Princess of the auxiliary country

Seeing that he was about to lose his breath, Mrs. Zheng quickly stepped forward to help him calm down and comforted him repeatedly.

After a while, Zheng Wengong calmed down a little, and then he asked again, "Why are they doing this?"

Mrs. Zheng looked at his current appearance and wanted to avoid irritating him any more, but thinking that this matter was too big for her to handle alone, she had no choice but to tell the story slowly.

In Huo Junyao's words, it was the Zheng family that cut off her financial resources and forced her to find another way out, which led to the papermaking workshop.

He even threatened to let them investigate at will, but the original braised food incident could not withstand the investigation.

It didn't take long for things to become clear.

From the beginning, it was just a small shop selling braised meat, and it had nothing to do with the nobles. Even this business was just a small profit.

It turned out that the Zheng family was too overbearing and failed to come to the door to buy the formula. Instead, they started playing dirty tricks, driving up prices and blocking the way for others.

This is indeed done in a somewhat unauthentic way. Although braised food has some promise, to a big family like them, it is just rubbish money.

There was really no need to do it like this, not to mention that the other party was Princess Zhaode, but the Zheng family still did this.

Doesn’t that make it clear that you are bullying someone?

What's wrong with people fighting back?

That is reasonable and well-founded. Originally, they had nothing to do with the gentry, but you, the Zheng family, insisted on provoking others. Don't you want them to take revenge?

Everyone has seen the strength of Princess Zhaode and Duke Ji's mansion today.

It is obviously impossible to continue to find Princess Zhaode's discomfort, after all, they are unreasonable.

But this papermaking workshop is already well-established, and each company will suffer some losses in the future.

Why should everyone share the loss equally for something that the Zheng family caused themselves?

When it comes to interests, these noble families will not expose it so easily. Since the loss was caused by the Zheng family, it is natural that the Zheng family must pay for it themselves.

There is absolutely no reason to drag the big guys along.

"They. How dare they do this?"

As his wife finished telling everything, Zheng Wengong's chest heaved violently with anger again.

These bastards are planning to take flesh from their Zheng family.

It can also be seen that these allies who originally vowed to stand with him on the same front have already planned to abandon him and aim their flesh-cutting knives at him.

"Master, please calm down. Things have come to this point. The attitudes of several families have been made clear. You must not get into trouble at this juncture. Otherwise, I can't make up my mind about how to deal with it, and I don't dare to make up my mind."

Hearing this, Zheng Wengong took another deep breath and managed to suppress the anger in his heart.

He knew very well that what his wife was talking about was important.

The attitudes of each family have been revealed, and he must find a way. If something happens to him at this time, how will his wife and children deal with it?

"Tell them to wait until I recover from my injuries."

"Then, you ask Yuan'er to write a letter and send it back to the clan leader to report in detail what happened here. I'm afraid our Zheng family will have to shed some blood this time."

Mrs. Zheng nodded repeatedly, and after comforting him, she went to find Zheng Songyuan.

At Hot Spring Villa, Huo Junyao has received a letter from Princess Ningyang.

The letter said that they would continue to bring the matter to court as she said and try to make the Zheng family pay more.

Huo Junyao didn't say much about this.

Since she had chosen to use such drastic measures to deal with the Zheng family, it was absolutely impossible for her to stop as soon as the other party bowed their heads.

This time, she not only wanted to hurt the Zheng family, but also wanted to severely weaken the Zheng family. The reason why the gentry clan was strong was due to two things. The first was having scholars at their disposal, and the second was having a seat in the court.

If there are no two things, then the gentry is just a rich rich man. In ancient society, such a rich man has another name, that is, a big fat sheep.

If you have no background and no strength, why should you occupy so many resources?

The purpose of her impeachment by Ji Guogong was to eliminate the influence of the Zheng family in the court and lose its influence in the court.

So will the scholars in their hands continue to follow them?

What are these people studying so hard for?

Isn’t it just to climb to the Golden Palace one day and enjoy the glory and wealth?

If they lost their influence in the court and their ability to be recommended as officials, would these scholars still surround the Zheng family?

As people go higher, once their influence is weakened, scholars will abandon the Zheng family, step by step, and deprive the Zheng family of what they rely on most. Then, she can guess what will happen to the Zheng family in the future without taking any action.

"I didn't expect this girl to be so cruel when she attacked. I really should thank her properly."

In the royal study room of the imperial palace, Emperor Zhaowu looked at the impeachment memorials that were being sent in one after another. Emperor Zhaowu's face was not a little irritated, but was full of joy.

Gentlemen, that was the biggest problem in his heart.

He has always wanted to suppress the noble clan, but the noble clan is too united, and even if he has the intention, he is unable to do so.

But something was different this time. Huo Junyao's diversionary method of diverting the target made the Zheng family the target of public criticism.

Sure enough, in the face of absolute interests, any alliance is fake.

Looking at the impeachment memorials sent by several major noble families, Emperor Zhaowu's lips were filled with sarcasm.

"Since we can't cook everything in one pot, it's not bad to divide and conquer like this."

He thought secretly in his heart and already had a decision in his mind.

After finally getting such an opportunity, we must seize it and clear out the Zheng family in one fell swoop. Although this removal will strengthen other people, it is a good thing to have one less family controlling the court.

"The King of Qi and the King of Chu actually got involved. It seems that these two little guys are not stupid."

Just as he was muttering, Gao Fu walked in from outside holding some memorials.

The memorial placed at the top was actually sent by the Prince of the East Palace.

This actually made Emperor Zhaowu quite curious. He didn't know whether this guy wanted to impeach or beg for mercy.

He casually took the memorial and opened it. When he saw it, Emperor Zhaowu's brows furrowed slightly, and his face became visibly gloomy.

After a while, he slammed the memorial on the table.

"Go and tell Shen Huan to come see me."

The emperor was furious, and Gao Fu was trembling with fright, so he quickly accepted the order and retreated.

Not long after, Shen Huan walked into the imperial study room. When he entered the door, he didn't even salute when he saw something hitting him.

Shen Huan subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but then he thought that this was the imperial study room, so he immediately held back and allowed the thing to hit the ground in front of him.

"Is this the result of your teaching these past few months?"

(End of this chapter)