He didn't really want to overthrow the Empress An Qintian. He was just angry and felt that the Empress had taken away his father's kingdom. So, he wanted to get the kingdom back for his mother, so he secretly collected weapons.

It was all a product of impulsive thinking at the time.

He regretted it later, so he hid in the warehouse cellar without being discovered.

The only person who knew about this was the Prime Minister of the time, Gu Tianshou.

After all, the other party wanted to help him ascend the throne, so An Tingwu used this matter as a token of his loyalty.

"Xiao Wang didn't intend to rebel..."

An Tingwu wanted to argue.

The captain of the Imperial Guard interrupted him directly and said, "Everyone who wants to rebel says that they don't want to rebel. I'm so tired of hearing this."

An Tingwu still wanted to struggle at this moment.

Unfortunately, all the soldiers of the Imperial Guard are strong men.

They simply clamped him and pinned him to the ground, and no matter how An Tingwu struggled, it was useless.

An Tingwu still refused to give up and said, "This must be a frame-up. How could my warehouse contain so many weapons and dragon robes? How could the prince in the important capital city hide this?"

The captain of the Imperial Guards looked up at him and shook his head in disappointment.

With a hint of contempt in his tone, he said, "Frame-up? If a little son-in-law of the Qin family can frame you, then you, the prince... no, the traitor, are pretty useless."

"What did you say!" An Tingwu immediately raised his head when he heard it.

He stared at the captain of the Imperial Guards.

He looked very surprised.

The captain of the Royal Guards saw how curious he was.

So I told him everything so that he could die with a clear conscience.

"Her Majesty asked General Qin to search the Taixi warehouse. When she searched the warehouse from top to bottom and couldn't find anything, she called her husband, Mr. Xu. Unexpectedly, he was quite capable. He found the entrance to the cellar before entering the warehouse."

"Then he found all the traps you had set up in the cellar, and he cracked them all. The dragon robe and weapons were all found by him... Tsk tsk tsk tsk, this guy, although he is not a good student, I heard that he is very knowledgeable about Feng Shui and traps."

"He doesn't even need a compass, he just taps his fingers and knows everything about the warehouse. He's really capable, but it's a pity that he's a son-in-law. He would be very useful in the army."

The captain of the Imperial Guards began to mutter to himself as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, An Tingwu turned pale.

He didn't even listen to a word the captain of the Imperial Guard praised Xu Qiu.

Instead, he showed a look of disbelief.

There was only shock, surprise and incomprehension on his face.

I just wanted to kill him, so why could he go this far and reveal all the secrets I had hidden for so many years?

Now he will never be buried!

No!!! "Is this guy a devil?!"

An Tingwu roared madly.

He now understood why An Lan had been trying to win over Xu Qiu. This guy was playing the pig and eating the tiger.

I stabbed you silently, and you didn't react at all, not even having a chance to resist.

Seeing An Tingwu's bleak face, the captain of the Imperial Guard waved his hand, and several soldiers lifted him up gently and took him away.

"The imperial concubine's lineage is completely finished."

The captain of the Imperial Guards said thoughtfully.

After all, the empress hated people rebelling and overthrowing her rule the most, so the other princesses and princes born to the imperial concubine could not escape the disaster, and the imperial concubine's family and other clansmen were completely implicated (some friends did not read it carefully, so I would like to note here that the imperial concubines and harem all belonged to the previous emperor. When the empress ascended the throne, she did not clear out the previous emperor's harem and let it go, after all, she was also one of the previous emperor's wives).

This is the cruelty of politics.

Or maybe, a brainless prince is very scary.

He knew that An Tingwu was a reckless man, an arrogant and proud lord, and was far less amiable than the Sixth Prince An Lan.

…

at the same time.

Same day.

First, the sixth prince Anlan was appointed as the crown prince and heir to the crown prince.

In other periods, many civil officials would have raised objections. After all, An Lan was her son, which was unfair to other princes.

But no one dared to speak now, because the entire Zhang family was executed. Even if they had not participated from beginning to end, unfortunately the Imperial Noble Consort was theirs. If An Tingwu ascended the throne, the Zhang family would have the greatest power, so they could only rely on Xiao He for both success and failure.

In the court, several officials who had close contacts with An Tingwu, such as the three censors mentioned earlier, were also dragged out at this moment.

They will be dealt with together as An Tingwu's accomplices.

For a time, there was almost no dissenting voice in the court.

Three days later, An Lan will pay homage to the royal ancestral temple and officially become the crown prince.

Because of his meritorious service in the search, Qin Jianjia was rewarded with a thousand acres of fertile land, a thousand pieces of brocade, a thousand taels of gold, and a pair of royal stone lions.

At the same time, the empress did not forget to reward Xu Qiu with a small and cute official position, the ninth rank of the Imperial Capital Inspector.

This official position is not very important, but it is very lucrative. The Capital Censor is mainly responsible for reviewing or checking. The merchants, peddlers and even the city gate inspections in the capital are within his responsibilities, and generally a large number of people will bribe him.

A small official with great power.

Wait for the Empress to finish her announcement.

Now it was Shuntian Prefecture's turn.

The two agencies were responsible for the security of the capital and monitoring the situation in the capital. They had such a thing happen right under their noses. They didn't know that someone was hiding a thousand tonnes of fire under their feet. This was completely dereliction of duty! Therefore, those who were demoted were demoted, those who were demoted were demoted, and those who were fined were fined.

There are as many as seven or eight officials who will never be hired.

It was simply a major reshuffle of Shuntian Prefecture.

Those officials who were demoted and downgraded hated An Tingwu so much. Why did he rebel for no reason and now he has implicated a group of people.

The prime minister and chief minister Gu Tianshou, who originally wanted to hide in the crowd, was also glared at fiercely by the empress An Qintian.

"Lord Gu, you are already old, you must take good care of yourself and stop tossing around. It's not good for your health."

The sound coming from her rosy lips sounded as if she was caring for an old friend.

However, to Gu Tianshou, it sounded like a warning.

Most of the officials who were dismissed in Shuntian Prefecture were from his faction.

An Qintian used this trick to eliminate his influence in the court, and even the Zhang family was actually on the side of the prime minister.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I will behave myself."

Gu Tianshou thanked the empress.

Then he retired without incident.

…

The other side.

Xu Qiu returned home.

Then he saw Qin Yumo who had just woken up.

She was wearing a thin dress, and under the sunlight her skin was lightly tinted and fragrant, with delicate and charming shoulders.

The bony and tight collarbone was covered with dew, sparkling in the sun.

The dew flowed down the delicate skin, from the jade neck to the collarbone, and finally disappeared on the small breasts, and was absorbed by the low-cut collar.

Qin Yumo rubbed her slightly swollen eyes with her jade hands, and her tone was somewhat charming, but she didn't realize it, "Brother-in-law, good morning...ha~!"

He yawned loudly as he greeted her.

Xu Qiu said nonchalantly: "If you don't get enough sleep, go on sleeping. Someone drugged you last night."

Recalling what happened yesterday, Qin Yumo gradually came to his senses.

He kept touching himself, fearing that his innocence would be lost.

Xu Qiu looked at her nervously and said, "Don't worry, you're fine."

Just as Xu Qiu finished speaking, Xiao Cui ran in hurriedly, and her voice came at the same time, "Sir, the emperor has sent an imperial decree!"

(End of this chapter)