"Investigate immediately!" Emperor Hui suddenly thought of Xie Zhaozhao's sea route, and his eyelids twitched.

Oh no, could the Xie family have escaped by boat?

“Lord Xuan’an,” he said, “we must ask Li Yunmu about the ship immediately.”

Leng Luo wanted to say that Earl Annan had run away with the Xie family, but—

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will send someone to invite him immediately."

Seeing Leng Luo go to invite Li Yunmu, Zhou Shaoyu took advantage of the opportunity to immediately have someone help him kneel on the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness in helping me choose so many young ladies from noble families to be my second wives."

Why does the word "remarriage" sound so jarring?

However, this did not prevent the fathers and brothers of those young ladies from showing smug smiles in the imperial court.

However, Zhou Shaoyu changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty has chosen such good candidates for me, and I was so happy that I checked the list of women."

This investigation was shocking! Their family had been involved in corruption, selling official positions, embezzling public funds, and exploiting the villagers… According to the law, they deserved to have their property confiscated and their entire clan exterminated!

He presented all the evidence one by one, including the principal wife, secondary wives, and concubines, with witnesses and physical evidence all present.

According to the law, he should be beheaded!

The Crown Prince Zhou Qi, the "Princess's" younger cousin, and the "Concubine's" father and brother, were utterly devastated.

That's too ruthless!

Emperor Hui's face turned ashen, but then the old man from the Court of Judicial Review stepped forward and said respectfully, "Your Highness has given me this evidence, and I have already had it verified. The crimes are all true."

It's over. The crime has spread, and too many people know about it. Severe punishment is necessary to appease public anger!

Consort Jing had finally endured until her son was named Crown Prince, but the first thing she did was send her entire family to the execution ground, even breaking her fingernails in the process.

"Qi'er, the first thing you do after you ascend the throne is to have Zhou Jingchen executed by slow slicing!"

"But, but I'm so afraid of him!"

"..."