Mr. Wen gestured for them to sit down and then explained the events of the day to them in detail.
Jiaren, who was going to become an official, listened very attentively and asked questions whenever he didn't understand something.
Although Jia Huan wasn't interested, she still tried her best to memorize it...
Some are happy, some are sad.
The Li family had achieved an initial victory and were enthusiastically teaching their children, but the Wu family of the Jiangning Marquis's mansion was not so happy!
Ever since the old Marquis entered the palace while ill that year to plead for a pardon for his grandson to join the army, his health has deteriorated day by day.
Having endured this long, it's now almost a case of taking in less air and exhaling more.
The family had even prepared all the funeral supplies, just waiting for him to receive the invitation from the King of Hell before he set off.
The Wu family's assets, including their secret manpower, have been handed over to Master Wu.
Unexpectedly, two assassins were lost on the very first attempt.
Before Master Wu could tell his father, he went to court and returned with the terrible news of being suspended from his post and forced to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors.
Master Wu the Second was already dissatisfied with his elder brother, and this time he finally found a pretext to cause trouble, so he went straight to the old man.
The old man was far more perceptive than his two sons. Lying in his hospital bed, he glared at his eldest son and questioned him about what he had done to bring such trouble upon the family.
Master Wu stubbornly refused to admit it, trying his best to explain, "Father, I did nothing, this is truly a disaster that came out of nowhere."
"Perhaps someone is eyeing the establishment of a crown prince and wants to use our family to suppress the Empress."
This was just an excuse he made up, but the more he talked about it, the more reasonable it seemed.
So he added fuel to the fire, saying, "Father, the Empress is a daughter of the Wu family. We can't let her be bullied like this. Should we go to the palace again...?"
Before he could finish speaking, the old marquis had already grabbed a pillow and thrown it.
"Fool, why aren't you telling the truth! You..."
The old marquis wanted to say a few more words of curse, but unfortunately his body was already at its limit, and he couldn't catch his breath, so he started making a gurgling sound in his throat.
Everyone was terrified and quickly sought a doctor to take their pulse, administer acupuncture, and prescribe medicine.
After all this commotion, the old man was barely clinging to life, and the whole family was exhausted and had no energy left to argue.
Both Master Wu and Master Wu Er knew the truth.
Their talents were too mediocre, and they had no face in front of the emperor.
The only person in the family who could get a few words from the Emperor was the old man.
If the old man passes away, the Wu family will still be the Empress's maternal family, but they will lose all the last bit of imperial favor.
Especially now that the family is under house arrest and being investigated by the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review, they're bound to uncover a whole host of problems...
They were still hoping that the old man would use his last breath to help the family escape disaster!
That night, they finally waited for dawn.
Master Wu returned to his courtyard, changed his clothes, and planned to consult with his retainer about countermeasures.
As a result, his son, who had been wandering around somewhere, returned.
He didn't know his father was in the inner room. As soon as he entered and saw his mother, he started making a scene, "Mother, give me five hundred taels of silver!"
"I'm such a grown man, the future Marquis of Jiangning, yet my purse is so empty that I can't even pay the bill for drinking. It's making me a laughingstock."
"Also, Mother, give me a card from my father. A friend of mine wants to get into Luo'an Academy but doesn't have any connections. I told him to take my father's card; Luo'an Academy won't dare refuse him!"
Madam Wu was both angry and annoyed when she heard this, and scolded, "You unfilial son, not only can you not help when something big happens at home, but you are also fooling around outside. Cut ties with those bad friends right now!"
"Our family is going to be locked up and reflect on our actions, and your father has been suspended from his job!"
For the past few days, Wu Dashao and his friends have been drinking and having fun in the small courtyard he privately owned.
Especially yesterday, he got completely drunk and had no idea that something bad had happened at home.
When his mother told him about it, he thought she was just trying to scare him.
"Mother, you're joking! My sister is the Empress, who would dare to bully our family?"
"Hurry up and give me the money and visiting cards, my friends are waiting!"
Before Madam Wu could say anything more, Master Wu stormed out of the house with a dark expression. He grabbed a teapot from the table and smashed it at his son.
"You unfilial son! What good are you! All you do is cause trouble for the family and eat, drink, and have fun!"
"I told you before not to give anyone a handle to use against you, but you wouldn't listen! There are so many women you can have for money, why don't you go and snatch up decent women!"
I'll beat you to death! Just so you can cause more trouble!
Young Master Wu was terrified. He paced around the table, crying and begging his mother to save him.
Madam Wu only had this one son, and no matter how angry she was, she couldn't bear to see him being beaten, so she desperately hugged her husband and tried to persuade him.
"Sir, talk to your son slowly. He doesn't know such a big thing has happened in the family!"
Young Master Wu was still completely confused, so he quickly agreed, "Yes, Dad, tell me about it."
"Even if I get beaten, I need to know why I'm being beaten!"
"Why are you asking me why!" Old Master Wu shook off his wife and went to chase after his son.
Young Master Wu was eventually caught, beaten black and blue, and finally burst into tears.
"Dad, just kill me! You'll be happy if you kill me! Let's see who will take care of you in your old age and see you off when you die!"
Madam Wu also hugged her son and cried, "Yes, beat my son to death, and you can go find a vixen to have a few more boys. We, mother and son, will make room for your new lover."
"Besides, they are suing our family for abducting women and seizing land. Even if the abduction of women was due to our son's ignorance and mistakes, it was you who seized the land!"
"Why don't you hit yourself, but you hit my son!"
It has to be said, you shouldn't mess with a woman who's fiercely protective of her own.
Madam Wu's few words angered Master Wu so much that his face turned purplish-blue, and he wished he could just collapse to the ground and never get up again.
Think about the root cause of this chaos: it was all to extract Princess Kang Le's heart's blood to help the palace girls get pregnant and give birth.
I originally thought it wasn't a big deal. Even if this matter failed and I offended the Li family, at most they would hold a grudge and protect Princess Kangle more strictly.
Who would have thought that the Li family's counterattack would be so fierce and ruthless!
He slammed the teapot down in his hand and sighed deeply, "Children are all debts!"
At the same moment, Old Master Wen sat in his study, looking at his timid and guilty eldest son. His feelings were complicated, but in the end, he also said the same thing: "Children are all debts!"
He always favored his eldest son, placing high hopes on him and believing that his eldest son would shoulder the responsibility of bringing glory to the Wen family.
As a result, he forced his second son to become disillusioned and marry into the Cui family.
In recent years, the second son has been doing very well and has received increasing favor from the emperor, while the eldest son has become increasingly useless.
He would sometimes regret it, thinking that if he taught his eldest son well, there would be many more opportunities, and he might not necessarily be inferior to that unfilial beast in the future.
But before he could even begin, his eldest son forcibly seized the ink workshop, even causing someone's death, and ended up losing his official position!
Seeing that his father remained silent, Wen Junyan felt uneasy and quickly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.
"Father, this is all my second brother's fault. I don't know what possessed him, but he filed a complaint against the Marquis of Jiangning's mansion. The Marquis's mansion was angry and took it out on me!"
"Father, you must stand up for me! Call the second son back and make him resolve this matter no matter what. I cannot be dismissed from my post!"
Grandpa Wen remained silent and refused to speak.
Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door, and the door was suddenly pushed open...
I'm posting this at midnight because I was a little late today. Please forgive me, my darlings. I'll try to be on time next time!
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