Captain Chen and Lin Shuo exchanged a glance, instantly understanding that they were thinking along the sa lines.
Lin Shuo casually tossed the bundle into the box and said in a deep voice, "Take it to the front courtyard!"
The items were brought before Jiang Zhongxing, and he was shocked.
He knew his son had soone secretly make a Dragon Robe and placed it in the ancestral hall, but he really hadn’t prepared a Jade Seal.
It seed the Yan family father and son were not wrongly accused; they truly harbored ambitions to beco emperor.
Jiang Zhongxing glanced at Grandmaster Yan.
Grandmaster Yan also didn’t know where the Dragon Robe ca from, but he understood very well what the robe and seal represented. He urgently explained, "Lord Guo, that seal was made from jade that I painstakingly collected, intending to create a Jade Seal for His Majesty, but the Jade Master ruined one of the dragon’s claws, so it was discarded there."
He wasn’t lying, but as for the carved seal with the dragon on it, for so reason, he didn’t destroy it but placed it in the ancestral hall instead.
Jiang Zhongxing laughed, "The Grandmaster is truly reckless, throwing sothing like that in the ancestral hall. If it was really ruined, shouldn’t the Grandmaster have destroyed it?"
"And what about the Dragon Robe?"
Grandmaster Yan desperately tried to explain, "I swear—"
Jiang Zhongxing waved his hand, "Enough, you don’t need to explain to , I’m not the one judging the case. I’ll just report it to His Majesty."
He instructed Lin Shuo and Captain Chen, "You two take my Token and bring the items into the palace."
"Report to His Majesty how you discovered these items, detailing everything."
Captain Chen and Lin Shuo took so soldiers, grabbed Jiang Zhongxing’s waist token, and headed to the Imperial Palace.
It was just the hour of Hai when they arrived, and His Majesty was not yet asleep, waiting for news in the palace.
After sending Jiang Zhongxing away, he had been feeling a vague sense of regret.
Grandmaster Yan and his son were key ministers in the court, solving many of the troubleso issues that usually gave him headaches. Who would help him solve problems in the future?
The more the emperor thought about the rebellion, the more he found it unbelievable. Yan family father and son were civil servants, not military officers—could they really succeed in rebelling?
The Great Chu Dynasty valued civil matters over military to prevent military officers from revolting.
Historically, only military officers had besieged the palace; civil servant rebellions were rare and mostly unsuccessful.
As the emperor was regretting, Lin Shuo and Captain Chen entered the palace.
Captain Chen presented the Dragon Robe and the suspected Jade Seal from the bundle. All the emperor’s regret vanished without a trace, leaving only a chest full of rage.
Upon hearing Captain Chen say these were found in a secret part of the Yan family’s ancestral hall, the emperor was even more furious, "Ha, is this to use the Jade Seal and Dragon Robe to comfort the Yan family’s ancestors’ spirits in heaven?"
He spoke coldly, "What else was found?"
Lin Shuo said, "There were also many letters between Grandmaster Yan and local officials, with nurous instances of selling offices and forming factions."
"Yan Mansion also found many items exceeding official standards, which are being cataloged."
"We also discovered a cellar with countless amounts of gold and silver, roughly estimated to be over a million taels of silver, with exact numbers still being calculated by the secretary."
The emperor gritted his teeth, "Good, what a father and son team!"
"Convey my orders to imprison Grandmaster Yan, his son, and all family mbers."
"Have the Ministry of Justice examine the case!"
Lin Shuo knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, most of the concubines in the Yan Mansion were abducted by Yan Beichen in the streets. These won are very innocent."
The emperor impatiently waved his hand, "Let Zhongxing handle those won!"
Lin Shuo and Captain Chen then withdrew.
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