Chapter 74 Du Shaoqing's Sorrow
Gu Yu, standing to the side, looked at Xie Yunyu with a puzzled expression and replied:
"That's strange, nobody knows whose daughter that is."
I only heard that the murderer has been brought to justice.
After being summoned to the court, he confessed to his crimes without reservation and finally committed suicide by crashing into the main hall of the Dali Temple.
However, some people on the street speculated that it was the Wei family.
Xie Yunyu thought for a moment and said, "Even if it's not the Wei family, it must be a powerful family in the court."
"Miss, why do you say that?" Gu Yu asked.
"What kind of place is the Dali Temple? It can keep the news completely covered up. Who else could it be but a powerful and influential person?"
Gu Yu suddenly realized and said, "So that's how it is. I was wondering why I couldn't find out who it was."
The two had just finished their discussion in the morning, and that evening they ran into the person in question at Tianxing Tower.
Du Zhengming appeared at Tianxing Tower with a gloomy face, and happened to run into Xie Yunyu, who had come to check the accounts and was about to leave, at Xie Fu's place.
Du Shaoqing sincerely thanked Xie Yunyu for her guidance.
Xie Yunyu waved her hand politely and said, "It was nothing, nothing to mention. You're too kind, Du Shaoqing."
Seeing that Du Zhengming was in a bad mood, they took him to a private room to sit for a while.
Du Zhengming was visibly downcast. Xie Yunyu poured him some tea and asked:
"Du Shaoqing, have you found out who's behind this?"
Du Zhengming, with a stern face, answered seriously:
"As expected, this was done by the Wei family."
However, it has nothing to do with the Eleventh Son of the Wei family, but rather with...
It's related to the eighth daughter of the eldest branch of the Wei family.
Xie Yunyu thought for a moment and said, "Wei Shiyilang is the legitimate son of the second wife, the eldest son. Isn't he Wei Ningyan's sister?"
The eldest son's family only has one legitimate daughter, Wei Ningyan; this Eighth Sister must be her half-sister.
Du Zhengming nodded, sighed, picked up the wine glass on the table, and downed it in one gulp.
Seeing his reaction, Xie Yunyu didn't say anything more and simply refilled his wine glass.
After a long silence, Du Zhengming finally spoke slowly:
"She said she admired me."
Upon hearing this, Xie Yunyu's eyes widened, and she quickly filled Du Zhengming's cup again:
"Please unfold it and explain in detail."
Du Zhengming picked up his wine glass, drank another glass, and then continued:
"Given Wei Shiyilang's situation, she was still a concubine's daughter and knew she could not be a good match for me."
She thought that if she couldn't have it, then no one else could either.
Xie Yunyu nodded in agreement.
"There are always some infatuated women in this world who become obsessed with love and destroy what they cannot have."
The actions of such women always leave one both admiring their devotion and astonished by the cruelty of the evil deeds they commit.
well……
The saying "Every pitiful person has something hateful about them" is indeed true.
As he spoke, he poured Du Zhengming another glass of wine.
Du Zhengming's mood had turned extremely bad, and he kept drinking one glass after another.
"The Wei family thought that since Second Madam Wei was going to marry the First Prince, it would be bad for them if such news came out at this time."
They then discussed with our Dali Temple that their identities should not be revealed to the public.
Our Minister of Justice initially disagreed, but that Lady Wei committed suicide by crashing into the main hall of our Dali Temple.
The Wei family used this matter to their advantage, and our Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices had no choice but to agree.
Xie Yunyu understood the reason for the matter after hearing this.
Looking at Du Zhengming in front of him, he comforted him:
"This is not your fault, and you don't need to blame yourself so much."
Du Zhengming shook his head and said, "It's my fault. If I had been more careful after the first murder, maybe...maybe..."
Perhaps the second murder wouldn't have happened...
Let them die in vain.
Xie Yunyu looked at Du Zhengming, who was already somewhat drunk, and was about to try to persuade him.
Unexpectedly, Du Zhengming picked up the wine pot on the table, tilted his head back, and drank from it.
Xie Yunyu remained silent upon seeing this.
After a long pause, seeing Du Zhengming put down the wine pot, Xie Yunyu finally spoke:
"Drinking to drown your sorrows only makes them worse; stop drinking."
Du Zhengming waved his hand and said, "I thought it was really because I was unlucky, that I caused the deaths of my parents and then them."
It wasn't...it wasn't...
Mother, grandfather, grandmother, it wasn't me who brought you death...
no……"
Xie Yunyu felt heartbroken upon hearing this.
He cursed that Wei Ba Niangzi in his heart, saying that of all things to say, she had to say that someone's fate was hard and would bring misfortune to others.
"Yes, yes, you're very lucky."
Look how much His Majesty values you; you are even the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review in the imperial court.
Who said you have bad luck? You're very lucky.
He then took the wine jug from Du Zhengming's hand to prevent him from continuing to drink.
Little did anyone know that Du Zhengming had already drunk too much and started crying, slumped over the table next to him.
Seeing this, Xie Yunyu had no choice but to call out to Guyu.
Gu Yu pushed open the door and came in.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
"Go fetch a basin of water, and then go find his servant and bring him back."
Gu Yu then walked outside.
Before long, he came in carrying a basin of water.
Du Zhengming was too drunk to get up, so Xie Yunyu had to help him up, and Gu Yu wiped his face for him.
It's possible that Gu Yu wasn't closing the door properly when she was carrying the basin of water.
The two were busy working when suddenly the door opened.
A few people happened to be passing by the door and were stunned for a moment when they saw the scene inside.
Then someone walked in: "Brother Du, what's going on?"
The visitor was Huan Zixing, Du Zhengming's colleague.
The Court of Judicial Review has one Chief Justice and two Junior Justices.
Huan Zixing is in his early thirties and has been serving as the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review for several years, while Du Zhengming was newly appointed last year.
During their daily life at Dali Temple, Huan Zixing took good care of Du Zhengming.
Upon seeing this, he came in.
Xie Yunyu quickly pushed the person towards Huan Zixing: "You know him?"
Huan Zixing looked up at Xie Yunyu and asked in surprise:
"Who are you?"
"Never mind who I am, just tell me who you are first?"
Xie Yunyu supported Du Zhengming for a long time and was exhausted, so she didn't speak very politely.
“I am Huan Zixing, his colleague,” Huan Zixing replied.
Upon hearing this, Xie Yunyu quickly bowed to the person.
"I have met you, Huan Shaoqing. I am the owner of Tianxing Tower."
Du Shaoqing was drinking heavily here, and since you've arrived, I'll leave him to you."
Huan Zixing nodded and said, "Oh, you are the third daughter of the Xie family, the old master's wife?"
Xie Yunyu nodded: "Young Master Huan actually knows me?"
“I saw you when I went to visit the old tutor when you were a child. It’s amazing how big you have grown up.”
Huan Zixing said with a smile.
Xie Yunyu laughed after hearing this, "I guess I was too young back then, so I don't remember much."
The two exchanged pleasantries, while the eyes of the officials from the Dali Temple at the door lingered on Du Zhengming and Xie Yunyu.
After the two sides bid each other farewell, the men from the Dali Temple came forward and dragged Du Zhengming away.
As soon as he stepped outside, someone asked, "Young Master Huan, who was that young lady just now?"
"What happened to Grand Tutor Xie's granddaughter?"
“Looking at them, they seem quite well-matched with our Du Shaoqing,” said Zhang, the head of the Dali Temple.
Huan Zixing laughed and said, "Your Du Shaoqing has quite a few noble families, none of them are as well-matched as you say."
"Judging from the situation between the two just now, they must have a fairly good relationship."
The Xie family is now only supported by the old matriarch, and its social standing is not what it used to be. If Du Shaoqing could marry a young lady from the Xie family, it would be a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Zhang Sizheng then analyzed the situation seriously.
"That's right, Du Shaoqing has shed his reputation for being a jinx to wives, and he can marry any young lady in the capital."
Another temple official echoed this sentiment.
"Sigh, it's no use talking about such an unsuitable couple. We have to wait until Du Shaoqing wakes up before we can say anything."
Another temple administrator said.
As he spoke, everyone from the Dali Temple burst into laughter.
They didn't hide their gossip from anyone, so everyone around them heard it.
A few days later, Wu Yumin rushed to see Xie Yunyu.
Upon meeting, the first question was: "I heard that you and Du Shaoqing of the Dali Temple are discussing marriage?"
Xie Yunyu looked puzzled: "Who said that? How come I don't know anything about it?"
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