In mid-December, when every household in Ningmen Prefecture was happily preparing to celebrate the New Year, the Fan family was gloomy. Fan Tongzhi was imprisoned by the lower government.

Second Young Master Fan was running around to save his father, but nowhere did he remember the Li Wang family.

Daohua sent someone to tell the news to the Li Wang family. After that, the Li Wang family became completely quiet, and the yelling and cursing from the guest house could no longer be heard in the Yan family's backyard.

Daohuaxuan.

Wang Man'er was helping Daohua pack her things for the New Year celebrations in Taohua Village. Because the old man didn't want to come to Yan's house to celebrate the New Year, his wife and the old man asked the girl to go over and accompany the old man to celebrate the New Year.

Wang Maner packed her things and said with a smile: "When the head of the Li family comes and takes away the Li family, this matter will be solved, and our family will be able to live a good year in peace and contentment."

Daohua sat on the table in front of the window and looked at the account books of each store. When she heard Wang Maner's words, her expression paused: "The matter has not been resolved yet."

"From the very beginning, the Li Wang family was just a pawn to damage the Yan family's reputation. Even if the Li Wang family was taken away, the Yan family's reputation would have been ruined unless... from the source...

Please put this matter right."

Wang Man'er was stunned. The source... wasn't the Guo family?

Wang Maner hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Girl, the Guo family is my uncle's family." For my uncle's sake, this matter can't be too serious.

Daohua put down her account book, stood up and looked at the snowy scene outside the window. After a while, she murmured a question: "Tell me, if I had a dispute with the Guo family, whose side would Xiao Yeyang take?"

Wang Manyer cannot answer this question.

It’s true that my uncle is kind to the girl, but it’s also true that he respects Governor Guo.

Daohua turned her head and saw Wang Maner's hesitant expression, and she was not very sure in her heart. After a while, her eyes gradually became firmer.

The gap between her and Xiao Yeyang exists objectively. She cannot choose to tolerate and compromise from the beginning because of this gap. Once some things start, she will fall into endless trouble.

......

Guo Mansion.

Mrs. Guo was impatient and sent away Mrs. Fan who came to seek help.

Looking at Mrs. Fan who was sobbing and leaving, Guo Xueming stepped into the house: "Mother, why is Mrs. Fan here again? Fan Tongzhi has conclusive evidence of corruption and was discovered by Jin Lingwei. How can our family help with this kind of thing?

If you have the time to ask for help, you might as well quickly find a way to raise money to make up for the embezzlement, and then you can get some relief from your crime."

Mrs. Guo sneered and said: "Mrs. Fan said that Fan Tongzhi was found guilty of corruption because he helped our family deal with the Yan family. Let our family find a way."

Guo Xueming frowned and looked at Mrs. Guo: "This timing is indeed too coincidental."

Mrs. Guo snorted coldly: "I have underestimated the Yan family. Yeyang is the Jinling Guard, and Yan Wenkai and Yan Wentao of the Yan family have been working with Yeyang. I think they have accumulated some connections."

Guo Xueming looked worried: "Mom, without the support of the Fan family, the Li family would not have the guts to cause trouble in the Yan family anymore. Now the Yan family's reputation in Ningmen Mansion is no longer good. Let's not get involved anymore. If we really want to

If there is too much noise, it will definitely not look good at my cousin’s place.”

Mrs. Guo smiled: "Don't worry, I haven't thought about what to do to the Yan family. If you don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, Yeyang still has to give two cents to his face."

"In the past two days, the capital has come to assess the performance of officials. The virtuous censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate should be arriving soon. Due to the current reputation of the Yan family, Yan Zhigao will not be rated as outstanding in this year's assessment. In addition, he lost military rations before.

, he will never have the chance to be transferred to Beijing as an official."

"After the incident in Beijiang is over, Yeyang will definitely be recalled to the capital. As long as the Yan family cannot enter the capital, the matter between him and Yan Yiyi will have to be settled."

Hearing this, Guo Xueming's expression relaxed.

......

The Li family no longer makes noises from time to time, and the beggars who spread messages are also controlled. The voices in the city about the Yan family gradually become quieter.

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was investigating the achievements of foreign officials, arrived on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month. As the prefect, Yan Zhigao took over the reception task without hesitation.

After this year's autumn harvest, the high potato yield was reported to the court, along with the detailed data recorded by Yan Zhigao. After reading it, the emperor was very happy, and the court decided to start promoting potatoes next year.

Because of this incident, several censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate had a good impression of Yan Zhigao. After seeing the improvement in the living standards of the people in Ningmen Mansion, they were even more complimentary.

Mrs. Guo learned that several censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate had given Yan Zhigao good evaluations. She frowned and thought for a while, and then posted a message to the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the name of Governor Guo. During this period, she invited several and

Yan Zhigao went to accompany officials with whom he disagreed politically.

Cao Chuan, who was keeping an eye on the Guo family, knew all this and immediately went to tell Dao Hua.

After hearing this, Daohua breathed out silently, and then said: "Go and call the eldest daughter-in-law of Wang Li who has been in contact with the Guo family's housekeeper."

Wang Maner nodded, quickly turned around and went out.

Soon, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family came over tremblingly. After being beaten by the head of the Li family, she was no longer as arrogant and aggressive as before: "Aunt...do you want to see me for anything?"<

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Daohua: "If you were to see the housekeeper again who encouraged your whole family to join my family, would you still be able to recognize her?"

The eldest daughter-in-law of the Li Wang family nodded repeatedly: "Of course, I will definitely recognize it." Thinking of her lame son and the clan leader's words about exterminating them, she felt so regretful that her intestines turned green. She really shouldn't have done it in the first place.

Listen to the mother-in-law and encourage her to come find Third Sister.

Daohua: "Okay, I will take you out later. If you want to see the nun in charge again, do you know what to do?"

Mrs. Li nodded quickly: "I know, I know, as long as the girl doesn't let the clan leader exterminate our family, I will do anything." Without the clan, their family has become a rootless person, and they can only do what they want after death.

Lonely ghost.

Daohua looked calm: "Don't say that. Those who don't know think I'm forcing you. You have to know that because of the arrival of your family, the good reputation our family has managed to build over the years has been completely destroyed. This

Do you think you should shoulder the responsibility?"

"I don't want you to do anything against your will. You just need to tell everyone exactly what the grandma in charge told you back then."

The eldest daughter-in-law of Wang Li nodded repeatedly: "I understand."

Daohua looked at Wang Maner: "Go and prepare the carriage. By the way, let Yan Shouhou bring the beggars who have come into contact with the Guo family."

......

At the banquet in the Guo Mansion, several members of the imperial court heard what the Yan family did to the Li and Wang family, and they all shook their heads: "Yan Zhigao is a good official, but I didn't expect his personal ethics to be so bad."

Some officials apologized and said with a smile: "We, the people of Ningmen Mansion, all know about this matter, but because of the magistrate's official authority, we dare not mention it in public. If the censors don't believe it, you can go to the street and ask."

Ask, everyone knows that the prefect’s wife disowns her stepmother.”

Several censors looked at each other but did not respond. They wanted to investigate this matter.

Governor Guo, who was unaware, looked at the officials sitting with him and frowned.
Chapter completed!