Chapter 1746: Chapter 1743: Scramble

“Think about it, how many things does he still have in his hands that might involve us.”

King Qi said nothing. Although he had been granted land in Jiangnan over the years, he had always been studying at the academies abroad and didn’t have any major incriminating evidence against him. However, the Qi family… he indeed couldn’t guarantee that his maternal family, having grown to its current status over so many years, could be entirely clean.

“Moreover, the Gao family was never pure in the first place. This time, Madam Zhang made a move to deal with that secret guard but failed. Zhang Zhonghai is the Minister of Punishments, and yet he couldn’t find an opportunity to deal with the prisoner in the Ministry of Punishment, catching us off guard.”

“Why hold on to the Gao family any longer? It’s a good opportunity to replace them with a clean merchant and hold the purse strings. The money must be clean too.” Minister Qi was indeed very dissatisfied with what Zhang Zhonghai had done, causing such a blunder that it was extremely humiliating.

Upon hearing this, King Qi silently said, “Uncle, are you thinking of showing weakness to Chu Heng on the surface?”

“Kill two birds with one stone, why not do it?” Minister Qi was completely indifferent, already having decided to abandon the Gao family and even made a better choice.

King Qi said nothing further. He knew that Minister Qi was willing to tell him all this now as a reminder not to forget his own identity, while also dragging him into the vortex of struggle.

He couldn’t refuse anymore, nor did he have any excuse to refuse, so he could only step into the dark vortex.

After the two concluded their discussion, Minister Qi got up and left the room. King Qi calmed down, continued to handle his official duties, and other colleagues returned, not daring to discuss the Gao family’s matter. However, the occasional glances sneaked in his direction made him feel like sitting on pins and needles.

The execution of the Gao family was swiftly decided.

The evidence against the Gao family alone was enough to warrant their death.

Tang Dongfeng found a time to visit the residence.

Seeing that Ye Muyu had drawn many new designs, he was somewhat pleased, “My lady, you’ve worked hard. The clothes made from your designs sell the best.”

Ye Muyu rubbed her neck, “Don’t put everything on me, find a few more imaginative embroiderers. I still want to take a vacation.”

“Rest assured, my lady, I’ve taken the opportunity to recruit several embroiderers from the Bailan Pavilion.” Tang Dongfeng had been searching for embroiderers, but they were scarce and couldn’t be found in a short time, so he also bought several young girls to cultivate from an early age.

Ye Muyu put down her drawing pen, “Bailan Pavilion? How did you manage to buy hands from there? Are you sure they’re not spies?”

Don’t blame Ye Muyu for thinking this way. Bailan Pavilion and Bai Bao Ge were both very famous in the capital. Even if something happened to the Gao family and their property was seized, the Qi family wouldn’t leave such a lucrative piece of meat untouched.

Moreover, the Qi family was originally behind the Gao family, and the embroiderers at Bailan Pavilion probably had long been aligned with the Qi family in secret. If they were brought into their own shop, they might as well be well-trained secret guards who could easily cause considerable damage to their own business.

Ye Muyu would rather proceed slowly than hand such a good opportunity to the opponent.

Tang Dongfeng knew Ye Muyu would ask this, which is why he came over early to discuss with her, “Rest assured, my lady, I’ve thoroughly investigated the background of these embroiderers. You can review them, and if you’re not satisfied, it’s easy for me to transfer them. I haven’t assigned them any tasks yet, just letting them weave ordinary fabrics at home with a loom.”

“I trust your handling of matters.”

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