General's Mansion, study room! After listening to what Butler Yun reported, Song Heng felt a headache and pressed his hands on his temples.
Butler Yun frowned and said, "General, we can't ignore the rumors outside.
If it is allowed to spread, it will not only affect the yamen's decision-making, but also ruin the reputation of the general and his wife."
Moreover, how could the emperor be important to a general whose reputation was in disgrace and reviled by the people?
The rumors outside are already very ugly. Some people even say that the general will use his power to force the eldest lady of Fuyin Yamen to be acquitted.
This is obviously a rumor. The case of the eldest lady is well known to everyone. Even if the general is extremely powerful, he would not dare to do it! But even for such a ridiculous rumor, some people still believe it, and those who believe it also speak very badly of the general.
"What do you think we should do?"
Song Heng looked at Butler Yun and asked.
Although he was good at fighting, he didn't know where to start with this kind of thing.
Butler Yun thought for a moment and said, "Madam is smart and has many ideas. General, why don't you discuss this with Madam."
Song Heng thought for a while and felt that Butler Yun was right, so he got up and went to Qiushi Courtyard.
In Qiushi courtyard, Shen Wan was frowning as she listened to Cui'er talking about the rumors outside.
"That Zhou Wang family is so shameless. It is not only the eldest lady who seduced Zhou Yu, but also the wife and the general who wrongly accused Zhou Yu and harmed her husband.
Many people outside now say that our general's office is bullying others, that my wife is not a good person, and that the general is a hypocrite.
He also said that the lives of ordinary people are also lives, and the eldest lady must pay for the innocent Zhou Yu's life."
If she hadn't been alone, she would have had to argue with those people.
Tsk, those rumors outside are very detrimental to Song Ziyu! They also involve class conflicts and arouse public resentment.
Although it is said that the emperor committed the same crimes as the common people, some rich and powerful people were able to find ways to escape their crimes, while most ordinary people could only plead guilty and be punished.
Moreover, if ordinary people offend the powerful, they will pay a heavy price, but if the powerful oppress the ordinary people, the ordinary people may have no way to complain.
This kind of thing happens all the time, and this unfair and unequal state has always existed.
And the resentment caused by this injustice and inequality has always been weighing on the hearts of ordinary people.
And because of the guidance of public opinion, Zhou Yu's incident became a trigger, igniting the grievances that had been suppressed in their hearts for a long time.
That Zhou Wang was just an ordinary woman. Who gave her the idea to use public opinion to gain attention and amplify the situation?
In the current situation, the Song family has become the target of public criticism. Because of rumors and public opinion, the Song family has become an existence in the eyes of the people that cares little about human life and does not take the lives of ordinary people as their destiny.
In fact, most people don't know the truth, but the fact that they don't take the lives of ordinary people as their fate hurts their nerves.
This aroused their long-standing grievances, so not only did they not question those rumors, they believed them without hesitation.
If allowed to develop, the grievances they have accumulated might be transferred to the Song family.
The government will also severely punish Song Ziyu due to the pressure of public opinion and public resentment.
“Also,” Cui’er added, “someone started a bet on whether the eldest lady would be acquitted.
I don’t know who spread the rumor, saying that if there is any reliable information, the Yamen will release the eldest lady under the pressure of our general.
He also said that madam, you can put forward a condition to the emperor. Even if the evidence is conclusive that the eldest lady killed Zhou Yu, you will ask the emperor to let the eldest lady go."
Shen Wan raised her eyebrows, raised her lips and said with a smile: "If they don't tell me, I have forgotten about this problem. If there is really no way to save Song Ziyu, I can still go to the emperor to make a condition and ask the emperor to pardon her!"
Cui'er was already anxious to death, but seeing that Madam could still laugh, she didn't worry anymore.
Madam is very powerful and capable. Since she can still laugh, it means that she has a way to turn the situation around.