The farce ended with the Zhou family's mother and son being imprisoned. Although neither of them were good people, they did provide the neighbors with a source of laughter after dinner.
Shen Yingxue and Li Hou resigned themselves to marrying a convict ordered by the imperial court, but the life and death of this convict was still unknown. Seeing that Shen Yingxue was about to become a widow, the neighbors were all waiting to see the fun.
Shen Yingxue ignored these overt and covert malicious intentions. She went to visit Guo Zhao with Guo's mother every morning, and then waited for news from the capital. The days passed day by day. On this day when autumn just entered, something happened. A turnaround.
Shen Yanqing's note was delivered to the capital.
The emperor immediately sent a black eagle to deliver the message to him.
The letter said that he could not deal too hard with the Song family for the time being, and could only aggrieve him a little, but it would never chill him. He asked him what his plans were, and also asked him if he wanted to return to the capital.
Shen Yanqing read the letter and said, "Your Majesty, Huang Enhao, I can understand his situation. In this case, I'm afraid I have to trouble Black Eagle to help me send another letter to the Emperor. I hope it can be delivered as soon as possible." "
Black Eagle nodded, "Master Shen's letter will be delivered as soon as possible."
These days, Lu Guogong's people have helped him collect some accusations against the Shen family, but these accusations are not enough to bring about the complete downfall of the Shen family.
Shen Yanqing knew very well that with his current ability and power, if he wanted to defeat the enemy, he had to kill him with one blow, otherwise there would be endless troubles.
Since the emperor can't deal too hard with the Song family for the time being, he also has his own ways to make the Song family suffer.
He replied to the emperor's letter and expressed his willingness to return to the capital. He would only wait for the emperor's orders.
Black Eagle took the letter and left.
…
In the Song family, Song Lian is still waiting for Shen Yingxue's consent. The injury on his face has almost healed. Because he wants to take a concubine, he has asked his servants to decorate the side room in the past few days and prepare to marry the new wife.
Song Lian's wife, Mrs. Chen, looked at the servants busy at work, with a straight face and a pout that could hang a bottle of vinegar. She leaned against Song Lian's bed, twisting the handkerchief in her hand and feeling sour in her heart.
"Ms. sir, this Shen Yingxue is a dishonest person. She actually instigated a thief to hurt you. Why did you marry her? There are already so many sisters in the yard. Who can't be more gentle and well-behaved than her?"
The Chen family was just an ordinary merchant and relied on the Song family for their daily business, so she dared not speak out in the face of Song Lian's licentiousness, otherwise she wouldn't have watched Song Lian marry so many concubines.
"What do you know? I'm just tired of seeing these cute ones, so I want to try this strong one."
He had been trying to please Shen Yingxue for so many days, and she was not unmoved. Song Lian's competitiveness exploded, and he felt uncomfortable if he didn't marry her. Moreover, it was because Shen Yingxue didn't like him that she had feelings for him. When he married her back, Shen Yingxue would Yingxue also wanted to please him for the sake of favor.
"Humph, it turns out that I am tired of the slave family!"
The concubines walked in from outside the house. They all heard Song Lian's words, and their faces were filled with complaints. Which one of them was not favored when they entered the house.
But Song Lian was too carefree, and when the novelty wore off, these concubines were put on the shelf. Sometimes they didn't see each other for several months. This time Song Lian was injured, which was the longest time they had been together. Each of them tried their best to please him, but... Unexpectedly, after hearing his tired words, the concubines became unwilling.
"As long as you are obedient and keep yourselves, I won't treat you badly when Mrs. Shen comes in."
Song Lian was in a good mood and was willing to comfort them. He sat up from the bed, held several concubines in his arms, and kissed each of them, making them giggle. Mrs. Chen next to him gritted his teeth with hatred, but could not let go. Compete with these people for favor.
"The concubines are disobedient. Now they are looking forward to Sister Shen coming in..."
"Hahaha, okay, I like your sweet mouth!"
Song Lian's soft jade was warm and fragrant in her arms, and she was in a beautiful mood. Now she was waiting for Shen Yingxue to compromise, but before his sweet dream was over, something happened to Song Cang.
In the morning, the people at the Yushitai handed over the papers, telling the story of the Song family's many crimes of bullying men and women, and taking away the daughters of good families. For this reason, they also abused their power and used their power to oppress others.
"Crack!"
"Well, you Song Cang, you can do things to suppress others with your power right under my nose!"
Zhao Jing was furious after seeing the documents presented by Shen Yanqing and the censor, and got angry in the court. Song Cang's heart skipped a beat and he quickly knelt down.
"Your Majesty, you have wronged me. I have always fulfilled my duties and never dared to go overboard, let alone use my power to oppress others. This is all a frame-up!"
"Unjustly? You imprisoned Guo Zhao, the head of Furong Town, for questioning and beheaded in the autumn without permission. Do I think I have wronged you?"
Zhao Jing felt hatred in her heart when she thought of all the things the Song family had done with the help of Prime Minister Liu's family. If every official in the court were like him and used their power to oppress the people, the country would be destroyed.
But he couldn't just deal with him directly!
"Weichen did put Guo Zhao in prison, but there is a reason for all this!"
Song Cang didn't expect Shen Yanqing to be so courageous that he would directly join forces with the Yushitai people to hand over the certificate. He was just a seventh-grade official, but he dared to offend him and Prime Minister Liu.
Although he had Prime Minister Liu's back, he still had to prove his innocence quickly when the emperor blamed him.
Zhao Jing had a sullen face and said nothing, just watching him quibble.
"Your Majesty, Guo Zhao injured Wei Chen's nephew and almost killed Chen's nephew. Wei Chen also felt sorry for the younger member of the family and was so angry that he was thrown into prison. After all, it was Guo Zhao who did this first, Wei Chen My nephew was completely unintentional, and Guo Zhao deserves to be imprisoned for hurting others, Your Majesty."
"Humph, you deserve it? How come I heard that Song Lian molested a decent woman in the street first? Guo Zhao acted bravely when he saw justice, and he was merciful. Song Lian only suffered a skin injury."
"Your Majesty, don't be deceived by Guo Zhao. He is cruel and ruthless, and his punches are very painful. Wei Chen's nephew has serious internal injuries. He is still lying in bed. The doctor said that he must rest after that, otherwise he will die young!"
Song Cang deliberately said it seriously. He didn't know how much the emperor knew about the inside story behind it, but if his reputation for using power to suppress others was confirmed, he would probably be punished. Prime Minister Liu could not protect him, so he could only let Song Lian be seriously injured.
"Song Lian is seriously injured? I'm afraid some quack doctor misdiagnosed the disease and asked the imperial doctor to come and see for himself. I want to see if the injury is real or fake?"
Zhao Jing's eyes were sarcastic and she didn't believe his lies at all. Song Cang was afraid of being betrayed and was anxious, with cold sweat streaming down his forehead.
"I understand the emperor's kindness, but Song Lian is recuperating now, so there is no need to trouble the doctor..."
"Your Majesty, I have an idea."
Prime Minister Liu suddenly spoke. As one of his subordinates, Song Cang had a low official position, but he was in a more important position. The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of the treasury. He also thought about mentioning him to the top in the future. He couldn't offend the emperor now. .
"Oh, what's your idea, Prime Minister?"
Zhao Jing raised her eyebrows, wanting to see what he could say.
"The extent of Song Lian's injuries really needs to be evaluated by the imperial physician, but since Guo Zhao hurt others first, he will inevitably be punished with death but not with a life sentence. If Song Lian's injury is really serious, he cannot treat it lightly, so forget it."
Prime Minister Liu said in a deep voice, Guo Zhao is just a nobody, the emperor wanted to slap him in the face more when he attacked in public. Zhao Jing's wings gradually became fuller, and he began to lose control. Prime Minister Liu's heart gradually became serious.
Zhao Jing said coldly, "If Song Lian is really seriously injured, Guo Zhao will give a fifty-fifty ban and be dismissed from the county government. But if Song Lian is just a skin injury, haha! Song Cang's use of power to suppress others will be confirmed."
, it’s time to replace the doctor in the household department!”
"yes."
Song Cang suddenly raised his head and looked at the person on the dragon chair, and his heart sank suddenly.
He must not lose his official position, so he had no choice but to sacrifice Song Lian!
