Gu Yurong's vision went black, and she wished she could tear the paper in her hand in half.
"That Minister Pan is something else! He took the bribe but did nothing wrong; that's a hefty sum..."
"Mother!" Song Lin cried out urgently.
Gu Yurong then realized that Song Ziyu was beside her, and she suddenly stopped talking, but her heart ached as if it were being torn apart.
That's thirteen thousand taels of silver! Even if you used it to buy an official position, you couldn't possibly get a mere eighth-rank official!
Isn't the Minister's Mansion playing a cruel joke on people?
How can I swallow this insult?
She couldn't wait to hitch up her carriage and head straight to the Minister's residence to cause a scene and demand an explanation!
Song Ziyu's eyes swept between them: "Although the official position is low, it is a leisurely place. Now that the documents have been issued, you should prepare well."
He didn't linger any longer and walked out the door with his hands behind his back.
Even if he were stupid, he could tell that Gu Yurong and Song Lin were hiding something from him.
Moreover, what a coincidence! He had just had a chance to climb into the Minister's mansion when Minister Pan suddenly assigned Song Lin an official position.
Song Ziyu had a vague idea of what was going on, and immediately sent someone to Linglong Pavilion to inquire about the purple jade Guanyin.
Sure enough, the news came that the Guanyin statue had already been bought.
Given Song Lin's unusual behavior today, how could he not understand?
It must have been Gu Yurong and Song Lin who struck first, stealing his way and taking the purple jade Guanyin statue to curry favor with the Minister's mansion.
Song Ziyu was furious and hurriedly went to Jiang Wan's place.
"Was Song Lin up to something by buying the Guanyin statue ahead of schedule?!"
"I heard a couple of days ago that the Guanyin statue was bought, but I only told the general what Madam Sun said that day."
Jiang Wan then showed a surprised expression.
"So it was the general who ordered Song Lin to do it? That's really strange."
Song Ziyu asked irritably, "What's so strange?"
"I heard that the purple jade Guanyin statue costs 13,000 taels of silver. If it weren't for the general's intervention, how could Song Lin and his mother have afforded such an expensive item?"
Song Ziyu was stunned.
He was blinded by anger and momentarily forgot about this crucial point.
After the Gu family's downfall, he had a rough idea of how much money the Gu family had on hand.
Not to mention Song Lin, whose allowance in the past was all self-provided.
Where did they get more than 10,000 taels of silver?
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