Su Wenyuan interrupted: "Has the matter been thoroughly investigated? Have you found out everything that the Wan family members did?"

Previously, they had only increased the number of guards outside the mansion, but had not imprisoned anyone. The sudden handling of the situation is unreasonable.

Sheng Jingyu shook his head and said, "No, apart from Wan Yanzhong, the rest of the men were exiled to Ge Nanling as slaves."

Wan Yanzhong is the Duke of Wan. He was not punished, but the fate of the others in his household has already been decided.

Su Wenyuan thought for a moment and said, "Exiling them to Ge Nanling as slaves would be a death sentence. The Wan family has committed numerous evils and deserves this outcome."

Unlike the two princes, the exiled officials were simply sent to remote places to live a hard life.

A criminal official is not only unable to afford food and clothing, but also forced to perform hard labor as a slave.

Sheng Jingyu added, "The women in the family and children under the age of ten are no longer allowed to set foot in the capital."

"Does this count as being released?" Su Wenyuan asked.

What she wanted was this vague and ambiguous response, as if nothing had been done at all.

Su Wenyuan didn't care what happened to these people, but this wasn't the Emperor's style. When an official in the family commits a serious crime, the family members are bound to be implicated.

The Emperor had never shown such leniency before. This time, the punishment was sudden, and the children and women were released. Su Wenyuan couldn't understand it.

Moreover, Wan Yanzhong was left out without being dealt with. What's the point of leaving him out?

Sheng Jingyu said, "Sheng Zixi might know. How can we ask her?"

He had been thinking about this all the way.

Su Wenyuan grinned and said, "If you don't know, then don't ask. We can't keep it a secret forever. They're waiting in the side hall to pick out fabric and make clothes for you."

Wan Yan learned the secrets of the Marquis of Anle's mansion and also the so-called tomb map.

The emperor's sudden unusual behavior inevitably led her to connect the two events.

Sheng Jingyu was particularly eager to ask because she was afraid that Su Wenyuan might be in danger.

After all, the item was in her possession, but the picture was definitely missing!

Moreover, what clues could be found in a pile of broken copper and scrap iron? I'm afraid the Emperor won't believe me, and I'm afraid Wan Yanzhong will turn around and accuse Su Wenyuan before he dies.

Sheng Jingyu was pushed by Su Wenyuan to the side hall. When they were choosing materials, he didn't even look at them properly; his mind wasn't on them.

Su Wenyuan handed the fabric she had prepared to the steward and selected some more for Sheng Jingyu.

While they were discussing the pattern, Ye Shan came in and said that Sheng Zixi had arrived.

Sheng Jingyu was originally thinking about how to find him, but he actually came to her on his own initiative.

He didn't waste any words after entering; he went straight to the point, admitting in his ten thousand words that he had bribed the servants in the mansion to send those letters in.

He came over to ask Sheng Jingyu and Su Wenyuan if there was anything else to add to this matter.

If not, he will submit a complete memorial explaining the situation at the morning court session tomorrow.

During the past few days of investigation, they worked together to gather all the evidence. Sheng Zixi had nothing to hide and just wanted the matter to be over as soon as possible.

Having investigated this far, the entire process has been clarified.

The Emperor was careless and made a mistake, which led to the tragic death of the Marquis of Anle's family.

After the verdict was overturned, he was posthumously granted the title of First-Class Duke, and that was it.

Su Wenyuan sneered, "You've already discussed it all? In that case, I'll just wait for the imperial decree tomorrow."

The Emperor has already discussed this with Sheng Zixi, and will ask Su Wenyuan in Sheng Zixi's name if there is anything to add.

I just wanted to ask her if she was satisfied with the result.

Apart from Su Wenyuan, there is no one else in the Yu family, and no male heirs. She is still the Princess Consort of Chen, and her children will be members of the royal family, so she does not need to inherit the title.

We can't just adopt the child and place it under the Yu family's name so it can inherit the family business, can we?

The person is already dead; there's not much difference between a marquis and a duke.

The emperor showed no remorse whatsoever; it remains to be seen whether he will put on a show of crying tomorrow.

Sheng Jingyu said, "The princess and I would like to go see Wan Yanzhong, is that alright?"

"...Is it...okay?" Sheng Zixi was unsure. "I'll go back and ask my father. If it's okay, I'll send someone over to deliver the message."

Su Wenyuan waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."

Seeing that Sheng Jingyu was not very satisfied, Su Wenyuan quickly asked Sheng Zixi to leave.

Fearing that if he didn't leave soon, Sheng Jingyu would make even more unreasonable demands.

The Emperor has already done his best. If he makes any further demands, it's hard to say what shocking things he might do in his anger.

For example, we happen to be short of one person right now, so we can send him as an envoy to Qikong Kingdom.

Within Anchuan, they can't openly touch Sheng Jingyu, but if they go to Qikong Kingdom, the journey is long, and who knows what might happen?

Consort Wan in the palace has also been banished to the Cold Palace. The Empress investigated her with remarkable ease.

If she did it, we can definitely find evidence; even if she didn't do it, that's fine too.

The Empress did not want to give Consort Wan another chance, as she had done before; this time she wanted to eliminate her completely.

After Sheng Zixi left, Su Wenyuan forced a smile and said, "The pattern for the clothes hasn't been finalized yet, let's have them come over again."

"No need, let them do whatever they want, just have someone send them out," Sheng Jingyu said.

Su Wenyuan forcibly suppressed her dissatisfaction and forced a smile as she asked, "The Emperor is willing to reveal the truth to the Yu family, so why are you still not happy?"

"He lacked an edict of self-reproach, and we thought that in order to appease the officials and the people, he would sincerely apologize and admit that he had misjudged the situation," Sheng Jingyu said frankly, without concealing his thoughts.

They have tried very hard to exonerate the emperor, concealing the fact that he deliberately killed meritorious officials in exchange for an end to the war between the two countries.

They went to great lengths to make his mistake seem less serious.

In the end, it was said that he made a momentary oversight and misjudgment. Doesn't the life of hundreds of people in the Yu family deserve an apology from him?

Sheng Jingyu asked, puzzled, "Even if it's just to silence public opinion, he should at least be more sincere."

"Perhaps... you'll see the sincerity tomorrow? Sheng Zixi only came today to deliver a message, expressing the Emperor's true attitude. He doesn't want to admit his mistakes from the bottom of his heart, and we're not just finding out now." Su Wenyuan's voice was calm and composed.

Su Wenyuan was very angry, but it wasn't something she had just thought of.

Sheng Jingyu was more disappointed in the Emperor. He had known for a long time that the Emperor regarded him as a thorn in his side, and he had been disheartened by it.

But as members of the royal family, they always have to shoulder some responsibility for the country and its people.

In recent years, the emperor has become increasingly outrageous, even neglecting to put on a show of respect. He has become so selfish that he has placed himself above the entire Anchuan Kingdom.

If one day the emperor stops pretending and starts to disregard the nation's reputation, who knows what he might do.

He was feeling down, which Su Wenyuan could tell, but she didn't ask any questions.

Soon, someone from Sheng Zixi's entourage came to deliver a message, saying that the Emperor had agreed to let them see Wan Yanzhong.

They didn't dare delay, fearing the emperor might change his mind, so they set off quickly, wanting to ask Wan Yanzhong in person what he had said to the emperor.

If this matter is not clarified, it could easily bring about Su Wenyuan's death.