But now that the three judicial departments are conducting a joint trial, these matters have become serious. This indicates a thorough retrial and investigation, and there will absolutely be no corruption or perversion of justice. Because the current emperor is about to completely suppress the Kong family, and everyone knows what this means.

Zhu Yunying disregarded the thoughts of others and continued, "After all, this concerns a descendant of Confucius, so the imperial clan should also step forward. How about this, since the Prince of Wu is about to return to the capital, this matter will be entrusted to the Prince of Wu to oversee."

Prince Wu, Zhu Yunwen, is the current emperor's younger brother and the second son of the late emperor, Zhu Biao. This Prince Wu is no pushover; when he goes to supervise the trial, he doesn't just supervise in a real way. He will definitely receive a secret decree from His Majesty the Emperor to influence the proceedings during the joint trial by the three judicial departments.

The Duke Yansheng's days ahead are going to be tough. At this point, it's not just the 'direct line' of Kong Ne who's in charge; the other members of the Kong clan, who have been living like local tyrants in Qufu, will also find their lives coming to an end.

Zhu Yunying didn't care what others thought. He felt that what he had to do well was what he had to do well, and he had basically prepared everything he needed to.

The next big show will likely involve many witnessing the disgraceful antics of Confucius's unworthy descendants in Qufu. Few of Confucius's descendants are exactly innocent, and many are not necessarily of high moral character.

Confucius probably never imagined he would leave so many blessings to his descendants, nor did he expect that his descendants would take advantage of their ancestor's glory to do evil and act lawlessly. I wonder if he, the ancestor, would be angered by these unworthy descendants.

After all, Confucius was 'perfect,' while many of his descendants were quite imperfect.