Chapter 70: Fight
Jiang Yuzhu thought about it and decided to be a good person and show some kindness to the Zhang family before public opinion fully fermented.
However, the person who first proposed to do the work for free was destined to suffer the consequences.
"Master, can you give me some advice? How can I appear to be broad-minded and kind while making the Zhang family take the initiative to mention this matter?"
Jiang Yuzhu was in a dilemma and humbly asked for advice.
Xie Zhao's eyes met Jiang Yuzhu's. He raised his eyebrows and pretended to be indifferent and looked away, but he could not hide the smile in his eyes.
His wife is very good at calculating. She sold out all the people in the Zhang family and even asked the Zhang family to count the money for her.
"Leave this matter to my husband."
Forget it. After all, the Zhang family was in the wrong, so nothing can be too much.
Xie Zhao was unaware that he was partial to Jiang Yuzhu. Thinking of his mother Shen's going to Beijing, he smiled bitterly and said, "Yuzhu, you don't have to care about what mother says. Just blame it on your husband."
After saying this, Xie Zhao took out a banknote from his purse.
Jiang Yuzhu took it and said, "Is this the hush money the master gave me?"
Even without Xie Zhao saying anything, Jiang Yuzhu would have pushed the blame onto him. He was really worrying too much.
Xie Zhao paused, resisting the urge to take back the banknote: "It's for two theatre tickets."
Without waiting for Jiang Yuzhu to reply, Xie Zhao pushed the door open and walked out. He walked slowly in the yard, and when the inexplicable depression in his body had almost dissipated, he found a stone bench to sit down and fell into deep thought.
If they hadn't been in more contact recently, Xie Zhao wouldn't have known that Jiang Yuzhu disliked him so much.
The next day, before dawn, Xie Zhao got up and hurried to the morning court.
Before the hour had passed, all the civil and military officials had already arrived in the hall, gathered together, winking at each other and whispering.
Finally, they reached a consensus, and the adults covered for each other and never mentioned anything about their secret trip to watch the opera yesterday.
Xiao She lifted up his dragon robe and sat on the dragon throne with a very dark look on his face.
He took a quick look and saw that Ji Chengyun was a minor official and had no qualifications to attend the morning court.
After coming out of the first building yesterday, Ji Chengyun led his servants to chase and intercept Xiao She, and they chased him for half a street.
Xiao She, who had already experienced the excitement, had no choice but to hide in the cowshed, and ended up stepping on cow dung.
Thinking of the embarrassment of returning to the palace yesterday, Xiao She took a quick look and decided to start with Jiang Fulu: "Master Jiang, where were you at 9:00 yesterday?"
Xiao She was a witness, and Jiang Fulu dared to lie, so he was directly charged with deceiving the emperor.
If he didn't lie, he would definitely expose all the civil and military officials and offend other officials.
Normally Jiang Fulu is more slippery than a loach, but this time Xiao She finally caught Jiang Fulu's tail.
When the emperor spoke, all the officials had different expressions.
Everyone turned their eyes to Jiang Fulu, waiting for an answer.
Jiang Fulu stepped forward, bowed and saluted, "In reply to the emperor, I was with Censor Lu at the time."
This answer was impeccable and Xiao She could not find any fault with it.
Jiang Fulu refused to say where he was and gave up Censor Lu. If the emperor wanted to know, he would go and ask Censor Lu.
Xiao She raised his eyebrows and said "Oh", then touched his chin and asked, "Where is Censor Lu?"
When Censor Lu was named, he had already cursed this old fox Jiang Fulu a hundred and twenty times in his heart.
Even though the relationship between the two has eased, Jiang Fulu is still ruthless in cheating people.
Censor Lu was not stupid, and he never mentioned the First Floor: "I am with the two masters of the Zhao family."
So, just like on the first floor, the alliance of the adults collapsed in an instant, and they reported on each other and exposed their entire group.
It is worth mentioning that there are more people than on the first floor.
The few fish that slipped through the net yesterday were all caught.
Xiao She rubbed the gem on the dragon throne with one hand, feeling extremely angry.
Upon seeing this, Prime Minister Wei knelt down with a plop, tears streaming down his face, and said, "Your Majesty, the Wei family has suffered a great injustice, please help the Wei family!"
After the Wei family heard the news, they sent people to find Ye Daya to plead her case.
Even if the truth of the incident is further investigated, Ye Daya will bear the full responsibility, as her parents and relatives are all in the hands of the Wei family.
Besides, Zhang Wanyi died of suicide, which can be explained by a misunderstanding.
"I am a well-educated and sensible person. I cannot have a reputation of killing people for nothing!"
Prime Minister Wei was very clever in his complaint. He did not mention the Jiang family in any sentence, but the innuendos were obvious. He learned this trick from Jiang Yuzhu.
Jiang Fulu watched coldly, and deliberately muttered in a voice that all the adults could hear: "The marriage has already been granted, so what's there to be afraid of? There's still Master Jia to back it up."
In a word, new hatred and old grudges were added together. Wei Shoufu pointed at Jiang Fulu's nose and cursed: "Jiang Fulu, you are so presumptuous, you don't even take the emperor seriously!"
"Look at what Prime Minister Wei said. It makes people feel sad."
Jiang Fulu patted Wei Shoufu's paw, then took a step forward slowly, "As a minister, you must keep the emperor in your heart, put him at an unattainable and unreachable height, kneel down devoutly and pay homage to him every day."
"Your Majesty, you are the Emperor of the Great Qi, the most noble flower on the top of the snowy mountain, and I am the soil at the foot of the mountain. I look up to you, and my loyalty to you is witnessed by the heavens, the earth, the sun, and the moon."
Prime Minister Wei's accusation gave Jiang Fulu an opportunity to flatter him. He spoke very fluently without stuttering, and knelt down and kowtowed respectfully after he finished speaking.
The hall was very quiet and Xie Zhao said nothing. For a moment, he found common ground with Jiang Yuzhu in his father-in-law Jiang Fulu.
In short, I will never let anyone take advantage of me.
Prime Minister Wei was already feeling wronged and was further provoked. Thinking that he was the Prime Minister of the dynasty and held a higher position than Jiang Fulu, he accused him, "Jiang Fulu, take good care of your daughter. She is the daughter of a minister, but she is associating with a low-class actor. How shameless!"
With just one word, Prime Minister Wei lit the firecrackers.
Jiang Yuzhu is the apple of Jiang Fulu's eye. Jiang Fulu has been a little depressed because he has not had any mess to clean up recently. He feels that he is too old to protect his daughter.
At this moment, Prime Minister Wei was jumping up and down. Jiang Fulu's head was buzzing. He didn't care about the location at all and cursed: "Old dog Wei, your daughter is really well-educated. She is well-read, but she only learned despicable tricks to harm people. She still cried out for injustice after being exposed. What injustice did she have? If it weren't for the bullying that Miss Zhang was dead and couldn't talk, she would have publicized the dirty things she did to everyone. In my opinion, if Miss Zhang is still alive, she should take this vicious woman away!"
Prime Minister Wei couldn't win the argument, so he rolled up his sleeves and was ready to use violence.
As the prime minister of the dynasty, he had many disciples, all of whom stood behind him.
Jiang Fulu was not to be outdone. Seeing that Censor Lu was watching the fun, he pushed Censor Lu and said, "It's time to test our relationship!"
In an instant, the court was divided into two factions, confronting each other. Some adults did not participate and followed Xie Zhao to watch the fun.
Xiao She was so angry that he couldn't speak. He wanted to stop it, but when he saw Xie Zhao's eyes, he decided to remain silent.
The quarrel between Prime Minister Wei and Jiang Fulu was a good opportunity to see who had more cliques and formed factions behind the emperor's back.
You don’t know until you see it. It’s shocking.
People who normally have nothing to do with him are all standing behind Prime Minister Wei.
Especially the Zhao family, which used to follow Jiang Fulu. How come the two families broke up and turned against each other?
"Thank you, sir. Who do you support?"
Feng Qing was standing in the last row, watching the fun without fear of trouble, and asked provocatively.
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