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This is her inner demon, and it is impossible to untie it easily.

That night, the two of them hugged each other. Su Yiqing heard a slight sigh before going to bed. She didn't know whether it was it made by herself or the man around her, so she felt helpless.

The next morning, when she woke up, Lian Yufeng was no longer by her side. She touched the quilt that was still warm next to her, and not only sighed slightly in her heart.

Two days later, the butler sent a message to him, saying that Mrs. Duan had visited again.

Su Yiqing was a little powerless, so she asked the butler to find an excuse and refused to meet him.

Speaking of which, there is something different from other wealthy families. Sometimes it is an advantage, sometimes it is a disadvantage. The population is simple, so simple that there are only two masters. Some guests who do not want to receive have no one to help, so they can only turn them out bluntly.

This is also what Lian Yufeng meant. At this point, she didn't want to pursue whether this matter really didn't need it, or was the man saying this to take into account her mood. Compared to this, she was more worried about Miss Hu San's side. For some reason, just from Mrs. Meng's simple narrative, she had an unknown premonition, as if something unfortunate had happened, but logically speaking, even if something tragic happened, it had nothing to do with her. As Lian Yufeng said, Miss Hu San's methods were so clever that she could not harm her who lived in the palace, but she was very uneasy. The woman's intuition was unreasonable.

Green Vine couldn't find out anything, so she could only count on Mrs. Meng's hope for any clues.

After Xie was turned away, he returned home dejectedly.

Duan Zilang was waiting anxiously in the mansion. As soon as he saw Xie, he quickly asked, "I'll be back so soon, how are you asking?"

Xie shook his head, "Even the door was unable to enter, the people in the royal palace said that the princess was not in the palace."

Duan Zilang was very disappointed. If Princess Ding was really not in the mansion, it would be just a matter of finding an excuse to see her, would it mean something else?

Just when the joker was anxious like a headless fly, the servant came to report that the person who was following the Meng family and the Wang family had returned. He said that Princess Ding's mother, Mrs. Meng, had indeed gone to the Wang Jingshi's house, and said that she was going to meet Wang Jingshi's daughter-in-law. However, after talking for a long time, she should have had meals at the Jingshi's house.

The face of the joker was in a bleak state.

Since the incident involved her own younger brother, Xie was more anxious than Ji Zilang and asked, "If you don't talk to your elder sister anymore, after all, the elder sister and Princess Ding can be regarded as sister-in-laws. She may be able to say something nice to her when she comes forward."

Duan Zilang shook his head and sighed, "It's useless. Don't say that my elder sister won't go. Even if she can go, the Wen County Prince's Mansion and the Ding Prince's Mansion have never been close. King Ding will not give face to the Wen County Prince's Mansion. If he goes there, he will not have 300 taels of silver here, so he will make King Ding determine that he has something to do with my Duan family at this time."

"Master, what do you mean?" Xie Shi trembled. Her husband wanted to separate his relationship with him. So would he have to bear the responsibility for his younger brother alone?

The joker looked at his wife's usual round face, which had lost weight in the past few days, and he felt a little reluctant, but he still said with a hard heart, "Don't worry about this, I'll do it."

A few days later, when the censor Li Zhengdao was in the morning court, impeached Xie Yugui, the former magistrate of Long County, in front of the emperor and civil and military officials, to bribe the silver for protection of the embankment, causing the Mingjiang River that flowed through Long County to burst the dike under good weather conditions. Long County was seriously affected and the good people were displaced tragically.

When Li Zhengdao's impeachment came out, it caused a stir in the court. Longxian was just a small place, which was a little famous. Not many people paid attention to it. Some natural disasters in such small places are commonplace. This year, there are also various disasters that are even more serious. As long as most prefectures are not affected by the disaster, it will be a great year.

Therefore, such small disasters in small counties should not be taken to the court at all. Especially since it is reported that the people in Long County have evacuated in time and there were no casualties, they flooded some farmland and fruit trees. It is really nothing, but who dares to say that the matters that concern the people are not worth mentioning?

Many people who don’t like Li Zhengdao have thought about it secretly. After going to court, they should give the emperor some eye medicine and sue him. Compared to the emperor, the emperor doesn’t like such trivial matters in the court. Li Zhengdao has no eyes in the past few years and has done a lot of unhappy things that make the emperor unhappy. However, this person is a noble person, does not form cliques, and even his house is managed cleanly. He is very famous among literati, and has no handle to arrest, so it is difficult to impeach.

But this kind of thorn in the capital really makes people feel like a thorn in the throat. It is best to motivate the emperor, get this guy out of the capital, let him go out of the capital, and be unhappy. He will do whatever he wants outside to do and see what good things he can do when he gets to the place, so as not to stand and speak all day without any pain in his back.

As for whom Xie Yugui, the former magistrate of Long County, most of the ministers present could not remember it for a moment. He was just a small magistrate. Who would remember that he was unlucky and was targeted by Li Zhengdao.

Only a few people turned their attention to Duan Zilang, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel, because Xie Yugui was Duan Zilang's brother-in-law.

Faced with a group of gazes with other thoughts, the joker gritted his teeth, and came out from the crowd and said loudly: "Report to the emperor, what Censor Li said is basically true, and the Wei minister is investigating this matter recently."

The emperor on the dragon throne raised his eyebrows, "You are from the Ministry of Personnel, and this matter of corruption in the river craftsman has nothing to do with you. Why investigate?"

Duan Zilang said with a deep expression, "It's just because Xie Yugui is my brother-in-law. I first heard about this and was afraid that my brother-in-law would be wronged. Therefore, I investigated it in advance. After the investigation, I found that the greed for the truth was true. I felt deeply sad, but I dared not hide it. Please forgive me for your crime."

The emperor seemed to be pondering about how to deal with this matter.

All the ministers below lowered their heads and exchanged their eyes, and they were a little confused about the current situation. Generally speaking, everyone knew that the greed was probably not wronged. Li Zhengdao took this matter to the court to say who was a little bit of a big deal, but according to Li Zhengdao's usual behavior was not beyond everyone's expectations. What was unexpected now was the joke man.

Duan Zilang is like most officials in the court. He was born into a noble family. Although some rely on his father's mercy, he was not mediocre. Anyone who relies on his family cares about his relatives most is his relatives. Now, as soon as Li Zhengdao impeached him, he was the first to expose him. It is true, but it is too unreasonable in terms of feelings. After all, he is his brother-in-law. How could he take the blame in such a way?

Some officials who are close to jokes are secretly hesitating whether they should draw a clear line with such a person in the future. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come)
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