out that when Ningguo Mansion ransacked the house earlier, except for some old items, not much money was confiscated from the mansion.At least compared to the ostentation put on by the Ningguo Mansion, those belongings looked a little shabby.

The officials who went to search the house thought that Ningguo Mansion was poor, but they didn't expect that after they ransacked all the servants' rooms in Ningguo Mansion, they found millions of property.

Although it is not as good as that of Ningguo Mansion, it is still quite a huge number.

What's more, because Lai Er of Ningguo Mansion is the son of Nanny Lai of Rongguo Mansion next door, he, the housekeeper of Ningguo Mansion and the most prestigious servant of Ningguo Mansion, hasn't copied the house yet.

The matter of Ningguo Mansion aroused heated discussions at that time, but because it involved house raids, it didn't talk for too long, and then disappeared in the capital.

But not long after, the Rongguo Mansion was also raided.

Rongguo Mansion is actually richer than Ningguo Mansion, but because the dowries of the female family members have not been moved, the stolen property is not much more than Ningguo Mansion.

But after the servants of the Rongguo Mansion were stolen, the millions of dollars of property made many people jealous.

Especially Nanny Lai who was next to the old lady, and the late Mrs. Wang's confidant Zhou Rui's family. The combined property of these two families directly exceeded 200 million.

Grandma Lai's family has more, with a total of more than 100 million. Although Zhou Rui's family is less, it also has hundreds of thousands of property.

Although some of them are items that cannot be exchanged, this number is enough to make people dumbfounded, and even everyone is in danger.

After many families learned of this, they took their servants to confiscate all the property of the slaves in the mansion, and then saw that although the money stolen by these servants was not comparable to that of Zhou Rui's and Lai's family, it was still a considerable amount of money. Amazing numbers.

Especially those families who are glamorous on the surface, but in fact have exhausted their inner pockets, survived this "scratch house".

But this matter was just an interesting incident, and the attention of everyone in the capital was quickly diverted because of the emperor's next move.

Although the Ningrong and Rongfu were powerful in the past, the younger generations have been ineffective, so they have long since declined, and only the old lady is still there. Others in the capital are willing to give a little favor to the two families, but everyone knows that these two families have no strength at all. Best pinched soft persimmons.

It is perfectly normal for the emperor to take these two families into surgery.

But no one expected that after the emperor confiscated the two residences of Ningrong and Rong, he still had no intention of stopping, and directly pointed the finger at the other residences of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes.

The descendants of these Duke's mansions are actually not very successful, but they are more promising than the Ningrong and Rongfu. There are also one or two who are officials in the court and have a closer relationship with the four kings.

Incidents happened to the other six government offices almost at the same time.

The Prince of Beijing and the others immediately understood that the Emperor was going to mess with them. If the six mansions were not rescued, it would be the turn of the Prince of Beijing and other four mansions next.

So the king of Beijing County immediately went to the palace to find the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor was still angry because of Ji Song's victory, and his class teacher would definitely add bricks and tiles to the emperor's power when he returned to the court. Now that he heard that the emperor was going to attack his subordinates again, he was furious, and went directly to the emperor and beat him up I was reprimanded.

The emperor had complained about the Supreme Emperor for a long time. During his reign, he was very happy and liked a good reputation. He just tossed out the already ample treasury. If he hadn't ransacked some people after he ascended the throne, natural disasters and man-made disasters in these years would not be too many Well, not long after this dynasty was handed over to him, wars broke out due to the emptiness of the treasury.

But what the emperor hated the most was that the Supreme Emperor had clearly abdicated, but he still supported the old ministers to fight against him. He was nostalgic for power and refused to let go.

Those old ministers are all thorns in his flesh and blood, as long as he finds a chance, he will definitely remove them.

Now, it is the most suitable opportunity.

Even if the Supreme Emperor reprimanded him, the Emperor did not give up his plan. After coming out of the Supreme Emperor's palace, he immediately ordered people to surround all the six Dukes' mansions.

Unexpectedly, this behavior directly angered the four kings and eight men like stabbing a hornet's nest.

They rebelled in advance and asked their men to go to Yuanping Nanbo's mansion to get weapons.

Unexpectedly, when their people came out of the secret room with weapons, they collided with the people sent by the emperor.

Everyone got all the stolen goods, and there was no room for maneuver in the matter of the four princes and eight princes conspiring to rebel.

But when the emperor sent people to arrest the chief culprit of the rebellion, only six princes were caught, while the four kings of the south, east, north and west had already brought their families in disguise and left the capital early.

The emperor realized that the situation was not good, and immediately asked people to inquire.

But before the people he sent back came back, news came from Xuzhou that the four county kings had arrived in Xuzhou and led their men to successfully revolt, taking Xuzhou firmly under his control.

Not only that, after the four county kings took Xuzhou, they also intended to expand outward: the best place to start is Huaiyang, which is also a port city on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The emperor immediately sent troops to reinforce him. He knew very well that if all the traffic arteries of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal were captured by the four county kings, Jiangnan would become the possession of the four kings. ascend to heaven.

The emperor was devastated by this negligence, but he did not expect that the Supreme Emperor was still gloating.

The emperor was about to laugh angrily, and he didn't bother to pretend to be a filial son and grandson, so he directly turned back: "You are laughing happily now, and you still pretend that I didn't know that the four kings and eight princes could save so many weapons and troops in the capital and Xuzhou. Is it the result of your indulgence?"

"You don't think the four kings will return the country to you after taking down the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, do you? What are you thinking? You probably don't know that the only orphan of the former prince was born through an affair with your concubine. Bar?"

The Supreme Emperor was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

The emperor sneered: "I'm talking nonsense? Do you really think that the four princes and eight princes are loyal to you? I don't even think about what you did to them back then. It was obviously you who pushed the four princes and eight princes to the side of the first prince. I also felt that the first prince was too powerful, so a deposed prince came directly."

"Abolition is abolishment, but you don't admit that you forced the prince to become like that step by step. Instead, you think that those old ministers instigated and corrupted you. Hahaha..." The emperor laughed, "You made those old princes look like that at the beginning. The most promising heirs of the old official's family are killed, stupid, and disabled, you don't think those old officials are too stupid to see that you did it?"

"You have cut off the hope of family inheritance, how can they still be loyal to you?"

"Father, wake up, the four princes and eight princes have long been dissatisfied with you." The emperor glanced coldly at the Supreme Emperor, "Otherwise, you think that all the four princes and eight princes knew the real life experience of the former prince's orphan, so why didn't they tell you the truth?" Expose it, but risk the crime of deceiving the emperor to help the former crown prince drop the child and hide the real former crown prince's daughter?"

After finishing speaking, the emperor didn't bother to talk to the Supreme Emperor, so he turned and left his palace.

The Four Kings and Eight Dukes had a great momentum, and soon under the leadership of Nan'an County King, they won several dock cities.

But after all, they were short of troops, and soon they would be unable to continue. They could only suspend their attack plan and slowly digest the cities that had been captured.

Taking advantage of the victory, the emperor pursued and immediately sent troops to other port cities, hoping to protect them.

Everything went smoothly until news suddenly came from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River——

The torrential rain for more than half a month broke down the dams and brought terrible floods and plagues.

The emperor reacted quickly, and immediately asked people to open a warehouse to release grain, and at the same time began to raise relief money, intending to quell the adverse effects of the flood and plague as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, in just half a month, news came from all over the disaster-stricken areas——

The granary, empty.

Not only was the granary empty, but when they intended to use money to buy grain, they found that the grain shops in the city were basically closed, and only a few small grain shops were still struggling.

But in order to protect themselves, these small grain shops also closed after selling most of their stocks at high prices, and ran away with grain.

The emperor was furious, and immediately sent an additional imperial envoy to investigate the truth.

But with all the grain stores closed, even if the imperial envoys found out the truth and brought hundreds of thousands of relief silver, it would be useless at all.

The major government offices could only find ways to borrow grain from surrounding prefectures that had not been affected by the disaster. It was at this time that people all over the country suddenly realized that there was not much grain left in their own granaries. powerless.

How did this happen?

After the news reached the capital, not only the emperor, but even the Supreme Emperor couldn't sit still and chose to leave the mountain.

But his appearance was useless.

To make matters worse, a group of forces suddenly appeared in the disaster-stricken area to spread porridge, and captured a large number of people's hearts in a very short period of time.

On the contrary, the incompetence shown by the court in this disaster relief made the common people lose confidence in both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor—

Not only the people in the disaster-stricken area, but also the people in several prefectures near the disaster-stricken area lost their support for the imperial court after seeing what happened to the victims.

For the common people, what's the point of supporting them if the court can't protect them?

If that's the case, that's all. After all, only a small area is affected by the disaster. As long as troops are sent to deter them, it won't cause too much impact after all.

But no one expected that a well-known newspaper in Jiangnan would suddenly publish an article accusing the royal family of negligence.

Because of movable type printing, best-selling novels, and Lin Shenjianlu's shop everywhere, this newspaper was sent to all parts of the country in just a few months along Lin Shenjianlu's business route as soon as it came out.

With public opinion all over the country, even the emperor is powerless to stop everyone's mouths.

News came from other places that some people in some areas with strong folk customs were already dissatisfied with the royal family and wanted to start an uprising.

At this time, Ji Song and his army, who were galloping all the way, were about to rush back to the capital.

The emperor was both happy and sad. The happy thing is that Ji Song brought the army back at this time, at least he can guarantee that nothing will happen to the capital, so that the officials and people in the capital can rest assured; the sad thing is that even if Ji Song brought back more than ten Thousands of troops are also unable to have a good impact on the chaos across the country.

But no matter what, it is a good thing that Ji Song can come back at this time.

After finishing his mood, the emperor decided to personally take all the civil and military officials outside the city to welcome Ji Song's triumphant return.

Not to be outdone, the Supreme Emperor also brought a group of royal family members outside the city.

Ji Song led the army to the outside of the city like a dark cloud, and when he saw the pillars of the country and the royal family standing at the gate of the city, he slowly curled his lips together, revealing a wanton and carefree smile.