After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 848 Turmoil
In fact, the Sun family did not admit that their private soldiers had ever captured and killed people related to the Wu family.

They even refused to admit that they were responsible for the Kunning Palace fire and the Wu family fire.

But it was not enough for them to refuse to admit these things. Everyone in the capital, and even in the whole country, knew clearly who was responsible for the two fires. When Sun Yongbai was imprisoned a few years ago, he was interrogated and confessed that he was related to the two fires. Even the source of the kerosene used to ignite the fire was found out, and the evidence was irrefutable. However, the Sun family later sent people to visit him in prison, and Sun Yongbai changed his words. The emperor turned a blind eye, and the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple failed to interrogate him, so the matter was left unresolved. However, anyone in the capital who was more informed basically knew who started the two fires, and who later arrested the Wu family's followers in the name of soldiers. Even the followers of Sun Ge Lao believed that the Sun family could not clear themselves of this matter. Now the Sun family claims that they have nothing to do with it, and Jin Jiashu's accusation is completely unreasonable. Who would believe it?
Since no one believes it, the Sun family is still unable to reveal the whereabouts of Jin Xu's remains, which makes people very dissatisfied.

As the emperor's favorite concubine and the mother of the crown prince, Concubine Xu was framed by the Sun family and almost lost her life. Now she has kept silent about revenge and has repeatedly interceded for Concubine Zhang Gong, Concubine Lu, Concubine Sun and Concubine Hu in front of the emperor. She is so kind and benevolent. She just wants to retrieve her sister's remains and bury them properly. If the Sun family refuses to admit their guilt, can't they return the remains privately? !

The old students of Wumen would certainly feel indignant for the innocent people who were implicated and killed, and Sun Ge Lao's former followers and loyal followers also felt that Sun Yongping was too ignorant.

Some crimes cannot be admitted, but if the Sun family quietly finds Jin Jiashu and returns his biological mother's remains, or even just tells him where his biological mother is buried, people will not continue to pester him.

Concubine Xu and Jin Jiashu can hold this great vengeance against Jin Liu, the second wife of the Jin family, whose son Jin Wu has already paid for it with his life. The Sun family can put the blame on the private soldiers who arrested people at the time, and just say that they were not strict with their subordinates, and it is still possible to fool the matter. There are rumors that the private soldiers who searched for the remnants of the Wu family were basically all dead, and there is no evidence, which makes this matter easier to explain. At worst, isn't there a ready-made Sun Yongbai in prison who can be used as a scapegoat? Why do they have to go against the emperor and Concubine Xu?

Now that Lord Sun has retired at home, the emperor has no intention of aggravating his crime, and Concubine Xu does not bear grudges. Once the hatred is resolved, the two sides can still live in harmony in the future. Even if Lord Sun and his son can never be reinstated in the future, at least the officials of the Sun faction still have a bright future! We have served Lord Sun for so long, you should also think more about the overall situation!
There were so many people who came to lobby that even the father and son of Sun Ge Lao were fed up. However, they could not give an answer. They were always high and mighty. It was enough for them to know where the main members of the Wu family were buried. As for those who escaped the net and were caught later, they were just some male and female servants who had been released from prostitution. What kind of people were they? When they died, they could just dig a hole and bury them anywhere. Who would bother to remember the address?
Almost all the people who handled the matter had indeed died, and a large number of them died in the territory of the Northwest Frontier Army. The few people who were left who might have known about the incident could not remember whether they had captured such a "Wu family maid" that year. They only vaguely remembered that they had captured a married Wu family maid who seemed to have just given birth, but her body was later taken back by her husband's family. For this, the family paid a large sum of money privately, almost bankrupting themselves, and moved out of the capital afterwards.

This person with a name and origin could not be the Jin Xu who was framed by her sister-in-law. So where did Jin Xu go?
Sun Yongping had no choice but to instruct Sun Yongbai's family to visit the prison. He tried every means to get a piece of news from Sun Yongbai. There were about 80 old servants of the Wu family who were captured and killed by private soldiers. They were buried in two places after death. Sun Yongbai knew the approximate location of one of them, and the other was handled by Sun Cai. Sun Cai's whereabouts were unknown after he was arrested in Chang'an. Sun Yongbai just thought he was dead, and his family had been dismissed long ago. If Sun Yongping wanted to find out, he could only ask his family to try.

After learning about it, Sun Yongping just wanted to curse, but after thinking about it, he decided not to bother with it. Anyway, he knew Jin Duo's approximate age, so he could just find a similar female corpse to cover it up. It was just a dry skeleton. Their Sun family said it was Jin Xu's. Could Concubine Xu and Jin Jiashu still tell the real from the fake?
The problem is, Concubine Xu and Jin Jiashu actually recognized her!

Although the female corpse has become dry bones, experienced coroners from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice can identify that she has been dead for no more than ten years. How could she be the Jin Xu who escaped the fire in Kunning Palace more than ten years ago and died shortly after leaving the palace? Moreover, the clothes that Jin Xu wore when she left the palace were prepared by Concubine Xu herself. They do not match the clothes left on the female corpse now. Even the length of her hair is different. God knows where this dry skeleton came from. Why did the Sun family insist that it was Jin Xu? Wasn't it just a random person to fool the victim? If Concubine Xu didn't remember the old things, Jin Jiashu was still a baby at the time and had no idea about his mother's situation. I'm afraid she would have taken the unrelated outsider back and worshipped her as her biological mother!
This time the disturbance got even bigger.

The old people of Wumen began to wonder if the Sun family had killed too many people, so they couldn't figure out who Jin Xu was and where she was buried. What were the identities of those innocent people who were killed? Where were they buried? How could the Sun family not punish such a heinous crime according to the law? !
The Sun faction members thought Sun Yongping was too stupid. If the Sun family was stubborn and insisted on denying it, they could be called shameless. Others had no evidence and could not do anything to them. But the Sun family admitted it and handed over the remains of Jin Xu, but it was exposed on the spot that it was fake. Isn't this a joke? ! Did the elder Sun know about this? Did he agree? If he didn't know, it was just Sun Yongping's own decision - why didn't he even ask his own father? Doesn't he know that he is a fool? !

Some neutral officials watched the show, some were indignant, and some took advantage of the situation to attack the Sun family secretly while gaining political capital for themselves. The capital was in an uproar. Even Hai Jiao, who stayed in the Jinyiwei to read old documents, was instructed by his superiors to pay more attention to the progress of the case to see if there was a chance to collect some evidence of the Sun faction's crimes for future reckoning.

In this bustle, the royal family quickly and formally held a ceremony to establish the crown prince, and officially appointed the eighth prince Song Yukeng as the crown prince. The next day, the emperor issued another decree to promote Concubine Xu to Imperial Noble Concubine - since there was no problem with her birth, the crown prince's biological mother would naturally be promoted. Considering that a formal ceremony was required to establish the queen, and the emperor's body could no longer withstand a large ceremony, he could only make do with promoting Concubine Xu to Imperial Noble Concubine. The Imperial Noble Concubine's position was the same as that of the vice queen, but the appointment was not as strict as that of the queen. The Ministry of Rites did not object, and the cabinet did not reject it, so the matter was settled.

Before Imperial Concubine Xu had fully recovered, she had already risen to the position of the head of the harem. The emperor doted on her and gave her many rewards.

But at the same time, the emperor also expressed that he hoped Lord Sun would have a good end and that the past should not be mentioned again.

Noble Consort Xu was gentle and docile, so she would naturally not disobey the emperor's orders.

So, at the order of his aunt, Jin Jiashu temporarily interrupted his studies in the capital and returned to Chang'an to deal with his father's funeral.

(End of this chapter)