Lin Weiming angrily slammed his fist on his leg. "That old bastard is disgusting! Wanwan, don't worry, I'll submit this memorial tomorrow! I'll make sure everyone knows just how disgusting this good-for-nothing is!"

Lin Weiming was so angry that he wanted to kick Lu Renjia a few times right there in front of him.

How could such a wicked bastard have survived to this day, living so comfortably?

Lin Wanyue thought more than he did.

She had just been about to have Wang Youcai deliver it directly to Qi Sichen because she found the Lu family's actions disgusting and was extremely angry.

However, if Lin Weiming were to submit these letters as memorials, it would be considered a significant achievement for her father.

Since being granted the title of Earl, Lin Weiming has done nothing praiseworthy except for busying himself with things like distributing porridge and cotton-padded clothes to commoners.

Lin Wanyue did not want Lin Weiming to place all his glory on her shoulders, and she also wanted him to make some achievements of his own.

"Alright! Then you must write it carefully, Father, and make sure you catch this bad guy!" Lin Wanyue secretly winked at Wang Youcai.

Wang Youcai immediately understood.

Lin Weiming clenched his fist, but said as if to assure her, "Wanwan, don't worry, I'll go write a memorial right now! I will definitely not let His Majesty let this disgusting dog go. Every day this dog lives, how many people will he harm!"

When he thought about what was written in the letter, that the Lu family wouldn't even spare a little girl who was only a few years old, pushing her into that kind of fire pit, he felt a surge of anger.

If a girl that young were to enter such a place, she would most likely only live for two or three years.

Lin Weiming felt heartbroken just thinking about it, and he was determined to go and deal with Lu Renjia.

Filled with rage, he wrote with divine inspiration, penning furiously and completing a memorial impeaching Lu Renjia in one go.

...

The next day at court, he handed the memorial to the emperor in front of all the civil and military officials.

After reading it, Qi Yuan was indeed furious.

However, he was still young, and he only angrily cursed Lu Renjia, not knowing how to deal with him.

After calmly reading the memorial, Qi Sichen was enraged when he saw the details of tax evasion and the illegal sale of salt.

After Lu Renjia donated so much silver back then, he also changed his position to that of a minor official.

He was also in the imperial court at that moment when he saw Lin Weiming hand over a memorial impeaching him, the contents of which were extremely detailed, and his face immediately turned pale.

When the emperor scolded him severely, he was already trembling with fear.

Now, Qi Sichen stood in front of him with a cold face and threw the memorial in his hand at his face, making half of Lu Renjia's face swell up.

"Read this carefully, is there any falsehood in it? When the late emperor was still alive, he praised you many times, thinking you were loyal and patriotic, which is why you donated money for the country and the people. But I never expected that you were just a figurehead, actually stealing so much money from the national treasury. Do you know what your crime is?" Qi Sichen asked coldly.

"Your Highness...I am innocent! Your Majesty...I am innocent!" Lu Renjia knelt on the ground and shamelessly shouted.

Even though everything written here is true, how could he possibly believe it!

Gold and silver jewelry are important, but they are just external things to him. The only thing that matters is his life. Although he is over sixty years old, if he loses his life, everything will be truly over.

Although Lu Renjia was ruthless, he was still quite clever. Even after being repeatedly scolded by the Emperor and the Regent, he managed to twist the truth and beg for mercy: "Your Highness, these are all things that Lord Lin heard secondhand. I have never done such a thing. Back then, I only thought of protecting us commoners because I saw how pitiful the people on the border were, and how the soldiers on the border were poorly clothed, yet they were always thinking of protecting us commoners..."

“I was deeply moved, which is why I donated one million taels of silver to the late emperor. At that time, it almost emptied my entire family's coffers, and even my wife had to make her own clothes. But I did all this for the sake of my Great Yan Dynasty and for Your Majesty.”

The ministers standing next to him rolled their eyes.

Perhaps the young ministers do not understand, but many of those standing in the court are veterans who have served for many years. How could they not know what happened back then?

Even if Lu Renjia were wealthy, he would still need connections to donate money to His Majesty.

That year, the late emperor wanted to deal with the Xiongnu, who frequently harassed the border people, and to reorganize the army. However, the national treasury was empty, and he simply couldn't come up with that much silver. So, His Majesty decided to sell some official positions.

Lu Renjia was the one who contributed the most money.

So what he said sounded nice, but everyone knew it was all a deal!

Now it's become that he's doing it for the country and the people.

Qi Sichen sneered: "Since you say so, then doesn't that mean I misunderstood you? In reality, you are just loyal to the end?"

"Your subject... dares not," Lu Renjia said in a voice filled with grievance.

He said he didn't dare, but that's really what he thought.

The reason for bringing up the past is to kidnap Qi Sichen, hoping that he will spare his life because of the large sum of money he paid back then.

Unexpectedly, Qi Sichen nodded and said, "Since you are so loyal to the late emperor, then I cannot betray him. In any case, you did it for the late emperor and for the common people, so this title is an insult to you! Guards, issue an order to Lu Renjia, the Earl of Pingjiang, that from this day forward he will no longer hold any official position and will remain a commoner! Only then will he be true to his original intention!"

Lu Renjia looked up in shock: "Your Highness, are you now disregarding His Majesty's wishes?!"

"Isn't His Majesty watching from above? How dare you lie to His Majesty's face? What else wouldn't you dare to do? You, a commoner, have dared to evade taxes for over a decade, stealing so much silver—hundreds upon hundreds of millions of taels from the national treasury! Do you know that such a serious crime is too grave to be punished with even a thousand or ten thousand heads!" Qi Sichen said angrily.

"This is all fake, Your Highness! Please investigate thoroughly! This is all a frame-up by that bastard Lin Weiming! There's no truth to it at all, Your Highness! Are you planning to betray me after I've served my purpose?" Lu Renjia cried out hoarsely.

But no matter how much he shouted, Qi Sichen still had him dragged away and sent to the prison.

Although the ministers around him watched, not one of them pleaded for him.

They're not stupid.

Although today's incident appears to be due to Lin Weiming's impeachment, everyone knows that Lin Weiming is actually the Regent's man!

Since it is the Regent who wants to deal with Lu Renjia, why should they help Lu Renjia, a merchant?

Moreover, they themselves believed that Lu Renjia had probably done those things!

No one would think Lu Renjia was a good person.

They would never risk their own future to protect him.