Chapter 90

Wen Xin sighed, "Grandfather disliked my father and hated him for disobeying you and abandoning his studies for martial arts. After my parents passed away, Grandfather also disliked me. But no matter what, the dead are gone, and the Wen family can no longer treat them like that?"

“I’m useless. Since I was little, I could only watch helplessly as my second and third uncles emptied my father’s belongings, and my second and third aunts blatantly stole my mother’s dowry, and I couldn’t protect anything…”

As Wen Xin spoke, she covered her face and wept, her sorrowful cries deeply moving everyone present.

The Wen family is really doing something utterly inhumane!

So, they're from a family of scholars?

Pah!

Wen Liliang's face instantly turned pale; he was filled with both panic and resentment.

Played!

The Wen family's reputation is ruined!

At this moment, people from the Jingzhao Prefecture arrived and, at Mo Zhi's instruction, went directly to arrest the people from the second and third branches of the Wen family.

How could Hong Shi be so happy to see her two sons arrested? She started cursing at Wen Xin.

Call her an ingrate, heartless, and a jinx!

Madam Fan also struggled to scratch Wen Xin, "It's all your fault, you little bitch! You didn't just harm Xian'er, you also have to harm us! You're a jinx who brings misfortune to your parents, you deserve to die a horrible death!"

"The Empress's position should belong to my Xian'er. You, a slut, dare to dream of becoming a phoenix? You wish! No one in the world would agree to this! You scoundrel! You shameless wretch!"

Mo Zhi's face was extremely gloomy. If he wasn't afraid of frightening the madam, he would have ordered the agents of the West Depot to draw their swords and cut out the tongues of Madam Hong and Madam Fan, so that they could curse them!

The constables of the Jingzhao Prefecture were also terrified and hurriedly tried to gag Fan.

That stupid woman!

Doesn't she have any idea what kind of daughter she gave birth to? How dare she spout such nonsense and dream of becoming empress?

Is it because His Majesty conveniently lacked an excuse to eliminate the entire Wen family?

Wen Xin lowered her head and silently shed tears.

The frail young girl suffered humiliation and bullying from her blood relatives, and her desolate and fragile figure was heartbreaking.

She just wanted to retrieve her parents' belongings; why should the Wen family go to such lengths?

The Wen family is truly rotten to the core.

No wonder His Majesty is unwilling to give Wen Liliang a second chance. If such a person continues to serve as Grand Secretary, the Great Yuan Empire will surely perish in a few years.

Wen Liliang spat out a mouthful of blood. He had been proud all his life, but he never imagined that he would lose his reputation and be ruined in his later years.

How will history books comment on him in the future?

They will surely be ridiculed for thousands of years.

This was absolutely devastating for a writer who valued his reputation above all else!

However, no one pities him anymore, and the area in front of the Wen residence is in complete chaos.

Wen Xin left the Wen family under Mo Zhi's escort.

Soon, the Jingzhao Prefecture began investigating the theft of Wen Xin's parents' belongings. With witnesses and physical evidence, the Wen family could not deny it.

After consulting Wen Xin, the Jingzhao Prefecture ordered the Wen family to return all of General Wen Ting and his wife's belongings. Wen Xin then dropped the matter, sparing the second and third wives from imprisonment.

This act won praise from the world, who all said she was kind, filial, and repaid evil with good.

A woman should be virtuous and gentle like this.

If she hadn't been married before, given her character, she would have been fit to be the empress.

What a pity!

On the contrary, the Wen family became infamous and disgraced.

Almost all of Wen's direct descendants were dismissed from their posts, and people considered it shameful to associate with them.

The Wen family was marginalized to the point that they could hardly maintain their foothold in Beijing.

Even so, they were still holding their breath and unwilling to leave the capital.

Wen Liliang was unwilling to accept this.

No matter what, Wen Xin is still a woman of the Wen family. If she enters the palace, is favored, and becomes a concubine, there is no reason why the emperor would not bestow favors upon her family. Otherwise, wouldn't she be looked down upon by the world?

As long as Emperor Chengyuan has some genuine affection for her, the Wen family will rise again sooner or later.

Of course, the first thing to do is to return Wenxin's parents' belongings to her.

Therefore, Wen Liliang gave a death order that the second and third wives should sell everything they owned to gather all of the eldest son's belongings and personally deliver them to Wen Xin to apologize.

Hong was reluctant to let her sons suffer heavy losses, but after being glared at by Wen Liliang's sinister eyes, she dared not cause any more trouble.

As for Madam Fan, she was sent to the family temple to become a nun by Wen Liliang because she insulted Wen Xin at the door and made irresponsible remarks about the empress's position.

On the day Wen Xin divorced and claimed to be going to Guiyun Temple to cultivate herself, Madam Fan was gloating. Now that it's her turn, I wonder if she can still laugh.

However, that's a story for another time, so let's leave it at that.

After leaving the Wen family, Wen Xin did not return to Peach Blossom Manor immediately.

Now that she's in the capital, she wants to visit Emperor Chengyuan.

After inquiring with Mo Zhi and receiving her permission to freely enter and leave the palace, Wen Xin no longer hesitated and had the carriage head towards the palace.

However, upon arriving at the palace, Wen Xin saw many officials kneeling outside the palace gates, shouting: "The Wen family is unfit to be empress. Your Majesty, please reconsider and withdraw your decree."

An agitated old censor spoke with great emotion, lamenting that the emperor disregarded ancestral rules, acted recklessly, and was incompetent and unwilling to listen to advice, which would inevitably lead to disaster sooner or later.

He is determined to die today, smashing his head against the palace gate in an attempt to bring the emperor back to the right path.

No sooner had the old man finished his impassioned speech than two agents from the Eastern Depot appeared behind him, waiting for him to run over and die!

The old man looked incredulous, seemingly never expecting the emperor to be so ruthless.

He was caught in a dilemma: whether to hit it or not.

However, the Eastern Depot had no choice but to force him to crash into it; they directly pressured him into doing so.

Since he is so loyal to the emperor and loves his country, how could the emperor not grant his request?

The palace gate fell into a deathly silence. The civil officials, who had previously been so stubborn, trembled, their eyes filled with unconcealed terror.

Who isn't afraid of death?

Sun Zhong's sharp gaze swept over them, his tone icy, "Anyone else want to crash?"

Nobody dared to answer!

He pointed at the old man being dragged away by his men, "Do you know how many dirty things Cao Wei has done? He himself accepted bribes, his son forcibly abducted women, and his grandson murdered the servants' children. How dare this beast call himself an honest official? Ha!"

“You know in your hearts what good deeds you’ve done, and the Eastern Depot knows even better,” Sun Zhong said sinisterly. “If you want to achieve your eternal fame by stepping on His Majesty, then try it!”

The Eastern Depot was the most powerful intelligence and espionage organization in the Yuan Dynasty, and it usually kept a close eye on these officials.

The Eastern Depot knew exactly how many times these people went to the outhouse each day, not to mention the shady dealings they did in private.

Water that is too clear has no fish; none of these people can withstand scrutiny!

The officials looked terrified and dared not make a sound at the palace gate any longer; they all ran faster than rabbits.

Sun Zhong sneered, "Useless! Idiot!"

Suddenly, he noticed a magnificent carriage parked not far away. His good friend, Eunuch Mo, sat on a tall horse, coldly glancing at him, as if he were about to smash a brick on his head at any moment!