When Su Ruojin and her group returned to the capital, they had enough witnesses and evidence. Even the ships secretly transporting iron ore and weapons were intercepted by Xiao Yanchu's men. They were all official ships disguised by Tong Mingshan.
With that, Xiao Chen had nothing to say and could only declare the Su family innocent, reinstate the Su family members to their original positions, while Tong Mingshan was sentenced to be torn apart by five horses, and the Tong family was exterminated.
Huang Tongpan and his family, along with other related individuals, were also sentenced to death. Yun Die, who was involved in framing court officials, also met a similar fate.
Huang Tongpan's son was still young and his crime did not warrant death, but he was still made a slave and sold by human traffickers.
For his meritorious service in solving the case, Prefect Jin was promoted to Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
All the property that Tong Mingshan had seized from the Xu family was returned to the Xu family.
Qin Wenqing was exonerated, and the Qin family was spared the punishment of exile.
On the day Tong Mingshan was executed, Qin Xiaoyan knelt and bowed in the direction of Yu Lin.
"Father, Mother, Brother, I have avenged you! From now on, I will pray for you at Ciyun Nunnery, wishing that you will be reborn into a wealthy family in your next life and will no longer suffer in this life."
Madam Su looked at Su Ruojin, tears streaming down her face. "Xiaojin, you've had a hard time these past few days."
"Mother, I'm not suffering, it's you who have suffered. Let's go back to the manor first. Grandfather and Father need to recuperate, and Fifth Sister-in-law is pregnant." Su Ruojin quickly wiped away Madam Su's tears and comforted her.
What? !
This time, it was the turn of all the Su family members, including Xing Yue, to be surprised.
They were all unaware that Xing Yue was pregnant. Previously, while in prison, Xing Yue had experienced nausea, but they all assumed it was due to the poor conditions in prison.
I never expected that she would be pregnant.
General Su and Su Yunfeng were taking the pills given to them by Su Ruojin every day. With Xiao Yanchu's return, no one dared to torture the Su family members. The two of them were in good health. On the contrary, Xing Yue's pregnancy became everyone's concern.
Su Yiting immediately came over and picked Xing Yue up in his arms, saying, "A Yue, let's go home."
Even though Xing Yue is usually very outgoing, she felt a little shy being picked up in front of so many members of the Su family. "Put me down. I'm not that delicate. I can walk by myself."
Su Yiting ignored her and carried her out. Xing Yue shyly buried her head in Su Yiting's arms.
The Su family members all smiled as they watched this scene.
After this ordeal, the Su family finally has some good news.
Su Ruojin helped Madam Su, and Xiao Yanchu also went over to help General Su. The group returned to the Su residence.
Not long after returning to the Su residence, Li Yuansheng arrived with an imperial edict.
The fact that the emperor's chief eunuch came to deliver the imperial decree was a sign of the importance attached to the matter.
The imperial edict was nothing more than compensation for the Su family, and a pile of gold, fabrics, and jewelry were sent to the Su residence like a flowing stream.
After all, the Su family were meritorious officials to the Chu Kingdom. It was wise of Xiao Chen to do the same thing when such meritorious officials were framed.
After Li Yuansheng left, Su Ruojin checked the pulses of each member of the Su family to make sure they were all alright, and then prescribed some remedies for them.
Su Yunfeng compensated each of the servants who remained loyal to the Su family despite being implicated by them, by having the steward give them one hundred taels of silver each.
The Su family just returned today, so naturally they should have a reunion dinner together.
However, since everyone had just left Dali Temple, and the mansion didn't have enough ingredients, Xiao Yanchu directly asked the chef of Molianju to cook and deliver the food to the Su mansion.
At the dinner table, Su Ruojin and Xing Yue's plates were piled high with food.
Xing Yue received preferential treatment because she was pregnant.
Madam Su felt that Su Ruojin had been working tirelessly for the Su family and had become thin from exhaustion, so she kept piling food onto her plate.
In the end, Su Ruojin had no choice but to secretly put the leftover food onto Xiao Yanchu's plate.
They said it was done secretly, but everyone was sitting at the table, so who couldn't see it?
Logically speaking, this is completely contrary to the rules of wealthy families, let alone the Regent.
Even if there's leftover food, it can just be thrown away. There's no way it's for a prince to eat. Although these dishes were served separately on plates, Su Ruojin hadn't touched them.
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