latelenovela Chapter 518 Only women and petty men are difficult to deal with.
Chapter 518 Only women and petty men are difficult to deal with.
Chapter 518 Only women and petty men are difficult to deal with.
After Qian Qianyi finished speaking, he took out an internal edition of the Hanshan Weekly and handed it to Zhu Youjian with both hands.
Zhu Youjian took a look and, sure enough, it was different from the common version; it contained an additional order.
After reading it, Zhu Youjian shook his head with a wry smile. The actions of Wang Wenzhou's wives and concubines were truly outrageous. Like husband, like wife. He only wanted to teach Wang Wenzhou a lesson, not kill him. Yet his wives and concubines thought he wanted to kill Wang Wenzhou and committed such a heinous act.
"Women and petty men are the hardest to deal with. The sage is right!" Zhu Youjian said with a smile. "Bo Xin's wives and concubines are just being silly. I will have the Empress summon them to the palace and reprimand them so they will stop their nonsense."
"Huh?" Qian Qianyi and the others were all dumbfounded. Your Majesty, Wang Wenzhou is really your father! His wives and concubines have rebelled and are just short of leading troops into the palace, and you only reprimanded them a few times?
"Wang Chengen, you go and personally deliver the imperial decree, summoning Wang Wenzhou's wives and concubines to the palace," Zhu Youjian instructed.
"This old servant accepts the decree and thanks you." Wang Chengen hurriedly accepted the order and left.
Zhu Youjian said, "It's just that the woman was confused for a moment. Once they enter the palace, a document will be issued to clear up the misunderstanding. My dear ministers, please don't worry."
Qian Qianyi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what should we do with those misled people? They're about to enter the capital!"
Zhu Youjian thought for a moment and then said, "The reason I imprisoned Wang Wenzhou was only to punish him. Explain the situation to the people that Wang Wenzhou was not framed by a villain and will not be executed. The people will then disperse."
Qian Qianyi and the others looked at each other. "Your Majesty, you are really too magnanimous. Do you really have to make Wang Wenzhou rebel with his troops before you will punish him?"
Zhu Youjian genuinely couldn't bear to kill Wang Wenzhou. Although Wang Wenzhou had his own selfish motives, Zhu Youjian knew that everyone has selfish desires. Of course, every emperor likes loyal and patriotic officials, but how many are truly loyal and patriotic? Aren't they all just after their own future and interests?
Wang Chengen returned anxiously and reported, "Your Majesty, none of Wang Wenzhou's wives and concubines are in the Zhongyi Duke's residence."
"What?" Zhu Youjian asked hurriedly, "How could this be? Where are the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard who were monitoring Zhong Yigong's residence?"
"Pfft..." All the ministers were dumbfounded. Your Majesty, you let it slip that you actually sent people to monitor the Zhong Yi Duke's residence. Do you also have spies in our residences?
Wang Chengen said helplessly, "This old servant also inquired, and they said that there was nothing unusual about the Zhongyi Duke's mansion. This old servant led people into the mansion to check, and there were only servants and laborers left inside. Wang Wenzhou's wife and children had all disappeared. This old servant interrogated the servants in the mansion and learned that they left the Zhongyi Duke's mansion last night in a hot air balloon without anyone noticing."
"Haha!" Zhu Youjian laughed loudly, "What a brilliant plan! Who says women are inferior to men? If Boxin's wives and concubines were all men, they would surely be loyal ministers and fierce generals of our Great Ming."
"Pfft!" Everyone was stunned again. Your Majesty, you're too lenient! Wang Wenzhou's wives and concubines are all so powerful; even if you wanted to arrest them now, you wouldn't be able to. Judging from their expressions, if you don't release Wang Wenzhou, they'll definitely cause trouble.
Qian Shisheng cupped his hands in greeting and said, "Your Majesty, Wang Wenzhou is utterly lawless, and his wives and concubines are plotting a rebellion. I beg Your Majesty to immediately issue an edict to execute Wang Wenzhou by slow slicing, in order to uphold the law of our Great Ming!"
“No!” Wen Tiren waved his hand and said, “Wang Wenzhou did not commit treason. Even if he did, it was his wives and concubines who did it. This old minister believes that Wang Wenzhou should be released and allowed to persuade his wives and concubines to surrender themselves to the authorities.”
When Liu Rushi went to ask Wen Tiren for help, Wen Tiren did not know why Wang Wenzhou had been imprisoned by Zhu Youjian. He thought that Zhu Youjian wanted to kill Wang Wenzhou. Wen Tiren would not help save someone the emperor wanted to kill, as this would make the emperor resent him.
Now that he saw that Zhu Youjian did not want to kill Wang Wenzhou, he quickly stood up to speak for Wang Wenzhou.
Zhu Youjian shook his head. Even if he didn't want to kill Wang Wenzhou, he couldn't release him now. If he let Wang Wenzhou go, how could he, as emperor, save face? He had intended to give Wang Wenzhou a warning, but instead, Wang Wenzhou had given him a warning—how could he bear it!
Zhu Youjian began, “Who is plotting a rebellion? Minister Qian, don’t speak nonsense. It’s just a few women making a fuss. The best course of action now is to immediately explain the situation to the misled people and persuade them to go home. Wang Chengen…”
"This old servant is here!" Wang Chengen quickly replied.
"Immediately dispatch the Eastern Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to find the whereabouts of Wang Wenzhou's wives and concubines, locate them, and then invite them to the palace to see the Empress," Zhu Youjian instructed.
"This old servant obeys the decree!" Wang Chengen hurriedly accepted the order.
Qian Qianyi and the others were quite helpless. Your Majesty, Wang Wenzhou is really your father! Even if he did not rebel, the actions of his wives and concubines were still treasonous, yet you are unwilling to issue a warrant for his arrest.
Qian Qianyi shook his head with a wry smile. It's like the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is. You don't want to kill Wang Wenzhou, do you? Fine, then don't kill him. Let's see how his wives and concubines handle the mess they make.
……
Heaven Prison.
Wang Wenzhou was drinking alone with Liu Hanxue in his arms.
Although he had a baby to keep him company, Wang Wenzhou was still unhappy, after all, this was a prison and he had lost his freedom.
Because of Zhu Youjian's strict decree, the children were unable to contact Wang Wenzhou, so Wang Wenzhou was completely unaware of what the children had done to save him.
Wang Wenzhou asked with a smile, "Baby, tell me the truth, what did Zhu Youjian tell you when he sent you here?"
"Sigh..." Liu Hanxue sighed. That rascal still doesn't believe me!
“My lord, I really didn’t see the Emperor this time. It was Wang Chengen and Eunuch Wang who conveyed the Emperor’s decree, ordering me to come and accompany you. He didn’t say anything to me,” Liu Hanxue quickly explained.
"Zhu Youjian is something else! What's the big deal? A grown man acting like a girl, throwing a tantrum! I'm so busy, with so much official business to handle, and he just has to lock me up. Is that reasonable?" Wang Wenzhou said irritably.
Liu Hanxue rolled her eyes at Wang Wenzhou. "You rascal, what official business do you have? So many pretty girls are waiting for you to sleep with, aren't they?"
Just then, a jailer sneaked up to the door of Wang Wenzhou's room. He looked around and, seeing no one paying attention, quickly slipped a letter into the room and then left silently.
"Ah!" Liu Hanxue screamed softly, pointing to the envelope slipped under the door and saying, "Husband, someone has delivered a letter."
"I guess the kids missed me. They brought the letter over so I could take a look," Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.
"Hmm!" Liu Hanxue got up, opened the door and peeked out, but didn't see anyone.
"The messenger has left!" Liu Hanxue said.
"Sigh..." Wang Wenzhou sighed and muttered, "It's all Zhu Youjian's fault, that pig. He gave a strict order that the babies are not allowed to visit me. The messenger probably took a bribe and was afraid of something going wrong, so he left after delivering the message. That's normal."
Liu Hanxue nodded and handed the letter to Wang Wenzhou.
When Wang Wenzhou opened the letter, he turned pale with fright.
"Damn it! Baby, we're probably in deep trouble. Ruru, you spendthrift woman, you've been so smart all your life but made such a foolish mistake! You ladies, you're not saving me, you're just hoping I die sooner!" Wang Wenzhou's hand holding the letter was trembling with fear.