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Chapter 76 The Emperor is Very Satisfied

In fact, it was not only the Gu family that was panicked. All the noble families in Tokyo City were affected by the Dali Temple's action and were trying desperately to get their children out of prison.

The lady of the Earl of Yongchang's mansion thought she could get closer to the Sheng family, so she hurried to the Sheng family to ask to see Sheng Hong, but like Ningyuan Marquis Gu Yankai, she was turned away.

Unable to meet the new Dali Temple Shaoqing Sheng Hong, Gu Yankai angrily stormed out. He arrogantly thought that Sheng Hong was overestimating his own abilities.

Gu Yankai felt extremely embarrassed when he thought that he, a noble Marquis of Ningyuan, had come to visit in person but was turned away by Sheng Hong.

However, after being turned away, the eldest lady of the Earl of Yongchang's Mansion did not leave immediately. Instead, she entered the inner house and followed the path of Wang Ruofu, the eldest lady of the Sheng family.

"Madam Sheng, I've heard that your family has moved to Tokyo Prefecture.

I've always wanted to come visit the eldest lady and the old lady, but I only found the time today!"

"Haha, Madam Count, you are too polite!

From now on, our Sheng family will be in Tokyo City. The Earl's wife can come to our Sheng family as she pleases!"

Wang Ruofu discovered that ever since entering Tokyo Prefecture, she and the Sheng family had been excluded by the nobles in Tokyo.

"That's settled then!
I'll come more often from now on, please don't be annoyed, Madam Sheng!"

"That's not the case, Madam Countess! Absolutely not!"

"I've heard that the eldest daughter of your Sheng family is virtuous and kind. I'd like to bring my sixth son, Liang Han, to propose marriage. What do you think, Madam?"

When Wang Ruofu heard that the wife of Earl Yongchang suddenly proposed to the Sheng family, she suddenly showed a surprised expression. Ever since her eldest daughter Hualan was rejected by the Earl Zhongqin's Mansion, she had been hiding in her room and feeling unhappy.

When the surprised Wang Ruofu wanted to agree directly, Mother Liu beside her coughed quickly to remind Mrs. Wang Ruofu.

After hearing Mama Liu's reminder, Wang Ruofu realized that she had not yet discussed this with Sheng Hong. She said with an embarrassed look on her face, "Madam Earl, such a big matter needs to wait until my husband comes back. I will discuss it with him again!"

"Haha, that's fine!" The lady of the Earl of Yongchang's Mansion glanced meaningfully at Mother Liu beside her.

Seeing Sheng Hong coming back, Madam Wang Ruofu explained with joy, "Sir, today the Madam of the Earl of Yongchang has come to our Sheng family in person to ask for Hualan's hand in marriage!"

"Oh? Which young master in her family is she proposing marriage for?" Sheng Hong was also a little surprised.

"Huh? It seems to be the Sixth Young Master Liang Han from the Yongchang Earl's Mansion!" Madam Wang Ruofu was a little unsure and quickly looked at Madam Liu beside her. "Madam Liu, is it the Sixth Young Master Liang Han?"

"Yes! Madam!"

"Humph! Liang Han, the Sixth Young Master of the Yongchang Earl's Mansion, is currently imprisoned in the Dali Temple Prison!
Madam, do you think she is really here to ask for marriage?"

"Ah? How could this happen? Did Liang Han commit a crime?"

“The charges aren’t serious, they’re just trivial matters!
It just so happened that he ran into this period of rectification and was unfortunately caught by the Dali Temple!
The most important thing is that the Sixth Young Master Liang Han has a very poor character.

He is truly not a good son-in-law to be entrusted with your life!"

"Ah? How did you know about Liang Han's character?"

"This Liang Han has many concubines in his house, but he's still not satisfied and still loves to hang out in brothels!
Madam, do you think you can have a son-in-law like this?
You don't need to know how I know this.

Just remember that I know a lot of secrets!"

"Also, I have already found a more suitable family for Hualan's marriage, so please don't worry about it anymore!" Seeing that the problem could not be solved with Sheng Hong, Gu Yankai wrote a memorial to impeach Sheng Hong as soon as he returned to Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

There were many nobles and officials who chose to impeach Sheng Hong, and they all described Sheng Hong as an unforgivable corrupt official.

Even the Earl's Mansion of Yongchang, which wanted to marry into the Sheng family, was secretly impeaching Sheng Hong, as if it was determined to bring him down.

The emperor was very surprised to see so many memorials impeaching Sheng Hong. He then asked Han Da Xianggong, "Han Da Xianggong, is this Sheng Hong the Cheng Zhilang who proposed the locust disaster relief plan at the last court meeting?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!

Some time ago, Sheng Hong was transferred to the Dali Temple to serve as Shaoqing!
Because some officials and the children of nobles have been behaving badly recently, he was appointed to be in charge of rectifying the officials' conduct in the Dali Temple!"

"Oh? I heard that the Dali Temple arrested many children of nobles this time!

How are you and Mr. Gao going to deal with this?"

“Your Majesty, these captured nobles and their sons did not commit serious crimes.

This time we arrested them just to warn them!
So, I discussed it with Mr. Gao and decided to hand it over directly to the Dali Temple!"

"Hmm! I also want to see how Sheng Hong will deal with these noble children with bad behavior."

Although the memorials impeaching Sheng Hong appeared before the Grand Chancellor and the Emperor every day, they were kept in reserve and not issued because they had already made a contingency plan.

A month passed like this, and the sons of noble families were suffering in the Dali Temple prison, suffering a fate worse than death.

Seeing that after such a long time, the Grand Chancellor's clan did not care about the matter, and Sheng Hong's superior, the Minister of Justice, was also at home on sick leave, Sheng Hong realized that they did not care about the matter.

After understanding his superior's intention, Sheng Hong smiled indifferently, and then punished the captured noble son.

Every morning, the streets along the route that court ministers had to take to go to court had to be cleaned for a period of one month.

As for the sons of nobles who were unwilling to accept punishment, they still had to stay in the Dali Temple prison for another month.

The sons of nobles who were able to let go of their pride accepted the punishment reluctantly, and obediently got up in the early morning to clean the streets.

Some people who were too concerned about their reputation to care about anything else, like Yuan Wenshao from the Earl of Zhongqin's Mansion, chose to stay in prison for another month.

Sheng Hong didn't care about their respective choices and continued to carry out his punishment.

The officials of the Great Zhou who attended court every day were shocked and stunned to see these sons of nobles sweeping the streets. Some high-ranking officials who felt humiliated became even more angry.

Then, memorials impeaching Sheng Hong were sent into the palace like snowflakes every day.

When the emperor saw the way Sheng Hong was punished, he was so shocked that he was speechless. It was not until this moment that he truly understood why the officials of the Great Zhou were so hostile to Sheng Hong.

The emperor is well aware of the arrogance and domineering behavior of the children of nobles. Recently, they have even begun to interfere in the appointment of royal heirs, which has touched the emperor's bottom line.

Now that Sheng Hong is punishing these noble children in this way, the emperor is also happy to see it. At least it will make these noble children behave themselves for a while.

The emperor was very satisfied with Sheng Hong's ability to do things, and suddenly had the idea of promoting him, which would be a good opportunity to convey his intentions as the emperor to the officials of the Great Zhou.

(End of this chapter)