The news that Mr. Cui was humiliated by the Li family could not be concealed. There was a lot of discussion in the capital. The imperial censors had been preparing for many days and finally waited for the drama to end. After the dust settled, they wrote letters to impeach the Cui family for their improper family traditions and unclear family traditions, which led to such a tragedy that went against human ethics.
The wording was harsh and full of energy.
The Cui family was pushed to the forefront of the storm, and even Princess Fenyang, who had always had a good reputation, was implicated. People criticized her for condoning Mr. Cui Sanye's behavior and for running around for him after he got into trouble.
Princess Fenyang is ill.
Princess Chun'an sneered when she heard the news.
The people below looked at her cautiously and lowered their voices to coax her: "Princess, the princess is your mother after all. Where does the hatred between mother and daughter come from? She is very sad. If you go and comfort her, the misunderstanding will be resolved."
There is no misunderstanding, where does the misunderstanding come from
Princess Chun'an sneered and pretended not to hear.
She could still get love from her father, but her mother always spoke coldly to her.
Since her mother doesn't like a daughter like her, why should she be so servile to her mother
She went out and went to the Cui family's old house to burn incense for Mr. Cui Sanye.
After returning from the Cui family, Princess Chun'an's maid suddenly whispered, "Princess, I just seemed to see Princess Changning."
Changning
Princess Chun'an was slightly startled before she realized that Changning was Su Yao's title. She frowned and immediately asked, "Where is it?"
The maid carefully pointed in a direction, and Princess Chun'an asked someone to follow without hesitation. As expected, from a distance, she saw Su Yao getting off the carriage and holding the hand of a maid and walking into a shop.
"What is that place?" Princess Chun'an lifted the curtain and took a look, then raised her chin to the guards below.
After a while, the guard came back and reported: "Princess, that is a cloth shop, which is owned by the He family. It seems that Princess Changning went there to check the accounts."
Princess Chun'an felt disgusted and disdainful.
Su Yao really got all the benefits. She grew up in a merchant's family. It was said that the merchant was very good to Su Yao. Now she could get her hands on the He family's business. The Su family also listened to Su Yao's words.
She coldly ordered: "Go home!"
From a distance, Su Yao watched the magnificent carriage turn and leave, then turned his gaze away and asked Hu Ying, "Is everything settled?"
Since the Fenyang Palace gave her such a big gift, of course she had to give a big gift in return, which is considered as reciprocity.
Hu Ying responded quickly: "Miss, don't worry, we have been keeping an eye on Juhai Manor for a long time, and they always have new prostitutes every once in a while. Originally, other brothels in the capital had to buy these young ladies from various places, which is inevitable - there are always people who can't make ends meet and have to sell their children, but Juhai Manor rarely buys people from outside. After investigating for so long, we finally have some progress..."
He handed a stack of papers to Su Yao.
Su Yao unfolded it, frowned after taking a look, and said in surprise: "They even dare to touch the daughter of an official?!"
He is really very brave.
"Yes." Hu Ying had fought on the battlefield before, and now he was very angry when he heard such things: "It's really crazy. If it's true as Chen Chong wrote in the memorial, then these Southeast nobles are really collaborating with the enemy and selling out their country for money, and they will do anything to get money!"
This kind of person deserves to die, no matter what.
Su Yao tapped her fingers lightly on the table and read all the letters on the table without any expression on her face. Then she took a deep breath.
It turned out that all the beauties in Juhai Manor were kidnapped from various places. They would kidnap any pretty girl they saw, because they usually kidnapped people on the southeast coast, and the wealthy families there had absolute power, and with so much cover-up, this kind of thing actually became a routine.
If this incident had not caused such a big stir that a county magistrate risked his life to appeal, this matter would not have been exposed.
So many young girls were treated as livestock, bought and sold, sent to Juhai Manor, or given to pirates as gifts...
No wonder they were so desperate to stop Xiao Heng from ascending the throne.
The sins they committed are enough to condemn them to eternal damnation.
Su Yao was silent for a moment, then calmed down again.
Based on the clues they have obtained so far, the most they can do is to implicate the Huizhou prefect, but there is no way they can implicate more people.
This is simply too cheap for them.
Hu Ying stood beside her and saw that she was frowning in thought, but did not dare to disturb her.
The room was so quiet that only the sound of a few people breathing could be heard.
Until Su Yao suddenly asked softly: "The person who stopped Chen Chong from submitting his memorial was Xu Fengqing, the prefect of Liancheng?"
Hu Ying remembered it clearly: "It was Xu Fengqing who intercepted the memorial, and the matter was suppressed."
"Xu Fengqing likes to help others put out fires so much, so let's see what he would do if his own house caught fire." Su Yao's eyes turned cold, and after thinking for a moment, he wrote a letter and handed it to Hu Ying: "Send it to Guangping Marquis Mansion for me."
Hu Ying agreed, took Su Yao's letter, and went to work without stopping.
In the evening, Su Xingyi and Old Lady Su were stunned after hearing what Su Yao said. Old Lady Su found it unbelievable: "How could this happen? Instead of fighting the pirates, they gave the official's daughter to them... What are they thinking?!"
Su Yao curled his lips and said, "People die for money, birds die for food. Grandmother, you should have heard that when there was no maritime ban, the annual income of Quanzhou Port alone was more than 2 million taels of silver. This was just Quanzhou Port... Now the court has banned maritime trade, but in fact, the ships have never stopped going out to sea. The only difference is that in the past, part of the money had to be handed over to the national treasury, but now it is all in the hands of the Southeast nobles. Why do you think they do this?"
Shen Hai is now the new generation of the sea overlord. In order to cooperate with him, what is the point of sending an official's daughter? To put it more sensationally, if it is really Shen Hai who dares to speak, I am afraid that even if Shen Hai wants to take advantage of the county lord, the princess, or even the princess, those wealthy families will dare to take the risk.
There is no other reason, the benefits are just huge.
Old Madam Su's hands and feet went cold after hearing this. She couldn't help but feel a little scared. Now she had vaguely realized that the reason why the prince was plotted against was because he agreed to open the port, right? He robbed someone of his wealth...
She took a deep breath and felt inexplicably scared: "So, such a big thing..."
Su Rong and Xiao Heng had just left not long ago, so they were unable to help at all.
Could they report this matter to Emperor Yuanfeng
Before Emperor Yuanfeng issued an order for a thorough investigation, the Su family was about to be torn apart by those people.
"I'm afraid His Majesty is also waiting." Su Yao thought of what happened in the previous life, and then thought of Emperor Yuanfeng's actions, and said softly: "The opportunity he is waiting for, we will give it to him."