This can be considered conclusive evidence, leaving no room for denial.
However, what truly alarmed Yinzhi was that the mastermind behind this had an intricate connection with the Crown Prince. To be precise, it was the parents of the favored concubine of Lingpu, the Crown Prince's wet nurse, who did this in order to curry favor with the Crown Prince.
This is so winding and circuitous.
To put it simply, it was the younger brother of the prince's wet nurse, and his cheap father-in-law, who was behind this.
This cheap father-in-law is also from the Imperial Household Department. A couple of years ago, when Lingpu became the head of the Imperial Household Department, he started to get arrogant and could be described as reckless.
They were so cowardly as to confuse the royal offspring and cuckold the prince!
Holding the evidence, Yinzhi felt a surge of anger rising within him. He wished he could put all the evidence in front of Kangxi and see what kind of person he had chosen as the head of the Imperial Household Department. He was utterly incompetent!
Lingpu, relying on the Crown Prince's influence, shouldn't look down on others. Some unfavored princes and princesses in the palace have to be mindful of his feelings. Even though Yinzhi is favored, he has still been humiliated by him.
Calm down, calm down!
Yinzhi took a deep breath.
For the sake of the wife and child, please bear with it.
If this were reported to Emperor Kangxi, the wife would not fare well either, and might even take her anger out on the child.
Yinzhi kept the information he had gathered hidden away and then thought about how to deal with the person behind it all. The other party was simply too arrogant, trying to embarrass him, help him raise a son for nothing, and confuse the royal bloodline.
That's incredibly vicious!
He couldn't discuss this matter openly with his advisors, which made Yinzhi feel both frustrated and resentful.
During this period, Yinzhi was very irritable, and even his sons sensed something was wrong.
He Zhuo sensed Yin Zhi's feelings. He was suppressing his own feelings to protect his wife, so He Zhuo took action. Actually, it was nothing more than handing over the case and account books of his father-in-law and mother-in-law to the censor.
He Zhuo was not worried that the censor would not cause trouble.
This censor was a stubborn, bookish man who believed his greatest achievement was to remonstrate with the emperor to the death and be remembered in history. Unfortunately, Emperor Kangxi did not give him that opportunity.
Emperor Kangxi disliked leaving himself vulnerable, and Hezhuo was overjoyed to see him holding this evidence. He estimated that news of it would arrive in the next couple of days.
This cheap father-in-law was so audacious that he even went so far as to confuse the imperial lineage. He had dozens of lives on his hands and had also embezzled a large sum of money, amounting to over 300,000 taels of silver. Keep in mind, he was just a minor official of the sixth rank, nothing special in the capital. However, he was also clever; he transported all the money back to his ancestral graves in his hometown. Who would dare to dig up his ancestral graves?
However, He Zhuo didn't care; the accounts were clearly written down. He Zhuo simply accepted the money, then went to his father-in-law's hometown and stole it.
Since the money was obtained illegally, He Zhuo decided to use it for charity.
Sure enough, a few days later it was the grand court session, and the censor immediately presented his report, speaking eloquently and fluently, and handed over the evidence to Emperor Kangxi. Emperor Kangxi immediately ordered the guards to arrest the man.
The case was then handed over to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation, but it was really just a formality. What was there to interrogate? The evidence was already there.
Lingpu was terrified, breaking out in a cold sweat. He was afraid the man would try to frame him, but the man wouldn't dare. His whole family was dead, his daughter was pregnant, and he had a grandson who could be used to threaten him.
Soon, the Ministry of Justice found out that the couple had committed suicide in prison. However, their son was a coward who told them everything he knew, and his entire family was executed. Their property was confiscated, but because they couldn't produce all the property, only tens of thousands of taels were confiscated, so their close relatives were also arrested.
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