On the second day, most officials in the court believed that there was insufficient evidence to prove that several important officials of the Liu family had colluded with the Beihai Kingdom, and demanded their immediate release and the restoration of order in the court.

Several of Prime Minister Liu's disciples raised strong doubts about the case and Prime Minister Liu's illness, and also submitted a memorial to impeach Censor Xu and others.

Just as Murong Yao was wondering whether this was too reckless and would alert the enemy and cause difficult-to-manage consequences, news of Liu Zhang's rebellion came from the southern border.

The spy who came to report said that Liu Zhang had captured Nanguan City. Hearing that the reward from the capital had not arrived yet, he instigated several of his inspectors to rebel, and Champa rebelled. Now the Xihuang flag of Nanguan City has been replaced with a flag with the word "Liu", and it seems that they want to set up their own power.

As soon as this incident happened, the Liu family fell silent and split into two factions. One faction always supported Liu Zhang, while the other blamed them for trusting Liu Zhang and giving him a lenient sentence.

After losing Prime Minister Liu and several family heads, the Liu family suddenly became a mess.

But even so, no one was making decisions on important matters in the court, and the four ministries and six academies under the jurisdiction of the Liu family all went on strike. Officials demanded that the Supervisory Office immediately release the ministers involved in the case. If there was indeed a case, it should be handed over to the three courts for trial and a frank decision.

Some discussed and analyzed Liu Zhang's rebellion, blaming Censor Xu and Jiang Yulou. They accused them of misleading Liu Zhang, saying he had clearly captured Nanguan City, yet these two were conflating right and wrong, obscuring his achievements and those of the Western Wilderness Army. "If Your Majesty continues to listen to slanderous words and fail to distinguish right from wrong, your reign will not last long."

Yan Ze immediately gave Murong Yao another dose of reassurance. He presented the military tokens and forged dragon robes that he had found in the Liu family. "Liu Zhang stabbed the Southern Border in the back and captured Nanguan City. He has no chance to surrender to the Southern Border. Now he has 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command. He is attacked from all sides and has nothing to fear."

"Your Majesty, the military power of the Western Wasteland is now in your hands. With just one command from you, the army will march straight to the southern border and unify the country."

Murong Yao took over the military command, as if the half of the country that had been blocked by the Liu family and could not be conquered for a long time had fallen into his pocket. He turned his gaze to Yan Ze and said with great joy, "I am deeply relieved to have General Ye to share my worries."

Censor Xu immediately stepped in to convince Murong Yao to make up his mind to thoroughly dismantle the Liu family. "Prime Minister Liu's evil ambitions are obvious. They must have been planning to cooperate internally and externally. Once Liu Zhang captures the southern border, his reputation will undoubtedly rise. Coupled with the Liu family's influence in the court, whether they overthrow Your Majesty and establish a new court, or control the government like the Regent of Haoyue Kingdom, it will be extremely disadvantageous to Your Majesty."

At this moment, another Yulin Guard came hurriedly to report that Princess Lin was missing. She must have gotten the news and sneaked out of Yong'an City early.

Yan Ze hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, under this situation, Xiling City might rebel. I am willing to lead the troops to help Your Majesty capture Xiling City."

When Jiang Yulou saw Yan Ze handing the military order directly to Murong Yao, his face suddenly turned gloomy. His adopted son used to discuss everything with him before making a decision, but now he bypassed him and reported directly to Murong Yao. It seemed that Murong Yao had secretly brainwashed him.

"Wait, Your Majesty, please do not act rashly." He had a vague feeling that dealing with the Liu family situation this time would not be simple. "Xiling City must not be attacked. Focus all your efforts on attacking Nanguan City. No matter what, we must suppress the southern border first."

"If Xiling and Xihuang rebelled at the same time, how would we respond?"

Jiang Yulou thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, please hand over the military power of the Western Wasteland to Lin'er and Fan'er, and let them lead the troops to attack Nanguan City."

Yan Ze said without thinking, "Yes, it's time for Brother Lin to be the head coach. If this matter hadn't been delayed again and again, we would have conquered the southern border long ago."

Murong Yao clenched the military token in his hand, and looked at Jiang Yulou with a bit more doubt and thought in his eyes.

He knew Ye Fan was a simple-minded person who would believe anything his trusted associates said. But Jiang Yulou was different; he had his own plans. Now that he proposed handing over the military power of the Western Wasteland to Song Lin and Ye Fan, Ye Fan would definitely not take over the position of commander-in-chief.

Then, 350,000 soldiers and horses would fall into Song Lin's hands. Adding to the 200,000 Black Sail Army that Jiang Yulou already had, a total of 550,000 troops, wouldn't the entire Yanyang Kingdom fall into his pocket?

He glanced at Censor Xu and evaded the question, "Does Father-in-law Xu have anyone to recommend?"

Censor Xu thought for a long time, "Now we need to stabilize the political situation. We can't mobilize all 350,000 troops. It would be better to let General Ye lead 150,000 Western Wilderness troops and let Young Master Jiang lead 100,000 Black Sail troops to attack Liuzhang, the southern city.

We can claim to the outside world that it was Young Master Liu who rebelled, causing Prime Minister Liu to fall ill due to anger, and that the other Liu family officials were bewitched by Liu Zhang."

Jiang Yulou had a bad look on his face and said goodbye immediately after leaving the court. Yan Ze was about to leave but was stopped by Censor Xu and Murong Yao.

Lord Liu was locked up alone in a cell and sat quietly for two days. He did not show any signs of panic, but instead thought and wrote memorials very calmly.

The iron chain of the cell door rattled and someone walked in. Seeing that it was Jiang Yulou, Prime Minister Liu snorted lightly and buried his head in writing memorials.

"Prime Minister Liu, you are still writing a memorial. Your cousin in the Dali Temple and your half-brother in the Ministry of Justice were both executed by His Majesty this morning."

Lord Liu put down his pen and looked up at him quietly, "Yao'er is too impatient after all. I raised him up by myself. How could he not know what you and Old Xu were planning in private?

The Western Wilderness Army only obeys the orders of the Murong family. Originally, I was going to return the troops to Your Majesty after pacifying the southern border.

Marquis Guangcheng, I'm afraid your hopes will be dashed this time."

Jiang Yulou told him about Liu Zhang's rebellion with a forced smile. He was already angry because of Murong Yao and Ye Fan's behavior, and now Prime Minister Liu ridiculed him, which made him even more indignant.

"Your Majesty has handed over the command of the Western Wilderness Army to my adopted son Ye Fan. He will soon march south to attack Liu Zhang."

"Give it to Ye Fan?" Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Liu frowned.

His Yao'er is really confused. Ye Fan is the one with the least firm stance. He just lets Jiang Yulou or Xu Wanrong do whatever they say. How can he give the military power to him!

Jiang Yulou was also angry about this matter. Murong Yao clearly had doubts about him.

"Regardless of whether my hopes are dashed or not, your Liu family has been accused of treason and there's no way you can turn things around."

Lord Liu was silent for a long time, then suddenly shook his head and laughed, choking up as he laughed, "My eldest son is truly the smartest person in the world!"

He was laughing crazily while shedding tears, tearing up the written memorial, muttering, "So it's you who wants to die for your father, so it's you who wants to die for your father... Why do you distrust your father so much? How much do you hate the Liu family? How much do you hate your father!"

Seeing that he looked like a madman, Jiang Yulou retreated with a look of disgust, and with a very ugly expression ordered his men to guard him tighter and not allow any outsiders to visit.