Chapter 173 Chapter 172 We are serious about punishing people

Return to the Marquis' Mansion.

No, that's wrong.

The Du family, whose plaque of Marquis' Mansion was removed on the day the emperor issued the decree, was replaced with the plaque of Wuchang Earl's Mansion, truly becoming a second-rate family.

Du Li, the former Marquis of Wuchang who now can only be called the Earl of Wuchang, returned to the Earl's Mansion. After sending people to investigate, he found out that it was his concubine whom he had favored for so many years and his married-off illegitimate daughter.

In order to avenge Fan's good-for-nothing brother, he offended Jiang Duidu's teacher, which brought about this devastating blow to the Du family.

He immediately walked towards the backyard angrily.

The legitimate son and his wife, who were oppressed by the concubines, were heartbroken about the glory of the marquisate being deprived of it, and now they saw those who usually looked down on and oppressed them fighting among themselves.

The two of them felt relieved and quietly took the child back to their own yard.

The first wife and husband, who were very self-aware and far-sighted, began to teach their children to study hard, and let them make their own future.

Even if it is this Earl's Mansion, I'm afraid it won't be their family's turn to inherit it in the end.

Just when everyone thought that the Wuchang Marquisate was demoted and its title was lowered, which was miserable enough.

Except for the legitimate son who held a low-ranking official position, the Earl of Wuchang and his eldest son were all dismissed from their posts by the Ministry of Personnel and sent home.

Knowing that his family was disliked by the emperor, Wuchang Boduli returned home dejectedly after he and his eldest son were dismissed from their posts and went to the backyard.

Soon, screams and cries of pain were heard from the backyard. Du Qiwen, as the son, seemed not to hear the sound of his mother being beaten. He was only immersed in the thought of his own dismissal from his official position.

He knew that his life in the future would be worse than that of his eldest brother who had been suppressed by him since childhood, so he wanted to vent his anger and didn't want to stop his father from committing domestic violence.

As for Cao family's Du Yingying, Leng Xiangbai and Jiang Zhou, Zhu Shijing and others all knew that Li Ziyu wanted to avenge his mother himself.

They did not reach out to the Cao family. They believed that the eldest brother, who was the most capable among them, would give them a satisfactory answer.

Li Ziyu used the information collected by his fellow apprentices about the various mistakes made by the Wuchang Marquisate over the years, but it was useless and he had to take action himself.

The evidence was placed on the desks of several officials who had some grievances with the Wuchang Marquis' Mansion, and just like that, the father and son went home to eat their own food.

After suppressing him, he went to cause trouble for his own chieftain and hurt Kong Xun's Wuchang Marquis Mansion.

Li Ziyu saw that his fellow apprentices no longer attacked that family. He knew their concerns and his eyes darkened.

He originally wanted to slowly wear that family down to death in order to ease the hatred for losing his mother, but now it seems he has to speed up the process.

This prevents them from jumping up and hurting the people they care about.

Soon Cao Zhiqing was demoted again for a minor mistake at work. Now he has become a low-ranking official in the Ministry of Rites and is not even qualified to attend the morning court.

The Du family is now in a difficult situation. Seeing that the Wuchang Marquis' Mansion can no longer help him, Cao Zhiqing slowly begins to change his attitude towards his wife Du Yingying, who is rejected by her family and is not allowed to enter the mansion again.

From being humble and submissive in the past, he gradually became scolded and beaten.

Mrs. Du had been favored since she was a child because of her mother's beauty, and she had been raised to be spoiled and unruly at home. How could she be willing to accept such a thing?

Cao Zhiqing, who was unsuccessful in his career, and Du Yingying, who was arrogant and domineering, started fighting at home over a disagreement.

Sometimes Cao Zhiqing was too embarrassed to go to work because of the scratches on his face and neck. Gradually, the little power he had was given to others by his superiors.

Life is so miserable, I don’t want it anymore.

The ambition he had when he first came to the capital and wanted to make a career in this prosperous place was gradually wiped out by reality.

Cao Zhiqing began to drink excessively, visit brothels, and even started keeping a mistress.

From now on, no one will need to do anything for him, he will be able to kill himself.

Cao Peng, who was already seventeen or eighteen years old, followed his father's example. Although he did not learn any good things, he also did not miss out on such things and became a real playboy in the capital.

Du Hang is a little better than Cao Peng, but now he follows Xiao Wenjin, the eldest son of the Prime Minister's family. At least he has not been criticized by the Beijing aristocratic families as a person who does nothing but spend money on eating, drinking and having fun, and has made no contribution to the family.

The willow alley is home.

When An Xin heard about what happened in the Wuchang Marquis' Mansion and the rumors about the Cao family later, he shook his head helplessly.

Although no one mentioned it to her, An Xin still knew that this immoral thing was done by a few bad boys in her family to vent their anger on her.

Later, An Xin found out that the reason why he was able to collect so many of the things that the Du and Cao families had done in the past so smoothly was because Jiang Chenxi and Yuchi Yi, several stubborn families in Beijing, helped out.

After all, they have been in the capital for a long time and know a lot of things, so these little things are just done out of the blue.

*The Imperial Palace.

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In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Sheng'an Si Yexiao looked pale. He took a pill presented by Eunuch Xiang and swallowed it, then closed his eyes and leaned back on the dragon throne.

Eunuch Xiang lowered his head slightly and stepped aside, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened. He was an old man beside Emperor Sheng An and also the chief eunuch who was trusted by him.

In the palace, apart from the emperor, even the concubines, princes and princesses had to give him some face when they saw him, but at this moment, his face was full of worry.

Others didn't know, but Eunuch Xiang, who had served Emperor Sheng'an since he was still a prince, knew that their emperor was an infatuated man.

He and the late Queen Jing'an met, got to know each other, and fell in love when they were young. They also went through a lot of calculations, misunderstandings, and hardships before they were together.

The prince who now lives in the most remote Jiangshuang Palace in the palace was born by a woman's scheme when Emperor Sheng'an was still a prince.

As for the woman named Lan Yue, who was then the prince's consort, the queen saw that she had come to Beijing alone to look for her relatives in vain and was bullied by a scoundrel on the street, so she rescued her.

Unexpectedly, the kind-hearted rescue ended up with an ungrateful person who wanted to become a phoenix by climbing up the tree.

This caused the couple to become estranged, and finally the emperor acted on his own will and sent the newborn prince out of the palace to be raised according to the master's advice, which resulted in the queen dying of hemorrhage in anger.

The Emperor loved the Empress so deeply that he was devastated by the loss of his beloved. The guilt and longing for her over the years had been pent up in his heart.

My health is deteriorating. My seriously ill body can no longer bear the heavy burden and is now so serious that I need to take medication.

Eunuch Xiang sighed imperceptibly, and the corners of his wrinkled eyes looked even more droopy, with a look of heartache in his eyes for having served the emperor for his entire life.

"Then child, it's time to return to the palace."

Emperor Sheng An opened his eyes at an unknown time and looked at the falling snow outside the window. His slightly moist dragon eyes were filled with longing for his lover, as if he was telling her his promise.

Thank you for the reward on another day when I want to reach level 4.

And thank you all for voting for Sansan.

(End of this chapter)