amaotonovel Chapter 244 Impeachment
Chapter 244 Impeachment
Jiang Yunjiao uttered those words, and instantly everyone looked at Liu Yuechan.
No one had ever seen this little girl before, because she rarely followed Liu Yuechu.
Why were they brought to the Left Chancellor's residence today? And in such a bizarre way?
And who exactly is this little girl? When we were celebrating the old lady's birthday, she didn't say a word, she just stood to the side, but judging from her luxurious attire, she's no ordinary maid or servant.
“This is the Left Chancellor’s residence. How could there be such strange things here? Moreover, this thing doesn’t even crawl near Liu Yiren. It’s obvious that it was prepared.” A woman with an unfamiliar face said.
“It’s unlikely that Lady Liu would have deliberately sent someone to bring this kind of thing. Maybe it’s just something this little girl is playing with, and she’s just making up an excuse after it’s been discovered?” another lady said.
"Who exactly is she? Liu Yiren didn't even introduce her?"
"This is no small matter. It involves the reputation of the Left Chancellor's Mansion and the Liu family. If you brought this up unintentionally while playing around, you'd better tell the truth, understand?" Some people even directly accused Liu Yuechan, their tone seemingly forcing her to back down and admit her mistake.
Liu Yuechan stared, dumbfounded, holding the small leather bag. How did the scorpions she'd spent so much time catching end up being brought by her?
She looked at Liu Yuechu with a pitiful expression, "Second sister, this isn't me..."
"Of course it wasn't you. Everyone knows who it was. Now you're trying to turn the tables and make us suffer in silence? We're here as guests, not to do evil."
Liu Yuechu stepped forward, grabbed Liu Yuechan's hand, and pulled her back to her side. "This is my sister, the last disciple of Physician Sun, and the one who saved the Meng Kingdom's sect leader, Yuwen Chan. She's not some nobody who can be easily slandered and framed." She might not care about mentioning Physician Sun, but Yuwen Chan was definitely a perfect shield!
Upon hearing this name, everyone was surprised, not expecting that this little girl had such a prominent background.
Jiang Jiuwei never expected that she would have any connection with Yuwen Chan!
He looked at Chen Zhongyao, his words cunning, "Imperial Censor Chen has always been impartial in handling cases and is a man who would rather break than bend. As long as you say that this girl is innocent, I will believe you!"
He seemed to be giving Chen Zhongyao a way out, but in reality, he was digging a pit for him.
If Chen Zhongyao agrees to acknowledge Liu Yuechan as his sworn sister, Jiang Jiuwei will naturally downplay the matter and let it go, ending the affair in a muddled way, as if he were covering up the Liu family's mistakes. Who knows what bizarre excuses he will come up with later!
Liu Yuechan didn't dare to look up at Chen Zhongyao, but she looked pitiful and said, "It really wasn't me..." She was very aggrieved.
Chen Zhongyao glanced at her, a slight smile playing on his lips. “Lord Jiang is absolutely right. I always keep my word and will not show any favoritism just because someone is a family member. If my younger sister is at fault, I will personally send her to prison and prosecute her for murder by poisonous scorpions.”
Jiang Jiuwei's eyes twitched, and his mouth twitched. "Imperial Censor Chen, what are you trying to do?!"
Chen Zhongyao looked at the page beside him and said, "Take some people to the county government and the Dali Temple and ask them to come and judge the case. Fortunately, everyone is free today, so let's wait here for a while and not leave. Besides, the birthday banquet hasn't started yet."
He had already found a chair, lifted his shirt and sat down. "There were poisonous scorpions in the tea room of the Jiang family opera house, and they were brought by my younger sister. I need to get to the bottom of this."
The pageboy obeyed and quickly left with one of Liu Yuechu's servants.
Everyone was stunned. They never expected that Chen Zhongyao would show no respect to the Zuo Cheng Mansion and would have the county government investigate the case on the day of the old lady's birthday banquet.
This isn't about jumping into a well with a child in your arms, nor is it about killing your parents. Why would he go to such lengths to sever ties? Besides, she's called his sister, but she's just a foster sister without blood ties. And the person being accused isn't Liu Yuechu, but another little girl. His actions are really unnecessary!
Jiang Jiuwei was truly dumbfounded. "Why, why does this need to alarm the Dali Temple?" Liu Yuechan was just a young woman, and the county government had already given her too much credit.
Chen Zhongyao, with an air of righteous indignation, looked at all the peering gazes and said, "She came to the Left Chancellor's residence as a guest with me. If she has committed the crime of poisoning someone, I, as her elder brother, am naturally also at fault."
"As the Vice Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, if I have made a mistake, I will naturally ask the Court of Judicial Review to intervene. Does the Left Vice Minister have any questions?"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, if it is indeed my sister who is causing trouble, I will personally write a memorial impeaching myself and requesting Your Majesty to punish me!"
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No one could reply.
Even more unexpectedly, Chen Zhongyao was going to vouch for the Liu family, even offering his own official position?!
In this light, Liu Yuechan might truly be innocent, and these scorpions could indeed have appeared in the tea break room of the opera house?
But regardless of the outcome, the marriage between the Liu family and the Left Chancellor's residence is highly uncertain.
They had initially thought that the Imperial Concubine Yu's bestowal of a marriage was a step up for the Liu family, but now it seemed that the Liu family might not care about the Left Chancellor's family at all and were quite dissatisfied with this marriage!
The old lady was startled for a moment and then stared at the scene for a long time. No one expected things to develop to this point.
She looked at Jiang Yunjiao, whose body was trembling, and at this point she could not help but know that it was this granddaughter who had done the trick.
But Chen Zhongyao stepped forward and wanted the Dali Temple to enter the mansion. This was clearly an attempt to turn the tables and find out something fishy about the Jiang family!
"Today is my birthday, and Imperial Censor Chen has brought his in-laws to the banquet to celebrate. How can a few words cause such a commotion that it involves the Court of Judicial Review and the county government? Is this a blatant attempt to embarrass the Jiang family and deliberately target an old woman like me?" She tapped her cane, knowing that at this point she had no choice but to stand up and stop the matter.
Jiang Jiuwei immediately stepped forward to apologize, "Mother, please forgive me. It's all because I'm unfilial that I've caused such trouble..." He knelt in front of the old lady with deep remorse, putting on the airs of a filial son.
“Your granddaughter is unfilial. I should have gone to greet Lady Liu myself. If I hadn’t been delayed on the way, this wouldn’t have happened.” Jiang Yunjiao also stepped forward and gave the wet nurse a look, signaling her to find a scapegoat.
The wet nurse remained kneeling on the ground. Upon receiving a glance from Jiang Yunjiao, she considered quietly leaving to make arrangements.
But the moment she moved, Xia Zhi's eyes burned with rage. "Where are you going, wet nurse? The master is apologizing, and you want to sneak away? Is this the unshakeable rule of the Left Chancellor's residence?" She was someone who came from the Empress's palace, and she was quite adept at being sarcastic and sarcastic.
The wet nurse's face turned purple, and she quickly shrank back and knelt down.
Jiang Yunjiao gritted her teeth, never expecting Liu Yuechu to have such arrogant audacity!
Did she even know this was the residence of the Left Chancellor? Did she even know how high a rank the Left Chancellor was?!
"Oh dear, what has happened? Am I late?"
A voice came from behind, and Qin Muyan appeared.
He is the old lady's grandson, Jiang Jiuwei's nephew, and Jiang Yunjiao's cousin.
"I heard about scorpions and centipedes outside. What? Are they going to make tonic soup with these things at today's banquet? I'm really in for a treat!"