After rebirth, my wife just wants to be a widow

Shen Ruoyan always lowered her head, looking humble and submissive.

She pursed her lips and spoke seriously: "I don't dare to discuss government affairs unreasonably, but A Yan once heard a story and thought it was quite interesting, so she wanted to tell it to everyone.

A long time ago, there was a family with ten sons.

One day, one of the sons was playful and went down to the river to catch fish with his friends. He lost track of time and did not go to private school.

After returning home, his mother felt pity for his young age and wanted to give him a few words of advice, but his father beat the child severely.

The mother was very puzzled. Seeing her young son crying pitifully, she and her husband spent the whole day gambling.

In the evening, her husband explained to her that they have ten sons. Today this child made a mistake. If he is not taught a lesson, the other children will lose their respect for their parents when they see him.

Over time, it will be difficult to discipline children. Without rules, a family will decline sooner or later, and it is impossible to talk about family prosperity. "

After Shen Ruoyan finished speaking, Mr. Zhou's expression could not be clearly seen while he was kneeling on the ground, but Mr. Su who was standing clearly shook his beard.

Several people present were smart people, and they understood that the girl was telling the emperor that he should act in strict accordance with the laws through the story of raising children.

If the state officials in Yizhou who were embezzling money and money were not dealt with seriously this time, state officials in other places would definitely follow suit. From then on, a bad atmosphere of officials protecting each other and colluding with each other would form in various places in Daning, making the people's livelihood miserable and shaking the country's foundation.

After the emperor heard this, he lowered his head and stroked the crystal bone fan in his hand without expressing his opinion.

Everyone in the audience had their own thoughts, but they couldn't figure out what the emperor meant. They could only stand with their heads bowed, not daring to speak casually.

After a while, the emperor waved to Shen Ruoyan and asked: "Ayan, come here and see, do you recognize this?"

Shen Ruoyan walked over and saw two account books placed on the large desk.

Not only did she recognize these two account books, but she even drew half of the red circles marked on them with her own hands.

Mr. Shen stood closer and took a look at the things on the table. His heart trembled. Regardless of the lack of etiquette before the court, he immediately reminded him: "Ayan, this is the account book recorded by a businessman named Xue in Yizhou. It contains detailed information." It records how he colluded with local state officials in Yizhou and was convicted of embezzling black money many times.

But it was clear that a large amount of silver coins and a lot of official silver were found from the home of the merchant named Xue, but he refused to admit the hidden secrets in the account book, claiming that someone had deliberately forged the account book in order to frame him.

As for the official silver found in his cellar, it was all money paid by the government to purchase disaster relief items from him.Because the matter was urgent and there was no time to recast it, he was concerned about the comfort of the people, so he did not follow the rules and kept the official money in his family's warehouse. He settled the victims first and settled the matter with the state officials later. "

Shen Ruoyan couldn't help but clenched her fists after hearing Xue Dafu's sophistry.

One mouth, two tongues, two tongues, a hundred words.

With just a flip of his lips, he could reverse right and wrong and package himself as a kind person who cares about the common people.

Shen Ruoyan knew that her father suddenly said this to her, just to hint to herself not to reveal what was lurking in Xue Dafu's house. Although she didn't understand the reason, she still said calmly: "But when I was in Yizhou, I heard that this merchant surnamed Xue sent a lot of pursuers because he lost his account books, and at that time the entire Yangluo City was sealed off by him."

Lord Shen quickly explained: “He said this was actually all a misunderstanding.

According to his own explanation, it was because he fell in love with a girl and wanted to marry her into his house as a concubine. The girl originally agreed and took the initiative to live in his house, but she eloped with his son's wife on the eve of the wedding.

He was so angry that he ordered people to capture the two of them. "

At this moment, Shen Ruoyan finally understood the reason why her father suddenly stopped her even at the risk of angering the emperor.

If she admitted that she had worked so hard to send this account book, and combined with Xue Dafu, everyone would definitely think that she had done something extraordinary in Yizhou, and some rumors about her would spread from then on, which would be extremely detrimental to Shen Ruoyan's reputation.

Shen Ruoyan still remembered that in her last life, she appeared on the autumn hunting ground in ragged clothes. No one asked her what happened. She went from being the daughter of a wealthy family that was envied by everyone in the capital to being a pity in everyone's mouth.

Reputation is too important to women.

As a noble lady in the capital, she must always be careful and not do anything that exceeds the rules. Otherwise, no matter how high she stands, it will be painful if she falls.

Xue Dafu would fabricate such a lie, and there was obviously an expert's guidance behind it.

They just calculated that she didn't dare to risk her own reputation, so they dared to confuse right and wrong like this, and they were confident!

Shen Ruoyan gritted her teeth and stared at the two account books on the desk.

When Wei Xu came to the capital, disguised as a folk knight, and quietly handed over the account books to the county magistrate, he wanted to hide Lu Yan and his involvement in this matter.

In order to protect her own reputation and hide Lu Yan's whereabouts, she couldn't tell the truth, but it was obvious that as long as she stood up, Xue Dafu and many state officials could be brought to justice!

Shen Ruoyan stared at the account book that was only one step away from her.

They have gone through so much hardship, and she only needs this last step to succeed!

Shen Ruoyan turned her head and glanced at her father. Master Shen could not hide his anxiety. Behind him stood Taifu Su. The old man looked at her with a proud look on his face.

In her previous life, she had already tasted the feeling of falling from a high place.

Now that I think about it, it's actually not that scary.

Otherwise, it’s better to be brave!

"Your Majesty," Shen Ruoyan raised her head, no longer avoiding the Emperor's gaze.

From such a close distance, Shen Ruoyan could see a few traces of time on the emperor's brows, which were somewhat different from the man in her impression.

Shen Ruoyan was about to speak when suddenly a chamberlain walked over and whispered something in the emperor's ear.

Shen Ruoyan stood very close, but she only heard the words "Sir" and "Here you come".

After the little eunuch finished speaking, he stepped aside respectfully.

The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon throne, suddenly relaxed his eyebrows. He no longer had the same expression of neither sadness nor joy, but his expression was full of excitement. He raised his voice and said, "Let him in quickly."

The heavy red wooden door behind her was pushed open again, and Shen Ruoyan turned her head to look over unconsciously.

A young man wearing a scarlet official uniform walked in steadily.

Shen Ruoyan's heartbeat accelerated. Looking at the figure walking towards her, her nose suddenly became sour, and millions of emotions surged into her heart.