Thunder rumbled across the capital, its roar never ceasing throughout the night. Every now and then, a thunderclap struck, causing damage to many homes. The various prominent families harbored resentment, yet could only suppress their anger and curse in secret. They thought it was bad enough that the Tang family had been punished by heaven for their immorality, but why did it have to affect their own families as well?
What is their relationship with their family?
God is really too blind!
In the imperial palace, in the imperial study, Chongzheng looked at An Mangu, who remained silent below him, and with a headache, threw the memorial in his hand onto the desk.
"Look at this, it's all because of your little niece's troubles. What kind of things are these memorials she's submitting?" It's really a headache.
The Tang family's actions have caused suffering to everyone in the capital. This divine retribution wasn't just directed at the Tang family; all the prominent families in the capital have suffered damage to varying degrees.
The consequence was that, after a whole night, all the memorials from other officials and prominent families were about how to deal with the Tang family, give the Yu family an explanation, and quell this divine retribution that had angered both heaven and man.
Otherwise, if they keep hacking away like this, the entire capital city will be finished.
Anmangu kept his eyes down, pretending not to hear anything.
What does this have to do with his little niece? It's all because the Tang family is insatiable. They weren't satisfied with just getting that Pixiu statue; they wanted to drag everyone else down with them, which angered his little niece.
If anyone is to blame, it's the Tang family.
The reason they got him out of prison was so that they could vent their frustrations on him.
They probably wanted to use him to resolve the matter and appease his niece's anger.
As he suspected, it was indeed the case. The emperor's next words left him speechless, only accompanied by a series of cold laughs.
"Is your little niece a freak? Where did she get this ability? How can she control whether God lets things go or not? I think this whole thing started because of you. You'll have to handle things with your little niece."
"Oh--"
An Mangu let out a cold laugh, and the emperor, seeing this, scoffed and raised an eyebrow at An Mangu. "I'm not saying anything, but what's with your attitude? Your little niece is really a bit strange. Only you can handle this." If things go wrong, his palace might become the second Tang family mansion. What if that little vixen razes it to the ground?
"This humble servant is powerless to do anything. In my opinion, Your Majesty should talk to the Tang family and have the head of the Tang family personally come to apologize in order to quell the anger."
Chong Zheng picked at his ear, looking like he'd misheard. "What did you say? Invite the Tang family to come knocking? Do you know how much your little niece dared to say that?"
"You want him to come to your Yu residence and personally apologize, bowing and kowtowing three times? Where does that leave the Tang family head's face? Do you think he could possibly do such a thing?"
“My little niece went to great lengths to clear my name, even at the cost of disturbing the will of Heaven. If I were to say such a thing, where would that leave my little niece’s feelings? I certainly do not want to hurt my little niece’s heart.”
Moreover, if my little niece hadn't done this, my Yu family would probably no longer exist today. If we let the Tang family off so easily, given their style, they probably wouldn't let it go so easily.
"My niece's actions have served as a lesson to the Tang family."
“I think your little niece wants to destroy the Tang family. If the Tang family is destroyed, the economic lifeline of my capital will be finished. A part of the lifeline of my capital is still in the hands of the Tang family.” Chong Zheng said meaningfully, staring intently at An Mangu.
Only he could have done this.
He had also sent people to investigate that little girl, but they couldn't find any useful information. All they could find out was her identity, which was already publicly known.
That is, Yu Xiao's niece.
I thought that with such a big incident, if we asked the Celestial Master to come out of seclusion, he would take care of it, since it wasn't the will of Heaven, but rather something that happened by human hands.
However, when the Tang family went to invite him, they couldn't even get a meeting with the Celestial Master. It's said that Tang Shengnan went in person, but he was turned away and sent back empty-handed.
It's obvious that the Celestial Master won't get involved.
What does this mean? It means that the Tang family deserves their fate. Even the Celestial Master has no intention of saving the capital. Right now, the only options besides making the Tang family head lose face are to pin their hopes on Yu Xiao.
The one who made this happen was Yu Xiao's niece.
A mountain seemed to press down on him, and Yu Xiao pursed his lips, his face stiff.
The Emperor has never intended to touch the Tang family because the Tang family holds the economic lifeline of the capital, and the Tang family not only has connections in the capital, but also has many dealings with the surrounding countries, especially Israel.
At present, the Emperor attaches great importance to his interactions with Israel, and the only family that can have any connection with Israel is the Tang family.
Although the relationship between the Tang family and Israel did not bring any benefits to Apocalypse, it is hard to guarantee that there will be some benefits for Apocalypse in the future.
Moreover, if the Tang family were to disappear from the capital, the entire capital would be weakened.
This is something the emperor does not want to see.
Tianqi still needs the Tang family's existence.
Therefore, the emperor was willing to save face for the Tang family and do them a favor, which is why he pushed the matter onto Tang's shoulders.
Although he was just a minor commander, it didn't mean he couldn't see the situation clearly.
However, he didn't want to become estranged from his little niece.
It's obvious that the Tang family is at fault, but in the end, he has to take the fall.
The Yu family is the victim; the Tang family did this, so there's no reason for him to cover for them.
"Your Majesty, it's just a matter of face. My niece has no intention of doing anything excessive; she just wants the Tang family to apologize."
It's not like we're taking the lives of the Tang family. Besides, the Tang family should have given us an explanation anyway. If it weren't for his little niece, let alone an explanation, the Yu family would have suffered greatly.
If it were just him alone, that would be one thing, but his father and his wives and concubines are all in the mansion.
Tang Jiaming clearly had no intention of letting any of them go.
"Furthermore, I am not familiar with my niece, and I do not want our relationship to become strained because of the Tang family, who have harmed me."
This time, Anmangu is determined not to help Chongzheng.
Chong Zheng frowned. He knew Yu Xiao better than anyone else. Although Yu Xiao was usually cold and taciturn, he would do anything to help.
Take, for example, the three women we brought into the house.
Didn't I help them?
But my little niece is the only one who can't.
But just watching helplessly as the capital city is struck by lightning every day, with thunder rolling and officials and prominent families being persecuted everywhere, makes life unbearable.
Especially now, this huge pile of memorials is all criticizing the Tang family.
It's not impossible for ants to kill an elephant.
If the Tang family incurred the displeasure of the officials and prominent families, and aroused public anger, leading to a collective crackdown on the Tang family, then it would be a great loss for Tianqi.
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