While the aunt and sister-in-law were talking, they had already arrived in front of the Yangxin Hall.
Looking at the deep hall, Chu Nanzhi started to shout angrily toward the inside: "Lin Dalang, come out. If you are so cruel, why are you hiding in Yangxin Hall and not daring to meet your old friend?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Jinxiao was nowhere to be seen. Only Hai Da'a, who was serving him, hurriedly walked out.
"Queen, Your Majesty has decreed that since Princess She has entered the palace, the eldest princess will be allowed to stay in the Queen's Palace to rest peacefully in these days. There is no need to return to Ji's house for the time being."
Hai Da'a conveyed the words word for word and very respectfully according to the original meaning.
Lin Jinshu was startled by Chu Nanzhi's menacing look. She had never seen the emperor's sister-in-law be so tough and dare to speak like this to the emperor's brother.
In addition to being frightened and afraid of hurting her, he knelt down again with his sick body and said respectfully to the inside: "My sister has come here today to apologize to His Majesty on behalf of the Ji family and return the five hundred thousand that my father-in-law had hidden." acres of land and 700,000 taels of silver."
"Master Shangshu also took advantage of the land confiscated by the Tang family?"
Faced with such a shocking figure, Chu Nanzhi was shocked when he heard it. He almost had a heart attack and immediately lost the confidence to intercede for the Ji family.
It seems that the Ji family's affairs are really quite big.
No wonder the pretty boy is so angry.
But she couldn't bear to let Princess Shu suffer along with her. Looking at the book and account book held in Lin Jinshu's hand, Chu Nanzhi took it and handed it to Hai Da'a, and continued to say to the palace:
"Lin Dalang, you have already said that as long as the Yin and Ji families hand over the hidden land money, you will not hold the two families responsible for their crimes. What's more, the crime is not as bad as that of your wife and children. Since it is the fault of the Lord Shangshu, why do you need to involve the eldest princess and the consort to suffer together. "
Seeing that there was still no movement in the palace, Chu Nanzhi also knelt down and said: "The princess and Lord Shangshu and his son have entered the palace. Please tell me what you are going to do with Lord Shangshu?"
After all, the Ji family is not a simple family. They directly asked the general to lead people to surround other people's mansions. This not only disgraced the Ji family, but also embarrassed the ancestors.
The Empress Dowager arranged a marriage between Ji Rongheng and Lin Jinhui. Before Jinhui even got married, the Ji family was under suspicion and wanted to let her know before her illness passed.
Even if the death of Dangyang County Supervisor Xia Yuan is inseparable from the Ji family, the investigation of the case is not like this.
Hearing the noise outside, Lin Jinxiao couldn't help but walked out.
Seeing Chu Nanzhi kneeling on the ground, Lin Jinxiao was heartbroken. He immediately stepped forward to help her up, and scolded angrily: "You are also fooling around."
But after looking at the book and account book in Hai Da'a's hand, and then turning to glance at the haggard Lin Jinshu, he could only order: "Go and invite your uncle and your consort to Yangxin Hall."
Then he helped his aunt and sister-in-law into the palace.
When he got to the stove, he looked at Chu Nanzhi's thin clothes. He immediately took the robe lying on the desk and put it on her body. He reproached her with distress: "It's freezing cold. Who asked you to go out dressed like this?" .”
Chu Nanzhi felt angry because he had concealed all these things about her. She stared at the stove in a daze and ignored him.
Lin Jinxiao had no choice but to face Lin Jinshu and said bluntly: "Jin Shu, you and your consort have been fighting abroad for these years. I'm afraid you don't know much about the affairs of the Ji family. Even the matter of uncle's greed for the Tang family's land has only come to light at this juncture." Knowing that, it can be seen that they concealed more than one or two things from you."
After a pause, he continued with a wry smile: "Just a few days ago, the uncle of the second brother of the Ji family who was the governor sent a good news, saying that the officials and people of Tanzhou were united. Although they could not pay taxes and money to the treasury this year, they would be able to resume their work in due course.
In order to rejuvenate the whole state and let the people live and work in peace and contentment, I also asked me to allocate 4 million taels of disaster relief money and grain to help Tanzhou provide for post-war refugees. Little did they know that Tanzhou has long been reduced to a Shura cemetery protected by officials. The famous families are extravagant and ordinary.
But the people are dying of hunger everywhere,
Even so, Ji Huaizhang still did not repent and continued to occupy the people's land. He dared to put all his ideas into my treasury. He was really bullying me when I first got involved in government affairs and did not check the people's sentiments in various places. If I didn't be ruthless, I would strike hard.
If we attack, I'm afraid it won't be long before I become the second late emperor, and Ji Huaizhang becomes the second Tang Yao, right?"
After hearing these words, Chu Nanzhi suddenly realized.
I didn't expect that the Ji family would be so arrogant.
Lin Jinxiao added: "It's not that I don't care about loyalty. The imperial officials were killed one after another in Tanzhou. If this continues, Tanzhou will really become a lawless place where Emperor Shan Gao is far from the only one who obeys the orders of the Ji family."
Until this moment, Lin Jinshu dared to conclude that the Ji family indeed maintained a large number of private armies in the three states of Qinghe, and what she saw was that the nearly 200,000 taels of slave salary allocated to various manors every year was...
It's just a number on the books.
What her father-in-law revealed today made her immediately alert. It was hard to estimate what people at this age had hidden from her and her husband.
Sitting on the ground with a despairing heart, she felt as melancholy as a little wild horse that had lost its faith and lost its destination. She sighed weakly: "It's all my fault that I didn't notice and caused Your Majesty to worry about the Ji family."
Lin Jinshu stared at her deeply, slowly helped her up, and advised her with sincere words:
"Jin Shu, you are my imperial sister, the most valued granddaughter of the imperial grandmother, and the favorite disciple of my mentor. I believe in you, and I also believe that the prince-in-law will never get involved in this quagmire. The reason why I let Zhang Yu imprison Ji Mansion is
The empire's empire is to protect the people of the Ji family who are not involved in this case. Don't worry, I can pardon the Jinling old party and I will never wrong the innocent people of the Ji family."
"Thank you very much for your kindness, my dear brother. I hereby swear that I will help my brother to thoroughly investigate the cause of death of Imperial Lieutenant Shi Luhuan and County Supervisor Xia Yuan. I will supervise the entire Ji family to return all the occupied land and disband all tribes."
Lin Jinshu also made up her mind, at least until the matter came to light, she would never turn against anyone in the Ji family again.
Now she can't even trust her father-in-law, and it's even harder for the rest of the Ji family to trust her.
"This is my good royal sister."
Lin Jinshu smiled happily and sat her down by the stove. Then he looked at Chu Nanzhi, who was listening carefully, and pouted at her in confusion: "You should feel relieved now?"
"Ahem, I don't want to get angry with you."
Chu Nan Zhi calmly explained to him: "Not to mention that Jin Shu is the daughter-in-law of the Ji family, Jin Hui had not agreed to the marriage with General Rong Heng before, and she has caused such a scene before she even married the Ji family. How can you
How could she enter the Ji family again?"
"The official queen of Haikang County has also seen this. Now that the entire Tanzhou and even the land of Qinghe have fallen into such a situation, how can I dare to let Jinhui marry into the Ji family and suffer such an unreasonable disaster?"
Lin Jinxiao thought for a moment and replied decisively: "Now I want to see whether Ji Rongheng wants this marriage or is helping his brother to commit evil."
At this point, Chu Nanzhi would rather postpone the marriage than let Jinhui suffer the hardship of marrying into the second wife of the Ji family, so she immediately agreed to his proposal.