The capital city has many powerful and wealthy people, but even more poor people. The western part of the city is a poor area.
Especially after winter sets in, the lack of clothing and food makes it very difficult to endure. I learned that Ye Zhen donates cotton-padded clothes to the soldiers guarding the border every year.
This year, she plans to hire women from the west of the city to sew her cotton-padded coats, and the price will not be low. She has already set up a registration point on the 13th Street in the west of the city, and the people of the west of the city are excited.
Poor families may not be skilled in embroidery, but most of them are good at tailoring and sewing, so they flocked to the registration office to sign up.
If you have work, you can earn money; if you have money, you can buy food in winter and not go hungry. Who wouldn't want to give it a try?
But to everyone's surprise, just as everyone was enthusiastically signing up, a few clueless people slandered Ye Zhen's reputation on the spot, and a few sneaky men were peeking around nearby.
The stewards in charge of recruiting people at the Marquis's residence couldn't bear to see their master being slandered, so they arrested a few people and brought them over for interrogation.
Those people turned out to be from the Prime Minister's residence. Although they denied slandering and spreading rumors about Ye Zhen, they were found to have an illegal firecracker workshop nearby, which was scheduled to explode today.
The houses in the west of the city are densely packed. If there really was an explosion, it would be a huge matter. The servants of the Marquis's mansion dared not delay and rushed to the Dali Temple to report the case.
When the Dali Temple sent people to investigate, they found that there was indeed a secret black workshop nearby. It was quite large and had even dug a secret room where a lot of finished firecrackers were hidden.
However, the Dali Temple invited experts to investigate, and although the workshop was an illegal operation, there were currently no safety hazards.
So what is the basis for the people in the Prime Minister's residence saying that an explosion will occur today?
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review then asked the arrested men these questions.
The group had also heard that Li Chenghai was dead, but since they had not received the order to withdraw, they dared not leave. Just as they were about to send someone to find Xiao Shi, they were arrested by the Hou family for spreading rumors.
When asked this question by the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, one of them stammered, "It was Lord Li who said there would be an explosion today."
Xing Ze, who pretended to have come over after learning that someone was causing trouble, said in a deep voice, "You mean, regardless of whether the black workshop will explode today or not, you will make it explode?"
"To treat human life so lightly, you have truly audacious intentions."
A servant in the Prime Minister's residence, "...?"
They didn't say that, but they couldn't explain why Li Chenghai was so certain that an explosion would happen today.
The recruitment was interrupted, and the people in the west of the city, who were already resentful for losing their jobs, felt that Li Chenghai was deliberately risking their lives to gain merit after hearing Xing Ze's words.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
"If Lord Li was certain that an explosion would occur today, why didn't he report the illegal workshop in advance? Why didn't he inform the government beforehand?"
This guy doesn't value our lives. He thinks we'll be bombed to death or injured so he can come out and play the good guy. Pah! What a despicable bastard! No wonder he's about to have a stroke.
"That's right, our lives matter too. They even cursed Princess Zhaoning, saying that the princess ruined the Ye family. It was clearly Li and Ye who were despicable and ruined themselves. Now they want to blame the princess to clear their names."
“Yes, an orphan girl was bullied by the Ye family before. If the princess really wanted to take revenge on the Ye family, she would have done so after she became a princess. Why wait until now?”
Everyone condemned the Prime Minister's residence, their anger reaching its peak.
Upon learning this, Prime Minister Li slammed his hand on the table and stormed off to Lady Xiao's courtyard.
"Just how many things is that beast hiding from me?"
Even when he was down on his luck before, he had never been so embarrassed and caught off guard.
Xiao was so frightened that her eyes instantly turned red. "Cheng'er also wanted to make a contribution to win your favor, but he was harmed by someone."
Otherwise, today would be the day my son makes a name for himself.
"Prime Minister, it's Ye Zhen. It must be her doing. How could it be such a coincidence that she went to the west of the city to recruit workers? She must have done it on purpose."
How could Prime Minister Li not see it?
He had just spread rumors to confuse the public, and Ye Zhen had already caused this scene; he had underestimated her.
She grew up in the countryside and is even more troublesome than her mother.
The victor is king, the loser is villain; what's done is done. Prime Minister Li temporarily set aside Ye Zhen and asked, "How did Chenghai learn about the illegal workshop?"
I'm afraid he's already been set up.
Madam Xiao dared not hide the truth from Prime Minister Li, but she did not tell the whole truth either. "It was Mingyue who discovered the illegal workshop and wanted Cheng'er to make a name for himself, so she told him."
"Cheng Hai's concubine?"
Li Xiangguo narrowed his eyes. "Is she really your relative? And is she really pregnant with Chenghai's child?"
He had seen the woman once from afar, but Xiao said she was a distant relative who had come to visit him, so he didn't think much of it.
The Li family's rule is that the wife should regard the husband as her heaven, and Xiao Shi has always respected him in this way. He figured Xiao Shi wouldn't dare to deceive him.
But this time he was too arrogant. Xiao Shi lost her son and dared not let Prime Minister Li know what she had done, so she hurriedly covered for Xie Jinyao.
She only said that she had a hard life in the past, and when she was looking for work in Xicheng, she accidentally discovered that she wanted to rely on the Li family, so she willingly climbed into Li Chenghai's bed.
Prime Minister Li looked down on women and didn't suspect anything. He didn't think his son's homosexuality meant he didn't like women, since Li Chenghai had been with Su Shi for a few years before. So he left indignantly without asking any more questions.
Upon learning of the second branch of the family's news, Madam Shen revealed a complex smile and instructed her subordinates, "According to the princess's wishes, send Liu Huai to the border."
She had done a favor for the Liu family. After Xiao killed Shuyu, Liu Jiang, whose family had suffered a great change, volunteered to serve her, only asking her to protect his family.
Her original intention was to have Liu Jiang cripple Li Chenghai, leaving Xiao Shi with no hope for the rest of her life, but she had not expected Liu Jiang to use such a method.
Madam Shen felt guilty about Liu Jiang's death, so she secretly supported Liu Jiang's family all these years.
This time, Ye Zhen wanted to find evidence of Li Chenghai's homosexuality, so she asked Liu Huai to come forward. However, to prevent Li Xiangguo from retaliating, she had no choice but to send him away.
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