Queen of flowers - Chapter 75

When Yong Ruo was sitting on the cold bench at Shou’an Hall, Feng Liao was drinking wine with the Prince Feng Shi, discussing how he had washed the wrongs for the Yong family.

Although the people of the Xingjun Wangfu had already held many witnesses and evidence of many illegal acts of the Wei family, to bring the Wei family down and to wash the Yong family’s grievances, the last and most crucial step was to let the imperial government impeach the Wei family and it’s official son.

Feng Liao intended to use Prince Xing connections to do that.

For one thing, he was only seventeen years old. He had never set foot in the capital. He only met a few court officials including those who belonged to Xingjun Wangfu. Secondly, now was the time when the Emperor would make his choice, things would turn dark. He didn’t want to set foot in the capital at this time, causing his elder brother’s jealousy. So he just borrowed his brother’s hand to act.

Regarding Feng Liao’s request for help, the Prince Xingi had a good-looking and silly expression, “You went to Ruzhou silently, was it for the sake of resolving your concubine’s family case?”

“The purpose at that time was not to reverse the case, but to find out the truth.”

Feng Liao said to Feng Shi sincerely, “Although I don’t think Mei Qing would lie to me. I always have to check it myself to know the truth of the matter. “

Feng Shi looked at him with a slight sigh of relief, “You can just think like that! I’m really afraid that you will be wronged by a woman and ruin your life!”

Feng Liao was very dismissive, “We are all grandsons of the dragons. We are born rich and wealthy, and we will be able to enjoy all the riches and wealth for the rest of our lives. Why bother to think about the future? Wouldn’t it be better to be happy in life?”

Feng Shi shook his head again, he pointed at Feng Liao, and said, “You, you! You are always lazy! Although Fengzi’s sons are born rich, it is not easy to keep the rivers and mountains. Since we have enjoyed this richness, Shouldn’t we do something for this country? “

Feng Liao grinned, “Isn’t there a second brother? Longsheng nine sons, all are different! If the second brother likes to worry, then take care of it. Why should you pull your brother with you; The younger brother likes to play, but also takes the second brother’s share of fun. So us brothers will not owe each other! “

“Your thinking is inverted!” Feng Shi smiled and said, “I’m responsible for worrying, you’re responsible for playing … I should have been born a few years earlier than you!”

Feng Liao carefully looked at him again, and nodded seriously, “It’s not about being born early or late, but about temperament. The second brother is a mature, and hard working man. The younger brother was born to be a lazy man! I had to go and have fun! “

He held the flask, diligently poured wine to Feng Shi, and then served him some of his favourite dishes, all of which were eaten by Feng Shi.

“When you were a kid, you were a very intelligent person. I don’t know how as you grew older, you became more lazy and more rogue …” Feng Shi leaned on Feng Liao, shook his head and sighed.

“Such a trivial matter, what do you need my help with?”

Feng Liao said, “Second brother, don’t talk anymore! Is it possible that I have to be an official for such a trivial matter? I’m a little troubled. If I get into trouble, my brother’s face will not look good! “

Feng Shi didn’t say anything about that matter, and only discussed the impeachment of the Wei family’s son.

The official son of the Wei family was Wei Yaozu, and he was named a prodigy at a very young age. In his life, he seemed to be doing great. At the age of fifteen, he became a scholar, at sixteen he was promoted, and at the age of 20 he became a jinshi*.

(*jinshi- passed highest level of imperial examination)

The jinshi was fancied by the Shaoqing judge of the supreme court. So he married a favored niece of the Shaoqing’s family.

The Wei family’s actions had always been fierce, and their reputation in the Beijing business district was not very good.

After the merchant’s house became the official’s house, their status was raised, but the Wei family’s profit-making attitude did not disappear. On the contrary, because of the backing, the Wei family acted more recklessly. In recent years, although they hadn’t done anything like framing good people, cleverly they won by bullying people to sell and buy.

After reading the testimony and evidence provided by Feng Liao, Feng Shi said, “Although initially you started the investigation for the beauty, but now you can also be regarded as a rescuer for the people. Not to mention the matters related to the sale and purchase of the farm produce, or the business matter, Wei family caused the death of five people. Many families were ruined by the Wei family! This is just what you found … I don’t know how many cases there will be which you haven’t found. When this case is opened, I am afraid there will be a lot of bitter people jumping out. The end is inevitable! “

He flipped those testimonies roughly again, shook his head, and said coldly, “This is the end of Wei Yaozu’s career! Although those things were done by his uncles and brothers, he was not strict in managing his family and indulged them for a crime that cannot be escaped. “

Feng Liao said, “I checked about Wei Yaozu, his poems and essays were well done, the appraisal was also done by a good hand but that has nothing to do with official affairs. It’s a pity to lose the official. He was gifted! “

Feng Shi glanced at him with a smile, “I didn’t say it was a pity, what are you anxious about? Rest assured! You rarely ask me to do something for you, I will definitely do this. “

Feng Liao smiled and said, “Thank you so much for your care!”

Feng Shi said with a smile, “I’m just going to say a few words, not much effort. It’s you, you take care of the beauty, alright?”

Feng Liao scratched his head slightly embarrassedly, “It’s okay! After your trip, I will be at ease.”

“At ease …” Feng Shi spit out the words gently between his teeth, and slightly gritted them, and said, “Staying at home you are so uncomfortable?”

Feng Liao said, ” Haha! How can I? I’m just saying that.”

“The corpse was really picked up from the mass grave?”

“Really!” Feng Liao sweard sincerely, pointing to heaven, “Ming Jian has identified the body of the corpse! It was of a woman from a brothel, pregnant with a child. The doctor said that her body should not be suitable to give birth, but she refused to abort. After giving birth to the child, she secretly bought the fetal pills and died of blood loss. The person who buried her was perfunctory, buried too shallowly and without a coffin. Her body was eaten by several wild dogs. The famous sword just cleaned up the traces of the beast bites on the corpse. When the Yong family’s affairs were done, she was buried again with a ceremony.”

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