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Chapter 689, cancel the engagement

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    The army rations were burned, and the emperor was furious. All the officials involved in transporting the rations were arrested.

    Not only that, the Anguo Palace, the owner of the No. 1 restaurant in the capital, Baxianju, was surrounded by the imperial guards that day, and all the personnel, regardless of gender, were arrested and imprisoned.

    Regarding this, all civil and military officials looked sideways and were shocked.

    Thinking of the time when Anguo Gongfu was besieged, many people broke out in a cold sweat, especially those officials who were close to Anguo Gongfu.

    Anyone who can be an official in the capital is not a fool. The emperor raided Anguo's mansion without saying a word or even interrogating him. Even a fool could guess that this might have something to do with the Eight Kings.

    The Royal Palace.

    The emperor looked at the letters and secret letters that the imperial guards had copied back from An Guo Gong's Mansion with a sullen face.

    Now that the war in Northern Xinjiang is still at a stalemate, he did not want to start cleaning up the Eight Kings' gang members in the capital at this time, so as not to cause turmoil in the court.

    After all, many of these people are in high positions.

    "But he didn't expect that these ignorant people would dare to take risks at this time and leak the route of transporting military rations to Lao Ba, so that the military rations of the Northern Xinjiang army were burned.

    The soldiers have no food, how can they still fight?

    The emperor read all the letters, but there was no list of the eight princes' henchmen. He was very dissatisfied with this.

    Although he had already asked the Jin Ling Guards to monitor the Eight Immortals Residence, there were too many officials coming in and out. In order not to alert others, there were only a few of the Eight Immortals' henchmen who could be identified.

    Since he has to clean up, he will clean it up thoroughly this time. He will not let go of any of Lao Ba¡¯s people!

    "An Guogong is an old and cunning man. He can't leave no backup plan. Let me investigate carefully, including the Duke's mansion and all the properties of his family, openly and secretly. I don't believe that nothing can be found.  ."

    Wei Qi was ordered to retreat. As soon as he left the hall, he met Yang Chenghua and Wu Jingyi who came to discuss matters with the emperor. The three of them hugged each other and quickly separated without saying a word.

    Yang Chenghua and Wu Jingyi looked at each other. The emperor actually sent Wei Qidu out, which showed that he was really angry this time.

    Not only the emperor, but also them, their hearts bleed when they think of the burned food.

    Although there have been no particularly serious disasters in the past two years, there is still a general water shortage in the north. Floods still occur in many places in the south during the rainy season. The collected grains are all grown with hard work by the people. For this reason, I don¡¯t know how many people  We need to tighten our belts and live a good life.

    Now it is burned like this!

    How can we not make people angry and heartbroken?

    The two of them entered the main hall, and when they saw the emperor's face sinking to the point of dripping water, his back bent a little more.

    "Your Majesty, the border soldiers must not be short of food. Now that the military rations have been burned, we must quickly find a way to replenish it." Wu Jingyi said the purpose of coming here, and then stood with his head bowed without daring to say a word.

    The emperor remained silent for a while, then asked: "Do you have any good ideas?"

    Wu Jingyi did not answer, but looked at Yang Chenghua.

    Yang Chenghua hummed in his heart, hesitated for a moment, and said with some difficulty: "I'm afraid we have to collect grain again. It's best to encourage big families to donate grain."

    The emperor had no other good solution: "Just do it like this."

    "Compared with the pushback and resistance when donating medicinal materials before, officials are much more active in donating food this time.

    There is no way, no one dares to get into trouble with the emperor at this time.

    Especially after the Ministry of Punishment announced that An Guogong was the leader of the Eight Kings' gang in Beijing and Baxianju was the stronghold of the Eight Kings' gang in Beijing, many officials had sleepless nights.

    In just a few days, the residences of many second- and third-grade officials were surrounded, and the men were arrested and imprisoned.

    Yongjia Hou Mansion.

    Mrs. Dong is sorting out the dowry for Dong Yuanyao. After returning to Beijing from Zhongzhou, her family arranged a marriage for her daughter. She is Luo Hongyuan, the youngest son of Duke Wei.

    In fact, Mrs. Dong is not very satisfied with this marriage. Luo Hongyuan is a bit impatient, and his daughter is stubborn. If there is a bump in the road after getting married, neither of them is willing to give in. How will they live this life?  ?

    Why

    Mrs. Dong was still worried about Dong Yuanyao's marriage. At this time, the steward next to Mrs. Dong came over: "Second madam, Mrs. Luo from the Weiguo Palace is here. She is in the old lady's room now. She said she has something to do.  explain."

    Mrs. Dong frowned. Because of the burning of military rations and the confiscation of Duke An's mansion, all the dignitaries had tacitly agreed to thank guests behind closed doors. Why would Mrs. Luo come here at this time?

    "Go and talk to Yuan Yao, asked her to change her clothes and go to the old lady's courtyard to meet the guests.  "

    Mrs. Dong and the maid gave instructions and walked up to Old Mrs. Dong.

    On the other side, when Dong Yuanyao heard the news that Mrs. Wei Guoguo was coming, she just said a faint "hmm" and was still immersed in embroidering her purse.

    "Girl, come back and embroider again, don't keep Mrs. Luo waiting." The maid reminded anxiously.

    Dong Yuanyao ignored it. He finished embroidering the last stitch before stopping. Then he stood up slowly: "Let's go."

    The eldest maid stopped her and said, "Girl, you'd better change into clothes suitable for visiting guests."

    Dong Yuanyao lowered his head and looked at his clothes: "I think this is good. I can't keep people waiting for a long time. I have to change my clothes before going over. It's time for them to leave."

    With that said, he took the lead and stepped out of the door.

    The maids had no choice but to follow quickly.

    As soon as Dong Yuanyao arrived at the door of Mrs. Dong's yard, she saw Mrs. Wei Guogong walking out quickly leading a group of maids and women.

    Seeing Dong Yuanyao, Mrs. Wei Guogong was stunned for a moment, and then left quickly without saying a word.

    Dong Yuanyao frowned and stepped into the yard, and then saw his mother standing at the door with red eyes, looking furious.

    Soon, Dong Yuanyao knew what happened.

    She was divorced by the Duke of Wei!

    Dong Yuanyao was stunned. Looking at her mother and grandmother who were so angry that she couldn't bear it, she didn't feel any shame or anger in her heart. On the contrary, she was actually a little happy.

    Finally, you don¡¯t have to get married this year!

    That night, everyone in the Dong family knew about Duke Wei's divorce. In addition to sympathizing with Dong Yuanyao, everyone was full of doubts.

    Why did the Duke of Wei withdraw from the engagement?

    Dong Yuanxuan glanced at his father with a serious expression.

    The crown prince of the Duke of Wei is the commander of the Beijing Guard and is well-informed. Could it be that they have received some news?

    Dong Jiancheng also thought of this. Thinking of the families who were implicated in An Guogong's case during this period, he quickly looked at the old marquis and the prince: "Father, eldest brother, our family has no contact with An Guogong's mansion, right?"

    The old Marquis shook his head affirmatively: "Of course not. I don't even go to the Eight Immortals' Residence often."

    Dong Jiancheng breathed a sigh of relief, but the breath had not yet completely fallen. When he saw his half-brother's eyes dodge, he quickly picked it up again.

    "Brother, you didn't"

    Before he could say anything, Dong Jianye hurriedly interrupted: "Of course I don't have it either."

    Seeing him like this, Dong Jiancheng and Dong Yuanxuan became increasingly uneasy.

    The next day, the bad premonition between father and son came true.

    Yongjiahou Mansion is surrounded by officers and soldiers!

    All the men in the Dong family were taken away, and the female family members were ordered not to leave the Dong's house.

    This time, the Dong Mansion was in chaos.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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