Even if you turn the Xiao family upside down, you won't find anything! Looking at the furious emperor, the ministers fell silent, and for a while the Tai'an Hall was so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard.

The sand in the hourglass flows down at a constant speed, and time passes by little by little.

In the past, the court would have been dismissed by this time, but now no one dared to mention the word leaving.

Xiao Wentao looked straight at the person sitting on the throne, with a calm expression on his face.

However, his calmness did not last long, because the searchers returned.

"Your Majesty, this is a secret letter found in Lord Xiao's study."

Xiao Wentao's forced indifference began to crack when he saw the two letters, "This is impossible!"

"What a courage!"

After reading the letter, Emperor Qixuan slammed it on the table. His eyes were cold, his jaw was clenched tightly, and he gripped the letter tightly, with veins bulging on the back of his hand.

The ministers knelt down one after another, "Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Your Majesty, this letter must be forged!" Xiao Wentao shouted loudly.

Emperor Qixuan signaled to Su Maowen, "Take down these two letters and let them have a look!"

Su Maowen held a piece of paper in one hand and walked in front of the ministers, finally stopping in front of Xiao Wentao.

The ministers who had read the letter whispered to each other.

"The handwriting is indeed Xiao Wentao's."

"What a wolfish ambition!"

Looking at the familiar handwriting and the handwriting that was exactly the same as his own, Xiao Wentao kept shaking his head.

"Impossible! I clearly burned it. I didn't write this letter at all!"

"Humph! So you did write it!"

"Xiao Wentao, I have always known that you are scheming, but I never thought you were so ambitious that you dared to secretly collude with the Second Prince of Xiyue Kingdom!"

Hearing this, Machi was confused for a moment. The second prince of Xiyue Kingdom?

"Someone come!"

"Pass on my decree. Xiao Wentao is a traitor to the country, and his son Xiao Yuankai is a murderer. The two are unforgivable. They will be taken to the Meridian Gate and beheaded in public at noon tomorrow!"

"All the Xiao family's assets that were seized must be returned. The rest of the female family members will be exiled to the northwest immediately. No one within three generations of the nine clans of the Xiao family is allowed to serve as an official in the court!"

Upon hearing the decree, Xiao Wentao's head, which had always been held high, drooped heavily.

The Xiao family is completely finished.

He became the biggest sinner of the Xiao family in a hundred years!

Before being taken away, he suddenly raised his head and laughed, "Hahaha, even if you are the emperor, so what? You are still being led by the nose!"

Emperor Qixuan frowned. What did he mean by this? When many ministers saw Xiao Wentao being taken away, they couldn't help but shrank and turned pale.

These are people who have business dealings with Xiao Wentao.

Some ministers looked smug, as if they were thankful that they did not have to associate with the Xiao family on a daily basis.

"Where is Chang Bin, the Minister of the Honglu Temple?"

Chang Bin stood up tremblingly.

He had just dealt with Xiao Wentao and Zheng Fang, so why did the emperor call him now? "Immediately write two letters, one to Xiyue Kingdom. Their second prince colluded with my important officials to provoke war and displace the people. I want the Lord of Xiyue Kingdom to give me an explanation!"

Thinking of this, Emperor Qixuan gritted his teeth.

Shangguan Rongchen, that old fox, must be skinned alive again this time!

"Another letter was sent to the Emperor of Donglin. Daqi entertained the envoy from Xiyue and invited him to join in the fun and discuss trade matters."

Upon hearing this, many ministers' eyelids twitched.

lively?

He probably wanted to invite Emperor Donglin to come and see the joke of Xiyue Kingdom.

Chang Bin breathed a sigh of relief, "I obey your order!"

Emperor Qixuan's majestic eyes swept over the ministers one by one, and finally stopped at General Li. With a smile on his face, he said loudly:

"The guilty should be punished, and the meritorious should be rewarded!"

…

Qionghua Palace

The result of staying up late to prepare gifts is, of course... oversleeping.

Concubine Shu slept until noon.

She only woke up when Chunshi came in and called her for the third time.

"What time is it?"

"What?!"

After changing her clothes in a hurry, Concubine Shu walked to the dressing table and sat down.

"Why didn't you call me earlier?"

"Hurry, hurry, it's too late."

Chunshi looked at her helplessly, "I have called you several times, but Your Majesty must be too tired. Every time, she just said 'hmm' softly, then turned over and continued to sleep."

Hearing this, Concubine Shu smiled awkwardly and quickly changed the subject, "Help me dress up first, I'll go see Yao'er, get the carriage ready, and we'll set off for the general's mansion after dinner."

After washing up, Concubine Shu tiptoed to Chu Yaoyao's room.

Looking at the little guy sleeping on his back with his bulging belly, she couldn't help laughing and shook her head.

Suddenly, she noticed that the box under the bed had shown signs of being opened.

She walked over quickly and sure enough, the key was still there.

She opened it and checked it carefully, and found that a lot of jewelry was missing!

In addition to a few gold ingots, there was also a pair of gold-inlaid ruby ​​bracelets, a ruby ​​headpiece, and an emerald jade bracelet missing! Concubine Shu narrowed her eyes slightly, and her eyes turned cold.

Could it be that some servant saw that Yaoyao was a child who couldn't even speak clearly and wanted to deceive his master? "Mother?"

Chu Yaoyao stretched out her chubby little hands and rubbed her confused big eyes.

[I chatted with Ruan Nuo too late yesterday and overslept. ]

[Why is my mother squatting on the ground? ]

Chu Yaoyao looked down and found that the treasure chest had been opened.

[Oops, I forgot to lock up the jewelry I sold to Ruan Nuo last night after paying a huge price! ]

[It would be a huge loss if it was carried away by a rat. There shouldn't be rats in Qionghua Palace, right? ]

She immediately jumped off the bed and rummaged through the treasures in the box.

[Fortunately, fortunately, nothing is missing. 】

Seeing her actions, Concubine Shu understood.

It turns out that the missing items were taken by Yaoyao herself, but who is Ruan Nuo?

After hesitating for a while, she stopped thinking about it. The most important thing today was to return to the general's mansion.

Thinking of this, Concubine Shu picked up Yaoyao and changed her clothes.

System: It is detected that the host's blood relative has punished the treacherous minister x2, and the reward is counterattack progress +35, points +175, the current progress is 80, and the points balance is 261.

Hearing the voice, Chu Yaoyao paused in raising her hand.

[Is it the Xiao family? ]

System: That’s right.

Looking at the three-digit points, Chu Yaoyao no longer worried about losing money to help the poor last night.

[Counterattack progress 75, now even if I face the hero and heroine head-on, I won’t be afraid! ]

Thinking of this, Chu Yaoyao clenched her fists excitedly, looking full of fighting spirit.

Speaking of the heroine, she thought of Ruan Nuo's situation.

It was a hellish start. I struggled for a year with a broken and useless cheat code, but I remained optimistic and positive.

Her mental journey is enough to write a book about the struggle of cannon fodder to counterattack.

Now she has been kicked out of the house, and her original body was also cheated by the economic company and had to pay a penalty of 10 million.

Because of the fake daughter's frame-up, Ruan Nuo was expelled from school. Without an academic degree, she couldn't find a good job.

Even if you work as a waiter in a restaurant, you will always encounter men who are fake daughters and bootlickers, and then you will be found out and fired...

Fortunately, I successfully opened the plane mall and met her.

After selling those jewels and paying the penalty for breach of contract, there should be a lot left.

[System, why doesn't Ruan Nuo have a big turntable? ]

Yesterday my focus was all on the post and I forgot to ask clearly.

System: No. 1089 was forcibly swallowed by other systems, so the big turntable was lost, and half of the points reward for the tasks completed by Ruan Nuo this year were taken away. It is estimated that they were used by the host of another system for lottery.

Speaking of this, it was so angry that its little brother was bullied like this by a wild ruler.

It's a great shame! [So, Ruan Nuo has been working for others! ]

【Who is that person? ! 】

(End of this chapter)