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Ye Zifen took a deep breath to calm down her nervousness, then answered carefully: "I heard from Marquis Fengyang that when the late emperor was still alive, the old Marquis Fengyang was responsible for building the imperial mausoleum. At that time, the old Marquis Fengyang may have felt frustrated for some reason, and was often absent-minded, and mistakes occurred in his work. Later, after the old Marquis Fengyang passed away, Marquis Fengyang took over his task, and personally found out his father's mistakes and took timely measures to remedy them. However, during this process, someone caught him. Now, these handles are in the hands of the fourth prince. In order to maintain the reputation and status of the entire Marquis's mansion, Marquis Fengyang has to obey the fourth prince's orders. However, as the emperor said, he does not have much real power, and there are limits to what he can do."

The emperor nodded slightly, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

He knew very well what had happened in the court when the old Marquis of Fengyang was frustrated.

After all, those things had already become the distant past, and he didn't take them to heart.

However, he still couldn't help but sigh: "Old Fengyang Hou is really brave. He dared to make such a mistake in the place where the late emperor rests. And Fengyang Hou even dared to cover up for his father. He is simply committing a crime knowingly! Humph!"

Ye Zifen quickly explained: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Although Fengyang Hou made mistakes, he is not completely useless. Moreover, he has remedied the mistakes in time and did not cause greater disasters."

The emperor sat upright on the dragon throne, his expression solemn and majestic, "Fuxia, why are you begging for him? Do you think what he did is right?"

Ye Zifen immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and answered earnestly: "Your Majesty, Fengyang Hou did make some mistakes in the construction of the imperial mausoleum, but I think he should be given a chance to correct his mistakes."

Immediately afterwards, Ye Zifen reported to the emperor the plan that she had discussed with Old Master Song and others in detail.

After listening to this, the emperor nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "Are these your ideas? Do you know that this academy is a bottomless pit that wastes money? Are you really going to do this?"

Ye Zifen looked at the emperor and said firmly, "There are some things we must do."

The anger on the emperor's face gradually dissipated, replaced by deep helplessness and fatigue.

He sighed and said, "Forget it, let Fengyang Hou go to the north to build an academy. If he can achieve something, the past will be dealt with leniently."

This sentence is undoubtedly a promise made by the emperor.

Ye Zifen was delighted and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying with tears of gratitude: "On behalf of the Marquis of Fengyang and the academy that is about to be built, I would like to thank you for your grace. Your Majesty is wise!"

The emperor personally stepped down from the dragon throne and helped Ye Zifen up.

He suddenly stared at Ye Zifen and asked, "Do you think Lao Si will take any action because of your actions?"

Ye Zifen was well aware of the emperor's concerns. He was afraid that he would repeat the mistakes of the previous emperor and fall into a similar predicament.

She calmed herself down and replied, "Your Majesty, I have verified this with the Marquis of Fengyang. According to him, he did not give the Fourth Prince too much silver. As a result, the Fourth Prince has limited silver in his hands and it is difficult to train enough soldiers. He is currently unable to launch a rebellion."

The emperor nodded in approval and murmured to himself, "It seems that the fourth brother is also a generous person."

Only the emperor has the right to say this, and no one else is allowed to say it.

Not long after Ye Zifen left the palace, the imperial edict arrived at the Fengyang Marquis' Mansion.

Marquis Fengyang and his family knelt on the ground to receive the imperial edict. After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, his expression became very complicated.

After the person who announced the decree left, Fang sighed and said, "Forget it, this is fate."

No one in the Fengyang Marquis' Mansion knew why the emperor issued such an imperial decree. For a time, everyone was in panic and the entire mansion was in extreme panic.

However, only Marquis Fengyang himself knew that this was the best outcome that the entire marquisate could have.

Now, the hope of the entire Fengyang Marquisate rests on the youngest son, and he needs to prepare to deal with the affairs of the Marquisate and then go to the north as soon as possible.

After Jia Mingyu returned from Princess Fuxia, he learned about the imperial edict and hurried to the study to find his father.

Marquis Fengyang realized that he could no longer conceal the matter, so he had to tell his youngest son.

After hearing this, Jia Mingyu stood there in a daze. It took him a while to come back to his senses. He muttered to himself, "If that's the case, shouldn't our Fengyang Marquisate be grateful to Princess Fuxia? But it was clearly her who schemed against our family!"

Fengyang Hou shook his head helplessly and sighed, "Silly boy, although she took away a lot of our money, she helped us solve a big problem. The Fourth Prince is a greedy man who wants to get something for nothing! It's already very good that we have the current result, we should be content! Besides, she did save our Fengyang Hou Mansion. Son, you must distinguish right from wrong!"

Jia Mingyu was naturally clear about this, but at this moment his bruised face looked particularly distorted, as if he had eaten a dead fly.

It turned out that today, Mu Hongzhou made a bet with him about how long it would take Jia Mingyu to be convinced by Ye Zifen and Zhang Gaoyi.

Jia Mingyu vowed at the time that he would never admire these two people in his life.

But Mu Hongzhou looked at him with a smile.

Now, he finally understood where Master Mu's confidence came from.

At the same time, after Ye Zifen returned home, she told Zhang Gaoyi all the details of her meeting with the emperor.

Zhang Gaoyi couldn't help but shake his head and sighed after hearing this: "You are too bold to tell the truth to the emperor so bluntly."

Ye Zifen smiled indifferently and replied: "I only told part of the truth. After all, Fengyang Marquis did not take any remedial measures, but it is indeed not appropriate to tell the emperor all about this matter."

Zhang Gaoyi nodded in agreement and said, "It doesn't matter if we don't tell anyone. The concubines of the previous emperor are no longer alive. There is no chance to open the imperial mausoleum. Even if something goes wrong inside, no one will know. Besides, the emperor will definitely help to conceal this matter!"

Ye Zifen said: "I guess the emperor knows that we are eyeing the money of Fengyang Marquis Mansion, but we should treat teaching Jia Mingyu as a restriction of Fengyang Marquis Mansion!"

Zhang Gaoyi joked, "Perhaps the emperor is planning to directly confiscate the Fengyang Marquis's residence to enrich the Ministry of Revenue! Because of your soft heart, the emperor has to find money from other places."