Chapter 223: Empty Seal of the Imperial Decree

Everyone was silent. The whole yard was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Jiang pushed her away, picked up the imperial edict, unfolded it, and saw that it was a blank scroll with the emperor's seal on it.

When Lu Lingyun saw the empty imperial edict, he was suddenly struck by lightning.

It turned out that it was the Luo family and Jiang Qianzhu who framed the Wang family!

It turns out that this is how it was done!

A blank imperial edict with a seal already on it... No matter whose home it is in, it will cause people to imagine a lot and there is no way to refute the intention!

No wonder the entire Wang family was convicted of treason in the previous life. No matter how they explained or proved their innocence, they could not turn the tables later.

Even if the emperor, as a wise ruler, was willing to believe that they did not have such intentions, he could not forgive them.

Moreover, this kind of crime, which carries the implicit connotation of treason, could be either a major or minor crime. General Wang was honest and loyal, so he might even be able to be spared, but his life would certainly be ruined.

This Luo family...what a vicious heart! What a cruel calculation!

"What is this..." After seeing that thing, Liu was stunned. She hurriedly grabbed the dowry list and said, "This is not in the dowry list. I just checked and it's not there! This is not ours!"

"This is the betrothal gift your family received. No one from our Wang family touched your betrothal gift during the entire process. All of these things have passed through your hands. If they are not yours, how can you say they are ours?" Jiang turned her head and said slowly.

At this moment, every breath she exhaled was hollow.

Because the moment she saw what Jiang Qianzhu was planning against her, she felt panicked.

She knew that her niece and her family hated her, envied her, and resented her, but she never imagined that they would use such means to frame her!

She didn't even dare to think about whether she would have been bitten hard by Lu Lingyun without knowing it, if Lu Lingyun had not reminded her and let her see Jiang Qianzhu's true face.

And that one bite was fatal!

Instantly, a chill spread all over her body. She was filled with anger and resentment, and every word she spoke was trembling.

How could these people be so jealous that they wanted her dead!

Liu also reacted at this time.

This thing does not belong to the Wang family, it does not belong to them, so this thing is used to frame people!

Her face turned pale instantly, and then she said hurriedly, "No, no, no, this thing is not from our Jiang family! This is something brought by the Luo family, it belongs to the Luo family!"

Her eyes lit up instantly, Luo family!

As soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Qianzhu hurriedly said, "It's not from the Luo family. The Luo family has a dowry list, and this thing is not on it. Mother, haven't you checked it all?"

She hurriedly spoke up for the Luo family and tried to distance herself from the matter.

“Bang!”

A loud slap landed on Jiang Qianzhu's face. Mrs. Liu looked at her as if she were a fool. "What nonsense are you talking about! This thing doesn't belong to our family, nor to your aunt. It must belong to the Luo family!"

At this time, Liu resolutely stood with Jiang. It was a matter of life and death for both families, and it was such a big deal. She would never go against the interests of Jiang because of jealousy and resentment.

After Jiang Qianzhu was slapped, she was panicked and frightened.

Jiang said, "Quickly notify the generals to come back, beat the drum, and have everyone seal up their dowries and take everything to the palace!"

Jiang had a cold face. After being extremely furious, she no longer cared about dealing with Jiang Qianzhu. She started to order people to pack up the things and send them to the palace as soon as possible.

Jiang Qianzhu heard this and said, "Aunt, no! This is my betrothal gift..."

"Pa! Pa! Pa!" Jiang turned around and slapped Jiang Qianzhu several times.

These slaps made Jiang Qianzhu dizzy and she fell to the ground.

Everyone at the scene knew that the situation was serious and no one cared about her. Liu followed Jiang closely with a pale face, looking at the others tremblingly, "You, you are not allowed to touch anything, all of you follow your aunt to the palace!"

The people of the Luo family were even more frightened at this time.

Lu Lingyun looked at Jiang Shi, who was leading his men towards the palace, and followed him.

As soon as their carriage left, Yang came over.

As soon as Yang arrived, Jiang Qianzhu ran out with her hair hanging down, "Mom, Auntie..."

"Qianzhu! What's wrong?" Yang hurriedly helped her up.

When Jiang Qianzhu saw her coming, she immediately grabbed Yang's sleeve and said, "Aunt Yang, something terrible has happened! We've been discovered! We've been discovered!"

Yang: “!!!”

Yang looked around quickly, she covered Jiang Qianzhu's mouth and dragged her into the carriage.

After getting in the car, she learned that the empty imperial edict had been found by Jiang family, and was in Jiang Qianzhu's dowry box.

There is no other way!

How could she know that Jiang would be prepared against them in advance? Not only was her yard guarded, but they were discovered as soon as they approached. The entire mansion was immediately sealed off and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

She couldn't even throw the thing away.

At the end of the search, only the dowry box was left, and Jiang Qianzhu had no way of asking them to hide the items there.

But...it was still discovered!

"My aunt and her family have already taken all the things to the palace!" Jiang Qianzhu cried.

After hearing this, Yang no longer cared about anything else. She hurriedly informed her husband, Luo Lin, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, and rushed to the palace.

Lu Lingyun was not allowed to enter the palace. After the drum for reporting the incident sounded, General Wang also arrived. After General Wang learned the whole story, his face instantly sank to the bottom. He comforted Jiang and told her not to worry. He took all the betrothal gifts that Jiang had brought and entered the palace himself to explain his situation to the emperor.

Not long after General Wang went in, Luo Lin, the Junior Secretary of the Dali Temple, also came over.

Likewise, the female relatives did not enter the palace, so he rushed into the palace himself to explain.

The next day, Lu Lingyun learned the consequences of this incident.

In the emperor's study there were many empty imperial edicts with seals, which were used to approve important matters that required execution first and reporting later.

There was such an empty imperial edict in the Dali Temple. Luo Lin cried and reported to the emperor in the palace, saying that he was careless in his work and often took files from the Dali Temple back home when handling cases. He accidentally included the empty imperial edict in the Dali Temple. He was even more careless and asked someone to mix this thing with the betrothal gift for his son's marriage. He cried and begged the emperor for forgiveness.

General Wang standing by said nothing the whole time. What else could he say about such a thing? All he had to do was to cut off all ties with their family.

In the end, the emperor naturally trusted General Wang and did not blame him at all.

As for Luo Lin, since he confessed his guilt in time and did not cause any consequences, the emperor only demoted him three levels to a Sizhi in the Dali Temple and gave him a serious warning.