The family was in turmoil, and the eldest son, who was at odds with his father and brothers, was soon labeled unfilial by his old father. His half-brother, who wanted to trample him into the mud, immediately spread the matter.
Soon, this eldest son, who had simply given croton powder to some warriors who took the military examination, was impeached by the censor at the morning court on the charge of being unfilial and unbrotherly.
The Great Qi Dynasty ostensibly ruled the country with filial piety. In particular, the reason why the Empress Dowager Dalu was able to interfere in state affairs was because she occupied the identity of "the emperor's mother". Therefore, the word "filial piety" was very important to the officials of the Great Qi Dynasty from various levels.
Therefore, as soon as his crime was brought to the court, the emperor and all the important ministers unanimously decided to dismiss him from office.
So the second mastermind also went home with tears in his eyes and ate himself.
Even worse off than him and the first one was the third official who, for the sake of his own son, instructed his servants to give chin bean powder to some warriors taking the martial arts examination.
This man was extremely careless about household affairs. Relying on the strong support of the Lu family, he not only collected more than 20 concubines and maids to keep in the backyard, but also openly doted on the concubines and illegitimate children, and allowed them to bully his first wife who had no children.
This time, he instructed his servants to give chin bean powder to those warriors, just to help his eldest son, whom he had high hopes for, get a chance to advance.
This eldest son of his was born with great difficulty when he was nearly thirty years old. Before that, none of his concubines had given birth to a son.
The old man therefore values this son very much, and he will never give him just the stars if he wants the moon.
This time was the same. His son was spoiled by him and even though he was already in his twenties, he still looked like a playboy who was not good at either literature or martial arts. The old man was very worried about his eldest son's future, so he came up with a crooked idea and wanted to help him get a good status in this way so that he could at least get an official position.
He attacked those warriors who posed a threat. Yu Zizhen had no way of letting the government punish him openly, so he found an opportunity to rob his personal treasury and the two public treasuries in his mansion.
When the old man discovered this, he never thought it was an outsider. He was very arbitrary and thought that it was impossible for an outsider to steal most of their property except for the house deeds and land deeds without alerting anyone in the house.
He thought there must be a traitor in the mansion, so the old man took a few of his confidants and began to secretly investigate who was the most suspicious.
However, before he could figure out the cause of the theft, he unexpectedly ran into his eighth concubine, whom he had favored the most in the past two years, and his eldest son, whom he had high hopes for, in a corner of the garden, engaging in a wonderful scene of love and affection.
The old man fainted from anger at that moment, because not only did he realize from the action movie between the two that he was cheated on, but he also learned an important message from their conversation - his youngest son, who he thought was proof of his good health, was actually the child of his eldest son and his eighth concubine!
The fourth family, the fifth family... each family had their own strange things, but without exception, they were unable to find any clues about the theft of money.
With no hope of recovering their money and many troubles breaking out at home, the women in each family started to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, just to pray that the gods and Buddhas in the sky could protect them.
There are even people who feel that vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures are not effective enough, so they simply set aside some money and go to the temple to find a "master" to solve the problem.
Having gained a lot and seen several good shows, Yu Zizhen looked down on these families. She complained privately to the little baby voice system, "What a mess this is. They are all rotten to the core."
The baby-voiced system couldn't empathize with Yu Zizhen. It dutifully continued to provide him with the latest news. "Host, two of these families will have their properties confiscated and exiled. The departure date is May 20th. The government will also sell off some of the convicted officials' property that day. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Yu Zizhen nodded.
So, on the morning of May 20th, after practicing martial arts, Yu Zizhen hurriedly ate two buns, changed his sweaty clothes and went out.
Although properties like these that were not bought privately in advance but were sold by the government would never be the kind of hot commodities that would make a fortune every day, these properties that were picked out by people were still slightly better than what could be bought on the market.
Yu Zizhen just wanted to find a reasonable way to get rid of the money she had earned in a legitimate way, so she did not follow the example of some officials and nobles and go to the yamen to build connections before the official sale began.
Since coming to Beijing, she would spend some money openly like this time every once in a while. After all, she loved money so much, but was also so stingy, cough cough, so thrifty, and had no way of spending money openly. She couldn't explain why her pockets were cleaner than her face.
In order to avoid arousing suspicion, Yu Zizhen only bought two farms and two shops this time.
Both farms were located in a relatively remote county in Tongzhou. Officials above the third rank in the capital looked down upon the small farms in such places, and no one below the third rank dared to compete with Yu Zizhen for them. So, Yu Zizhen acquired both farms at a very cheap price.
The two shops were located in the civilian area in the north of the city. The people living there were ordinary people with little property. Business could be done there, but there was no way to make a huge profit.
Fortunately, Yu Zizhen did not expect to make money for her family with these two shops. She had already made up her mind that after two months, she would sell the two farms and two shops to one of her fake identities under the identity of the Prince of Zhenbei.
The versatile disguise technique allows her to transform as she pleases.
After buying what he wanted, Yu Zizhen went to the government office to exchange the house deeds and land deeds. In a very good mood, he took a car back to the palace.
However, when the car was halfway there, Yu Zizhen, who was reciting his lesson, heard a little girl's scream coming from outside the car window.
"Girl! Let my girl go! Let my girl go!"
Hearing the sound, Yu Zizhen leaned out of the car window to look.
In front of the right side of her carriage, she saw a young man in gorgeous clothes, wearing a golden crown and a flamboyant smile. He was holding a little girl's wrist with one hand and slowly reaching towards the girl's tear-stained face with the other hand.
Although the little girl was outstanding in appearance, she looked only a little over ten years old. In Yu Zizhen's opinion, she was still a child.
She was wearing a dress made of fine cotton and a complete set of exquisite silver jewelry. It seemed that she had no worries about food and clothing and was well cared for by her family.
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