The next day after Fang Ziwen was punished to kneel in the palace, he hurriedly took his aunt back to Qingzhou. They took them in a horse carriage. If Tao Zhi sent someone to follow them with a fast horse, they would catch up in two days.
"Sir, Lord Xue is here again."
Hearing this, Tao Zhi said with disdain, "Tell him to go back. He was the one who personally went to find Senior Sister and told her that she didn't need to go to their house. Now he wants me to help ask her for help. What does he think of me, Senior Sister?"
Although Tao Zhi understood the behavior of those people who were afraid of ruining their family's reputation, understanding did not mean that he had to follow their wishes. Who doesn't have a temper?
Moreover, he didn't want Wei Fu to be blamed for helping others. It was obvious that those people in the Rong family were not upright and had their reputations ruined. They didn't reflect on their mistakes and even came to make things difficult for his junior sister. It was simply shameless.
Wei Fu did not say anything. The person who came in to report immediately went out to pass on the message, but soon returned with an embarrassed look on his face and whispered in Tao Zhi's ear: "Master Xue said he has a secret to tell you."
Tao Zhi frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Let him in and see what he says."
Lord Xue was a middle-aged man about the same age as Lord Shu. When Wei Fu first met him, his face was flushed and he looked very energetic.
But this time when Wei Fu saw Lord Xue again, he didn't connect him with Lord Xue, whom he had only met twice before.
Tao Zhi was also shocked: "Master Xue, what's wrong with you?"
Lord Xue had already asked for seven days' leave. It was said that something happened at home, so even though Tao Zhi had to attend the morning court, he did not see Lord Xue.
Lord Xue used to have a square face with full cheeks, which was very regular, but now he looked like a walking skeleton. The flesh on his face was gone, leaving only a piece of skin stuck to his face. His eyes were deeply sunken and his complexion was dark blue.
When Master Xue came in and saw Wei Fu, his lifeless eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately knelt before Wei Fu and kowtowed, saying, "Princess, please save me!"
"My Lady, I was blind to the truth. I was worried that some dirty deeds at home would come out and affect our family's reputation, so I asked you to cancel the letter. I regret it now!"
"Please, Princess, save my son and the Xue family!"
He thought about his son who was only breathing his last breath at home, and all the things that were not going well, and now he really regretted it.
Long Yin said coldly, "Aren't you afraid that the dirty things in your family will be exposed now?"
Lord Xue burst into tears and said, "If there is any, it will be retribution if it is exposed. Those who deserve punishment will be punished."
Tao Zhi thought about the emperor's previous investigation of the Xue family. The Xue family was actually a relatively clean family and had not done anything too bad.
However, in a large family like the Xue family, the head of the family cannot completely guarantee whether other family members are hypocritical or not, and he became timid when he saw what happened in the Rong family.
He was also shocked to see Lord Xue become like this, and Lord Xue was also a close minister in the court.
So he didn't say anything else and prepared to let Wei Fu make his own decision.
Long Yin didn't say anything else.
Wei Fu said apologetically, "Master Xue, I'm sorry, Fu'er will listen to your uncle." He had already made his uncle angry before, and he couldn't make him unhappy again.
Besides, her uncle did that for her own good, so she couldn't help but take his words to heart.
Tao Zhi pointed out a clear path for him: "Master Xue, please go and ask the Emperor for help!"
Lord Xue cried bitterly, "This old minister has no face to see the emperor!"
Wei Fu was puzzled. "Isn't it said that older people don't like to ask younger people for help? You've come to ask my junior brother, who's good at talking and not doing anything, for help, but why don't you just go to Uncle Fu'er?"
Tao Zhi: Thank you, Junior Sister. Why do you always talk to me and put me down?
"Sir, something bad has happened. The young master has fallen!" A servant crawled in and knelt down in front of Sir Xue.
Upon hearing this, Lord Xue was so shocked that he stood up immediately, but he lost his balance and stumbled, about to hit his head on the table beside him, but Long Yin grabbed his arm in time.
The servant also quickly got up and supported him.
Lord Xue wanted to lift his legs to walk, but suddenly found that his legs seemed to have suddenly lost strength, and he couldn't even take this step.
He could only look at Tao Zhi with tears in his eyes: "Master Tao, please send me to the palace."
Tao Zhi immediately had someone bring a stool over and carried Lord Xue all the way into the palace.
Wei Fu and Long Yin also followed.
As soon as Master Xue saw the emperor, he immediately had his servant help him kneel down. He prostrated himself on the ground and cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, I am guilty and deserve death, but I beg Your Majesty to consider my years of hard work and save my grandson and son!"
"It's not a pity for an old minister to die, but my children and grandchildren shouldn't be implicated!"
The emperor asked, "What is your crime?"
Although Lord Xue looks miserable, he is indeed a good official who is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, but he will not be soft-hearted.
Although they did not directly harm Fu'er, Fu'er was not someone they could summon and dismiss at will.
Lord Xue said, "This old minister shouldn't disrespect the princess and go back on his word. This old minister shouldn't be complicit in the corruption of Prince Ping's Mansion..."
It also involves Prince Ping’s Mansion!
The emperor exchanged a glance with Tao Zhi.
"Tell me in detail!" said the emperor.
"After I rejected the princess's letter at the palace, Prince Ping came to my house and said he knew a powerful Taoist who could help look after the house. He also said that Taoist wouldn't be like the princess, who couldn't read her expression and didn't know what to say and what not to say."
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