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Chapter 348 The Wu Family Was Revenged by a Mysterious Noble
There were several staff members standing in the room.
They also participated in the noble ladies' teaching class created by the master. Naturally, they knew the master's purpose was to spy on intelligence through those fake noble ladies and control the officialdom of Da Zhou without knowing it!
However, the plan was only halfway through when it was discovered and reported to His Majesty.
Not only the master, but their years of planning were also in vain...
An aide's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he said coldly: "Master, the Wu family is just a small official in the Ministry of Works, how dare they ruin our plans! If we don't teach them a lesson, it will be difficult for me to vent my hatred!"
Another calmer staff member glanced at him and frowned in disapproval: "The noble lady's teaching class was wiped out, and countless officials were implicated. But the master has made careful arrangements and has not exposed himself so far."
"Your Majesty will definitely use the Wu family as bait to catch the real owner of the noble lady's teaching class. If we take action against the Wu family at this time, won't it expose the identity of the master?"
The aide knew that what he said made sense, but he still couldn't swallow his anger: "Are we just going to watch the Wu family use this as a stepping stone to rise to prominence?!"
On the main seat, the young man who had been silent all this time had a gloomy look in his eyes: "How dare you ruin my plan! Haha..."
Which official can guarantee that his hands are absolutely clean?
There are ten thousand ways to deal with a mere Deputy Director of the Ministry of Works!
However, these people all understand that as the ones who exposed the noble lady’s teaching class, the Wu family’s every move is now being watched by countless people.
They didn't dare to go too far and could only teach the Wu family a small lesson for the time being!
The young man did not need to do it himself. After all, the Wu family exposed the matter of the noble lady's teaching class, which led to a major reshuffle of the officialdom of the Great Zhou. How many people's interests were affected?
They only need to reveal the Wu family's faults to those people in secret, and there will be plenty of people to deal with the Wu family!
The Ministry of Works was in charge of construction projects, and every time the imperial court allocated funds, officials in the Ministry of Works would always take a small kickback. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish, and the people above also tacitly accepted these rules.
But some things can be done in private, but once they are exposed to the public, they become a clear crime!
All the kickbacks that Lord Wu had taken over the years were compiled into evidence and reported to the emperor by the censor!
Everyone understood that the Wu family was retaliated against because they exposed the noble lady's teaching class. But so what?
Lord Wu has indeed committed the crime of corruption. If he is not punished according to the law, won't the officials in the court follow suit?
The emperor wanted to follow the clues to find out who was behind the Wu family's attack. However, the Wu family had offended too many people recently, and now everyone was pushing the blame, so there was no way to investigate.
And let’s be clear, which emperor would like corrupt officials who take the court’s money and enrich themselves?
According to the law, Lord Wu should be stripped of his post and exiled. However, his merits and demerits offset each other, and he was eventually demoted from a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Works to a seventh-rank official in the Ministry of Rites.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, officials of the fifth rank and above were called high officials, while those below the fifth rank were just minor officials. The Wu family's status had plummeted!
Wu Changzai had already prepared herself mentally for retaliation, so she was not too surprised by this.
Because compared to those officials who married fake noble ladies and were demoted to barren areas, the Wu family is at least still in the capital. Who knows if they will have the opportunity to make a comeback in the future?
This result is a blessing in disguise.
But Wu Yaozu couldn't accept it at all, and wrote a letter to scold Wu Changzai severely!
The letter said that he didn't mind that the girl was a fake noblewoman, and they were truly in love. Just when they were about to get married, Wu Changzai intervened and caused the girl he loved to be thrown into prison!
She is a vicious woman with a malicious mind!
Moreover, he used to be the son of a fifth-rank official, and wherever he went, he was always surrounded by people. But now, as the son of a seventh-rank official, no one in the capital pays any attention to him.
Wu Changzai not only ruined his lifelong happiness, but also ruined the entire Wu family!
Wu Yaozu used the most vicious language to curse Wu Changzai in the letter, as if Wu Changzai was not the sister who loved him since childhood, but the enemy who killed his father!
Wu Changzai was so heartbroken that she cried almost to death!
Tan Er's face was filled with anger, and she didn't care about the hierarchy between master and servant: "If it weren't for the young master's painstaking planning for the young master, if he really married that fake noblewoman, who knows where he would be exiled to after the incident!"
"Now he can still be a good official son, all thanks to you. It's fine if you don't know how to be grateful, but how, how can you repay kindness with hatred?!"
"My lady, please forgive me for speaking frankly, but such an ungrateful person is not worthy of your kindness! Please be more sober in the future!"
Wu Changzai was sad, but when she heard Tan'er say this about Wu Yaozu, she frowned unhappily: "Tan'er, don't talk nonsense."
"Yaozu is my brother, even if he is a little immature, as his elder sister, am I really going to hold it against him?"
"And let me tell you, no matter how old a man is, he is like a child at heart."
"Yaozu is still a child. He couldn't accept the difference in status for a while, so he said a few angry words. How can I forget the relationship between brother and sister because of such a small matter?"
Tan Er: “…”
She also has a younger brother at home, but she is not like this young lady, who values her younger brother more than her own life!
At this time, Xiao Huizi came in from outside: "Wu Changzai, His Majesty wants you to go to the Imperial Study."
Wu Changzai and Tan'er didn't have time to care about this matter anymore. They quickly washed the tears from their faces, dressed up, and went to the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!"
Wu Changzai asked anxiously, "May I ask why Your Majesty summoned me here this time?"
After all, it was because Wu Changzai took the lead that a series of subsequent events happened, and the emperor was not stingy with his rewards.
"If you make a mistake, you should be punished. If you make a contribution, you should be rewarded. Wu Changzai, you have made a great contribution by exposing the noble lady's teaching class. I will grant you a wish. Is there anything you want?"
Tan'er was so nervous that her breathing became rapid!
What the women in the harem want most, of course, is promotion in rank!
If the young lady becomes a noble, all the benefits of Luoying Pavilion will be upgraded to a higher level!
If all else fails, the young lady can ask for some gold, silver, and jewelry, so that their lives in the harem will be much better!
After enduring for so long, she is finally going to make it. If she didn't dare to lose her manners in front of the emperor, Tan'er would have cried for joy!
Wu Changzai's eyes also flashed with joy, and she knelt on the ground and said: "I am grateful to the emperor for allowing me to enter the palace. I am already very grateful. I don't want anything."
"If Your Majesty wants to reward me, I would like to ask Your Majesty to give my brother a position in the court!"