The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 223 Brother 5 is dismissed from office

The Shi family members looked at Shi Mingzhen in surprise, all of them couldn't believe it.

Shi Mingzhen's face turned pale, and his body was shaky as he knelt on the ground. He did not dare to look up to face his family's disappointment, and said in a hoarse voice: "I, the guilty minister, accept the order."

Tao Ziyi collapsed on the ground, bewildered. How could this happen?

In the previous life... In the previous life, Shi Mingzhen's business affairs were impeached by the censor, but that was a long time later. With the Empress Shi Mingzhu and the powerful Shi family behind him, the ministers had some complaints but could do nothing about him.

She had no idea that Shi Mingzhen had started his business so early.

The lady pointed at Shi Mingzhen tremblingly and said, "You are confused, you are confused!"

The Shi family never expected that the old eunuch Qin Shun would take out the third imperial edict.

When they heard the imperial edict mention "Shi Qi", everyone's heart skipped a beat and they all glanced at Qi Wan at the same time.

What kind of trouble could Qi Wan, a woman in the inner palace, get into that would warrant her appearing before the emperor?

"...Shi Qi instructed her servants to use the dowry shop to do business, bullying her peers...bribing officials in the imperial court to buy official positions for her father and brother...

Her husband Shi Mingying is responsible for the negligence. He is ordered to be dismissed from all official positions from now on and never employed again. His wife Qi is stripped of her imperial edict, confiscated as a merchant, and her descendants for three generations are not allowed to take the imperial examinations. In addition, her private property is confiscated. This is my decree!"

Qi Wan was shocked and regretful, she fell to the ground and cried, "I, the guilty woman, accept the order!"

The old Duke stepped forward again to receive the order, trembling and looking very old.

Qin Shun couldn't bear it, so he said in a gentle voice, "Old Duke, the emperor still remembers your kindness. The impeachment memorials to the Third Young Master and the Fifth Young Master's wife accumulated a large pile every day in the past few days. Because your birthday is approaching, all of them have been kept and not sent out."

The old duke held three imperial edicts and bowed towards the palace, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great grace! I, an old minister, feel ashamed of myself..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly felt so sad that he shed two tears.

He quickly raised his sleeve to wipe it off, and said with a forced smile, "I have made a fool of myself, eunuch. You are tired from the journey, please come in and have a cup of tea."

Qin Shun declined, "After the imperial decree was announced, I have to return to the palace to report. I dare not stay for long. Thank you for your hospitality, old Duke. I'll take my leave!"

The chief steward hurried forward to see the person off and gave him a red envelope.

Only then did the Shi family members get up from the ground one after another.

Shi Mingying ignored the injury on his buttocks and walked to Qi Wan. He raised his hand and slapped her, cursing: "We in the Shi family have not given you enough to eat or clothes, why do you want to do business? Why do you want to harm me like this?"

Shi Mingying was furious as his official career was cut short and he was demoted from an official of the imperial court to a businessman.

Fu Nanjun stepped forward to block Qi Wan and said coldly, “Fifth brother, we have seen how much dowry your fifth brother’s wife has.

She could only do some small business, which would not be a big deal, let alone be favored by the emperor. He asked the emperor to condescend and personally order her to be punished. In the end, it was you who implicated her. "

Fu Nanjun guessed that when the censor was investigating Shi Mingzhen's business, he also checked other members of the Shi family and found out about Qi Wan.

However, the Shi family felt guilty, knowing that Shi Mingying was one of the masterminds behind the murder of the Fourth Prince. They only assumed that the emperor knew the truth, so they kept it secret to give the Shi family face, but they would definitely not let Shi Mingying go.

As for the other mastermind, Shi Mingkui, he was already a disabled person and had only just escaped the emperor's punishment.

Shi Mingying stiffened his neck and stared at Qi Wan angrily. He obviously knew in his heart that he was the one who implicated Qi Wan, but he would never admit that it was his fault. Instead, he believed that it was Qi Wan who used her dowry to open a shop, which led to his dismissal from office.

Qi Wan covered her face with her hands, her eyes filled with tears.

So what if I was reborn?

Will rebirth make things better?

She thought of her daughter-in-law whom she had scolded for more than ten years in her previous life.

In fact, after her youngest son married his second wife, she shouldn't have taken another daughter-in-law in advance. She always scolded her for abandoning her husband and children and couldn't forget her, not because she hated her daughter-in-law, but because she hated herself.

Hate myself for being cowardly.

I envy my daughter-in-law's courage to divorce and I am jealous of her decisiveness in letting go.

She walked around Fu Nanjun and slapped Shi Mingying hard on the face, saying hatefully, "I'll give this slap back to you! Shi Mingying, since you think I've hurt you, let's get divorced!"

All the family members were present. Shi Mingying was furious and raised his hand, but his sister-in-law Fu Nanjun blocked Qi Wan again. He did not dare to hit his sister-in-law and gritted his teeth and said angrily:

"Divorce? Don't even think about it! I want to divorce you, the black sheep!"

Qi Wan nodded, tears falling from her eyes: "Whatever, whatever, I'll divorce you as soon as possible, I'll leave you, this irresponsible man!"

The old Duke suddenly attacked and kicked Shi Mingying to the ground without warning: "You useless thing! If you dare to divorce your wife, you will no longer be listed in our Shi family tree! Go back to the courtyard and wait for the imperial guards to come and confiscate your illegal private property!"

After saying that, he supported the lady and went back to Ganlu Hall first.

The Duke of Zhenguo called out to his father several times, but the old Duke ignored him. The old lady said weakly, "What's the point of calling you father? Think about how to explain to your second brother."

The Duke of Zhenguo looked pale.

Of the three imperial edicts issued today, two were to punish the second house. Both of his second brother and his wife’s children became merchants. How was he going to explain this to them?

At one point, everyone dispersed.

The imperial guards were divided into two groups, one to search Shi Mingzhen and Tao Ziyi's Shaohua Garden, and the other to search Shi Mingying and Qi Wan's Xuan'an Garden.

The previous group only confiscated Shi Mingzhen’s private property and account books, but left Tao Ziyi’s dowry untouched.

The latter group confiscated all the assets of the fifth brother and his wife, leaving only the ornaments and other items sent by the Duke's Mansion. They even took away the step-out bed that Qi Wan brought from her parents' home.

Qi Wan pleaded, "Sir, how are my parents? How is the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion?"

The deputy commander of the imperial guards took the banknote and replied expressionlessly, "Madam's father and brother have been dismissed from office, but their titles are retained, so Madam can rest assured."

Qi Wan thanked him, slowly walked to the stone bench in the yard and sat down, letting her tears flow.

After years of careful planning, everything fell through in one day.

Shi Mingying lay far away on a couch, his face buried in the pillow, too ashamed to face anyone, feeling sad alone.

After the imperial guards searched Shaohua Garden and Xuan'an Garden, they left. However, the Duke's Mansion fell into deathly silence, as if the pause button had been pressed.

Although everyone was there, no one went out, and the servants did not dare to run around.

Shi Yao waved away the maids, sat on her beloved big kang, drew the curtains, and wanted to play a piece of "Shepherd's Song", but was afraid of making others hate her, so she had to play catching stones with herself.

Tired of playing, she lay on the kang, crossed her legs, summoned the Book of Merit, and asked in her heart: [Book of Merit, why did you attack me today?

You should make it clear what you can say and what you can’t say. You can’t be unethical and make personal attacks out of the blue! 】

Merit Book: [……]

Shi Yao poked it with her fingers, poked and poked, to vent her anger for being knocked unconscious today, and with a wave of her hand, she put it away.

She turned over and lay on her stomach, resting her chin on her hands, lost in thought.

Should fourth sister-in-law Gong Xuan be allowed to be reborn?

One more respawn point was added in the past two days, and now there are three respawn points.

She had always been short of money, but suddenly she became rich and was eager to spend it.