When the civil and military officials saw this, they all gathered around to watch.
Everyone looked at him with scrutiny and inquiry. Chu Zhinan held his daughter in his arms, nodded to everyone, and left quickly.
The child said she was hungry, so he walked faster. When they reached the palace gate, she could drink goat milk, so he had to take his daughter there quickly.
Such a young child cannot be helped by hunger. What will happen if he starves?
He walked very fast and left the palace earlier than other officials.
Yang was already waiting outside the carriage. When she saw her daughter coming out, she hurried over to greet her.
"Xiaoxiao! Are you hungry? Mommy will carry you to the car to feed you."
[Ahaha! I finally have milk to drink. The unlucky emperor has been holding me tightly and won’t let go. He doesn’t even prepare food or drink for me. I work for him for nothing. Humph!]
After getting in the car, holding the warm bottle, Milk Ball couldn't wait to drink.
I'm really too hungry. I can't bear it.
When she was a deity, she could go a whole year without food or water. Now that she has become a human, she can’t even go without a meal.
Chu Zhinan felt distressed to see his daughter drinking milk so quickly. Yang urged him to leave and go back quickly because the whole family was waiting for his reply.
On the way home in the carriage, Chu Xiaoxiao finished drinking her milk, felt sleepy, closed her eyes and fell asleep.
When they got home, the old duke and the old lady, Chu Zhixi, Chu Zhibei, Yu and Wang were all looking forward to it.
Seeing Chu Zhinan, the old Duke asked: "How is it? Is everything alright?"
"fine."
Chu Zhinan didn't wait for the old Duke to ask again, and told him everything Chu Xiaoxiao did in the Golden Palace. The old lady saw her granddaughter fell asleep, her little face flushed, and couldn't help but kiss her, waving her hand for Yang to take her back to sleep.
Yu and Wang also left, leaving only the three Chu Zhinan brothers, the old duke, and the old lady in the room.
After hearing Chu Zhinan's words, the old Duke frowned deeply: "The emperor suddenly raided Liu Taiwei's mansion? And he knew that he was corrupt and perverted the law?"
The old lady was puzzled: "How did the emperor know? Why didn't he search before? Did Xiaoxiao tell you?"
Chu Zhinan was not sure either: "My son was far away at the time and couldn't hear Xiaoxiao's voice. I don't know if it was her who said it."
Chu Zhixi and Chu Zhibei remained silent. There was no evidence in this matter, and they couldn't talk nonsense, lest it affect their eldest brother's judgment.
"The emperor must have heard Xiaoxiao's voice." The old lady told everyone confidently, "Have you forgotten? Xiaoxiao said that the emperor was a mess and that the blame fell on her."
Chu Zhinan nodded slightly: "She did say that if this is the case, it is very likely that the emperor can hear her thoughts."
The old Duke slapped his thigh and said, "No wonder the emperor wants to bring Xiaoxiao to court. This is his real purpose, to clean up the court."
Chu Zhixi sighed: "Poor Xiaoxiao has to suffer with me. She is so young, but she has to get up before dawn to attend court."
Chu Zhibei smiled bitterly: "What can I do? Who made our Xiaoxiao different from ordinary people? Others are enjoying their life at home, but she is going to the court to solve problems. It's really funny."
The old lady glared at her son in dissatisfaction: "What do you know? Xiaoxiao said that Prince Duan wanted to usurp the throne, the Chu family was executed, and in the end Dongsheng was taken away by some heroine."
The old Duke stared at Chu Zhibei gloomily: "Xiaoxiao is here to save our Chu family and Dongsheng. The Chu family is a royalist. If Dongsheng is gone, the Chu family will be destroyed."
Chu Zhinan quickly tried to smooth things over: "Let's not discuss this matter for now. Let's observe for two more days. If something happens again in the court, it really means that the emperor can hear Xiaoxiao's voice."
The Chu family was collectively silent.
The Imperial Guards surrounded Liu Zhaonian's Mansion and headed straight for the study and the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the back garden.
In front of Liu Zhaonian, they found the secret room, the secret letter and various treasures. Liu Zhaonian collapsed to the ground.
How did the emperor know that there was a secret room in his study? He had dug this secret room bit by bit since he became an official, and no one knew about it except his attendants.
On weekdays, the study is guarded and no one can come in.
Even his wife and children at home did not know the existence of the secret room, but the emperor knew about it and ordered the Imperial Guards to search it.
The emperor's spies are all over the capital city. If so, it's too scary.
It is extremely difficult for Prince Duan to accomplish his goal, he is on the wrong side.
After searching the study, the Imperial Guards took him straight to the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the backyard.
The leader of the Imperial Guards asked, "Captain Liu! Did you get the things from under the pavilion on your own? Or did we help you get them? If you found a way to get them out, it means you have a good attitude towards admitting your guilt. If we help you get them out, you won't get any benefit at all."
After hearing his words, General Liu almost lost his life.
The emperor even knew that he had hidden something under the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Those things could not be seen in public. If they were really brought up, he wouldn't be able to explain it even if he had a mouth full of them.
But if he doesn't bring it up, and the Imperial Guards bring it up instead, he will be unable to explain himself.
What should he do? What should he do?
As he weighed the pros and cons, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
It's over. The Liu family is completely finished from now on.
Seeing that he was reluctant to speak, the leader of the Imperial Guards waved his hand and asked the soldiers to go into the water and prepare to get the silver out of the water.
Liu Taiwei quickly expressed his loyalty: "I will come, I will come in person, this is the attitude I should take when I plead guilty."
The leader of the Imperial Guards relaxed his expression and said politely to General Liu, "Please come in!"
Commander Liu walked into the pavilion in the center of the lake and clapped his hands on each of the four pillars. He then saw a section in the middle of the pillar slowly turning, making a sound like a noose, and movement could be heard slowly in the water.
The thing was under the pavilion, and Liu Taiwei had set up a mechanism on the pillar of the pavilion. I'm afraid that part of the middle of the pillar was hollow, otherwise the noose could not be installed in it.
The ropes on the four pillars turned at the same time, and the lake water under the pavilion began to ripple, and then turned yellow and turbid.
The floor of the pavilion was at least ten feet away from the water surface. As the noose turned, a net was dragged up from under the water.
There were more than a dozen heavy iron boxes of various sizes neatly stacked in the net. Because they had been soaked in water for a long time, the iron boxes were already rusty.
Looking at those boxes, General Liu burst into tears and fell to the ground with weak legs.
Here is the evidence.
It is evidence of his collusion with Prince Duan.
He hid so well, why was he still discovered?
Where exactly was the flaw?
The boxes were brought up one by one by the Imperial Guards, sent into the palace and placed before the Emperor.
When he opened the box, he found the silver ingots neatly arranged. He picked up an ingot and found that it was the silver from Prince Duan's fiefdom.
There is the mark of Prince Duan's Palace on the back of each ingot.
"Huh!"
The emperor said nothing, just snorted coldly and glanced at General Liu who was shaking like a sieve on the ground.
He picked up the letters that had been searched out and read them one by one. The expression on his face became colder and uglier.
His good brother colluded with his ministers to usurp his throne.
very nice!
It’s really good!
Excellent!
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