Chapter 577: The Decline of the Prime Minister's Mansion
"My daughter, let's go. Don't you miss your mother? We can finally go back."
Wan Laoer can't wait to go back to the border.
A hint of disappointment flashed across Fubao's eyes, and she reluctantly followed Wan Laoer into the carriage.
"Sister Fubao, this is the letter Mr. Yan asked me to give you. He can't come to see you off, but he told you to wait for him. He will definitely go to the border to meet you."
Fubao immediately took the letter, the disappointment in his eyes disappeared a lot, and his mood became cheerful again.
"Brother Chen, tell the gentleman that I will wait for him to come find me at the border."
Wan Xingchen nodded.
Wan Yirou came over wiping her tears, holding Fubao's little hand. During this period of time, they spent every day together, and Wan Yirou liked Fubao more and more. She felt really reluctant to let him go when he left suddenly, and she didn't know when they would meet again.
"Sister Fubao, take care on your journey."
"Sister Rou, don't cry. We will meet again. I will learn to ride a horse when I get home. When I learn to ride a horse, I will come to you to marry you. I will prepare a wedding gift for you when I go back. I will definitely give you a surprise. You have to be happy and don't think too much."
Wan Yirou nodded with tears in her eyes.
Fubao was finally sent away.
Not long after Fubao and his companions left, a team of imperial guards set out from the imperial city and headed towards the Right Prime Minister's Mansion.
Soon, the right prime minister's door was surrounded by people who came to watch the fun.
"I heard that the right prime minister was corrupt and sold his position. The evidence is irrefutable, and the emperor has sent people to confiscate his property."
"What? Confiscate the property? Why did I hear that they weren't here to confiscate the property? I heard that the Right Prime Minister's wife sacrificed her relatives for the sake of justice, collected evidence of the Right Prime Minister's corruption, and took the initiative to confess. The Emperor only remembered the Right Prime Minister's wife's merits, and did not touch the Prime Minister's property. He only confiscated the money that the Prime Minister embezzled, and did not bring disaster to his family, but only sentenced the Prime Minister."
"Is this true? Then the Prime Minister's wife is really crazy. Without the Prime Minister's backing, their family is finished from now on."
"I also don't understand the Prime Minister's wife's intention in doing this."
Everyone was talking about it, and soon the prime minister was brought out and the signboard of the prime minister's mansion was taken down.
The Imperial Guards came and left quickly, and the Prime Minister was taken directly to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation.
After the prime minister was taken away, a carriage slowly arrived at the gate of the prime minister's residence. However, the gate was now littered with cabbage leaves, rotten eggs, and even feces. It was dirty and smelly. The prime minister's residence, which was bright and beautiful a quarter of an hour ago, was now a place that everyone avoided.
"Madam, it seems that the master has been taken away?"
The nanny helped Li Ruiyang get off the carriage. She stood at the gate of the prime minister's residence and looked at the mess on the ground, but a comfortable smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
"It looks like it should be."
The master and his servants entered the gate, but as soon as they entered, a man came out from the side with a pair of scissors in his hand and was about to stab Li Ruiyang.
Fortunately, Li Ruiyang dodged quickly, otherwise he would have been caught by the other party.
"Someone, quickly take this lunatic down. He is so bold to attack the mistress."
The nanny's heart was beating fast with fear. When the servants in the yard heard her shouting, several of them came out in a hurry.
"Bitch, you bitch, why don't you just die, you vicious woman, you framed your husband, it's really a misfortune for our family, a misfortune for our family!"
Only then did Li Ruiyang see clearly that the old woman with loose hair was actually her good mother-in-law.
Li Ruiyang hadn't wanted to do anything to her so quickly, but he didn't expect her to jump out and seek death.
"Come here, the old lady is crazy. Go and ask a doctor to come and see her. In order not to hurt innocent people, only one maid is allowed to serve her. Tie her up with cloth strips during the day to prevent her from hurting others. She can only be released at night when she goes to bed."
"Yes, ma'am."
The old lady was immediately carried away by several young and strong maids, still cursing Li Ruiyang.
"Li Ruiyang, you bitch, you vicious woman, you will not have a good death. You disrespect your mother-in-law and frame your husband. I want to see how you will explain to your son."
Li Ruiyang turned a deaf ear and the old lady's mouth was immediately blocked by someone.
Li Ruiyang returned to his yard.
"Madam, what should we do with the eldest son?"
"There's no need to notify Botai yet. When he comes back, just let him come to me. I'll explain to him. Even if his father isn't in prison, it won't help him. He wants to join the army, so I'll send him to his grandfather and uncle and let him train with them for a few years. He's not interested in the court. This child has a pure mind. If he knew what his father did, he would definitely be disgusted."
"What about the second young master?"
"Don't worry about Bokang. He is now in Lushan Academy, and the news will not reach there for a while. I heard from the teacher that he is very talented and his future achievements will definitely not be worse than his father's."
"What does Madam plan to do with the old lady?" asked the nanny while massaging Li Ruiyang's arm.
"Hmph, that old woman, don't let her die so early. I'm going to torture her to death slowly. Just have someone give her a bowl of porridge for each meal three times a day. Also, I don't want to hear her voice anymore. Remove everyone from her yard. I remember there is a deaf-mute mother-in-law in our house. Let her take care of her and don't let her leave the house."
"Yes, ma'am."
The nanny took the order and left. It was very likely that the old lady would not live for more than a year. They ate, drank, defecated and urinated in the same room. The lady also wanted to poison her to make her mute. The old lady was already old, and if she was tortured like this, she would be seriously injured.
As long as the old lady is not dead, Madam can still gain a good reputation of being filial to her mother-in-law.
A few days later, the former prime minister's residence had changed its name to Li's Residence, taking the surname of Li Ruiyang. The reason why they did not move was also a special gift from the emperor.
At night, more than a dozen carriages were secretly sent out from the back door of Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion and headed towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Each carriage was filled with boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, all of which were looted from the right prime minister's mistress.
For three consecutive nights, more than a dozen carriages delivered things from Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion to the Prime Minister's Mansion every day. Some of the things were embezzled silver, and some were Li Ruiyang's dowry.
Now that he had gotten rid of that great worry, Li Ruiyang was living a very comfortable life.
Fubao and his daughter walked for several days and today they had left the capital and came to the nearest county town to rest. Today happened to be the Lantern Festival.
The two found a good inn in the county town to stay in, and prepared to go see the lanterns. From the moment they entered the county street, Fubao had been exclaiming "Wow". Wan Laoer drove the carriage while admiring the lanterns on both sides of the road. The shapes were so unique and more beautiful than those they saw at the border.
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