Traveling through ancient times

The next morning at court, Emperor Longcheng actually saw Prime Minister Feng standing below him!

"Lord Feng, you are feeling better now. Why don't you rest for a few more days?"

It would be a lie to say that I am not moved. Prime Minister Feng has worked diligently for the court for so many years and never slacked off. Now that he is so ill, he still drags his sick body to court!

Feng Shuhe smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am fine now!"

At this moment, an imperial censor came forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

Emperor Longcheng saw that it was the stubborn old scholar:

"Prelude!"

"I request that your majesty demote Feng Shuhe for not managing his family properly, which led to his second wife killing his first wife and exchanging bloodlines, which led to a series of incidents later on. His family is in turmoil, so how can he govern the country? Your Majesty, please make a decision!"

When this memorial was submitted, many court officials began to discuss with each other!

Then someone seconded the proposal!

Most of them are court officials from the Duke of Han and the Duke of Qin!

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Feng is such a mess at home, how can he handle government affairs?"

"I second the proposal!"

"I also second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal. Prime Minister Feng should be confined to reflect on his mistakes!"

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There were nearly twenty court officials kneeling in the court. Feng Shuhe looked at them coldly and exchanged glances with Emperor Longcheng who was sitting on the dragon throne!

Those kneeling in the court included the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Left, the Grand Secretary, the Minister of the Central Secretariat... the Governor-General of Left, the General of the Auxiliary State... These people had finally managed to find something to hold against Prime Minister Feng and wanted to cut off the arm of Emperor Longcheng!

"Is there any more Qin?"

Immediately, a counselor came out!

"I have a report! Your Majesty, Qin Yufeng, the grandson of Duke Qin Zhilin, has been bullying men and women and committing all kinds of evil. He has committed heinous crimes and has been reported to Shuntian Prefecture by several victims. Because the prefect has failed to summon the murderer several times and has been threatened and intimidated, one of the victims has lost faith in the court and has burned himself to death outside the Duke Qin's mansion!"

Emperor Longcheng was furious. This was much worse than what happened to Prime Minister Feng!

"Captain Qin, do you have anything to say?"

General Qin is none other than Duke of Qin, Qin Zhilin. He is now 69 years old, but still refuses to retire. Even when he is named in court, he is not in a hurry!

He walked forward slowly, bowed and said:

"Your Majesty, my family is loyal to the court and kind to the people. We never do anything to harm people. Someone must be jealous of our Qin family and instigated the people to frame us!"

As soon as I finished speaking, someone else stood up!

"Your Majesty, here are the letters between Qin Taiwei's son Qin Luming who privately raised two soldiers in the forest fifty miles outside the city. They have been captured by General Qin Xiao and his troops. Qin Luming's eldest son was caught on the spot. Here are the letters they exchanged about raising private soldiers!"

Qin Zhilin's slightly hunched body shook when he heard this. His eldest grandson was extremely steady and scheming, and never made any mistakes. How could this happen? ...

Qin Zhilin didn't dare to think that after his granddaughter became the Crown Princess, Duke Qin's Mansion would use all its resources to support the Crown Prince!

Although the Crown Prince is the eldest son, he is not outstanding. On the contrary, the Second Prince is steady by nature, and has both literary and military skills. His temperament is very similar to that of Emperor Longcheng!

Therefore, Duke Han and Duke Qin were secretly accumulating strength just in case, but they didn't expect that the secret would be exposed so early!

Just as Qin Zhilin was about to say something, he heard another sound:

"Your Majesty, the murder of Imperial Censor Ji Xiaochang and his family last year has been solved. That year, Imperial Censor Ji found out that Qin Zhilin's second son, Qin Luli, was corrupt and abused his power. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he withheld nearly 500,000 taels of military pay. He also discovered that Qin Luming raised private soldiers. Before he could submit the evidence to the court, he was killed by assassins sent by them when he returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors!"

"This is simply outrageous. Where is the evidence?"

"The evidence was passed around by Lord Ji for several times before it was delivered to the old Grand Tutor Ma Youren not long ago. The old Grand Tutor gave the evidence directly to Ma Mingzhi, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate who was inspecting Jiangnan. Due to the urgency of the matter, the evidence was not delivered to me until yesterday!"

"Send it up!"

Eunuch An took the pile of evidence, and Emperor Longcheng looked through it one by one, then snorted coldly!

"Pass the order down, have the commander of the Imperial Guards lead people to seal off the Duke Qin's mansion, only allow people to enter, no one to leave. Have Prime Minister Feng personally lead people to search and confiscate everything, and don't slack off!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Just now many people attacked Feng Shuhe, and now Prime Minister Feng went on to confiscate the property of aristocratic families with hundreds of years of foundation. This was the emperor sounding a warning to them again, telling them to know clearly who is the boss!

Feng Shuhe took the order and went down. Qin Zhilin knew that the Qin family's century-long business had been destroyed. He burst into tears, his eyes went black, and he fell to the ground and died!

Eunuch An hurriedly ordered the guards in front of the palace to carry the man away!

The battle ended with the defeat of the Duke of Korea!

This was actually just the beginning. Soon, Feng Shuhe copied out many accounts between the Han family and the Qin family, which turned out to be accounts of various troops, food, and weapons!

This explained a lot of problems, so within a few days, the Duke of Korea’s mansion was surrounded by people!

The prince's mother, Queen Han Wan of Darong Kingdom, was running around in Kunning Palace in a panic, but there was nothing she could do!

Prince Xue Shen wanted to go find his father, but was stopped by the Queen:

"Your father is furious. If you go to intercede, it means that your interests are intertwined with theirs. What your father hates most for so many years is forming cliques for personal gain. If you go, won't you be walking into their crosshairs?"

"What should we do? Are we just going to watch Grandpa and the others go to jail?

Han Wanrou was unwilling to accept this, but what could she do? She knew her son's abilities were limited, and she had thought that with the help of his father and brother, his son would not be too bad, but she did not expect this result!

"Alas... never mind... it doesn't belong to me after all!"

As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. The two major families were uprooted, and the rest of the old families have become much more low-key. I'm afraid that if one of them is not careful, they will be wiped out too!

After two months of renovation, Lianrui Jewelry Store is finally open!

On the opening day, the plaque was unveiled by Eunuch An and Prime Minister Feng, who represented the Emperor. The store became famous instantly, and the disciples of noble families, noble ladies and wealthy girls in the capital were all proud to have a few pieces of jewellery with lotus cores!

Every piece of jewelry here is a treasure and has anti-counterfeiting marks. After opening for three days, the company has earned nearly 100,000 taels of revenue after deducting costs!

Of course, the things were also obtained by Gu Dalian in Yingdang Mountain, but that doesn’t mean they are not valuable!

Gu Dalian has been working non-stop these days and she feels like she has lost weight, from recruiting people, training, mobilizing the elderly, to designing new models. Fortunately, Feng Qinglan, Qi Huli and Yuzhu are there to help!

The Lianrui Clothing Store opened for bedding, and the Curtain World opened for business, and they were very busy!

By the time everything was done, it was already the coldest time of winter!

On this day, Feng Shuhe and Feng Qinglan sat in the Duke of Weiguo's Mansion and discussed the matter of having their grandchildren return home and be included in the Feng family tree!

"Dalian, the New Year is only a month away. Your elder brother, second brother and sister will soon arrive in Kyoto. You should move back to grandpa's house. When the time comes, the elders will come and put you on the family tree!"

Feng Shuhe now feels like he is ten years younger, and thinks to himself, maybe it’s because he is in high spirits when something good happens!