A faint smile played on Li Heng's lips. "A woman is still a woman. She accused Ye Zhengqing and his wife of treating her badly. How could a woman like her have the ability to earn so much money and donate it to others?"
Upon hearing this, the butler clapped his hands and said with a fawning smile, "That's right, he must have been doing those shady things in the past to have money to donate. Now he's just going back to his old ways."
He immediately instructed the messenger to lead the people to think this way, which would surely ruin Ye Zhen's reputation.
After the messenger left, the steward poured tea for Li Heng again, saying, "It has to be you, Prime Minister. Ye Zhen dared to oppose you; he was simply overestimating himself."
Li Heng was pleased with himself, but he looked down on women from the bottom of his heart. He felt that it would be a loss of face for a dignified prime minister to personally fight against a mere woman, so he coughed lightly.
The steward almost made a fool of himself by flattering her, and quickly changed his tune, "If that little wench hadn't gone too far and been at odds with you, Prime Minister, you wouldn't have bothered to take action."
But she is the Crown Prince's fiancée, a royal daughter-in-law. This is a warning to the royal family.
Li Heng was pleased to hear this, and after taking a few more sips of tea, he instructed, "I will leave the rest to you and Xiao Shi."
Ye Zhen alone is not worth his excessive energy.
He had more important things to do. Although the Qin family was imprisoned, fortunately some of their money was transferred out in time. Over the years, he used the Qin family's money to raise a lot of private soldiers and build up a lot of connections.
Their aim was to seize Dayuan, and then use Dayuan's power to return to Xiyue and reclaim their Xiyue Dynasty.
Unfortunately, Ye Zhen and the Crown Prince interfered halfway through, causing both the Su and Qin families to fall. Although he had made arrangements to clean up the mess for both families, there was always a fear that something might go wrong.
Furthermore, the scandals that Su Luoqing exposed at the charity hall last time have caused many of his followers to have their own agendas. He needs to win people's hearts as soon as possible; these are the important things he needs to do.
Women should be left to women to handle.
However, things didn't go as smoothly as he had imagined. Before long, someone else rushed over.
"Your Excellency, something terrible has happened! Madam Shen and Madam Xiao are fighting at the entrance of the Charity Hall."
What a strange thing!
The once arrogant and domineering wives would now wrestle and fight on the ground just like country women, exciting the curious onlookers so much that they would forget about even the children.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Li Heng was so angry that his vision blurred. "This is outrageous! How could they be fighting outside?"
"It seems to be related to Miss Shuyu's matter."
"The Shen family!"
Before the servant could finish speaking, Li Heng gritted his teeth in anger and said, "Bring them all back to me."
This is all old news, a tired old story. Madam Shen is getting more and more senile as she gets older. The Prime Minister's Mansion has lost face, so how can her children and grandchildren look any better?
A vulgar woman, even after spending half her life as an official's wife, could not change her inherently base nature.
The servant said with a bitter face, "Prime Minister, the old women have tried, but they can't pull it apart. Madam Shen even brought a butcher knife with her."
When the Xiao family tried to take sides, Madam Shen brandished her butcher knife and sliced off a piece of meat from one of them.
She really drew blood; anyone who dared to pull her again would be in danger, as they were all masters.
They couldn't report it to the authorities, because even if they did, it would be a family matter. Besides, if they dared to bring their family scandal to the authorities, the Prime Minister wouldn't let them off the hook.
Only the Prime Minister himself can separate the two ladies.
Li Heng was even angrier.
"Tell Li Chenghe to take his three sons and tell him that if he can't stop his mother from continuing to embarrass him, he can forget about his position in the Ministry of Works."
Upon hearing this, the servants retreated in fear.
Not long after, a servant returned and said, "Prime Minister, the master and his wife have taken their three young masters and young ladies to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence. They said they went to pick up their nephew."
Li Hengteng sat up abruptly, his sharp eyes fixed on the butler. "What's going on?"
How did Li Chenghe know that Helian Qing was Shuyu's son?
He hadn't even recognized Helian Qing yet, so how could Madam Shen and her son rush forward?
He then recalled what the servants had said: that Madam Shen's undignified outburst today was all for Shuyu's sake.
It turns out it wasn't about the past, but about learning the truth!
It's just unknown how much the Shen family actually knows.
"Investigate how the Shen family knew about Shuyu's affairs."
As he spoke, he stepped out of the study first.
He had to get to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence in time; he couldn't let Helian Qing listen to the nonsense spouted by Shen and her son.
If Helian Qing were to learn the truth about Shuyu being taken to the border town, he might not only lose affection for him, but also hold a grudge against him.
Wouldn't all his years of planning have been in vain?
Thinking of this, Li Heng felt a burning hatred. If he found out who had ruined his big plan, he would tear that person to pieces.
But before he even arrived at the Marquis's residence, he heard that Li Chenghe and his wife had taken Helian Qing to the Charity Hall.
Li Heng had no choice but to turn around and head to the Charity Hall. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the Charity Hall, he saw Madam Xiao and Madam Shen rolling on the ground, looking as disheveled as even a country shrew.
Enraged, his vision blurred. Before he could even shout "Stop!", he heard Madam Xiao yell, "I never sold Li Shuyu! Don't listen to that bitch Mingyue's nonsense..."
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