eurekapd Chapter 203: Fallen?
Chapter 203: Fallen?
"Not all of them," Chen Ying said, "but most of them."
"Our Majesty, in recent years, has not been fond of beheading or exiling people, but has been fond of confiscating their property and making them beggars."
That was after Qi Wuyou's marriage. Perhaps the ministers added too much to the dowry, which irritated the Emperor of Qi.
So every now and then he would find an excuse to raid the house of a minister.
Tian Shun's house was also raided, but only several hundred taels of silver were found from his entire household.
If He Yun hadn't been secretly manipulating things, the Tian family might have had to go begging.
However, Tian Shun's father also saw through the nature of the tyrant. Instead of reinstating his official position, he resigned and returned home with his family.
But Tian Shun did not leave. Instead, he stayed with He Yun.
After listening to this, Gu Ming thought for a while, "Since Lord He... is so kind, why doesn't he try to stop His Majesty?"
Chen Ying rolled his eyes and patiently explained, "When I first met him, he was just a nobody, and Your Majesty didn't even know his name."
"If His Majesty hadn't wanted to use you to get rid of the Yin family, you would probably never have made it."
Gu Ming scratched his head, feeling that he didn't quite understand, and wanted to ask more, but Chen Ying didn't want to say anything more, "Just go to work after you're full, why are you asking so many questions?"
About an hour later, Feng Bi's group left. Before leaving, Feng Bi glared at Chen Ying.
Gu Ming went upstairs to clean the room, closed the door, walked to the wall, and with a "click", the secret door opened.
"How is it, what did you write down?" Gu Ming asked anxiously.
Gu Yuan shook his head. "I have to go find He Yun first. You stay here. I'll talk to you when I come back."
After that, he went out.
Gu Ming looked at the dishes on the table that were barely touched, and felt regretful. "Really? We spent so much money. What a waste."
When Gu Yuan came back, Gu Ming had already started eating.
Although he had eaten his fill at Baiweizhai just now, he really couldn't resist any more when faced with such delicious food.
Gu Ming said incoherently, "You're back just in time, come and try it, it's delicious."
As he spoke, he handed him a pair of clean chopsticks.
"By the way, where is Brother Chen? Let him come up and eat with us."
Gu Yuan spoke at this time, "He went out."
"He went out again?" Gu Ming thought for a moment, "Then let's leave some for him."
On the other hand, Chen Ying took the booklet handed over by Gu Yuan and took a look at it. His expression became uglier and uglier.
"I'm going to go out for a while. There's no one in the store anyway, so let's just close it for today."
"You two should go home soon. Remember to go out the back door."
After Chen Ying finished explaining, he left, and Gu Yuan closed the shop door as Chen Ying instructed.
After leaving the bookstore, Chen Ying went to He Yun's house, but He Yun was not there and no one was at home.
Last year, Mr. He sent his aunt and children back to his hometown, so only He Yun and Lu Yue live here.
In the past, when Chen Ying came, even if Lord He was not there, his wife would be there. Why is it so abnormal today?
Without giving it much thought, Chen Ying rushed to the back door of the princess's mansion.
"Cuckoo, cuckoo."
Chen Yinggang called twice and the door opened.
"Butler Di, this is an emergency. Please lead the way. I want to see the princess and her husband."
Butler Di nodded and moved aside to let Chen Ying in.
"Master He, I knew you might be here the next moment I thought about it."
Although he had already instructed that if He Yun was not around, the booklet should be given to the Ninth Young Master, Chen Ying still felt relieved when he saw He Yun and Madam He in the Princess's Mansion.
He put the book in his arms into He Yun's hand, "Sir, this is written down today. The situation is urgent."
Seeing this, Lu Yue reached out to pull Qi Zi, "A Zi, let's step aside for a while."
Since the situation is urgent and Qi Zi is pregnant, it’s better not to let her know.
Qi Zi knew what Lu Yue meant, so she nodded and followed Lu Yue's strength, letting her pull her away.
He Yun flipped through it twice and handed the booklet to Ye Jiu.
Ye Jiu looked at it and asked, "Did you use the things I gave you?"
"I used it," Chen Ying said. "I put it in the wine."
"When they left, they smelled of alcohol. They must have drunk a lot."
"That's good," Ye Jiu said, and then stopped talking, concentrating on looking at the booklet.
"I heard from Tian Shun that the Eighth Prince also went there today?"
This question was asked by He Yun. When he came today, he happened to run into Tian Shun.
"It should be. I have never seen the Eighth Prince, but that person should be."
Ye Jiu raised his eyebrows, "It would be fun if it was him. The medicine I gave you is not an ordinary medicine."
He Yun heard this and asked, "Is it poisonous? Will it kill people?"
Ye Jiu shrugged, "I told you a long time ago that I will stop making poisons after Zicong and Zier get pregnant."
He Yun didn't comment, "Then what's the point of taking the medicine?"
Ye Jiu smiled evilly and said, "I will sleep very soundly and happily."
He Yun didn't understand, but he immediately understood what Ye Jiu meant.
"This is not the most important thing right now," Ye Jiu unfolded the booklet, "They want to rebel and force the emperor to abdicate."
He Yun thought for a moment and asked, "How many people do you think Yinpin can gather with her efforts alone?"
Ye Jiu touched his chin and said, "These few people should be the limit."
How capable can a concubine who is neither favored nor has a maternal family be?
The biggest connection that can be made is probably Feng Bi, the Minister of Justice.
He Yun sneered, "You have seen His Majesty's assassins with your own eyes. Do you think these guys can accomplish anything?"
"Besides, the Queen is the only one in power in the palace right now, and the former Ren family is also trying to make a move, and these few people are stupid enough to say something that could cost them their lives in a mixed bookstore."
He Yun sighed, "In short, I think these idiots will be captured before their troops even enter Kyoto."
Ye Jiu rubbed his forehead and said, "I'm sorry, I overestimated them."
He Yun spread his hands, "The most important thing right now is to find the women of the Tenth Prince."
This is what is strange for He Yun. These people were clearly offered to the Tenth Prince, but not only in the Tenth Prince’s Mansion, but even in the entire Kyoto, no trace of them can be found.
However, before He Yun was found, a troublesome matter arose.
That night, screams rang out in Kyoto, "Ahhh, there are hooligans."
"Ahhhhh, who the hell dares to pull my hair?"
"It's on fire! Someone set it on fire!"
As the head of all officials, He Yun was naturally called up.
Looking at the people in front of him with their eyes closed, still smiling foolishly even though they were tied up, He Yun just felt a headache.
Ye Jiu is really something, he could just give him a laxative, why did he have to sleepwalk?
"First lock him up and keep him under strict surveillance until he regains his humanity."
"Find a few more doctors to check what's wrong with these guys!"
The prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture had never seen such a scene before. It would have been fine if it involved a few ministers, but he didn't expect that the prince would also be involved.
If he could handle it, he wouldn't have called He Yun over.
Now that He Yun had given the order, arrangements were made without delay.
After sending a few people to keep watch, the prefect of Jingzhao respectfully sent He Yun away.