"Do you know that your grandson is very rich?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Rich?"

Lu Xiao was stunned, then shook his head repeatedly, "Your Majesty, that's impossible."

Afraid that Jiang Chen wouldn't believe him, Lu Xiao explained, "My family has been farmers for generations, and we have never had any savings, let alone be considered rich."

Jiang Chen smiled faintly and threw the results of Jing Yue's investigation in front of Lu Xiao.

"Take a look for yourself."

Lu Xiao was puzzled, picked it up and took a look, then his whole body shook.

"Your Majesty, this is impossible!"

Lu Xiao's face was full of disbelief.

Although he was in the capital, he knew the situation at home.

It was absolutely impossible to afford a four-courtyard house!

"Your Majesty, since I entered the government, I dare not say that I have made great contributions to Great Wei, but I have always been conscientious and cautious. This must be someone framing me, I hope Your Majesty will investigate!"

After speaking, Lu Xiao kowtowed to Jiang Chen repeatedly.

Jiang Chen's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "Minister Lu, please rise."

Lu Xiao carefully stood up, hearing that there seemed to be no anger in Jiang Chen's words.

"I know what kind of person Minister Lu is."

Jiang Chen had a smile on his face, "But can Minister Lu guarantee that your grandson will be the same as you?"

Lu Xiao's expression froze.

Naturally, he was quite strict with the education of his descendants.

But having lived for so long, he also knew that many people would still do wrong things even if they were well educated.

He was a little uneasy. Could it be that his grandson really used some despicable means to obtain this four-courtyard house?

After thinking about it, Lu Xiao realized that it was impossible for Jiang Chen to come to him for no reason. Since he had come to him, he must already have a certain understanding of the situation.

Lu Xiao said, "Please instruct me, Your Majesty."

Jiang Chen nodded and said, "According to my understanding, this four-courtyard house was not bought by your grandson, but was given to him by a merchant from Hongdu."

Lu Xiao's whole body shook, and he instantly understood the meaning.

He instantly became extremely fearful, knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, I was instigated by others, which led me to be fooled by them. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Lu Xiao had been a minister for most of his life, and he knew these things very well.

The other party obviously knew that it would not be possible to succeed by directly coming to him, so they started with his grandson, and then indirectly used him for their own purposes.

His memorial was the other party's goal.

Seeing Lu Xiao admit his mistake, Jiang Chen did not pursue the matter.

In this matter, Lu Xiao was indeed completely unaware and was being fooled.

Jiang Chen said, "I pardon you."

Lu Xiao was grateful and kowtowed repeatedly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Chen's face did not show any joy, and he said coldly, "Minister Lu, I can forgive you for being deceived, but I cannot forgive your grandson!"

Lu Xiao's expression changed, but soon, he gritted his teeth and said, "Please issue an order, Your Majesty!"

He understood that this was already Jiang Chen showing him mercy.

Otherwise, even if he killed their entire family of three generations, he would not be able to say anything.

Jiang Chen nodded, "According to the laws of Great Wei, he should be executed."

Lu Xiao's whole body trembled slightly, but in the end, he still kowtowed to Jiang Chen and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"From now on, don't mention this matter again," Jiang Chen said.

"Yes."

This matter ended with Lu Xiao's grandson being escorted to the capital and beheaded.

This result quickly spread to Hongdu.

Hong Wang Manor.

Jiang Xiao, the Prince of Hong, who was around thirty years old and had a ruddy complexion, was happily coaxing his son.

In his eyes, the child in his arms was not just his son, but also his hope of coveting the throne!

At this moment, a guard walked in hurriedly from outside.

"Your Highness, there is news from the capital," the guard said.

Jiang Xiao was overjoyed and quickly asked, "How is it?"

The guard looked embarrassed and was a little afraid to speak.

The smile on Jiang Xiao's face instantly disappeared, and he already had a bad premonition.

"Speak!" Jiang Xiao shouted.

"Yes!"

The guard trembled and quickly said, "Lu Xiang'an was escorted to the capital and beheaded."

"What?!"

Jiang Xiao was shocked.

Lu Xiang'an was Lu Xiao's grandson, and also the person he sent someone to contact.

Giving the other party a four-courtyard residence was just hoping that the other party could mention a few words about the crown prince in front of Lu Xiao.

This matter was done extremely secretly, and besides, Lu Xiao's hometown was so far away from the capital, Lu Xiao would definitely not realize this.

The matter was also proceeding smoothly according to his plan, and he even heard that Lu Xiao had already submitted a memorial to Jiang Chen asking him to establish a crown prince.

But he did not expect that such a smooth thing would suddenly take such a big turn!

More importantly, it was not Lu Xiao who directly submitted the memorial who was beheaded, but Lu Xiang'an. This was what shocked, and even panicked Jiang Xiao.

Lu Xiang'an's execution meant that his instigation of Lu Xiao to submit the memorial through Lu Xiang'an had been exposed!

Jiang Chen must have investigated the whole matter clearly, otherwise it would have been impossible to directly attack Lu Xiang'an.

Disaster was imminent!

Jiang Xiao's face suddenly turned pale.

Just a moment ago, he was still dreaming that his son would inherit the throne and win him the title of emperor as well.

But he did not expect that the bad news would come so quickly!

It didn't even give him a moment to be happy!

What to do now?

Jiang Xiao's heart was in a mess.

Jiang Chen had investigated Lu Xiang'an, which meant that he must know that he was the one who instigated all of this.

With Jiang Chen's character, he was bound to be finished!

At this moment, a burst of panicked screams suddenly came from outside.

Jiang Xiao was startled, and then shouted angrily, "Who is being so presumptuous?"

There was a sound of footsteps outside, and then He Fengkui, the general of the Jiangnan military camp, walked in with six soldiers in military uniform.

"Your Highness, Prince Hong, His Majesty invites you!" He Fengkui said.

Jiang Xiao's face, which had turned red with anger, instantly lost its color.

Before he could even think about how to deal with it, Jiang Chen had already sent someone.

There was not even a chance to resist!

At this moment, Jiang Xiao was completely desperate.

After being taken to the capital and interrogated for several days, the evidence that Jiang Xiao attempted to collude with ministers to disrupt the government was conclusive, and he was sentenced to immediate execution.

With Jiang Xiao being taken to the capital and beheaded, the vassal kings in various places were greatly shaken.

The rebellion of Jiang Sheng and his group was naturally not recognized by these vassal kings, and they did not participate in it.

But this did not mean that these vassal kings had no ideas.

No matter what, Jiang Chen still had no children, which meant that they also had a chance.

In fact, these vassal kings were indeed waiting for this opportunity.

In history, it was not uncommon for brothers to succeed each other, so they were all looking forward to it.

But the Hong Prince's incident made them realize that it was probably impossible for Jiang Chen to establish other vassal kings or vassal princes and descendants as crown princes while he was alive.

Many vassal kings secretly cursed, hoping that Jiang Chen would accidentally die.