Emperor Dongling waved his hand.
"Forget it, the Emperor of Southern Jin is already old and won't live for many years.
Let them go for now. Let's wait and see what Li Jinrui does next and help him if necessary."
Jiangyuan Prefecture Prison.
All the criminals involved in the gold mine, including dozens of people led by Zhou Mingyu and Zheng Zhushi, were detained here.
It had been several days since the incident, and Zhou Mingyu was still in shock.
Sitting on a pile of weeds, he lowered his head and wondered what went wrong. The gold mine had been mined for several years without any problems, so why did something suddenly go wrong now?
That day, so many officers and soldiers came at once and surrounded the Zhou family and the gold mine without any warning.
My family is so careful in everything, what went wrong?
Zhou Mingyu thought about it over and over again, but he couldn't figure it out. "Oh my God, someone please tell me what's going on? Let me die knowing the truth."
"If you want to know what happened, let me tell you!" Minister Chen of the Ministry of Justice appeared at the door of the cell with a group of his men.
When Zhou Mingyu went to Beijing to report on his work, he had met Minister Chen once. When he saw him at this moment, he felt inexplicably panicked.
"Minister Chen, at this point, can you please tell us the truth? Let me be clear."
"It is a fact that you opened a gold mine privately. There is evidence from witnesses and evidence, and you cannot refute this.
What you want to know is which link went wrong, so just ask your good daughter-in-law.
Without her, who would have thought that a small prefect would have the audacity to mine illegally?
Everyone glared at Zheng Qiulan angrily: "What have you done?"
Zheng Qiulan was stared at and looked confused.
"I didn't do anything!"
Minister Chen smiled and reminded: "Then let me give you some advice.
In Xizhou Jewelry and Jade Shop, you stole the bracelet of the Second Prince's wife and attempted to murder the royal heir, angering the two-year-old Princess Dingguo.
At that time, you were covered in gold, and Princess Dingguo and her servants thought you were like walking gold. Curious, they went to investigate and finally found a gold mine.
"So it's you, stupid woman! My Zhou family is unfortunate to marry a loser like you!"
Zhou Mingyu was so angry that he spat out a few mouthfuls of blood and fell headfirst into a pile of weeds.
Zhou Mingyu's son Zhou Shirong was even more regretful.
"Haha... So the problem lies with you! If I had known this, I would never have listened to my father and married a disaster like you!
I'm going to kill you, kill you..."
"Strictly speaking, your Zhou family is the scourge of this matter. The Zheng family was dragged into this situation by your Zhou family!"
Minister Chen glanced at them expressionlessly and said, "Take them away! The principal criminal will be escorted back to Beijing for trial!"
General's Mansion.
It was just dawn.
Little Wang Xiaoxing urged Nangong Jiu to get up.
"Your Majesty, wake up! Didn't you say you wanted to hurry up and refine the inner elixir?"
Nangong Jiu turned over drowsily: "I'm so sleepy, I'll take a nap for a while."
Xiaoxing looked at Nangong Jiu who was still sleeping soundly: "Why don't you let her sleep a little longer?
She probably didn't sleep well last night. I wonder what good things she dreamed about. She's stretching her arms and legs, looking very excited."
"Okay, let's wait until she wakes up."
We waited until noon.
Nangong Jiu woke up, squinted his eyes, tossed and turned on the bed, then suddenly opened his eyes and sat up.
With a messy hair, he looked around and said, "Xiao Wang Xiaoxing, I seem to have overslept."
Xiao Xing finished his meditation and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, it's not just an impression, you really overslept. If you don't believe me, look at the sun outside; it's almost overhead."
"Yeah, yeah, I overslept." Nangong Jiu quickly got up, slid off the bed, and ran out of the room barefoot.
The old maid waiting outside the door quickly called out to the person, "Princess, I will fix your hair and put on your shoes before you go out."
"Okay, hurry up, I had a dream last night and I need to ask my aunt to verify it."
The old nanny deftly combed her hair.
"Princess, what was your dream? Can you tell me about it?"
Nangong Jiuwei raised her head: "I dreamed that I had a little sister, and my little sister played with me."
Xiao Wang came forward and joked, "No wonder Your Majesty was busy all night and couldn't get up in the morning."
After the old nanny had tied up the two little girls, she finally understood: "Princess, are you saying that the eldest young master's wife is pregnant?"
"We'll find out when we go and see."
After saying that, he spread out his little feet and ran away, with little Wang Xiaoxing and the old lady chasing after him.
"Princess, princess, you haven't put on your shoes yet."
After running for a while, Nangong Jiu stopped and waited for the old lady who was chasing him and was out of breath because of the small stones on the road that burned his soles.
The main courtyard flower hall.
The female members of the family were chatting with the old man and the old lady.
"Mother, aunt..."
Everyone looked towards the door.
Nangong Jiufeng rushed in: "Great-grandfather, grandmother..."
After greeting everyone one by one, Nangong Jiu ran directly to Xu Feiyan and placed his hand on her abdomen.
After a moment, he smiled.
"Aunt, you have a daughter!"
After a moment of surprise, everyone looked at Nangong Jiu in surprise: "Really?"
"In Brother Zhi's words, it's more real than steamed buns."
Xu Feiyan was a little bit unconvinced: "Jiuer, my aunt didn't feel anything at all, could it be that she saw it wrong?"
"It's not wrong, it's just a short month, only about a month."
Nangong Yunxue called the servants and said, "Hurry up and find the imperial physician who lives in the mansion!"
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