Yan Ruoshu had tears in her eyes and looked aggrieved.
"Brother Heng, how can you think of me like this?"
Chu Heng snorted coldly: "I will find out the truth."
Yan Ruoshu's heart sank and she said, "Brother Heng, don't you suspect it's Jin Yue?"
"Impossible." Chu Heng retorted directly: "My people have been staring at her, and she has no chance to do anything."
Yan Ruoshu bit her lower lip, wondering, since it was not Jin Yue, what went wrong in this matter.
At this moment, a spy who had been watching the Weiwu Hou Mansion came to report.
"Your Majesty, the gold has something to show for it."
When King Jinyang heard this, he immediately became energetic and said, "Speak quickly."
There was a motorcade parked at the gate of Marquis Weiwu, and the boxes containing gold were placed on the car.
"Can you see clearly?"
"The kid was afraid of making mistakes, so he quietly opened a box when no one was paying attention. It was full of gold."
King Jinyang was in a good mood and immediately said: "Go to the government and have people surround the motorcade."
Yan Ruoshu said quickly: "I will go back and inform my father right away."
Chu Heng finally smiled and nodded: "The bigger the fuss about this matter, the better."
He wanted to see how Jin Yue had the nerve to accept his gold after he had been shouting about catching thieves and ruining his reputation.
——
There is a saying that if a person sits at home, disaster will come from heaven.
Although the old Marquis was standing in the court at the moment, he still felt deeply that disaster was coming from the sky.
Bai Yushi, who had not been to the court for many days, was filled with righteous indignation and read a copy of Wei Wuhou.
"This drama of a thief shouting to catch the thief is all a ploy by the powerful Marquis Mansion.
He clearly received three hundred thousand taels of gold compensation from King Jinyang, but he colluded with the escort agency and bandits to stage this robbery scene.
In the end, all the charges were placed on King Jinyang, which led to random speculation among the people in the capital and ruined King Jinyang's reputation.
Emperor, it is pitiful that the goodwill shown by King Jinyang has been trampled upon by others. What the Weiwu Marquis Mansion has done is simply abominable. "
Marquis Weiwu, his granddaughter was not ventilated beforehand, what should he do?
The emperor only found out about the rumors outside these days.
The reputation of King Jinyang was damaged, and the imperial family naturally lost face.
He was about to call King Jinyang into the palace and ask what was going on, but unexpectedly the matter came to the court.
"Chu Heng, please tell me."
King Jinyang stood up, looking helpless and not knowing what to do.
"For the record, my father, I will not blame Jin Yue."
Just by saying that he doesn't blame Jin Yue, he has already placed himself on the moral high ground.
Next, many ministers stood up to support King Jinyang.
"Let me say, King Jinyang was able to compensate Jin Yue three hundred thousand taels of gold. From this point, we can see that there is love and justice."
"Let me tell you, this is too much. Three hundred thousand taels of gold? How is this different from robbery?"
"The Jin family is so dishonest in what they do. How could they accept someone else's gold, act like they're stealing it, and end up wrongly accusing someone of giving them gold?"
"I think the daughter of the Jin family is too out of proportion in what she does. For someone like her, it is a blessing that King Jinyang broke off the engagement and never married."
The old Marquis was so angry that his lungs were about to explode as he listened to their accusations.
Let’s not talk about anything else, just talking about the three hundred thousand taels of gold, he didn’t even see it.
The mighty prince who didn't see the gold was merciless when he scolded people.
"Fuck you, you always talk about the 300,000 taels of gold. Where is the gold? Where is the gold?"
Marquis Weiwu pointed at Yushi Bai and scolded him again: "You are an old man who only knows how to flatter others and you haven't even wiped off your shame. How dare you come to fight for the injustice of your ancestors of the opposite sex?"
Bai Yushi's face turned red with excitement: "Marquis Weiwu, please keep your mouth clean."
Marquis Weiwu held the wat board and put it on his waist, as if he was planning to curse.
"You old man, you got so fucking anxious when I told you what was on your mind. Aren't you the bastard of King Jinyang? It seems like you are here to fight for him."
Bai Yushi cursed angrily: "As a censor, my duty is to supervise all officials. When encountering injustice, I naturally have to take care of it."
"You don't care what you're doing, sir. Do you have any evidence? If you don't have any evidence, why are you so insistent? You are so fucking just, why do you want to protect that murderer Fang Shi?"
Hearing the word 'Fang Shi', Yushi Bai was full of words, as if someone had strangled his neck, and he couldn't argue a word.
Just when he felt guilty, Weiwuhou knelt down and cried: "Emperor, you must understand clearly and redress the grievances of our Weiwuhou Mansion!"
Prime Minister Yan stepped forward and said, "For the record, the emperor, the following people have spread the word that the gold is being blocked outside the gate of Weiwuhou Mansion at this moment."
"It's impossible for you to fart." Marquis Weiwu didn't believe it.
"If someone has seen it with his own eyes, he will know as long as he sends someone to investigate."
Marquis Weiwu's heart skipped a beat, could this be true?
If the granddaughter really took the gold and went to the government to report the case and then stage the drama of the thief shouting to catch the thief, it would indeed be a deliberate attempt to damage the reputation of King Jinyang.
The emperor immediately ordered: "Go and check."
Time passed little by little, and in about half an hour, Eunuch Gao came back with someone.
When King Jinyang saw Eunuch Gao coming back, he was sure that he had obtained the evidence.
So he deliberately acted like a victim and said: "Father, since the gold has been collected by Jin Yue, please ask her to go to Dali Temple to withdraw the case."
When he said this, he showed a sad look: "When I went out recently, I was like that rat crossing the street, being pointed at by the people of Huajing. This made me very distressed."
Eunuch Gao shook his head and said, "It's not gold."
The civil and military officials in the court suddenly became quiet.
The aggrieved expression on King Jinyang's face was almost unbearable.
"What did you say?"
Eunuch Gao said formally: "The boxes are all filled with stones, except for one box with two layers of gold bars on it."
King Jinyang's face turned ugly: "This must be Jin Yue's fault. Why is she pulling so many carts of rocks without any problems?"
Gao Gonggong said: "For your information, the emperor, the eldest daughter of the Jin family is waiting outside."
The Great Chu Emperor took a deep look at his son, and then said: "Let her come in."
Jin Yue entered the main hall and knelt down directly to Emperor Chu.
"Emperor, my daughter is guilty."
When Marquis Weiwu heard this, his brows suddenly jumped. Granddaughter, please don't harm your grandfather!
"Let me tell you what your crime is."
Jin Yue said: "My daughter should not go to Dali Temple to report to the official just because she lost her gold, which would damage the reputation of King Jinyang and the royal family's face."
"Jin Yue, that gold was really stolen."
"It was true that she was robbed. On that day, I received an invitation from King Jinyang to go to Lin'an Mansion. I didn't know in advance that King Jinyang was paying gold as agreed."
King Jinyang's brows jumped, feeling something bad.
He shouted loudly: "Jin Yue, did you bring so many stones back to the house today to induce me to bring this matter to the palace?"
