What favor are you fighting for?The empress's harem has won a lot of business

Chapter 195 Restore my father's innocence
"I really don't know him, please ask the emperor to learn from him"

He dared to say that he was certain that the emperor would not find out.

He has the ability to clean up all the evidence if he dares to do it.

The Meng family is no longer what it used to be.

Meng Zhengye was no longer the poor scholar he was in those days. He was smart and talented, he had ups and downs in the court for many years, won the trust of the late emperor, and was in charge of the household department.

There hasn't been a single flaw in so many years.

"Xue Xiang, tell me, do you know him?"

Like a hound waiting for an opportunity, Xue Xiang seized the opportunity and gnawed wildly, telling all the facts in one go.

Finally he kowtowed deeply.

"Everything I said is the truth. I have nearly three years of account books in my hand, which records everything in detail. Please check it carefully, Your Majesty."

"You spit out blood!"

"What did Lord Meng say? I am just a small magistrate, and I have no grievances or enmities with you, why should I spray you?"

Xue Xiang took his time.

Death is a certainty, and it's not a loss to pull a back.

He knew early on that Mr. Meng was ruthless.

All the profits are wanted, and I don't want to share a penny with others.

At the beginning, when he cautiously proposed to share a share of the profits of Xingsheng Dyeing Workshop, Meng Zhengye directly told him, 'Don't even think about it'.

After many years, I can only make wedding clothes with others.

Every year, I can only watch huge profits handed over to others.

Freezing three feet does not happen overnight, nor does hatred happen overnight.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has been wronged. The old minister has served in the household department for many years, from the king to the common people, and the veteran will never neglect you in the slightest."

"The old minister dares to swear to the sky that what he said is false"

"To show my innocence, the old minister implores the emperor to thoroughly investigate all the family assets under the old minister's name"

"Since the amount is so huge, it is impossible to disappear without a trace. Please ask the emperor to investigate thoroughly and return the old minister's innocence."

"Your majesty, I know where he hid the money. The emperor wants to check if I can provide clues."

Xue Xiang actively moved forward.

He also knew it by accident.

All the family assets of the Meng family are not accounted for, and the names of the Meng family are not used.

He will guide the servants in the family, return their children and grandchildren to good status, train outstanding children to study and become officials, and then put the family assets under the names of those people.

Meng Zhengye was not worried that those people would turn against him, because his parents and even his grandparents were in the hands of the Meng family.

This is how he spread his wealth.

Only then did the Meng family escape round after round of inspections by the supervisory censor, and the reconciliation of accounts by the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Punishment.

The boat of the Meng family could have stood upright, but it capsized in the gutter.

"Xue Xiang, you despicable and shameless villain, how dare you..."

Spitting out a mouthful of old blood, Meng Zhengye pointed at Xue Xiang's face tremblingly.

Xue Xiang even put his face in front of him.

"So what if you spit blood on my face? I'm not even afraid of death, but I'm afraid of living?"

"Are you not afraid of your relatives?"

Meng Zhengye used his trump card. The most ruthless method he used to control people was blood relatives. The degree of his trust in his subordinates depended on how many relatives the other party had in his hands.

"I'm going to die, what else do I have to be afraid of?"

"Since you can't protect yourself, instead of staying in the world and being ruined by others, it's better to follow the old man to Huangquan Road, so that the family can still have a companion"

"you……"

Xie Chenyu sat leisurely on the imperial case, and the pot of Longjing had already bottomed out.

He stood up and stretched himself, shaking his head contentedly.

"This time I went to Jiangnan, and I really got a good harvest"

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The sixth day of August is an auspicious day for the zodiac.

Xie Chenyu specially picked this day to step down Meng Zhengye.

Concubine Meng took off her hairpin and put on plain clothes, and knelt outside the imperial study all afternoon.

From his father's achievements when he was young, to his simplicity when he was old, he cried out that his father was wronged and there was absolutely no corruption.

Lin Ximeng came to Yushufang to deliver soup, just in time to meet her talking about Meng Zhengye's youth.

She frowned slightly.

"Oh?"

"I didn't know, Mr. Meng has done good things."

Meng Yuxi suddenly raised her head and her eyes were red.

"Lin Ximeng, he is your uncle after all"

Lin Ximeng supported the set of red gold and ruby ​​hairpins on her head, and the jade bracelet on her wrist also jingled.

"Uncle? I don't have an uncle"

"Didn't Concubine Meng say last time that we have nothing to do in the future?"

With a just-right smile on the corner of her mouth, Lin Ximeng went to report with a swaying green posture.

Zhao Hai, who just said with a cold face that the emperor has government affairs to be busy and has no time to meet her.

At the moment he was bending over to take the food box and invite her in, he even said with a smile.

"Your Majesty Lin welcomes you"

"Eunuch Zhao, isn't the emperor..." Meng Yuxi walked forward on his knees, not caring whether he lost face or not.

Zhao Hai didn't even look at her and quickly stepped in.

Lin Ximeng looked back instead.

"Ms. Concubine Meng kneels here, and I don't like it. After all, you are an elder."

She called Qingqing to hold an umbrella for Meng Yuxi.

"In autumn, the weather is quite easy to change. When there is sunshine during the day, it can be shaded, and when there is no sunshine, it can be covered with dew at night."

Lin Ximeng went in with a smile.

Meng Yuxi had no choice but to watch.

The sharp nails pierced the palm of the hand, and the bright red blood stained the red dress. Meng Yuxi bit her lip hard.

Sure enough, there is one emperor and one courtier.

Father was deeply trusted by the first emperor, but he was not the emperor's confidant.

People from the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Officials, and Ministry of Punishment have all been changed, and even the Wang family has not escaped. Is it finally the turn of the Meng family?
"Lin Ximeng!"

"Ma'am, let's go back, the emperor won't see us"

Meng Yuxi kicked over the umbrella given by Lin Ximeng, and left angrily with the maid.

-

In the imperial study room, Lin Ximeng was grinding round and round.

"gone"

"Hmm," Lin Ximeng lowered her head, with a muffled voice in her nose.

"After all, it's your mother's family, she's your cousin..."

"No, I have nothing to do with them," Lin Ximeng interrupted abruptly.

"My concubine implores the emperor to thoroughly investigate this matter and seek justice for the people in the south of the Yangtze River." She gritted her teeth and knelt down with firm eyes.

Xie Chenyu raised his hand to dip in the ink, and continued to critique the paper.

"My people, I can naturally be the master, but you..."

"The concubine only asks the emperor to investigate from the beginning. He was the one who sued my father to escort the food and grass for delaying the military flight. The concubine begs the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly."

My father, a great general, has survived many vicious battles, and it is impossible to delay the transportation of food and grass.

There must be an ulterior secret behind this incident.

Whether it was intuition or deliberation, she never believed that Meng Zhengye was innocent.

What's more...

"My mother and aunt are still suffering in the north, my younger brother has just been found, and a cousin is missing"

"I beg the emperor to thoroughly investigate this case and return my father's innocence."

Since she had to do it, she had to fight to the death.

Xie Chenyu's face sank like water: "Bold Mrs. Lin, you should know the rules of the harem."

"The concubine knows that the harem cannot be involved in politics, and the concubine dare not disobey it"

"But this is not government affairs, it is the concubine's family affairs and the concubine's life"

Lin Ximeng spoke loudly, and hit her forehead on the ground, and soon saw blood, and her face was flushed red.

Xie Chenyu kept refusing, so she kept kowtow.

(End of this chapter)