219 businesses destroyed, spirit shattered_1

Long Xuanmo's brows didn't furrow in the slightest as he elegantly sipped from his teacup.

Meanwhile, Yang Mengchen, knowing that Ma Tiankun had taken away Long Fengying, was aware that the fate awaiting Long Fengying was self-explanatory. Therefore, he did not take it to heart but merely instructed Lv Luo to keep a close watch on Ma Tiankun to prevent further chaos.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor commenced his governance by writing policy, which also marked the first grand assembly of the New Year.

The censors impeached the Changxing Marquis Mansion for numerous crimes, including harming members of the royal family, graft, and bribery, and oppressing the good. They also presented irrefutable evidence.

Right then and there, the Emperor issued a decree stripping the mansion of its noble title, ordering that all males be beheaded and displayed publicly, all females be consigned to slavery in impoverished border regions, and all properties be confiscated.