After the divorce, the princess was forced to raise a sickly villain

The Imperial Palace is so small that any slight movement in the palace can attract people's attention and speculation, let alone such a big thing as the officials being investigated.

In one night, the news spread like wildfire.

The Fengxiang Mansion, the Prince's Mansion, the Princess's Mansion, and the residences of the powerful officials of the major families almost all received the news within half an hour. Those who were eating dropped their chopsticks in shock, those who were reading almost tore up their books, and those who were about to go to bed lost all their sleepiness.

"The residence of the Minister of Revenue was raided? Is this true?"

"Absolutely true."

"Did the Seventh Princess lead the raid?"

"She is now the eldest princess."

"Oh, yes, yes, it was the eldest princess." An official muttered to himself, not knowing whether he was in admiration or fear, "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess really did what she said, she was the first to raid the residence of the Minister of Revenue... The Queen Mother is behind the Hong family, but the eldest princess actually dared to do so, she is so brave, so brave..."

In the Ling Palace, Chu Tianling, who was discussing matters with his staff in the study, was also shocked after hearing the news: "What did you say? The Seventh Sister led people to raid the house?"

"Yes." The leader of the palace guards nodded, "I just received the news that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess led the imperial guards to raid the residence of the Minister of Revenue, and seized a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, authentic calligraphy and paintings, antiques and jade from the Hong family's warehouse, the underground secret room of the study, and the bedroom... The Hong family is finished this time."

Chu Tianling was silent, not knowing how to react for a moment.

Although he had always known that this imperial sister could do anything, she was so quick and decisive in raiding the home of a high-ranking second-rank official.

This was a risk of offending the empress dowager, the Feng family, Concubine Feng and her son, and the ministers in the court. She treated this matter like a child's play. This was indeed Chu Qinghuang's style.

It was completely beyond his expectations.

At least he didn't expect her to act so quickly and so suddenly.

"What do you think of this, Your Highness?" the staff asked him, "I think this is a good thing."

Chu Tianling turned his head and looked at him: "What do you mean?"

"Minister Hong is in charge of the financial power, but the person he helps is the third prince. After tonight's raid, the third prince has lost a central minister in the court, and the financial loss is the most serious. I'm afraid he hates the eldest princess to the bone." The staff said deeply, "Now is the best time for us to win over the eldest princess."

Chu Tianling pondered for a moment: "But we can't be too anxious. If we act too anxious, it will make my father unhappy."

"That's natural." The staff nodded, "But we have to think about the way to win over the eldest princess. This is the most important and most embarrassing point. Your Highness knows that the eldest princess is not easy to talk to, especially recently..."

Chu Tianling understood what he meant.

Chu Qinghuang used to have a bad temper and was violent. She doted on Feng Jinzhi without thinking and didn't say a word to other people, so that no one dared to approach her.

From childhood to adulthood, the relationship between her and her brothers was so cold that they were almost strangers. How could it be easy to win them over in a short time?

Moreover, she even disliked Feng Jinzhi in the past two days. She chopped off Chu Tianyin's arm right away, which made people more frightened by her ruthlessness.

Chu Tianling pondered for a moment, raised his eyes and looked at the guard leader: "Have you heard why Chu Qinghuang suddenly went to the Shangshu Mansion to confiscate the house tonight?"

"I heard it." The guard leader nodded, "Her Royal Highness the Princess originally accompanied Wen Zhan, the second son of the Wen family, to the Wen family to celebrate the birthday of Lord Wen, but during the banquet, the Hong family son spoke rudely to Wen Zhan and provoked the relationship between Wen Li and Wen Zhan, so that Wen Li made things difficult for Wen Zhan in front of all the sons and had someone beat him up. Her Royal Highness the Princess ordered the Hong family son to apologize to Wen Zhan. The Hong family son was arrogant, and then the Princess took people away and went to confiscate the house of Shangshu Hong."

After hearing this, Chu Tianling was a little unbelievable: "If I remember correctly, then the second son of the Wen family, Wen Zhan, seems to be the male favorite of the seventh sister?"

"To be precise, it is the servant of the king."

Serving the king?

Chu Tianling frowned. Isn't serving the king a male favorite?

But this is not the point.

Chu Tianling frowned: "Seventh sister actually raided Minister Hong's house for a male lover?"

How is this different from a tyrant who was so angry for his beloved?

He is indeed an irrational lunatic.

Chu Tianling instantly gave up the idea of ​​winning over Chu Qinghuang, and slowly sat down on the chair: "It's ridiculous."

"Your Highness must not think like that." The staff member said on the side, with a meaningful expression on his face, "The confiscation of property is not a trivial matter. Even the eldest princess who acts without scruples cannot do whatever she wants in such matters."

Chu Tianling frowned: "What do you mean?"

"The Minister of Revenue is a second-rank official in the court, and he has the support of the Queen Mother behind him. If the Princess Royal Highness is angry for her blue face this time and mobilizes troops to confiscate the Minister of Revenue's home, but fails to seize the corrupt proceeds, will the Minister of Revenue let her go? How will the Queen Mother explain? Even if the civil and military officials are for self-protection, they will condemn the Princess's actions."

Chu Tianling pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then slowly nodded.

"So the princess didn't act on impulse," the aide said calmly, "and tonight's operation went surprisingly smoothly, which is enough to prove that the princess had been prepared. In other words, she already had evidence of the minister's corruption and abuse of power. The arrogance of the eldest son of the Hong family tonight was just an excuse for the princess to get angry."

Chu Tianling thought what he said made a lot of sense. He nodded, but his brows couldn't help but frowned: "So, Chu Qinghuang's methods seem to be beyond our imagination. Besides the Minister of Revenue, who will she deal with next?"

It has only been a few days since she said she wanted to confiscate the house in the imperial study. Chu Qinghuang actually got the evidence of the Minister of Revenue's corruption and abuse of power. When she took people to the Hong family, she dug up everything, leaving Minister Hong with nowhere to hide and no way to defend himself.

This style of action, which kills the opponent with one move and makes him unable to recover, is really frightening. If she has evidence of other people's corruption, or even if it is not corruption, but other charges...

"Let all the subordinates behave themselves during this period, and don't get close to Chu Qinghuang no matter what happens." Chu Tianling ordered, "No matter what happens in whose mansion, no one is allowed to get involved. In addition, destroy all the evidence that should be destroyed, and don't let her catch it."

"Yes."

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