Yu Jiao followed Song Nian into the courtyard. The flowers, plants and trees in the yard were growing well, becoming more luxuriant and elegant. It seemed that Yu Qizhe had asked someone to do some maintenance on them. A few rose bushes were transplanted in the corners of the wall. At this moment, the roses on the branches were in full bloom, with clusters of flowers and a faint fragrance.
"Miss Yu, please sit for a moment. Our master is in the study. I will go and ask him to come over." Song Nian led Yu Jiao into the main hall and said with a smile.
Yu Jiao nodded slightly.
In the study, Yu Qizhe was talking to Lu Jin.
"Although Song Ling submitted the Qu family's case to the Ministry of Justice, the crown prince put pressure on it. The Minister of Justice Wei Tingzhi protected himself and handed the case over to Mei Xuanlang. Although Mei Xuanlang was an upright person, he was also smart. He knew that this case was not easy to try. After the court session, he only said that the case was unclear and postponed the trial. However, the witness from Huai'an hanged himself in prison." Lu Jin said in detail.
Yu Qizhe was not surprised by this matter. After all, Zhu Yu was the crown prince and had the potential to succeed him. There was no other prince in the palace who could compete with him. The Ministry of Justice had to give him some face. Moreover, Emperor Mingzheng suddenly fainted yesterday. Although the news was strictly blocked in the palace, ordinary people did not know about it.
Emperor Mingzheng had been taking elixirs for many years. In ancient times, there were emperors who died of acute illness after taking elixirs. If something happened to Emperor Mingzheng, Zhu Yu would naturally be the next emperor.
Yu Qizhe said with a light "tsk". "What a pity..."
Lu Jin asked in confusion, "What's a pity?"
Unfortunately, none of the princes in the palace are ambitious. The reason why Zhu Zhui can hold the position of crown prince securely is because there is no prince in the harem who can compete with him. Otherwise, it would be much easier to overthrow Zhu Zhui by using the other princes' strength.
"It's a pity. I asked someone to investigate. Zhai Huaiying, the salt transport commissioner of Huai'an, is not a good person. He bullies the people and uses salt vouchers to force salt merchants to pay tribute to him. He also colluded with the Xu family of Huai'an and annexed several salt factories, causing some small salt merchants to lose their homes and lives!"
Lu Jin had no idea that Yu Qizhe was actually plotting to overthrow Zhu Yu, otherwise he would have been shocked. He was quite angry when he talked about Zhai Huaiying. "Zhai Huaiying's son Zhai Ming is not a good guy either. He is lustful by nature and bullies men and women by relying on his power. The Qu family went to Beijing to sue him because Zhai Ming had set his eyes on the Qu family's legitimate daughter and insisted on taking her into the mansion as a concubine. The Qu family refused, so Zhai Ming secretly kidnapped the Qu family's legitimate daughter, raped her, stripped her naked and threw her on the street. He also ordered beggars to humiliate the Qu family's legitimate daughter. The Qu family hurried away, but the Qu family's legitimate daughter had already bitten her tongue and committed suicide!"
At the end, Lu Jin was really angry. He slammed his palm on the table and said hatefully, "This kind of rapist, robber and other evildoers should be killed!"
Yu Qizhe was much calmer than Lu Jin. He nodded and said, "It is time to kill him, but there is no rush." The reason why Zhai Huaiying could thrive in Huai'an was only because he was a good dog of Zhu Yu. If the firewood was cut off from under his feet, the master himself would be in trouble, so how could he care about a running dog under his feet.
Lu Jin also knew that he couldn't be hasty. Song Ling, as the Minister of Rites and an official for many years, couldn't help the Qu family, let alone him and Yu Qizhe, who were insignificant officials in the capital and could kill several people with a plaque.
"You asked me to find out so much information about the Yang family. What is your purpose?" Lu Jin asked.
Yu Qizhe said calmly, "Of course... we want to destroy the Yang family."
Lu Jin looked into his calm but dark eyes, and for some reason he felt a deep chill. He said in a somewhat dry voice, "Junior brother, you are not asking me to secretly collect evidence of the Yang family's crimes because of Miss Yu..."
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