It was already evening when we came out of the snow courtyard.
With complicated emotions, Xie Jinyan's face didn't look good all the way.
Feng Yuan just came back to resume his duties. Seeing his master's uncertain expression, he felt uneasy in his heart.
"Your Highness, Miss A Yue has been sent to the prison. My subordinates have already taken care of her. What happened?"
Walking all the way from the Xueyuan to the study room, Feng Yuan finally couldn't bear it any longer.
While following Xie Jinyan's footsteps, he observed the changes in his expression very carefully.
Xie Jinyan's face was still frosty, and there was no emotion in his tone. He just said a faint 'hmm' and did not ask more about Gao Minyue's situation.
This made Feng Yuan even more uneasy. The master was unhappy, and he was the one who suffered the anger.
So after thinking for a while, Feng Yuan plucked up the courage to ask, "What's bothering Your Highness?"
He glanced around, lowered his voice, and asked tentatively, "But because of Waiter Yu?"
Xie Jinyan was upset and didn't know how to speak. When Feng Yuan asked, he didn't show any displeasure. Instead, he waved to him and motioned for him to enter the study together.
After being brought into the study, Xie Jinyan leaned over and sat in front of the case, but was not in a hurry to deal with the memorial files.
He looked at Feng Yuan expressionlessly and said, "Feng Yuan, I have a question for you."
"If one day, Gu and your brother are in danger at the same time, and you can only choose one of them, who will you save?"
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No, for no reason, His Highness asked him why?
If he chooses His Highness, it would show how ruthless and unjust he is to his younger brother. If he chooses his younger brother, it would seem that he is not loyal to His Highness, right?
Suddenly, Feng Yuan felt troubled in his heart.
He laughed dryly twice and replied dryly to thank Jin Yan, "Your Highness asked, you said that one of you is my subordinate's master and benefactor, and the other is my subordinate's biological brother. This... I can't forgive anyone for saving my life."
Isn’t the other person?”
"My subordinate thought about it and decided that committing suicide is probably the best option."
While Feng Yuan answered carefully, he secretly glanced at Xie Jinyan, feeling very uneasy, fearing that his master would be angry at the next moment.
But Xie Jinyan didn't care much about Feng Yuan's answer. He just smiled bitterly and said in a sarcastic tone, "Look, even you know the dilemma, but she doesn't hesitate."
"Perhaps...in her heart, loneliness is not that important."
Why is this so sad for spring and autumn?
Feng Yuan was even more confused about Xie Jinyan's thoughts. He stood straight to the side and did not dare to speak anymore.
Xie Jinyan let out a long sigh and did not continue the topic.
He just lowered his eyes and glanced at the files in front of the case. He changed the topic and asked Feng Yuandao, "Feng Yuan, how many people are involved in the Shen family's case now? Are there any new ones?"
As soon as Xie Jinyan mentioned official matters, Feng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stepped forward and said solemnly, "Back to Your Highness, in addition to Ning Wang's party, the Qin family, the Qiu family, the You family, and the Liu family, the Minister of Rites also recently
On the verge of making a move, he sent people to go to the prison to talk to Shen Zongyuan, and at the same time he was busy selling some fields and properties in his family, as if he wanted to use these fields to make up for the Shen family's greedy money."
Did the Minister of Rites also get involved?
What a bunch of corrupt things! The Wei Dynasty only had ten years of peace before such a bunch of worms appeared again.
Xie Jinyan's already ugly face turned even gloomier in an instant, and he asked again in a cold voice, "What's going on? Is the Minister of Rites also involved in the corruption in the disaster area?"
"That's not true..." Feng Yuan shook his head and explained, "My subordinates have checked and found that the Minister of Rites has been an official for several years and has never been corrupt in the slightest. He has not even accepted a bribe, but..."
"But what?"
"But the eldest son of the Minister of Rites seems to have some contacts with the Shen family. According to the investigation by his subordinates, the properties that their family resold were originally under the name of the Yu family. Later, after the Yu family was wiped out, the fields and properties fell into the hands of Shen Zongyuan. Shen Zongyuan has always been unsuccessful in the court. Ten years ago, and a few years ago, in order to find an official position for his eldest son Shen Lin, he went to the eldest son, the Minister of Rites, to find Zhou Yan. Although he was a descendant of a civil servant, he joined the army and became a member of the You family. He worked under the army and was quite capable in the army, so he gave Shen Zongyuan's eldest son a modest military position..."
Haha, so, is the Zhou family openly selling off their official positions? I am afraid that the blame fell into the hands of Shen Zongyuan and his son. The Minister of Rites was also afraid of being implicated, so he hurriedly sold the stolen land and properties to others, and on the other hand, in order to seal the country. Keep the Shen family's mouth shut.
Thinking of the serious face of the Minister of Rites, Xie Jinyan was sarcastic and sympathetic at the same time. He couldn't help but sneered and sighed, "This Minister of Rites is also quite unlucky. He has been honest and conscientious all his life. From a small county official to today, he has failed Such an unlucky son..."
"Hey, isn't it?" Feng Yuan also sighed, then seemed to think of something, and asked Xie Jinyan, "Your Highness, how should the Zhou family be dealt with this time?"
"Disposal?"
Xie Jinyan laughed lightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said solemnly, "What should be done? Send all the evidence to the Shangshu Mansion..."
"Your Highness, this is..." Feng Yuan was stunned when he heard this, a little confused.
But the next moment, he came to his senses. He seemed to have thought of something. His eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Is Your Highness planning to win over Zhou Shangshu?"
This Feng Yuan is not that stupid.
You must know that although he is the prince and now has the support of the soldiers in southern Xinjiang, the civil servants in the court and the Chinese government are still quite prejudiced against him because of his bloodline, especially the Minister of Rites, headed by him.
Now that he had sold this favor to the Minister of Rites, he had saved his eldest son and the fame and reputation he had earned for half his life. Not only would he be able to win over him, at least he would be able to make the other party no longer oppose him as before.
Thinking of this, Xie Jinyan looked at Feng Yuan with a smile and told him, "Okay, go and do it quickly."
After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly added to Feng Yuan, "By the way, there is one more thing. Tomorrow you go and bring all the maids and servants of the Qin family who have served Qin Yiliu with you." Come here, I have something to ask them."
"And Shen Ke, if you arrange a separate cell, I should ask him."
"Yes." Feng Yuan nodded, and after finishing speaking, he turned around and left.
At noon on the second day, when there was no one around, two maids and a woman in colorful clothes were taken into a broken house. This chapter has been completed!