Here, Wang Yu and Cheng Chen were talking about Rong Jianan's life and experiences. Cheng Chen sighed and lamented Rong Jianan's difficulties, and agreed to let Rong Jianan stay with them.
Over there, Zheng Shu was lying on the bed, rubbing the hand warmer with his hands. The hand warmer had been rubbed so smooth and shiny by him that even the color on it had faded.
I remember when I first saw Rong Jianan in the Sun Mansion, he was beaten with a stick and forced to kneel because he failed to protect the young master. Everyone below knew the young master's temper. Now he is still lying in bed recuperating. When the young master recovers, he will be sold at best, and at worst he may even lose his life. It's because he is a contracted slave, and his life and property are in the hands of the master, and he has no control over his own affairs.
It was a winter day, and no one would come to him at this time to bring bad luck. He was kneeling, hungry, cold and in great pain, when he saw a white figure stop in front of him, and then handed him a hand warmer without saying a word.
He looked up at the man's back as he walked out. The servant behind him called out, "Young Master Yue, please walk slowly. The road is slippery."
He knew Young Master Yue. The young master of the Sun family often went to Mingyue Pavilion to listen to music. He had seen him playing the piano in the mansion before, but he had only seen him from afar. At that time, he only thought that this man was as handsome as the bright moon in the sky.
The young master was injured this time because he had a conflict with others in Mingyue Pavilion because of Master Yue, so Mingyue Pavilion arranged for Master Yue to come to the mansion to take a look.
The temperature of the hand warmer that day also warmed my heart, and even the white figure walking out was deeply engraved in my heart, taking root and sprouting year after year.
Sure enough, after two days, the young master felt better. Although he was no longer beaten, he was sold directly. At that time, he only thought that he might never see that person again. Later, he laughed at himself and thought that with his status, that person was not something he could covet.
I didn't expect to see him again after so many years, but I don't quite understand why he appeared in Huaining again.
On the second day, Wang Yu also got up early to deal with follow-up matters.
Lord Song, the Minister of the Dali Temple, has returned to the capital. Huaining will probably be in chaos during this period. Wang Yu just had a good sleep and then had to get up again to deal with the remaining matters. He was very busy.
Most of the officials in Huaining were arrested, so they had to rely on the remaining officials to hold on temporarily. Fortunately, there were a thousand Jinyiwei given by the emperor.
However, after working non-stop for seven days, Wang Yu really couldn't stand it anymore, so he wrote a letter as soon as possible asking the emperor to arrange more people, otherwise he would go crazy.
After Song Xu returned to Beijing, he led people to surround the residence of the Minister of Revenue, and directly put all the people in jail with the imperial edict in hand. The capital was shocked three times. Those who didn't know the inside story really didn't know how bold the Minister of Dali Temple was to directly arrest a second-rank official of the court.
Ye Mingqing, the Minister of Revenue, was held in solitary confinement. He could hear the cries of his children, his wife, and his concubines. In the dim cell, only a ray of light came in through a small window.
He never thought that he would be thrown into jail so suddenly. Although Song Xu didn't say anything, he knew that the matter of Dingzhou must have been exposed. After twelve years of operation, he still failed.
Wang Yu, no one expected that the emperor wanted to fight the Dongyi and arranged for Wang Yu to go to Dingzhou. Since Wang Yu went to Dingzhou, he has been worried, but some time ago he received a letter saying that Wang Yu was dead.
Dead? Ye Mingqing smiled bitterly. If he was really dead, how could all these things be exposed? And it happened so quickly that he didn't even have time to react or make arrangements before he was thrown into the cell.
Ye Mingqing leaned against the wall of the cell, wondering why he had such thoughts in the first place. Oh, yes, it was because his daughter gave birth to the eldest prince and was promoted to the rank of noble concubine. It was the emperor who put him in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and later promoted him to the rank of Second Assistant. It was these honors and glories that made him have such thoughts.
So when the silver mine was discovered, the court was not informed and it was kept secret, which led to a series of events afterwards. After all, the queen also gave birth to a prince, a legitimate son. Although the emperor did not appoint a crown prince, the position of crown prince would eventually belong to the legitimate son when he grew up.
But now it's all over, and the Empress in the palace has been implicated as well.
Ye Mingqing sat down dejectedly, waiting for the big knife to chop at his neck.
Song Xu sent the man to the prison and ignored the shouting behind him. He went into the palace at night and reported all the evidence to the emperor.
The emperor looked at the pieces of paper in his hands, his hands shaking with anger. The Minister of Revenue, who was personally appointed by him and was in charge of the financial power of Dali, was digging into Dali's resources and exploiting the people of Dali right under his nose. It had been twelve years, twelve years!
"Okay, very good! Keep investigating and see if anyone else is involved."
Song Xu looked at the emperor, whose eyes were red with anger, and replied with his head lowered: "Yes, Your Majesty."
The emperor drank a cup of tea handed to him by the eunuch, and calmed down. He asked, "How is Huaining?"
"Lord Wang is in charge of Huaining, so there shouldn't be any problems."
The emperor thought that the matter could be investigated because he arranged Wang Yu to go to Dingzhou. He thought that more than half of the officials in Huaining were involved in the list, and it should be very chaotic at the moment. The thousand Jinyiwei could not help with official business, so he had to arrange more people to go there to resume Huaining's daily work as soon as possible and not affect people's lives.
When Concubine Ye in the palace received the news, she knelt outside the palace. The matter had not been fully investigated yet, and the emperor just asked her to go back. He didn't have the heart to say anything to her at this moment.
After all the officials involved in the case in Huaining were arrested, Wang Yu also took his men back to Beijing to report.
Wang Yu handed all the lists and evidence to the emperor.
"All officials involved in the case have been sent to the Dali Temple."
The emperor nodded. At this point, it was useless for him to be angry. Fortunately, all these parasites had been caught.
"Thank you for your hard work during this period. I will definitely reward you when this matter is settled."
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