She calmed down for a moment and finally figured out what the killer move Wei An was talking about. To be honest, if she was not a member of the Wei family, she would almost applaud Wei An for this move.
He is deep-minded and good at guessing people's hearts. He has found out the weak spot of Emperor Longqing very accurately and knows where to strike to make the Emperor furious, and then use his power to burn all obstacles that stand in his way.
She calmed down, but still felt her heart beating violently: "An An, how can you be sure that this matter will not implicate us?"
"Because we have been set up once." Wei An smiled, knowing that Old Lady Wei was worried, and said it very clearly: "The spies planted in Prince Zheng's Mansion before, and the secret letter... all these have made His Majesty know very clearly where we are. We are just the characters that were set up, how can we have the energy to set traps for others?"
Wei An's voice was extremely cold, and one could sense her indifference just by listening to it: "Grandmother, His Majesty will not allow himself to be framed by others, especially when, in his opinion, these people have mastered his unbearable secrets and are even planning to use these secrets as a means to frame others... This is what really violates his taboos."
Mrs. Wei understood after a moment's thought. Her brows relaxed a lot, but she still sighed deeply: "An An, you are really something. How can a dragon's tail be so easy to touch? You!"
Wei An stood behind Old Lady Wei and gently massaged her neck. "Grandma, there's not much we can do. As you said, it's really annoying to have someone step on your face all the time."
How can I keep enduring this
Old Madam Wei smiled and took Wei An's hand from her shoulder: "You are right, but we don't know what will happen or what the consequences will be... Let's wait."
For such a big matter, Mrs. Wei only asked one or two questions and then let it go. Wei An knew that this was because Mrs. Wei trusted her extremely much. Her eyes felt sore and she didn't speak for a long time.
The morning passed peacefully, but in the afternoon, news came that something had happened. Emperor Longqing ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to raid Lu Yuanrong's house.
Lu Yuanrong was the newly promoted Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Everyone said that he had a good chance to go one step further and become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
And such a person, who had obviously been deeply favored by the emperor before, was now directly thrown into the imperial prison. People were used to seeing property confiscation and family extermination these days, and were really frightened by these things. When they heard that something had happened to the Lu family, they couldn't help but run around privately to inquire about the news.
Those who are related to him are afraid of being implicated.
I was his classmate and was afraid that he had made some mistake and that I would be implicated in it unknowingly.
However, this matter was directly handled by the Jinyiwei and did not even go through the cabinet. No news was leaked, so everyone became even more silent.
And the Lu family’s affairs were just the beginning.
In the evening, the Imperial Guards raided several more households, and the capital city suddenly became quieter than before.
Everyone knew that Emperor Longqing was angry again.
But no one knows why this happened.
At the same time, the three-court trial of the Xie family also accelerated the process.
Qian Shiyun and Chen Yushi received orders overnight and allowed the Jinyiwei to take away the escorts of Ping An Escort Agency. Both of them looked at each other in bewilderment.
After the leader, Young Master Lin, disappeared from the lobby, Qian Shiyun could not help but frown. "The Xie family is fine, they just insisted that their son was also missing, and I don't know who framed him... But the escorts from Ping An Escort Agency... They made random accusations, saying that the Xie family was responsible for this, and that the Wei family and the palace were in collusion with the Tatars, and that the Zheng Palace was also related to the Shandong rebellion and was the mastermind behind it... Now that the emperor is interrogating those escorts, I don't know what the Wei family and the Zheng Palace were doing this time..."
Censor Chen said nothing.
He knew Wei An's plan, and he also participated in fanning the flames. He knew very well that this incident was probably related to Wei An.
However, he also didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for Emperor Longqing to interrogate the bodyguards, and whether the Wei family would be completely destroyed or rise from then on.
He paused for a moment before letting out a breath: "Thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor. These things are not something we can interfere with..."
The weather in the capital has been gloomy for several days in a row. Because of the gloomy weather, people's moods have also become gloomy. Emperor Longqing's health was not good to begin with, and he has been making trouble for others these days. He is like a firecracker, almost ignited at any time... ...
There is not a single courtier in the capital who does not behave himself in a cowering manner.
After a gloomy few days, the first thunder finally exploded - Emperor Longqing ordered that the most powerful censors who had criticized the Wei family and the Zheng Palace be imprisoned and their homes be searched, and he scolded them harshly.
Now, everyone has figured out which direction the wind is blowing.
Not long after, Lu Yuanrong also died suddenly in the imperial prison.
After Lu Yuanrong's death, all the people he had made friends with in the past were exposed - the Jinyiwei found out that the Lu family was related by marriage to the former prefect of Jingxi in Shanxi. The smuggling of ironware in Shanxi was extremely severe, and half of the silver earned was given to the Shanxi government, while the other majority was given directly to Lu Yuanrong.
Lu Yuanrong used this money to bribe officials and continue to provide protection for people in Shanxi.
As for the relationship with the Tatars, it had gradually become unsatisfactory in recent years due to the strained relations between the two sides. In order to maintain this relationship, they became more and more desperate and even began to promise to provide noble girls from the Great Zhou to the nobles of the Tatars.
They started such businesses all over the country.
In order to cover up, they naturally needed someone to stand in front, and the Xie family, who were in the escort business, became a natural shield.
They first used the Xie family's Ping An Escort Agency step by step to let the Xie family transport these escorts, and then gradually used the relationship between the prefect and the Xie family, and the prefect's connections and official position, and began to place their own people in the Xie family.
After finding a way to kidnap their son, they also used Xie Liangcheng's seal to let the escort agencies of those branches that had not yet received the news continue to recruit new people, and used the seal to instruct these branches to receive the escorts and transport them outside the pass...
In this way, even if something happens, it will be the Xie family's responsibility, and it will never be traced to others, let alone the Lu family.
The bad thing is that this matter was exposed very quickly, and the first person to be offended was actually a member of the Xu family. Other people might be fooled, but the Xu family is the elders after all... (To be continued)