In the private room of the restaurant, Zhao Zhengji looked at Xu Song with a smile, with a smug and teasing expression.

Xu Song's face was very ugly, and the elders of various families gathered again today in order to fulfill and witness the previous gambling contract.

Sitting next to him, the two elders of the same camp as him before now turned green, obviously remorseful to the point that their bowels were blue.

"Elder Xu, it's time to sign and draw. Zhao Zhengji put the document in front of the other party and urged condescendingly, "You said before that the Xu family will not break the contract." ”

Xu Song was uncomfortable like eating a bowl of flies, and in front of everyone's eyes, he really couldn't go back on his word, so he could only do what he said.

Putting away the paperwork, Zhao Zhengji smiled even brighter, "From today onwards, the Xu family industry will have to fully withdraw from Bianliang, Elder Xu, if you want to go, you won't send it away." ”

Xu Song's face turned pale.

If he loses Bianliang, he will be criticized by his family when he returns to Yanping, and his power will naturally be taken back, and it will be difficult to get ahead in the future. And the Xu family suffered this blow, at least in front of the families present, the majesty was greatly damaged.

"Elder Zhao, don't get complacent too early, let's see!" Xu Song snorted coldly, dropped a sentence of the scene, and flicked his sleeves and left the private room. He couldn't stay in this place for a moment, so he had to flee as quickly as possible.

But this time, the two elders of the family who had been with him before did not walk with him.

Now, they all arrived in front of Zhao Zhengji, and said with a smile: "Elder Zhao, we were short-sighted and didn't see the situation clearly, we will compensate you for it, and ask Elder Zhao to give us a chance, in the future, we will only look forward to Elder Zhao!"

Xu Song is gone, if Zhao Zhengji doesn't take them in, they will be weak, and the two industries that they take care of will inevitably be swallowed up by Zhao Zhengji and others - after all, the battle between the families is also very fierce, and they will have no place in their respective families at that time.

Zhao Zhengji smiled kindly: "It's easy to say." ”

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Zizhu Palace.

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the bamboo bushes in the courtyard yellow, the west wind made the bamboo leaves drift into dancers, the faint fragrance of the grass and trees added a layer of murderous aura, and the annoying mosquitoes in the summer were therefore extinct, although there was no heavy snow today, the world also looked innocent and clean.

Zhao Yujie likes this kind of purity, even if this kind of purity is ruthless. She sat in front of the window and stared at the beautiful scenery in the courtyard, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was quiet and clear.

"Niangniang, Father-in-law Wei is here. ”

"Let him in. ”

Gong E brought a eunuch who was neither high nor low, neither too old nor too young, and full of shrewd eyes into the palace, and the latter bowed to the ground flatteringly from afar, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty meets Concubine Li!"

"No need to be polite. ”

Zhao Yujie stretched out her jade hand as white as an onion root, and the maid who was making tea next to her immediately served the freshly brewed tea with both hands, she rarely brewed tea by herself now, and she was able to enjoy this treatment, and there was only the emperor in the world, "How is the situation outside the palace?"

Gonggong Wei bent over and said, "Everything is as usual." According to Niangniang's instructions, the 'abyss' is growing steadily, that is, the rivers and lakes of Yanping City are now the dominant family, and we don't have much chance. ”

Zhao Yujie hummed lightly.

She has not been in the palace for a long time, but her status has long been different, and the emperor's favor for her is the best in the harem, except for the people on the queen's side, the eunuchs and female officials are all respectful to her. She did not waste this precious opportunity, gathered many available people, and gradually fulled her wings.

"Abyss" is her power in the rivers and lakes, which was nearly extinct by Yipinlou before, and now she has been able to regain her strength.

Although she is now majestic in Miyagi, Zhao Yujie did not neglect to arrange a retreat.

The father-in-law Wei in front of her is her wing, because he is a procurement eunuch and often goes in and out of the palace, so Zhao Yujie's contact with the abyss is mostly through the other party.

No matter how favored Zhao Yujie is, it is impossible for her to leave the palace at will, she is cautious, and she doesn't want to be caught by the queen.

"What's new outside in the past two days?" After sipping the tea, Zhao Yujie asked as usual.

Living deep in the palace, Zhao Yujie did not forget to grasp the situation outside in real time, staying in Chongwen Hall every day, she is not lacking in understanding of major events in the world, but this is not enough, she also needs to know the situation of the people and the market well.

"Nothing special. Father-in-law Wei replied, "Jingzhao Mansion has taken over the case, and the trouble is known all over the city. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yujie was not too interested.

In the current Yanping City, Jingzhao Mansion can no longer handle major and important cases, but all cases involving cultivators will be caught by the Governor's Mansion of the Patrol City. If the situation is serious, it will be taken over by Dali Temple.

However, since this case can be known all over the city, there must be something peculiar, so Zhao Yujie motioned to Gonggong Wei to continue.

Gonggong Wei said truthfully: "A student of Tai Academy, who was drunk and harmed a civilian woman, did not deal with the aftermath well, and was reported to the other party, and then Jingzhao Mansion Yin sentenced this Tai student to prison for one and a half years, but did not execute it immediately, but wanted to suspend it for one and a half years. Moreover, Tai College has not expelled this Tai student from school, and still let him continue to study in Tai College. ”

After Grandpa Wei finished speaking, Zhao Yujie smiled dumbly.

She was laughed at.

No wonder this case will be known all over the city.

Gonggong Wei saw that Zhao Yujie was interested, so he continued: "After the matter spread, the people were all condemning the Tai Academy, accusing them of why they didn't expel the Tai student, which can be described as a crowd of excitement.

And Tai Academy said that that Tai student is extraordinary, promising, and young, so he should not be ruined in his life...... The people have been arguing with the Tai Academy for the past few days. ”

Zhao Yujie just took a sip of tea, and almost didn't squirt out when she heard this, but fortunately, she was scheming, so she just gently spit out the tea in her mouth back into the tea bowl.

Zhao Yujie lost the good mood of tasting tea, and when she put down the tea bowl, her eyes were already full of evil: "A group of fools!"

Seeing that Zhao Yujie seemed to have a comment, Gonggong Wei asked with interest: "Where are the stupidity of the people?"

Zhao Yujie snorted coldly: "Don't worry about the face of Tai Academy-there is nothing to worry about, people are shameless, naturally they can say anything and do anything."

"The students of Tai Academy have a future in life, but the civilian women who have been harmed do not?

"The reason why this group of people in the market is stupid is that they are completely guided by the deliberately bold remarks of the Tai Academy, and they all go to argue with the Tai Academy about what student status, the biggest problem in this matter is the student status?

"How dare an adult who harmed a woman be imprisoned for only one and a half years? That's what the law says? And a suspended sentence of one and a half years! What is a suspended sentence? As long as you behave well during the probation period, you don't have to bear the previous sentence! If you think about it with your knees, after a year and a half, this student will definitely not be in prison.

That is to say, this student harmed a woman, and in the end he didn't have to pay any price! He didn't have to go to prison, he could continue to study, and his normal life was not affected, and he estimated that he would be able to take the imperial examination in the future and become an official of the imperial court.

"Such a person became an official of the dynasty, and under his rule, how many common people would suffer?

"And what about that woman? Will she commit suicide? Even if she doesn't commit suicide, with such an experience, will her thoughts change, will her psychology become very dark, and it is impossible for her to live a normal life, get married, or even become a criminal?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yujie's chest rose and fell violently in anger, and her face was as blue as a lake of stagnant water.

When she was young, she was also a good family who could distinguish between right and wrong, and now the reason why she is mercenary and completely abandons morality is not because she has encountered all kinds of dark experiences?

Fortunately, she had seen this kind of thing, and she was more or less accustomed to it, and she quickly controlled her emotions, and finally asked, "That student is from a family?"

can make Jingzhao Mansion and Tai Academy work so hard to protect it, this Tai student's family background is naturally not simple.

"It's not from a family. Father-in-law Wei replied, "There are relatives who are poor officials. ”

Zhao Yujie sneered again when she heard this, and said without any surprise: "Fame and prestige are the foundation of the family, and they have to show face if they do things well." These poor officials have no bottom line one by one, and as long as they do not cause dissatisfaction with the existence of power in their hands, they dare to do anything. ”

At this, her eyes lowered a little again.

After being in Chongwen Hall for so long, she had long known the emperor's plan to unconditionally support the Hanmen. But now she has realized that this is not a good thing for the hearts of the people in the world and the country.

Seeing Zhao Yujie's ugly face, Gonggong Wei thought that she was complaining about the woman who had suffered the scourge, and said tentatively: "Your Majesty has a lot of cronies to Niangniang, if Niangniang lets Your Majesty know about this, Your Majesty will definitely be able to give justice to that hard-working woman." ”

"Stupid!"

Contrary to Father-in-law Wei's expectations, after he put forward this suggestion that he thought was very good, he was greeted by Zhao Yujie's slashing scolding, "Have you had too much contact with the ugly man in the market, and you have also contracted a stupid disease?"

Zhao Yujie didn't continue, waved his hand, and let Gonggong Wei retreat.

After the confused Gonggong Wei retreated, Zhao Yujie's real henchman, Lan Ying, the palace lady of Zizhu Palace, the old man of the abyss who was arranged by her to enter the palace, walked up to her, and while beating her shoulders for her, she comforted her not to be angry about this little thing.

It was probably the experience of the hard-working woman that made Zhao Yujie think of herself, she was angry, and said coldly:

"Report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty cares about these trivial matters? It's really stupid! How can this group of people not understand that what the emperor really cares about is never the people's livelihood and the righteousness of the world, but the imperial power! And the most important thing to protect power is rules and order.

"How could Your Majesty personally meddle in a small case decided by Jingzhao Mansion?

"There are always people who think that as long as they reach heaven to hear, they can be treated fairly, and there are always foolish people who think that under the feet of the Son of Heaven is an innocent world where righteousness is clear and ghosts and gods retreat. Do these people really think that the emperor will agree with such absurd words as 'the people are noble, and the king is light'?

"They don't understand what kind of existence the Lord of the World is!"

There is also a sentence that Zhao Yujie did not say, if the emperor really cared so much about the people, he would not allow wealth annexation and land annexation to prevail, would not indiscriminately suppress the family, support the poor, and do whatever it takes to strengthen centralized power and imperial power.

As the more political affairs he came into contact with in Chongwen Palace, Zhao Yujie saw many problems clearly.

The maid handed over a bowl of tea again, and Zhao Yujie drank it dry, calmed down, and fell into deep thought.

In the middle of the ring, Lan Ying saw that Zhao Yujie seemed to have something to gain, so she asked: "Do we want to help that hard-working woman seek justice? ”

She came from a humble background, and she almost starved to death on the street, but it was the abyss that gave her a way to live, so she was grateful to Zhao Yujie, and she always retained a yearning for the chivalrous act of saving the suffering and saving the distress in her heart.

Zhao Yujie said decisively: "Send an order to the second master, and allow him to use 'Diyejia' to open a smoke hall!"

Lan Ying's expression stiffened when she heard this, and her movements in her hands stopped.

Now Yanping City is a product building to control the rivers and lakes, it is difficult for the abyss to gather money and expand its power, some time ago, the second master of the abyss found another way, and sent a kind of psychedelic medicine from Tianzhu to Zhao Yujie (opium), saying that using it to open a tobacco house can make money every day.

Zhao Yujie asked Gong'e to try this kind of thing, and she was extremely afraid of the effect, so she never made up her mind to use it.

And today, she finally made her choice.

Lan Ying didn't expect that the case of Jingzhao Mansion would have an impact on Zhao Yujie, and it would make the other party make such a decision.

Seeing that Lan Ying was not without fear and hesitation, Zhao Yujie said indifferently: "Even the emperor doesn't care about the life or death of his people, why should we worry about it for him?"

"Remember to me that this is a world of cannibalism, and if you are not strong enough, you will always face the danger of being oppressed, robbed, and even killed by the strong! The weak are people who walk in the dark abyss, and they are in danger of dying at any time, and they are not qualified to sympathize with others.

"The emperor can do whatever it takes for the sake of imperial power, why can't we use some means to ensure that we can survive and live better?

"The compassion of the weak is the most ridiculous thing in the world, and I don't want you to be so stupid, understand?"

Lan Ying lowered her head and bowed down.