jdhmnovel Chapter 320 Retribution is coming
Chapter 320 Retribution is coming
Eyes facing each other.
Jiang Yunze avoided eye contact.
Tao Tao stared at him blankly, trying to see through him.
But the less I understand it, the less I comprehend it.
Qi Caiwei's actions in Jiangzhou almost implicated Brother Yunze.
This incident involving the Qi family also implicated Yunze's brother, leading to his imprisonment and causing him considerable suffering.
Now Jiang Zijin has committed another heinous crime, indirectly harming so many displaced people.
Brother Yunze simply imposed a house arrest on them without taking any further action.
Being confined to one's home and forced to kneel in the ancestral hall—what kind of punishment is that?
Will kneeling make those people come back alive?
If the deceased father-in-law knew what she and her daughter had done, he would probably turn in his grave.
Jiang Yunze's face was gloomy.
He liked Tao Tao not because she was beautiful, but because she was obedient and well-behaved.
Now they dare to question him in front of his servants, what about his dignity?
This approach was taken into consideration.
"Tao, have I spoiled you too much, making you forget your place? Is it any of your business as a concubine to interfere in the affairs of the mansion?" Jiang Yunze said, handing the baby back to her and turning away.
Little Shushu saw her father leave with a dark face, and no matter how much she called out to him, he wouldn't come back.
I sensed that my parents were in a bad mood.
Her eyes filled with tears, and she burst into tears, large tears rolling down her cheeks.
She cried very sadly.
Tao Tao stood there, holding the child, dumbfounded.
It turns out that in Brother Yunze's eyes, she was just a lowly concubine.
She's not even as good as the Qi family.
All those sweet words and intimate moments from the past are now just a joke.
It felt as if her heart had been ripped out in an instant, and a sharp pain spread throughout her body.
The pain was so painful that I couldn't breathe.
Tears streamed down her face uncontrollably, her sobs drowned out by the child's cries.
The gentle and refined young man who grew up with her as her childhood sweetheart, and who admired and respected her, is gone.
The upright and honest Jiang Yunze is gone.
What she had always held onto seemed to collapse in an instant.
Jiang Yunze heard his daughter crying.
After a pause, he quickly left Tao Tao's courtyard.
It wasn't that he was covering for her.
Instead, he exchanged Qi Caiwei and Jin'er's lives with Qi's father.
He would never touch Qi Caiwei under any circumstances.
In the days that followed, Jiang Yunze lived in constant fear and anxiety.
He was terrified of being approached by officials from the government and impeached by censors; even the slightest disturbance made him uneasy.
However, after waiting for several days, no one from the government office came to the door.
Jiang Yunze and Qi Caiwei, mother and daughter, were both relieved.
It was a bright and sunny morning.
Steward Wang took out a wooden box and handed it to Jiang Yunze, saying, "Master, someone left this at the door this morning."
Jiang Yunze hesitated for a moment, then opened it.
There were several letters.
As he looked at the letter, his pupils gradually dilated, and his grip on the letter tightened, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.
"Can you see who delivered it?"
Butler Wang shook his head.
"Go grind the ink; I need to write a memorial to see the Emperor." Jiang Yunze pondered for a moment, put away the letter, and strode towards the study.
.......
The days fly by.
The trampling incident has been quelled.
With the war still raging and the displaced people unable to return to their homelands, finding a way to resettle them became an urgent priority.
The court officials eventually decided to provide shelter for the elderly, women, and children, open granaries to distribute grain, and recruit displaced people to join the army.
Merchants led by Lu Jia San Niang spontaneously donated winter supplies, built granaries, and recruited laborers from displaced people.
It solved the plight of displaced people wandering aimlessly and reduced the number of people freezing to death on the roads.
This allowed the displaced people to safely get through the cold winter.
From the depths of winter to the beginning of spring, winter goes and spring comes.
As nature awakens and the ice and snow gradually melt, everything comes back to life.
Green buds sprouted from the branches.
The earth has been reborn.
Under her second aunt's daily supervision, Jiang Miaomiao's daily routine has undergone a significant change.
Go to bed early and get up early.
At first, my second aunt took a gong and drum and started banging them in her room.
So annoying!
So annoying!
She suspected that her second aunt was retaliating against her.
But this woman is really stubborn; she insists on correcting her schedule.
And then she really got used to it.
I wake up at the appointed time.
Springtime is alright, but wintertime is absolutely awful.
After breakfast, the little girl carried her small cloth bag and water bottle to school next door.
Lu Zhizhi and Xi'er followed behind, carrying books.
When they arrived, Xiao Cheng'an had already had a half-hour lesson.
Since witnessing the stampede, he seems to have worked much harder, as if he has grown up overnight.
For the first time, Jiang Miaomiao felt the strictness of her aunt Qianxue, the future crown princess. Indeed, not just anyone can become the empress.
I heard that she and Prince Jing worked together to handle the stampede incident involving displaced people, and they were praised by the people.
In short, it received rave reviews.
Aunt Qianxue managed to salvage Prince Jing's reputation among the people.
King Jing no longer concealed his abilities and directly submitted a series of memorials to his father, the emperor, pointing out the dereliction of duty and negligence of the court officials regarding the recent refugee incident.
The old emperor looked at his son, who was so defiant and rebellious, and his brows twitched.
When he's doing nothing, I want to kick him a couple of times; but now that he's meddling, I want to gag him with a smelly sock.
……
It was noon that day.
Aunt Xiuxiu rushed back and pulled Lu Qingyao into the next room as soon as she entered. "Sister, the Qi family's retribution has come."
Lu Qingyao handed him a cup of tea, saying, "Have some water and tell me slowly."
Xiuxiu took the drink and drank it all in one gulp. She continued, "Sister, the Qi family's case has been decided. Their property has been confiscated and they have been exiled. Minister Qi will be executed in the autumn. He has also confessed to conspiring with Prince Su to frame General Lu for embezzling military funds."
Lu Qingyao was a little confused. She guessed that her father's case was related to the Qi family, but there was no evidence.
Yan Shaoqing never mentioned it either.
It's somewhat unrealistic.
Seeing her older sister standing there in a daze, Xiuxiu excitedly hugged her and cheered, "Sister, your Lu family has been exonerated!"
For some reason, Lu Qingyao felt a soreness in the tip of her nose.
I thought that my father would only be exonerated after my father and brothers returned in triumph.
It will take a long time.
Didn't expect it to be so soon.
After four years and six months, this day has finally arrived.
She couldn't describe how she felt at that moment.
Overjoyed, she wept tears of joy, laughing as she shed tears.
Xiuxiu watched her older sister cry and laugh, unable to understand her feelings, so she just quietly stayed by her side and comforted her.
He gently patted her back and wiped away her tears.
After Lu Qingyao recovered, she asked, "How did the Dali Temple discover that the Qi family was colluding with the rebel king?"
"I heard from Lord Yan that Jiang Yunze submitted a memorial, which was said to be a letter between Prince Su and Minister Qi. In order to protect the women of the Qi family, Minister Qi confessed to everything and only sentenced the male members of the Qi family over the age of ten to exile."
"It's Jiang Yunze!" Lu Qingyao was in a very difficult mood at this moment.
"He...has been reinstated, hasn't he?"
Although the Lu family was exonerated thanks to Jiang Yunze.
But his act of sacrificing his own family for the greater good is chilling.
This person will stop at nothing to climb the social ladder.
Xiuxiu nodded. "The emperor also said that he was righteous and grateful, but I think he's ruthless. He'd give up anything for power."
"Thank you! Thank whom?" Lu Qingyao scoffed.
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