Do Not Offend the Reborn Wicked Wife-Chapter 424: A shao Is a Very Upstanding Person!
Li Qingmu turned his head, curiously looking at the young man at the door.
It’s not just women who love gossip; men are no different, especially when it comes to family matters, which they want to understand better.
Looking at A shao’s desolate appearance, what happened with Chang Lexi?
"Tell me, what’s the difficulty, let us give you some advice?"
Long Yue felt a bit sore in her waist, so she leaned on Li Qingmu’s shoulder and asked.
Cao Xiao turned his head, saw the two being affectionate again, felt gloomy, then turned away: "We had an argument!"
"I know it was an argument, but why did you argue, you have to give a reason, right?"
"It’s nothing, just small matters..."
"Small matters? How do small matters have you looking like a wretched ghost?"
Long Yue looked curious, A shao is carefree, not to mention small things, even if the sky fell, he might not care, but such a cheerful person now showing a sorrowful look is indeed baffling.
After speaking, she found A shao looking over towards Li Qingmu.
Huh?
Li Qingmu was slightly stunned, pointed to his own nose: "Looking at me for what?"
"Why? Can’t even have a look, you’re too harsh!"
Cao Xiao said gloomily, Long Yue felt something was amiss and asked: "Is it related to A Mu?"
Suddenly, Cao Xiao stopped talking.
Li Qingmu and Long Yue exchanged a glance, knowing the matter was related to Li Qingmu.
"Speak up! What is the relationship between us? Speak quickly, dare to hide anything, and I’ll call grandfather to straighten you up!"
Cao Yin is still in the Capital City, although in the last turmoil, he tried his best to reduce casualties, ultimately things were disturbed, causing people to be displaced, harvest reduced, crops wasted...
Now, he is either in the palace or running around outside daily, just to mitigate the aftermath.
Such busyness cannot be ignored, the Cao Family Army is scuttling through the Capital City, scaring people so much that many people dare not go out.
Special times require special handling, Qi Yun currently wants this effect, many people need to be frightened, if they are well-fed with nothing to do, they will say the previous Emperor made wrong decisions, causing the Liang Country army to press at the border, disaster-cloud over the people.
These words, a few would be fine, but too many wouldn’t be.
In the court, apart from the proper ministers, there’s also many influential literati in the wilderness, children of noble families.
The nobility and noble families, because of their extensive branches and mutual intermarriage, lead to tangled forces, they join hands to control public opinion, often oppressing the Emperor.
As mentioned before, in past dynasties, weak emperors were manipulated by the nobility and noble families, some even unable to issue orders beyond the Central Palace, Qi Yun is quite radical, acts unpredictably, holds the army, unleashing troops on a whim.
Relying on this, noble families and aristocrats have been more restrained these years.
However, with such major issues emerging, just fearing those people will create problems behind the scenes for him.
After all, the word of mouth is fearful!
Besides, no punishment for many people, if everyone is talking, can he imprison them all and execute them?
Therefore, before the matter could fester, Qi Yun took action first.
This Emperor!
Long Yue shook her head gently, he’s at ease but troubled grandfather as an old man running around.
Grandfather treats her well, so Long Yue naturally feels distressed, thinking whether to lend a hand later?
Cao Yin’s reputation is still very loud, mentioning her own father, Cao Xiao couldn’t help but swallow saliva, then said: "Well... Lexi’s cousin committed a little crime, was impeached, might lose position, just thinking..."
He said with a casual glance at Li Qingmu, then turned away.
"Just now there were people visiting at the door, then blocked away by the gatekeeper!"
Uh!
So that’s the matter!
No wonder, Li Qingmu is now the Imperial Envoy, though just appointed but favored by the Emperor, as long as he is willing to speak good words for Lexi’s cousin, he can turn big issues into small ones, small ones into none.
Then, needless to say, surely Cao Xiao, this straightforward guy, directly refused without giving face, making the little girl unhappy!
This is... really headache-inducing!
"A shao!" Li Qingmu slowly raised his head, looking at him solemnly, "You are a very upright person!"
Cao Xiao awkwardly scratched the back of his head: "Thank you for the compliment, actually... just like that, I feel I shouldn’t abuse power for personal gain, if a mistake is made, one should accept punishment, if everyone does this, wouldn’t it be chaos?"
The words aren’t wrong, Long Yue nodded slightly, just... can’t you reject tactfully? Don’t you know girls care about face, sometimes like to make unreasonable scenes?
"Well, this matter... do you regret now? Tell your niece, don’t be shy!"
"Who, who’s shy?" Cao Xiao was hitting the nerve, annoyed wanting to jump, depressingly said: "Regret... certainly some, but facing righteousness, I’ll definitely bend rather than break!"
Good!
Li Qingmu looked at him appreciatively, said: "Brother-in-law indeed understands righteousness, well... what did Chang Lexi’s cousin commit?"
Uh?
Cao Xiao nearly fainted, what’s your meaning with this? You plan to intervene?
Cao Xiao’s eyes showed despair, with some urge to strangle, Li Qingmu quickly waved: "No, calm down, since the matter is out, it needs proper handling, right?
Sometimes it might be true, but sometimes it might be framed falsely, for others we can turn blind, but amongst own people, must understand, right?"
Cao Xiao listened, feeling very reasonable.
Why didn’t I think of this at the time?
Can first take over the matter, whether it succeeds later, isn’t it Li Qingmu’s issue? I can please Lexi, also toss the hot potato over, cough cough...
Cao Xiao felt his thoughts weren’t right, quickly stopped this idea, then saw Li Qingmu slightly smiling looking at him.
"You... you..."
This smile isn’t right!
"A shao, go to Lexi, say if there’s inner details in this matter, I can consider checking it, of course, if they themselves feel they have an issue, then forget it."
Knowing himself has issues, only wants to avoid punishment through special means, even if Li Qingmu wants to help, wouldn’t break the law knowingly.
He is the Imperial Envoy, can’t mess up initially, that would embarrass the Emperor and himself!
But if there’s inner details, then this will be an opening gambit!
"Hey, A Mu, since you said this, I’ll go now!"
Cao Xiao inwardly laughed, the gloom on his face quickly dissipated, meanwhile he gave them a couple grateful looks.
Soon, a message came. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
"Lexi’s cousin says he was wronged!"
