The evil woman becomes the concubine and the villain is crushed to ashes

Marquis Xiao couldn't wait any longer and went out directly. Madam Xiao turned around and took two steps, but then she thought of something and turned back and walked up to Mrs. Feng.

After all, he was an impatient person and could not hold back his anger. He raised his hand and slapped Feng Xiaoniang twice. The two slaps were very loud.

Xie Ruyu next to him raised his eyebrows, with a sarcastic smile on his face, and just watched silently.

"Ma'am, what are you doing?"

Feng Xiaoniang asked back, covering her face with her hands, feeling very aggrieved.

Xiao Yu'an was standing not far from Feng Xiaoniang. His hands under his sleeves were clenched into fists and his eyes were dark.

Madam Xiao looked down at the weak and pitiful Feng Xiaoniang and scolded her.

"What? Beat you up! You bitch, you've been acting so arrogant and aggressive recently since my son got into trouble. Do you think I'm dead?"

"I'm telling you! Apart from the Lord, I am the one who has the final say in Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion. I am the mistress of Cheng'en Marquis' Mansion! As for you, you are nothing more than a concubine! Don't dream of things that don't belong to you!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Xiao Yu'an.

Madam Xiao sneered.

"As expected of a mother and son, you are always good at pretending, but I have a sharp eye. I know exactly what you are up to. I'm telling you today, no matter what you want to do, it's wishful thinking!"

"The Marquis is my husband, and the Cheng'en Marquisate is also my son's territory! As for you, if you behave yourself, I will give you a small house to live in in the future. If you dare to have other thoughts, I will make sure you die without a burial place!"

After cursing like this, Mrs. Xiao finally felt relieved. She rolled her eyes and turned away.

Xie Ruyu smiled when he saw this.

But she was pregnant now, and it was not good for her to stay here, so she hurriedly chased after him.

She was not qualified to go with him to visit Prime Minister Mu, so she quickly asked the maid to help her back to Xiao Yusheng's courtyard.

Madam Xiao values ​​Xiao Yusheng so much. All the people in this courtyard are arranged by Madam Xiao. Now that I am still not fully grown, it is better for me to stay in a safe place and give birth to my baby in peace.

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Selling official positions for money?

Madam Xie was not as well-versed in this matter as Marquis Xie and Xie Zhibai, but she knew the general idea at least. After hearing what her daughter said, she couldn't help but change her expression.

Selling official positions means selling official positions in the imperial court, but seeking wealth means seeking one's own wealth...

Selling the official position assigned by the court to others and putting the money into one's own pocket is like stealing money from the national treasury.

Not only that, there must be other influences, for example, the person who paid for the official position must not have much talent.

Regardless of whether it is someone who failed the imperial examination or someone who never took the imperial examination, those who did not obtain an official position through the imperial examination, except those with titles in their families, can recommend others. Anyone else doing so is violating the law.

The punishment could be a light fine or even the loss of one’s head.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Xie couldn't help but shiver.

This crime is no small matter.

Of course, the prerequisite is to obtain solid evidence.

Lord Xie's voice was trembling.

"Lingxi...you, where did you get this information? How come I don't know about it?"

There are people who resell official positions. This is nothing new under the sun. There have been such people in every dynasty.

But up to now, Lord Xie doesn’t know about it. Even if he occasionally heard about it, it was just hearsay. In the absence of evidence, it was all hearsay and should not be taken seriously.

Naturally, he wouldn't worry about something that didn't exist.

Besides, once such a thing is discovered, the consequences will be very serious. In serious cases, the entire family may be executed.

Thinking about it this way, my entire family was executed in my previous life. The crime at that time was treason. However, this act of selling official positions for money seems to be no different from treason.

What if the person who bought the official position is a spy from the enemy country?

A spy from a country has directly and brazenly entered the court of Da Chu. This is really no different from treason. Even if he is sentenced to beheading, he deserves it!

Lord Xie was lost in thoughts, but Xie Lingxi didn't have much time.

Right now they have too many things to do. They need to sort things out bit by bit, and then find out what they should do and perform their duties. Then the Xie family's ship can be said to be running normally.

Xie Lingxi knew she couldn't accomplish such a big thing by herself, so she said.

"Dad, we have to deal with the Xiao family now, but we can't attack them directly. We can only find another way. But don't worry, in the end, the target will definitely fall on the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion."

"Father, you are the Minister of Personnel. It is your duty to hold an official post. If my memory is correct, in my previous life, many talented people who participated in the imperial examinations passed the examinations, but they were all impersonated."

"The top three candidates must be talented and knowledgeable, so it's not easy to do it. But it's not difficult to replace the second and third place candidates. After all, these people can't enter the throne room, so the emperor has no chance to test their literary talent. As long as we bribe the examiners and make private arrangements, we can replace them all. No one will care, and it won't be a big problem."

Lord Xie's expression changed again and again.

"How is it possible! Who has such a big hand? You said that I am the Minister of Personnel. There is no way I could not find out about such an official appointment."

Xie Lingxi said helplessly: "Dad, you may not know that you were not involved in the official career in your previous life from beginning to end, because you were sick at that time..."

Speaking of this, there was a trace of heartache and guilt in Xie Lingxi's eyes.

"I was stupid, and I didn't know much about these things at the time, so I didn't notice anything was wrong when your illness came out of nowhere. It was only later that I realized that your illness was not accidental, but someone did it on purpose."

"Because in the previous life, after the imperial examination, those talented scholars who were replaced once beat drums in the Mingyuan. Although they were suppressed, the news still reached the ears of the emperor. The emperor was furious and punished many people."

"Although the incident was so serious that many behind-the-scenes masterminds cleaned up the mess in advance, it still got out of hand. I knew it so clearly in my previous life because the Third Prince was punished the most severely at the time. He had arranged the most people at the time, and the Emperor found out. Suddenly, the Third Prince didn't have time to react and was caught red-handed."

Xie Lingxi sneered when she said this.

"Those bastards from the Xiao family asked me to persuade you to take the blame for them, but luckily for you, you were ill at the time and had no involvement from beginning to end. Although you didn't have the chance to discover the clues in advance, you escaped a disaster because of this."

"At that time, the third prince was the mastermind behind the crime. Even if you took the initiative to take the blame, the emperor would not pay attention to you. Because of this incident, the emperor was very dissatisfied with the third prince and severely punished him."