"Anyone of you who makes a rash move will be guilty of the same crime as the Gu family," Zhao Qiu Ming said sternly as he saw many of the Gu family's former members were about to resist.
"Fuck you!" A sturdy military officer rushed towards Zhao Qiu Ming with his fists waved.
"Qingzi, stop it," Gu Chen shouted at his old subordinate. He couldn't let his old subordinates suffer the same difficulties as the Gu family.
Several of Marshal Gu's former subordinates were military men, and although they were furious, they still had to charge forward.
"If you still have an old man like me in your eyes, stop it!" Gu Chen shouted angrily.
The old marshal's face turned pale and his hair stood on end with rage, shocking the group of warriors.
"Search," Zhao Qiu Ming pointed at the princess's dress still displayed in the front yard and said, "Start searching from here."
Ying Nianyun immediately said, "Prime Minister Zhao, this is the dowry of Her Royal Highness the Princess. How dare you search the royal property?"
Zhao Qiuming said coldly: "Who knows if the Gu family has hidden the evidence in here?"
"You are talking nonsense," a military officer said angrily, "With so many of us here, how is the old marshal going to hide things in the dowry?"
Zhao Qiuming said: "If Mr. Gu has nothing to hide, why would he be afraid of our investigation?"
"What if you can't find anything?" Gu Chen asked.
Zhao Qiuming said, "Then I will kneel down and kowtow to Her Royal Highness the Princess and Mr. Gu and confess my guilt."
"Something is not right," Ying Nianyun thought about it for a while, walked to Gu Chen's side and whispered, "The dowry was sent by Jingzhong. They hid something in it beforehand. This is the thief crying thief."
"Search," Zhao Qiu Ming urged the imperial guards.
Gu Chen looked at the imperial guards running towards the dowry, feeling desperate. The current emperor believed in villains and kept away from virtuous ministers. If he complained to Emperor Xianzong about this matter later, he was afraid that it would be the same as the case of their Gu family being accused of having an affair with the White Tiger Country. Emperor Xianzong would only believe Zhao Qiu Ming and Jing Zhong, and would never believe him. He was taught to be loyal to the emperor and love his country since he was a child, but no one taught Gu Chen that if the emperor was not virtuous, what should the minister do?
Jingzong gave a wink to the general of the imperial guards who was leading the search for the dowry. The general understood what he meant and walked to a mahogany box. He reached out to remove the seal and open the box.
All the guests who came to congratulate were heart in their throats.
Just as the mahogany box was about to be opened, a voice that reached the sky came from behind the crowd: "Her Royal Highness the Princess has arrived!"
Everyone turned around and saw Princess Linglong, still wearing her bright red wedding dress, walking out of the arched courtyard gate with a wooden face and an indifferent expression. No need for Nanny Wang to clear the way for the princess, people consciously made way for her.
Gu Chen and several old ministers did not have much hope for Yu Xiaoxiao. Since Zhao Qiu Ming dared to bring the imperial guards to search the Gu Mansion, this man would definitely not be afraid of the royal princess.
"He's that Zhao what?" Yu Xiaoxiao walked to the center of the incident, pointed at Zhao Qiu Ming and asked Nanny Wang.
Nanny Wang nodded immediately and said, "He is Prime Minister Zhao."
"Your humble servant greets Her Royal Highness the Princess," Zhao Qiu Ming bowed to Yu Xiaoxiao.
Yu Xiaoxiao ignored Zhao Qiuming's words and looked at the imperial guards standing in front of her dowry. She said, "What are you going to do? Steal money?"
The guards looked at each other in bewilderment. What was the look in the eldest princess' eyes? How could someone rob money in broad daylight, in front of everyone? Was it the dowry that the royal family gave to the princess when she got married?
"Your Highness," Zhao Qiu Ming tried to understand Yu Xiao Xiao and said, "This is my duty. I hope Your Highness will not blame me."
Jingzhong desperately signaled to the general of the imperial guards to open the box quickly. Once the box was opened, the entire Gu family would be doomed.
The general of the imperial guards lifted the lid of the box.
Zhao Qiu Ming was still explaining to Yu Xiaoxiao in a sincere manner, "Your Highness, your humble servant..." Before Prime Minister Zhao could finish the rest of his words, he felt a gust of wind blowing in front of him. But when he came to his senses, the general who was going to open the box had already flown out from the wall of the front yard of Gu's residence.
As soon as Jingzhong closed his eyes, it came again!
"Get out," Yu Xiaoxiao stood in front of the large mahogany box, glanced at the imperial guards, and spat out a word coldly.
All the people present, whether good or bad, were dumbfounded for a long time, unable to understand how this tall and strong general of the imperial guards, who looked like a bear, could fly out from the courtyard wall.
Nanny Wang pinched her thigh hard and came back to her senses. She shouted, "Come quickly, move the dowry to the backyard for the princess! Don't let anyone steal it!"
Everyone in Fenghua Palace who served as dowry was accustomed to obeying Nanny Wang's orders. Even though their minds were still blank, their bodies had already taken action. They ran up, carried the dowry in their arms and on their shoulders, and sent it to the back house.
Nanny Wang picked up the large mahogany box and ran to the back house.
When Zhao Qiu Ming saw that the fat woman was about to run away with the evidence, he angrily shouted, "How dare you! Put the box down!"
Nanny Wang thought she heard a dog barking and ran towards the back house as fast as she could.
"Stop them for me!" Zhao Qiu Ming became anxious and gave orders to the imperial guards.
Yu Xiaoxiao reached out and slapped Zhao Qiuming on the shoulder. With just one slap, Prime Minister Zhao was knocked to the ground. She asked, "Do you want to die?"
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