Chapter 308: Refusal to admit

Zhao Hongjing's face darkened: "Nowadays, which man doesn't have three wives and four concubines? I am a county magistrate, and I am always around you. I am not a shrew. I coax you with nice words every day, but you are getting more and more arrogant. I will not tolerate this anymore."

Zhao Hongjing said, and walked out of the house in a rage. Li Yunshu cursed at home: "If you have the guts to leave this door, don't come back."

I thought I could scare Zhao Hongjing, but I didn't expect Zhao Hongjing to be very stubborn today. He just left with a curse.

Li Yunshu was so angry that she smashed the table and the bench at home. The servants were so scared that they dared not go out.

Li Yunshu was at home for half a day, and her two sons could not stop her. Another subordinate came to report that Zhao Hongjing had gone to the best brothel in Anyuan. Li Yunshu rushed into the room with a big knife and dragged Zhao Hongjing out.

Zhao Hongjing lost face and cursed: "You fierce woman, I want to divorce you!"

It is said that the two of them went home and there was another big fight. Zhao Hongjing insisted on divorcing his wife. Li Yunshu was furious and her two sons did not care about it. They took their daughters and packed up their gold and silver and left Anyuan County overnight. No one knew where they went. After Li Yunshu left,

the house was in chaos. Zhao Hongjing came to his senses and knew that he couldn't leave Li Yunshu at home. So he went to look for her everywhere, but there was no trace of the mother and daughter.

Zhao Liwen and Zhao Liwu had no choice but to manage the stalls in Lijiazhai for their mother. Zhao Antai heard the news and sent a letter to call Zhao Hongjing back to the capital. He knelt at the door of the ancestral hall for three days before letting him get up.

In the end, Su Lingxi couldn't bear to see his grandparents worry too much, saying that his second aunt was very angry, and went directly to Dongling to do business.

Zhao Hongjing didn't want to go back to Anyuan, so he asked for leave and hid in the mansion of Jing'an Bo.

At this point, Li Yunshu successfully entered Dongling and began to collect intelligence.

It was a pity for Zhao Hongjing. Although it was just a show, he not only let his wife down, but also became the focus of discussion on the streets.

Xiao Heng wrote a memorial to the Emperor of Dongling every month, recording what he had learned in Dashuo, describing many of Dashuo's policies that were in line with the people's wishes, describing the prosperous and stable scene of Dashuo, and also putting forward some of his own opinions.

The Prince of Dongling and his party sneered at this: "The Second Prince is too ambitious and destroys his own prestige. He always praises Dashuo. I think he was bought by Dashuo's sugar-coated bullets!"

Others saw Xiao Heng's good intentions and said: "You are a bit biased. The Second Prince also pointed out many shortcomings of Dashuo. He recorded and analyzed Dashuo's good policies one by one. This is for the future of Dongling. Just lightly raising taxes and encouraging all walks of life is what we lack most now. I think we can emulate it!"

"It's easy to say that we should not impose taxes lightly. Dashuo has a mountain of gold as a backup, so naturally we don't care about the little gifts from the people. If we want to maintain our position as the strongest country in Dongling, we must constantly strengthen our military. If we don't impose taxes, where will the money come from!" "

Although Dongling has a strong army and horses and looks prosperous, in fact, the people have long been suffocated by taxes and have deep resentment. If this continues, I'm afraid it will backfire!"

The two sides held their own opinions and argued endlessly, and the Emperor of Dongling felt upset. He looked down on this second son the most. This time he went there just to make him die in Dashuo, but he didn't expect that he would be so successful in Dashuo.

His memorials, though written in a harsh tone, were actually like a sharp blade, stirring up a storm in the court of Dongling.

However, he was so harsh in his words, and he revealed many of Dashuo's secrets without reservation, so that the Emperor of Dongling was unsure of his true intentions.

However, thinking of his excitement when he was sent to Dashuo, he thought that this kid really thought that the Emperor still remembered his son.

The secret guards said that he was very close to the Crown Prince of Dashuo and the most favored princess of Dashuo. If that was the case, there was no need to kill him, and it would be good to get more intelligence.

Originally, these things were only known to important officials of the court, but somehow the news leaked out that the second prince Xiao Hengyuan was still thinking about pleading for the people in Dashuo and advocating tax reduction like Dashuo. The news spread like wildfire, and this second prince who had never been known to anyone became a hero in the hearts of the people of Dongling.

At the same time, everyone was talking about the news that the younger brother of the Queen of Dongling killed more than a hundred people in a country family in order to seize land for horse racing, and finally burned the people with a fire to make it look like an accidental fire.

Although the rumors could not resist some curious people who went to investigate in person, they found the charred bones in the ruins. Although there was

no defendant, the land of the Kele country family was indeed occupied by the Queen's younger brother for a racecourse.

At one point, everyone's discussion about the Queen's mother's family reached its peak.

The Queen pointed at her brother's nose and yelled, "You idiot, why don't you clean up your ass?"

The uncle was also angry. They were used to covering up everything, so no one dared to gossip about them. This time, the public opinion was very strange.

He stammered, "We usually do this, and nothing has happened. Who knew this time..."

The Queen was disappointed and said, "When the discussion started, they should have cleaned up the scene quickly!"

"I went, but it was too late. I always feel that we are being targeted!"

The queen was so angry that she pounded the wall: "Who is it? Do you know?"

The uncle stammered: "No!"

The queen glared: "There are not many people in Dongling who dare to challenge us openly. Go and check!"

Just after scolding his brother, Prince Xiao Ze ran in in a panic and said: "Mother, look at this!"

The queen took the paper from his hand and opened it. She was so scared that she closed it again and ordered: "Has anyone else seen this thing? Anyone who knows about it will be killed!"

The prince hesitated for a while and said: "Mother, we can't kill them all. As soon as the sun rises today, this thing will be flying all over the streets. Now I'm afraid everyone in Kyoto knows it!"

"What!" The queen covered her chest, "Who on earth wants to harm me!"

"Mother, what's written above is true. If father knows about it, we'll be finished. What should we do, mother?" The usually arrogant prince was now at a loss. "

Who told you that what's written above is true? This is slander. Someone is framing you because they want to take advantage of your position as the crown prince. Come on, follow me to the emperor and ask him to help us!" The queen

has regained her sanity. Since she can't hide it anymore, she will deny it to the death. Instead of waiting for the emperor to question her, she might as well go and plead her innocence first. What does it matter if her words are sharp? Without evidence, who can do anything to them? Even

the emperor has to rely on the power of her mother's family.