Zu An broke out in a cold sweat. Although he guessed that Chu Zhongtian was saying this on purpose to gain people's trust, why did it sound so strange?

So it turns out that his close relationship with Xiao Zhao was something his father-in-law had noticed, but he just didn't say anything.

The others in the room were in an uproar. The rumors about Zuan's "romantic affairs" had already spread far and wide. People went from being shocked to becoming numb, but now that they heard the words "sister flowers," they started to get excited again. After all, this was a fantasy for many men, and they never expected that someone would actually realize it.

"Have you ever met Miss Chu the Second? I have. She's been a beauty since she was little, and she might even be more beautiful than her sister when she grows up."

"He's got Miss Chu and Miss Chu in one go! That kid from Zu'an is really lucky with women."

"Not only that, there were rumors before that he and Madam Chu were also having an affair. The reason why Master Chu is so angry and wants to kick him out of the house this time may be because he found out about this."

...

People have a natural fascination with these scandalous gossips, and the scene immediately became noisy as everyone discussed them.

Chu Zhongtian's eyelids twitched. With his cultivation level, how could he not hear what those people were saying? He never expected that his acting had gone too far and caused such a misunderstanding.

But he couldn't explain this. Was he supposed to come out and tell everyone that Zuan and his wife had nothing to do with each other? But who would believe that? They would think he was just giving himself away and making things worse.

Thinking about this made him feel incredibly frustrated.

Qin Wanru, standing to the side, was also blushing. She hadn't expected such an unexpected event to happen, and couldn't help but glare at Zu An in annoyance.

Zuan was overjoyed at this moment, because he received a huge amount of anger points in the backend, which almost reached 10,000 in the blink of an eye. It was obviously contributed by a large number of people out of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Please have more of these kinds of good things in the future.

King Liang and Liu Yao hurriedly had the embroidered-robed messenger take out the imperial edict to look at it. They found that it was indeed as Chu Zhongtian had said, ordering the Chu family to hand over their son-in-law, Zu An. They immediately glared resentfully at the leader of the embroidered-robed messengers.

The leader's face flushed with embarrassment, after all, the imperial edict was based on the text he had read aloud, and he never expected such a flaw to appear.

It was the seasoned and cunning Prince Liang who reacted quickly, immediately and sternly accusing Chu Zhongtian: "How dare you play word games in the imperial edict! This is deceiving the emperor and your intentions are despicable!"

“I dare not accept such a high accusation as the Prince of Liang,” Chu Zhongtian said irritably. “We are strictly following the Emperor’s decree, so how can it be called deceiving the Emperor?”

Jiang Luofu, who had been silent all along, spoke up at this moment: "That's right, what Mingyue Gong said makes a lot of sense. Now that so many people have heard it, since Zu'an is no longer the son-in-law of the Chu family, it's a bit unreasonable to ask the Chu family for him again."

Seeing the principal take the lead, Xie Yi also seized this good opportunity to win over the Chu family: "I also feel that it is a bit unreasonable to continue to interrogate the Chu family. How about I use my most capable constables to cooperate with Your Highness to search for Zu An in various places?"

"No need to thank me for my trouble, sir." How could the Prince of Liang not know his mindset? The constables were going to arrest Zu An? At this point, they didn't even know where Zu An had run off to. How could they catch him? Besides, they hadn't even caught the Embroidered-Robe Envoy before. With just a few constables under his command, what could they possibly catch?

He left Xie Yi aside and then went to Liu Yao and Huang Huihong, the leader of the Embroidered Robe Envoys, to discuss what to do now.

Liu Yao chuckled and said, "Since His Majesty has sent the Prince to handle this matter with full authority, then this general will naturally follow the Prince's lead in everything."

King Liang cursed inwardly. "That old fox talks a good game, but isn't he just blatantly trying to shift all the blame onto me? That son of a bitch doesn't care at all about the friendship we shared the other night... cough cough, the night we spent at Shenxianju."

King Liang could only look at Huang Huihong beside him and ask, "What does Commander Huang think?"

Huang Huihong said in a deep voice, "I don't care about anything else, but Zu'an must be brought back. This is a death order from the Emperor. Otherwise, after we return to the capital, not only us, but I'm afraid even Your Highness will not be able to escape punishment."

The King of Liang's expression shifted between light and dark, clearly indicating that he was engaged in a fierce internal struggle.

After a while, he finally made up his mind and came to the Chu family and said loudly, "Given that Zu An is no longer the son-in-law of the Chu family, the clause on extermination of the clan in the imperial edict does not apply; however, the Chu family's actions are suspected of deceiving the emperor and protecting Zu An. The emperor will decide on the specifics at that time."

"Come on, arrest all members of the Chu family and escort them back to the capital immediately!"

As someone on the Emperor's side, he was well aware that the Emperor had long wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to reclaim the two money-making enterprises, salt and iron, run by the Chu family. So, by seizing this opportunity to arrest the entire Chu family and bring them to the capital, the problem was naturally solved.

That way, even if they don't catch Zuan in the end, they can atone for their crimes with good deeds.

"What!" Upon hearing this news, the Chu family members immediately became anxious, and many of them even secretly gripped their weapons.

At this moment, Xie Yi coughed lightly: "Your Highness, this may be inappropriate. Forcibly bringing a ducal family to the capital will surely cause an uproar both inside and outside the court."

King Liang said coldly, "I will take full responsibility for any consequences!"

Then he looked at the Chu family members beside him: "What, do you still want to resist? Do you want the Embroidered Robe Envoy to request the imperial decree again? But in your current state, I'm afraid you don't need to request the imperial decree. With me and General Liu, we can probably suppress you easily."

As he said this, he deliberately glanced at Xie Yi and Jiang Luofu beside him, clearly indicating that half of what he said was meant for them.

As expected, Xie Yi and Jiang Luofu both frowned and said nothing more.

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