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The rhythm of the morning assembly was completely controlled by Qin Xiang. After splashing buckets after buckets of dirty water onto Xiao Jiu'an, Qin Xiang was in a good mood, but it was a pity…

As soon as the morning assembly ended, a eunuch came to report that people from Qin Manor were waiting for him outside the palace.

Qin Xiang looked around and said seriously, "Let's get on the carriage first." No matter what happened in the family, no one was allowed to know about it.

"What did you say?" Qin Xiang stopped in his tracks and turned around to look at the servant who had spoken. His eyes were filled with murderous intent.

To be able to climb to the position of Prime Minister and sit in its seat for more than twenty years meant that Qin Xiang was no ordinary scholar.

The servant was shocked. After being stunned for a while, he said, "Master, everything I say is true. I am not exaggerating at all. People from the Ministry of Justice came early in the morning to take him away. They even disregarded the injuries on the Young Master's body. The Old Madam and the Madam are both on the verge of tears."

"Good, good! What a good Prince Yanbei!" How could Qin Xiang not have heard it? He was just too shocked.

He never thought that Xiao Jiu'an would make a move against his son.

"Immediately go to the Ministry of Justice." Qin Xiang said in a deep voice as he boarded the carriage.

When the carriage driver heard the words just now, he immediately understood the seriousness of the situation. He raised the horsewhip and rushed toward the Ministry of Justice's yamen.

Behind him, an official who had just left the palace and saw Qin Xiang's carriage, could not help but be stunned for a moment. "That doesn't seem to be the way back to Qin Manor, nor is it the way to the Central Book Pavilion."

"I don't know." The official beside him shook his head and said, "Hurry up and leave. The Department of Revenue still has a lot of matters to deal with. If we don't finish, those people from the Ministry of War will come knocking again."

Qin Xiang rushed to the Ministry of Justice and saw that the Ministry of Justice was not giving him any face. They allowed his son to lie on the floor with wounds all over his body.

Qin Xiang almost spat out blood. He took a few deep breaths before suppressing his anger. He pretended to be calm as he asked, "Lord Feng, what has my son done?"

The person in charge of this case was the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Feng Zhao. He was a direct descendant of the Feng Family, the head of the Four Great Clans.

Unfortunately for him, to win the favor of the Late Emperor, Qin Xiang in the past had provided many strategies and ideas to suppress the aristocratic families. Although those from the aristocratic families did not hate Qin Xiang to the bone, they did not like him very much either.

"I did not know that Prime Minister Qin would show up. Please forgive me." Feng Zhao hid the impatience in his eyes. He slowly stood up and saluted.

"Lord Feng is too courteous. This Prime Minister came here on a personal matter. There is no need for Lord Feng to be so courteous." Qin Xiang nodded with a serious face, but he spoke with an incomparably humble tone, "Master Feng, my son is too mischievous. If there are any misdeeds, please do not hold back and punish him."

Qin Xiang took the initiative to show his goodwill, hoping that this matter would be resolved on a smaller scale and not a bigger one.

In the entire country of Revelation, almost no one dared to not give him face, but Feng Zhao did not give him any face at all. He directly rejected him by saying, "Prime Minister Qin is too serious, I am just being impartial."

Qin Xi, the Young Master of the Qin Family, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, suddenly raised his head when he heard Qin Xiang's voice. When he saw Qin Xiang's figure, his chaotic eyes instantly lit up and he shouted in excitement, "Father! Father! Save me! Save me!"

Qin Xiang frowned and scolded, "Xi'er, stop messing around!"

"Father..." Naturally, Qin Xi did not want to do so. However, the bailiff on the side was not just for show. Seeing that his Master did not say anything, he immediately stepped forward and held him down.

"Ah...! It hurts... it hurts!" This Young Master of the Qin Family, who had lived like a little prince ever since he was a child, had never experienced such hardship. He immediately cried out in pain.

Qin Xiang's expression changed slightly, but he did not turn around to look. He said to Feng Zhao with a smile, "As the criminal's family, I wonder if we can listen to the interrogation from the side?"

"Naturally." Feng Zhao immediately ordered someone to bring out a chair and put it on the side: "Qin Xiang, please sit."

"Lord Feng is too polite." Qin Xiang sat down at the side and listened to the case as he said he would, as a family member of the perpetrator. He did not interfere with Feng Zhao's trial.

Similarly, Feng Zhao was not affected by Qin Xiang's words at all. He could do whatever he wanted.

The Young Master of the Qin Family had insulted Prince Yanbei on the street, and the evidence of his wrongdoings to the people was present.

Apart from this, the matter of the Young Master of the Qin Family committing murder and stealing away the daughter of a commoner was fully documented. The family of the stolen woman and even the woman herself had come to the Ministry of Justice to testify against the Young Master of the Qin Family for his crimes.

The aide defending the Young Master accused the girl of seducing the Young Master of the Qin Family and set up a trap for her, saying that she wanted to force the Young Master of the Qin Family to marry her.

"Yes, she was the one who seduced me. If not for her seducing me, how could I, the dignified Young Master of the Prime Minister's Residence, fall for a village girl?" Although the Young Master of the Qin Family was a carouser and a playboy, he was not stupid. His aides had already given him a good defense. He was not stupid, so he would naturally go along with it.

The aide took over the conversation, ridiculing woman as vain and eager for glory. He accused her as being a village girl that wanted to fly up to the branch. His harsh words made the girl and her family so angry that they trembled, unable to utter a single word.

Unexpectedly, the aide scolded too harshly, causing the girl to show off her ruthlessness. Without caring about anything else, she scolded back, "I seduced him? Don't you see what kind of trash he is? A soft-footed shrimp, a pretty boy, a useless man, how could I seduce him? My fiancé is currently working in the Yanbei Army and is now a deputy general. His future is limitless, so how could I let such a fine man get away and seduce such a useless thing?"

That's right, this girl's fiancé was one of Xiao Jiu'an's subordinates. Two days ago, that deputy general brought the girl to Xiao Jiu'an and begged him to stand up for them.

When the opportunity presented itself at his doorstep, Xiao Jiu'an unceremoniously ordered his men to report the Young Master of the Qin Family to the Ministry of Justice. Along the way, he also added enough evidence and witnesses to help the Ministry of Justice with their case...