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After officially assuming the position of Chief Deputy Mansion Master, Qi Xuansu’s first priority was not to join Zhang Yuelu in investigating the case, but to deal with the Yu royal family.
In principle, the matter should have been handled by the Mansion Master, but Wang Jiaohe still hoped to lay low and get through this unscathed, so he deliberately avoided involving himself as a way to cut ties. Thus, the responsibility was handed to Qi Xuansu, and the justification was clear. Since Qi Xuansu had been in charge of this case from the start, it was most appropriate for him to conclude it.
Qi Xuansu did not decline. He adhered to one principle only, which was to punish the main culprits without implicating others.
After all, the times had changed. This was no longer the Confucian era, so the old practice of exterminating the entire clan was no longer acceptable in the Daoist era.
But two issues remained. The first was how to punish the main culprits. The second issue was who would take over the Yu royal household and fulfill the duties of a K...
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