The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

The princess had issued a decree earlier that anyone who touches the disaster relief money, no matter how much, will be beheaded!

Kang Jingliang and his son were frightened at first and behaved themselves for half a year. But handling so much disaster relief money that was not their own made it impossible for people like them to sleep.

As time went by, it seemed that he thought that "beheaded" was just the princess's catchphrase, so he stretched out his claws to the disaster relief silver.

They did it in secret, and the inspector had to work hard to find substantial evidence. Even if the princess left Youzhou, Kang Jingliang and his son would still be sent to the capital to be executed.

Shi Anxia waited for Kang Chenyan for a few days, and unexpectedly found the evidence of Kang's crime. It was just right, so he cleaned it up at the same time.

But she didn't expect that at this critical moment, she would happen to support Kang Chenyan.

At this moment, Yuan collapsed on the ground, feeling as if thunder was hitting her head one by one.

She was a woman who acted arrogantly in the backyard, but she had never seen the world. When she heard the inspector listing the crimes of Kang Jingliang and the other two, especially when she heard the sentence "no matter how much, they should be beheaded", she fainted on the spot.

The Kang family's joy was gone. The idea that a big family prospers together and suffers together is ingrained in their bones, and there is even a fear of collective punishment.

Although Emperor Mingde abolished the system of collective punishment and wrote it into the law, it made an exception for treason, and it would take a long time to implement it at the local level.

In addition, when someone in a large family commits a crime, a large number of people will be implicated to a greater or lesser extent, such as the Ying family.

The Ying family in the capital participated in the rebellion and were almost wiped out, even the empress in the palace was not spared.

Then there is the Ying family from Hong County, Qizhou, who have absolute power in the local area and have caused public outrage.

Except for very young children, few of these families, including women, were clean. So after the officials sent by the court investigated, they dealt with a large group of people from top to bottom.

The common people who didn't know the truth thought that the system of collective punishment still existed. The Kang family also thought so at this time. Everyone turned pale, trembled, and some even cried out.

Kang Zuzhi knew, however, that it was impossible to implicate everyone, especially since Princess Haiyan had just given a reward.

He has lived for decades and has seen all kinds of people. He knows that Princess Haiyan is conveying a message that she will not be stingy with rewards and will not be lenient with punishments.

But they were his eldest sons and grandsons after all, how could he watch them being beheaded? Kang Zuzhi suddenly remembered an incident in the capital that a colleague had mentioned.

That incident was somewhat related to Princess Haiyan. The person involved was the princess's uncle, who, in order to save his daughter, proposed to Emperor Mingde to demote him in exchange for his daughter's life.

At that time, Emperor Mingde agreed because he was eager to protect his daughter.

Kang Zuzhi wondered if he could follow suit. After all, he had been promoted to the highest rank of military medical officer and had made great military achievements. He could use these to save the lives of his son and grandson.

His face was dejected, but he had made up his mind. He kowtowed to the princess and said, "Your humble servant..."

How could Shi Anxia not know what he was thinking? She interrupted what he was about to say and said slowly, "The Kang family is not only very important in Youzhou, but also the pillar of the North Wing."

Changing the subject, "This princess suddenly remembered a dear relative. He had a daughter who committed a serious crime and was sentenced to 40 strokes of the cane and then exiled. After 40 strokes of the cane, a woman would surely die, so how could she be exiled? That dear relative took 30 strokes of the cane for his daughter at the cost of being demoted, and only then did he save his daughter's life. Later, my dear relative never went to court again, and her career was over."

She raised her calm eyes and looked at the elderly Kang Zuzhi, "Does Lord Kang know what this means?"

What does this mean? Kang Zuzhi didn't understand. If he asked to use his military merit to protect his son and grandson, his Kang family would be abandoned by the court.

"They are just two rat shits." Shi Anxia said leisurely, "Do you think it's worth it, Lord Kang? This princess has repeatedly issued orders, and the supervisory officials have been busy day and night, but they have not been able to plug the gaps of these two evils in your Kang family. Lord Kang, do you think your rank and merits are enough to save the lives of these two people?"

Kang Zuzhi understood that the princess wanted to make an example of someone and find a typical example to correct the official style in Youzhou.

No matter what he does, even at the cost of his own life, he cannot save his evil descendants.

A long sigh... Kang Zuzhi used the sigh to block all the words he wanted to say.

Yuan, who was half-dizzy, was frantic, "Father, father! Please save the master, save You'er! Oh my God! The sky is falling!"

The moment she fainted and woke up, she had already made up her mind to exchange her illegitimate son's merits for the lives of her husband and son.

She believed that as the legitimate mother, she had the right to decide everything about the bastard's affairs. Before she had finished playing with the beads on the abacus, the princess blocked her way.

Despair surged in her heart. Yuan knelt down and took a few steps forward. She kowtowed to the princess and cried, "Princess, spare me! Princess, could it be that you made a mistake? Could it be that you didn't check it clearly? Could it be that..."

She wanted to think, could it be that all this was done by the bastard Kang Chenyan? Because Kang Chenyan had made great contributions in disaster relief and saving the princess's dog, she blamed his deeds on her husband and son?

But she knew in her heart that this was impossible. Although she didn't know the specifics of what her husband and son did, she was aware of their words and generous spending.

She was originally complacent, thinking that her master and son were smart and good at scheming, unlike the people in the second, third, fourth and fifth rooms who were so stupid, and they just went to the military camp to train honestly.

Thinking of this, Yuan was scared to death.

Bei Hui stepped forward and pulled away Yuan's hand that was holding the princess's leg. With a cold look on her face, she said, "Don't offend the princess!"

Yuan was so frightened that she stepped back and kowtowed to the ground, "Please spare my life, Princess! Please spare my life, Princess!"

Shi Anxia said in a cold voice, "Dozens of inspectors are investigating your Kang family. How can they make mistakes? Are you questioning the ability of the inspectors, or are you questioning my determination to uphold the official style?"

With the order "take away", the princess left in a grand manner.

The chief physician and the chief medical officer of Youzhou were both arrested and taken to the capital for trial and execution on the same day.

All the officials in Youzhou were shocked. After all, the Kang family had taken up several titles in the first few days, and they were the most popular.

It has only been a few days since the Kang family produced two people who brought discredit to their ancestors. Even the common people on the street knew that these two Kang family members would be beheaded. Because the princess had already said that no matter how much the amount was, they would be beheaded.

So how much was the amount? The people only knew that the silver dug out from the Kang family's ground was counted in hundreds of boxes, and the silver hidden in the other courtyard was also moved by many yamen runners, who were so tired that their hands and feet were sore, which was more tiring than disaster relief.

The funniest thing is that the Kang family’s house and courtyard were built very solidly and were not destroyed by the earthquake, but they collapsed after the disaster.

The main house of the Kang family collapsed.

The second son Kang Jing'an succeeded the Kang family as the head of the family, and Yuan also stepped down from the position of mistress.

She watched as boxes were being carried out of Kang Chenyan's yard one by one. She rushed over like crazy, opened the boxes, and muttered, "I'm going to sue you at the government! You embezzled the relief money! Go to hell! Go to hell! You embezzled the relief money!"