"He was taken away?!"

Mrs. Lu was immediately panicked. She grabbed the boy's clothes and asked, "Do you know what's going on?"

"I also heard it from people on the street!"

The servant wiped his tears and said, "I was hiding in the dark at the time, and I saw everyone in the Lu family being arrested by the Ministry of Justice. In the end, the door was sealed!"

No wonder the servant was so scared that he couldn't stop crying. He had been in Lu's mansion for such a long time, but this was the first time he had seen such a scene.

After listening to the servant's description, Mrs. Lu's bad premonition became stronger and stronger.

My brother was the Minister of Revenue, but suddenly he was transferred to the Ministry of Justice from such an important position.

And it’s not the Dali Temple yet. It’s likely that some definite evidence of a crime has been found by someone with ulterior motives.

Otherwise, how could His Majesty deal with the Lu family without showing any mercy?

Thinking of the evidence, Lu was suddenly shocked.

I have hidden some of those silver dollars myself, so I have to get rid of them quickly.

Otherwise, even the Marquis's Mansion would be implicated.

By that time, don’t let the Marquis’ Mansion go in before Rong Jin is rescued!

Thinking of this, her face darkened and she hurried back to the courtyard to discuss with Rong Dexin.

But before he had walked far, he heard another round of powerful footsteps coming from outside the mansion gate.

Lu's ears pricked up and he quickly turned around to look.

It would have been better if I hadn't looked at it, but once I did I was scared again.

Two people dressed as palace guards walked towards her quickly with expressionless faces.

"We are here on the orders of His Majesty. May I ask if you are the wife of the Marquis of Rongguo?"

The leading guard held the token in front of Lu and asked directly.

When Lu heard that it was someone sent by the emperor, her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Under the guards' cold gaze, she barely held back the tears that were about to fall from her eyes and stammered, "Yes, I am the wife of the Marquis."

"Then come with us!"

When the guard heard this, he dragged Lu out without saying a word.

"What are you doing, gentlemen?"

Mrs. Lu resisted with all her might: "I am the wife of the Marquis of Rongguo, the sister of Lord Lu, what rights do you have to arrest me?"

The leading guard didn't want to waste any more time, but Lu kept shouting and refusing to cooperate.

He was afraid that if he waited too long, people would gather around and delay his mission, so he simply stopped and said in a cold voice: "Lü Anfei has been sentenced to death by the emperor, and the Marquis of Rongguo has also broken his promise to the emperor. I advise the lady to be sensible and follow us to the Dali Temple for trial. If you continue to resist, be careful that the Marquis of Rongguo's mansion will also be implicated!"

"death penalty?!"

When Lu heard these two words, his heart trembled violently.

My guess was right. My brother's hidden government silver must have been discovered!

But she was already married, so the Lu family's execution would not affect her.

Could it be that the Lu family has also given themselves up?

Several possibilities came to mind, but Lu remained where she was. "This happened suddenly, you must let me and the Marquis know."

"There is no time to lose. Madam, please don't make things difficult for us." The leader did not beat around the bush and directly rejected Lu.

Afterwards, the two guards forcibly dragged Lu out of the mansion.

Seeing the guards being so ruthless, Lu shouted to the servants in the yard, "Go tell the Marquis and ask him to find a solution!"

Several servants in the courtyard were already frightened by the scene just now, and they did not move for a long time after listening to Lu's shouting.

However, the servant of the Lu Mansion was smart. When he saw that Lu had also been captured, he hurried to find Rong Dexin.

At this moment in Longhe Hall, Rong Dexin had just finished breakfast.

He did not attend court in the past few days, but was summoned by the Dali Temple several times.

As several judges took turns questioning him, he spent a lot of time and effort trying to exonerate himself.

Fortunately, the Dali Temple did not pursue the matter too much in the end.

However, because he has not been able to attend court and participate in state affairs these days, his mood has been somewhat affected. For breakfast today, he only drank a small bowl of white porridge and could not eat any more.

Fortunately, Lu told him yesterday that he had found a suitable candidate.

Just before the execution, he asked Lu Anfei to bribe the Ministry of Justice to rescue Rong Jin, and this difficult time would be overcome.

Thinking of this, he looked at the withered branches outside the window and sighed.

From the time when Prince Jing'an rebelled until today, he dared not contact anyone except going to the Dali Temple, for fear of being targeted by the Emperor's secret guards.

Li Yujing and others never contacted him again, and he had no idea what the current situation in the court was.

"Maybe the prince thinks I am of no use to him now."

He thought with some disheartenment that after rescuing Rong Jin this time, he would move his family away from the capital and away from this place of trouble.

"Master Hou, something happened!"

After many twists and turns, the servant from the Lu residence finally found Longhe Hall.

He rushed in and knelt down in front of Rong Dexin with an anxious look on his face: "My Lord, my wife has been arrested by the Dali Temple, and the Lu family has also been confiscated. Please think of a solution quickly!"

Rong Dexin was in a daze when the servant's loud shout frightened him.

"Speak slowly, who was taken away?"

"My lord, someone came to the palace this morning and took your madam to the Dali Temple without explaining why!" The servant spoke slower, but his expression was still anxious.

When Rong Dexin heard that Lu was arrested, his head suddenly started buzzing like a pot of boiling water.

He rubbed his frowning brows and asked, "What about the Lu family?!"

"My Lord, I didn't know that all the masters and servants of the Lu family were arrested and taken to the Ministry of Justice. I was lucky to escape!"

Hearing this, Rong Dexin could no longer sit still. He suddenly stood up and paced back and forth in the room anxiously.

He didn't attend court these few days, and something really happened!

Lu Anfei was arrested suddenly, which must have angered the emperor.

He himself and Li Yujing and others had all received money from Lu Anfei.

The prince often embezzled money from the national treasury.

It doesn’t matter if Lu Anfei is arrested now, but it would be fatal if he were to get out!

He thought in horror, his back gradually soaked with cold sweat.

No, he can't just sit there and wait for death. He must go to the Ministry of Justice to ask Lu Anfei face to face!

"Father, what happened in the mansion?"

"Sheng'er..."

Just when Rong Dexin was getting extremely anxious, Rong Sheng happened to come over.

"Father, I just wanted to go out for a walk, but I saw that the servants in the front yard were all panicked. Could something big have happened?"

Rong Dexin glanced at Rong Sheng and felt that this daughter was more friendly than ever before.

Now he is isolated and helpless, and the only one in the mansion who can talk to him is his daughter...

His eyes were red, and he stepped forward to hold Rong Sheng's hand, his tone full of pain: "Sheng'er, the Marquis' Mansion is in big trouble now!"

"Don't be impatient, father. Sit down and talk slowly."

Rong Sheng looked down at the hand that Rong Dexin was holding, suppressed the nausea in his chest, and helped Rong Dexin sit down at the table.

As soon as Rong Dexin sat down, he started talking: "Sheng'er, you are grown up now, it's okay to tell you. Your mother was just arrested and taken to the Dali Temple."

“What?!” Rong Sheng’s eyes widened and he shouted in surprise, “Why did they arrest my mother?!”

"This..." Rong Dexin thought about it and decided to tell Rong Sheng, "Maybe it's because something happened to the Lu family. Your father also plans to go to the Ministry of Justice to question Lu Anfei."

"Father, you can't go now!"

"Why?" Rong Dexin asked in confusion when he saw Rong Sheng trying to stop him. "Your father hasn't been to court for a few days. I have to go in and find out the whole story so that I can come up with a plan to rescue your mother."

When Rong Sheng heard this, a light flashed in his eyes.

Then, she continued to pretend to stop him and said earnestly: "Father, the Lu family has been arrested now, and they must have committed a heinous crime. Father, you are already under the surveillance of the emperor. If you go there rashly at this time, once the emperor finds out, he might regard the Marquis's Mansion as an accomplice!"

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