The ratio was not enough to see the anti-theft badge,

It would return to normal after 24 hours. It could be seen

Jia Su also knew that it was difficult for her words to gain the approval of her two stepsisters, but..

"Sisters, don't tell me you don't have a single shop in your dowry?"

No one was a fool,

Who didn't know that doing business made money?

Even if they didn't dare to act recklessly due to the rumors of others,

But could these people at the top of society easily give up the benefits that were at their fingertips?

Jia Gu was stunned. Of course, she had more than one shop.

But before Jia Su pointed it out..,

She had never thought that these shops were actually a kind of business and might be despised by others,

"But..,

Isn't that what everyone does? "

All the noble ladies in the capital..,

Who wouldn't bring a few shops with them as dowry when they got married?

"Isn't running a dowry shop a business?" Jia Su looked at the two stepsisters seriously,

"Besides, the shops in your hands can't always be the few that were part of the dowry, right?

After all these years..,

Didn't you buy a few more to earn some private money? "

They didn't need to answer..,

Jia Su knew the answer herself.

Jia Zhi was even more decisive. She immediately said, "Third sister, what kind of business are you planning to do?"

Her gaze fell on the boy beside her,

Her eyes were obscure.

Jia Su narrowed her eyes,

She raised her hand to signal to Chi Xia.

Chi Xia understood tacitly. She immediately summoned a few little maids and brought the four children to the courtyard to play.

After they left..,

Jia Su then said, "Rouge and Face Powder."

Jia Zhi lowered her eyes,

Her expression was indifferent. "There are no more than a dozen rouge and face powder businesses in the capital,

There are also seven or eight of them. Each of them has their own unique formulas and has long established a foothold in the capital.

If third sister also plans to open a rouge and face powder shop, I advise you to give up. "

Rongguo Province had only been established for two or three generations. The matriarchs who married into the family were also of similar background. They didn't accumulate many secret formulas at all, let alone unimportant things like rouge and face powder.

Even the rouge and face powder used by Madam Jashi were specially bought from the shops.

Without the "secret recipe" to distinguish their own rouge and face powder from other shops, even if they had the backing of Rongguo Province, they could only wait to close down. There was no need for their peers to suppress them.

In the beginning, Jia Su focused her attention on Jia Gu. But after she said this, she realized that among the two concubine-sisters, the one who didn't show off was the one who really made the decision.

Thinking of this, her attitude towards Jia Zhi became much more serious. "I have a few unique formulas."

In this era, rouge and face powder were cosmetics. Although they were safer and more harmless than modern cosmetics, there were fewer variations!

Even if she had lived on the frontlines of war in her previous life, she was still a woman. Not to mention other things, at least she knew the various colors of lipstick.

After transmigrating, it was inevitable for her to dislike rouge that had a single color and could only rely on shades and gradients to add color to her clothes.

Fortunately, although Cui Yan was jumpy, she had the ability to make rouge. As long as Jia Su asked for a color, she could make the corresponding product.

After so many years, she had saved more than a few formulas.

It seemed that her third sister wasn't doing it on a whim and had already prepared to open a rouge shop.

But …

"Sister, why did you choose the two of us?"

Jia Zhi didn't want to belittle herself, but she was an unfavored concubine of the Marquis's Mansion. She didn't have much power and didn't have much affection for her third sister. How could such a good thing, which was almost equivalent to giving away money, fall on her head?

Wasn't it better to cooperate with her fourth sister?

Jia Su sighed. "I'm preparing to sell a few shops that I've taken a fancy to, but I don't have enough money at the moment.

And in the early stages of opening the shops, I need someone to oversee them for me. "

Jia Zhi looked at the banknotes in her and Jia Gu's hands. "These aren't enough?"

"I can't make any moves before I get married."

Jia Zhi pondered for a moment and immediately nodded. "I agree."

Jia Gu was stunned. She looked at Jia Su and then at Jia Zhi. She still couldn't make up her mind. She could only say, "I'll give my third sister an answer in a few days."

Jia Su nodded. She wasn't displeased.

Jia Su had always thought that most of the men in ancient times were only good at being officials. They could only be at a loss when it came to other professions.

But women were different. Not only did they have basic skills like zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, women's work, and housekeeping, they also had to be proficient in financial and human affairs.

Their own dowry was fine, but part of it was just land, gold, silver, jewelry, and ornaments. There weren't many areas that needed to be managed.

But the husband's family's property was needed to support the whole family. Not to mention increasing income and reducing expenditure, but they couldn't let these properties suffer a deficit in their hands, right?

In ancient times, the matriarchs of the family were all top-notch management talents.

Jia Su suddenly had the idea of pulling her two concubine-born sisters into a business partnership. She didn't prepare to persuade them. Now that one of them agreed and the other considered it, she had already profited.

As for the possibility of changing her two concubine-born sisters' original life trajectories?

That would be an additional gain.

After the three of them finished discussing business, they let Chi Xia bring the four children back into the house.

But when they came in, the three of them were astonished to find that the oldest boy among the four children had bruises on his face.

Jia Su was shocked. "Chi Xia, what's going on?"

Chi Xia's gaze moved back and forth between the four children. She couldn't help but look at the eldest and second miss who brought them here. Then, under Jia Su's urging gaze, she pointed at the oldest child and said, "Young Master Hu wanted to play with the three young masters and miss. Because of his improper actions, he pushed Miss Liu down. Then the two young masters Liu and Young Master Hu fought."

Although Young Master Hu was the oldest, the four children were still young. At most, they were one or two years older than the others.

One against two, wouldn't he be beaten up?

But what made Jia Su feel strange was that Young Master Hu didn't cry. After entering the house, he looked at his second sister with bright eyes. His eyes were full of scrutiny.

This was too strange. It didn't seem like the eyes of a child his age at all.

Jia Zhi wasn't surprised at all. Her gaze fell on Young Master Hu's face. A trace of mockery flashed through her eyes. She actually planned to let go of her hand and completely ignore it.

Psychology could affect physiology. It wasn't surprising that she couldn't get pregnant in the end.

In Jia Su's previous life, she had seen many couples or couples who didn't want to have children. Every time they had sex, they had taken protective measures. But she had also seen many couples who couldn't get pregnant because they were too anxious and nervous to have children. Later, they resented each other and quarreled, leading to divorce.

But after the divorce, it happened again and again that both of them had children with their new partners.

In the beginning, Jia Su couldn't quite understand this situation.

The people around her had all gotten pregnant within a year of marriage. If they weren't afraid of being fined, it was normal for them to have two children in three years.

But after seeing so many couples tense up when talking about their children, she gradually began to understand them.

When she first watched Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Su found it hard to understand why Lin Ruhai and Jia Min got pregnant with Daiyu when they were in their thirties. Later, she found out that the Lin family didn't have many children, so she reluctantly got an answer.

But now, Jia Su couldn't help but wonder if Mother Lin's attitude was the same when Jia Min married Lin Ruhai a few years ago in her previous life. She didn't care about anything and even helped to promote Lin Ruhai's relationship with his wife. Her only request was for the couple to get pregnant with a child.

This was too much pressure.

Her mother-in-law didn't set rules for her. After she married, she immediately gave her the power to manage the backyard and didn't interfere with her son's relationship with his wife.

For example, she gave her son a maid or something.

Such a mother-in-law was a first-class good mother-in-law to the ancient people.

However, Jia Min couldn't satisfy Mother Lin's only wish of having a grandchild as soon as possible. Even though Mother Lin only mentioned it from time to time because she was in a hurry, she didn't want them to get pregnant within a year or two.

The Lin family had only one child for several generations. Most of the time, they had children in their middle years. Mother Lin herself only got Lin Ruhai when she was in her thirties or forties. She must have been mentally prepared.

But how could the guilt in Jia Min's heart and the tension in her mind be relieved?

Her mother-in-law was so good to her. She only had one request, but she couldn't fulfill it.

Anyone with a little conscience wouldn't be able to feel at ease, right?

Now that Jia Min had married someone else, Jia Su had to bear this sweet pain. What could she do?

Of course, she could …

Make a mess!

The Lin family was doomed to have no children. Why did she have to make things difficult for herself?

Jia Su didn't sacrifice herself for others. She didn't have the self-awareness to make things difficult for herself just because of someone else's request that didn't even concern her survival.

Lin Ruhai was persuaded by Mother Lin and wanted to deliver the gifts to the Jia family himself.

If she was still sleeping in her room when he arrived at Rongguo Province, not to mention the Lin family, even the Rongguo Province, which was very indulgent towards her, couldn't help but mutter.

With this thought, Jia Su quickly flapped her wings and flew back to Rongguo Province.

Not long after she reached her room, someone came to report that the Lin family's third place winner had personally come to Rongguo Province with many gifts and asked if she wanted to meet him.

Of course, she wanted to meet him.

If it weren't for Mother Lin, the dozens of jewelry that originally belonged to her might have been reduced to one. She was really curious about Lin Ruhai's thoughts.

Unfortunately, when she arrived at the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Lin Ruhai wasn't there.

Cui Shu's face was full of worry: "The young master's superior sent someone to find him at the last minute, saying that he has something to discuss with him. Helpless, he could only have this servant wait here for the third miss."

Jia Su was a bit disappointed.

Cui Shu hurriedly handed several wooden boxes to Cui Yan and said at the same time: "The young master personally went to Ruyi Square to pick out these gifts. He hopes that the third miss will like them."

Jia Su took the boxes and thought about what was inside. Her mood immediately rose to the peak: "Thank your young master for me."

Cui Shu nodded shyly and smiled embarrassedly.

-

Back to Lin Ruhai's side.

Because he was too young when he passed the Grand Scholar examination, and because of his outstanding appearance, he was only third place. Because of this, he had no choice but to stay at Hanlin Academy as an editor.

An editor was just an insignificant position, not worth mentioning. However, his immediate superior, the head of the academy, was an official with real power and was known as the "Internal Minister".

Since his superior wanted to meet someone, he had no choice but to abandon the things in his hands and meet him.

However, Lin Ruhai didn't expect that the head of the academy didn't look for him because of official business, but because he wanted to be a matchmaker for him.

Of course, he didn't have the courage to go against the emperor's favored Duke Rongguo. He only wanted to give him a beautiful concubine.

This concubine's identity was also very presentable.

One of the daughters of the head of the academy.

Because he was going to make a living under the head of the academy in the future, Lin Ruhai had already asked his former classmates and teachers to help him find out about this person and any rumors related to her.

Among them, there was information related to this concubine's daughter that the head of the academy wanted to betroth to him.

She was as beautiful as a flower, extremely talented, dignified and virtuous …

In short, all kinds of good words were piled on her. She was a living example of a "talented woman".

From the looks of it, she seemed to be very compatible with Lin Ruhai.

However, Lin Ruhai's heart was in turmoil. Logically speaking, he hadn't even gotten married and he had already brought back a famous and talented woman who seemed to be more compatible with him. The key point was that his fiancée obviously wasn't a talented woman …

Did he want to die, or did he want to die?

No matter how stupid he was, he knew that he shouldn't do this right?

Wasn't this trampling on the face of his fiancée and his future in-laws?

Lin Ruhai remained silent for a long time. He still felt that he was still young and didn't want to die young. Thus, he chose to reject him without hesitation.

The head of the academy was very unhappy. "Ruhai, although my daughter is useless, she has been studying since she was young. Don't tell me that in your heart, she can't be compared to the daughter of a noble from a peasant background?"

If he didn't pay attention to his words, he would have offended his superior.

But …

In front of him, a descendant of a noble, how could his superior say that Duke Rongguo was a peasant and that his daughter couldn't be compared to the daughter of a second-ranked academy head?

Thus, when Jia Su stepped into the pavilion, she smiled at Lin Ruhai. "Young Master Lin."

Lin Ruhai pursed his lips and smiled gently.

He raised his hand to let Shoushu pass the gift he had bought to Jia Su's servant girl, Cui Yan. Only then did he open his mouth. "Last time, I made an appointment with Third Miss, but it didn't happen. I'm really sorry.

This is the jewelry that this one specially picked out at Ruyi Square. I hope that Third Miss will like it and won't mind this one's rudeness that day. "

Jia Su looked at him with a smile. "It's nothing."

However, at the same time, her hands didn't stop moving. She put aside Cui Yan and took the wooden box, directly opening it.

However, her gaze couldn't help but fall on Shoushu. In addition to the wooden box containing the jewelry, he was also holding a painting scroll. She didn't know what it was.

Unlike last time, there were all kinds of jewelry. This time, Lin Ruhai picked out a simple set of head ornaments.

However, Cui Yan's reaction was even more exaggerated than last time.

Jia Su was stunned, but didn't show the doubts in her heart. "It's very beautiful. I like it very much." She looked at Lin Ruhai and teased, "For the sake of the gift, I'll forgive you."

Lin Ruhai's eyes widened. It took him a long time to recover. "Uh, thank Third Miss for her forgiveness?"

Why did it sound so strange when he said that?

Jia Su was indeed amused by him. "Why are you so silly and cute?"

Lin Ruhai was at a loss. "Silly … cute?"

He could understand being silly. He also understood the meaning of the word 'cute'. However, when the two words were connected, why didn't he understand what it meant?

Jia Su laughed again. He was supposed to be an eloquent imperial censor. Why did he seem at a loss in front of her?

However, when she thought of what Shoushu said last time, that he hadn't touched a woman yet, it wasn't strange for him to have this kind of reaction.

Thinking about it this way, in the ancient times, being able to marry Lin Ruhai was at least a bit more acceptable than marrying someone else.

Faced with Jia Su's sizing up, Lin Ruhai's expression was still calm. However, his hands were clenched into fists.

Because he was too nervous, Lin Ruhai held his breath and concentrated. He felt as if all the other sounds in his ears had suddenly disappeared. All that was left was the non-stop thumping of his heart. He couldn't help but worry that he might be sick.

Jia Su saw all of this. She was once again shocked by Lin Ruhai's performance. A mischievous thought welled up in her heart. "Young Master Lin, last time I gave you a sachet. Is it enough for you to just give me some jewelry from the shop?"

Selfishly speaking, Jia Su naturally preferred the jewelry from Ruyi Square. After all, it was more valuable.

However, as a young girl who had feelings for her fiancé, after giving him a sachet with a special meaning, she naturally wanted the other party to give her something similar in return. It wasn't something that could be bought with money.

It just so happened that Mother Lin had once reminded Lin Ruhai of this.

Therefore, when he heard Jia Su's words, he immediately panicked. "The copybook I copied for the first time is already missing."

To Lin Ruhai, the only thing that could be compared to Jia Su's first needlework was the copybook he copied for the first time.

After receiving Jia Su's gift that day, he went home and searched through his house. However, he didn't find any trace of the copybook.

Lin Ruhai was so anxious that the rims of his eyes turned red.

Just when Jia Su thought that Lin Ruhai would cry from her teasing and was about to say that it was okay, Lin Ruhai took the scroll from the book holder and personally handed it to Jia Su.

Jia Su was stunned. "What is this?"

It couldn't be some famous painting, right?

She was a science monk who had never passed the art appraisal. She really couldn't appreciate it.

If it was really a famous painting, it would be a waste for it to fall into her hands.

Jia Su originally didn't want to open it in front of Lin Ruhai. After all, she still wanted to save face. If she exposed her biggest weakness in front of her fiancé before marriage, how could she recover?

Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai looked nervous, as if he was worried that she wouldn't like this gift.

Holding the book, he smiled and bowed to Jia Su. "Third Miss, please don't blame me. Although this servant doesn't know what's inside, in order to draw it today, the young master stayed up many nights and wasted a lot of paper."

Jia Su's eyes narrowed slightly. She drew it herself?

She pulled open the scroll and immediately widened her eyes.

It couldn't be helped. The painting was of a bright and beautiful young girl with a smile that was more attractive than the flowers.

Cui Yan immediately cried out in surprise, "Miss, this painting is …" You, right?

Jia Su looked at Lin Ruhai. His head was tilted to the side, and his face was slightly red.

-

Time flew by. Soon, it was the opening day of Jia Su's cosmetics shop.

On this day, because her impression of Lin Ruhai had changed, Jia Su decided to go out early and visit the Lin family before going to the shop.

Because the opening day of the shop happened to be a rest day, Jia Su didn't think that Lin Ruhai wouldn't be home.

But as luck would have it, when she arrived at the Lin family, she learned from the gatekeeper that Lin Ruhai had gone out to visit friends.

Jia Su was speechless.

She had miscalculated. Because she rarely went out, she had forgotten that in ancient times, when visiting relatives and friends, they needed to send a visiting card in advance. This was to prevent the guest from making a wasted trip if the host wasn't home.

Lin Ruhai didn't even know that she was opening a shop, nor did he have any intention of going out on a date with her. When it came to a rest day, his first choice was obviously to go out with his friends.

Since there was no one, Jia Su called Cui Yan back, lowered the curtain, and was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, the Lin family's door was completely opened at this time.

Jia Su was startled and quickly opened the curtains.

He saw a gentle and kind middle-aged woman with a scholarly aura walking out of the Lin Family, surrounded by a group of people.

Before Jia Su could recover from her shock, the other party came to the front of the carriage with the help of a servant girl. "Are you the Third Miss of the Jia family?"

Jia Su pursed her lips. It was rare for her to feel nervous. "In reply to Old Madam, I am indeed ranked third among the sisters."

"Since that's the case, could you let me hitch a ride in the carriage?" The Old Madame's smile was like a spring breeze caressing her face, not giving off any sense of oppression.

However, Jia Su felt that no one was more terrifying than her.

"Of course." She couldn't refuse.

What a talent!

Jia Su searched for all the merits of this errand boy, and the thought of poaching him was stirring in his heart.

Lin Ruhai was completely oblivious.

He lowered his head. The redness on his face hadn't faded, and he stuttered a little. "Ah, yes, yes, mother also said that I'm good at reading books. I'm good at speaking and can take responsibility."

Jia Su's fingers moved. She wanted to reach out and pinch Lin Ruhai's face to see if he would blush again.

But after thinking about it, she gave up this idea.

After all, it was the first time they met. It wouldn't be good if she scared him like this.

Lin Ruhai: "…" I'm already scared, okay?

She turned around and took a scented sachet with rough stitches from the tray in Cui Yan's hand. "This is the first time I learned embroidery. I hope you won't dislike it."

The first time, no matter how small it was, was special enough.

After transmigrating into the body of the original owner, she worked hard to learn embroidery in order not to be exposed in the future.

This scented sachet was indeed the first time she practiced embroidery. It was a work she embroidered by herself.

At that time, she thought it was too ugly to look at, but because it had a special meaning, she kept it.

Sure enough, after Lin Ruhai took the scented sachet, his cheeks began to blush again. "The first, the first embroidery work, you're really giving it to me?"

He looked at Jia Su with eyes that were strangely bright.

Because he was so surprised, he forgot to use a modest title for Jia Su.

Jia Su couldn't help but want to tease him. "Yes, I left this scented sachet for my future husband."

Lin Ruhai's face was hot. "I, I will treat you well in the future."

Jia Su smiled with curved eyebrows. "Okay, I'm looking forward to it."

Although she felt that a man's promise couldn't be trusted, it still made her happy when these words came out of the mouth of an outstanding and pure youth.

-

After all, they were engaged. If the two of them spent too much time together, it would be easy for others to gossip.

The two of them said a few more words and then separated.

Lin Ruhai took the boy servant back to the front yard to attend the wedding ceremony. Jia Su leisurely returned to her own courtyard.

For Lin Ruhai, there was nothing to see at the wedding ceremony, especially when one of the hosts was his original fiancée.

After the groom took the bride away, Lin Ruhai said goodbye to Jia Daishan and left first.

The Lin family originally had three generations of marquises. However, because of His Holiness and Great Virtue, he surpassed the previous generation and gave Lin Ruhai's father an extra generation of inheritance.

However, in Lin Ruhai's generation, he could only be demoted to a hereditary noble and only received the title of a first-class earl.

However, because of His Holiness and Great Virtue, there were so many nobles in the capital that the title of earl couldn't intimidate others.

The Lin family also didn't have any clan members to help. After Father Lin's early death, Lin Ruhai gradually found it difficult to support himself alone. No one could plan for his future.

Fortunately, Father Lin had the foresight to have Lin Ruhai study the Four Books and Five Classics from a young age to prepare for the imperial examinations. This was how he obtained the glory of being the third in the imperial examinations at the age of seventeen.

Now that it was a time of peace, there was a trend in the imperial court to value the civil and despise the military. Lin Ruhai was backed by nobles and had a proper background in the imperial examinations. Naturally, his future was promising.

However, the Lin family's lack of people was still a shortcoming for him when he entered the imperial court.

If he didn't have anyone to help him after becoming an official, his official career would be much more difficult. Therefore, under Mother Lin's arrangement, he married into Rongguo Province, the head of the Four Great Clans.

However, the original choice was the legitimate daughter of Rongguo Province, who matched his status. Now, it was changed to a concubine's daughter whose status was lower than his.

"Ruhai, have you seen the concubine's daughter of Rongguo Province today?" Mother Lin sat at the head of the table with an anxious expression.

The upbringing of a concubine's daughter was completely different from that of a legitimate daughter. It was also because the Lin family didn't have many people, and the clan's relatives were all from the Five Great Clans. There was no need for the future daughter-in-law to preside over the clan's sacrificial ceremony. Otherwise, based on the concubine's daughter's identity, it would be impossible for her to agree.

However, who told the Lin family to have so few people?

That Duke Rongguo's relationship with His Holiness wasn't normal. Right now, his power was at its peak. If he could marry into the Duke, Ruhai's future would be much easier.

If she went, with the help of a capable father-in-law, he wouldn't have to waste his official career because of the Ding family's grief.

However, the marriage was too rushed. She also hadn't seen the concubine's daughter of Rongguo Province's appearance and personality. She was very worried that Ruhai wouldn't like it.

If that was the case, she would have to arrange a few concubines that matched Ruhai's preferences.

This was also the condition that they had agreed on in advance when they were discussing the marriage with the Duke Rongguo's wife.

Of course, if it was the original legitimate daughter, there naturally wouldn't be such a condition. They had even agreed that they could only take concubines if they didn't have a child for seven years.

Lin Ruhai nodded: "Duke Rongguo was considerate and arranged for me to meet with the Third Miss."

"What's your impression of the Third Miss?" Mother Lin asked anxiously.

Recalling the various things that happened when he met with Jia Su today, his face reddened again: "She, she's very good."

After thinking for a while, he took out the fragrant sachet that Jia Su had given him from his bosom: "The Third Miss cherishes old friendships. She has also preserved the work of her first embroidery lesson."

Mother Lin was surprised: "Oh?

The work of her first embroidery lesson?

She gave it to you? "

Out of curiosity, she reached out to take the sachet and take a closer look.

However, she didn't expect that just as she was about to take the sachet, Lin Ruhai's hand suddenly closed, not letting her touch the sachet at all.

Mother Lin: "… Ruhai, what are you doing?"

Lin Ruhai lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly: "The Third Miss said, said that this sachet was a gift for her future husband. It wouldn't be good for others to touch it."

Mother Lin: "…"

They had only met once, but her son had already fallen in love with the Third Miss of Rongguo Province!

Mother Lin's expression was complicated. She didn't know whether to sigh at her son's stupidity or that concubine's daughter's ability.

But no matter what, it was a good thing that her son liked his fiancée.

Inside the carriage, a young man with a beautiful appearance was sitting upright. His expression was solemn as his fingers stroked the patterns on the memorial: "Lin Ruhai, Chancellor Hu Yao, the Third Prince …"

Who exactly was the prince behind all these schemes?

In order to deal with a mere Lin Ruhai, he even dared to abandon the Chancellor, a second-rank official. Was this prince too careless?

Or was there something else behind all this that they hadn't thought of?

He lifted the curtains of the carriage window and looked at the empty street with an obscure expression.

Soon, the carriage entered the Forbidden City.

The Holy Emperor of Qi brought up several major events that he had been paying attention to during this period of time and urged the progress. After confirming that everything was going well, he nodded to the head eunuch next to him.

The head eunuch immediately raised his voice: "If there's something to report, I'll report. If there's nothing to report, I'll dismiss the court —"

Jia Jing hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have a report to report."

The Holy Emperor of Qi looked at Jia Jing in surprise and nodded: "What is it?"

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Chancellor, Hu Yao, for condoning his evil servants to occupy the land of the people and bully the villagers. He also killed and injured many people. His son also forcibly separated the fiancée, abducted a woman, injured her fiancée, and ordered the medicine shop in the city not to treat him, which led to his death from serious injuries …"

Jia Jing listed dozens of crimes against Hu Yao before stopping. The little eunuch standing at the bottom of the stairs hurriedly came forward to take the report and the evidence that Jia Jing had collected. He quickly walked up the stairs and handed it over to the head eunuch.

Jia Jing didn't return to his position until the Emperor personally took the report.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Jia Jing wouldn't stop until he had completely suppressed Hu Yao.

The other officials couldn't help but look askance. They were curious as to how Hu Yao had offended Jia Jing. Since entering the Imperial Censor's Office, he had only participated in some trivial matters and had never offended anyone.

The Holy Emperor of Qi narrowed his eyes. After receiving the report, he opened it and asked: "Is Hu Yao here?"

Hu Yao hurriedly stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I am here!"

"Imperial Censor Jia accuses you of these crimes. Do you have anything to refute?"

Hu Yao was drenched in cold sweat. He directly knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I plead guilty."

Jia Jing's eyebrows twitched. He couldn't help but look at Hu Yao. He found that although Hu Yao's face was full of fear, in the depths of his eyes, there was a sense of 'it's finally here'.

It was as if Hu Yao had already expected that Jia Jing would accuse him today.

At this moment, Jia Jing had a bad premonition in his heart. He turned his head to look at Jia Daishan, who was standing beside the generals.

Jia Daishan just happened to turn his head. When he met Jia Jing's gaze, he only shook his head slightly.

Jia Jing's heart was at ease. He obediently lowered his head and continued to be invisible.

The Holy Emperor of Qi flipped through the report. The more he flipped through it, the angrier he became. In the end, he lost his composure and threw the report in front of Hu Yao: "Plead guilty?"

Hu Yao trembled and didn't dare to say a word.

The Holy Emperor of Qi was so angry that he laughed. His gaze swept past Hu Yao and landed on the princes standing at the forefront: "Hu Yao said that he pleads guilty.

My good sons, what do you think? "

The princes were alarmed. They didn't know how this matter had anything to do with them.

The Crown Prince was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, I think that Hu Yao's son is guilty of the most heinous crimes. According to the law, he should be beheaded. The Lord Hu failed to discipline him and should be exiled!"

The other princes didn't dare to offend the Holy Emperor of Qi and hurriedly agreed.

The Holy Emperor of Qi said indifferently: "Oh?

His son should be beheaded. Hu Yao should be exiled?

Do you all think so? "He singled out the Third Prince." Third Prince, do you think so too? "

The Third Prince's heart skipped a beat: "Your Majesty, I agree!"

"Ha!"

The Holy Emperor of Qi sneered. His expression was dignified without being angry. "Pick up Imperial Censor Jia's report and take a look."

The Third Prince became more and more worried, but he didn't dare to disobey the Holy Emperor of Qi. He could only walk in front of Hu Yao and bend down to pick up the report.