Early the next morning, a minister suddenly stood up at the court meeting to impeach Zhen Yuandao.

Afterwards, several ministers came out one after another, all of them impeaching Zhen Yuandao.

There were three charges: first, he secretly took the daughter of a guilty minister as his partner in rebellion; second, he gave birth to a daughter with the daughter of a guilty minister and used her as a maid, committing the crime of deceiving the emperor; third, Zhen Yuandao's official position was Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, an official of one of the three judicial departments, but he knew the law and broke it, so his crime was more serious.

One of the ministers even brought up a similar case during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, in which Cai Yurong secretly took the daughter of a guilty official as his concubine, and asked the emperor to severely punish Zhen Yuandao.

In fact, secretly taking in the daughter of a criminal can be a big deal or a small one. The current Concubine Shu is also the daughter of a criminal, but she has been favored by the late emperor for many years.

It's just that Zhen Yuandao usually looks righteous, and many ministers dislike him. After receiving the secret report this time, several ministers couldn't wait to add insult to injury to Zhen Yuandao.

The emperor remained silent with a cold face, ignoring the ministers' high-pitched talk. He only thought about the face of Zhen Huan and Chun Yuan, which looked 50% alike, but now was implicated by Zhen Yuandao.

After the ministers had been spitting for a long time, they finally quieted down when they saw that the emperor had a cold face and was silent.

After a while, the emperor stared at the kneeling Zhen Yuandao and said, "The Ministry of Justice will drag Zhen Yuandao away for interrogation. We will discuss this again when the evidence is conclusive."

After saying this, the emperor stood up and walked towards the back hall.

Su Peisheng flicked his whisk and said sharply, "Dismiss the court."

After returning to the rear hall, the emperor said to Su Peisheng, "Go to Jingren Palace and tell the queen that the decree to confer the title on Zhen will not be issued for the time being."

After Su Peisheng agreed, he backed out of the inner hall.

After leaving the palace, Su Peisheng thought of his fellow villager Cui Jinxi. He decided to go to Suiyuxuan to tell her after visiting Jingren Palace and stop waiting for Zhen.

By the time Zhen Huan received the news, it was already mid-afternoon. Huan Bi was sitting nearby playing, and when she heard the news from Zhen Yuandao, she stood up and ran out.

The person who came to report the news was from the Ministry of Justice. When he saw Huanbi trying to run outside, he immediately stopped her and asked, "Are you Huanbi?"

Huanbi was stopped and replied unhappily: "I am Huanbi, please move aside and let me pass."

The people from the Ministry of Justice came forward and captured Huanbi, saying, "You are a witness, come with us."

Zhen Huan's mother Yun Xinluo also rushed over after receiving the letter, and slapped Huanbi in the face. She complained bitterly, "You are such a jinx, you have ruined my family and caused my Huan'er to be unable to enter the palace as a concubine. Your vixen mother He Mianmian, knowing that I was married to Zhen Yuandao, still wanted to be someone else's mistress. How shameless!"

Zhen Huan looked at her mother in surprise. Her mother, who was usually dignified and gentle, actually spoke like this.

Zhen Huan then immediately stepped forward and grabbed her mother, saying, "Mother, don't talk nonsense."

Yun Xinluo was also furious, and she blurted out all those things. Following Zhen Huan's strength, she took two steps back and said to the people from the Ministry of Justice, "It's all a misunderstanding. I just said it in a rage."

The people from the Ministry of Justice smiled but said nothing. The leader waved his hand and said, "Take the people away."

After the people from the Ministry of Justice left, Yun Xinluo and Zhen Huan collapsed on the ground. Yun Xinluo cried with tears on her face, "It's all your father's fault. If it weren't for him, if he couldn't control himself, how could this disaster have happened?"

Zhen Huan, a female Zhuge Liang, had a cold face and said nothing, just hugged Yun Xinluo silently.

Liu Zhu and Ying Er stepped forward to help the two up, but Zhen Huan shook her head at them and said softly, "You all go out."

Liu Zhu looked at Zhen Huan worriedly, and seeing Zhen Huan's determined look, she bowed, left the room and closed the door.

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