Chapter 100 What the Chen Family Must Know
Officials: “…”
Why don’t you want to pay it back?
Of course it’s because the amount is huge and I can’t afford it!
Now the emperor wants them to return it within three days, so why not just kill them!
"Your Majesty, please think twice!" Because there were too many officials in debt, everyone knelt down and begged the emperor not to do so.
Some of us are borrowing money from the Ministry of Revenue because our salaries are not enough, and we don’t want innocent people to be affected!
The emperor knew that what he did was somewhat heartless, but—
"Xie Lixing, I leave this matter to you!" If he couldn't collect it, he would ask Xie Lixing to bring his head to him.
Xie Lixing knelt on one knee and stood with the court officials. "Your Majesty, I cannot do this. The matter involves so many people. I cannot collect so much silver in three days. Moreover, some officials have already spent the silver. I can't do anything about the ones that have been missed."
Apart from the other party's head, there is nothing else to ask for.
The emperor was very angry at Xie Lixing's non-cooperation.
He stared at Xie Lixing intently, "Prince Regent, are you saying that my decision was wrong?"
"I dare not."
Xie Lixing knelt on the ground and contradicted the emperor for the first time.
But he also understood that Xie Lixing was right.
The emperor couldn't persuade anyone, so he finally gritted his teeth and asked Xie Lixing, "Alright! If you can't collect it in three days, then one month, one month, I want to see results!"
Anyway, Xie Lixing can't get rid of this matter.
Xie Lixing lowered his eyes to look at the ground, a hint of sarcasm flashed in his eyes, but he did not refuse again.
Xie Lixing was being bullied in the court. At home, Yueli was being blocked at the door by the prime minister's wife, who insisted on seeing her.
Moreover, she came here relying on her status as an adoptive mother.
Yueli had a headache, "Go, invite Madam Wu over."
Yue Li didn't want to get entangled with the Chen family anymore, so she asked her maid to bring Xue's mother and Wu Qin over.
When Wu Qin came over, the Prime Minister's wife was still making a fuss at the gate of the Regent's Palace.
"Madam Prime Minister." When Wu Qin saw the wife of the Prime Minister, hatred and anger burst out in her eyes. She called out to attract the wife of the Prime Minister's attention.
Wu Qin had a very obvious tattoo on her face, which caused everyone to talk about it.
However, Wu Qin had learned to ignore other people's gazes as early as when she lived in the cave.
So, even though she still feels inferior now, she will not be stage fright.
"I wonder what business the Prime Minister's wife has in visiting my daughter's house."
As soon as Wu Qin said this, everyone's eyes changed. They stopped discussing the tattoo on Wu Qin's face and started expressing regret.
The Xue family was clearly wronged, yet they were exiled for so many years and will never be able to hold an official position in the future...
Wu Qin ignored the voices around her, walked up to the Prime Minister's wife and greeted her.
"You..." The Prime Minister's wife obviously did not expect that Wu Qin, who never went out, would go out today.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Yueli ran out the door.
"Mother~"
The two of them stood together, running across the pear field, making the Prime Minister's wife straighten her chest, and she glanced at Wu Qin with a smug expression.
It seems to be saying: Look, even if you are the biological mother, your daughter will still run into my arms, right?
Unfortunately, her pride did not last long.
Yueli threw herself into Wu Qin's arms, "Mom, why did you come just now?"
The Prime Minister's wife froze.
"Yueli, I am your mother, why don't you talk to me?" The Prime Minister's wife felt unbalanced and asked Yueli why she didn't talk to her.
Yueli turned around and smiled sweetly, "When did you come over? I didn't even notice you, I only saw my mother."
As he said this, he looked at Wu Qin embarrassedly.
It was as if she really felt guilty for her inconsiderateness.
In fact, the Prime Minister’s wife knew that she did it on purpose!
"Li'er, is this what I taught you before?" The Prime Minister's wife looked at Yue Li disappointedly, as if reflecting on her own failure.
The purpose of Wu Qin's visit was to "support" Yueli.
She pulled Yueli behind her and said to the Prime Minister's wife, "Although I left the capital during my stay, before I returned, I had heard about the Prime Minister's wife's educational methods."
"I heard that Li'er often didn't have enough to eat when she was little, and she never received any praise?"
Everyone knows that the Prime Minister's wife has a very strict teaching method.
The fact that Yueli was able to grow up to become a role model among many noble ladies made the Prime Minister's wife extremely proud. She was the most proud among all the ladies.
When people talk about it now, they find it ironic.
It turns out that such an outstanding lady back then didn’t even receive a single word of praise?
Yueli hid behind Wu Qin with a look of grievance.
"A strict teacher produces an excellent student, and a beating produces a filial son." The Prime Minister's wife retorted.
"But you didn't use this kind of educational method for Chen Chaolu and Chen Chaoxing, Madam Prime Minister. Didn't you know at the beginning that your daughters were not your biological children?" Wu Qin narrowed her eyes and questioned Madam Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister's wife's pupils contracted slightly, and then she objected loudly.
"Why should I exchange my daughter? Madam Wu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want! My master was already promoted to Prime Minister. What is Lord Xue's official position now?"
Why did she have the heart to let her daughter go to a bad family?
Obviously, my family is richer.
"You should ask yourself this!" Wu Qin also recently discovered that the Prime Minister's wife's behavior back then was very wrong.
She liked Chen Chaolu very much back then and always bought her some small items whenever she saw her.
In the past, she treated Chen Chaolu as her own daughter, so she thought her daughter was cute and favored.
Now think about it, how could the Prime Minister’s wife, who doesn’t even like her own daughter, like someone else’s daughter?
Either she has an ulterior motive, or she is stupid.
The Prime Minister's wife should not be stupid, so she thinks that the Xue and Chen families took the wrong children on purpose!
Otherwise, the Chen family knows something!
Only the Xue family is innocent!
The more Wu Qin thought about it, the angrier she became. She glared at the Prime Minister's wife angrily, as if she was determined to argue with her to the end and question her to the end.
I don’t know if the Prime Minister’s wife was really guilty or for some other reason, but she tilted her chin and snorted coldly, “I won’t argue with an ignorant lady like you!” After that, she turned and left.
Wu Qin glared angrily at the Prime Minister's wife's departing back.
"She must know!"
"Let's go in first."
Yue Li looked around and saw that more and more people were gathering, so he took Wu Qin to the palace.
After returning to the mansion with Yueli, Wu Qin looked at Yueli with concern, "Why did she come to see you? Did she hurt you?"
Wu Qin was very disgusted with the people in the Prime Minister's family.
"No, I haven't been out since you came."
Yueli explained to Wu Qin.
She interrupted Wu Qin when she was about to say something, "Mom, did you say that to her just now because you found some clues at home?"
Yueli was curious.
Hearing this, Wu Qin shook her head.
"No, I just said it casually. After I said it, I found that she felt a little guilty and behaved very strangely, so I remembered some things from the past."
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