Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

Chunhua didn't ask any more questions, took the letter and went out to find Mo Wen.

At this moment, Mo Wen was leaning against the door, his mind filled with thoughts of what had happened the night before. He didn't even notice Chunhua walking right up to him.

Chunhua frowned involuntarily.

I used to hear Sister Zhiyi talk about how skilled the Mo brothers were in martial arts, but now that I'm right in front of them, I haven't even noticed. My guard is too weak.

"What are you doing!"

The sudden sound startled Mo Wen. When he looked up, he saw a small face magnified in front of him, and he couldn't help but tilt his head back a little.

"Chunhua, why are you so close?"

Chunhua straightened up and slapped the letter she was holding at Mo Wen.

"The lady instructed you to throw it at the Kyoto government office so that no one would find it."

Mo Wen took the letter and saw that the envelope was addressed only to the Prefect of the Capital.

"Tell Madam I'll go right away."

The people on duty at the Kyoto Prefectural Government Office probably haven't arrived yet, so now is the perfect time to go.

Neither of the brothers were used to using the main entrance, and they disappeared from the entrance of Qinghe Courtyard in a few leaps.

Chunhua looked at her with disdain. What good is good lightness skill if you can't defend yourself? You won't even know how you died one day.

He thought that if he learned martial arts, he would definitely be better than the Mo brothers, Mo Wen and Mo Da.

She has plenty of strength; wouldn't learning martial arts help her better protect the lady and young lady?

Thinking of this, Chunhua immediately became excited.

She was determined to learn martial arts.

I need to heal my injury before I can learn again.

She wasn't in a hurry; she had more than a month to go.

The emperor had not originally planned to send anyone to protect Lady Anshun and her unborn child, but they were assassinated the night before last, and now the emperor dares not be careless at all.

Instead of assigning personal protection, he ordered the Thousand-Guards to keep an eye on the Marquis of Anshun's residence. Now, it can be said that even a fly in the entire Marquis of Anshun's residence is under the surveillance of the imperial family.

Mo Wen noticed his pursuers as soon as he left the mansion. He already knew last night that the Marquis of Anshun's mansion was being watched by the Emperor's Thousand-Guards.

The master said not to worry about it, and not to ask; just pretend you don't know.

After taking a stroll around the Kyoto government office, the letter appeared on the desk of the Prefect of the Capital.

Once everyone left, the Thousand-Clothed Guards entered the room, opened the envelope, memorized its contents, put it back in its original place, and then returned to the palace to report.

The emperor knew that Ji Yueru had written a letter of denunciation, so he had been waiting for the capital's government to take action. Leaking exam questions was no small matter, but he didn't know what the Prefect of the Capital would do.

After attending the morning court session, the Prefect of the Capital returned to his office in the capital and saw an envelope gleaming on his desk.

He turned to ask the attendant following behind him.

"Who put this envelope here?"

"Your Excellency, I was unaware of this. There was clearly no envelope on the table when I left yesterday."

The Prefect of the Capital didn't think much of it, figuring out who must have let it in, and casually picked it up and opened it.

Upon seeing the contents, the Prefect of the Capital, who had been sitting, couldn't help but stand up and read the contents of the envelope five or six times.

He couldn't help pacing back and forth in the room; he needed to think carefully about how to maximize his profits.

The emperor waited and waited in the palace, but instead of the Prefect of the Capital coming to the palace to meet him, he saw the Prefect of the Capital secretly go to Liu's residence to see the Minister of Revenue. Not long after, Gao Jin also went to Liu's residence.

The three were talking in the Liu family study, completely unaware that on the roof, the Thousand-Clothed Guards were listening intently to their conversation.

"Minister Liu, Vice Minister Gao, you also know that if the Emperor finds out about this matter, he will definitely investigate it thoroughly. If he does find out something, I will be unable to help him."

After threatening the man, the Prefect of the Capital picked up his teacup and leisurely took a sip.

I must say, the tea at the Liu residence is definitely better than the tea at my own residence.

The father-in-law and son-in-law exchanged a glance and reached a tacit understanding; only they themselves knew whether what was said in the whistleblower letter was true or not.

If the Emperor were to investigate thoroughly, some things simply wouldn't stand up to scrutiny.

"Brother Ning, we both passed the imperial examination in the same year, and we've always had a good relationship. Could you give me a fair price? How much silver would it take to settle this matter?"

The Prefect of Jingzhao was indeed short of money lately, as he had to support a large family and his life was not easy. Otherwise, he would not have taken the risk of coming to the Liu family.

"One million taels, just one million taels. I'll keep this matter to myself. From now on, only heaven, earth, and the three of us will know."

The two of them were genuinely surprised that the man surnamed Ning would be so outrageous, without even considering how much a million taels of silver actually was.

Minister Liu looked troubled.

"Brother Ning, you know my family's situation; we simply cannot come up with one million taels."

The Prefect of the Capital didn't care at all.

"You can't produce it, but Vice Minister Gao can."

And don't forget, if I hadn't shown mercy and helped Minister Gao back then, your ex-wife's entire fortune wouldn't have gone to the Gao family.

Minister Gao was very resentful. Back then, when Lady Ji went to the capital's government office to file a complaint, she was stopped by the Prefect of the Capital, who extorted 200,000 taels of silver from her. Now he was asking for another million taels. His money didn't come from thin air.

The two tried their best to persuade the Prefect of the Capital to reduce the amount, but he insisted on keeping the price at one million taels.

In the end, the two had no choice but to compromise.

"Brother Ning, one million taels is far too much. Please allow us three days to raise it."

But could you please tell us who wrote the whistleblower letter?

"I don't know about that. Someone secretly put it on my desk last night. Your Liu family will have to investigate it yourselves."

The two were furious, but dared not show it on their faces.

The item is still in their hands; we can't afford to offend them too much.

The two men escorted the person out of the study, and then had the steward escort him out of the mansion.

Gao Jin was very unwilling.

"Father-in-law, are we really going to give that Lin family one million taels?"

"How could that be? How many officials in the court have clean hands?"

We have three days left. Send someone to investigate. If they can find out about the Ning family's major crimes of confiscation of property and extermination, we can save on the one million taels.

Gao Jin was overjoyed.

"Father-in-law is truly wise; no wonder you took three days to finish."

"You're still young, you have a lot to learn in the future."

When the Imperial Guards returned to the palace and reported what had happened, the Emperor immediately smashed the paperweight on his desk.

The palace maids and eunuchs in the imperial study knelt down in a flurry. Not far away, the chief minister and others who were working did not know what the Thousand-Clothed Guards had said when they came in. They only saw the emperor get angry, and they all tried to minimize their presence.

The events of last night's palace banquet were still fresh in their minds, and they didn't want to become the first to stick their necks out and follow in the footsteps of the Marquis of Wuwei.

"By imperial decree, immediately send men to confiscate the property of the Liu family, the Gao family, the Jingzhao Prefecture Magistrate, and imprison all members of their families, and await further judgment."