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But Wang Yue remained as still as a mountain and did not get involved in the Kang family's case at all, leaving those who wanted to completely defeat Wang Yue with no way to do so.

However, Wang Yue's failure to take action does not mean that Aunt Kang's biological mother on the other side of the Wang family will not take action. With the mediation of Old Lady Wang, Aunt Kang was finally rescued, but all her property was confiscated.

Confiscating property would of course include all concubines. Therefore, after Uncle Kang was released from prison, he only had Aunt Kang as his wife, and all the concubines were sold by the government.

The Kang family is now penniless and of course has no money to buy a concubine, so Uncle Kang has become completely honest.

Because before, all of Aunt Kang's illegitimate sons and daughters had been cleared out by Aunt Kang, and there was only one legitimate son left in their family.

Before, the daughter-in-law was controlled by Aunt Kang and dared not say anything, but now the Kang family has fallen and Wang Yue doesn't care about Aunt Kang's life or death, so her daughter-in-law suddenly became tough.

Chapter 226: Lord Gu was angered to death by Xiao Qin and Gu Tingyu!

After all, the daughter-in-law's family has not fallen yet. Although his official position is not high, he is very adept at dealing with Aunt Kang.

Aunt Kang, Uncle Kang, and their son can only rely on their daughter-in-law for a living. Even their son despises them, so the couple can only be obedient.

The Wang family’s affairs have not affected the Sheng family for the time being, but they have also left hidden dangers.

But Wang Yue couldn't care less. It was all the law of nature. You reap what you sow.

Although Su Shi was not punished, he was promoted and assigned to work elsewhere. He went to Wang Yue's house to drink, left two poems and left.

Gu Tingye happened to return to Beijing after Su Shi left and before Wang Yue left, because he wanted to attend his father's funeral.

He is now married to the Duke of England's daughter. Because the Duke of England has only this one daughter, he has become the Duke of England's right-hand man over the past few years and is also the second in command in the Duke of England's army.

Duke Yingguo was very satisfied with his son-in-law Gu Tingye, and he approved of his grandson even more. In addition, Gu Tingye was also quite generous. He and Zhang Guifen had three sons. The eldest was surnamed Gu, the second was surnamed Zhang, and the third was surnamed Bai. This made Duke Yingguo smile from ear to ear.

Therefore, the Duke of Yingzhou asked the emperor for a title, wanting to give the position of the Duke of Yingzhou's Crown Prince to Gu Tingye, the second son of Zhang.

Since the new emperor wanted to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, he also wanted to win the hearts of the military generals. In response to the Duke of Ying's request, he agreed without even thinking.

The second son of Gu Tingye, the most promising son, inherited the title of Duke of England. Of course, Old Man Gu would not want the title anymore. It is impossible that his own title will be lower than that of his son in the future, right?

Gu Tingyu's health was originally very poor and he only had one daughter. However, because Gu Tingye had been sending doctors home all those years ago, although his health did not improve, his wife actually became pregnant again. The doctor said that based on the appearance of the baby, it was likely to be a boy, which made him very happy.

Originally, he didn't care much about this title. As long as it wasn't Gu Tingye, he didn't care who it was given to. But since he was going to have a son, he wanted to fight for it.

He was originally the eldest son, and seeing that he wanted the title, Old Man Gu asked for him to be named the Crown Prince.

This would have been a good thing for Gu Tingyu, but at this time his wife almost fell while walking in her own garden.

This almost cost him the life of his child. Fortunately, his wife's personal maid was quick enough to lie on the ground and make a cushion, thus saving his child.

He was not as easily fooled as Gu Tingye. He immediately sent people to investigate in detail and found out that it was a maid in the mistress's courtyard who deliberately watered the garden and spilled some on the road.

You know, it's winter now, who would have the time to water their garden?

Knowing that the matter was not simple, Gu Tingyu told his father about it. However, his aunt Xiao Qin complained to Gu's father, causing Gu Tingyu to be scolded by his father.

After all, Xiao Qin's reputation was simply too good. In order to maintain this reputation and make sure Gu Tingye would not suffer any loss, Gu Tingyu also helped a lot.

Now, he could only swallow his bitterness in silence. After all, Xiao Qin's invincible golden body was also made of the gold powder he applied.

Gu Tingyu was somewhat unwilling to accept this. He was worried about the baby in his wife's belly, so he started to fight with Xiao Qin in the backyard every day, which made his father Gu very annoyed.

This time, the fight between the two made the courtyard a mess. Gradually, Old Man Gu also figured out what was going on. He realized that neither of them was afraid of anything good and that they had joined forces to target Gu Tingye many times in the past.

Lord Gu felt extremely remorseful when he thought about how he had trusted these two people and caused Gu Tingye to become estranged from him. He felt sorry for Gu Tingye's mother and even more sorry for Gu Tingye.

He was so angry that he couldn't help spitting out blood, then he fainted and never woke up again.

Lord Gu was angered to death by Xiao Qin and Gu Tingyu.

This is not the biggest problem. The most important thing is that when he was angered to death, there were outsiders present, namely the young King of England and several military generals.

The young King of Ying had originally come to discuss military affairs with Lord Gu under the order of the new emperor, but he did not expect to encounter such a thing.

Although the young King of England was extremely tight-lipped, he could not control other people's mouths, so the affairs of the Gu family spread throughout the capital in no time.

Fortunately, the recent anti-king movement has been so intense that the news of Lord Gu being angered to death has not been very popular. Otherwise, it would have spread more widely.

However, the emperor was very angry about the Gu family's affairs. He originally wanted to use the prestige of Ningyuan Hou to reorganize the troops, but he did not expect that before he was ready, Marquis Gu was killed.

So, in a fit of rage, he deprived Gu Tingyu of his title as the Marquis's eldest son and let Gu Tingye's eldest son inherit the title of Ningyuan Marquis.

Gu Tingye went to Beijing to deal with his father's funeral and immediately received an order from the emperor to contact his old subordinates in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and prepare to reorganize the troops in preparation for the upcoming war.

Gu Tingye was also taking advantage of the situation. When he and Wang Yue were drinking to see him off, he said depressedly, "My three sons, one is the Duke's son, and the other is the Marquis of Ningyuan. The third son and I are the only ones without titles. I have to bow down to my two sons when I see them."

Wang Yue was speechless, so he said unhappily, "Your Majesty is preparing for a war, and you have many opportunities to gain military merit. In the future, you will have a title. A title you earn yourself is much better than one given by others. In the future, you can just pass it on to the third brother."

Gu Tingye quickly gave Wang Yue a thumbs up, and then said with emotion, "I was originally waiting for you, the Prime Minister, to preside over the battle to conquer the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but I didn't expect you to go to Lingnan again.

Alas, it seems that it is even harder for you to be conferred a title than for Li Guang. I really feel sorry for my brother."

When Wang Yue heard this, he immediately drove the man away and said, "Okay, goodbye!"

Seeing that Wang Yue was angry, Gu Tingye hurriedly asked seriously, "Brother, do you think we have a good chance of conquering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun this time?"

Wang Yue looked at Gu Tingye's hopeful eyes and knew that he wanted to make great achievements, but he had to pour cold water on him and said, "I'm afraid there will be no chance to move the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun this time!"

Gu Tingye was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Why?"

Wang Yue sighed and said helplessly, "I received news that Xixia is getting restless again. They are about to run into a trap this time. I'm afraid you will have to fight them!"

After Wang Yue's reminder, Gu Tingye's previous excitement also disappeared. If Xixia won, it would be in vain to write a letter to the other side. If he lost, it would be embarrassing, and he would be dismissed. He suddenly lost interest and felt a little depressed.

Wang Yue didn't care about that. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future anyway. If the Song Dynasty couldn't fight back, he could just lead his men to fight.

Gu Tingye came back in a hurry this time and left in a hurry, and he only met Wang Yue once.

Xiao Qin from the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion was sent to the Zongzheng Temple and imprisoned. The reputation she had built up over the years was destroyed in an instant.

And after the funeral of Old Man Gu, Gu Tingyu vomited blood and died unwillingly when he saw Gu Tingye taking away the heirloom spear of the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.

Seeing this situation, Gu Tingye divided the family business neatly and drove the people from other families out of the mansion. After he met the emperor himself, he returned to the frontier.

As for the border issues, Wang Yue really guessed it right. This time they were preparing to use force against Western Xia, and the matter of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun would have to be delayed for a while.

When Wang Yue went south, it was just Minglan and him.

Minglan felt that she might not be back for a long time, so she invited the old lady to go to the south with her so that she could enjoy the scenery of the south.

But the old lady didn't want to, because it was time for Changdong to take the imperial examination, and she wanted to accompany Changdong and didn't want to leave Changdong alone.

Wang Yue's eldest son, Wang Xu, was studying at the Imperial College. Seeing that the old lady was reluctant to leave, he took the initiative to stay, saying that he wanted to accompany her.

In fact, Wang Yue knew in his heart that the child just wanted to live a life without anyone supervising him.

Wang Yue did not force it. After all, the old lady was not the kind of person who did not know the seriousness of the matter. Wang Xu's little thoughts would probably be of no use.

He and Minglan left their eldest son, who pretended to be reluctant to leave, and returned to Yongzhou together, and lived the life in Lingnan again.

Old Man Wang and Old Man Wang were originally in Jiaozhi. After hearing that they had returned to Nanzhou, they rushed over with their two grandsons, Wang Dong and Wang Sheng, and the family was reunited.

In the sixth year of Xining, autumn

The Queen Mother of Western Xia was monopolizing power, her faction was growing stronger, and the conflict between them and the royalist party was becoming more and more intense.

In order to divert internal conflicts, the Hou party deliberately provoked border disputes, but when reinforcements from the Song Dynasty arrived, they suffered losses on the border. After losing several cities in succession, they were able to barely hold back the Song army and had to ask for help from home.

The royalists of Western Xia could only temporarily put aside their internal conflicts and work together with the Queen Mother to deal with the Song Dynasty's troops. The war entered a stalemate.

However, the Song Dynasty now had a strong foundation and was not afraid of a long war at all. Seeing that it could not resist, Western Xia apologized to the Song Dynasty while asking for help from the Liao Kingdom.

The Liao Kingdom was also afraid that the Song Dynasty would become too powerful, so it not only sent reinforcements but also stepped in to mediate, making the Song Dynasty somewhat embarrassed.

It was impossible for the Song Dynasty to fight on two fronts at the same time, so it had no choice but to end the war and choose to withdraw.

Gu Tingye took advantage of this opportunity and got promoted again. He was originally from a family of military generals, but this time he entered the official career through the imperial examination, so he felt very comfortable in the northwest.

As a civilian official, he not only deployed troops appropriately in this war, but also remained calm in the face of the attack by the Western Xia army and defended the city.

So after the war, Gu Tingye became the magistrate of Huangzhou, a fourth-rank official position, and was also granted a title, making him the winner of the war.

Chapter 227: The son became emperor first!

Compared to Gu Tingye's pride, Molan has been a bit unlucky this year.

After she married Xu Tongpan, she used the fact that she and Minglan were sisters and used her connections to get Xu Zhizhou promoted to a position as an official in the capital.

It is very regrettable that after Wang Yue was demoted, all the officials related to him were more or less liquidated, and Molan had no connections left.

It's just that compared to other officials from Wang Yue's lineage who were immediately demoted, the impact on Molan's husband, Lord Xu, was slower.

After all, Lord Xu and Molan were working together, with Lord Xu standing on the side against reform. It was precisely because of this that he was barely able to survive.

When Wang Yue was around, the New Party took Wang Yue into consideration and had not taken action against Lord Xu, a member of the old party. Now that Wang Yue has fallen, he has no intention of making a comeback, so the incident involving Lord Xu broke out.

After all, he had embezzled a lot of land while serving as an official outside over the years. The New Party had turned a blind eye to him before, but now that they don't have to worry about it, they easily found out.

Even because of this incident, Sheng Hong was implicated and was dismissed from his official position.

The reason was that Lord Xu was worried about Wang Yue's proposals, so he transferred part of the newly occupied land to Lin Qinshuang's name, but the people in charge were all his people, and they would give Lin Qinshuang a large sum of money as a kickback every year.

Lin Qinshuang felt that the money was free, so of course she would take it if she didn't curse at him. She agreed without thinking twice.

After the New Party investigated Lord Xu, they followed the clues and found Lin Qinshuang. They discovered that she held a large amount of land, so they arrested her.

Although Lin Qinshuang was abandoned in Quanzhou by Sheng Hong, she did not stay there obediently. She lived in the courtyard arranged by Molan and followed Molan.

Now that Molan has returned to the capital, she of course lives in the suburbs of the capital and comes to the capital to play occasionally. She lives a very happy life, but Sheng Hong doesn't know it.

After the New Party found Sheng Hong, they naturally arrested him and asked him to explain the matter of the large amount of land.

It was not until this time that Sheng Hong learned that Lin Qinshuang had returned to the capital and secretly hid a large amount of land for his son-in-law.

When Sheng Hong saw that he was in trouble, he hurriedly said that he had severed all ties with Lin Qinshuang a long time ago, and if he had not taken his son and daughter into consideration, he might have written the document to release the concubine long ago.

But no matter how he explained, the New Party simply didn't believe it. After all, Lin Qinshuang was his concubine, and that was beyond doubt.

After all, Sheng Hong and Wang Yue were relatives, and no one could plead for him based on the old files. Chang Bai went back and forth to various government offices but to no avail.

Fortunately, the final result was that all the extra properties under Sheng Hong's name were seized, and his official position was officially relieved, and no further investigation was carried out.

So, Sheng Hong, who was completely unemployed at home, thought that he was harmed by Lin Qinshuang. From then on, his daily routine became very simple, that is, eating, sleeping and beating Lin Qinshuang.

At first, Madam Shengda was quite happy that Lin Qinshuang was beaten. After all, this was something she had wanted to do for many years.

But when she later found out that Lin Qinshuang was mercilessly beaten by Sheng Hong every day, she felt a little sad.

But she could do nothing but protect herself. From then on, she became more afraid of Sheng Hong and became more cautious. She even refused Aunt Kang who came to her house to ask for money.

Chang Feng passed the imperial examination before Wang Yue's downfall and has now been sent to serve as an official in a remote area. He was speechless about what his mother had done, but as a son, he still wrote a letter to plead for mercy.

But Sheng Hong obviously ignored him. He saw that Sheng Hong didn't listen to his advice at all, and he was also helpless.

And Molan couldn't care less about Lin Qinshuang. After Lord Xu was demoted, she and Old Xu returned to his hometown and lived on the family property.

Although Lao Xu was still as good to her as before, her life was no longer the same as before, which made her somewhat hopeless about the future and she had no mood to care about her mother.

In the seventh year of Xining, spring

The imperial censors in the court suggested that the clause about the unknown origin of huge wealth was unreasonable, and that cases of framing people with large amounts of wealth occurred frequently, so they recommended abolishing this clause.

Neither the conservatives nor the new party in the court objected. After the emperor thought about it for a few days, he agreed to abolish it at the request of the sick Empress Dowager.

When he received the news, Lao Xu couldn't help but get drunk, and even Molan joined him in cursing the court officials for several days.

After all, if this had happened a year earlier, Lao Xu would not have been dismissed from his official position, their family’s property would not have been confiscated, and they would still be living a prosperous life.

But now there is no way to find anyone to seek justice. The property confiscated during the implementation of the law has not been returned after the law was repealed.

A few young men did go to the government office to inquire, but they all returned with nothing.

In the eighth year of Xining, spring

Seeing that resistance to reform was growing, the new emperor wanted to transfer Wang Yue to Beijing to create joint opposition from both the old and new parties.

Because Wang Yue was banished from the capital as a result of the joint efforts of the two factions, people from both factions were worried that Wang Yue would attack them after his comeback.

When the new emperor saw that even Wang Anshi opposed Wang Yue's return to Beijing, he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​inviting Wang Yue back to Beijing for the sake of his own reform cause.

In the end, not only did Wang Yue not return to Beijing, he was also moved to Qiongzhou because of the huge petition. Although he continued to serve as the prefect, it was equivalent to being demoted again.

In the eighth year of Xining, summer

After several years of development, the Wang family's sphere of influence has further expanded, and Ryukyu officially belongs to the Wang family. Following Wang Yue's guidance, the Wang family's merchant ships have officially set foot on Mayit Island.