As night fell, the entire Prime Minister's Mansion was shrouded in a layer of dark clouds, and the Royal Forest Army still found nothing.
The officials who were originally staying at the Prime Minister's Mansion began to feel dissatisfied one by one and declared that they wanted to leave.
When Hua Yanxi rushed over, she happened to see an official using his identity to confront the imperial guards.
"The imperial envoy is handling the case, and the rest of you can just stay there. When the evidence is found, you will naturally be sent home." Hua Yanxi looked at everyone and said.
As soon as they saw her, everyone became even more uneasy.
"Fifth Prince Concubine, you are here at the right time. I want to ask you what the Fifth Prince is causing. The Prime Minister has dedicated his life to his life. The Fifth Prince wants to raid the Prime Minister's Mansion and imprison us without any evidence. If there is no explanation, what will happen here?"
We won't let things go!" said a minister.
"Yes, the fifth prince has lost his mind. You should be there to advise and help him. How can you let him go his own way and treat his ministers like this? He is simply not worthy of the royal family."
"The Prime Minister has been honest and upright throughout his life, and will never take bribes or bend the law. If you knew the consequences, you should go and persuade the fifth prince to change his mind right now."
Hua Yanxi listened to what everyone said to each other, and interrupted quietly: "No need to persuade, I gave the order to confiscate the house."
"What? You woman, you are indeed a merchant's daughter with short-sightedness. She thinks she has become the prince's concubine, so she disregards human life and frames Zhongliang!" An old minister stood up and scolded.
Hua Yanxi raised her eyebrows: "Zhongliang? Who of you can guarantee that seeing is believing? If the Prime Minister is really guilty, those of you who defend him can be regarded as his accomplices."
The ministers were even more angry when they heard this, and they said all kinds of sarcastic remarks. But because there were too many people, they couldn't hear what was said. In short, there were no good words.
"Yan Xi." Among these abusive voices, this kind voice was particularly prominent.
Hua Yanxi followed her gaze and saw that among these guests there were members of the Yang family.
At a glance, there were quite a few, including several uncles and aunts from the Yang family, as well as her adoptive mother.
Thinking about it, it's not surprising. It's the prime minister's birthday banquet and all the officials are celebrating, so it's natural that the Yang family will come.
Hua Yanxi gave a slight signal, and the imperial guards made way for the Yang family to walk out. At the same time, Xibohou and his wife also walked out.
A group of people found a quiet room to sit down.
"Yan Xi, what's going on? Why did you copy the Prime Minister's Mansion? Is there any misunderstanding?" Yang Qin sat down against Hua Yanxi and held her hand in concern.
Hua Yanxi smiled: "There is no misunderstanding. The order was indeed given by me. The imperial treasury is in short supply, so we have to find some income."
Yang Qin raised his hand in a gesture, but when it fell, his strength was gone. He glared at Hua Yanxi lightly: "Don't fool us with such words. The shortage of the national treasury is not something that happened in the past one or two years. Your Majesty is used to being poor."
, how could I suddenly ask you to do this?"
Hua Yanxi touched her nose and coughed lightly: "I came up with this idea."
She obviously gave her advice with good intentions, but who knew she was being relied upon.
Xibohou held the child in his arms and teased it patiently, and said casually: "It's a good idea."
Hua Yanxi held up her hands and said, "Thank you very much, Xibohou, for your praise."
Yang Qin rolled her eyes at him: "Is now the time to praise her? Even if it is a good thing, why did it start with the prime minister? This prime minister is the head of the officials. If you can't find anything today, you will have a big problem.
I didn’t see what those officials said about you just now.”
She felt angry after hearing those words. If her sisters-in-law hadn't persuaded her, she would have started scolding those people.
When she was young, Yang Qin was not afraid of anyone. Now that she is older and going to be a mother-in-law, she wants to be more dignified so as not to embarrass her son.