Chapter 687: No Turnaround
After all, the Yu family is the local tyrant. She has been in Hangzhou for so long and has been trying to get close to Yu Shiyi. How could the Yu family not check her identity?
Her identity seems flawless on the surface, but the Yu family is connected to Prince Yong.
Even though he was exposed, Ji Yunshu was not embarrassed. He bowed gracefully and said, "Old Master, you are too kind. You are my elder, so it is my duty to come and celebrate your birthday."
The old man of the Yu family said, "I really don't deserve it. Now that you're here, it seems that it's too much for me to have a good birthday."
The old man looked calm and spoke bluntly. Ji Yunshu touched his nose and said, "Since you knew this day would come, why didn't you properly discipline your descendants? The Yu family is already extremely powerful in Hangzhou. Wouldn't it be better to do more good deeds?"
The old man seemed to be touched in a sore spot, and his expression twisted for a moment, but he hadn't lived in vain at such an old age, so he quickly controlled his emotions.
He sighed and said, "Who doesn't understand this? Even the emperor, as noble as the ruler of a country, may not be able to control all corrupt officials, let alone me. The family is large, with so many people, how can we guarantee that they are all good? It is inevitable that there will be good and bad people. Even if I talk a lot, there will inevitably be some who pretend to obey but secretly disobey. Madam, I think you can understand this difficulty."
Ji Yunshu didn't like hearing such high-sounding excuses. Since the old man didn't seem to mind laying it out, she simply said, "To be honest, I don't quite understand. The Emperor can't control all corrupt officials, but at least he's trying. He punishes those he finds and doesn't condone those who bring disaster to the country and the people. And you, don't tell me you don't know what the eldest young master has done."
In her opinion, no matter how many reasons there are, Yu Chuannan's actions are unforgivable.
Old Master Yu looked at Ji Yunshu for a moment before saying, "It seems the sudden disappearance of my worthless eldest grandson was no accident. Is he in your hands?"
Ji Yunshu shook his head: "He's dead."
Old Master Yu's pupils suddenly shrank as if he had seen a bright light. "What did you say?"
That was the heir of his Yu family. He had thought that this matter would be troublesome, but he did not expect that they would dare to kill people directly.
Ji Yunshu explained, "I said he was dead, killed by a young lady. That young lady was the daughter of Lord Cai, the prefect of Hangzhou. She was imprisoned and abused in the other courtyard for two years. After killing Master Yu, she committed suicide. Lord Cai personally went to the other courtyard to collect his daughter's body."
This passage contains a lot of information. First of all, Ji Yunshu and his men did not kill people privately. In fact, the person was killed by the victim, and the other party had committed suicide. The most important thing is that the girl was the daughter of the Hangzhou prefect.
The Hangzhou prefect has already intervened in this matter, and the affairs of the villa may be made public at any time.
Upon hearing this, Old Master Yu almost couldn't breathe. He coughed for a long time and drank a cup of tea before his breathing stabilized.
He looked at Ji Yunshu again and said, "Is this the reason you dared to come to the banquet alone today?"
He admitted that he did not take Ji Yunshu seriously at first. She had been kept in the palace by the Queen Mother and was not well-known.
It was only after she got married that her talent gradually emerged.
There have been too many rumors about her in the past two years, such as how she went to Suzhou alone, how she maneuvered between several major tribes in southern Xinjiang and escaped unscathed, and what she did in the north last year.
He admitted that she was indeed superior to ordinary women.
But it’s not necessarily that powerful.
People of her status naturally have a lot of people praising her, and even a little bit of her ability can be praised as tenfold.
With the Queen Mother, the Ji family father and son, and even Zhao Shen protecting her, no one would be surprised at what she achieves.
All we can say is that some people are born with good luck.
In fact, when Ji Yunshu first appeared on the flower boat and came into contact with Yu Shiyi, he sent people to investigate and confirmed her identity through information from Prince Yong.
But he really didn't expect that Ji Yunshu would have the courage to come to the Yu Mansion for a banquet alone.
Ji Yunshu said, "You could say that, but I believe that the old man is magnanimous and won't bother with a junior like me."
At this moment, Old Master Yu's emotions had calmed down. After all, he knew very well what Yu Chuannan had done.
It was at this time again, when his family found out that Yu Chuannan was missing, he was mentally prepared.
Old Master Yu said self-deprecatingly, "I don't want to argue with you, and I don't have the nerve to do so, but I can't ignore the life and death of this family. Madam, why don't you tell me, how does the emperor plan to deal with the Yu family?"
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "You think too highly of me. I just followed my husband out to see the world. How could I know the emperor's plans? Didn't you just say that with a large family, it's inevitable that some people will pretend to obey but secretly disobey. In that case, you should just stay out of it. Let them bear the consequences of their own actions."
Old Master Yu didn't get an answer from her, and his heart sank to the bottom. If there was still room for things to turn around, Ji Yunshu would not have said nothing.
She would only have this attitude when it made no difference whether she said it or not.
The old man said in a deep voice, "The late emperor married Princess Rong'an and promised to always treat the Yu family well. Now, after only a little over ten years, is the emperor going to retire?"
The Yu family did not marry the princess for nothing, so naturally they also gave up their own interests.
The late emperor needed to use the Yu family to stabilize Jiangnan.
In the past two years, the emperor has uprooted many aristocratic families. If he were to move against the Yu family at this time, it would indeed be like abandoning the donkey after it has served its purpose.
But Ji Yunshu knew that this was not the case.
Even though the emperor had been constrained by the aristocratic families for many years, he never thought of getting rid of them all.
The world is so big, and it is impossible for the emperor to govern the country by himself.
You always need people.
Whether you are from a noble family or a poor family, it doesn’t make much difference to those in power.
He needs someone who can get things done.
Of course, while doing things, we must also stick to the bottom line.
People like Yu Chuannan cannot be kept under any circumstances.
Old Master Yu is changing the subject, as if the emperor cannot tolerate the Yu family.
Ji Yunshu knew that he was not unaware of what was going on, but at this time, he was still unwilling to be selfish and wanted to throw dirty water on the emperor.
She felt a little ashamed. "Since it was the late emperor who said that, then the old man should go to the late emperor to argue with him, and also tell him about the eldest son's actions. Before I came here, I heard from Lord Cai that so far, his runners have dug up over a thousand corpses from the hillside behind the eldest son's villa, including many children."
Mr. Yu's body trembled a little: "How could it be?"
He did know about the affairs of the villa and had reprimanded Yu Chuannan for it. The other party promised to pay attention to it in the future, so he no longer paid attention to it.
He was young once, and he knew all the tricks played by the young masters in private. He thought that Yu Chuannan would give up after the novelty wore off.
I didn't expect that he would kill so many people.
Among them were even the wives of officials.
At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind: It's over.
If this matter were to be made public, the Yu family would never be able to recover.
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