Yu Liangzhi and his son waited for Wei Qingyan for a day and a night before they finally arrived.
Du Xueyi told them that Wei Qingyan had gone out to relax, and they only thought that Wei Qingyan was deliberately ignoring them because of Yu Zhengde's previous distrust.
Only when he saw Wei Qingyan coming back from outside did he realize that he had misunderstood.
The safety of the two children and the Yu family made Yu Zhengde, the Minister of Household Affairs, feel relieved and said to Wei Qingyan, "Please forgive me for my inappropriate behavior earlier. Please help my Yu family get out of trouble. I, Yu Zhengde, must take the responsibility seriously." Thanks."
Wei Qingyan stared at him with dark eyes. It was hard to imagine that a seemingly shrewd man would do such a bold thing for the sake of love.
Instructing the two of them to sit down, Wei Qingyan slowly said, "Master Shangshu, are you planning to tell the truth now?"
"Please forgive me, Miss. Yu did conceal something earlier." Yu Zhengde looked embarrassed, "Then Mrs. Wu's real name is Liu He, and the Liu family and my Yu family have been friends since the previous dynasty.
The adults from both families arranged a marriage between me and Liu He when I was young. However, later on, the heads of the two houses had different stances, and our relationship gradually became estranged.
In addition, I really had no romantic feelings for Liu He, so I broke off the engagement with her. I owed her this. Liu He did not cry or make a fuss at that time, but helped to persuade the Liu family, so that the engagement went smoothly. It made me feel even more guilty for her.
Three years ago, she ordered someone to give me 10,000 taels of silver, saying that she was not used to living in Ganzhou and still wanted to return to the capital. She wanted me to help transfer Wu Yuchu back to the capital.
At that time, the former Minister of the Ministry of War died of illness and the position was vacant. Wu Yuchu's various political performance evaluations were good, so I and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel recommended him to His Majesty.
Now, I know what Wu Yuchu did, and I also know that they took 50,000 taels from Beiling, and Liu He used this to blackmail me and rescue her. "
Even though Wei Qingyan had already learned the truth from Nanny Chen, he still felt angry in his heart when he heard it again.
Her eyes were cold, "A local governor casually took out ten thousand taels. When Master Yu accepted the money, didn't he ever think of coming here?"
The Liu family was in decline, Wu Yuchu came from a poor family, and the Wu family's financial resources were thin. Even if you couldn't imagine that the money was given by people from Beiling, you should think that it was looted from the people's wealth.
For such a person, the performance evaluation is actually good.
I don't know how many other 'Yu Zhengde's there are in Beijing who have taken advantage of those two couples.
"Miss Chang is not in the officialdom, so she may not understand that everyone in the household department is not greedy and has to be greedy. If you are not greedy, you will be ostracized and not treated as one of your own.
I didn't start out as a minister, but climbed up from the bottom step by step. Therefore, I am also greedy, but I have my own bottom line.
I have indeed accepted such unconscionable money from Liu He.
I also thought about the source of the money. Maybe it was Wu Yuchu who had embezzled the people's hard-earned money, but I had to accept it.
After all, we were an unmarried couple. If I don't accept the money, I'm afraid Liu He will think too much and come to me again in the future.
Secondly, officialdom is like this. If you don't accept money, the other party will be afraid that you won't do your best. But how do I know that the 10,000 taels actually belong to Beiling people?
How did they know that they actually got this money at the cost of harming the National Guard Army?
Now everyone in the world is watching this matter. If Mrs. Wu tells me about accepting bribes, the dirty water in my house will not be washed away. "
"But at this time, if you save people, you will also be involved, right?" Wei Qingyan's lips curled up with a sneer.
It was a mockery of Yu Zhengde's refusal to tell the truth even when he was about to die, and it was also a set of words that mocked Yu Zhengde.
Both she and her father had been in the officialdom, and neither of them had ever been greedy for a tael of money that did not belong to them.
During his lifetime, did his father know that the officialdom of Wei Dynasty had reached what it is now?
He did not hesitate to bear the infamy of being a rebellious minister of the previous dynasty and led his troops to follow the late emperor, just because the late emperor promised that he would establish a peaceful and prosperous era in which officials serve the people and the people trust officials.
His father had fought and sacrificed his whole life for such a peaceful and prosperous age. If he knew that the so-called prosperous age was based on exploiting the people, would his father regret it?
Wei Qingyan's ridicule made Yu Zhengde feel a little unhappy.
After all, he was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and his posture was low enough in front of a woman. If it weren't for the grudges that required her to take action, she wouldn't even be qualified to sit with him. How could she tolerate her ridicule and contempt?
How could Wei Qingyan not see what he was thinking, and sneered, "I am indeed not as knowledgeable as Yu Shangshu about how to survive in the officialdom, but I know that the previous dynasty was in such chaos that it eventually led to the destruction of the country.
If being an official requires complicity and inaction, corrupt officials can only do it well. This Wei Dynasty will soon follow in the footsteps of the previous dynasties. I just don't know if Yufu can save the day like last time. "
"Miss Chang, be careful what you say!" Yu Zhengde's expression changed drastically.
How dare a woman speculate on the fate of the country?
Yu Liangzhi's eyes lit up, and when he lowered his eyes to drink tea, there was a faint smile in his eyes.
His son has changed more and more over the years, and he has become a bit unrecognizable as a father. If someone can wake him up, his trip today will be worthwhile.
Wei Qingyan also took a sip of tea and said, "I can solve the crisis in Yu Mansion. I just wonder if Yu Shangshu is willing to pay the price?"
Hearing that she could solve it, Yu Zhengde suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Yu is willing."
After saying that, he was stunned for a moment.
Why did he believe it so much?
What if the price is something he can't bear?
But Wei Qingyan didn't give him a chance to regret, "I want Yu Shangshu to tell Mrs. Wu that the people behind her want to kill her and silence her, and you can't save her. Let her tell the truth about Huangshaling.
You promise her that you will save her children, otherwise, the Wu family and the Liu family will be overturned. "
"Since she wanted me to rescue her, how could she easily reveal the person behind her?" Yu Zhengde suddenly felt that it was ridiculous to place his hopes on Wei Qingyan.
She was just fucking around.
"Just do as I say and explain. I have a way to get her to talk." Wei Qingyan said in a cold voice, "There is also a way to keep her from confessing to you."
Yu Zhengde listened to her precise words and asked suspiciously, "Who is the person behind her?"
Wei Qingyan looked at him, "Queen."
Snap!
The tea cup in Yu Liangzhi's hand fell to the ground.
The flesh on Yu Zhengde's face trembled, full of horror, and soon became angry, "Miss Chang, do you want me to use the whole family of Yu Mansion to go against the Queen?
I am here to ask you to resolve the grievances of my Yu family and resolve the crisis. I am not asking you to push us into a pit of fire. If this is the price for the girl to resolve grievances, I will pretend that I have not come to the door today. "
"Ha!" Wei Qingyan sneered, "How could it be me? Shouldn't it be Yu Shangshu who pushed Yu Mansion into the pit of fire?
Is the third lady in the house awake?
I heard that the emperor also suddenly fell into a coma a few days ago, with symptoms similar to those of the third lady. If the emperor knew that Concubine Li's daughter also suddenly fell into a coma.
Would he have thought that if she had the same disease as him, could the third lady be his and Concubine Li's daughter?
But then he would have to embarrass Minister Yu, who had to explain to the emperor why the dead Concubine Li gave birth to a daughter two years later? "
