Mrs. Shizi, she is both wise and brave

Chapter 168 Are you a friend?
She secretly breathed out, and asked: "There should be a lot of people impeaching uncle in court now!"

Shen Lingze was silent for a moment before nodding.

As soon as this matter came out, the court and China immediately exploded. Basically, all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were related to people from Taihe, and Mu Xiuzhu's move was regarded as an outrage.

And don't look at him having controlled most of the officials in Taihe, but that's just because he took the upper hand and caught the opponent by surprise.

The largest official in Taihe Province, Chief Envoy Wang Chunke is still safe and sound!
He has been operating there for many years and has strong strength. In order to protect himself, he will obstruct Mu Xiuzhu in every possible way, so Mu Xiuzhu will only be more difficult in the future.

More importantly, now that the matter has reached the capital, in order to protect Wang Chun, the Seventh Prince will also try his best to criticize Mu Xiuzhu in the court.

Moreover, Emperor Wen Si was also very dissatisfied with his practice of beheading first and playing later. Everyone in the court also impeached him for being ungrateful, reckless, and wanton. The situation is really not optimistic.

It can be said that apart from the Prince's family, there is no one in the capital who likes Mu Xiuzhu.

But even the crown prince, if he supported Mu Xiuzhu openly, he would be suspected of forming a clique. On the contrary, he would be easily criticized by others as an excuse.

Naturally, Su Jingning also thought of these, feeling a little heavy in her heart.

Shen Lingze couldn't help but comforted him: "Don't worry too much, the crown prince has already sent someone to help, and Xiaochi is also by Lord Mu's side, and will definitely protect him."

Su Jingning nodded, Taihe Province is far away, no matter how much she thinks, she will not be able to help her uncle, so it is better to find a way to solve the troubles in the capital.

Shen Lingze thought the same way.

He said: "Now His Majesty is annoyed that Lord Mu is making his own decisions, and he really doesn't want the matter to become a big deal, so he doesn't want to continue to investigate this case. He wants to recall Lord Mu."

"No!" Su Jingning frowned, "If uncle is called back, then all previous efforts will be in vain."

Not only can Wang Chun not be pulled down, but he will also be impeached by the ministers and despised by the Holy One. What good will happen then?

I'm afraid it's too light to lose the hat on my head...

"So, we have to find a way to force the Holy Majesty to order a thorough investigation of this matter." Shen Lingze answered.

Originally thinking that the matter had reached this point, Emperor Wen Si would definitely investigate thoroughly, who would have expected that he would favor the Seventh Prince to such an extent!

"What good idea does your son have?" Su Jingning asked.

Shen Lingze thought for a while, and said: "Since ancient times, success or failure has been determined by the hearts of the people.

The prosperity of government lies in conforming to the will of the people, and the failure of government lies in going against the will of the people.The defeat of many dynasties is proving this.As the Son of Heaven, the Holy Majesty knows better.

If the common people are excited, I am afraid that even the emperor will have to order the investigation! "

Su Jingning was stunned, "The common people are most touched by taxation. If they know that the officials of Taihe Province have raised taxes without permission and enriched their own pockets, there will be riots."

Shen Lingze nodded, and said in a gentle voice: "I will arrange it later, and let this matter ferment among the people as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Su Jingning responded, hesitated a bit and said: "I'm also a little worried about the Mu family, I'm afraid someone will do something bad to my grandmother and the others."

Shen Lingze said: "My cousin Xiao Hongyu is serving in the army of guards, I will ask him to take care of the Mu family."

The guards on duty are Emperor Wensi's pro-army, and they are responsible for guarding the emperor, performing missions, and patrolling and guarding the capital.

Xiao Hongyu's father is Marquis of Wu'an, who is the confidant of today's son, and his mother is the princess of Furong County, with a high status, if he is to take care of the Mu family, it will be much more reassuring.

Su Jingning breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked, "Please trouble your Majesty."

Shen Lingze smiled, stared at her and said, "I'm very happy that you can ask me to help."

Since the two of them worked together, Su Jingning never asked him for help on personal matters, this was the first time she asked him, and he was very happy.

Su Jingning smiled bitterly. She didn't want to ask Shen Lingze for help, but she really couldn't think of anyone else who could protect the Mu family.

The Su family had long stayed away for fear of being involved, and she didn't want the Qin family to be involved, so after much deliberation, it was most appropriate to ask Shen Lingze for help.

After all, familiar and credible.

"The son's help, Jing Ning will keep it in her heart, and if there is a errand in the future, she will not dare to refuse." Su Jingning said solemnly.

Shen Lingze heard that she was so polite, the corners of his mouth that were originally raised froze, and suddenly he couldn't smile.

"I didn't help out just to get your return." He sighed helplessly.

Seeing that Su Jingning was in a daze, he said seriously: "Friends should help each other once or twice, don't always be so polite to me."

Shen Lingze deliberately asked: "Does Ah Ning think that I am not worthy to be your friend?"

Su Jingning immediately denied it: "Of course not, the prince is naturally my friend."

"That's fine." Shen Lingze smiled and said, "There is no need to distinguish between friends so clearly."

Seeing him like this, Su Jingning couldn't refute anymore, so she said again: "What the prince said is true, I will not be so polite in the future. If the prince needs Jingning for something, just say it."

"Okay!" Shen Lingze responded immediately with squinted eyes and a smile.

"I don't know if the person sent by the son to Ruzhou has come back? How did Wen Yue and Wen Huan check?" Su Jingning felt a little uncomfortable when he laughed, and hurriedly changed the subject.

"It's been found out." Shen Lingze didn't care, and replied directly.

"They didn't lie, they did come from Ruzhou."

"Wen Huan and Wen Yue used to live in the clan with their mother, Wen Shi. It wasn't until Wen Shi passed away a few years ago that they couldn't bear the bullying from the clan, so they left angrily and wandered all the way to the capital."

"Where's their father?" Su Jingning asked.

"I don't know." Shen Lingze replied, "My people have inquired about the Wen clan. The Wen clan married out of town in the early years, and brought Wen Huan and Wen Yue back to the clan a few years later, saying that her husband passed away. She came back because she couldn't stand the harsh treatment from her husband's family. But the people in the clan don't know where she married, and they haven't seen her husband."

Su Jingning frowned, feeling a little confused again.

Wen Huan Wenyue's mother actually married to another place, not living in Ruzhou all the time as she thought.

There is a possibility that those two are the illegitimate sons of the eldest uncle.

Roughly counting Wen Huan Wenyue's age, it seems that Su Xin really worked in other places in those years, and Wang didn't follow him at that time. It would make sense if he quietly found an outside room.

So Wen Huan and Wenyue are just Su Xin's concubine and have nothing to do with it?

This made sense, but Su Jingning still hesitated.

Not knowing why, but just relying on her intuition, she felt that this matter should not be so simple.

(End of this chapter)