Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife

Chapter 880: Chapter 880: Shameless!

Liuzhou Prefecture Prison.

Here are all the officials who were captured, and they are all from Liu Hui’s faction.

"Mr. Liu, what’s going on? Why were we suddenly arrested, and by the military, no less?"

"Yes, we are court officials, after all. There wasn’t even a decree issued for our arrest. What does this mean?"

"Exactly, what is the meaning of this, why are we being detained?"

In the prison cell, officials were all asking Liu Hui, as he was the backbone of this group, and if anything were truly amiss, he should be more aware than anyone else.

But Liu Hui remained silent.

He just sat there on the ground, eyes staring at the front, hollow gaze, thinking about something unknown to others.

His demeanor frightened everyone, and a sense of unease spread quickly among the crowd.

Judging by this, the situation was serious!

"Sir, sir?"

Someone quickly called out to him, and after quite a while, Liu Hui came back to his senses, glanced at everyone, gently shook his head, and sighed, "My accounts have been found."

In an instant, the officials who heard this turned pale.

But someone asked, "Mr. Liu, who? Who discovered your accounts? Accordingly, even if they were found, they shouldn’t be able to take action against us, right?"

As he spoke, his body trembled sharply.

Currently, the Third Prince is in Liuzhou City, and the only one who could take action against him is him.

If that is indeed the case, then the issue is severe.

This Third Prince, after all, is the Third Son of the Supreme Emperor and also the Imperial Brother of the current Emperor. If he decides to take them seriously, even the Emperor would have to give him face.

However, someone immediately thought of a question: "In this case... did the Third Prince deliberately come on orders, or was it a chance reporting?"

If it was by chance reporting, then the deployment of the military without order is incorrect. They still have a sliver of hope. But if he came on orders, then they are doomed!

"We still have a few people outside, who are not officials, just doing some small business. Before this incident broke out, I already asked them to investigate the situation."

"Heaven bless us, hopefully, there will be news beneficial to us!"

"What are you afraid of? Now the Third Prince has almost swept the officials out of here. Next, who will handle the local affairs? Humph, I think the Emperor will certainly hold him accountable later!"

Nearby, an official with considerable courage hummed.

His words were somewhat encouraging, and many people nodded repeatedly.

Isn’t it so? They were, after all, the backbone of the place, and the matters had to be handled by them. Now that they are taken, who will handle the affairs here?

If local governance becomes chaotic, then the Third Prince is the chief culprit. The Emperor will surely have objections later.

"Creak—"

Suddenly, the sound of a door opening came from over there, and someone came in.

These people immediately held their breath in tension, all eyes fixed outside.

A shadow fell across the doorway as two men entered one after the other.

Liu Hui’s pupils contracted sharply!

Among them, he recognized one man, who was none other than the Third Prince Qi Junyi. Then, who could have the qualification to walk side by side with him?

For some reason, a strong feeling of unease spread in his heart, and Liu Hui felt that this man was very complex!

The officials in the cell became cautious, their gaze first falling on Qi Junyi, and then on the man beside him.

Everyone’s breath became rapid, and nerves tense.

"Seventeenth Brother, how would you like to deal with these people?"

After walking in, Qi Junyi did not look at Liu Hui, but instead asked Li Qingmu at his side.

It was only then that they realized who this mysterious man was!

The former Seventeenth Prince, now the Regent King, Qi Junmu!

Many people sighed at the life experiences of this Prince.

In his early years, he fled during the Rebellion of the Seven Princes and later entered officialdom, greatly favored by the then Emperor Qi Yun. Perhaps at that time, the supremest Supreme Emperor already knew his identity?

Later, Princess Rong Si, who was the Princess Consort Yun at the time, staged his fake death, took him out of Shengjing City to Daliang, and only then did Qi Yun announce his identity to the world, restoring his royal lineage.

At that time, many people thought he was really dead, but it turned out he was just switched by his mother.

Needless to say, the matters of the Imperial Family are indeed endless with gossip, and just with the Seventeenth Prince, there are a basketful of stories.

However, now they had no mood to care about such gossip. At this moment, the Regent King stood before them, and they did not know how he would deal with them?

"Greetings to the Regent King!"

"This guilty official pays respect to Your Highness the Regent King!"

"..."

Though these officials were full of doubts, they were very cautious and respectful towards the Prince.

Seeing this group of officials so obedient and well-behaved, Qi Junyi was quite surprised. When he came in earlier, it was much noisier. What made them so silent now?

Indeed, his Seventeenth Brother is renowned, very impactful!

Li Qingmu looked at these people, his face expressionless, just said lightly, "Arresting you was my decision, unrelated to the Third Prince."

This sentence clarified things, moved Qi Junyi greatly.

This brother indeed has responsibility and courage.

As soon as Li Qingmu said this, the officials in the cell couldn’t hold it any longer. Someone bowed and asked, "May the Regent King please inform us what crime the guilty officials committed to warrant arrest?"

"Yes, we have worked diligently, if there is anything amiss, please enlighten us, Your Highness!"

Since it was this Regent King who arrested them, they asked for clarification on why they were detained.

Li Qingmu glanced lightly at these officials, suddenly smiled, "You are being arrested by me, do you not understand why?"

A person should have self-awareness, and if they knew what they did wrong and it was not serious, he might spare them a chance.

But these officials were just dazed for a moment, and then began to wail loudly, "Your Highness the Regent King, we truly don’t know! If you say so, please give us some indication!"

"Yes, please enlighten us, Your Highness!"

"Thud thud thud!"

Someone directly kneeled to Li Qingmu, kowtowing hard, each looking as if they suffered great injustice.

Li Qingmu could not help but sneer, did these people truly believe they could deceive and fool him?

Pretending to be innocent in hopes of escaping accountability?

These officials, having worked in the local area for quite some time, were very familiar with all affairs here. He initially thought to see if anyone felt guilty, willing to admit their mistakes, planning to make some use of them.

But now it seemed, they were simply ungrateful!

Since this group had no slightest remorse, he was also unwilling to waste words on them.

Everything would be handled according to the rules, and as for the vacant positions, he had ways to manage them!

"Third Brother, we’re leaving!"

Without any hesitation, he turned and left, leaving the bewildered officials behind.