Chapter 135 He Smelled Dog Food
Lu Xinran kept muttering to himself, and Song Junyan felt that he didn't need to investigate the cause and effect at all, as the case could be judged fairly.
But the Pang family...can’t be passed on!
The families of court officials must always be given some respect, especially the Liu family~ Even if everyone knows about this matter in the future, it cannot be spread widely from his side.
He called for help and had them send Sun back to Liu's house. He also asked them to choose another day to hold the trial, thus temporarily suppressing the matter.
Lu Xinran stared at someone sitting in the courtroom, "You've taken off your pants, and you're showing us this?"
[Why are you still dragging your feet on such a simple and clear case? If the Kōrokuji family knew what it meant to be respectful, how could they do such an outrageous thing?]
Song Junyan lowered his eyes, pretending not to hear these dissatisfied murmurs.
He had to go to the palace to ask his father's opinion on this matter, otherwise it would be easy to be biased towards one side, and then be caught by people with ulterior motives and be accused of seducing court officials.
He didn't want to get involved in anything related to seizing the throne, so he let his wise and powerful father tell him how to judge.
No matter how Lu Xinran nagged, he could only get on the carriage back home in disappointment.
Xu did not get a satisfactory result. Although she was very disappointed, she did not care about money. What she wanted was to let the Liu family's poverty spread throughout the capital.
When Sun returned home, Pang learned from her that she had written IOUs to others every time. She was furious and almost fainted.
Tens of thousands of taels of silver worth of property... They still have so much silver in their house to return!
"You are a fool who is capable of doing nothing but causing trouble!"
Pang cursed for a long time, and finally went back with gritted teeth to think of a solution.
In the following days, Lu Xinran heard news about these two families every day.
No matter how Pang made trouble at the Xu family's door, Xu never let her enter the house again.
Since she refused to let her in, Pang refused to leave and got off the carriage and stood outside the mansion.
This was clearly a counter attack on Xu, and Xu was no pushover either. She asked the nanny beside her to come out and say something in front of the lively crowd.
"Madam Liu, our wife said that the girls in your house are valuable, aren't they? You can see which girl is worth a betrothal gift of tens of thousands of taels. Sell her and you will have money to pay back the money. If one girl is not enough, the last thing you need in your house is children, so just sell a few more~"
There was a roar of laughter from the crowd.
Pang's face turned red with embarrassment. She pointed at the nanny and kept yelling "you you you" which was too difficult to deal with. She couldn't even catch her breath and fainted.
Lu Xinran felt particularly unsatisfied listening to Cuizhu's retelling.
Xu is such a talkative person, why doesn't she say a little more?
The progress is as slow as squeezing toothpaste. When will this farce end and her health points be settled?
The quarrel between the two families was so serious that the previously scheduled invitation of ladies from all mansions to the Xu family for a gathering half a month later had to be postponed.
Qi Shouzheng and Qian Shi never imagined that they just wanted to know the truth behind their inability to give birth to a son, but the process turned out to be so tortuous.
The quarrel between the two families became more and more serious. During the morning court session, Liu Guangcun and Xu Shaohua openly cursed at each other in the court, forcing the emperor to step down.
Liu Guangcun was so honest that he dared not engage in corruption, so his family was in poverty. This made the emperor feel very complicated. He didn't know how to reprimand him, so he could only call Xu Shaohua to the palace to reprimand him.
"Your wife is making a fuss, and you allow her to make a fuss as well?"
Xu Shaohua listened to the emperor's scolding in a very lonely manner, and then almost choked the emperor to death with every word.
"Your Majesty, ever since my wife married me, she has been supporting her husband, raising her children, and serving her parents-in-law. She has handled all the affairs of the palace properly, and no one can find any fault with her.
"I have a wife like this, so how can I keep restraining her because of these trivial matters?
"Besides, I have nine older brothers-in-law and seven younger brothers-in-law. If I don't think more about my wife, I don't know how I'm going to face her cousins.
"Your Majesty, Lord Liu has dozens of concubines and many children. I believe that Lord Liu is not short of household expenses, but he just doesn't want to pay back the money.
"You are also bent on humiliating me and my wife, and deliberately ruining my wife's reputation."
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me."
emperor:"……"
Damn, he actually smelled the scent of dog food!
What decision was he making? Was he making the Xu family lawless?
The emperor angrily drove the people out, but this troublesome matter had to be solved.
However, since this matter originated from the women in the rear house, it was inappropriate for him to interfere.
After hesitating for a long time, he chose to go to Yongshou Palace instead of Changchun Palace.
Queen...he wants to hang out for a while!
In the evening, Pei received news from the palace again. The Queen Mother ordered her to bring people into the palace tomorrow.
Pei didn't need to give money to the eunuch who delivered the message, as the other party took the initiative to mention that there would be a visit from the wife of the Minister of Guanglu Temple and the wife of the Minister of Honglu Temple tomorrow.
Pei immediately understood what he meant. She had someone give the eunuch some money and then sent someone to pass the message to the two sisters.
Lu Xinran didn't expect that the empress dowager would be so kind. She could actually go and eat this big news that the whole capital was paying attention to tomorrow.
When Lu Xintong and her sister learned that they could go to the palace to listen to the scene, they were so jealous that they wanted to cry.
In Yongshou Palace, the Queen Mother looked at the Queen who was eagerly waiting to see the excitement. All kinds of emotions surged up in her mind, but in the end, they were all suppressed.
When the emperor doesn't look for her, the empress is happy to have some free time.
Mediating conflicts among the families of court officials has always been a tough job.
If she had not been childless, she would have been used as an excuse to win over powerful officials if she had not handled today's matter carelessly.
If it were in the past, she would naturally be willing to share the emperor's worries.
Now, whoever wants to take care of the thankless task can do so, she is only responsible for watching the fun.
The spectator always comes first. After Pei brought Lu Xinran and the others to Yongshou Palace, Xu and Pang showed up a quarter of an hour later.
The two seemed to have had an argument at the palace gate, and when she entered, Pang's face looked ugly again, as if she had suffered a setback.
Lu Xinran was full of curiosity and quickly opened the two people's booklets.
[Pang Shi actually brought the eldest daughter of the eldest son to the palace gate, letting her meet Xu Shi by chance, and then tried to make Xu Shi accept her as her daughter-in-law...]
[Pang's brain must be filled with water! ]
[Mrs. Xu's sons are all very good-looking, talented, and well-behaved. The Xu family is a wealthy and affluent family. Why would she marry a poor man?]
[Given the current situation of the Liu family, no matter which family marries a girl from the Liu family, it will be like having leeches hanging all over their bodies, sucking their blood non-stop.]
[Does Mrs. Pang really think that others can't see her little tricks? Or has she become an idiot because of the flattery from the concubines in the mansion?]
One after another, the voices of the heart were transmitted into everyone's ears.
Xu was so relieved that she almost laughed out loud, while Pang's face turned red and she almost fainted from anger.
After hearing this exaggerated account of the whole thing, the Queen Mother couldn't help but start to have a headache.
This wife of Guanglu Temple Minister... seems to have some problems with her brain!