"Evidence? Qin Wu's embezzled money certainly isn't with me. I haven't taken a single penny from him. If you want to search—"
King Cheng was about to say that even if you searched, you wouldn't find it, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly remembered how much money he had made in business over the years.
If they search your own assets, they can find a lot of money, and then you will have to explain the source of that money.
He always did business secretly, not wanting others to know or laugh at him, a prince, for loving business.
After all, in today's society, people are divided into scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, and merchants are the most looked down upon.
“Your Majesty, there are some things that can be kept from others, but your father cannot be deceived.”
Seeing his expression, Xiao Ye roughly guessed his concerns and offered a word of advice.
King Cheng looked at Xiao Ye with a complicated expression, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Actually, I do have a lot of money, but it is definitely not from embezzlement. I have done a lot of business in private and made a lot of money."
If you investigate, you'll definitely have to explain this money, and I'm afraid... afraid everyone will laugh at me then."
"Du Bing, it's just to let Father Emperor know. I believe Father Emperor wouldn't want this to get out."
"You...you actually knew all of this!"
When Xiao Ye called out this name, King Cheng's face showed astonishment.
Xiao Ye smiled faintly, "What, have you figured it out?"
King Cheng hesitated for a while before finally deciding, "Alright, I promise you, I will inform my father of this identity."
After the two reached an agreement, Prince Cheng took the initiative to go to the palace and confess to Emperor Wenjian that he had been secretly doing business under another identity all these years.
Emperor Wenjian was very surprised. Although he was a little angry at first, his anger subsided a lot when he saw the bill that Prince Cheng handed over and learned that he had transferred so much money and wanted to give some of it to him.
King Cheng was finally exonerated from Qin Wu's embezzlement.
Since it is not King Cheng, then Qin Wu must bear this responsibility alone.
So Xiao Ye took King Cheng to see Qin Wu again and interrogated him once more.
King Cheng was furious when he saw Qin Wu relentlessly pursuing him.
"Your Highness, this man is talking nonsense. I think you should arrest his whole family and punish them all. Let's see if he still dares to slander me like this!"
"King Cheng said angrily."
At that moment, Qin Wu suddenly looked up upon hearing these words.
He shouted, "Your Highness, you can't do this! I did this all by myself. You can't involve my family. Besides, they are related to Princess Cheng to some extent. You have to consider Princess Cheng's feelings!"
"You still want to plead for mercy? When you framed me, didn't you think about the consequences? You still refuse to reveal who's behind this, and you still refuse to tell me where the money is. Then we'll just have to arrest them all!"
King Cheng snorted coldly.
“Your Highness is right. Once you are convicted of embezzlement, your entire family will be implicated. I will now order your entire Qin family to be imprisoned and investigated as family members of suspects!”
Xiao Ye, standing to the side, curled his lips into a cold smile.
"No, you can't! You haven't found the silver yet, so you can't be fully convicted. Your Highness, you can't do this!"
Qin Wu shouted after hearing this, but Xiao Ye ignored his cries and turned to leave with King Cheng.
*
As luck would have it, when Xiao Ye and Prince Cheng appeared at the Qin family home, Princess Cheng and her family members were also gathered there.
"Your Highness, what brings you here? Are you here to rescue my cousin as well?"
When Princess Cheng saw Prince Cheng walk in, she immediately went up to him with delight and asked.
When she went out early in the morning, she intended to invite Prince Cheng to go with her, but she learned that Prince Cheng had gone to the palace.
"Save your cousin?"
When King Cheng heard his wife say this, he couldn't help but sneer.
"Your cousin embezzled public funds. Such a serious crime is beyond my ability to save him. I am here with His Highness the Crown Prince to imprison the entire Qin family!"
"What! Your Highness, how could you do this! Qin Wu is my cousin, and the Qin family is my aunt's family. How could you arrest them? They must be innocent!"
Princess Cheng staggered and looked at Prince Cheng in disbelief.
King Cheng remained unmoved, giving the people inside the room a cold look.
Parents, brothers, and children are all here.
Since Qin Wu has framed him so badly, he won't hesitate to punish him regardless of their supposed kinship.
"Men, seize the entire Qin family!"
Without wasting words, Xiao Ye immediately ordered his men to take action.
The Qin family panicked and cried out for mercy. Seeing this, Princess Cheng's father and brother also rushed to the Crown Prince and Prince Cheng.
"Your Highness, have you found any evidence? Arresting the Qin family members without evidence is unacceptable!"
"Arrest them and interrogate them, and the evidence will naturally come. The evidence against Qin Wu for embezzlement is already sufficient. Now we should search the Qin family and search for the stolen money!"
Xiao Ye gave them a cold look.
"No, don't arrest us! We're innocent! Our Qin family hasn't embezzled anything, you can't arrest us!"
"Your Highness, you have already arrested my husband for investigation. The Emperor has not yet issued an edict to convict him. On what grounds are you taking us away?"
"Yes, yes, you need the Emperor's decree to arrest us! You don't have any decree, Your Highness, you're just using this as a pretext for personal revenge!"
"Princess Consort Cheng, please save us! You are from our entire clan. If we are arrested and convicted, you will surely be implicated as well!"
The Qin family members shouted as they resisted.
Princess Cheng was extremely anxious when she saw that her aunt's family was about to be arrested, especially when she heard her aunt say that the Crown Prince and his accomplices were using their position to settle personal scores. She immediately thought of the Crown Princess.
"Your Highness, are you taking revenge on us because of the Crown Princess? I do have a grudge against the Crown Princess, but you can't do this!"
Princess Cheng walked up to the Crown Prince with a disgruntled expression.
"Shut up! What business is it of yours? You're grounded when we get back!"
When King Cheng saw his wife's foolish behavior, he gritted his teeth in anger and immediately reprimanded her.
The Qin family has framed her like this, yet her foolish princess is still speaking up for this member of the Qin family.
They've been sold out and are even counting the money for the seller!
Princess Cheng, however, was unaware of this matter. She looked at Prince Cheng, who had reprimanded her, with sadness and anger.
"Your Highness! How could you say such a thing to me! This is my aunt's house. My aunt and her family have been wronged. It's one thing if you don't help them, but how can you kick them when they're down like this!"
"Have you been bewitched by that vixen, the Crown Princess, that you're helping the Crown Prince bully my aunt and the others?! She bullies my aunt today, tomorrow she'll bully me!"
"Smack!"
King Cheng could no longer tolerate his wife's foolish logic and slapped her across the face.
"Your cousin is trying to frame me! You still expect me to save your cousin's family? Are you afraid I won't be implicated by them?"
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