Xue Rui and Yin Yuanrong were the eldest grandson of the Right Prime Minister and the eldest grandson of the Left Prime Minister. Because they were of similar age, they were often compared to each other ever since they entered school. In addition, Zhu Qingjue, the only son of the Prime Minister, was a young talent from illustrious families. In the end, one became a civil official, the other a military general, and the other went to the Imperial Academy of Medicine.
Xue Rui and Zhu Qingjue did not see eye to eye with each other and did not have a good relationship with Yin Yuanrong. There was no other reason but that when they were young and impetuous, they both loved romantic pursuits and beauties. It was inevitable that they would bump into each other. When one won the favor of a beauty, the other was naturally dissatisfied.
A quarter of an hour ago, Yin Yuanrong was in the brothel trying to curry favor with the newly promoted Courtesan Queen. He was extremely unhappy when he was disturbed, but when he heard the whole story, he immediately abandoned the beauty and rushed over.
On the way here, he asked about the cause of the incident in detail. When he entered the Fragrant Grass Pavilion and saw Yin Yuanbo lying at Xue Rui's feet with his face covered in blood, he did not feel angry that his own family had been bullied. Instead, he cursed inwardly,
You can't do anything right, yet you dare to scheme against me!
Speaking of which, Yin Yuanrong did not take it to heart when he saw Yu Shu's disheveled appearance at the assistant minister's residence that day. He had encountered this kind of situation many times. The girl did not ask him to take responsibility, so he would not look for trouble.
If Yin Yuanbo had not revealed this matter, he would have almost forgotten about it.
"Brother Yuanrong!" When Yin Yuanbo saw Yin Yuanrong, it was as if he had seen a life-saving straw.
"You're finally here. Great Young Master Xue wants to sue me for insulting an official of the Imperial Court, but I didn't! You have to testify for me. I didn't lie to slander that Yu Lianfang. She was the one who behaved inappropriately. Tell me, on my mother's birthday, did Yu Lianfang take off her clothes in my family's wing room and let us see her? "
He was not good at reading other people's expressions and thought that Yin Yuanrong would not watch him suffer. However, he did not see that Third Master Yin wanted to stuff his mouth with feces.
This time, Xue Rui did not stop Yin Yuanbo's nonsense. After he finished complaining, he said to Yin Yuanrong,
"Today, I happened to come to the opera and saw your younger brother spouting nonsense in public, slandering the officials of the imperial court. His words were vulgar and the victim was the female imperial official of the Imperial Celestial Bureau, Yu Shu, a fifth-rank official who was appointed by His Majesty as the female envoy of Miaoling. This matter was of great importance. However, I saw and heard it with my own eyes, so I arrested him on the spot. Rui. didn't expect that he would not repent. Yuanqiu. Yu. and he did, Yuanand Minister, Yi, Minister, Emperor, Minister, Yi, Minister.
Xue Rui avoided the main point and dwelled on the trivial. With just a few sentences, he made the audience's attention shift from 'Female Emissary Miao Ling is a woman with loose manners' to 'Yin Clan's Young Master is slandering an official of the imperial court.'
Yin Master Family Yuto Minister Yang, to Yin, Master Yin Yman Yin, Yuan, Yin was. Yin. to Minister to to to to Minister Yan.
He was flirtatious, but not vulgar.
Sure enough, Yin Yuanrong frowned after he finished speaking and pretended to be ignorant. He shook his head and said, "I'm really muddle-headed. I've only heard of the Miss Yu you guys are talking about, but I've never seen her."
Xue Rui's eyes flickered as he nodded and said, "That makes things easier. It seems like Young Master Yin made it up."
Yin Yuanbo was dumbfounded. He couldn't understand why Yin Yuanrong would lie through his teeth. Instead of helping his own brother, he was defending an outsider.
"Brother Yuanrong, think about it carefully. How could you have never seen her before?" Yin Yuanbo hurriedly got up and wiped the blood off his face.
"That day when you and I were together, both of us saw it. She was the one who deliberately seduced you, did you forget!?"
Xue Rui was almost amused by him when he heard this. The grandchildren of Minister Yin are really a mix of good and bad. At any rate, Yin Yuanrong has a brain, yet this person on the ground is stupid to the point of being comparable to a pig.
If Yin Yuanrong really did see Yu Shu in a daze, what good would it do him? He would just make an enemy and smear his own reputation.
Would Yin Yuanrong disregard everything just to save his younger cousin who used him as a laughing stock? It was obvious that Third Master Yin wasn't a true gentleman who repaid evil with good. It was already good enough that he didn't hit him when he was down.
"Yuanbo, did you drink too much? Are you talking nonsense?" Yin Yuanrong was good at playing dumb. He glared at him with an unhappy expression.
"I'll say it again, I don't know that Yu Lianfang. I've never seen her before. Who knows if she's round or flat?"
Yin Yuanbo finally understood that Yin Yuanrong wouldn't help him. He wanted to cry but had no tears. He could only keep talking. With his bloody face, he looked like he was possessed.
"You've clearly seen her before, you've clearly seen her before …"
The people around them didn't feel sympathy for him. Instead, they all felt disdain and vaguely displeased. What was going on? It was all a lie.
Yin Yuanrong sighed heavily, and then he cupped his hands to Xue Rui and said, "Brother Xue, Yuanbo is my cousin brother. Even though he was in the wrong first, I can't stand by idly. I think he drank too much and spoke rudely in a moment of confusion. You're a magnanimous person. Don't argue with him. Otherwise, let's forget about today's matter. I'll send him home later and ask my Second Uncle to discipline him strictly so he won't come out and cause trouble again. What do you think? "
At the end of the day, they were all from the Yin family. If Yin Yuanbo was arrested and sent to the Supreme Court for slandering an official of the imperial court, it would be the Yin family's reputation that would be ruined. Yin Yuanrong could watch him die, but he couldn't let him ruin his family's reputation.
Therefore, when he heard that something had happened to Heng Wu Building, he rushed over eagerly. He didn't even want the beauty lying by his pillow.
Yin Yuanrong had thought it through. He had cooperated with Xue Rui previously. Now that he had given in, Xue Rui should let Yin Yuanbo off.
Who knew that Xue Rui had no intention of letting the matter rest.
He was really angry today. Otherwise, Yin Yuanbo wouldn't have seen blood from that cup. From the moment he made his move, he didn't think that he would be able to get away with it.
"Brother Yin, you don't have to blame yourself. This matter has nothing to do with you. You're also innocent and implicated." Xue Rui closed his Mu Jiang Fan and stood up. He glanced at Yin Yuanbo, who was still lying on the ground. He turned to meet Yin Yuanrong's gaze and cupped his hands.
"The Supreme Court has never been biased when investigating cases. It's true that Yin Yuanbo slandered an official of the imperial court in public. I want to bring him back to the Supreme Court to be sentenced. Sorry for offending you."
With that, he put the fan into his bosom and nodded towards a corner on the second floor. He then picked up Yin Yuanbo, who was on the ground, and flicked the numbing acupoint on the back of his neck before Yin Yuanbo could struggle. He dragged Yin Yuanbo toward the door.
Today, at Liu Tan's invitation, Xue Rui only brought two attendants with him. They were waiting outside Heng Wu Building. He couldn't wait to call them in and personally took Yin Yuanbo away.
Yin Yuanrong's expression became utterly unsightly when he saw this scene. He hesitated and didn't stop Xue Rui because he understood Xue Rui's character. If Yin Yuanrong were to stop Xue Rui, then Xue Rui might drag Xue Rui into the Supreme Court as well.
Xue Rui walked to the door and paused. He said to Jing Chen, "I'll go first. What about you?"
Jing Chen said, "I'll go with you."
On the second floor, Liu Tan, who had been standing in the dark and watching the commotion for a while, saw Xue Rui and Jing Chen leave together. He stood there thoughtfully for a while, then turned and returned to Chaste and Cypress Building.
Today's incident was not a coincidence. Yin Yuanbo slandered Yu Shu. There was definitely someone behind it. What was the purpose of that person?
Was it purely to ruin Yu Shu's reputation?
Xue Rui brought Yin Yuanbo back to the Supreme Court. He didn't wait until the next day and interrogated him that very night. Jing Chen listened on the side and didn't leave.
"Who ordered you to slander the Celestial Commissioner's female imperial official, Yu Shu?"
Today's scene in Heng Wu Building and Fragrant Grass Pavilion was obviously deliberately arranged by someone. Someone in the crowd echoed Yin Yuanbo's words, intending to ruin Yu Shu's reputation.
Yin Yuanbo didn't have the brains, so who could it be?
Xue Rui swiftly went through them in his heart, and he had a few candidates. Thus, even though Yin Yuanbo intentionally concealed it, he was unable to avoid Xue Rui's repeated questioning, and merely the expression on Yin Yuanbo's face was able to allow Xue Rui to confirm that it was the mastermind.
Unsurprisingly, it was Ning Wang, Liu Hao.
Xue Rui wasn't as angry as imagined. He calmly analyzed Ning Wang's thoughts and came to a conclusion — Ning Wang plotted against Yu Shu not just to ruin Yu Shu's reputation.
In the case of the headless imperial envoy, Ning Wang tried to assassinate Yu Shu because he was wary of Yu Shu's ability to determine a person's life and death. He was worried that the truth of the Tenth Princess's death would be calculated by her, so his first thought was to silence her.
In the end, he didn't succeed. Ning Wang was instead harmed and was involved in this murder case. He was grounded by Emperor Zhao Qing.
One plan didn't work, but Ning Wang didn't give up. He had another plan. Since he couldn't kill Yu Shu, he had to think of a way to subdue her.
Thinking about it, if Liu Tan hadn't had the interest to invite them to Heng Wu Building to watch the show today, and they hadn't been able to stop this farce, Yin Yuanbo could have successfully spread the rumor to the point where everyone knew that Yu Shu had tried to seduce Yin Yuanrong.
At that time, Yu Shu wouldn't have any innocence to speak of. Ning Wang only needed to convince Yin Yuanrong to marry Yu Shu, and maybe ask the Emperor to appoint a marriage. Then a scandal would become a happy event. Yu Shu was in a dilemma. She couldn't resist the imperial decree and could only agree.
Yin Yuanrong had married a furen a long time ago, but she had died of illness two years ago. The Yin Family might not want Yu Shu as a daughter-in-law, but if Yin Yuanrong insisted, she could be his second wife.
The Yin Family was Ning Wang's outer family. In order to help him obtain the throne, it wasn't difficult for them to make this little concession.
When Yu Shu became Yin Yuanrong's wife, Liu Hao's goal would be achieved.
After Xue Rui thought it through, the anger in his heart calmed down a lot. Ning Wang had calculated everything, but he hadn't calculated that Yu Shu had a special identity. It was destined that she couldn't marry anyone casually, and it was even more impossible for her to become the daughter-in-law of the Yin Family.
Thinking of this, he suddenly sighed with some bitterness. If others couldn't get her, how could he be with her openly?
"Brother Xue, did you find out? Who was the one who ordered him to slander Xiaoyu? " Jing Chen wasn't as knowledgeable as Xue Rui. After listening for a while in confusion, he still didn't know who the culprit was.
Xue Rui was vexed and didn't intend to explain much to Jing Chen. He looked coldly at Yin Yuanbo, who was lying in a ball on the ground. Holding the red brush, he lightly ticked on the confession he had recorded and said to the official,
"Note, Yin Yuanbo, a member of the gentry, slandered an official of the court in public. After this official found out, according to the criminal law, he will be punished with fifty strokes of the rod, immediately."
Fifty strokes of the rod, not one less. It was definitely a severe punishment.
Hearing this, Yin Yuanbo shuddered. Evil rose from the bottom of his heart, and he yelled at Xue Rui, "Xue Dalang! How dare you! My grandfather is the current prime minister, and my father is the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue! You deliberately wanted to kill me. If something happened to me, they would never forgive you! "
Xue Rui was unmoved. A cold smile floated on his lips, and he said,
"Don't worry, I won't beat you to death."
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