After the villain was defeated, she still had power in the government

With this idea in mind, Fu Yutang flipped through all the books in the study. After confirming that there was nothing suspicious, he used the excuse of cleaning the study to check all the bookshelves to see if there were any secret compartments or anything.

In the end, no mechanism was found, only a small secret compartment under the desk.

Fu Yutang compared it and found that it was roughly the size of a book. He thought it was the place where the blue booklet was placed before.

Looking at the empty secret compartment, Fu Yutang thought, "If someone goes to great lengths to sneak into the mansion and goes through great pains to find the secret compartment, only to find that there is nothing inside, how disappointed they will be!"

In order to avoid making others work in vain, Fu Yutang blinked, found a blank book, wrote the word "account book" on the cover, and then put it in a secret compartment. Every day when he was bored, he would take it out and draw a few strokes, writing whatever he thought of. The whole book was full of nonsense, meaningless and illogical, just to kill time.

While she was busy filling out the "account book", the case in which the Prince of Xiang ordered his men to kill an imperial official was also judged.

Because the evidence was very solid, there were a large number of witnesses, and the impact was bad, even though Shi Zhen gritted his teeth and refused to plead guilty, he was eventually sentenced to immediate execution along with Shi Dadui and others.

The Prince of Xiang was stripped of his throne, demoted to a commoner, and imprisoned in a mountain villa near the imperial mausoleum outside the capital along with his wives, concubines, and servants.

Of course, Feng Xingjun still gave him some face to the outside world, saying that Prince Xiang was very filial and because he missed Huang Taizu and the late emperor too much, he asked to go outside the capital to guard the imperial mausoleum and would never return to the capital for the rest of his life.

Hearing the inside information brought back by Yan Zhen and Qi Shang, Fu Yutang was surprised and happy, his eyes lit up.

"really?"

I had heard Feng Xingjun's words before, and thought he would let him go easily. I didn't expect that in less than half a month, he dealt with the King of Xiang in a swift and decisive manner.

"How could this be false?" Yan Zhen looked at her with amusement and said, "The imperial edict has been issued. Eunuch Fulu went to the Prince of Xiang's mansion to announce it in person. In half a month at the latest, the Prince of Xiang will be escorted to the imperial mausoleum."

"very nice."

Fu Yutang narrowed her eyes and smiled. The death threat had been lifted, and she could find a time to resign from Feng Xingjun.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Yan Zhen say again: "By the way, the emperor also specially rewarded those witnesses this time, giving each of them ten taels of silver to commend their righteous deeds."

Fu Yutang nodded slightly and reminded: "Don't forget the rewards that the Ministry of Justice promised to give them before."

Yan Zhen smiled and replied, "I knew you were thinking about this. Don't worry, I asked Jiang Yi to lead the yamen runners to deliver it yesterday along with the emperor's reward."

After a pause, he added, "I also gave the 41 taels of silver you asked me to give to Shi Dadui. But he refused to take it, saying that he was an orphan. If the King of Xiang had not passed by and saved him more than ten years ago, he would have died long ago. Now he has committed a serious crime and will be executed soon. There is no point in asking for this silver, so let me donate it directly to the Charity Church."

The reason for mentioning this matter is that the Salesian Hall was a charity founded by Fu Yutang and the Ministry of Revenue to adopt orphans and abandoned children.

However, except for Yan Zhen, Qi Shang and a few people in the Ministry of Revenue, most people did not know about this. They all thought that the Syou Hall was established by the Ministry of Revenue.

Fu Yutang didn't know either. After hearing Yan Zhen's words, he nodded and said, "Then donate it to the Salesian Church for him."

After finishing the business, seeing that Fu Yutang looked relaxed and comfortable, and did not mention the matter of returning to the Ministry of Justice at all, Yan Zhen hesitated to speak, and could not help but wink at Qi Shang who had remained silent.

Qi Shang understood, pondered for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Brother Tang, when are you going to return to the Ministry of Justice?"

Return to the Ministry of Justice?

That is impossible!

She now just wants to resign and leave.