The next morning, when the sky was just beginning to brighten, the streets of the capital were filled with the sound of horse hooves and the occasional rumbling of carriages rolling on the ground.

It was the time for the ministers to go to court.

One of the carriages set off from Ningrong Street. After a while, it caught up with the other carriages and slowly headed towards the magnificent Forbidden City.

In the carriage, a beautiful young man sat upright. His face was solemn as he stroked the pattern on the memorial with his fingers. "Lin Ruhai, Chancellor Hu Yao, the Third Prince …"

Just who was the prince behind all these schemes?

In order to deal with a small Lin Ruhai, he even dared to abandon the Chancellor, a second-rank official. Was this prince too careless?

Or was there something else behind this that they hadn't thought of?

He pulled open the curtains of the car window and looked at the empty street. His expression was unreadable.

Soon, the carriage entered the Forbidden City.

The Holy Emperor of Qi brought up several major events that he had been concerned about during this period of time and urged the progress. After confirming that everything was going well, he nodded to the chief eunuch next to him.

The chief eunuch immediately raised his voice. "If there's something to report, I'll report. If there's nothing to report, I'll dismiss the court."

Jia Jing hurriedly stepped forward. "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to report."

The Holy Emperor of Qi looked at Jia Jing in surprise and nodded. "What's the matter?"

"Reporting to the Emperor, this subject wishes to sue the Grand Secretary of the Imperial Court, Hu Yao, for condoning his family's evil servants to forcefully occupy the land of the commoners, oppressing the villagers, killing and injuring many commoners. Furthermore, his son forcefully separated the betrothed couple, abducted a commoner's daughter, injured her fiancé, and ordered the medicine shop in the city not to treat him, causing him to die from his injuries …"

Jia Jing listed dozens of crimes against Hu Yao before he stopped. The junior eunuch standing at the bottom of the stairs hurriedly came forward to take the memorial and the evidence collected by Jia Jing. He quickly walked up the stairs and handed it over to the chief eunuch.

Jia Jing didn't return to his position until the Emperor personally took the memorial.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Jia Jing would not give up until he completely suppressed Hu Yao.

The other officials couldn't help but cast sidelong glances at him. They were curious as to how this Hu Yao had offended Jia Jing. Ever since he entered the Imperial Censor Manor, he had only participated in some trivial matters and had never offended anyone to the core.

The Holy Emperor narrowed his eyes. After receiving the memorial, he opened it and asked, "Is Hu Yao here?"

Hu Yao hurriedly stepped forward. "This subject is here!"

"Do you have anything to refute Imperial Censor Jia's accusation?"

Hu Yao was drenched in cold sweat. He immediately knelt on the ground and said, "I, confess."

Jia Jing's eyebrows twitched. She couldn't help but look at Hu Yao, only to find that although he looked scared, deep in his eyes, there was a sense of "finally here."

It was as if Hu Yao had already anticipated that Jia Jing would report him to the Imperial Court today.

At that moment, Jia Jing had a bad premonition. He turned his head to look at Jia Daishan, who was standing beside the generals.

Jia Daishan happened to turn his head. When he met Jia Jing's gaze, he only shook his head slightly.

Jia Jing felt relieved. He obediently lowered his head and continued to be invisible.

The Holy Emperor flipped through the memorial. The more he flipped through it, the angrier he became. In the end, he lost his composure and threw the memorial in front of Hu Yao. "Confess?"

Hu Yao trembled and didn't dare to say a word.

The Holy Emperor was so angry that he laughed. His gaze swept past Hu Yao and landed on the princes standing at the front. "Hu Yao said that he confesses.

My good sons, what do you think? "

The princes were alarmed. They didn't know how this matter had anything to do with them.

The Crown Prince was the first to speak. "This subject thinks that Hu Yao's son is guilty of the most heinous crimes. According to the law, he should be beheaded. The Lord Hu failed to discipline him and should be exiled!"

The other princes didn't dare to offend the Holy Emperor and hurriedly agreed.

The Holy Emperor said indifferently, "Oh?

His son should be beheaded. Hu Yao should be exiled?

Do you all think so? "He singled out the Third Prince." Third Prince, do you think so too? "

The Third Prince's heart skipped a beat. "This subject agrees!"

"Ha!"

The Holy Emperor sneered. His expression was dignified. "Pick up Imperial Censor Jia's memorial and take a look."

The Third Prince became more and more worried. However, he didn't dare to disobey the Holy Emperor. He could only walk in front of Hu Yao and bend down to pick up the memorial.

He stood in place and opened the memorial. However, in a moment, the Third Prince knelt down beside Hu Yao in a panic. "Imperial Father, this memorial says that Liu Hu helped Hu Yao's son commit evil and reaped benefits from it. This subject didn't know about this beforehand!"

Liu Hu's father hurriedly stepped forward. "Your Majesty, there must be an inside story. My son couldn't have done such a heinous thing."

The other princes looked at each other in dismay. They didn't dare to believe the Third Prince's words.

Liu Hu was the only son of the Third Prince's maternal grandfather. Because of his ability, he controlled most of the power of the Third Prince's maternal family.

If he was really involved in Hu Yao's matter, he wouldn't be able to get anything good out of it. This would be very detrimental to the Third Prince's future plans.

Only the Eldest Prince, who was standing next to the Crown Prince, frowned. He seemed to be very puzzled.

However, this wasn't worth much consideration. In any case, the Third Prince had his eyes on the chair under his Imperial Father. If he could take advantage of this opportunity to cut off part of his power, it would also be beneficial to him.

Thinking of this, he tilted his head to look in the direction of the minister on the other side and nodded.

Not long after, another imperial censor stood up from behind Jia Jing. "Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject also has a report regarding Lord Hu's crimes."

The Holy Emperor's expression became more and more unfathomable. "Bring it up!"

The imperial censor originally opened his mouth to speak, but when he heard this, he could only give the report to the young eunuch and retreat.

The Holy Emperor flipped open the report. He was too lazy to say anything more. He straightforwardly ordered, "Drag Hu Yao down and behead him!

Have the Supreme Court strictly investigate Liu Hu. If the evidence is conclusive, act according to the law. "

Act according to the law?

If the evidence was found, was the Emperor going to behead Liu Hu?

The entire court was shocked.

More than an hour after the court was adjourned, the Supreme Court finally released the news. It turned out that Hu Yao had actually extended his hand into the Jiangnan Salt Policy. In just two short years, he had madly seized hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. And most of this money had been sent to Liu Hu.

Even Hu Yao had been beheaded. How could Liu Hu get away with it?

If it weren't for the Third Prince's face, the Emperor would probably have ordered him to be beheaded during the court session today.

At night, Jia Jing came to Rongguo Province with a belly full of doubts. "Second Uncle, today's matter …"

"We were used as a tool." Jia Daishan's face was ashen.

Jia Jing was shocked. "Who was it?"

Jia Daishan shook his head. "I don't know who it was for the time being.

That Hu Yao's son had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. He kidnapped a civilian girl and actually managed to kidnap a subordinate of the First Prince. "

Jia Jing was at a loss for a moment, then immediately reacted. "That fiancé who died of illness?"

"He was the son of the First Prince's trusted aide. Because his father failed in the imperial examinations, he didn't have an official position.

That Liu Hu took a fancy to his daughter-in-law. Seeing that his family had no power and influence, he decided to kidnap a civilian girl. "

"In order to appease that aide, the First Prince had no choice but to avenge him and send Liu Hu's family to prison."

Jia Jing thought carefully and had another guess. "Was there someone else behind this?"

Jia Daishan shook his head and sighed. "I don't know …"

Jia Jing pursed his lips. "Second Uncle, you should have gotten the news before I submitted the memorial, right?

Why did you rush to take action when you knew that we were being used as a tool to deal with the Third Prince? "

"Because we had no choice."

Jia Daishan looked up in the direction of the Forbidden City. "It's true that Ruhai was schemed against by Hu Yao. If we don't punish him as an example to others, we will be in trouble in the future.

Moreover, we belong to the Crown Prince's camp and are enemies with the other princes. It's necessary to deal with the Third Prince and the other princes. "

However, they couldn't feel at ease as long as they didn't know who was behind all this.

It was easy to dodge an open attack, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow.

What's more, this hidden arrow was laced with poison, and the person who shot it was even more intelligent.

"But won't people think that we are working with the First Prince?"

"I have already explained to the Crown Prince in advance."

"Is Hu Yao really the Third Prince's subordinate?"