"That goddamn Ziqian Family! They cheated me out of thirty copper coins with fake banknotes!"
"Heartless, shameless scum!"
"Driving out the stepmother and stepsister and releasing money. What a disgrace to the nobles."
…
The people of Chang 'an City were spreading the news, denouncing Wu Yuanshuang's despicable actions. The Wu Family's reputation was tarnished even further.
In the imperial court, there was an uproar. It was a huge scandal that a nobleman was involved in releasing money.
Although many aristocratic families were involved in the business of releasing money, most of them hired representatives or servants to do it. Wu Yuanshuang was the representative of the Ziqian Family in Chang 'an City. However, no one expected that Mo Jiazi would pull the rug out from under her. It even involved the old incident of driving out the Yang mother and daughter.
Although Wu Yuanshuang was involved with many people in the dark, no one pleaded for her on the surface. They all requested for her to be severely punished.
"Your Majesty, these are the official memorials to impeach Wu Yuanshuang." Pande added another one to the thick stack of memorials.
Li Shimin couldn't help but rub his head. Previously, the memorials to impeach Mo Jiazi filled the imperial court. Now, the atmosphere had changed to impeaching Wu Yuanshuang.
He picked up a few memorials and couldn't help but sneer. They were all the same, accusing Wu Yuanshuang of being unfilial and releasing money.
"When Yang mother was driven out of the family, no one in the imperial court spoke up for her. Only Meton helped. Now, all of them have turned into righteous people." Li Shimin sneered.
"That's the Wu Family's matter after all. However, I heard that Yang mother had a bad reputation when she was young!" Pande said.
Li Shimin snorted. "Yang mother did have a bad reputation when she was young. However, after marrying into the Martial House, she behaved herself. She even gave birth to three innocent children. How could she treat them so cruelly?"
As a spoiling demon, Li Shimin had an extremely bad impression of the Wu Brothers. Moreover, he had personally met Wu Meiniang before. She was intelligent and lovable, and in addition to that, she was the Head Disciple of the Mohist Family. Her status was a thousand times better than being a second girl in the Martial House.
"Your Majesty, Duke Ying is here to apologize." Suddenly, a guard reported.
"Duke Ying!"
Li Shimin narrowed his eyes. Duke Ying was Wu Shiqiang's title. Now that Wu Shiqiang had passed away, the title of Duke Ying was naturally inherited by the eldest son of Wu Clan, Wu Yuanqing. The person who came was naturally the new Duke Ying, Wu Yuanqing.
"Let him in!" Li Shimin waved his hand.
After all, the Wu Family had contributed greatly to the founding of the Tang dynasty. However, during the Black Tortoise Gate incident, that old fox Wu Shiqiang took the opportunity to hide in the Shu Lands. He did not help either side. After Li Shimin succeeded the throne, although they gradually drifted apart, he still had to consider their old friendship.
"Minister Wu Yuanqing greets Your Majesty. My brother committed a heinous crime by participating in the production of fake banknotes to frame the Prince Consort. He deserves to die." After seeing Li Shimin, Wu Yuanqing directly asked for forgiveness. He had no intention of explaining himself.
"Oh! So, this matter has nothing to do with Duke Ying's Mansion? "Li Shimin said expressionlessly.
"My father just passed away. Yuanqing is still mourning for him. How could I commit such an unfilial act?" Wu Yuanqing denied.
"Then what's the matter with Yang mother and daughter? Now, all the officials in the court are accusing Duke Ying's Mansion of publicly kicking out the stepmother. "Li Shimin asked.
Wu Yuanqing's expression suddenly changed. He said, "This matter was done by Wu Yuanshuang alone. After the Minister learned about it, he severely punished him and personally asked my mother and sister to come back. Unfortunately, my sister was accepted as a disciple by Merton. She was too proud to come back. So, I let it go! "
Wu Yuanqing directly inverted the truth. He did ask Yang mother and daughter to come back, but that was only because of the rumors in the city and Meton's influence. If Meton did not intervene, he would not have cared whether Yang mother and daughter were dead or alive.
"So, all the fault lies with Wu Yuanshuang." Li Shimin sneered.
Wu Yuanqing said shamelessly, "It's the Wu Family's fault. Your Majesty, please punish me. Duke Ying's Mansion will not object. "
It had to be said that Wu Yuanqing was indeed thick-skinned and black-hearted. He actually abandoned Wu Yuanshuang.
Li Shimin took a deep breath and suppressed the disgust in his heart. He said sternly, "If that's the case, Wu Yuanshuang is unfilial to his stepmother. He made fake banknotes to deceive the people and even killed people in the manor outside the city. He is guilty of the most heinous crimes and should be executed."
Wu Yuanqing trembled and quickly lowered his head to beg for mercy. "Your Majesty, please be lenient and spare his life for the sake of my father's merits."
Although he pushed all the blame to Wu Yuanshuang, he could not sit and watch Wu Yuanshuang die. Otherwise, his subordinates would be disheartened.
Li Shimin suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "However, Duke Ying's body is not cold yet. I can't bear to let him die in peace. Besides, Wu Meiniang has pleaded for mercy for him. Wu Yuanshuang's life will be spared for the time being. He will be exiled to Zhenzhou."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wu Yuanqing heaved a sigh of relief. Although he was exiled to Zhenzhou, it was not a big problem to protect Wu Yuanshuang with the strength of the Ziqian family.
"If you want to thank someone, thank Wu Meiniang! She doesn't want to kill her father before his body is cold. Otherwise, how can I let Wu Yuanshuang off so easily? "Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. The Minister will take his leave!" Wu Yuanqing expressed his gratitude and bowed before leaving.
"The Ziqian family is really cold!" Li Shimin could not help but snort coldly in his heart. Although the Ziqian family helped the Tang dynasty a lot, Li Shimin did not like them. The kinship in the imperial family was extremely cold. The Ziqian family was the same. After all, even the coldest kinship would not like another cold-hearted person.
Outside the palace, there was already a carriage waiting for them. Seeing Wu Yuanqing come out, Shopkeeper Yao quickly got off the carriage and opened the curtain. He said respectfully, "Boss, please!"
Wu Yuanqing looked at Shopkeeper Yao and said, "You are so sure that I have abandoned my brother and passed the test of the Ziqian family?"
Shopkeeper Yao smiled and said, "I am afraid that there is no one in this world who can refuse the position of the Ziqian family's boss."
As Shopkeeper Yao said this, a figure flashed in his heart. If there was really such a person, then it was probably not Mo Jiazi.
"Tell those old things that I have met their conditions. In the future, I will have the final say in the Ziqian family." Wu Yuanqing said loudly and stepped into the carriage. Shopkeeper Yao followed behind.
"This is the account book of the Ziqian family. Boss, please take a look!" In the carriage, Shopkeeper Yao said respectfully.
Wu Yuanqing took the book and opened it. Seeing the number of Heaven realm wealth in the account book, he couldn't help but be excited. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Before my father died, he passed the power of Duke Ying to me, but he passed the wealth of the Ziqian family to my second brother. Whether it is the power or the wealth, I want them both."
Looking at Wu Yuanqing's greedy expression, Shopkeeper Yao sighed in his heart. Perhaps the boss was born to be the Ziqian family.
"Young Master is wise and powerful. You are just taking back what is rightfully yours." Shopkeeper Yao said respectfully.
"Let's go! Let's go to the Mo Estate! "Wu Yuanqing said complacently.
"Go to the Mo Estate?" Shopkeeper Yao couldn't help but exclaim.
"What? You didn't expose Wu Yuanshuang's information to the Mo family, right?" Wu Yuanqing frowned.
Shopkeeper Yao shook his head and said, "Of course not. The Mo family still thinks that our Ziqian family betrayed the second boss because of greed. But didn't our Ziqian family just break off with the Mo family? If we go now, I'm afraid …"
The Mo family had just caught the Ziqian family's fake banknotes. How could they welcome them?
"This young master is going to see his own sister. How could Mo Jiazi refuse to see her?" Wu Yuanqing said.
"Second Miss, but wasn't the Second Miss driven out of the Martial House by the second young master?" Shopkeeper Yao hesitated.
Wu Yuanqing sneered and said, "That's because the previous Wu Meiniang was worthless. But now, Mei Niang is Mo Jiazi's eldest disciple. Her status is naturally different. Naturally, she has value. Thus, it is worth the Ziqian family to rope her in. Even if they want me to be a close brother, it wouldn't be a problem."
It had to be said that Wu Yuanqing was indeed shameless. When Wu Meiniang was worthless, he abandoned her. Now that Wu Meiniang was accepted as a disciple by Meton and had the opportunity to take control of the Mo family, he immediately came to curry favor with her. Of course, he didn't have good intentions. He even planned to help Wu Meiniang take control of the Mo family and control Wu Meiniang, embezzling the Mo family's Mo skills and wealth. Otherwise, how could he be willing to curry favor with her?
"Boss is wise!" Shopkeeper Yao said with deep admiration.
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