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"Husband, Mr. Du and the second Miss Du have been waiting in the mansion for a whole day." Liu'er reported when he entered the study room and lit the lamp at night.
Chen Jie had just returned from the palace, and upon hearing this, he said calmly, "Go find an inn outside and arrange for them to stay. By the way, pass on a message, saying that the emperor is furious about Du Wenwu's matter, and I can't do anything about it."
"Yes." Liu'er responded, stealing a glance at Chen Jie's calm expression.
The new emperor has a kind temper, and since the cheating candidate is your husband's brother-in-law, he should be given a break.
Everyone in the court knew the position of the prime minister in the heart of the new emperor. He was involved in matters ranging from agreeing to pardon the rebels to deciding on trivial matters such as being drugged.
Examination fraud can be considered a big deal or a small matter; it all depends on the thoughts of those in power.
I’m afraid it’s not that I can’t manage it, but that I don’t want to manage it.
Liu'er wondered why her husband, who was so infatuated with his wife, was unwilling to help with her family affairs.
Chen Jie tapped the desk with his fingertips and thought, "Please notify the Ministry of Justice, the Dali Temple, and the Censorate that all officials involved in the investigation of this imperial examination fraud case must not bend the law for personal gain against Du Wenwu. Except for severe torture, Du Wenwu's prison treatment will be the same as other prisoners."
After a pause, he said, "Also, spread the news that the new emperor has taken the first imperial examination very seriously. Anyone who cheats may be beheaded according to the law."
"Ah?" Liu'er opened his mouth wide. Instead of providing timely assistance, it made the situation worse.
Usually, if the prisoners are from a wealthy family and their parents and relatives give some money to the jailers, the prisoners' life in prison will be easier. The money was not much, so the superiors turned a blind eye.
My husband did this intentionally to make his brother-in-law's life difficult in prison.
There is also news of beheading...
Liu'er couldn't figure it out, "Husband, what are you doing...?" Even though his wife is dead, he can't be so cruel.
There was a complex and incomprehensible look in Chen Jie's eyes. His long eyelashes drooped, hiding his embarrassing thoughts. He whispered, "Let me try."
Try what?
Liu'er became even more confused.
If it weren't for the solid evidence that Du Wenwu bribed the examiner, he would have almost suspected that his husband was plotting to murder the Du family.
But then I thought, my husband is a fair and honest person, and he would never treat the imperial examination as a joke.
But this, this, this... this series of operations is so confusing.
Liu'er went out, and Chen Jie took out a portrait. The woman had curved eyebrows and a faint smile.
He lowered his head and kissed the corner of her lips devoutly, "Yaoyao, please forgive me, I really... have no other choice."
Waiting and searching day after day, no trace, no result.
I am filled with guilt and longing every night, unable to sleep, and feeling lonely and cold.
For the first time, I felt that death was better than life.
But he can't die. For the public good, he holds an important position to support the country; for private reasons, he wants to help her take care of her frail mother. He wants to find her to make sure she is still alive.
If she wasn't here, he would have to apologize to her in the afterlife.
If he were still here, he couldn't let her hate him for the rest of her life. She had to resolve the knot in her heart and the misunderstanding. Even if she didn't forgive him and stabbed him to death with a sword, he would be willing to do it.
Du Wenwu's incident was an accident. Shen Jie really didn't expect the Du family to be so bold as to pay a huge sum of money to bribe the examiner and predict the test questions in advance.
Du Wenwu asked a talented scholar to help him write an essay. The scholar didn't know that this was an imperial examination question, so he kept his mouth shut and turned to discuss it with other candidates.
During the examination, several candidates said frankly that they had heard the questions and exposed the examiner for leaking the questions and cheating.
After some investigation, Du Wenwu, the talented scholar and the examiner were all sent to prison.
He took advantage of this to make a fuss, and specifically explained that Liu'er's selfish motive was to test whether Du Yaoyao was still alive.
After her own daughter died, Cui Niang was heartbroken for the first two months, but later she returned to normal and occasionally bought cloth for young girls to make clothes.
I never saw her wear it, so where did the clothes go?
Even if it burns. The second doubt is that he could understand that Du Yaoyao transferred the four shops in the capital to Cui Niang's name, but why did Cui Niang then hand over the shops to Song Xingkai for management?
Song Xingkai's mother Du Lan and Cuiniang had never gotten along well in the past. Could Cuiniang be so kind? Or was it Du Yaoyao's last wish before her death? Or maybe it was Du Yaoyao herself who was fanning the flames behind the scenes.
The Du family has only one son, Du Wenwu, so it is no exaggeration to say that he is the family's lifeblood. Du Qing and Cui Niang are going crazy with anxiety when their son falls into trouble...Yaoyao, will she show up?
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