Chapter 167 I Won’t Agree to Divorce
Chapter 167 I Won’t Agree to Divorce
The man in black clothes and a gold belt paced back and forth, fearing that Rong Rui would not leave.
In the Jinyiwei territory, he did not dare to act rashly. He could only look at Rong Rui uncomfortably.
Rong Rui clasped his fists towards Shang Yan.
"Uncle Shangyan, Aunt Tang and Sister Taohua are in your hands." Rong Rui walked towards the man in black clothes and a gold belt, "Let's go."
"Little master."
"If I don't leave now, I'm going to regret it."
The man in black clothes and a gold belt nodded, and when he was about to leave, a sharp arrow shot him in the shoulder.
All of their men were shot in the shoulder.
Shang Yan said coldly:
"This is your punishment for tying up Taohua. You will keep your life for now, and we will decide whether to take Taohua away when she grows up."
Rong Rui didn't even look at it.
He left with steady steps.
The rest of the people followed and left.
Shang Yan came to Su Rutang with Taohua in his arms, and handed Taohua, who had cried herself to sleep, to Su Rutang. He also told Su Rutang about Rong Rui, "I thought Rong Rui was from Xiliang country, but I didn't expect he was from Li country."
"His last name is Gu?"
"Yeah. Taohua was very sad to know that Rong Rui was leaving. You should pay attention to her emotions recently." Shang Yan looked reluctant. If Rong Rui's words had not been very convincing, he really didn't want to let Rong Rui leave.
"I understand." Su Rutang brought Taohua back to Zhou Mansion.
the next day.
Zhou Chengru told Su Rutang that the emperor was going to hold a palace banquet, saying that officials above the fifth rank and their families would attend.
Su Rutang just nodded nonchalantly.
"You have to join, too."
"You are only from the fifth rank."
"The emperor said that I was thorough in my work, and now he has reinstated me. I am still Minister Zhou." Zhou Chengru's eyes were full of ambition, and he looked at Su Rutang with no concealment at all. "Rutang, will you regret this?"
"What do you regret?"
"I regret being so mean to me."
"I regret marrying you." Su Rutang's eyes sparkled, "I'm glad that you and I haven't consummated our marriage yet."
Zhou Chengru stepped forward and tried to grab Su Rutang.
Xia An and Chun Xi came in, "Second Madam. The princess of Nanli Kingdom sent a message, saying that she wants to invite Second Madam to a gathering."
"He replied for me, saying that he was not feeling well and was not fit to attend the party."
"Yes." Xia An responded, still standing there.
Zhou Chengru was furious. "The princess of Nanli Kingdom asked you out, but you ignored her? Did you know that she was here to marry you?"
"I know, so what?"
"If she marries the prince in the future, it will be for the good of our Zhou family if you become friends with her."
"What's so good about the Zhou Mansion?" Su Rutang was too lazy to deal with him.
"You are trying every possible means to plot against the Su Mansion, how can I hope for the best for the Zhou Mansion?"
"Su Rutang, you really know it."
Zhou Chengru's eyes were cold, "I won't agree to a divorce."
"No problem. You'll agree."
Su Rutang asked him to leave.
After Zhou Chengru left, she wrote a letter and asked Xia An to deliver it. "Give it to Wuying Building and spread the news that Zhou Chengru embezzled disaster relief funds."
"Slave, let's do it now."
Xia An took the order and left.
In just one day, the news that Zhou Chengru had embezzled disaster relief funds spread like a dandelion in the wind.
In the capital, many people were talking about it.
Even the people from the Censorate started to get busy.
In the inn.
When the princess of Nanli Kingdom heard that Su Rutang had rejected her invitation, she was so angry that she smashed several valuable things.
"My brother the Crown Prince has honored her, but she is so ungrateful." The princess has always been unruly, and it is because of her good relationship with the Crown Prince that she is more favored than others in the Nanli Kingdom.
"Princess, we don't need to pay attention to a woman."
"What do you know? The royal concubine is from the Great Zhou, and you never know what relationship she has with that woman?" The princess was not afraid of anything else, but she was most afraid that her brother the prince had eyes for someone else.
What she wants is unique pampering.
"But……"
The princess was bright and charming, but she raised a wicked smile, "Looking for that woman's husband, deliberately saying that..."
He whispered this in her ear.
Hongluan, the maidservant beside the princess, nodded and said, "I will arrange it right away."
Su Rutang did not contact the princess entirely for the sake of the Su family.
The Su family guards the border.
As a daughter of the Su family, she should keep her distance from the princess of the Nanli Kingdom.
The emperor angrily rebuked Zhou Chengru, and the people from the Censorate were spitting all over the Golden Throne Hall.
"Have the Dali Temple investigate this matter thoroughly. If they find out it's true, they must punish severely." The emperor glared at Zhou Chengru in anger. He wanted to make important use of Zhou Chengru, but this guy was really useless.
The Fifth Prince and others did not speak either.
Zhou Chengru cried out several times that he was innocent, but no one paid any attention to him.
He thought he had not embezzled disaster relief funds.
Those who are clean will be clean by themselves.
But unexpectedly, the emperor asked the Dali Temple to investigate in the morning.
noon.
Su Buli brought people to Zhou Mansion.
He placed the evidence on Zhou Chengru's desk, "There is a lot of evidence. Minister Zhou, what do you think you will do once the evidence is presented?
Can the master behind you protect you?"
"Slander, all slander." Zhou Chengru wanted to tear up the evidence.
Su Buli only smiled faintly, "Tear it up if you want. There is still a lot of evidence like this."
"Su Buli, what do you want?"
"Divorce my second sister." Su Buli's moon-white brocade robe did not have a single wrinkle. He sat on the chair with an indifferent expression.
"Signed the divorce papers."
Zhou Chengru sneered:
"dream."
"Since Minister Zhou is not happy about it, I will have to handle my matter impartially." Su Buli turned and left without even taking any evidence.
This made Zhou Chengru feel that he had found a solution.
He asked someone to give the evidence to Du Yue and asked Du Yue to hand it over to the emperor.
To show that he was wronged.
It's all Su Buli's fault.
Du Yue got the evidence, but before he reached the imperial study, he was bumped into by a young eunuch.
The tea in the young eunuch's hand poured onto Du Yue's hand.
"You bastard." Du Yue kicked him.
The young eunuch knelt on the ground hurriedly.
"Eunuch Du, please spare my life. I didn't mean it."
Du Yue was so angry that he wanted to kill him. This bastard actually called himself a servant. Did he want the emperor to know?
The old eunuchs around the emperor took action upon hearing the news.
"Xiao Luzi, what's wrong with you?" The old eunuch glanced at the paper in Du Yue's hand, his face changed drastically.
"How dare you, Du Yue, curse the emperor."
Du Yue picked up the rice paper in his hand and took a look at it, and almost fainted.
There were insults to the emperor written on it.
The handwriting... was exactly his own handwriting.
"It's not a mediocre one." The rice paper in Du Yue's hand was like a hot potato.
The people in the inner court began to grumble.
The Jinyiwei were soon alarmed and Du Yue was imprisoned.
Shang Yan personally went to tell the emperor about Du Yue, "Your Majesty, this matter has been seen by many people. The rice paper in Du Yue's hand came into contact with water, revealing the handwriting on it."
The emperor's eyes were bloodshot.
Head exploding pain.
"How could this happen? Du Yue will not betray me." The emperor rubbed his forehead with his hand. What good would it be for an eunuch to betray him?
"Your Majesty. I also think he would not betray Your Majesty. It seems that he was framed by someone." Shang Yan echoed in a low voice: "I heard that it was Minister Zhou who gave the Xuan paper to Eunuch Du."
Minister Zhou?
The emperor's eyes were cold, "Take your men to Minister Zhou's residence and search for what needs to be done."
"I think this bastard has no conscience."
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