Chapter 269: Rewards for Merit, Punishments for Mistakes
Lin Qingning opened her eyes wide, her lips trembling constantly, unable to believe that these were the words spoken by Yan Xingchuan.
"How could you say such a thing..."
Could she possibly want to take his life?
"Do you think I'm a good person?" Yan Xingchuan smiled sarcastically. It was a choice between two options, and no matter which side he chose, he would be a bad person.
He admitted it too.
"I will send someone to take you back to Beiyan City in a few days. You stay in Beiyan City peacefully. You can live in the Beiyan Palace as you wish."
"If you dare to cause trouble and provoke A'si again, you will no longer be allowed to live in the Northern Yan Palace. I will find you another courtyard or a manor house and house you there until you die of old age."
"For me, it is enough for you to live a peaceful life and die of old age."
Lin Qingning bit her lip: "You treat me like this, aren't you afraid that I will die?"
"You can give it a try." Yan Xingchuan's expression remained unchanged. "If you die, I will give my life to the Lin family. I won't lose anything by living these extra years."
"You...you..." Lin Qingning was greatly stimulated. She was shaking with anger. Finally, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
"Madam Lin! Madam Lin!" Shen Sui hugged her tightly, glared at Yan Xingchuan angrily, and then carried her into the house.
Yan Xingchuan stood in the yard, his clenched fingers tightening and unclenching for a long time. Then he ordered, "Go get a doctor to take a look."
After saying this, Yan Xingchuan left the yard and asked the housekeeper in the mansion to find an empty yard for him to stay temporarily.
When Mr. Cui Qi learned that Yan Xingchuan had arrived in Pingzhou City, he hurried over with his men. Just as Yan Xingchuan sat down and took a sip of tea, someone came to report that Mr. Cui Qi had arrived.
Yan Xingchuan pinched his brows and cursed Chen Sui again in his heart, then said, "Let him go back first and tell him that I will go to Xianyang City tomorrow. If there are any problems, we can discuss it when we get to Cui's house."
He was not in the mood to discuss right and wrong with Mr. Cui Qiye.
"Also, tell Chen Sui to come over here to me."
Not long after the guards left, they brought Shen Sui over.
Yan Xingchuan sat behind the desk and looked up at him.
Shen Sui bowed his hands and saluted, then said: "It is too much for the master to treat Madam Lin like this."
"Too much?" Yan Xingchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, a cold look in his eyes. "She's not a child anymore. I've repeatedly reminded her of what she shouldn't touch, but she simply refuses to believe it. So, any consequences will be her own fault."
Chen Sui explained, "Originally, she just felt that Cui Liuniang looked down on her and was a little sad. I didn't want her to be sad, so I went to Xianyang City."
"Cui Liuniang, Cui Liuniang!" Yan Xingchuan grabbed a slender figure and threw him on top of Shen Sui. "Don't you take the Cui family seriously, and don't you take me seriously either?"
"Did you call Cui Liuniang?!"
The Cui family was originally a big family in Pingzhou. Among the 48 states in the world, Pingzhou followed the lead of the Cui family. It is said that the Xie family was the emperor of Laizhou, and the Cui family was not much behind.
The noble lady of the Cui family was of high status, and everyone who saw her would inevitably call her "Madam Cui". But Chen Sui was different. The Cui family served him and him in Northern Yan. They didn't have a very good relationship, but they didn't have any deep hatred or grudges. Yet he spoke so disrespectfully.
"Do you want everyone in the world to call you Shen Dalang?"
When Shen Sui heard this, he thought of how the Cui family members always called him Shen Dalang, and his face froze. He felt strange at the time and also felt that the Cui family members were arrogant.
Now that I think about it, the Cui family members did it on purpose.
Yan Xingchuan was furious: "A'si is not only the daughter of the Cui family, but also my chosen wife. Even if she hasn't married yet, she is still the princess of Northern Yan and enjoys the honor of being a princess of Northern Yan.
As a minister, you don't take Wang Ji seriously, blaming her without any evidence and forcing her to apologize to others?"
"You disrespected the princess, disrespected your lord, and were arrogant. You led your troops to invade the Cui family, injured Cui family members, and provoked internal strife in Northern Yan. Tell me, how should I punish you?"
"That's because the Cui family is restless and wants to cut off Pingzhou and threaten the master."
"Weren't you the one who instigated their unruliness?" Yan Xingchuan raged, slamming his hand on the desk. "They've always been very well-behaved and dedicated to Northern Yan. It's you, the one who brought people to bully them right to their doorstep, and you still blame them for resisting and being unruly!"
"You come here with a knife, and they stretch out their necks for you to chop off, just to please General Shen!"
"As for Chen Mo's matter, you really are... Even if you don't want to get involved in his marriage, does he bother you? You just broke off his engagement and ruined his marriage alliance. Did you even ask for his opinion?!"
"He didn't come today. If he had, he would have fought you to the death!"
Yan Xingchuan talked too much, his mouth felt a little dry, and he felt tired.
He took the tea Yun Gang offered and took a sip, then said, "I know that even though you are devoted to the Yan family and for the Yan family, you have never acknowledged me. Your master is Yan Xingshan of the Yan family. I just have no choice. You acknowledge me on the surface, but you don't recognize me in your heart."
"In consideration of your countless contributions to Northern Yan, I remind you one last time that I am your master. I do not need a subject who disrespects me and my wife."
Shen Sui said nothing.
Yan Xingchuan exhaled slowly, stretched out his hand and frowned: "Come with me to Xianyang City tomorrow to apologize to the Cui family."
What?
Shen Sui raised his head abruptly, frowning, "My Lord wants me to apologize to the Cui family?"
"Why, you don't want to?" Yan Xingchuan looked at him. "If you don't want to, I will wait for Cui Jing to get the news, and then summon all the ministers to discuss your punishment together."
"This time, since it's your fault, your punishment will definitely be meted out to the Cui family's satisfaction."
Chen Sui frowned, unwilling to accept it: "My Lord wants to punish me, but I have fought for Northern Yan for many years and made great contributions to Northern Yan. If my Lord punishes me, where will the soldiers of Northern Yan be placed?"
"Could it be that for the sake of the Cui family, for the sake of a Cui daughter, my Lord..."
"Beiyan will remember your contributions and will reward you with power, wealth, and status. This is what you deserve, but Beiyan will not give you the power to bully others."
After Yan Xingchuan's death, he also witnessed how Yan Du dealt with these old people after he ascended the throne. After these people gained power and status, they didn't even know their own names.
Of course, it was also because he himself gave these people too much power when he was in power, making them feel that they could act recklessly as long as they had made contributions, and the next generation was even more lawless.
"Meritories are meritorious, and faults are faults. Meritorious deeds should be rewarded, and faults should be punished. From now on, there will be no such thing as 'meritorious deeds can lead to innocence' in Northern Yan."
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