Lu Feng got off the carriage. When the servants saw Lu Feng, they stepped forward to clear the way and drive away the idlers who were blocking the road to watch the excitement.
In the center of the crowd, a ragged peasant woman sat slumped on the ground holding an infant baby, with tears streaming down her face.
No matter how much the government servants scolded and pushed her, she refused to get up and move.
This is the residence of the Royal Censor. If they offend the Lord and accuse them of being incompetent, they may lose their job.
So seeing this, the government officials planned to use violence to drive her away.
Lu Feng saw this and stopped him, "Wait a minute."
As soon as the government officials saw Lu Feng, who was wearing official robes, they immediately knew that the censor was here.
Because Lu Feng was the only one who became such a high official at such a young age, he was easily recognized.
As soon as the chief of the government officials saw Lu Feng, he immediately stepped forward to accuse him, "I will take people to drive away this troublemaker."
"No need." Lu Feng stretched out his hand to stop him, "Since someone who has been wronged comes to me to redress his grievances, I naturally want to hear the twists and turns involved."
"This..." The head of the Yamen hesitated for a moment, and finally said bravely: "Why bother your Excellency? Just leave such small matters to the Yamen to handle. I will give you an explanation when the time comes."
Even though Lu Feng was young, he became angry and full of authority.
"Are you teaching me how to do things? If the Yamen is playing a role, why would she come to me?"
"Don't dare." The head of the government office hurriedly stepped aside to make way.
The peasant woman saw a man in official uniform walking towards her and shouted:
"Please make the decision for civilian women."
Lu Feng glanced at the crying baby in her arms and helped her up, "It's noisy here. You come in with me first."
The servants cleared the way and dispersed the idlers gathered at the door.
The baby couldn't stop crying no matter how much the peasant woman coaxed him. Lu Feng guessed that he was hungry, so he asked a slave to bring some thin food to the baby.
Then he looked at the peasant woman and said:
"Since you have made such a fuss that even this officer has been alerted, you must have a huge grievance. Tell it. But if you are even half-hearted, I will not let you off lightly."
When talking about this, the peasant woman cried again and told Lu Feng the whole story intermittently.
It turns out that this peasant woman is the wife of a farmer in the west of the city. Her family originally had several acres of thin farmland, and the whole family's income relied entirely on these few acres of thin farmland.
But she never expected that an official's son would take a fancy to the nearby fields, including her family's farmland.
Relying on their status, the officials and princes took over them and gave them only a few silver taels in the name of buying land.
But how could the whole family live on this small amount of money? Her husband was so angry that he went to argue with that person.
Who knew that not only was he given a killing blow, but he was also forced to sign a voluntary agreement to sell his land.
After dragging his disabled body back home, he passed away within two days, leaving behind their mother and son and his frail old mother.
On the third day, before her husband was buried, the old mother cried to death because no one cared about the injustice her son had suffered.
There were originally a family of four, but now only their mother and son are left, which is extremely miserable.
The day before yesterday, she went to the Yamen to complain, but not only was she kicked out, but she was also threatened with being jailed if she continued to act up.
The reason why she came to Lu Feng's mansion to cause trouble and attract attention was because she had a distant relative who worked as a cook in the Yamen. She overheard the adults in the Yamen saying that Lu Feng was a selfless person and that the new official would investigate his previous injustices just a few days after he took office. Don't be afraid of offending people if you make a false or incorrect case.
So her distant relative suggested that she come here to try her luck.
After Lu Feng listened, he remained silent. After a sip of tea, he called his servants out to find out whether what the peasant woman said was true.
This matter was a big fuss at the peasant woman's house, and the servants easily understood the whole situation.
After listening to the words of the servant who came back to report, Lu Feng already understood.
"Your matter is clear to me. Please give me three days, and I will give you justice at that time."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir." The peasant woman thanked her repeatedly.
Afterwards, Lu Feng asked the servant to bring her some money and asked her to go back and wait for news.
Then, without stopping, he returned to the palace and came to the imperial study.
He Wan was reviewing the memorial inside. When he saw Lu Feng coming, he asked the waiting maid to leave.
He looked at Lu Feng with a smile, "Why are you here? Have you completed all the things I asked you to do?"
It was okay not to mention this, but Lu Feng felt tired when he mentioned it.
These days he is almost dizzy from being busy, being whipped like a top and unable to stop.
"He also said that he shouldn't have agreed to it in the first place."
"Then you don't want to do it? Yes, but what you want me to do won't come true."
How can this work? Lu Feng chuckled, "I didn't say I wouldn't do it. I'm still looking forward to how you'll dress up then."
"Hmph! I don't know how you came up with such a thing in your mind."
Recalling the sketch of the maid outfit that Lu Feng drew for her, He Wan blushed and her heartbeat accelerated.
"Tell me, why did you come to see me?"
"That's right. Weren't you looking for an opportunity to reshuffle corrupt officials? Now the opportunity has come."
Under He Wan's expectant gaze, Lu Feng told her about the peasant woman.
After He Wan thought about it for a moment, he understood what Lu Feng meant.
"You want to use this incident as a pretext to completely lift the fig leaf of those corrupt officials. When the time comes, I will cooperate with you and order a thorough investigation. Then I will have reason to remove these people."
"Hahahaha, Your Majesty is wise. Once those people's positions are empty, we will replace them with honest officials who were framed and imprisoned in the prison. In this way, there is no need to worry about the lack of morale in the court."
"Keke, I really underestimated you. I thought you were too young to know how to use officialdom, but I never thought you were a great person."
Lu Feng winked and said, "Hasn't Your Majesty already seen what I'm capable of?"
He Wan gave Lu Feng a charming look, and she naturally knew what he was talking about.
"Then you handle this matter as soon as possible. I will appreciate the expressions of those people in the court then."
"Okay."
After saying that, Lu Feng walked to the back of the case and said seriously:
"Ahem, can you come to Concubine Liu's place tonight? Let's deepen our relationship with each other."
He Wan laughed angrily at Lu Feng's words and swatted away the hand that was about to reach into her clothes to cause trouble.
"You want to have such a good time, I think you are wishful thinking."
Lu Feng was disappointed, "Okay, I'll look for another chance."
"If you find any chance, I tell you there will be no chance in the future."
Lu Feng felt helpless and was just about to leave the imperial study.
"Wait a minute, if you don't come over to me the night after tomorrow, then don't go to my bed again."
"It's an order."
Lu Feng kissed He Wan's face before leaving.
