Because Ji Yunzhou came to find Chu Jinghuai in the evening, he was sent to help Wu Kuan. The two were busy until late at night and didn't even have time to breathe.

Ji Yunzhou couldn't help but curse, "Jing Huai, that bastard, treats me like a free beast of burden, demanding thousands of copies a day. Does he consider that even beasts of burden need to live?"

Wu Kuan smiled bitterly and advised, "Mr. Ji, you'd better save your energy when working." He kept yelling all night.

Ji Yunzhou put down what he was holding and said, "Jing Huai seems to have changed recently. Do you know why?"

Wu Kuan shook his head.

Ji Yunzhou continued, "In the past, he could come to me or I could come to him in the middle of the night. But now he chases us away as soon as it gets dark. What has he been doing behind my back lately?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Kuan chuckled but said nothing.

I believe that soon, the palace will have a new prince.

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That night, Chen Jingxi wanted to ask Chu Jinghuai about what happened during the day, but he made her so confused that she didn't even have the strength to raise her hand.

Chu Jinghuai's mouth corners rose slightly. As expected, the best way to make a woman shut up is to take action.

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, the streets and alleys of the capital began to wake up. The vendors appeared early on the streets, pushing wooden carts loaded with goods, and were busy grabbing the best spots.

The steam from the buns is rising and the aroma is everywhere; the fire of the sesame cakes is burning brightly, and the cakes are golden and tempting; and the wontons are small and exquisite, making you salivate.

Add to that a variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, colorful and dazzling, and soon the originally empty streets became bustling.

"Look, there are so many papers, so many papers!"

Someone shouted and everyone looked up, only to see sheets of rice paper slowly falling from the sky like snowflakes.

This is a rare and good thing, and ordinary people would not be willing to buy it. For a moment, everyone rushed to grab it, for fear of missing this rare opportunity.

More and more people were scrambling for the paper, and the situation was getting out of control. At this moment, a sharp-eyed person suddenly shouted, "There's writing! There's writing on this paper!"

Someone hurried over to a calligraphy stand holding a piece of paper and said, "Scholar He, take a look at what's written here."

He Shusheng took the paper and looked around, only to see that everyone was looking at him expectantly.

The corners of his mouth curled up, a secret smugness welling up within him. Without even glancing at the contents of the paper, he began to read: "The Prince of Xiang forcibly abducted the wife and daughter of an innocent man, forcing her to watch. The husband resisted, and blood splattered on the spot. Unable to bear the humiliation, the mother and daughter hurled themselves against the wall... and died."

Before he finished speaking, He Shusheng froze. He realized what he had said. A cold sweat instantly broke out on his back. He was startled and quickly dropped the paper in his hand.

"Oh my goodness, what is this?"

Then he hurriedly packed up his stall and ran away.

Seeing this, the people around also realized that something was wrong.

"Damn boy, throw it away quickly."

"Go, go, I'm going to die, I'm going to die."

For a moment, the crowd on the street disappeared without a trace as if swept away by the wind, leaving only white paper floating all over the street.

…

In just an hour, the news spread throughout the capital.

The Minister of Personnel placed food on naked girls every day for them to enjoy.

The commander of the imperial guards accepted bribes and organized gambling.

The Minister of War colluded with Bingzhou officials to harm the people.

For the sake of a jade pendant, Prime Minister Wang's son colluded with the Supreme Court Minister, causing Tang Yuanwai and his family to be thrown into jail.

The housekeeper of the Duke of Wei's mansion took advantage of his master's power to force women of good character into prostitution.

There are countless of these things.

In the court.

The emperor was furious and threw the paper in his hand fiercely in the faces of his ministers, cursing: "You are really my good ministers."

The ministers looked at each other, and no one dared to respond easily.

There was such a shocking bolt of thunder early in the morning. They were still dizzy and couldn't understand why so many things happened suddenly.

They had no idea about it beforehand.

Who was it? Could it be Prince Su? But he was confined to Prince Su's mansion and now he couldn't protect himself.

Also, how did this person collect so much information? Could it be that they have spies in the mansion?

The more I think about it, the more possible it seems.

After this incident, all the ministers conducted a major investigation. Adhering to the principle of rather killing someone by mistake than letting the criminal go, they cleared out many people from various ministries.

Chu Jinghuai also took advantage of this opportunity to plant a lot of spies.

This is all later.

Now everyone is thinking about how to solve this problem.

"I acknowledge my guilt." Prime Minister Wang knelt down first.

Seeing his relative kneeling, Duke of Wei, Cui Shanwen, burst into tears and knelt down tremblingly, "This old minister acknowledges his guilt."

Officials headed by the two of them also knelt down.

Seeing the Duke of Wei crying like this, looking like a victim of suffering, these people immediately understood what was happening and also burst into tears, begging the emperor to punish them.

The emperor looked at all the ministers in the hall crying as if he were dead, and felt a lump in his chest. He didn't know whether to punish them or not.

If he were to punish him, the court would be in chaos; but if he were not to punish him, it would be difficult to explain to the people of the world.

The emperor took a few deep breaths, trying to calm his anger, and said in a cold voice: "Since you all admit your guilt, then tell me how to deal with this matter!"

Duke Weiguo spoke first, "This old minister failed to discipline his subordinates, causing them to commit such an outrageous act. I have handed them over to the Jingzhao Prefecture for handling."

The others followed suit and would strictly discipline their families to never let something like this happen again.

At this time, the censor stood up and asked the emperor to severely punish the Minister of War and the Prince of Xiang!

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