Golden Age Legitimate Fei

Chapter 15: The Golden Palace's War of Words

Chapter 15: The Golden Palace's War of Words

On this day's morning court[a], Xu Yushi[1] indeed presented a folded booklet in front of the emperor at the morning court, impeaching the minister of revenue Ye Wen Hua for not being able to educate his daughter.

Xu Yushi was indeed worthy of being from Da Chu's number one aristocratic family with a literary reputation; even a mere folded booklet intended for accusing someone of misconduct was written voluminously and magnificently.

As though quoting the cla.s.sics, he narrated how the Ye family's fourth daughter had at the time when the Ye third xiaojie[2] and Li w.a.n.g's[3] engagement hadn't been broken off yet, was always going around with Li w.a.n.g as a pair as well as how she completely lacked the demeanor of a well-bred young lady from a prestigious house. Of course, these were all entirely caused by Ye Wen Hua daren[4] as the Minister of Revenue for not being able to educate his daughter.

What? You say that the Ye third xiaojie is also Ye Shangshu's[5] daughter? The Ye third xiaojie was Qing Yun xiansheng's[6] waisunnu[7], does the Xu family's blood ties and upbringing need to be questioned?

As Ye Wen Hua's in-laws, the Xu family aiming fire right at the Ye family without the slightest hesitation absolutely caused people to be surprised by the turn of events; the Ye Shangshu who had been flushed with success these days was struck till the head was dizzy and the vision was blurred. Although he was now already the third level[b] Minister of Revenue, but Ye Wen Hua still absolutely revered his own former father-in-law daren. His face that could still be considered as handsome turned red through and through, yet he was unable to say anything to defend himself. Although several people from the w.a.n.g family had the mind to come forth in his defense, it was a pity their grade really didn't carry any weight. Not to mention, among the group on the yushi's platform, which one wasn't a Qingliu scholar and which one wasn't upright and faithful? What was even more important was that the majority were also from the Lishan academy. That glib talk wasn't at all just for show.

And although he wasn't the person being implicated in this event of being accused of misconduct, His Highness Li w.a.n.g Mo Jing Li who obviously had something to do with it looked gloomy at this time, his coldness being freely emitted outwards[c]. It was a pity that although the official gown Xu Yushi had on was somewhat thin, but this weather that was approaching the fourth month...truly wasn't cold.

In the golden palace hall, Da Chu's emperor Mo Jing Qi who was sitting high up on the dragon throne looked pensive as he attentively watched all the different expressions of the officials below him. As the monarch, he didn't at all mind when his subjects would get into a dispute once in awhile; if they were all to band together only then would he need to get worried. However, the Xu family would actually go so far as to launch an attack at Ye Wen Hua without the slightest hesitation just for this little Ye Li–this was something that he didn't think of.

Although the Xu family's influence in the imperial court was already very much lessened, in the eyes of the scholars of the whole world, the Xu clan was nevertheless still the object of their reverence and worship. It would seem...Ye Shangshu wouldn't be having it easy in the following days. This was also good; having an excess of grandeur will cause a person to think of things he shouldn't be thinking about. There are people who also ought to get a beating.

"Ye Shangshu, is Xu Yushi's memorial indeed the truth?" Mo Jing Qi had a smile on his face towards Ye Wen Hua as he asked.

That warm smile of the monarch nevertheless caused Ye Wen Hua to feel a bit of coldness for no reason at all.

"Emperor...weichen[8], weichen is being accused wrongly ah......"

"Ye daren's meaning is that Xu daren is framing his colleague? But according to what this lowly official knows, it was early as last year's Double Ninth Festival (9th day of 9th lunar month) when there was someone who saw your precious daughter and his highness Li w.a.n.g going in and out of places as a pair. At the time...his highness Li w.a.n.g and Ye third xiaojie had not yet rescinded the engagement, right?" Another yushi stepped forward bravely, casting sidelong glances at Ye Wen Hua as he said it.