Chapter 1151 Each Family
When Minister Feng returned home, he saw his grandson sitting in his study, reading a book with his legs crossed. When he saw him come in, he immediately stood up straight, put away the book, and bowed, saying, "Grandfather."
Minister Feng asked, "It's so late, why aren't you going to bed yet?"
Feng Zongping peeked outside and immediately said, "How late is it? It's getting dark. Grandfather, come, please sit down. Are you hungry? How about asking the kitchen to make you a bowl of noodles?"
"Go ahead, give your orders and then go back to your room to rest. I don't need you here anymore."
"Grandfather, please tell me what happened in the prison."
"Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about. I haven't told you yet. Everyone has left today, why don't you move?"
When the Queen helped the Queen Mother leave, the Princess of Yizhou led a group of children to retreat. When the officials and their wives saw this, they immediately followed suit and the group of young men on their side also left, not daring to wade into the muddy water.
Only the Fifth Prince, Princess Changyu and Ji Hao who were standing in the center of the hall did not dare to leave. Feng Zongping was so bold that he knelt there without moving and refused to leave.
Minister Feng was so angry that he glared at him several times, but fortunately he was sensible and did not speak in the hall. There were so many people kneeling in the hall that no one noticed him.
"Grandfather, Bai Shan and I are classmates..."
Minister Feng interrupted him and said, "That's why you shouldn't ask about this matter."
Feng Zongping didn't leave, but just looked at him eagerly.
Minister Feng couldn't stand him any longer, so he finally said, "They are locked up together. Without an imperial decree from the palace, they won't suffer any punishment for the time being."
"How will the palace deal with them?"
Minister Feng said, "We'll know tomorrow."
Thinking of the two booklets passed back and forth in the hall today, he smiled slightly and said, "However, they should be safe in the next two days. They will not be brought to court for the time being. They are very smart and know how to hand over evidence in court, saving the trouble of private interrogation." This also saved the lives of their families.
Otherwise, if they only said they had evidence but didn't hand it over, let alone one night, even an hour or a quarter of an hour, their homes and their families would probably be turned upside down.
Zhou Man handed over all the evidence in court. Even the King of Yizhou wanted to skin her and their family alive, but he had no time to do so.
It will take them a certain amount of time to sort through so much evidence. The longer the time, the higher their chances of survival.
As long as the evidence is proven to be true...
Minister Feng glanced down at Feng Zongping and said, "Your Imperial College will be closed for vacation in two days, right? Go to your classes and stay out of my way. Got it?"
At this time, Old Lady Yin was sitting opposite Yin Huo and said, "Don't go out for the next two days. We can't and shouldn't interfere with the affairs of the Bai family and Doctor Zhou. Do you understand?"
Yin Huo asked, "Grandmother, what did father do when he left the capital?"
"He's out on an inspection tour under His Majesty's orders. He should be back soon," Old Madam Yin said gently. "We can't cause him any trouble in the capital. Madam Zhou is a good person. If it were anything else, we would help if we could, but we absolutely cannot interfere in this matter."
Yin Huo said, "Grandmother, our family has no kinship with the King of Yizhou, and my father is loyal only to Your Majesty. Why can't we take charge? We should only do what is beneficial to the country."
"That's what your father should do. Now that you're not in government, your grandmother, as a woman, should just take care of you and your sister."
Yin Huo nodded, "Grandson understands. Don't worry, I will only do what I should do."
Old Madam Yin felt a little uneasy when she saw the indifferent expression on his face.
Compared with Yin Huo and Feng Zongping, Ji Hao was not treated so well.
Since leaving the palace, he has been kneeling outside Ji Xiang's study. When Old Lady Ji came and knew what he had done, although she was anxious, she did not dare to plead for him, let alone take him back to the backyard secretly as before.
Ji Xiang was very busy. He brought his grandson home, watched him kneel down, and then turned around and went out again.
I went to the palace and drove around for a while. After dark, I walked out slowly with an empty stomach. I took the opportunity to exchange some feelings with a few colleagues, no, about the case.
When he finally got home late at night, he saw Ji Hao still kneeling. He didn't even look at him and continued to work on an empty stomach.
He also had to write a memorial, what to say in court tomorrow, how to answer the emperor's questions, and a lot of things to think about.
Madam Ji glanced at her grandson kneeling outside. She tried to hold back, but couldn't help herself and whispered, "Ever since he was dismissed from his job, his health hasn't been the same as before. He can't kneel all night like before. Besides, it's late autumn and the nights are cold. He'll catch a cold if he kneels outside."
"Let him kneel down. I don't think he'll learn his lesson. What kind of place is this? Are they going to let him talk nonsense?"
Madam Ji said, "I don't think he's talking nonsense..."
Ji Xiang put down his pen with a "snap" sound and stared at Madam Ji angrily. "Then tell me, which of his words is right and which one should be said?"
"When Ying Wenhai caused him to fall from power, the Yizhou Palace took advantage of his misfortune, forcing me to suffer in silence. The child is just a little resentful. And he is not wrong. The people of Yizhou do have many complaints against the King of Yizhou in private..."
"Is he taking revenge on the King of Yizhou? He's taking revenge on me! He's a child and doesn't understand things, don't you understand?" Ji Xiang couldn't help but ask, "Where is the Ji family? We live only a few blocks away from the Yizhou Palace. If these things had already happened, even a child like him would know about it, and yet I didn't do anything about it. Who do you think is to blame?"
When Madam Ji heard him yelling at her, her suppressed anger suddenly broke out. She slammed her hand on the table and hit back without any hesitation, "It's your fault, the head of the officials! But didn't I tell you? Or didn't I try to persuade you? When I returned home, I wrote to you, saying that the people in my family were being unreasonable and actually joined others in seizing the land of the disaster victims. I also told you about the King of Yizhou's tyranny, but you didn't take it seriously. You thought that the King of Yizhou was deeply favored and had the Queen Mother's support, so it would be thankless to report it, so you didn't report it. Now you blame the child for telling the truth!"
Madam Ji stood up and started to leave, but after taking two steps, she felt her anger was still lingering. She turned back and spat in Ji Xiang's face, "I'm telling you, stop pushing the blame on my grandson for what you and your sons did. He's an honest child. If you're angry, take it out on yourself. If you dare to take it out on him again, I'll take him back to Yizhou tomorrow!"
Ji Xiang was furious. "Back to Yizhou again, back to Yizhou again, you old woman...they're about to start a war over there, are you going back to die?"
"It's better to die than to be pissed off by you here!" Old Madam Ji opened the door and slammed it shut again. She said to Ji Hao, who was kneeling outside, "Why are you still kneeling? Get up and go back with Grandma."
Ji Hao shrank his neck and carefully looked into the study. Seeing that his grandfather didn't say anything, he knew that his grandmother had won again this time. So he immediately got up and helped his grandmother back to the backyard in a rage.
Sure enough, my grandmother was a coward, but only for a short while.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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