Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Jiang Lingshan was still worried that someone would ask her for money, but she didn't know that those who gave her money had already been arrested and imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice.

The case of Li Shaojiang involved more than a dozen officials. For a time, officials in the capital were in a panic, fearing that they would be implicated.

Quyang City is the largest city close to the capital, so the position of the city lord is naturally very important.

The next morning after Li Shaojiang was sentenced to immediate execution, a court official submitted a memorial hoping that Xiao Mo would send a new city lord to take office as soon as possible to prevent Quyang City from being leaderless.

It was the first time that Xiao Mo received such a memorial. He did not take it seriously and just threw it aside. Of course he knew what they were planning. They just wanted to arrange this lucrative job for their own people. He also wanted to arrange this job for his own people.

There was no movement from Xiao Mo for one or two days, so the court officials naturally wanted to wonder what was going on. In the past, when there was such an important vacancy, someone would be assigned to the position quickly, but this time, why was there no movement from Xiao Mo at all?

After that, Xiao Mo received about a dozen such memorials before he finally expressed his thoughts.

"Quyang City is so close to the capital, it is really unnecessary to establish a city lord position. In the future, Quyang City will be directly established as a prefecture and a prefect can be sent there."

The ministers in the court all looked at Xiao Mo. They were a little confused. What did Xiao Mo mean? A city lord became a prefect?

Some court officials wanted to give him some advice, but they all met with rebuffs. Xiao Mo had made up his mind, and no one could change his mind.

In the end, Quyang City no longer had a city lord.

After the matter was settled, some court officials finally reacted. They realized that Xiao Mo was probably planning a big game. His ultimate target was not Li Shaojiang. He was just taking advantage of this incident to make a fuss.

As for Xiao Mo's ultimate goal, they could more or less guess it. Although they were very surprised, no one pointed it out.

As for what kind of emperor Xiao Mo is, they, the court officials, at least know it well. Since he has made up his mind, it is almost impossible for them to change it. So it all depends on how he abolishes the city lord system.

Although abolishing the city lord system does not seem easy, Xiao Mo has already thought of a breakthrough. He has not taken any action yet, but is just waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity that will allow him to send troops to Xirong in the future.

The days passed one by one, summer went and autumn came. In a blink of an eye, the leaves had completely turned yellow, the weather was getting colder, and winter was just around the corner.

Ye Jintang has been busy with court affairs recently, so it was Xiao Mo who reminded her to choose study partners for her two children.

One day Liuli brought Zhuzhu into the palace, and Ye Jintang mentioned this matter to her.

"My Zhuzhu will be able to enter the palace as a companion if she waits another year."

Ye Jintang happily held Zhuzhu on his lap. The little baby couldn't understand what Ye Jintang said, but she could feel her kindness. Zhuzhu smiled and curled her lips.

"Oh, my Zhuzhu has such a beautiful smile."

"Luzhu, go get the wish-fulfilling necklace I just got."

"Yes."

The Ruyi necklace was one of Ye Jintang's favorite pieces among a batch of jewelry that the palace's skilled craftsmen had just made for her.

The golden necklace has an imperial green ruyi locket hanging underneath, and tassels with pearls and jade beads on both sides, which is very beautiful.

Liuli was also a connoisseur of value. When Ye Jintang brought it over to Zhuzhu to put on, she quickly said, "Your Majesty, please don't use it. Zhuzhu can't afford such an expensive necklace."

"What's the use of this? I like Zhuzhu, so it's okay to give her a necklace."

Zhuzhu seemed to like the necklace given by Ye Jintang very much, and kept touching it with her hands curiously.

After teasing Zhuzhu for a while, the two asked the nanny to take Zhuzhu to find Pingping'an to play, and the two sat together and chatted.

"A lot of interesting things have happened in the capital these days. Is Your Majesty interested in listening?"

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Ye Jintang looked at Liuli with a little curiosity. She was usually busy with state affairs and had no time to listen to gossip in the capital.

"The most famous person in the capital right now is Madam Qu, the emperor's aunt Jiang Lingshan."

As soon as Liuli mentioned Jiang Lingshan's name, she knew that there was trouble again.

"This Jiang Lingshan relies on the fact that she is the emperor's aunt, and her hands are so long that she even extends them to her mother's family, the Jiang family. The Jiang family has a mistress, but she wants to take advantage of her seniority to manage their household expenses."

"Some time ago, the emperor conferred the title of Marquis of Yongding on Jiang Mu, and Jiang Lingshan actually wanted to move to the Jiang family, saying that the Marquis's family was large and powerful, and that Marquis of Yongding's wife, Lu Jingxian, was too young to control the family, so she went to help manage it."

"In the end, she was chased out by Lu Jingxian. She wanted to see the emperor, saying that Jiang Lingshan was a married woman who was obsessed with her family's property."

"This matter has caused a lot of uproar and many people are laughing at Jiang Lingshan. Everyone has seen how she bullied Lu Jingxian in the past."

"Things have become so ugly, but Jiang Lingshan is still jumping around in the capital. Yesterday, she gave Jiang Mu two beautiful maids. She is clearly causing trouble for Lu Jingxian."

"Just when everyone thought that Lu Jingxian would continue to swallow her anger as before, she turned around and gave the two beautiful maids to Lord Qu."

"Your Majesty doesn't know. It was the Qu family that fought that day. I heard that Master Qu didn't go out these few days. It seems that he was seriously injured."

Ye Jintang didn't expect there would be such a wonderful sequel. It seems that Lu Jingxian can still sit firmly on the position of Marquis's wife. She is so tough, so she can rest assured in the future. At least the Jiang family will not decline in a short time.

"Jiang Lingshan is really not good enough."

"This is just the beginning, the more exciting things are still to come."

At this point, Liuli's tone was obviously a little cold, and she continued, "Since I returned to Beijing, there have been a lot of gossips, saying that I am of low birth and not worthy of Shi Bin, and that a great general like Shi Bin should marry a lady from a famous family."

"At first, I tolerated it when someone sent beautiful women to the general's mansion. At worst, I could just send them away."

"Who would have thought that Jiang Lingshan, who had received so much favor from others, would come to my house and ask for a concubine for Shi Bin to help me manage the general's mansion. She also said that I only have one daughter, and the concubine she picked has four brothers. If she marries into the general's mansion, she will definitely give birth to a big fat son for Shi Bin."

"My queen, please judge for me. Is Jiang Lingshan mentally ill? She has a lot of problems at home. How dare she come to meddle in my family affairs? She relies on the fact that she is Shi Bin's aunt, who is not related to her at all, to bully me."

Liuli's eyes turned slightly red as she spoke. She and Shi Bin had suffered a lot to get to where they are today. After all the hardship had passed, they finally got their happy ending. Now Jiang Lingshan was causing trouble again. If it weren't for her status, she really wanted to poison her to death.

"Did someone put someone in Shi Bin's room before Jiang Lingshan?"

Ye Jintang knew Liuli quite well. If she hadn't been forced into a corner, she wouldn't have come to her to talk about these things.

"Yes, I sent everyone away without hesitation. If Shi Bin dared to keep one, I would let him enter the palace and become a eunuch."

"Others also send a beauty or a concubine, but Jiang Lingshan wants to send a concubine to the general's mansion right away."

Liuli hated her so much that she almost gritted her teeth as she said this. If Jiang Lingshan was not Xiao Mo's aunt, it would be hard to say whether she would be alive now.