Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

When Liu Yuyuan saw Song Wanning bring up the topic of the Pei family, she immediately frowned and responded, "I didn't know about this, but a few days ago, the second master of the family came back from the grain department and was very unhappy. He heard a few words about the newly appointed Gu Jie, who was very decisive and took all the important powers into his own hands in a short time. Several officials didn't want to be ridiculed by him and said they would report to the emperor. Seeing this scene, these officials were afraid and could only hand over all the matters of the grain department to Gu Jie."

Song Wanning was also quite surprised after hearing what Liu Yuyuan said, "Although the grain officials are responsible for overall planning, only those officials who have worked for many years understand the details of the grain work. The Pei family is responsible for buying grain from private shops and facilitating the flow of goods. Now that the Pei family is in trouble, who will take over?"

Liu Yuyuan also shook her head. "The world is not peaceful right now, and we, the marquis families, are busy with our own affairs. The second master is having a hard time in the grain department, and I'm afraid that there will be trouble in the future. I found out about the relative of the Pei family you were asking about. It turned out that he didn't get the position in the grain department through imperial examinations, but through donations. Later, because the Pei family had a lot of connections in the grain department and could speak for themselves, they gave him a high-ranking official position. Later, Gu Jie came to investigate and said that this matter was against the rules and put on the name of corruption and abuse of power. In fact, this matter can be big or small, it just depends on how the leader judges it."

After hearing this, Song Wanning nodded and sighed slowly, "That's true."

"The most important thing is." Liu Yuyuan lowered her head and spoke to Song Wanning in a low voice, "No matter how you look at it, the grain route has now fallen into Gu Jie's hands. The Pei family was powerful in the past, but now they can only bow their heads and do things, and Gu Jie just happened to catch the opportunity. I heard that the distant relative of the Pei family did a lot of things to enrich himself in the grain route, and this matter was investigated. In prison, he insisted that it was all the Pei family's instructions. This can be said to be eight mouths can't explain it. Isn't it just giving Gu Jie evidence?"

Song Wanning frowned more and more after hearing this, and listened to Liu Yuyuan continue, "Speaking of which, Pei Xuanzhi is also unlucky. How could he offend such a relative. I heard that Gu Jie killed many people in the grain road. If he doesn't think of a good way, I'm afraid Pei Langjun's life will be in danger..."

When Song Wanning heard this, her expression finally turned cold. "What's the difference between this and taking human life lightly? I never thought there would be such officials in this world. It's really unexpected."

Song Wanning was about to get up when she saw Liu Yuyuan's husband Fang coming in from outside. After hearing what they said, he immediately said, "It's useless. When I came back from the grain road, I heard that Gu Jie ordered the execution of Pei Xuanzhi. I'm afraid this matter has been finalized."

After hearing this, Song Wanning stood up from her chair in surprise and said tremblingly, "Is this true?"

"It's absolutely true." Fang Sui sighed and said to Song Wanning indifferently, "Gu Jie is very decisive in his actions. I'm afraid Pei Langjun is in great danger this time. He will be sent to the guillotine tomorrow, and Gu Jie has a perverse personality. Who knows when he wants to execute him early."

Song Wanning no longer had the energy to stay here for no reason, so she immediately stood up and said goodbye to the couple, "I have something else to do now, so I won't bother you here anymore."

Seeing Song Wanning's anxious expression, Liu Yuyuan was also very worried, and hurriedly said, "You are still pregnant, so don't disturb the fetus."

"I understand." Song Wanning responded and walked out of Pingyuan Marquis Mansion, holding her belly.

She knew in her heart that she had to protect Pei Xuanzhi's life no matter what. Song Wanning was worried and took a carriage back to the Prime Minister's Mansion. After asking, she learned that Yin Yichen had gone out to handle official business and had not returned yet.

Seeing this, Zhuque beside Song Wanning persuaded Song Wanning, "Madam, the Prime Minister is not at home now, Madam, please be patient and wait. Otherwise, I am afraid that Madam will not be able to do anything."

"No, I can't wait any longer. If I wait any longer, I'm afraid I'll lose my life." Song Wanning looked at Zhuque beside her and said slowly, "You stay in the mansion and wait for the prime minister to come back, then tell him to go to the grain road to find me."

Although Zhuque was worried, he only said when he saw Song Wanning's appearance, "If that's the case, Madam, take Xique with you, but you must pay attention to safety."

Song Wanning responded and took Xique to the grain road.

But who would have thought that when Song Wanning went to the grain road to inquire, she heard the grain road people say that Gu Jie had already returned home. For this reason, Song Wanning got on the carriage and went to Gu Jie's mansion.

Gu Jie is ostensibly the elder brother of Yu Meiren in the palace, and he has a large and brand new mansion in the capital.

Gu Jie was drinking tea in the main hall at the moment, and sitting next to him was the zither player Tang Heng. Tang Heng looked at Gu Jie and said, "Master just told me not to be too ostentatious a few days ago, but the prince is so ostentatious now. I'm afraid Master will be angry if he knows. Although the Pei family is a big shareholder of the grain road, it's okay to belittle and suppress them. There's no need to kill Pei Xuanzhi, right?"

After hearing what Tang Heng said, Gu Jie just raised his head and smiled at Tang Heng, "Now we have the final say in the palace and outside the palace. We just have to wait for things to be done, and then we can kill whoever we want. Pei Xuanzhi is just a businessman, why should we be afraid of him?"

"That's what I said, but we are still one step behind." Tang Heng showed a worried look on his face, "Master ordered me to cooperate with you, but you are acting erratically now, how can I assist you?"

"I see that you are not afraid that I act swiftly and kill too many people, but you are afraid that I might accidentally drag your sweetheart into the water, right?" Gu Jie looked at Tang Heng's face and smiled meaningfully twice.

Seeing this, Tang Heng's face turned pale instantly. He only heard Gu Jie continue to say, "Tang Heng, you should think about yourself now. If your mother knew what you were thinking now, who knows what she would do."

The two were talking when someone came in and said to Gu Jie, "Your Majesty, there is a lady outside the mansion. She said that the Prime Minister's wife wants to see you, Your Majesty."

"Junior Brother Tang, take a good look at your sweetheart. She is coming. I want to see what is so good about her." Gu Jie laughed even more after hearing this. "Someone, bring in the prime minister's wife."