She is writing a plan for Zhuangzi, preparing to send someone to manage Zhuangzi after the new year.
Kang Yueran could hold it in, but Qin Shuke couldn't. After much deliberation, she decided to go to Kang Yueran's house to talk.
"Have you heard? The governor of Xuzhou was murdered. The Ministry of Justice has found evidence that Gao Qi was responsible."
"Gao Qi? Oh, the brother of Duke Lu's wife. Humph! It's true that people from the same family are related. Duke Lu is shameless, and my brother-in-law is just as shameless!"
Kang Yueran paused and asked, "Now that we've found the evidence, when will the Dali Temple make its verdict? It's already the twelfth lunar month, can they still kill before the New Year?"
"Are you looking forward to Gao Qi's death?"
Kang Yueran said jokingly, "Yes! After Gao Qi died, I considered whether to kill the wife of Duke Lu. However, if I did so, I would be doing Duke Lu a great favor, and I don't want to do him any favors."
Qin Shu asked doubtfully, "Help? Killing his wife counts as helping him?"
"Of course, a man like Duke Lu's biggest wish would be to get promoted, get rich, and have his wife killed. If I kill Duke Lu's wife, then Duke Lu can find another good wife, which would naturally be a great favor to him."
"Duke Lu is already past the age of 50."
Kang Yueran snorted, "What's the point of being in his prime? Even if he's over eighty, bah! He won't even be eighty or ninety. Even if he's on his deathbed, he's still a first-rank duke. It's easy for him to marry a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl from an aristocratic family."
Qin Shu smiled and said, "That's right!"
"You haven't answered me yet. Can I kill him before the New Year?"
"I'm afraid it's too late before the New Year. The Censorate still needs to review it."
Kang Yueran held up her chin. "Review? They won't find Gao Qi innocent, right?"
"Minister of Justice Zhou Yang has a straightforward character. He was already dissatisfied with the emperor's pardon of Duke Lu last time, and he will definitely not let Gao Qi get away with it so easily this time."
Although the whole world belongs to the emperor, he cannot continue to cover up for others if he does not want to be called a tyrant.
Kang Yueran was very disappointed. "Well, since Gao Qi must die, I will show mercy and let Madam Lu go."
If she took action against the wife of Duke Lu now, Duke Lu would definitely put all the blame on her, saying that she framed Gao Qi; or directly say that Chai Shijing colluded with Zhou Yang to frame Gao Qi.
That would be a waste of time and effort. She would just quietly be a beautiful woman, while Zhou Yang would charge forward in the front.
First, her son lost power, and then without Gao Qi, the wife of Duke Lu could no longer rise to power. A mistress without support, the concubines in Duke Lu's backyard must have wanted to taste the taste of beating the mistress.
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