Chapter 282, redress of injustice
Madam Cao calmed herself down, then looked at Ye Mo: "What do you want me to do?"
Ye Mo: "I want to rehabilitate the Marquis of Changle."
Madam Cao was silent for a while: "I helped you, how will you repay me?"
Ye Mo looked at her: "It wasn't you who helped me, without you, I could still bring down the Pingguo mansion, but the process would be more complicated." After a pause, "Let Luo Yuanlu destroy the Pingguo mansion with his own hands. The souls of those whose families died unjustly may be able to get a better relief."
Madam Cao's heart tightened, she looked at Ye Mo who was as indifferent as ice, and understood the threat in his words.
Yuan Lu is the heir of the Cao family. If he finds out in the future that he caused the Luo family to be destroyed, how can he live with peace of mind?
Madam Cao closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she said firmly, "I can publicly testify against Duke Ping for slandering the Marquis of Changle. I just ask you to let go of my son and Yun Ting."
Duke Qing's mansion was full of robbers and beheaded. Even though Luo Yuanlu was not the son of Duke Qing, he was still an adopted son and should not be alive according to the law. The life and death of Yuan Lv is between Ye Mo's thoughts.
As for Yun Ting, once his identity as Chu Qinghuan's son is exposed, he will not survive.
Thinking of Cao Yunting, Mrs. Cao felt a twinge of pain in her heart. All her mother's love was given to this son, but he was the stain of her husband's betrayal.
Although she hated it, she didn't want him to die either.
Ye Mo looked at Mrs. Cao, and was silent for a long time: "Okay, I promise you. On the day of Laba Festival, you can ask the emperor for a crime."
After finishing speaking, Ye Mo left.
Not long after Ye Mo left, Cao Yunting came back.
As soon as Cao Yunting returned to the mansion, he heard from the housekeeper that Mrs. Cao had killed Nanny Kong and dealt with the whole family of Nanny Kong, and he was shocked.
Although the mother is strict in managing the Duke's Mansion, she has never killed a servant for no reason. Even if the servant made a mistake, at most she would sell the house.
What happened to mother? So many people were ordered to be executed at once, and it was the family of the father's nurse!
Cao Yunting hurried to the main courtyard, looking at Mrs. Cao who looked tired and haggard, swallowed all the questions in his heart, and replaced them with worry and concern.
"Mother, are you sick? My son will immediately ask the imperial physician to come and treat you."
Seeing the unfeigned worry on Cao Yunting's face, Mrs. Cao's eyes were full of mist, and she reached out to hold Cao Yunting: "Yunting, mother" her voice was so choked that she couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Cao Yunting quickly hugged Mrs. Cao and patted her on the back: "Mother, my son is here. No matter what happens, my son will be with you."
Madam Cao's eyes burst into tears, and she tugged on Cao Yunting's sleeves: "I hate it so much"
Cao Yunting was taken aback, his mother said he hated it, what did his mother hate so much?
Seeing Madam Cao bursting into tears like rain, Cao Yunting quickly knelt on the ground and stretched out his hand to test Madam Cao's tears.
Mrs. Cao's eyes were filled with more tears. She held Cao Yunting's hand, her lips trembling, trying to say something, but in the end all turned into choked sobs.
Cao Yunting was in a hurry: "Mother, don't scare your son. Tell me what happened. Let's find a solution together. No matter what happens, it can be solved."
Madam Cao shook her head: "It can't be solved."
Cao Yunting: "No, even if the son can't solve it, the son can still ask other people for help. Mother, you told your son since he was a child that nothing can't be solved. You said it."
Madam Cao closed her eyes and let go of Cao Yunting's hand: "Go down, I want to be quiet."
"Mother."
Cao Yunting was unwilling to leave. It can be seen that Mrs. Cao didn't want to talk to him, so she could only leave full of doubts.
When she walked to the door, Mrs. Cao suddenly said: "Yunting, no matter what mother does in the future, mother hopes that you can live well."
Hearing these farewell words, Cao Yunting was even more worried, and when he wanted to say something, Mrs. Cao waved to him: "Go down and get ready, I will take the money I raised into the palace in a few days and ask the emperor to let you go." your father."
Cao Yunting was overjoyed, although he felt that Mrs. Cao's words and deeds today were quite weird, but thinking that Mrs. Cao's mood has been unstable these days, she suppressed her worries and went down quickly to prepare for the return of Duke Ping.
Watching Cao Yunting leave, Mrs. Cao cried again.
On the day of the Laba Festival, Mrs. Cao followed Ye Mo's instructions and performed a confession.
When the emperor was looking at Mrs. Cao's book, Wei Guogong and several other court ministers happened to be there.
"Loves, Mrs. Pingguo has made an apology, do you think I should let Pingguo go?"
When Wei Guogong heard this, his expression immediately fluctuated.
Changlehou Mansion was copied by Old Duke Wei, that is, Duke Wei's father. After Ye Mo took power, Duke Wei has been restless, worried that Ye Mo would take the opportunity to retaliate.
Although the Wei family is in full swing today, there are empress dowagers and empresses in the harem, and there is a prince in the previous dynasty, but Wei Guogong has never been rampant.
No way, the more powerful the Wei family is, the more they will be stared at by the emperor. The Wei family can only be more careful.
Then, the position of the crown prince is not stable. The eldest prince who had the identity of the eldest son in the past is oppressing him, and the fourth prince and other princes are eyeing him. It is not an exaggeration to say that the crown prince is surrounded by wolves.
At this time, the Wei family must not cause trouble for the prince.
Therefore, Wei Guogong is very afraid of Ye Mo, an unstable factor. Whenever he has a chance, he wants to pull Ye Mo down. If he can't pull him down, he must work hard to make enemies for Ye Mo.
An enemy's enemy is a friend. Duke Ping was arrested because of Ye Mo, and Ye Mo blocked others from helping Duke Ping many times. As long as Ping Guogong comes out, he will definitely trouble Ye Mo.
Thinking of this, Wei Guogong came out: "Your Majesty, I think that since Ping Guogong's wife has made up the silver taels corrupted by ink, the court should give Ping Guogong a chance to redeem his sins."
The ministers facing the saint today have a common characteristic, that is, they are all dissatisfied with Ye Mo.
Ye Mo wants to deal with Ping Guogong, of course they have to do the opposite.
Seeing that Duke Wei made a statement, the others followed suit, saying that Duke Ping should be given a chance to reform himself.
Wei Guogong looked at the emperor's face, thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, after all, Ping Guogong was greedy for a large amount of silver, and he let it go so easily. I'm afraid that other officials will follow suit. Why don't you let the emperor publicly admonish you at the court tomorrow morning?" Let him learn a lesson by doing something to Ping Guogong."
The emperor looked at Wei Guogong and several officials with downcast eyes, thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow, let Mrs. Ping Guogong and his wife go to court to defend Ping Guogong."
Achieved the goal, Wei Guogong's eyes flashed with joy, then bowed respectfully, and followed several other important officials to exit the Qianqing Palace.
On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Cao Yunting sent Mrs. Cao to the gate of the palace, watched her enter the palace, and then waited at the gate of the palace, full of expectations that the morning morning would be over soon, and then he could pick up his parents and go home.
Unfortunately, he didn't wait for a family reunion, but for his mother to sue his father for framing the Changle Hou Mansion.
The fact that Marquis Changle colluded with the regent and was the leader of the Yan Party was a sensation in the case of the Yan Party, and every time people mentioned it, they all sighed.
Without him, Marquis Changle is a rare general. When guarding Liaodong, he repelled the Donghu army several times and made great contributions.
Now Ping Guogong's wife publicly testifies that Chang Lehou was wronged by Ping Guogong, and the real leader of the Yan Party is Ping Guogong himself.
As soon as this accusation came out, it directly shocked all civil and military officials.
Even the emperor was astonished, after all Duke Ping could be said to be his man.
"Ping Guogong and the Yan Party have never broken the relationship. Many of the silver taels that he colluded with the salt merchants and corrupted ink were given to the Yan Party."
Ping Guogong's dealings with the salt merchants have gone through a clear road in front of the emperor.
Hundreds of officials were astonished, but Ping Guogong, who was taken to court, was not surprised.
But when he saw the intense hatred bursting out from his wife's eyes, Duke Ping closed his eyes in despair.
She got it!
That's right, Ye Mo knew about Luo Yuanlu and Yun Ting's exchange, so how could he not tell Cao Shi.
Cao knew the truth, how could he not hate himself?
Ping Guogong opened his eyes and looked at Ye Mo.
Ye Mo
Why didn't he die in the northwest, why did he come back alive?
Without him, the Pingguo Mansion will continue to run smoothly!
Ping Guogong knew that the emperor only wanted to use Ye Mo, and knew that he might not be able to pass this time, so he opened his mouth and wanted to pull Ye Mo off his horse in exchange for the lives of the rest of the Cao family.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, Mrs. Cao stood in front of him.
Looking at Mrs. Cao's red eyes, Duke Ping was speechless.
"It's all your blood, how could you abuse my child like that?"
"Master, have you ever felt guilty about me?"
Thinking of the two sons who had been exchanged, Ping Guogong looked at Mrs. Cao with guilt in his eyes.
Seeing this, Mrs. Cao twitched her lips, leaning on the Duke of the State, pretending to want to hug her.
The officials who went to court were a little embarrassed when they saw it.
One moment before, Mrs. Cao was righteously exterminating relatives to testify against Ping Guogong for framing Chang Lehou, and the next moment she wanted to get close to Ping Guogong.
"Hmm~"
When a muffled hum sounded, the officials saw Duke Ping looking at Mrs. Cao incredulously, with a painful and distorted expression.
"Escort!"
Shi Dinghao, who was standing next to the emperor acting as a loudspeaker, was the first to notice something strange, and quickly stopped in front of the emperor.
At this time, everyone saw a golden hairpin on Duke Pingguo's chest.
My good fellow, all the three-inch-long golden hairpins fell into Duke Pingguo's chest.
Ping Guogong looked at Mrs. Cao in a daze: "You hate me that much?"
With a smile on her lips, Mrs. Cao leaned into Duke Pingguo's ear, and said softly, "I have to protect my child. When he was just born, it was me who was a bad mother. He was replaced. have no idea."
"Now that I know of his existence, I naturally want to keep him safe."
"As long as you die and the Pingguo government falls, Ye Mo will not deal with my children."
"you"
Blood kept oozing out, Duke Ping could clearly feel his life slipping away bit by bit.
Madam Cao looked at him with tears in her eyes: "You make me live like a joke. I have raised my son for more than 20 years for my rival in love, and finally I have to find a way to keep him alive."
"My lord, I really hate you!"
"Don't you value the family most? If you ruin me and my children, then I will let the entire Pingguo government go to **** with me."
Ping Guogong looked at Mrs. Cao, whose eyes were full of devouring eyes, his eyes gradually dimmed, and his body fell to the ground with a 'bang'.
"Cao Shi, you are so brave, you dare to commit murder in front of the palace!"
As soon as the imperial guards rushed over, they saw Mrs. Cao pounce on Duke Ping, pulled out the hairpin on his chest, stabbed himself in the chest quickly and hard, and then fell into a pool of blood with a smile.
This scene stunned everyone present.
The eldest son Zhao stepped forward quickly, knelt down and touched the breaths of Duke Ping and Mrs. Cao: "Report to the emperor, Duke Ping and his wife are dead."
Mrs. Cao smeared poison on the golden hairpin. Looking at the black lips of Mr. and Mrs. Pingguo, the officials all felt a little numb and stepped back.
The emperor's face was gloomy.
At this time, Ye Mo, who had been keeping his eyes on his nose and nose, suddenly stood up and kowtowed: "I beg the emperor to avenge the Changle Hou Mansion."
The emperor looked at Ye Mo with dim eyes.
Very good, the dog Ye Mo dared to bite his master back!
He didn't believe that Ye Mo couldn't see that he didn't want to kill Duke Ping, but Ye Mo still went against his will, and in a way that he had to agree to!
At this moment, all the officials felt the emperor's anger, and all bowed their heads in silence.
Looking at the dead Pingguo and his wife, the emperor was silent for a moment: "Put everyone in Pingguo's mansion into prison and listen to them."
"As for the matter of Ping Guogong framing the Changle Hou Mansion, it will be tried by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice." After finishing speaking, he flung his sleeves and retreated.
After he turned down, Shi Dinghao had nothing to do. Usually, he would stay in the palace for a while, but today, he went home quickly.
When Shi's family members heard Shi Dinghao vividly tell what happened in the court hall, they were all shocked.
After Shi Fuxin heard this, she couldn't help frowning.
"Sister, Master Ye. Ye Mo really annoyed the emperor this time. You haven't seen how ugly the emperor's face is."
Shi's family members were discussing in the house, while Shi Dinghao and Shi Fuxin slipped out and walked side by side in the yard.
Shi Fuxin: ".I still remember Ye Mo's strong desire to survive in the Northwest Guard. He lived hard, even becoming the emperor's executioner. He had only one purpose, and that was to cleanse the grievances of the Changle Hou Mansion."
Shi Dinghao was full of worry: "Don't look at the power of the Special Investigation Division, but all this was given by the emperor. If the emperor wants to take it back, Ye Mo can't resist."
"Ye Mo killed so many people before, once he loses the emperor's heart, there will be many people who will deal with him."
Shi Fuxin looked at her younger brother: "The Marquis of Changle has cleared away its grievances, and Ye Mo is also benevolent. Everyone has their own way to go, and we have no right to interfere. You are an official in the palace, so you must not show any differences." color."
Shi Dinghao nodded: "I know."
He has been in charge of the Special Investigation Department for many years, and Ye Mo holds the tainted evidence of all the important officials in the court. The Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice jointly tried the case of the Changle Hou Mansion being wronged.
The booklet was delivered to the emperor, the emperor snorted coldly, thought of the dirty things that Ye Mo helped to deal with, hesitated for a while, and re-examined the case of Changlehou's mansion when he went to court the next day, and returned Changlehou The government is fair.
After Shi Dinghao went back to the mansion, he quickly told Shi Fuxin about the emperor's arrangement: "Sister, this morning, the emperor granted Ye Mo the title of Marquis of Changle, and gave him a mansion, and personally wrote the title of Marquis of Changle. plaque."
"but."
"The emperor said that the Changle Hou Mansion has just been rehabilitated, and there are many things. It is not easy for Ye Mo to be in charge of the Techa Division. The Techa Division is now under the control of Liu Guifei's eldest brother Liu Houye."
(end of this chapter)