Chapter 8: White-eyed Wolf
Looking at those pairs of eyes, Yue Fuli stood in front of the old lady and whispered, "Grandma, ignore them."
The old lady, who had been a little disappointed, felt a little warm in her heart after seeing Yue Fuli's actions and hearing her words. She smiled and said, "Okay, Grandma, listen to Ah Li."
"Madam, why don't you say anything? Please beg the Imperial Envoy."
"Old lady, please plead for us."
"Old lady, you can't just stand by and watch someone die."
"Old Madam, why are you so vicious? It's obviously your first wife who committed the crime, so why are you dragging our second wife into it? Can't you see us doing well?"
"That's right. When the general was alive, our second branch didn't benefit from it at all. Now that he's committed a crime and died, he can't drag us down with him to be buried with him, right?"
The old lady listened to the increasingly outrageous words of these ungrateful people from the second house, and finally couldn't help but speak up. "I can barely protect myself, how can you ask me to plead for mercy? You say I didn't benefit from the first house? Then where are you living now, and who provides your food?"
"Besides, a single stroke of the pen wouldn't last two months. When you had the chance, you took advantage of it. Now that something's happened, you want to distance yourself from it. That's a nice thought."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask the adults present, ask the emperor, to see if you are innocent, and see if the emperor is willing to let you go. You've got the wrong person to ask me to plead for you. If you have the guts, go and beg the emperor yourself."
The old lady's words made everyone in the second house blush. The reason they dared to say so was simply because the old lady was easy to talk to.
In addition, there is a bit of resentment in their hearts.
For a long time, the people of the Second House believed that Yue Zhenhai's promotion to the Grand General was inseparable from the efforts of the Second House, because their father Yue Yuanbei and Yue Zhenhai's father Yue Yuandong died together on the battlefield.
The two brothers died in battle at the same time, but the position of general and the credit fell on Yue Zhenhai. They felt it was unfair and that Yue Zhenhai had taken the credit for the second wife's achievements.
Why do they think so? That’s because after the death of Yue Yuandong and his brother, Yue Zhenhai did not divide the family and did not separate the second branch.
In the eyes of the second wife, this was the first wife's, and it was a sign that Yue Zhenhai was guilty.
So over the years, the second wife has always been resentful of the first wife.
Luo Ming saw that everyone was silent, then he said, "Are you done arguing?"
"Since you still have the energy to argue, why don't you continue by telling me where the storehouse is hidden? The women in the mansion don't know, but you men must know, right?"
Luo Ming set his sights on the men of the second house, namely the brothers Yue Zhenjiang and Yue Zhenhe. Just now, he saw clearly that when the women of the second house attacked the old lady, they had no intention of stopping them.
Luo Ming looked down on such a man. Although he was the one in charge of confiscating the family property and was very angry about Yue Zhenhai's treason, he did not intend to make things difficult for the women in the family.
If he had been able to find the warehouse, he wouldn't have bothered them.
But I didn't expect that the people in the second house were so shameless. They ate other people's food, drank other people's drinks, and lived with other people. They were never satisfied with taking advantage of them, but when something went wrong, they blamed others for getting them into trouble.
What a bunch of ungrateful people!
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