All Hail Cousin Brother

Chapter 570: What to Do?

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This was what a civil official was like. If he couldn’t sit in the cabinet, any commotion in the Imperial Court might implicate him. Who knew when trouble would come?

How could there be a meritorious family that could take responsibility even if there was a disaster in the family?

Civil servants were peaceful in prosperous times but became generals in troubled times.

Nanny Liu understood. “It’s not unreasonable for Matriarch to take a fancy to a noble family. At the very least, in the chaos, if she has military power, there will be a guarantee.”

Old Madam Yu had the same thought. “But if Mingzhao really falls sick from prison… Do you think it’s time for me to make plans for Yao Yao again?

Marriage was a lifetime thing. If the husband’s health was not good, the wife would be the one suffering.

sne ana master were also a young couple ana were very loving. However,

Old Master had passed away early and she had become a widow. The bitterness of this was really not something that outsiders could tell.

She did not want her precious granddaughter to suffer like this.

No matter what kind of family it was, at the very least, her husband had to be healthy.

Nanny Liu did not dare to say anything else, but she could not help but say, “Of course we have to make plans. The princes in the palace are all at the age of marriage. The palace might take action at any time. Eldest Miss will be 13 years old in April, which is the age to be selected.”

There was also a reason why Matriarch was anxious.

Old Madam Yu frowned. “Yao Yao has already caught the attention of the nobles in the palace after receiving the Empress Dowager’s praise two years ago. In the past two years, she has also gained quite a reputation for being virtuous in the capital and has even obtained the title of the number one beauty in the capital. There must be nobles in the palace who want to target her. I am worried…

Other families had racked their brains to get their daughter, who had been raised well in the family, into the royal family.

However, she did not want her precious granddaughter to enter the palace.

As soon as she entered the palace, it would be a deep sea. How could it be as comfortable as the outside world?

Nanny Liu thought about it carefully and understood what Matriarch Yu was trying to say.

With the Yu family’s family background, if Eldest Miss really caught the eye of a noble, she would probably only be worthy of being a secondary concubine, although secondary concubines could also be on the imperial jade plate.

But!

Once a concubine, she would always be a concubine.

After a concubine entered the family, not only would she have to live according to the first wife’s wishes, but her child would also have to be the daughter of a concubine when she gave birth in the future. Her child would be inferior to a legitimate child in every way.

Eldest Miss was such a good girl. How could she suffer like this?

If there were really nobles who had their eyes on Eldest Miss, ordinary people with poor family backgrounds would probably not be able to prevent this marriage. only a deeply rooted noD1e family like the Zhenguo marquis Residence could protect Eldest Miss.

The Matriarch was keeping an eye on the Zhenguo Marquis Residence to prevent any changes in the palace.

The more Old Madam Yu thought about it, the more uneasy she felt.

“Normally, when choosing a match, character is the most important, followed by reputation. However, when the imperial family judges people, they look at their interests first.”

Eldest Son was deeply trusted by the emperor in the Ministry of Official

Personnel Affairs. Second Son was the second-in-charge in the Ministry of

Revenue. His family background was not the highest, but the emperor wanted to put the Yu Clan in an important position, so the Yu Clan immediately stood out.

On the other hand, Yao Yao’s status as the eldest daughter of the first wife was already highly valued. With a rich external family, she gained the interests of the nobles. In addition, Yao Yao has a good reputation and is well known for her talents…

Nanny Liu also thought of this and her scalp went numb. “This…”

Old Madam Yu did not look too good. “Yao Yao is about to turn 13. Even if the marriage can’t be arranged immediately, there should be progress. If anything happens in the palace, at the very least, the two families have already exchanged tokens in private or agreed to deal with it.”

She had originally wanted to settle Yao Yao’s marriage as soon as she turned 13.

However, Song Mingzhao was not the best candidate.

What should she do!

Nanny Liu’s heart was solemn, and she also knew the Matriarch’s scruples. “There’s no conclusion to this matter. The Zhenguo Marquis Residence is a military family. I heard that Heir Song has been practicing martial arts since he was young. How can he not be able to withstand such a small prison sentence? Why don’t we wait and see for a while?”

Right now, there was indeed no family more suitable than the Zhenguo Marquis Residence.

For a moment, Old Madam Yu couldn’t think of a good solution. “That’s the only way.”

Song Mingzhao’s illness in prison had completely angered the royalists led by the Zhenguo Marquis Residence. “The Imperial Court’s inspection was not good, causing some people to use fraud to wantonly eliminate dissidents, causing more than ten innocent candidates to lose their lives and fall sick in prison.”

“The strict investigation of the fraud case is to purge the rules of the imperial examination. However, the case has just been investigated not long ago, and so many innocent lives have already been lost. Is this an investigation or persecution? The Imperial Court has to give an explanation!”

“All the scholars in the world hope that the Imperial Court can supervise the case of fraud in the examination fairly and strictly, instead of watching helplessly as innocent candidates who were implicated die tragically.”

“The teachers and classmates of those innocent students who died tragically know very well what their morals are and if they cheated. How can their families, teachers, and classmates accept their deaths?”

“If this continues, the scholars will support Heavenly Venerate Kong and march to Chang An Street. They will sit quietly at the entrance of the palace and cause a commotion in the Imperial Court. They won’t shout that there’s a strict investigation of fraud, but that the Imperial Court treats human lives with disregard. At that time, the scholars will be verbally criticized and executed. The commoners will gossip and this will ruin the benevolence of the emperor and the benevolence of the Imperial Court…”

With just one sentence, the emperor and the Imperial Court’s benevolence were ruined. It will cause the right censor, Lord Wu, and the others in charge of supervising this case to fall into a disloyal and unrighteous situation.

It also affected the high-ranking emperor.

The emperor reprimanded Lord Wu in court for not doing his job well. He handed the case of fraud to the censor of the left capital, Lord Qi, and ordered him to help supervise the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Justice.

On the same day, Lord Qi brought the imperial physician to the prison of the Court of Justice to treat the candidates who had never confessed to cheating and they did not have clear evidence to prove that they had cheated.

The case of fraud was completely cleared.

When the news reached the Yu Residence, Yu Youyao heaved a sigh of relief.

She sat under the porch with her chin in her hand and watched her cousin hold his cane. After walking for a while, he could already walk easily on flat ground. It was not as strenuous as before.

Yu Youyao was overjoyed. When her cousin was sitting, he looked rugged and majestic. When he stood up, he looked tall and comparable to Song Mingzhao.

However, Song Mingzhao was a noble gentleman who lived like a prince.

On the other hand, after her cousin had experienced the pain of his family’s change and illness, he was still a graceful young master.

His bearing, cultivation, demeanor, and temperament were like jade that had been cut and polished. His foundation was as firm as a rock and could not be easily disrupted.

The two of them were not on the same level..