Chapter 101 Mr. Chief Assistant
Princess Ping'an and Madam Lu, who were sitting at the top, both frowned.
The lady's husband's surname was Yang, and she was the sister-in-law of the wife of the Minister of War, Mrs. Bai.
The Yang family had been in decline for a long time, and was supported entirely by this Shangshu's wife. This wife Yang had three sons, all of whom were playboys who loved to walk cats and play with dogs.
Especially the youngest son Yang Jin, who is sixteen years old this year. He does nothing all day and is addicted to brothels.
Not only did he have a large number of maids and concubines, but he also openly kept a mistress, and he was having a lot of fun with her.
Therefore, Yang Jin has not yet settled on a marriage, and better families are unwilling to marry their daughters to such a person.
Lin Qian and her family had just arrived in the capital. Although Lin Wu's official position was not high, it was not as good as the top, but more than enough than the bottom.
Mrs. Yang had just received instructions from Mrs. Bai, the Minister of War, and she wanted to cut the Gordian knot and marry Lin Qian to her youngest son Yang Jin in front of so many people.
"Madam Yang, this little girl is seeing the world for the first time, please don't scare her." Princess Ping'an said.
Madam Yang clutched the golden hairpin and wanted to grab Lin Qian's hand again, but when she heard what Princess Ping'an said, she immediately stopped in embarrassment and turned to look at Madam Bai.
Madam Bai spoke up and said with a smile: "What are you talking about, Princess? My sister-in-law saw that Miss Lin was pretty and liked her, so she gave her a gift.
A gift from an elder cannot be declined. This Miss Lin is a bit unruly.”
At the end, Mrs. Bai started to criticize Lin Qian and shook her head at her.
Zhao Xiu twitched her brows and said, "What elders? My elders are all well at home. We just arrived in the capital, we're unfamiliar with the place, and there aren't any elders here."
"How dare you! Who are you? How dare you speak to the first-rank lady of the current dynasty like that?" Madam Yang immediately jumped out and scolded Zhao Xiu.
Zhao Xiu is not a gentle person. When others bully her to the point of being unable to bear it, she will not want to endure it anymore.
She couldn't confront Madam Bai, so who was this Madam Yang?
Zhao Xiu took two steps forward, reached out and pushed Madam Yang, almost knocking her over. "Why do you have to control what I say? Why are you so nosy?"
This action scared the noble ladies around. Everyone looked at Zhao Xiu in amazement. They didn't expect that she would suddenly take action.
"You! You! So vulgar!" Madam Yang pointed at Zhao Xiu for a long time and only uttered these few words.
"I'm just a country woman. It's normal for me to resort to violence when I can't win the argument. Madam, my daughter doesn't like you, so don't be so shameless to bother us." Zhao Xiu said, waving her hand to open Mrs. Yang's fingers.
"How dare you hit my sister-in-law! Who the hell are you? Someone! Open your mouth!" The dazed Mrs. Bai finally came to her senses and shouted sternly.
Mrs. Bai's brother is only a fourth-rank official now, the same level as Lin Wu, but Lin Wu fought his way up through battles on the battlefield.
Unlike Lord Yang who obtained his idle official position by relying on his ancestors' influence, Lin Wu holds real power.
Therefore, Madam Yang was a little weak when facing Zhao Xiu, but Madam Bai was different. She was a first-rank lady of the current dynasty, and she could punish Zhao Xiu.
Seeing the two maids standing up behind Mrs. Bai, Lin Qian stood in front of Zhao Xiu. Her hand had already touched the armlet. When she was about to pull out the two silver needles, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Madam Shangshu, what a powerful official you are!"
Everyone turned their heads and looked towards the door where the sound came from.
Prince Ping'an and the Minister of War stood on one side and the other on the other, and together they escorted a young man in.
There were many people following behind them, including Lin Wu.
The young man was wearing a sky-blue robe. He had a slender figure, a thin back, fair skin, and a high nose bridge. At this moment, his eyebrows were cold, his lips were slightly pursed, and he had his hands behind his back, looking at Madam Bai with displeasure.
For some reason, this young man felt very familiar to Lin Qian, especially his beautiful eyes.
As soon as this young man appeared, the expressions of everyone present changed. Lin Qian clearly saw that cold sweat was running down Mrs. Bai's temples.
"Greetings, His Excellency the Prime Minister!" Everyone saluted him except Madam Lu and Princess Ping'an.
This young man is actually the young Prime Minister, Wei Xiaoran?
Wei Xiaoran glanced at Mrs. Bai lightly, then turned his gaze to Lin Qian. When they looked into each other's eyes, Lin Qian blinked. She seemed to see a familiar smile in Wei Xiaoran's eyes.
The Minister of War glared at his wife and asked, "What's going on?"
Madam Bai glanced at Wei Xiaoran and said, "Madam Yang just wanted to give Miss Lin a gold hairpin because she thought she was pretty, but the Lin family didn't like her hairpin. The two sides started arguing, and Madam Lin hit Madam Yang.
I couldn't bear to see this, so I wanted to punish Madam Lin."
Lin Wu glanced at Mrs. Bai from behind, his eyes full of coldness.
Wei Xiaoran sneered, frightening Mrs. Bai so much that her legs trembled.
"Mrs. Lin, is that so?"
Zhao Xiu shook his head: "That's not the case. We have never met Madam Yang before, and she came up and forced us to give her the gold hairpin.
My daughter refused, so they said my daughter was unruly, and that’s how I offended Madam Yang.”
As he spoke, Wei Xiaoran glanced at Madam Yang, and Madam Yang's legs immediately went weak and she knelt on the ground.
This made Lin Qian very curious. The young man in front of her looked very gentle and kind. She didn't know why these ladies were so afraid of him.
What Lin Qian didn't know was that Wei Xiaoran had just become the Prime Minister when he was sent by the current emperor to investigate corrupt officials.
At that time, in order to achieve a quick victory and secure the throne for the emperor, Wei Xiaoran would always go with the imperial sword. After finding out the truth, he would kill the person directly without saying anything.
For three consecutive months, countless corrupt officials died at the hands of Wei Xiaoran. Since then, Wei Xiaoran's reputation as the evil prime minister has spread.
Not to mention that these ladies were afraid of him, even several ministers were frightened when they saw Wei Xiaoran. No one dared to speak when he gave them a light look.
Wei Xiaoran said coldly, "You two ladies, don't you know the meaning of the golden hairpin? If you want to get engaged to the Lin family, you can just come and propose marriage. Are you trying to force a marriage in public?"
"No, no." Mrs. Bai was almost crying and kept looking at the Minister of War Bai Hong.
Bai Hong was about to speak when Wei Xiaoran stopped him. He said, "Master Bai, your wife's habit of bullying others by taking advantage of her power is not good. You need to take good care of her."
Minister of War Bai Hong nodded immediately, and then tried a color on Madam Bai. Madam Bai immediately turned around and apologized to Zhao Xiu and Lin Qian.
Mrs. Yang also got up and apologized.
Prince Pingan watched the Bai family's jokes with a smile, feeling very comfortable. Lin Wu also loosened his clenched hands and let out a breath.
Lin Qian naturally had to give the two of them a way out, and quickly supported them with her hands. Her fingertips gently stroked their sleeves and then she retracted them.
This action did not escape Wei Xiaoran's eyes. He smiled slightly and said nothing.
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