"Mom, Bai Baiwan deliberately asked them to do this. He's forcing you!"
"I know, you're just giving me glances and treating me like a fool."
Bai Zhiyue left her seat and walked to the side, preventing them from kneeling in front of her.
"I've already said it, it's impossible to plead with the emperor for you. If you make a mistake, you have to take responsibility. The Bai family gave birth to me, but I've already paid it back by exchanging my life for Su Chenggang's help. From the day I came back to life, I no longer owe you anything."
He looked at Bai Baiwan
"No matter what you do, it won't work. It's better to surrender as soon as possible and hand over all the evidence you have of the local officials' crimes to the emperor. Don't wait for the imperial envoy to take the evidence back and have someone raid your house. Maybe the emperor will be more lenient with the others."
Bai Baiwan's face turned pale and he gritted his teeth.
“Your heart is hard enough”
"Humph, that's pointless. I haven't even done it myself. I'm nowhere near as good as you guys."
Bai Baiwan knew that it was useless to say anything more, so he shouted at the person kneeling on the ground,
"Useless thing, get up and go back!"
[You are the most useless one, you only know how to take advantage of women]
The Bai family came with high hopes, but returned dejected and dejected.
"Father, we are really hopeless. Let's send the child away first!"
"Send it away! The Emperor's men have been keeping an eye on us for a long time, starting with the demotion of Marquis Changping, or maybe even earlier. It's just that they haven't had the time yet. If you send it away now, you're sending it directly to him."
"So we can only go to jail together?"
"She's right. Over the years, I've left behind not only evidence of those people's crimes, but also some secrets. Using that might help me get a lighter sentence, and maybe even save a few of my children."
"Mom, I just read that Bai Baiwan hid a large fortune in a house next to his ancestral home. No one lived in that house a few years ago, so he secretly dug a treasure room underground."
"Aren't you afraid someone will buy the house and start construction and dig it up?"
"How could he not know? Someone had secretly bought it a long time ago, but it wasn't registered under the Bai family's name."
"I know in my heart that what he did will eventually lead to trouble! I thought that even if it did, his property wouldn't be confiscated. As long as there were still people around, he could make a comeback.
It's just the right time for me to help him collect it. Combined with the money I collected from the Gao family last time, our treasury is now sufficient. Even if we don't make money in the future, we can still use it for the rest of our lives."
"Okay, okay, take me with you this time. I want to feel the shock of being surrounded by treasures. Let the gold and gems dazzle my eyes."
"Look at how promising you are. You can still watch it in the collection space."
"That's different. The on-the-ground experience is different."
"You just want to go out and play with me. The Bai family's ancestral home is in Xiashili Village, Tong County, east of the city. It takes a whole night to go there. Can you bear it?"
"If you can't stand it, just go into space."
"I remember that small farm of over a hundred acres is just east of the city. It's time for us to go out and have some fun."
After more than two months of investigation and evidence collection, the imperial envoy sent to the south escorted more than a dozen officials and responsible persons along the way, and a long convoy of more than a hundred vehicles escorted the confiscated property. Because there were too many people and property, and to prevent accidents on the road, the emperor was specially asked to send a team of officers and soldiers to escort them.
Otherwise, I'm afraid of being robbed on the road. The amount is so huge and it will attract attention.
It can be seen how much these people have embezzled and how much money they have earned in an unscrupulous manner.
Many people in Beijing were implicated in the Bai family's affairs, but he had never done anything bad just by accepting the money, so he was punished to return all the money he had received and was also fined for two years.
Anyone who received a large amount of money to help do something, such as the officials in charge of purchasing in the palace, would have their property confiscated and be exiled.
The Bai family committed too many crimes, including smuggling salt, colluding with officials to monopolize various businesses, suppressing their peers, and even killing people, and deceiving the royal family by selling inferior products as good ones. They could not escape the death penalty.
In consideration of his voluntary betrayal of some people, the children under ten years old of the Bai family were spared the death penalty and sent to the music school, while the others would be executed after a month.
Many people in the court guessed that Bai would have to come forward, and they had already thought about how to refute her, especially the censor Wu Huacheng, who finally found something to hold against the woman this time.
That day, Bai Shi retorted and she lost face. Concubine Wu in the palace was also reprimanded by the Emperor for this matter, as he thought that her crying that day had brought shame to the royal family.
The emperor is so partial to the Bai family and doesn't give face to the Wu family. Will he bear a grudge?
He and Marquis Pingnan were the happiest about the Bai family's misfortune. As the imperial censor, it was time for him to speak out.
"This time, I must make that woman lose her holy will."
"The Bai family has committed a serious crime. This is a good opportunity to make the emperor tired of her. If she dares to speak or do anything, you will speak up immediately and I will send someone to follow her."
"Okay, this time we have the same goal. Don't let me make suggestions while you don't."
"How could I, the Marquis of Pingnan, go back on my word?"
The two of them had a very good discussion and had even written the memorial, but no matter how long they waited, Bai Shi did nothing. No matter whether he went to the prison to see someone, begged for leniency, or used the imperial gold medal, nothing happened.
It's none of her business at all.
Seeing that the case had been sentenced but no action had been taken, he could not wait to go to the Marquis of Anding's mansion to inquire, only to find out that Madam Bai had taken the Marquis of Anding to the farm for a visit.
"Why is she doing this?"
"I heard that she had a bad relationship with the Bai family, so she was very happy that the Bai family was imprisoned."
"Then our plan is useless?"
"You can't say safety is useless."
"How do you say that?"
"If she doesn't do it, we'll force her to do it. We'll do this and that..."
"That's a good move. If she begs for mercy, it's wrong. If she doesn't, it's also wrong. It will both lose her reputation and her money. Let's see what she chooses. Okay, that's it. I'll send someone to spread the news right away."
The next day, people all over the city were spreading the news.
"When something happened to the Bai family, Madam Rongguo, as the legitimate daughter, was completely indifferent and didn't care about anything. After all, she is still the daughter of the Bai family. This is too unfilial."
"That's right. As a daughter of the Bai family, she has used the Bai family's wealth a lot, but now she has forgotten her parents and brothers. She is so heartless and ungrateful."
"Yes, I heard that he didn't even visit the prison once. How cruel."
"When Marquis Changping was alive, he accepted a lot of things from the Bai family. Husband and wife are one, so if Marquis Changping accepted something, it would be the same as if she used it."
"Yes, I am complaining about it while using it."
"If you really want to avoid suspicion, you should return all the money you received."
"Yes, before the incident, the entire Bai family went to her house. I heard they brought dozens of boxes of silver and gifts."
"Madam Rongfu is greedy. If she really knows how to be polite, why would she accept that gift?"
"Even with this, he was highly regarded by the Emperor. I heard he has made many contributions."
"How can such a ruthless and greedy person be truly loyal?"
"Shh, don't talk nonsense about this!"
"Oh, never mind, let's just see if she can give them all back."
"Yes, that's also the Bai family's property. It should be returned to the national treasury!"
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