Chapter 163: Dance Decision

In the living room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mrs. Cui sat upright. Behind her, several nephews of the Cui family stood behind her. Li Linfu did not come forward, but was accompanied by Li Linfu's widowed sister, Aunt Li. Similarly, Li Linfu's sons were also standing behind her, on the other end, sitting Jiang Wuyi, the protagonist of today's topic. Her body was very weak. The maid Yunu held her on the side, and the yellow wedding book was placed on the table in front of Mrs. Cui. Mrs. Cui's face was expressionless. She had already said what she should say, and she was waiting for the Li family to express her attitude.

Aunt Li is Wuyi's biggest support in the Li family. She has always sympathized with and taken care of Wuyi. She firmly supports Wuyi's break-up, but the Cui family's stubborn attitude made her feel angry. She restrained her anger and said, "Old lady, if Wuyi is really the wife of the Cui family, we have nothing to say, but in fact Wuyi did not marry the Cui family and has not yet performed a marriage ceremony. Since her husband has passed away before marriage, I think it is okay to withdraw from this marriage, not only can it be, but also normal, like Huang Enjun, the governor of Huazhou.

The youngest son of the family passed away before marriage. The Huang family took the initiative to terminate the engagement with the woman and gave the woman a chance to remarry. This is human nature. Why should the Cui family be different from others? Besides, Wuyi has been widowed for five years, and she has done her best. Wuyi is now twenty-one years old. If she doesn't get married, she will probably have to stay alone in the empty room in her life. Old lady, I always think that the Cui family is a famous family and should be more reasonable than ordinary people. Why do I hear and see it? But the opposite is true?"

Aunt Li's sharp words were in turmoil in front of Mrs. Cui. She slapped her crutch to the ground and said coldly: "I can understand that Aunt Li protects her own feelings. But the reason why the Cui family has been famous for hundreds of years is that the rules are strict. The Cui family's rules are not to break off the engagement. I only want to reiterate two things today. First of all, it is impossible to break off the engagement. Since Wuyi has been granted to the Cui family, she will always be the wife of the Cui family. We had already considered her convenience and allowed her to live in her parents' home. But I heard that she did not get the permission of the Cui family, so she went out to play the piano privately and won the title of "Qinxian". Wuyi, is that true?"

The living room suddenly caused a small commotion. Not only was the Cui family's nephew surprised, but Li Linfu's sons were also surprised. It turned out that the famous "Qinxian" in the capital was actually Wuyi, and all his eyes looked at her.

At this time, Wuyi's face was flushed with anger. She always thought that she could not break off the engagement because no one spoke for her, but now she realized that the Cui family had no intention of breaking off the engagement at all, and insisted on letting her live alone for the rest of her life. For the so-called reputation of the family, she actually wanted to use herself as a sacrifice. Five years of hardship did not get the sympathy and understanding from the Cui family. Now she accused her of going out to play the piano. What do they want to do? Do they want her to become a living dead person and lock her in the room and be alone for the rest of her life? Only then can they be satisfied and comply with the rules of their Cui family?

Anger made her body tremble slightly, and she raised her head and said, "Yes, I played the piano in the Liyuan Villa. That was to commemorate my mother. Did I violate the royal law by playing the piano? Or did I violate the family law of your Cui family?"

"Miss Wuyi, our Cui family has rules. People in the inner hut are not allowed to show up in public without the consent of the family. Since you are from the Cui family, you should follow the rules of the Cui family. Since the Li family cannot control you, then you can go back with me later!"

"So what if I don't go!"

Wuyi was extremely angry. At this moment, she completely lost her usual calmness and dullness. The five-year backlog of frustration and sorrow broke out at this moment. She stood up with difficulty and shouted to Mrs. Cui: "Let your Cui family and Cui family rules go to hell! I am the daughter of the Jiang family. From now on, I have no relationship with the Cui family!"

"Yu Nu, let's go!"

She held Yu Nu and the two of them slowly left the lobby. The lobby was quiet and the atmosphere became very awkward. After a while, Mrs. Cui snorted heavily and said coldly: "Just with these few words, it's okay to treat her to the official position."

She said to Aunt Li again: "I ask Li Xiangguo to send her to Cui's house immediately, there is no problem!"

She deliberately bit the word "Prime Minister" seriously. Aunt Li sighed secretly. Although she was extremely dissatisfied, Wuyi was the daughter-in-law of the Cui family. The Li family had no reason to refuse. She said: "The old lady saw it just now. Wuyi was still ill. It would be better to wait for a day or two. When her illness was slightly better, Cui family would come to pick her up again. How about it?"

Cui Ping, who came next to her, also said to Mrs. Cui: "Grandma, our Cui family is a reasonable person. Why not let her take care of her body and then take it."

Mr. Cui glared at Cui Ping. For some reason why he was so enthusiastic, she pushed her marriage letter forward and said, "The Cui family will never break off the engagement, okay! Just for Li Xiangguo, let's wait for another three days. In three days, the Cui family will come to pick up people."

Wuyi returned to her room. Within a day, the frustration of emotions and the cruelty of fate tortured the girl's heart in pain. Her body was almost unable to sit on her body, but the thorny sense of humiliation and hatred for the Cui family made her hold on. She stared at the window with her eyes tightly, and sat motionless in front of the window, with her face as white paper.

"Girl, let's go and beg the master again!"

Yu Nu whispered: "He is a prime minister after all! Let him tell the Cui family and let the girl stay."

"Yu Nu, let's pack up."

"What did you say, girl?"

"Pack up your things, let's leave Chang'an!" Wuyi's eyes showed a sense of firmness that she had never felt before.

Yu Nu felt panic in her heart, leaving! She never thought that they had no money on them and had no relatives or reasons, where could they go? They had no place for dinner today, and they didn't even have money to hire a carriage.

She secretly glanced at the girl. She actually thought of a place to go, but she couldn't speak.

"Girl, why not let's go and find General Li!"

Yu Nu finally plucked up the courage, but Wu Yi shook her head firmly, causing Yu Nu's hope to fall into the ice valley again.

At this moment, a cough suddenly came from the yard, and Li Linfu's voice appeared in the yard, "Miyi, I want to talk to you, okay?"

"Uncle, please come in!"

Wuyi tidied up her dress a little, took a sip of water, calmed her anger down. She walked downstairs and Li Linfu was already standing at the door.

She quickly saluted, "Uncle!"

Li Linfu looked at Wuyi's room. This was the first time he had walked into this room in ten years. The simple furnishings in the room were not even as good as the human room. It was obvious that Wuyi's ten years of life were not easy. After all, he was his niece, so he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

"Dayi, sit down!"

He sat cross-legged, and Wuyi sat down opposite him, and Yunu served a cup of tea, "Master, please have tea!"

Li Linfu nodded, he pondered for a moment and said, "I came here to tell you that the Cui family must take you back, and I can't do anything about it."

Wuyi was silent. After a long time, she smiled sadly and said, "I can understand!"

Li Linfu smiled slightly and said, "If you can't go to Cui Mansion, you can go to visit the tombs of your parents first. If I remember correctly, your parents' tomb should be in Guangzhou! You can come from Chang'an and before Qingming Festival to visit the tombs of your parents, and the Cui family has nothing to say."

After saying that, he took out a small package, placed it on the table, pushed it in front of Wuyi, and said with a smile: "This is sixty taels of gold leaves and a jade plaque for me. The gold leaves are your money. The jade plaque is for the government. If you encounter any difficulties, go directly to the government. No one dares to neglect you. In addition, I ask Lao Zhong to accompany you. He has been with me for thirty years and is loyal to me. I can take care of you on the road."

Wuyi looked at the package in front of her silently. She understood what her uncle meant. Sweeping the grave was just an excuse, and her uncle actually asked her to fly away.

Wuyi kowtowed to Li Linfu and said with tears in his eyes: "Wuyi remembers my uncle's kindness."

Li Linfu sighed and said, "My dignified right prime minister can only make this bad decision. I feel ashamed to speak! Wuyi, you will leave tonight and take care of yourself all the way!"

He stood up and walked out. When he reached the door, he stopped again and turned around and smiled, "Li Qing'an, don't blame him too much. It was me who used you to deal with him. He refused to follow me, so he neglected you. Forgive him!"

Li Linfu smiled and shook his head, then turned around and left. Wuyi stood blankly at the door. His uncle's last words seemed to hit her. She suddenly remembered what Li Qing'an said to her: "Miss Wuyi, many things are not as simple as you think. I believe that soon you will understand my difficulties. Miss Wuyi, I will definitely come to you again."

She leaned against the door weakly, sighed softly, her heart filled with endless loss.

That night, a carriage quietly drove out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, left Chang'an amid the laughter of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and disappeared into the heavy night fog.

Three days later, the Cui family came to pick up Wuyi, but the Prime Minister's Mansion replied that Wuyi went to visit the graves of her parents and would go back to the Jiang family directly in the future and had no relationship with the Li family anymore.

Just after the Lantern Festival, the struggle between the Eastern Palace and Yang Zhao began to become fierce. It was known to everyone in the court. The prince insisted that Wei Huan acted according to the rules of the court. Although he promoted his nephew, he did not violate the rules and should not be guilty. Yang Zhao finally jumped out from behind and reported to Li Longji that Wei Ming was a disobedient official and was not qualified to be promoted at all. Although Wei Huan was promoted step by step, there were many officials who were more qualified than Wei Ming. Why didn't Wei Huan promote it? This is obviously to be private.

Wei Huan himself also came forward to argue that although Wei Ming had been in the first place for the exam for several years, he worked diligently as an official and had no morals.

After several debates, all the focus gradually focused on Wei Ming. What kind of person is he? Because he was already on the way to Beijing, on the afternoon of the 17th day of the first lunar month, Li Longji issued an order to summon Wei Ming to the palace to meet him.

In the Secretariat, Li Linfu's desk had an order just passed from the palace. Li Longji wanted to summon Wei Ming to confront him immediately. The imperial edict was not issued by Hanlin, but was issued through the Secretariat. It needed to knock a large seal in the Secretariat and the Menxia Province before it could take effect.

He just got the latest news that Wei Ming had arrived in Xianyang. According to the normal travel, he should be staying at Sanqiao Station tonight.

The key is tonight. Li Linfu pondered for a moment and handed over the decree to Liu Tong, a clerk of the Secretariat: "Let's discuss this decree again, and then hand it over to me after re-presentation."

There is nothing to discuss about the decree of summoning people. Liu Tong was Li Linfu's confidant. He understood the meaning of the prime minister. This memorial would be deducted for a while before being issued.

"Now I will call the people to discuss it."

Liu Tong hurried away. Li Linfu waved his hand, called a guard forward, and whispered to him: "You go and do something."

Half an hour later, more than a dozen men in black guarded a brightly colored carriage and left the famous brothel "Demon Flower House" in Chang'an and drove out of the city.

As Li Linfu judged, since it was getting late, Wei Ming, the key figure in the Wei Huan case, stayed at Sanqiao Station. Wei Ming was about 30 years old this year, with a medium figure and an ordinary appearance. He was the eldest son of Wei Huan's cousin Wei Ji. Wei Ji was once the prince's middle-class prince. According to the Tang Dynasty, his eldest son Wei Ming was granted a family honor and was awarded the title of the magistrate of Dongyang County, Yizhou. This was a small official of the eighth rank. Due to his limited ability, he became an official for four years and had mediocre performance and had not been promoted.

In the second half of last year, his uncle Wei Huan, the prefect of Yizhou, promoted him to the military officer of Yizhou Cangcai, and became a seventh-rank official. Although he was promoted, Wei Ming did not take this promotion seriously. His uncle was the prefect of Yizhou. Who would he be promoted if he didn't improve himself? And he only raised one level, which made him a little dissatisfied.

Five days ago, Wei Ming was sent by Governor Shi Cui Yuan to Beijing to do business. He came slowly and slowly. After dark, he arrived at Sanqiao Post. After calculation, he was still thirty miles away from the capital. When he arrived in Beijing, the gates should have been closed. In addition, the postmaster served very carefully, Wei Ming decided to stay at the post station for one night and go to Beijing to do business tomorrow morning.

The room was brightly lit, and the postmaster Zhang Sanhu set up a table of good dishes, and brought another five or six kilograms of good wine to entertain Wei Ming enthusiastically.

"Come on! Wei Chengjun, I'll give you another cup, you must give me a drink."

Zhang Sanhu was big and thick, but his tone was very humble. He was one of Wei, the army on his left, and another of the famous Wei family, patted Wei Ming in a fluttering manner. He really looked down on people like Zhang Sanhu, but Zhang Sanhu flattered him well, which made him feel heartbroken.

He had already drunk two pots of wine. Wei Ming had a habitual attack. He was itchy and asked in a low voice: "Zhang Yicheng, I wonder if I can help me find a prostitute tonight?"

"Oh! Why didn't Wei Zongjun say it earlier?" Zhang Sanhu slapped his thighs heavily and smiled ambiguously: "What a coincidence, there happened to be a famous prostitute in Chang'an in my post station, named Luo Mei. She was back to Xianyang to visit relatives. If Wei Zongjun is willing, I will help you to ensure that Wei Zongjun is happy to be romantic and happy tonight!"

He hesitated and said, "It's just that meat and gold are quite expensive, and it costs ten cents of money to be romantic overnight."

Wei Ming was overjoyed and immediately said: "Money is not a problem. As long as you serve it well, I will give it twice as much!"

He was sperm and didn't expect that there would be prostitutes at the inn?

Zhang Sanhu squinted his eyes and smiled. Wei Ming was indeed a lustful person. He poured another glass of wine and said, "Wei Jun sat down for a while, I'll invite Miss Luomei."

Wei Zengjun went out. After a moment, the door opened and a fragrant wind blew in his face. A young woman in a green gauze dress came in. She was bright and charming and charming. She sat down, stretched out her jade fingers with bright red paint, picked up the wine pot and poured herself a glass of wine. Her watery peach blossom eyes turned to him, and her eyes were extremely provocative.

She raised her wine glass, slid down with long sleeves, revealing a piece of snow-white jade arm. She said shyly: "Wei Jun, I will wish you a cup."

Wei Ming swallowed and looked at the beautiful girl in front of him in a daze, but he didn't hear anything she said.

"I won't bother you guys!"

Zhang Sanhu chuckled and closed the door, but tiptoed onto the roof and secretly peeked into the room through a broken crack. From time to time, the beautiful girl was urging her to drink frequently. About half an hour later, the lights in the room went out and the two went to bed.

The next day it was dawn and Wei Ming had not yet gotten up. The famous prostitute Luo Mei used all means to wrap him tightly around the bed.

At this time, several horses came from afar, and there were several officials who had issued the order. They rushed to the front of the post station and asked loudly: "Wei Ming, the military officer of the Yizhou Cangcai, is there?"

The postmaster Zhang Sanhu immediately stepped forward and said angrily: "This Wei joins the army is so inappropriate. Last night, I recruited prostitutes to the post station. I said that the post station was not allowed to recruit prostitutes, but he said he was a child of the Wei family and scolded me for farting. Now he is still stumbling with prostitutes."

The face of the Censor Han Qing immediately sank. He glanced at the entourage. The two entourages ran in. A woman's scream came from the room. His entourage came out and said, "Wei Ming is really recruiting prostitutes. Now he is drunk and cannot receive the order."

Han Qing snorted heavily, "Your Majesty is still waiting for him to meet him. He dared to recruit prostitutes at the post station."

He turned his horse's head and ran towards Chang'an City.

In the Datong Hall, more than a dozen important officials were waiting for Wei Ming to meet him. At this time, the Censor Han Qing hurried in and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Ming, the military officer of Yizhou Cangcai, was recruiting prostitutes at the Sanqiao Post Station. He has not yet gotten drunk and cannot come to see Your Majesty."

Li Longji was furious and said with a loud bang, "Bang!" He slapped the table hard and gritted his teeth, "What a good Wei family member! What a fair promotion!"

He raised his eyes and stared at Prince Li Heng and said, "What else do you have to say now?"

Li Heng's face was flushed and he quickly knelt down and said, "My son is just calling for justice for Wei, and I really don't know that Wei Ming is such a person."

Wei Huan also had a pale face, knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "I am not careful with my employer, I am guilty! Please punish Your Majesty."

Yang Zhao was overjoyed, but he didn't expect such a turning point to happen. He couldn't help but feel overjoyed and stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, I am an official in Jiannan, and I really understand this Wei Ming's character, so I support Cui Changshi's impeachment. Now this is the case, please punish him!"

Li Longji snorted and said with a cold face: "Wei Ming was visiting prostitutes at the post station during his official duties, and he was dismissed from his post and never hired him. He was suspended from his family's Wei family for three years. As for Wei Huan, it is not appropriate to be the prefect of Yizhou anymore. He was removed from his position as the prefect of Yizhou and transferred to another state. He was promoted to the prefect of Yizhou. Shi Cui Yuan, the governor of Yizhou, was promoted to the prefect of Yizhou."

Li Heng sighed secretly. This time the Wei family was hit again. He suffered heavy losses and he actually lost to Yang Zhao. He glanced at Yang Zhao and saw him glancing at him proudly, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, 'The surname Yang, wait and see!'

At this time, Li Linfu went out and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to me."

"Prime Minister, please tell me!"

Li Linfu glanced at Wei Huan and smiled and said, "I think Prefect Wei has not had much dereliction of duty in this case."

A sentence aroused the whole house, and even Li Heng looked at Li Linfu in surprise. I wonder why he wanted to speak for him? Li Longji said without saying a word: "Prime Minister, please continue."

"Your Majesty, I carefully read Wei Ming's assessment yesterday. He has no merits and no faults in Dongyang County. The assessment has always been Zhongzhong. Even the assessment given to him by Wei Prefect Wei is Zhongzhong. There is no partiality. I have carefully looked at the situation in Dongyang County in the past few years. It is quiet, without any trouble, and the taxes and grains are paid in full every year, which shows that the people of Dongyang County live and work in peace and contentment, and also shows that Wei Ming is invincible and does not disturb the people. Therefore, Wei Prefect promoted him. Yizhou is not as good as the frontier, and what he wants is stability. From this point of view, Wei Prefect Wei is innocent. As for Wei Ming himself recruiting prostitutes at the post station, it is because his personal morality is inappropriate and he can be dismissed, but it has nothing to do with Wei Prefect."

Li Longji nodded. Li Linfu's words were reasonable and difficult to argue. He said, "How to deal with Wei Huan based on the intention of the prime minister?"

"Your Majesty, since Wei Huan is not suitable to be an official in Yizhou, I recommend him as the prefect of Shaanxi Province. Please let Your Majesty know!"

Li Longji glanced at Yang Zhao and said slowly: "Okay! The remarks of the Prime Minister, Wei Huan was transferred to the prefect of Shaanxi Province."
Chapter completed!