The army rations were burned, and the emperor was furious. All officials involved in transporting the rations were arrested and sent to the Yamen.

Not only that, the Anguo Palace, the owner of the No. 1 restaurant in the capital, Baxianju, was surrounded by the imperial guards that day, and all personnel, regardless of gender, were thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

At this point, all civil and military officials looked sideways and were astonished.

Thinking of the time when Duke An Guo's Mansion was besieged, many people broke out in a cold sweat, especially those officials who were close to Duke An Guo's Mansion.

Anyone who can serve as an official in Beijing is not a fool. The emperor raided Anguo's mansion without saying a word. Even a fool could guess that this might have something to do with the Eight Kings.

Royal Palace.

The emperor sullenly looked through the letters and secret letters that the imperial guards had copied back from An Guo Gong's Mansion.

Now that the war in Northern Xinjiang is still at a stalemate, he did not want to start cleaning up the Eight Princes' gang members in the capital at this time, so as not to cause turmoil in the court.

After all, many of these people are in high positions.

But he didn't expect that these reckless people would dare to take risks at this time and leak the route of transporting military rations to Lao Ba, so that the military rations of the Northern Xinjiang army were burned.

If the soldiers have no food, can they still fight?

The emperor read all the letters and found no other lists of the Eight Kings' henchmen. He was very dissatisfied with this.

Although he had already asked the Jinling Guards to monitor the Eight Immortals Residence, there were too many officials coming in and out. In order not to alert others, there were only a few of the Eight Immortals' henchmen who could be identified.

Now that he has to clean up, he will clean it up thoroughly this time, and he will not let go of any of Lao Ba’s people!

"An Guogong is an old and cunning man. He can't leave no backup plan. Let me investigate carefully, including the Duke's mansion and all the properties of his family, openly and secretly. I don't believe that nothing can be found.

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Wei Qi accepted the order and retreated. As soon as he left the hall, he met Yang Chenghua and Wu Jingyi who came to discuss matters with the emperor. The three of them hugged each other and quickly separated without saying a word.

Before entering the palace, Yang Chenghua and Wu Jingyi looked at each other. The emperor actually sent Wei Qidu out, which showed that he was really angry this time.

Not only the emperor, but also them, their hearts bleed when they think of the burned food.

Although there have been no particularly serious disasters in the past two years, there is still a general water shortage in the north. Floods still occur in many places in the south during the rainy season. The collected grains are all grown by the people with hard work. For this reason, I don’t know how many people

We need to tighten our belts and live a good life.

Now it was burned like this!

How can we not make people angry and heartbroken?!

The two of them entered the main hall, and when they saw the emperor's face sinking to the point of dripping water, his back bent a little more.

"Your Majesty, the border soldiers must not be short of food. Now that the military rations have been burned, we must quickly find a way to replenish it." Wu Jingyi said the purpose of coming here, and then stood with his head bowed without daring to say anything.

The emperor remained silent for a while, then asked: "Do you have any good ideas?"

Wu Jingyi did not answer, but looked at Yang Chenghua.

Yang Chenghua was helpless, hesitated, and said with some difficulty: "I'm afraid we have to collect grain again. It would be best to encourage large families to donate grain."

The emperor had no other good solution: "Just do it like this."

Compared with the previous resistance when donating medicinal materials, officials are much more active in donating food this time.

There is no way, no one dares to get into trouble with the Emperor at this time.

Especially after the Ministry of Punishment announced that An Guogong was the leader of the Eight Kings' gang in Beijing and Baxianju was the stronghold of the Eight Kings' gang in Beijing, many officials had sleepless nights.

In just a few days, the mansions of many second- and third-rank officials were surrounded, and the men were arrested and imprisoned.

Yongjia Marquis Mansion.

Mrs. Dong was sorting out the dowry for Dong Yuanyao. After returning to Beijing from Zhongzhou, her family arranged a marriage for her daughter. She was Luo Hongyuan, the youngest son of Duke Wei.

Mrs. Dong is actually not very satisfied with this marriage. As the youngest son, Luo Hongyuan has been spoiled since childhood and his temper is not very good. His daughter is also stubborn. If there is a bump in the road after getting married, neither of them will give in.

How do you want to live your life like this?

Hey...

Mrs. Dong was still worried about Dong Yuanyao's marriage. At this time, the steward next to Mrs. Dong came over: "Second Madam, Mrs. Luo from the Duke Wei's Mansion is here. She is in the old lady's room now. She said she has something to say.

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Mrs. Dong frowned. Because of the burning of military rations and the confiscation of Duke An's mansion, all the dignitaries are now thanking guests behind closed doors in a tacit agreement. Why would Mrs. Luo come here at this time?

"Go and talk to Yuan Yao and ask her to change her clothes and go to the old lady's courtyard to meet the guests."

Mrs. Dong and the maid gave instructions and walked to Mrs. Dong's side.

On the other side, when Dong Yuanyao heard the news about the arrival of Mrs. Wei Guo, she just said a faint "hmm" and still immersed herself in embroidering her purse.

"Girl, come back and embroider again, don't keep Mrs. Luo waiting." The maid reminded anxiously.

Dong Yuanyao ignored it and stopped after finishing the last stitch. Then he stood up slowly: "Let's go."

The eldest maid stopped her and said, "Girl, you'd better change into clothes suitable for visiting guests."

Dong Yuanyao lowered his head and looked at his clothes: "I think this is good. I can't keep people waiting for a long time. I have to change my clothes before going over. It's time for them to leave."

With that said, he took the lead and stepped out of the door.

The maids had no choice but to follow quickly.

As soon as Dong Yuanyao arrived at the door of Mrs. Dong's yard, she saw Mrs. Wei Guogong leading a group of maids, and the mother-in-law walked out quickly.

Seeing Dong Yuanyao, Mrs. Wei Guogong was stunned for a moment, and then left quickly without saying a word.

Dong Yuanyao frowned and stepped into the yard, and then saw his mother standing at the door with red eyes, looking furious.

Soon, Dong Yuanyao knew what happened.

She was rejected by the Duke of Wei!

Dong Yuanyao was stunned. Looking at her mother and grandmother who were so angry that she couldn't bear it, she didn't feel any shame or anger in her heart. On the contrary, she was actually a little happy.

Finally no need to marry!

That night, everyone in the Dong family knew about Duke Wei's divorce. In addition to sympathizing with Dong Yuanyao, everyone was full of doubts.

Why does Duke Wei want to cancel the engagement?

Dong Yuanxuan glanced at his father, his expression a little solemn.

The eldest son of the Duke of Wei is the commander of the Beijing Guard and is well-informed. Could it be that they received some news? Then they hurriedly distanced themselves from their relationship?

Dong Jiancheng also thought of this, thinking of the families who were implicated in the An Guogong case during this period, and quickly looked at the old marquis and the prince: "Father, eldest brother, our family has no contact with An Guogong's mansion, right?"
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The old Marquis shook his head affirmatively: "Of course not, I don't even go to the Eight Immortals' Residence often."

Dong Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, but the breath hadn't completely fallen yet. When he saw his half-brother's eyes dodge, he quickly picked it up again.

"Brother, you didn't..."

Before he could speak, Dong Jianye hurriedly interrupted: "Of course I don't have it either."

Seeing him like this, Dong Jiancheng and Dong Yuanxuan became increasingly uneasy.

The next day, the father and son's bad premonition came true.

The Yongjia Marquis Mansion was surrounded by officers and soldiers!

All the men of the Dong family were taken away, and the female family members were ordered not to leave the Dong's house.
Chapter completed!