When the news reached Xiang Shangshu's mansion, Xiang Shangshu was like a lightning strike, and he fell on the chair on the spot, almost unable to believe what he had heard.

"Madame and the eldest young master...... All arrested and put in prison? ”

The guard who returned nodded uneasily: "Yes, the regent personally ordered that he was charged with killing the king." ”

Xiang Shangshu was shocked, and his mind went blank for a moment.

Regicide......

In the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, Su Jin and Chu Ning also received a report from their subordinates, and the two looked at each other after listening to it.

"Your Majesty was injured in the theater, and Xiang Nan and Mrs. Xiang were both arrested and put in prison?" Su Jin seemed to be confirming the facts.

"Yes."

Su Jin frowned and groaned for a while: "What about the eldest son?" ”

"The eldest prince followed into the palace."

Su Jin nodded slowly: "I know, let's go down first." ”

"Yes."

Su Jin turned his head to look at Chu Ning: "What does Your Highness think?" ”

"The Xiang family is finished." Chu Ning's words were concise and to the point, and his tone did not fluctuate.

Su Jin sat down beside her and turned her head to look at the sky outside the window: "At this hour, the palace gate is about to close." Xiang Shangshu must have been anxious when he heard the news, and he was in a hurry to enter the palace to see the regent, but he couldn't enter once the palace door was closed...... What does Your Highness guess he will do this night? ”

Chu Ning's tone was light: "Doing something is done for nothing." ”

The crime of killing the king has been a capital crime since ancient times.

It doesn't matter if you don't know whether you are innocent or not, the person who decides whether you are guilty or not is the one in power, and if the person in power says that you are not guilty, then the small punishment and the big precept will be revealed.

But today, Her Majesty the Empress is only a nine-year-old child.

The courtiers had never seen the little empress for a long time, and they didn't know what she looked like or what she was like. In their opinion, a nine-year-old girl who was whipped and injured was absolutely impossible to just forget about it.

Moreover, when she appeared in the theater, Qiao Yin competed with her for the No. 1 private room in the front, insulting her in the back, and relying on the power of the Xiang family to make a fortune.

This in itself is no small matter.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, even if he was good friends with the Xiang family, I was afraid that few people would dare to come forward at this time.

The crime of killing the monarch must not be neglected, if it is not done well, it is a rebellion, and the nine clans are connected, who dares to cause trouble at this time?

Besides, the person who ordered the arrest of Xiang Nan was the regent - who didn't know that the Xiang family had relied on the regent's weight to be so prominent and powerful all these years?

If the regent wants to pardon, they don't have to intercede, and the regent won't do anything to the Xiang family.

If the regent wants to move the Xiang family, they will drag themselves to death if they intercede.

"Our little empress, Your Majesty, although she is young, is really a ruthless person." Su Jin sighed lightly, only feeling that his muscles and bones were cold, "Using myself as bait, Xiang Nan easily fell for the trick." As soon as the crime of killing the monarch came out, Xiang Nan didn't even have room to resist and justify. Once in the prison, the evidence of the rebellion will be sent to the dragon case one by one, how can the Xiang family have a chance to turn over? ”

created a conflict with Qiao Yin as a young and ignorant ordinary girl, aroused Qiao Yin's arrogant and domineering temper, attracted Qiao Yin's abuse, and then in the name of whipping, let the matter naturally reach Mrs. Xiang's ears.

The moment she whipped Qiao Yin was not heavy, it could be regarded as a lesson to Qiao Yin.

When Xiang Nan arrived, he created a dangerous illusion and let Xiang Nan attack her - Xiang Nan is a military general, and even if he doesn't deliberately exert force when he goes down, he will definitely see blood.

saw the blood, showed his identity, and was convicted of killing the king.

Since then, the Xiang family will never recover.