Of course, Wen could not answer this question. It was only after Xie Pu came back from the yamen in the evening that he told his daughter the latest news from the capital.

The Lin family was unlucky, and several of the highest and most powerful members of the family were dismissed from their posts and imprisoned, even if Lin Zhaoyi and the second prince repeatedly pleaded with the emperor, the emperor did not relent. At the same time, the Cao family, who had a long-standing grudge with the Lin family, fell into the ground, providing all kinds of human and material evidence for Dali Temple, striving to nail the Lin family to death in one go, and it would be difficult to turn over. After the Lin family found out, they were also resentful, unwilling to be unlucky only for their own family, so they simply bit the Cao family and dragged the enemy into the water.

Anyway, the two have been fighting for many years, you know my secret, and I know your details. Many things that cannot be seen in the light are noticed by the two families, and their faces are silent, but in fact, they are secretly collecting evidence, striving to one day take the opportunity to attack each other. It's just that some of the evidence is not strong enough, and some of the charges are relatively minor, and they can't reach the point of causing the Cao family to die, so the Lin family feels that there is no need to take it out so quickly, and wants to wait for the best time to make a move, and complete the battle. But now they don't have time to wait for that opportunity, so they simply took out this evidence to take revenge on the Cao family. Don't look at the fact that the Lin family is at a disadvantage right now, when these evidences are exposed, the Cao family will still suffer a big loss.

The emperor originally wanted to use the Lin family's counterattack to attack the Cao family, but seeing this, he naturally would not stop it, but would fan the flames. So the fire really burned to the head of the Cao family, not only did several of the family's henchmen have accidents, but many of them held real power, and even found out that important family members were involved in embezzling the money of the Ministry of Industry. Cao Siye and Cao Wuye were both dismissed in this way, but they managed to save their lives, but it is impossible to be officials in the future, and it may be more difficult for the children and grandchildren in the family to become officials.

However, these two are only side branches of the Cao family, and they are not important figures, how can the Lin family be satisfied? When the governor of the river of his family determined that he could not get away with the crime, the Lin family instructed someone to sue Chengenhou, and also related him to the river construction case of the year, and vaguely implicated in a case on the side of the military department. If Cheng Enhou can't explain clearly, every minute will be a crime of embezzling military salaries and secretly raising private troops.

The Cao family has a queen and a prince, and if there is another private army, it is simply equivalent to telling the world that the Cao family is anti-will, at least it is a crime of planning to be unfavorable to the emperor, so as to push the young prince to seize power and succeed to the throne and take the opportunity to seize power.

The Cao family is really going to break out in a cold sweat this time. Whether his family really has a private army, there is no clear evidence to prove for the time being. The incriminating evidence that the Lin family took out was actually a bit far-fetched, and the persuasiveness was not too strong, it just seemed to make some sense. But this is all secondary, the key is whether the emperor will believe it or not. Once the emperor believes in the evidence of the Lin family, has a suspicion of the Cao family, and has the intention to eradicate his family, then even if the evidence is insufficient, the future of the Cao family will be bleak.

If it is serious, the queen's throne will be difficult to protect, and the crown prince may also be deposed. After all, if the crown prince, who was the eldest son of the eldest son in the past, did not make a big mistake, the emperor had no reason to depose him, and the officials of the court would not agree; But if there is evidence that the prince is not filial and intends to seize power and occupy the throne, then even the most upright and conservative ministers in the court will not stand on the side of the prince.

In a hurry, Cheng Enhou had to find a scapegoat and charge himself with corruption, as for raising private soldiers, he naturally completely denied it and made it as clear as possible. And in order to convince the emperor that this scapegoat was the one who was really responsible, Cheng Enhou sacrificed his most trusted and respected brother Cao Erye. Although Cao Er Ye is a concubine, he has always been a loyal follower of the eldest brother, he silently admitted this crime, and has been put in prison, waiting for Dali Temple to collect evidence and then pronounce the sentence.

When Xie Pu said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "If Second Master Cao is not loyal to Chengenhou, in fact, his own talent is still good, and his character is better than that of several brothers. Helplessly, he was so desperate that he even took the charge of killing his head for Cheng Enhou, which was tantamount to asking for his own death. The emperor doesn't care if he is more decent than the rest of the Cao family, as long as he is a figure with a head and a face in the Cao family, the emperor hopes to eradicate it all, and he has never spared the second master Cao.

"Cheng Enhou is actually too selfish, his brothers are not very clean, but Cao Erye's reputation is okay. If Cheng Enhou can make a decision immediately, keep Cao Erye, and make him resign and return to his hometown, at least the women, children, children and grandchildren in the family will still have Cao Erye's protection in the future. Even if several of the Chengenhou brothers suffered, they could still keep the family bloodline for the future. Now that he has buried the most promising of his brothers, who will protect his family in the future? It is impossible for the emperor to let him go. Finding a scapegoat is just to let him live a few more days. ”

Xie Mulin didn't care about the second room of the Cao family. One of the things she is most familiar with is that Jiang Shaoliang, the eldest son of the Jiang family, married the eldest daughter of Cao Erye, and I heard that the relationship between husband and wife is quite good. Cao Erye's eldest daughter gave up her future of being sent to the East Palace as a side concubine by the Cao family for Jiang Shaoliang, and it can be regarded as a clear stream among the girls in the Cao family who are bent on marrying the prince as a concubine. Mrs. Jiang's Xiao Cheng had the impression that she was an extremely snobbish person, and when something happened to the Xie family, she couldn't wait to come to the door to withdraw from her family, as if Xie Mulin would entangle her family with a marriage contract. Now that there is an accident in the second room of the Cao family, the situation of the Cao family is not good, will her attitude towards the eldest daughter-in-law who has always been held high really not change?

Xie Mulin shook his head secretly, his face did not show any color, and continued to ask Xie Pu: "Daddy, it seems that the Cao family has suffered a big loss." Cheng Enhou's younger brothers have all had accidents, and Second Master Cao may still be guilty of capital crimes, could it be that the Cao family hasn't woken up at this time? If the emperor was willing to protect them, how could he remain silent? Now that the big man of the Cao Lin family is convicted of a felony, the attitude is already obvious, right? ”

Xie Pu smiled: "How can you not see it?" Even foreign officials like us who are far away in the local area, but anyone who has received news from the capital, has a little bit of it, let alone the Cao family in the capital? I'm afraid that even the Lin family has come back to the taste. Fortunately, the Lin family has long regretted that they acted too much at first, which angered the king, and now they don't dare to expect the second prince to become the prince, it is said that they want to strive to become the heir of the Yan Palace. Therefore, the capital quickly sent a message to His Royal Highness King Yan, so that His Highness could be prepared. As for the Cao family, once they perceive the emperor's intentions, they will definitely find a way to deal with it. At present, the situation of his family is not good, so he can only stabilize the emperor first, pretend to be pitiful as much as possible, sacrifice more things if necessary, and wait until the situation stabilizes in the future, and then think about the next move. I just don't know, will the emperor give his family a chance to breathe? ”

"The second prince only came up with the idea of the heir of the Yan Wangfu until now?" Xie Mulin couldn't help but laugh, "Did he really think that it was something he could get his hands on if he wanted it?" He hasn't received the news yet, and he doesn't know that the prince of Yan Wang has already decided? ”

"The prince of Yan Wang has already decided?" Xie Pu was stunned, "How did you say this?" How do you know? ”

Xie Mulin blinked, laughed dryly, and when he saw that there was no one else in the house, he smirked at his parents.

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