“…… Your Majesty! Prince Mu was just confused for a while, and begged His Majesty to see that he could open up the net for the sake of the bloodline of the same clan, and spare him a way to live......"

In the open space at the door of the study, Emperor Qin Weilie frowned thickly, staring at the many clan dignitaries kneeling below, and a large group of royal worshippers were tightly guarding him.

All this is very similar to when the queen was deposed and executed a while ago!

The difference is that this time the unlucky object has become His Majesty's ninth brother: Prince Mu Qin Weifeng. And those who knelt here to intercede for him had a total of five princes, nine county kings, fourteen dukes, thirty-seven marquises, and more than three hundred nobles below the earl! Most of them were members of the royal family, and a few were officials and nobles who had a relationship with the royal family by marriage.

Although most of these guys have no real power and do not interfere in court affairs, the laws of the empire do not prohibit members of the royal family from doing business, so most of these guys are rich in wealth, and their influence in the economic and financial world is indeed extraordinary! His Majesty the Emperor could not completely ignore their opinions.

After being silent for a while, Qin Weilie frowned and asked, "What's going on?" Lao Jiu, what's wrong with him? Why did you all come here to plead? I don't think I did anything to him! ”

"Your Majesty! It was the prince who led the troops to the Ninth Brother's mansion without authorization, and not only arrested all the Nine Brothers' family, but also raided the house and beheaded them regardless of the reason! A pale, thin, shriveled man hissed.

Immediately afterwards, a plump woman also screamed and complained: "Your Majesty! The prince has no imperial law and discipline, and he arbitrarily transferred troops to besiege the palace of the prince of the clan, he wants to persecute our clan bloodline! Such a wolf-ambitious guy. How can he be the prince of the empire, how can he be in charge of the imperial artifact? ”

Then there was a large number of gossiping echoes, and many nobles of heaven and earth complained one after another. All kinds of sewage black pots and all kinds of big hats kept being buckled, almost slandering Qin Huang into a heinous and notorious national thief. Human civilization has always been ranked among the most traitorous and evil people! It is necessary to criticize the smell and step on 10,000 feet again, so that it will never be able to turn over!

At this time, Yu Qiangui hurriedly walked over from the side, leaned in front of him and whispered a few words.

Qin Weilie's face changed for a while, and he said indifferently: "I see! Before the Lord arrived, the person who interceded arrived first? You're very well informed! ”

Without waiting for the people below to continue to speak, he waved his hand and said, "I will immediately go and inform the prince to come over and explain the reason for the matter, as for you...... Just wait here, and talk about it when the prince arrives! ”

After that, he turned around and entered the palace gate. Yu Tiangui hurriedly followed.

After a while, Qin Weilie had already learned the details of the whole thing.

"So, Lao Jiu really deserves to die?"

He said coldly: "And the group of bastards outside, I guess they all have a share, right?" Otherwise, how could they be so zealous? Hum! Sure enough, it's all a raccoon dog! ”

Yu Qiangui sighed secretly and didn't say a word.

Qin Weilie glanced at this henchman and asked indifferently, "What do you say should be done with these bastard things?" Where did they get such a large amount of prohibited materials? Could it be that those secret military production bases in the empire have been secretly controlled by them? Bold enough to go to such an extent, I really don't take me seriously! ”

"Your Majesty has his own judgment!" Yu Gui is decent and authentic.

It involves the life and death of so many members of the royal family. One careless accident can cause an unimaginable earthquake, and no matter how high his status is, it is not suitable to express his opinion.

Qin Weilie snorted coldly and said, "Then let the prince take full authority to deal with it!" I don't care about it! ”

Yu Qiangui's heart was filled with a chill, and he didn't say anything. It's just awe-inspiring.

Therefore, when Qin Huang arrived with a large group of palace guards a moment later, he learned from him about His Majesty's decision.

"That being the case. Then take them all! Then let the Ministry of Internal Affairs interrogate them one by one! Qin Huang's cold gaze swept over the many members of the royal family who were still waiting in place, and said in a cold voice.

The palace guards flocked to it. Ignoring their cries and curses, they took down and handcuffed all these nobles who were high in the sky in the past. Dragged away like a dead dog.

And Qin Huang didn't waste a second, he announced martial law in all the imperial capital provinces on the spot, and issued an order to raid the house, and all the people involved in the case, no matter who they were, were not allowed to let go!

In the piercing alarm, hundreds of thousands of Praetorian Guard warships and mecha legions quickly left their respective bases and rushed to the target planet to carry out tasks, all the channel wormholes were also blocked, and the multi-dimensional space monitoring system was all turned on, paying close attention to any disturbances in the imperial capital!

Before dark, everyone from all walks of life reported the results of the operation, and copied a large number of prohibited strategic materials and star crystals from the mansions of two of the princes, and there were countless treasures of all kinds!

“…… This is a preliminary list of belongings! ”

Dugu Luo Ying placed a thick stack of list documents in front of Qin Huang and continued: "Although there are no more discoveries in the mansions of the remaining members of the imperial family, the amount of property they own and the deposits in the Imperial Bank are quite huge, far from their identity!" ”

Qin Huang took the document and flipped through a few pages, feeling speechless for a while.

Although the scale of this raid was much smaller than the last purge, there were only more than 300 nobles involved. But the total amount of property involved in the case is much more than last time!

What's even worse is that two middlemen who are close to the Golden Caliphate are secretly living in the mansion of a prince, and the palace guards were naturally arrested when they raided the house!

After secret interrogation, the shady confessions of those two guys were so terrible that even Qin Huang, who didn't care about the political situation of the Holy Xinlan Empire, changed color.

Concealing from the imperial government and the military, these royal nobles privately established several large-scale military bases in their fiefdoms, specializing in the production and refining of star-striped titanium silver and other strategic metal materials, and then linked up with the gold caliphs through secret channels, sold them at high prices, and only accepted hard currencies such as star crystals!

"With such a large amount of transactions, where do they get the raw materials to produce these things?" Qin Huang frowned and asked.

Dugu Luo Ying said: "The fiefs of these guys add up to a lot of money, they conceal the important mineral veins in the fiefdom that are explicitly controlled by the empire, and hire people to mine them secretly. In addition, some of them are secretly imported from neighboring subjects! ”

It has been nearly eight years since the entire underground trading network was established, and every year, a huge amount of starstriped titanium silver flows into the territory of those gods! The direct consequence of this: that is, the golden caliphs in the Cambrian Star Region have significantly improved the quality and quantity of the mecha legions under their command, which has caused great military pressure on the neighboring human countries!

The relevant intelligence departments of the empire are still bothering about this matter, and they don't know where the truth of the matter is, but they never thought that there was such a big scandal within the royal family!

"Actually, from my personal standpoint, I should make this matter public!" Qin Huang said sarcastically.

Dugu Luoying's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this empire will be your inheritance in the future!" ”

Marquis Anderbain also persuaded: "Your Highness, if this matter is big, the empire will inevitably be severely punished by the Star Luo Heavenly Palace, and the consequences are too serious!" You should always think about the stability of the Cambrian star area, right? ”

With such a shocking amount of money and so many relatives of the emperor involved, it can be said that it is unique since the founding of the empire! Once it is made public, it will definitely cause a shock in the government and the opposition, and even attract the anger of the high-level leaders of the Star Luo Heavenly Palace! At that time, it is difficult to say what the price the empire will pay for this!

This is not an ordinary smuggling case, but a large number of royal family members of the Holy Beacon Empire who disregard the common interests of all mankind and disregard the safety of the entire civilization and sell a large number of strategic materials to foreign races!

If the matter is big and attracts the attention of the Holy Alliance Conference, then the royal family surnamed Qin of the Holy Xinlan Empire will pay a heavy price for this, and it is not impossible to lose the status of the royal family!

Even if the throne is retained in the end, the international reputation and status of the empire will be greatly reduced, and it will not be restored for a long time!

You must know that among the many human nations in the Cambrian Star Zone, there are more than ten first-class countries with strong strength, and there are several that are close to the Holy Xinlan Empire! But for so many years, only the Holy Beacon Empire was the sole suzerainty of the Cambrian Star Region.

On the one hand, this is the result of the Saint Xinlan Empire's own struggle, and on the other hand, of course, it is the result of the support of the Star Luo Heavenly Palace.

If the empire is punished this time, maybe the high-level leaders of the Star Luo Heavenly Palace will consider supporting another superpower in the Cambrian Star Region to share the authority and international influence of the Holy Xinlan Empire!

Therefore, from the standpoint of safeguarding the interests of the empire, this matter can only be dealt with internally, and all the members of the royal family involved in the case will be taken down and given death without any left! But the truth of the matter must not be made public, only that they were secretly executed after a failed rebellion.

Qin Huang glanced at Yang Yanfei, and she smiled slightly: "This matter is ...... Of course, the concubines listen to the decision of His Highness! ”

Marquis Anderbain persuaded: "Your Highness, if a second superpower appears in the Cambrian Star Region, it may not be a good thing for the Haoyue Star Sea, right?" If there were a conflict between the two sides in the future, would you still have the convenience you have now? ”

"Is this...... It's the same way! ”

Qin Huang sighed, and finally said, "Since this is the case, let's deal with it internally!" Execute those guys and their families, take back their fiefs, and put all their property into the treasury! ”

Luo Tianxiong thought for a while, and finally said: "There is something I still need to tell Your Highness, Prince Mu's young daughter was picked up by Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and she is currently living in the palace of the eldest princess, so she has not been brought to justice!" Do you need ......?"

Qin Huang's eyes flashed slightly, and he thought for a moment before saying, "That's it for the time being!" I'll talk to Her Royal Highness about it another day! ”

He also understood that Qin Fengyue had seen the clue of the matter, and he took the little county lord away in advance to protect him, which could be regarded as leaving the last bloodline for Prince Mu's lineage.

is only a three-year-old girl, for the sake of her face, maybe it is not impossible to consider opening up her own side.

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