Of course Aunt Zhou knew who the old man the princess was talking about was Tong Mu, the prefect of Mingzhou.

It's just that she doesn't quite understand what the princess means by the Ling family's affairs.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will go and ask now." Aunt Zhou responded.

She knew that no matter what it was, it was Tong Mu's actions that made the princess dissatisfied.

As long as he asks about it himself, I believe Tong Mu should know the attitude of His Highness the Princess.

It’s not too late to find out what this thing is afterward.

"That subordinate also resigned." Xu Nu said.

"Xu Keqing, why don't you and Aunt Zhou go there together?" Xia Xinyue said.

"Your Highness, this?" Xu Fu hesitated.

His coming here this time also represents Princess Anping's Mansion to a certain extent.

Nowadays, the princess has great power, especially in the local area, and every move she makes is likely to be considered to be the princess's instruction.

He still knew very well that he should try to avoid these things.

I received huge benefits from joining Princess Anping's residence, and this benefit was not limited to the precious elixirs and exercises given by the princess.

In addition, just because he is a guest of Princess Anping's Mansion, those forces and sects that originally looked down on him now have to smile when they face him.

My status is completely different.

The more this happens, the more he has to pay attention to propriety.

He had seen some guests who were also guests and acted too arrogantly.

Many people dare to be angry but dare not speak out.

Although nothing happened to these guys now, he believed that if this continued, their end would be miserable.

He still has a clear positioning of his identity, which is to protect Princess Anping and perform tasks with her.

As for matters in the court, it is difficult for me to participate in them.

If he and Aunt Zhou go there, Tong Mu will definitely think that this is what the princess means.

But the princess had no intention of intervening in local affairs when she asked her to come here, just to protect the princess.

"What? Are you having difficulty?" Xia Xinyue asked calmly, "If this matter cannot be handled well, I will always feel uncomfortable in my heart. If I feel uncomfortable, I will get sick. If I get sick, I will not be able to return to Luoyang."

"Your Highness, I will obey your orders." Xu Fu secretly smiled bitterly in his heart.

He knew that Princess Anping was still very concerned about Xia Xinyue, her niece.

After all, she and Xia Xinyue's father, the current prince, were born from the same mother, that is, the current emperor, so the relationship is naturally different.

If Xia Xinyue goes back to complain about herself in front of Princess Anping, then she will not be able to bear it.

He no longer insisted on anything. If something really happened, he would just blame it on Xia Xinyue. He had to listen to her words.

After all, he came out this time saying that he was looking for Xia Xinyue and protecting her, but in fact, he just wanted to listen to her orders.

After the two of them went down, Cui You and the other three were the only ones left in the house, while Xia Xinyue's two maids were not there.

"There should be no problem now. The people below are just pushovers and obstructions when doing things." Xia Xinyue said.

"Actually, Master Tong cannot be blamed for this. Although he is the governor of a state, the Dou family is deeply rooted in the local area. It is indeed not that easy to attack the Dou family," Yin Yaoqin said.

"I don't want to offend anyone." Xia Xinyue curled her lips and said, "I saw many of these things when I was in Luoyang. If I don't put some pressure on them, they won't do things seriously. Let Xu Nu go over this time

, I just want to borrow my aunt’s reputation, otherwise Old Man Tong may not buy it, he is really a bastard old man.”

Cui You agreed with Xia Xinyue's words in his heart.

Although Xia Xinyue is the princess, Tong Mu will definitely take her words seriously, but if she takes her words seriously, it may not be what she wants. Just by her words, Tong Mu can't make Tong Mu immediately take action against the Dou family.

Xia Xinyue has a very high status. She is the princess and the daughter of the current prince.

But she didn't have much power, and she didn't have much influence over Tong Mu, the local prefect.

Of course, when she returns to Luoyang, she can show off in front of her father and let him punish the people below.

But now the status of the prince is a bit embarrassing. For now, the emperor is very powerful. In addition, Jiang Meiyi's family controls many key positions in the court. Apart from being the prince, his father has almost no other power.

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I think back then, Jiang Meiyi had deposed the emperor, and many of the former emperor's princes had died, including Jiang Meiyi's own sons. Most of these people's deaths were related to her.

Taking a lesson from the past, the prince was also worried.

Before his mother ascended the throne as emperor, his third brother succeeded him as emperor. Unfortunately, he was deposed by her mother within a few years.

The emperor can be deposed by their mother, let alone the prince. If he is not good, his own life may not be saved. It is not the first time that his mother has killed her son.

Therefore, the prince kept a low profile and generally did not interfere in court affairs.

A prince who has no power, and a prince who may be deposed at any time, will naturally not be respected by the court.

Xia Xinyue is still clear about this.

That's why she borrowed her aunt's name.

How could she not know that her aunt's power in the court was completely different from her father's?

Tong Mu can not care about himself or his father, but he cannot ignore his aunt's wishes. This is reality.

"Master Tong has been the governor of Mingzhou for five or six years. He is an honest official and has done a lot for the people of Mingzhou. He is considered a rare good official." Cui You said.

Since he had to deal with the prefect's mansion, he had to do some special work to get to know him. Tong Mu had indeed done a lot of practical things for the people of Mingzhou.

As for Xia Xinyue saying that Tong Mu didn't want to offend anyone, it doesn't mean that Tong Mu didn't have such thoughts at all.

If you are stuck in the officialdom and don't know how to adapt at all, it will be difficult to move forward.

There are also government forces behind the Dou family, and they are intricately connected. Tong Mu is obviously still thinking about how to deal with this matter.

"Anyway, he has to give me an explanation." Xia Xinyue said.

Using the name of Princess Anping, the effect is indeed different.

Tong Mu immediately ordered the Dou family to be raided and all important figures in the Dou family imprisoned.

Since the masters of the Prefecture had a traitor like Wang Qi, Tong Mu did not dare to use other masters of the Prefecture.

So I asked Xia Xinyue for instructions and asked some of her security experts for help.

Xia Xinyue naturally handed over this task to Xu Nu.

Even if Xu Fu didn't really want to, he had to carry it out.

Dou family.

"Dad, what should I do? The government officials have surrounded me outside." Dou Tongfang asked in panic.

The Ling family already knew about the arrest of Dou Tiangong and Dou Wu, and they also knew about Ling Dai'er going to the prefect's mansion to complain.

They have a network of connections in the government, and this information has long been passed on to the Dou family.

Precisely because the Dou family has these connections, even if they knew that Ling Daier was going to file a complaint, they were actually not that worried.

In the end, it was just the Dou family spending some money to eliminate disasters. Could the government really kill the Dou family?

In the past, many people sued the Dou family, and the process was almost the same. The government could just give a warning when the time came.
Chapter completed!