Not long after, the Duke and his wife personally led several maids and hurriedly escorted them into the inner palace. Upon arriving at the central palace, the couple sat down comfortably, and remained there for an hour.
During this time, the Duchess kept her voice down and whispered to the Empress, as if they had endless things to say to each other.
After hearing her mother's words, Empress Hu was initially shocked, and asked in a low voice, "Won't there be any problems with doing this?"
"Your father has arranged everything, there won't be any problems." The Duchess shook her head, a fierce glint flashing across her face. After the deed was done, the Hu family would wipe out the entire royal family, hoping to avenge their only legitimate son.
"Alright, let them stay in the palace." For the sake of the entire family, and even more so for her own future, Empress Hu readily agreed to her parents' arrangement. If they didn't act soon, once Consort Xiao became pregnant with the emperor's child, her position would be in jeopardy, and the Hu family would surely be replaced by the Xiao family.
With a smile, she personally appointed two maids and said softly, "From now on, you two will be in charge of managing my jewelry and clothing."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The two maids hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, responding respectfully.
Managing the empress's jewelry and clothing was an easy job; she didn't have to serve anyone.
Seeing this, Duke Enguo finally felt relieved. His plan had succeeded, and he had successfully sent the person into the palace.
But he did not stop there, and continued to make things difficult for the princess's residence.
The Duke's mansion dispatched a group of servants to cause trouble at several brothels and gambling dens frequented by the prince consort.
These servants deliberately quarreled with the guests, and at the slightest disagreement, they would beat people up, then smash up the shop, creating a chaotic mess.
While protecting the gambling den, Ren Chuanhu accidentally killed a servant of the Duke's mansion.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. The people from the Duke's mansion, like wolves and tigers, carried the body to the government office, demanding that the authorities severely punish the murderer and bring Ren Chuanhu to justice.
The news spread quickly throughout the capital, and crowds flocked to the government office to watch the spectacle.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Lin Songhao was filled with unbearable curiosity and felt extremely restless. He couldn't wait to rush out and find out what kind of farce this was.
Upon arriving at the scene, Lin Songhao inquired around and finally learned the whole story.
It turned out that, for some unknown reason, the people from the Duke's mansion had vandalized the Prince Consort's shop. While they were smashing the gambling den, Ren Chuanhu stepped forward to try and stop their violence. However, the people from the Duke's mansion not only ignored his warnings but also attacked Ren Chuanhu, who, in a retaliatory move, killed one of the Duke's servants.
Upon learning this, Lin Songhao couldn't help but feel worried for Ren Chuanhu.
He rushed back to the mansion and stood at the moon gate, panting as he reported to Lin Yajun inside: "Sister, the people from the Duke's mansion smashed up the Prince Consort's shop and even attacked Ren Chuanhu while smashing up the gambling den. He killed one of the Duke's servants!"
Lin Yajun and Zhao Canchen were playing Go in the corridor when they were both taken aback by Lin Songhao's words.
Zhao Canchen frowned slightly, shook his head and sighed, "This is too outrageous. If this continues, I really don't know how we'll end this."
Lin Yajun originally didn't have much affection for the prince consort, but at this moment, she felt even more disgusted with the people of the Duke's mansion.
She thought to herself, these people are simply lawless, daring to be so arrogant and domineering in broad daylight.
She had just entered the space to check the stolen property of the Duke's mansion, and what she saw left her speechless and dumbfounded!
The piles of gold and silver jewels were countless, a dazzling array that dazzled the eye. Such a vast collection of treasures revealed just how much wealth the Duke's mansion had amassed through the daily exploitation of the people!
In contrast, although the prince consort also relied on running brothels and gambling dens to earn some ill-gotten gains, it was permitted by the imperial court and was not considered illegal.
The money in the Duke's mansion was even more filthy, obtained entirely through various acts of embezzlement using their power.
Lin Yajun pondered how to use this opportunity to teach this wretched Duke's Mansion a lesson.
Her hand rested casually on the chessboard, and a thought suddenly flashed through her mind—those videos taken by drones that she had seen from space!
In an instant, a brilliant idea flashed into her mind. This was truly a clever feint, killing two birds with one stone!
"After I absconded with the Duke's mansion's wealth, I was able to use this incident to eliminate the Xiao San and Qiao Qing families, who had schemed against my shop and taken multiple sets of jewelry from it..."
Thinking of this, Lin Yajun's lips couldn't help but curl up slightly, revealing a bright smile.
She then waved and called out, "Hao-di, come here for a second." Hearing his sister's call, Lin Songhao quickly ran over and asked with a curious expression, "Sister, what's wrong?"
Lin Yajun looked at her younger brother and said softly, "Go to the government office to find your third uncle. When you see him, just tell him this..."
When the officials of the prefectural government saw that the matter had escalated too much, and with the Duke's mansion on one side and the Princess's mansion on the other, they dared not offend either of them. So they all found various excuses to slip away and make a quick getaway, leaving only Lin Daowei to struggle to hold on in the prefectural government.
Lin Daowei was left alone in this situation, at a loss and completely unsure how to deal with it.
"If you dare to harbor the murderer, our Duke's Mansion will never let you off easily!" someone threatened viciously.
Lin Daowei said with a sob in his voice, "General Ren is the Imperial Son-in-Law's bodyguard, and his official rank is higher than mine. How can we deal with him?"
"We don't care, we must take him down and avenge him." The men from the Duke's mansion stepped forward and surrounded Lin Daowei, refusing to let him go.
Just as Lin Daowei was feeling anxious and helpless about the problem at hand, Lin Songhao suddenly rushed over, panting, and shouted, "Third Uncle, I have something important to tell you!"
Seeing this, Lin Daowei quickly said to the people around him, "I need to talk to my nephew about something first."
The people who came were Lin Daoyan's son. After thinking for a moment, he stepped aside slightly to let Lin Songhao in.
Their eyes remained fixed on the uncle and nephew, as if they feared that Lin Songhao had rescued Lin Daowei.
Lin Songhao walked quickly to Lin Daowei, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Third Uncle, my sister has a way to help you out of this predicament. If you do well, you'll get promoted and make a fortune. The condition is that you have to do something for her."
Upon hearing this, Lin Daowei was overjoyed and quickly asked, "What is it? Tell me quickly!" He secretly thought to himself, "If I could get promoted and make a fortune, I would do ten things, let alone one."
Lin Songhao continued in a low voice, "My sister's shop was embezzled by the shopkeeper and the waiter. Not only that, they also stole the jewelry from the shop and gave it to the Prime Minister's entourage. All you need to do is arrest them, interrogate them, make them sign their confessions, and then go to the Prime Minister and tell him this..."
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