Lu Hanxiao planned to deal with the two of them, but Si Ning came up with an idea.
"The third prince holds a high position and taking action rashly will make the emperor suspicious. We can start with Shen Ranhao. I have an idea."
Si Ning went to the prison again, and Wu Dalei saw the surprise on her face.
"Madam, you're finally here. I asked them to call you, but they refused."
The person taking care of him was someone arranged by Mr. Wang himself. Seeing that Si Ning had saved his elder brother's face, he would not refuse to help with this small favor.
If Wu Dalei really wanted to see him, Master Wang would not suppress him.
However, Si Ning did not expose Wu Dalei. The jailer moved a chair for her. Si Ning sat down and asked Wu Dalei with a smile.
"Mr. Wu came to me, have you figured it out?"
Wu Dalei nodded quickly, "I figured it out, I figured it out..."
After saying that, I felt something was wrong and shook my head, "No, it's just something I thought of in the past few days."
Si Ning nodded for him to continue. Wu Dalei hesitated and said.
"Mrs. Lu, I told you, can you let me go?"
"Mr. Wu, I said it that day. It depends on whether what you say is what I want to hear."
Wu Dalei gritted his teeth, as if he had made some kind of determination, leaned towards Si Ning and said.
"Actually, after the man left, I followed him for a while."
Sure enough!
When Wu Dalei met Si Ning for the first time, he said he noticed the scars on his hands. He said it was because of his habit of being a gambler for many years, but Si Ning felt that besides this reason, there was another reason. Wu Dalei was more cautious.
He is not as honest as he seems, but rather cunning.
Si Ning never had a good impression of such people. She had a smile on her face, but the smile didn't reach her eyes at all.
Seeing that she was not angry, Wu Dalei breathed a sigh of relief.
"Madam, do you know who the other party is?"
Si Ning nodded, Wu Dalei was shocked, "You know?"
Si Ning, "Shen Ranhao, Minister of War."
Wu Dalei looked at Si Ning in disbelief, and Si Ning was also looking at him.
"Master Wu is a smart man, do you understand what I mean?"
Wu Dalei couldn't react, "Mrs. Lu, this...this I..."
"You, the Minister of War and my husband, can only choose one to bet on. I told you about this a long time ago. People cannot be greedy, otherwise they will not end well."
Wu Dalei's heart was trembling, and his head was in a mess.
Si Ning asked him to identify the Minister of War. He had a few heads that could easily fall off.
But if he didn't do what Si Ning said, he might lose his head now.
Before, he only regretted that he should not have taken the risk to provoke Sining. Now he not only regretted that he should not have provoked Sining, but that he should not have come to the capital.
It was really a fight between the kings of hell, and the little devil suffered.
Obviously he has no other choice. A small person like him is destined to be treated as a pawn and discarded.
"Madam, I don't have any extravagant wishes. I just hope that I can survive."
"It's natural. As long as you go and do what I say, I will send you away."
Soon Mr. Wang re-interrogated Wu Dalei. He told the whole story again and revealed the person behind it.
"It was someone close to Mr. Shen, the Minister of War, who bribed me. I saw him entering the Shen family's door. The man had a scar on his hand."
The first half of the sentence was given to him by Si Ning, but the second half was indeed true.
There are countless men around Shen Ranhao, and it is not difficult to find someone with scars on his hands.
Because the two people involved were of high status, the Minister of War paid someone to frame Lu Hanxiao's wife. Mr. Wang did not dare to solve the case easily, so he reported the matter to various levels, and finally the information about Shen Ranhao appeared directly in the hands of the emperor.
The emperor was furious and called Shen Ranhao to the imperial study room and cursed him.
Shen Ranhao cried bitterly, repented a lot, and was demoted by the emperor.
I thought this matter would just go away, but the next day there was another news in the court that Shen Ranhao formed a clique for personal gain.
It is said that a few days ago, someone robbed a good woman from a good family on the street. The person was a distant relative of the Shen family. Now he was serving in the Ministry of Punishment. It was said that he had a good relationship with the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. The Minister of the Ministry of Punishment wanted to protect this person because of his relationship with Shen Ranhao.
When something went wrong, not only was it not dealt with impartially, but the matter was also concealed.
Now that something happened to Shen Ranhao, the matter was revealed again.
For one thing, it was reasonable to criticize someone and demote him to a lower position, but another thing happened, and it was a matter of forming a party for personal gain, which made the emperor very angry.
Those in power are taboo about forming cliques for personal gain. This is true for the prince, and even more so for the ministers below.
The Minister of Punishment stood up and cried, saying that he protected him because he was an official in the same dynasty. He did not know that the Shen family would be so confused, and begged the emperor to forgive him.
Naturally, he couldn't forgive him and was immediately thrown into the prison.
As for Shen Ranhao, the emperor still thought highly of him. He just dismissed him from his post to investigate and let him go home to think about his mistakes first.
It seemed like a severe punishment, but Lu Hanxiao knew that the emperor had not made up his mind.
He was afraid of Shen Ranhao, and he was also afraid of himself.
However, from beginning to end, Lu Hanxiao was just a bystander and did not participate too much.
After the necessary measures were taken care of, the emperor began to comfort Lu Hanxiao again.
He wanted to return the military department to Lu Hanxiao's hands, but Lu Hanxiao refused.
"I'm not in good health yet, and I just got married to my wife, so I'm afraid I'm a little overwhelmed."
He didn't refuse directly, but talked about his various physical discomforts.
The emperor weighed the pros and cons in his mind and said a lot of comforting words.
He also awarded Si Ning a lot of gold, silver and jewels as rewards, which could be considered as suppressing the matter for the time being.
This matter seems to have come to an end, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the turmoil in the court has just begun.
The next day, Mrs. Jing'an Hou came to see Si Ning.
"I just heard about you. Why didn't you tell me that such a big thing happened? The Marquis over at the Yamen can also help."
Si Ning smiled and reassured, "It's not a big deal. It's normal for a medical clinic to encounter such things. It only frightened Dr. Sun."
Speaking of Sun Yifan, Mrs. Jing'an Hou said intentionally or unintentionally.
"Actually, I shouldn't have said these words, but Dr. Sun is too dull and not suitable for running a medical clinic. With your current reputation, there is no need to be tied to him. You can open a medical clinic by yourself. , I have a few shopkeepers who can help you."
Si Ning knew that Mrs. Jing'an Hou did not regard her as an outsider, so she said this.
She didn't retort immediately, but asked with a smile.
"One day in the future, will my wife abandon me if I am in trouble?"
Mrs. Jing'an Hou was shocked and hurriedly began to explain.
"Aning, I'm not that kind of person, I just..."
Si Ning reached out and grabbed her, stopping her from saying anything else.
"Madam, I know you would never do that, and neither would I. When I just married Lu Hanxiao, he was unconscious, and I was surrounded by enemies. When I wanted to do some business, but there was no way, it was Dr. Sun who helped me. It's easy for me to open a medical clinic, but who can help me take care of it? The Lu family at that time would not be like now, letting me come in and out at will, and letting me open any medical clinic outside..."
