When Ji Ming saw Li Shui stop and turn to look at him, he walked up quickly and said, "Master Huai, you don't have to wait for me, I can keep up."
Li Shui smiled and said, "Ji Ming, when serving your majesties, you must be loyal and don't always have evil intentions."
Ji Ming's eyes widened. This Huaiguzi could predict events like a god. No, Huaiguzi is a treacherous villain. He must have arranged an informant around me.
Just before Ji Ming left the palace, Zhao Teng took Wu Shi to Ying Zheng's study, and Wu Shi Lihua brought a rainy lawsuit against Huai Guzi.
Ji Ming was listless next to Ying Zheng, but when he heard the word "Huai Gu Zi", he suddenly became energetic, and the person in front of him wanted to sue Huai Gu Zi, which made Ji Ming very excited.
Ji Ming saw the opportunity and couldn't help adding fuel to the fire and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, Xianyang City is in a commotion because of this matter. Now it has spread outside the palace."
Ying Zheng frowned and asked, "What's spreading?"
Ji Ming hurriedly said: "It probably means that the Wu family did not abide by the rules of women and had an affair with a servant."
Ying Zheng stared at Ji Ming and asked, "Where did it come from?"
Ji Ming said slowly and in a low voice: "It seems to be Shang Jun's Villa."
Ying Zheng put down the memorial in his hand and said coldly: "Go and call Huai Guzi."
Ji Ming suppressed his inner excitement, responded, and limped out of the study.
Ying Zheng sneered in his heart, Ji Ming stayed in the palace tomorrow, how could he know what happened outside the palace? Even if he knew, this kind of scandal would have already reached my ears.
Ji Ming is not afraid of lying, because His Majesty, who is busy with everything, has no interest in knowing such ridiculous things.
Besides, Xianyang City is so big, is it true that no one has guessed like this? There must be some, I am just exaggerating.
If you exaggerate things more, your majesty will trust yourself more, and you will also become more disgusted with Huaiguzi.
Seeing that Ji Ming was silent, Li Shui smiled slowly and said, "What, did I tell you right?"
Ji Ming regained his composure, put on a smile and said, "Master Huai is joking, of course I will serve His Majesty with all my heart, how can I have any evil thoughts."
Li Shui said: "I'm not talking about swaying His Majesty's evil thoughts. Even if I give you ten courages, you wouldn't dare. I'm talking about you treating me."
Ji Ming smiled apologetically and said, "Master Huai is making fun of me, but I don't dare."
Li Shui walked and said, "Don't you dare? You are serving His Majesty, not me, so why don't you dare?"
"You must dare to stand up for anything that is detrimental to His Majesty and the Qin Dynasty, so that His Majesty can appreciate you more."
Ji Ming curled his lips behind Li Shui and thought: Do you still need to teach me? That's what I did. His Majesty admired me so much recently that he didn't hit me anymore.
Don't tell me, if I don't get hit twice every now and then, I always feel like something is missing.
Li Shui continued: "If you lie or mislead His Majesty, you have to carefully consider the consequences."
Ji Ming was too lazy to listen to Li Shui's ramble anymore. He was full of information and couldn't help but see Li Shui kneeling in front of His Majesty and crying bitterly.
Li Shui walked slowly to Ying Zheng's study. Wu Shi cried even louder when she saw Huai Guzi walking in.
His Majesty said slowly: "Now that Huaiguzi is here, Wu, please tell me."
Wu bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I often make wine in my hometown. I happened to meet a fellow countryman of my own some time ago. He is quite smart and likes to think."
"The woman from the village supported him in making wine, and later she simply opened a tavern and let him manage it. The business was very good."
"But Mr. Huai felt that it affected his business, so he used his men to arrest people. Now his life and death are unknown. He also spread rumors that the civilian woman was the broom star. She killed her husband and caused misery to the Qi government."
Li Shui watched Wu's performance quietly, applauding her silently in his heart. Fortunately, he was determined. If it had been anyone else, he might have been led astray by Wu's tears.
Wu lay on the ground and said, "In the past, the people's wife and Mr. Qi had a mutual love for each other, and others were talking about it. It was Mr. Huai who persuaded your majesty to make the marriage between the people's women and Mr. Qi come true."
"The civilian woman was very grateful to Mr. Huai at that time, but now because she violated Mr. Huai's interests, Mr. Huai turned around and spat dirty water on her."
"A common woman is so ashamed that she dares to ask Sir Huai why he is teasing Master Qi and making fun of a common woman?"
Li Shui listened quietly and did not answer. He knew that Wu Shi came to accuse me in front of His Majesty, and he must have received Lord Qi's tacit approval.
Li Shui sighed in his heart, I'm afraid Lord Qi doesn't know the truth, let alone the seriousness of Wu's thoughts, poor Lord Qi.
Wu took a long breath. After preparing for such a long time, he finally said it all in one breath.
She knew that this matter alone would not bring her down, but Huaiguzi would soon be found out on her. Before that, it would be the most beneficial help for her to have Huaiguzi receive His Majesty's warning.
Zhao Teng said from the side: "Your Majesty, I have something I don't know whether to say or not?"
Ying Zheng nodded: "Say."
Zhao Teng said slowly: "Your Majesty, Lord Huai focuses on the well-being of the Qin Dynasty, so he will not do such a thing."
Li Shui nodded casually, thinking: Brother Zhao's words still sound good.
Zhao Teng continued: "But Mr. Huai is young after all, and he regards wealth as his life. It is inevitable that he will make some mistakes under impulse. Please forgive Mr. Huai."
Li Shui frowned and glanced at Zhao Teng, "Are you asking His Majesty to forgive me, or are you asking Your Majesty to punish me?"
Besides, you will punish me for whatever I did.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Shui and said, "Huai Guzi, is this what Wu said?"
Li Shui lowered his head and said slowly: "Yes, and no."
Ying Zheng said: "Tell it truthfully."
Li Shui lowered his head and responded: "Your Majesty, yesterday I did seal a tavern. This tavern is located in a deep alley."
"According to common sense, a tavern must be opened in a bustling downtown to prosper. Even if it is opened in a deep alley, there must be problems."
"After investigation, this tavern sells fake wine. Ordinary wine is put in fairy wine glasses, sold at low prices, and advertised as delicious and inexpensive fairy wine."
Zhao Teng said: "Since it is not sold at the price of the fairy wine, it is not considered fraud."
Li Shui said slowly: "It's fine if it's put in an ordinary wine glass. Since it's not fairy wine but it's put in a fairy wine cup, it's a fraud regardless of the price."
"Not only will it affect the normal sales of Xianjiu and damage the brand of Xianjiu, it will also have an impact on His Majesty's governance."
Ji Ming stood next to Ying Zheng, couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and sneered in his heart: "Huaiguzi, you are really sharp-tongued, and you take yourself too seriously. If you smash the Xianjiu signboard, you can still treat His Majesty." Has it had an impact?
Zhao Teng couldn't help but curse in his heart: Huaiguzi, even if you are His Majesty's son-in-law, you can't brag so unscrupulously.
Ying Zheng smiled after hearing this and said, "Oh? Can this still have an impact on me?"
Li Shui ignored the others and continued: "Your Majesty, the property of Shang Jun's Courtyard is very large. The bigger it is, the more there must be no mistakes. Otherwise, it will be overthrown by everyone and be despised by all the people of the Qin Dynasty."
Ying Zheng nodded.
Li Shui said: "Xianjiu is the signboard of Shangjun Courtyard. If you destroy the signboard of Immortal Wine, you will destroy the signboard of Shangjun Courtyard."
"In the future, it will be even more difficult for His Majesty to implement policies that benefit the people and the country. If things continue like this, Great Qin's progress will be blocked."
"It will be difficult for the people of Great Qin to know His Majesty's ideas. If the government decrees are difficult to leave Xianyang City, Great Qin will be in danger."
Some people died, but not completely...
