Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid

Untitled Part 167

The Jinyang Marquis frowned, his eyes cold, "Why don't you first ask your mom what she did!?"

Ruan Siming had some idea already. Only Ruan Siyi who was fooling around in the rear court all the time wasn't aware of what was going on.

Tian-Shi cried inconsolably and wasn't able to speak. The Jinyang Marquis could only explain the situation.

After listening, Ruan Siyi was directly stunned. He asked in a panic: "What should we do now?"

"What should we do? We're done! We're completely finished!" The Jinyang Marquis sat paralyzed in his chair, his face ashen. "Even if an immortal came, he wouldn't be able to save us!"

"Lord marquis, madam, this is bad...."

Ruan Siyi who was both panicked and anxious vented his anger, "What are you yelling for? What's bad? Where's your etiquette?"

The person who ran over was completely out of breath. Only after panting for a while did he finish his words, "A large group of soldiers and officers have come to the estate. We're completely surrounded!"

***

The Jing Emperor had truly made a move, but it exceeded everyone's expectations.

Everyone from the Jinyang Marquis's estate was detained by the judicial department. They were accused of slandering a major first rank senior concubine conferred by the court.

Apart from being astonished, there were people who secretly prepared to submit memorandums the next day. After all, it was just a rumor. Before the truth of the matter was investigated, it wasn't enough to suppress a marquis's estate.

Of course, the Jing Emperor could make this decision by himself, but this was the attitude of an incapable ruler. If he got the reputation of being incapable right after ascending, there would definitely be people stirring things up in the future. Don't forget, there were quite a few people eyeing things in the dark, wanting to take advantage of the commotion to cause trouble.

Unexpectedly, the Jing Emperor released an imperial edict in court the next day. He ordered the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Department and the Capital's Investigation Bureau to jointly investigate this matter and clear the senior concubine's name.

These actions caused an uproar amongst the officials and nobility. If the three major departments were jointly investigating, they would definitely get to the bottom of things.

Things like rumors were impossible to clear up. Trying to do so usually only made matters worse. Normally people chose to ignore them until they went away, or they would release other rumors to cover it up. Very few would choose to use such a fierce method and stir things up even more.

No one expected the Jing Emperor to make such a decision. Could he have truly been enraged? Or was he completely certain the accusations were false?

At this time, everyone became mute. Several people became restless.

The Chengyang Count's Estate and Virtuous Concubine Qiao were also caught off guard. They had thought the senior concubine would not be able to get out of this situation unscathed while the Jing Emperor would have to suffer this grievance silently. Even if he was angered, he would temporarily not deal with anyone in case it gave more credence to the rumors. He would only deal with things after the fact, and by then the prime senior concubine would already be finished. To preserve his dignity, he also wouldn't do things too obviously, and merely come up with an excuse to deal with the Jinyang Estate.

Of course, a mere marquis's estate wouldn't have been able to cause such a stir. This would lead them to conclude that the Jing Duke's Estate was also responsible for causing mischief. In the end, it would have nothing to do with their Chengyang Estate.