Tanabata Diva Concert: Happy Breakup

The night of Mid-Autumn Festival was not peaceful. Many things happened that night.
The couplet written by Kong Yingda, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, in the Wangjiang Tower of the East Market was broken, and there was another more vicious couplet waiting to be broken.

The eldest son whom Wang Kui had doted on for more than ten years turned out to be not his own, but from the Cui family. Everyone believed that the Wang family would never tolerate this.

When Li Er heard the news, he almost fell down laughing.

The next day,

royal palace,

Morning,

"If you have something to report, please stand up. If not, please dismiss the court." Li Shimin's eunuch, Wang De, shouted in a shrill voice.

At this time, Wang Kui, who was no longer the Minister of Revenue, stood up. When he passed by Cui Geng, the fire in his eyes seemed to want to burn Cui Geng to ashes.

He didn't sleep the whole night, his mind already burned with anger.

"Your Majesty, I have a petition." Wang Kui's expression was like, "Li Er, you must help me make the decision."

Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon throne, heard this and said with a gentle smile, "What's the matter, my dear minister?"

"Your servant Wang Kui, impeaches the Minister of Rites Cui Geng." Before Wang Kui finished speaking, people in the court began to whisper.

Wang Kui handed the complaint to Li Er, meaning that he needed Li Er to make the decision for him and ask him to at least pay compensation in the form of money or mental damages.

"I impeach the Minister of Rites. He wants to use marriage to pollute the bloodline of my Wang family and cut off my Wang family's bloodline. Moreover, not only that, the Cui family is vicious and wants to swallow up my Wang family. Your Majesty, please make the decision for me," he knelt on the ground.

Li Shimin stopped smiling and looked at every crime of the Cui family written on Wang Kui's petition, especially the one that Cui was jealous. He still had no son, but only daughters. He suspected that Cui had used some shady means to make his son die young. And he said that all this was caused by Cui.

After reading it, Li Shimin handed the petition to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Zhangsun Wuji and others to review one by one, then walked down the stairs himself, helped Wang Kui up, and comforted him: "My dear, this is really hard for you."

Wang Kui really wanted to cry at this moment.

Li Shimin was so smart. Wang Kui brought this matter to the court, which meant that the Wang family and the Cui family had broken up.

After reading it, Changsun Wuji took a deep breath and moved a little away from Cui Geng. He felt that it was too scary to get close to Cui Geng.

Fang Xuanling,
Du Ruhui and the other man also took a deep breath and couldn't help but think that if this matter was really as Wang Kui said, then Cui was really bold.

Cui Geng immediately stepped forward, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am innocent. I did not instigate this at all, and I would never do such a heartless thing."

Wang Kui was talking about the plan to wipe out the whole family.
Such behavior is truly horrible.

Cui Geng was extremely dissatisfied with Wang Kui, thinking: "If there is any problem, the two families can just sit down and discuss it. If we bring it to the court, we will be laughed at." If Wang Kui knew Cui Geng's thoughts, he would definitely spit in Cui Geng's face and stand with his hands on his hips and curse: "You son of a bitch, you are talking without any pain in your waist."

At this time, Cheng Yaojin said with a smile: "Old man Cui, the plan that your Cui family implemented to wipe out Wang Kui's family is really amazing. It's amazing. If Wang Kui hadn't been smart, he might not have discovered it. Otherwise, how could he have discovered it after almost 20 years? Hahaha. Fortunately, my wife is not from your Cui family."

There were countless aristocratic families who had intermarried with officials of the imperial court. Now the Cui family's affairs were like a conspiracy, lingering in the minds of many officials. They thought, "Could it be that I have also been calculated by the Cui family's plan to wipe out the family?" But then they thought about it and felt that it was impossible. After all, they all had more than one son.
Cui Geng was really almost mad at him. Cheng Yaojin was a tough guy. If he could beat Cheng Yaojin, he would definitely rush up and punch him twice.

Seeing that Cui Geng didn't want to admit it, Wang Kui looked at Cui Geng coldly and said, "Your Cui family's daughter is really great. She made me raise her son for more than ten years in vain. What do you think I, Wang Kui, am? A cuckold?"

"Wang Kui, I have already said that this matter was not deliberately designed by me, and I really didn't know about this matter. What do you want me to say?" He would definitely not admit it. If he admitted it, it would be devastating to the reputation of his Cui family.

In fact, even if Cui Geng denied it, the reputation of their Cui family had been lost throughout the entire Chang'an City, and it had spread to all surrounding areas with Chang'an as the center.

"Your Majesty, please do this for me." Wang Kui knew that he could not hide his name as the Green-haired Turtle, so he would rather do so and ruin the Cui family's reputation.

"Your Majesty, I really didn't know that." Cui Geng was really miserable.

In fact, Li Shimin is in a very difficult situation now. After all, no matter how big the matter is, it is a family affair between the two of them. But even if it is brought to the court, he has to pretend to explain his intentions. He can't let Wang Kui be disappointed.

Thinking about how old Wang Kui is now, I don’t know if he can still have children. “Oh, poor Wang Kui.”

"My dear ministers, what do you think should be done about this matter? Please come up with a set of rules. Minister of Personnel, is there anything to follow in the Tang law?" Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne, thought for a long time, and finally asked Zhangsun Wuji.

"Your Majesty, there is no relevant incident in the Tang law that can be used as a basis." Changsun Wuji was also confused, thinking: "This is so damn, Wang Kui, he is really a talented person."

At this time, the Five Surnames and Seven Families who had been watching the excitement for a long time finally spoke up.

The first to stand up was Lu, who said, "Your Majesty, I think this is Lord Wang's family affair and should not be referred to the Ministry of Personnel. After all, if the Ministry of Personnel takes care of this family affair, then the Ministry of Personnel will surely have too many things to deal with in the future."

Rongyang Zheng also spoke up at this time: "Your Majesty, I think what Lord Lu said makes sense. After all, this is just a private matter between Lord Cui and Lord Wang, and it is better to resolve it privately."

The other five surnames and seven clans also asked His Majesty to let Wang Kui and Cui Geng resolve the matter privately.

Li Er sat on the dragon throne, glanced majestically at the people below, and finally seemed to compromise.
"What do you think, Lord Wang?" Actually, Li Er was very happy in his heart. This matter had nothing to do with him. It was indeed a personal grudge between Wang Kui and Cui Geng, but he also knew at this moment that after this incident, the five surnames and seven families would never be so united.

Li Shimin was well-informed. He didn't know whether Zheng Zhengjin knew something or just said it by coincidence, but he was right.

In short, he thought his son-in-law was simply amazing. As for Zheng Liwan, that girl was indeed pretty, but none of his concubines were not stunning. And he would not compete with the gods for women. Wouldn't that be like lighting a lantern in a toilet? He couldn't do that.

Wang Kui actually knew that Li Shimin could not handle this matter, so he said: "I am sorry to cause trouble to Your Majesty."
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(End of this chapter)