This made Jiang Chengyi even more strange. Since the Emperor of Wei had already cut off the case, why didn’t he order the people of the Tingwei Mansion to leave the palace, but instead wanted to keep them, and even allocate another residence for them to live in?

Emperor Wei...seems to have other purposes.

After Cui Qian received the order, he immediately entered the hall and asked the magistrates of the Tingwei Mansion to go out with him. In order to figure out what medicine he bought in the Wei Emperor's gourd, Jiang Chengyi did not choose to rush out of the crowd and show his identity at this moment. Instead, he followed Cui Qian's footsteps and left the South Palace with everyone.

Dou Yuelan's eyes kept following Jiang Chengyi. Seeing that he had no intention of showing up, he couldn't help but feel tight. But when he thought about it, he felt that Jiang Chengyi's decision was very correct at this moment.

After a moment, only he and Emperor Wei were left in the South Palace.

Dou Yuelan sat upright with his nerves tense, carefully observing the movements of Emperor Wei with his eyes, and lowered his eyes and pondered something.

After a while, the young man who had been silent on the emperor's couch finally asked him: "Dou Qing... I asked you to stay, not to let you sit against me. Could it be... Is there no advice on how to deal with Deng's family?"

Dou Yuelan frowned, then stood up from the mat, went around to the center of the hall, knelt down to the Emperor of Wei and said, "Your Majesty must have made a decision in his heart to Deng. How can I advise you, you must not be able to handle it properly."

"Stop flattering me." Emperor Wei snorted coldly, glanced at him with a squinted eyes, and said very unhappy: "I asked you to say...you say that."

Dou Yuelan hesitated for a moment, deliberately paused and pondered: "I think... Deng Qing's crime of treason for the enemy and treason must be punished. However, if it is implicated in the entire Deng family, it is too much guilt... I cannot guarantee that the rest of the Deng family members are also related to the affairs of Hongnong. Fortunately, the ministers in the court only knew that the Hongnong riots or were related to the Deng family, but did not know the connection between Changming Jun in it... Your Majesty can only deal with Deng Qing and protect the Deng family."

He went against his wishes and chose to obey the wishes of Emperor Wei.

The abnormal phenomena in the palace just now made him more careful. At this moment, Dou Yuelan could only be cautious when responding to the emperor's words. Since the Emperor of Wei was interested in temptation, he was most afraid of killing the entire Deng clan to death.

He heard the young emperor above the ninth level whistle and sighed quietly: "I am afraid that only killing Deng Qing and not punishing the rest of the Deng clan will attract suspicion from the ministers... I said that I have a lot of selfishness and are too partial to Deng clan."

Sure enough, as he thought, Emperor Wei was testing his thoughts at the moment.

Dou Yuelan closed his eyes, held his feet and breathed, and replied intently: "How dare the court officials question your Majesty's decision? The ancestors of the Great Wei Dynasty did not like to be implicated. Your Majesty's actions are manifested by the holy virtue..."

"Dou Qing...really thinks this?" Emperor Wei did not seem to have expected him to answer like this.

Dou Yuelan said in an increasingly affirmative tone: "Your Majesty only needs to deal with the guilty people of Deng... I have to rely on everything."

After answering this, Emperor Wei suddenly disappeared and continued to lean on the couch lazily, ignoring him.

Just when Dou Yuelan was embarrassed and didn't know how to deal with him, Cui Qian, who had been appointed by the generals of the Tingwei Mansion, hurriedly returned, walked into the gate of the South Palace, and shouted inward: "Your Majesty... General Yue Luo asked for a meeting."

Emperor Wei held his forehead and got up completely from the couch, with a pale face full of illness, and said boredly: "After just a moment of calmness, another person came?"

Cui Qian was in front of the hall, bowing his head and walking on thin ice, saying, "General Yue has achieved his results in the investigation of the Shaofu Department. He asked outside the palace to meet him an hour ago. If Your Majesty does not want to summon him recently... I will go and refuse the general and ask him to come again another day."

"What to change? Day after day, I have no peace of life every day." Emperor Wei's face was very bad, and he said angrily: "Take him in!"

Cui Qian got the order and did not dare to delay it for a minute or a second. He immediately took a few steps back and ran towards Nangong Zhuque Gate.

Dou Yuelan narrowed his eyes and suddenly realized that Emperor Wei left him alone in the southern hall, perhaps waiting for Yue Luo's arrival?

He suddenly felt a little confident and felt a little relieved.

Since Emperor Wei was willing to keep him in the hearing when summoning Yue Luo, he proved that Emperor Wei still had three parts of trust in the Tingwei Mansion and did not completely suspect that he had anything to do with the Dongfu Mansion. At this moment, it is the time to hold his breath.

Dou Yuelan wanted to make up his mind and calmed down. When Cui Qian led Yue Luo into the South Palace, he retreated aside with tactfulness.

Emperor Wei had a headache and did not pay attention to Dou Yuelan's movements at the bottom of the steps. After hearing a sound of footsteps, he asked in a muffled voice: "Yue Qing came early in the morning, what's wrong?"

"Your Majesty... I followed the sacred order. After two days of strict investigation, it has been confirmed that the matter mentioned in the memorial of Master Yin of the Shaofu is not false, but that there is indeed such a matter. In addition, I have also found another case from it."

"Who has stolen the Seven Treasure Glazed Pearl? You haven't explained it clearly yet. Why did you tell me again? You found something nearby?" Emperor Wei took away the palm that was covering his eyes, and the servants in the court looked at it, and his eyes became cold again.

Yue Luo bowed in the center of the Nan Palace and kowtowed and replied: "Your Majesty, the case of the burglary of the Seven Treasures Glazed Pearl...is closely related to another case I have investigated. This matter is quite involved... The more I visit the various gates of the Shaofu Department, the more I feel shocked."

"No need to worry too much, just say...what is going on in this theft?"

"I read through the archive files deposited by the Shaofu Department for many years and found that... the stolen glass beads of seven treasures... were related to Deng's family." Yue Luo trembled and said this.

Emperor Wei's expression changed drastically, and the sickly white face added a little more vicissitudes: "It's true... related to Deng's family?"

Yue Luo said very affirmatively: "I have confirmed that there is no danger."

Emperor Wei suddenly fell on the couch and was in a panic. When Yin Licheng reported the matter, he had already vaguely guessed that the case was also related to Deng's family, but when he got affirmation from Yue Luo, he suddenly panicked.

Regardless of Hongnong's incident, he always believed that the private collusion between Changming Jun and Champo Kingdom was very likely a drama of Jiang's government joining forces with all the ministers to deliberately frame Deng Qing. Because he had doubts about Jiang Chengyi in his heart, he repeatedly refused to believe the words of Jiang's family, and even refused to believe Chengzhi and Hong Sanyi's words. He believed that all this was the ambition of Jiang's family's in order to eliminate Deng's huge force and monopolize the nobles in the capital, and wanted him to rely completely on the Shui Pavilion, and from then on, he was controlled by the mysterious Shui Pavilion owner Jiang Nu.

However, he did not expect that Deng would dare to steal the national treasure that Zhan Po had tributed in private... It is hard to imagine that Deng wanted to take this treasure privately, and it was inevitable that he would take this item to please King Zhan Po and make friends with Zhan Po... In this way, isn't it just a confirmation of Deng's relationship with Zhan Po?

Emperor Wei was full of this question, and his heart felt aching after a while, and he felt extremely uncomfortable. He had been planning for so long and tried hard to keep the foundation of Deng's family, but found that in the end it was a ridiculous dream?

The young emperor gasped for a long time and continued to ask in a hoarse voice: "Say...what is the other thing you found?"

Yue Luo raised his eyes and observed the youth's complexion. His eyes darkened and hesitated, saying, "I have found out that... Deng's family may have interfered in the internal affairs of the Shaofu, contrary to His Majesty's intention of reducing taxes and profits to the people... He forcibly raised taxes on the mountains, seas, lakes and lakes in the Wei Dynasty, forcing the people to pay taxes, but it turned them into his own use and deposited them into the private treasury of the Deng Mansion. Even... Half of the emptiness in the Shaofu's treasury was caused by the Deng family's greed for profit."

"What did you say?!!!" Emperor Wei could no longer hold his breath and jumped up from the couch, thudding down the nine-level steps, rushed to Yue Luo and asked, "Is this true? The Deng clan... Who dares to have such a courage to touch the private treasury of the Shaofu?"

Yue Luo suddenly spoke silently, lowered his head and eyes and did not dare to answer.

Seeing his attitude, Emperor Wei suddenly sneered: "Yes, who is the Deng clan, except him, has such courage? Deng Guozhong... Taiwei Deng! What a loyal and straight minister who assisted the three generations of emperors, is he so loyal to me?"

Yue Luo lowered his voice and said softly: "Your Majesty... Although this incident has scared me, there is no actual evidence at the moment. I only know that the theft of the Seven Treasure Glazed Pearl is indeed related to Deng's family. Please do not get angry. After everything is filed and thoroughly investigated, it is not necessary to make a judgment."

However, Emperor Wei was convinced that the affairs of the Shaofu Department were indeed inseparable from Deng Guozhong.

He stood at the steps silently, concentrating his thoughts for a while, and suddenly looked at Dou Yuelan who was silent on the side: "Dou Qing, immediately file a case for the matter presented by Yin Licheng's memorial. I ordered you to thoroughly investigate the Shaofu treasury with him."

"Yue Luo, please help me and inform Dou Tingwei of the proceeds from the investigation of the case in the past two days. Be sure to find out the truth about the investigation." Emperor Wei ordered sternly, as if he had made up his mind to abandon Deng's family.

Dou Yuelan immediately stepped forward to accept the order: "I will follow the order and will live up to the entrustedness of Your Majesty and investigate this case strictly."
Chapter completed!