"So you think they should get a lighter sentence?"
Yuan Che pursed his lower lip, hesitated for a while, and then nodded. There was no trace of childlike innocence in his clear eyes at this moment.
Whether law enforcement should be strict is indeed a question worth thinking about. Sheng Shaoqing was just surprised that Yuan Che started to understand this matter at such a young age.
Could it be that dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, the mice's sons can dig holes, and the emperor's bloodline power awakens?
"Che'er, my mother is very pleased that you can think about this question, but she cannot give you the answer to this question right now."
Yuan Che tilted his head and asked in confusion, "Why?"
Sheng Shaoqing thought for a while and asked Yuan Che, "If the queen mother did not discover Mrs. Li's conspiracy at that time and they succeeded, what would be the consequences?"
"Then...then if they use troops against Nanjing without authorization, the outcome on the battlefield is uncertain. I...I can't say."
Sheng Shaoqing stroked Yuan Che's bun and said gently, "This is only part of it. Once they take control of the military power and have disobedience, you and your mother may be dead tomorrow."
"Then... let's deal with it impartially!"
"But what the Queen Mother said was just a possibility, and these things didn't really happen, right?
"
Yuan Che nodded, and Sheng Shaoqing continued, "What the Queen Mother said is that it is good to have kind thoughts in your heart, but you should also think about whether you should be kind to others."
"My mother still has many unanswered questions about Li's matter, but my mother promises you that she will never kill innocent people indiscriminately, but she will not let a guilty person go either."
Yuan Che nodded heavily. The Queen Mother was really... really, what was the idiom that the Tutor just taught her.
Oh yes!
It is a woman who cannot give way to men!
If this matter were to be known to the old men in Chaoshang, there would definitely be another quarrel in Chaoshang.
"Then tell your mother, what should you do now?"
"If you want to go back to your mother, Che'er will go back to the palace now! Have a good rest and go to court with your mother tomorrow!"
Surrounded by the palace people, Yuan Che's small figure gradually moved away until he disappeared, and Sheng Shaoqing reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
[Host, your motherly glory is getting stronger and stronger now.]
"That's right, the son I picked up is so sensible, so of course I will be a good stepmother."
[I have located the items stolen in the palace, what are you going to do now?]
"No hurry, no hurry," Sheng Shaoqing said slowly, "Don't you make Wang Shang Palace useless?"
system:………………
The system still wanted to speak, but Aning came in and reported: Wang Shanggong wants to see you.
"Look, isn't this coming?"
Wang Shanggong walked in quickly and knelt down with a plop, "I pay my respects to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will be happy forever."
"Wei Chen followed the clues left by Mrs. Li before, and now we have basically figured out the whereabouts of the stolen goods."
Sheng Shaoqing raised his eyebrows proudly. Look, what she said was that Cao Cao and Cao Cao will be here soon.
"only……"
"yes……"
Wang Shanggong looked gloomy. He had been searching for the stolen goods day and night for days and nights. He didn't even have a few bites of food before he finally found out the details.
But the more he touched her, the more frightened she became. Later, she no longer dared to send anyone to investigate, for fear of causing death.
Seeing Wang Shanggong, who had lost a lot of weight, hesitating and refusing to speak clearly, Sheng Shaoqing retreated from the crowd and said slowly, "Speak now, there are only you and me here."
Wang Shanggong gritted his teeth. Anyway, if he extended his head and retracted his head, it would be the same as the sword. So he simply took a gamble and followed the Queen Mother. Maybe the Queen Mother could let her go for the sake of her return.
"The Queen Mother, there is something not simple behind Mrs. Li's theft. This matter involves government affairs, and I don't dare to speak nonsense."
Oh, it turns out to be this.
"Whether you want to say that the Li family wants to control the government, the Ai family knows."
Wang Shanggong shook his head, "It's not just that. Queen Mother, there are still many people involved behind the Li family."
Anyone else?
"Wei Chen has been investigating over the past few days and found that although Mrs. Li is able to maneuver around the palace and steal items from the palace, transporting these items out of the palace and finding a safe place to store them is definitely beyond Li's ability.
within."
"and……"
Wang Shanggong looked up at the Queen Mother's expression and continued, "As far as I know, their... identities are complicated and hidden, and most of them come from aristocratic families. They want to send these things to Nanjing and sell them as stolen goods."
"They are well-organized, and the ministers have tried to spy on them many times without much success, so they came to report to the Queen Mother and ask the Queen Mother to make a decision."
Shang Gong, whom she had been so good at, now actually started spying on intelligence, but it was too difficult for her.
Sheng Shaoqing frowned, what is going on?
"Who do you know today?"
"According to Wei Chen's investigation, the matter involves the Wang family of Chenliu, the Yang family of Cangzhou and the Xu family of Binzhou."
The system timely displayed the backgrounds of these major families. They were all big families that had been famous since the previous dynasty. But what grudges did they have with the imperial court, and they wanted to target the imperial court?
[Is it possible that they are not targeting the court, but you, the host? 】
Sheng Shaoqing:??????
"What the hell did I do wrong?"
[The young master is suspicious of the country, the ministers have not responded, and the people do not believe it. Therefore, you have done nothing wrong. You yourself are wrong.]
[What's more, Beiliang has been suppressing Han officials since he took over. The children of the aristocratic family have not been able to make a difference in recent years, so they are naturally unhappy. 】
So, is this the reason why they stole things? Did they steal everything under her nose in the palace?
"But since they come from a noble family and have a lot of money, why do they want to steal things?"
Wang Shanggong added, "However, the people involved are all descendants of the side branches. We are worried because they are all under the instructions of their families. This is dangerous."
Wang Shanggong's unintentional words awakened Sheng Shaoqing, "Could it be that the direct descendants are still unable to stand out, and these side branches are even more difficult, and they are not valued by the family and have no money to do anything, so they thought of this method?"
The most dangerous place is often the safest place. These people really understand this principle and apply it vividly.
[This matter has wide implications, host, you should think twice before acting.]
"You know, you know, you can't intensify ethnic conflicts."
"The Ai family knows."
Wang Shanggong saw that the Queen Mother had no other reaction after saying this, and asked again, "Then, do you want Weichen to send someone to recover those things?"
Sheng Shaoqing shook his head, catching thieves and taking stolen goods, catching adulterers in pairs, if you can't catch those people, recovering things doesn't mean much.
"Do you know when they plan to send them out? And who will escort them?"
"The first batch has been sent to Nanjing, while the second batch is still in various places in Beijing and has not been sent out. It seems that they have been sent out of the capital in person in the past few days."
"Wei Chen was curious at the time why Mrs. Li specifically asked Wei Chen to take the porcelain from the treasury. Now he understands that among the treasures in the private treasury, only the white porcelain fired by our dynasty can be sold at a good price in Nanjing.
