The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

“Not only this, but there are other things.

The Queen Mother personally called the Saint over and asked about the whole story, hoping that His Majesty would handle it impartially and give an explanation to her servants.

Then those in the court who had long been dissatisfied with Prime Minister Cui jumped out and barked, vowing to take the opportunity to bring Prime Minister Cui down. "

"Prime Minister Cui has only been prime minister for six or seven years, why is he so hated?"

"It's not that I'm hated, it's just that Prime Minister Cui advocated reforms, which affected the interests of some people.

For example, this time the Empress Dowager got angry because her two brothers from her natal family ran to the Empress Dowager's palace to cry and complain.

The Empress Dowager was born into a family of military generals. She had a deep understanding of justice, strictly abided by etiquette, and was frugal and kind in her daily life. She had a good reputation both in the court and among the people.

But her two younger brothers were not like that. They relied on her power to act tyrannically in the capital and did many things that angered everyone.

Although the sage was wise and strict in controlling his ministers, he was helpless against the empress dowager.

We can only turn a blind eye to this.

The two sides have lived in peace for many years.

However, the reforms proposed by Prime Minister Cui in the past two years have touched upon the interests of some powerful families, and they have no way to deal with the sage.

He could only instigate the two uncles to do bad things, and then go to the palace to complain.

Although the Queen Mother had a clear mind, she was old after all, and she had a natural trust in her own family, so she ignored the two people at first.

But as time went on, ‘gossip can melt gold, and constant criticism can destroy a person’, so it was inevitable that some resentment would arise towards Cui Xiang.”

"Oh, was Prime Minister Cui's incident this time the Queen Mother's plan?" Zhou Yue guessed.

Zhao Shouzhong glanced at Zhou Yue, as if to say, how come you are so smart.

I guessed it right. It turned out that the Queen Mother had plotted against him. No wonder Master Cui was so disheartened and ran to the countryside and refused to go back.

However, these things were far away from Zhou Yue, and Zhou Yue did not understand these court struggles, and it was boring to listen to them.

"Can you dismiss me just for riding a horse in front of the palace?"

"No, no! There are other things.

But I can’t explain those things.”

Zhao Shouzhong tried to change the subject again.

Zhou Yue had nothing to do and wanted to know more about Dahui's court.

So he continued, "The Han Privy Envoy you just mentioned is even more unlucky. What happened to him?"

"He, he, he was slandered..."

Zhao Shouzhong couldn't say any more.

The impeachment of Han Shumishi involved personal privacy, and Zhao Shouzhong certainly could not say it in front of a female elder.

In fact, the only things that can be used to slander you by your political opponents are power, money, and sex.

And Han Shumishi was slandered by someone because of his sex life.

The thing is, the wife of Han Shumishi had a younger sister whose husband died young.

She only gave birth to a daughter. Her husband's family bullied her and her widow, seized their property, and drove the poor mother and daughter out of the house.

Han Shumishi's wife felt sorry for her sister and niece, so she took them home to raise them.

Later, this younger sister also died young, and the Privy Councilor's wife treated her niece as her own daughter.

When she reached marriageable age, the couple asked people to look for a suitable husband for her everywhere, and put a lot of effort into preparing a generous dowry and finding a suitable in-law for their niece.

Because his niece had an ordinary family background and she had no parents or brothers or sisters, he found a scholar with an ordinary family background for her to marry.

This niece grew up with her cousins. The daughters of Han Shumishi all married well.

This niece is a narrow-minded person. Seeing that her other sisters have married young men from wealthy families, she thinks that she is as talented and beautiful as those sisters.

However, she only married a juren with an ordinary family background, who had not even passed the imperial examination and became a jinshi, so she harbored resentment towards Han Shumishi and his wife.

She didn't want to think that Dahui's Privy Councilor was Prime Minister Wu, whose status in Dahui's court was second only to the Prime Minister.

In addition, the Han family is one of the largest families in the dynasty.

How could a daughter from such a noble family be compared to an orphan like her who had lost the protection of her parents?

The husband that Han Shumishi and his wife found for her had an ordinary family background, but the family tradition was very good, with a kind father, filial sons, friendly brothers and respectful younger brothers.

In addition, although that man only passed the imperial examination and became a juren, it was rare to find a juren under the age of 20 in the Dahui Dynasty.

With time, it is only a matter of time before he passes the imperial examination.

Han Shumishi has been working in the court for a long time and has extensive connections. Her husband is talented and has good character. If he is promoted a little, his future will be limitless.

However, it is not known whether this niece was destined to be unlucky. Her husband fell ill and died only three years after she got married and had no children.

She was widowed at a young age, and her niece was only twenty years old, so naturally she couldn't keep her husband.

It doesn't matter if she can't keep her husband. After the three-year mourning period is over, she can report to her husband's family and aunt, and they can make the decision for her. It is not impossible for her to marry a good husband.

The Dahui Dynasty was not so harsh on women. It was common for widows to remarry and it was not uncommon. The court even encouraged it.

Because only by getting married more often can you have more children, and only then will you have more labor to fight wars and work hard for the court.

It is said to be three years, but in fact it is only twenty-seven months.

But she just doesn't want to wait even for these two years. It doesn't matter if she doesn't want to wait.

As long as the husband's family and the woman's family agree and the woman herself is willing, she can remarry early.

But she didn't trust her husband's family and her aunt from the bottom of her heart, and she had a preconceived notion that they would not agree.

So when she went to the temple to burn incense, she was deceived by a rogue monk with a few words and fell into his arms.

The Dahui Dynasty was very strict on the crime of adultery, especially for disciples of Buddhism, who would be punished even more severely.

When they were arrested, they were sentenced to death.

At this time, the political enemies of Han Shumishi came out to cause trouble.

They coaxed the niece, saying that if she followed their confession and brought in Han Shumishi, she would be spared the death penalty.

The niece, who had a narrow mind, had always had some resentment towards her aunt and uncle in her heart. Now, in order to save her own life, she was naturally happy to betray her aunt and uncle.

So she confessed that before she got married, she lived in her aunt's house and committed adultery with her uncle, Han Shumishi.

Later, her uncle and aunt were afraid that the matter would be exposed, so they prepared a dowry and married her off to an honest man.

Well, that generous dowry full of love and affection was transformed into compensation and hush money.

It is difficult to explain the relationship between men and women, especially since it happened several years ago.

Now, Han Shumishi was like the tofu that fell into the stove and could not be washed clean.

This is a classic story of a farmer and a snake.

Han Shumi was heartbroken, but he was impeached and criticized in the court, and his good reputation was ruined in an instant.

These are all things that happened during the time of the previous emperor.

The late emperor was wise and had a keen eye. He quickly sent people to investigate, found out the whole story, and punished those involved.

But Han Shumishi's reputation could never be restored.

Han Shumishi was heartbroken about this and wrote several letters requesting to resign and be sent away.

But at that time, the imperial court and the northern Mongolians were fighting fiercely for territory.

As the military minister of the court, Han Shumi had a great influence on the war.

The late emperor had repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, and Han Shumishi really didn't want to affect the overall situation of the court because of his personal honor and disgrace.

So he endured the humiliation and stayed.