Chapter 1272: The Ancestor Pits the Descendants

Overnight, the news that Chen Guanlou and the Shi family's young master were jealous in the brothel, and that the guy surnamed Chen beat the Shi family's young master and broke the young master's legs, spread rapidly throughout the capital.

During the early morning court, even Emperor Emperor Jian Shi heard about this matter.

He even called Official Shi, who was the grandfather of the Shi family's young master, to his side to ask if it was true.

Official Shi felt embarrassed, but still bit the bullet and replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern; the children and grandchildren are not successful, and this old official will definitely discipline them strictly after returning."

"Really broke both legs? How could Chen Guanlou be so ruthless."

"No, no, just broke one leg!"

"Oh, just one leg!" Emperor Emperor Jian Shi's tone and expression seemed very disappointed.

Official Shi felt stifled.

Could it be that the Emperor was hoping for the Shi family to have bad luck? Could it be that the Emperor didn't like the Shi family and planned to clean up the Shi family?

This, this, this...

Official Shi immediately knelt down to plead guilty, saying that he hadn't taught his children well, the family style wasn't upright, the descendants were playboys, and he had failed the Emperor's expectations and the Taizu's great grace!

Emperor Emperor Jian Shi chuckled, feeling very unhappy in his heart.

The old guy mentioned Taizu; could it be that he was reminding me not to forget that the Shi family has an immunity medal!

Really...

The ancestor did this very unfairly; it was clearly creating difficulties for the descendants.

Emperor Emperor Jian Shi thought, he had to find a way to take back the Shi family's immunity medal.

Not just the Shi family.

Back then, there were a total of four immunity medals.

One family had already declined and left the capital, and their whereabouts were currently unknown. The other two families were also not in the capital and were both officials in the local areas.

"Official Shi, please get up quickly! The ground is frozen, and your health is not good; if you catch a cold, I will be uneasy in my heart!"

"It is this old official's fault to make the Emperor worry." Official Shi seemed to have some difficulty, standing up tremblingly, his body still shaking twice.

"Official Shi's health seems not very good."

"To share worries for the Emperor, to share worries for the imperial court, this old official can still do it! Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern; Your Majesty doesn't need to pity this old official."

Clinging to power!

Emperor Emperor Jian Shi was kind on the surface, but very vicious inside, wanting to take today's opportunity to drive the old man back and force him to retire.

Thinking about it, it was almost New Year, so he would wait until after the New Year. The charges were all ready-made: interfering with justice, abusing prisoners! And it had been for five full years. Treating the imperial court's laws as a joke, treating the imperial court's judicial organs as their own mountain, and acting recklessly! Was this rebellion?

The Shi family had no one working in the Ministry of Justice, yet they openly interfered with the Ministry of Justice's handling of cases, simply daring to act recklessly and not knowing how to die!

And the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Shi family's dog leg!

Hmph!

In the blink of an eye, Emperor Emperor Jian Shi listed a list in his mind. After the New Year, he would follow the list and clean them up one by one! He must force the Shi family to hand over the immunity medal!

Official Shi was old and refined, sensitively perceiving Emperor Emperor Jian Shi's malice, and his heart was cold!

He hurried out of the palace and went home. He had to hold a family meeting to restrain the unsuccessful descendants in the family and tell them all to restrain themselves.

Just after returning home, he learned that the family had sent a letter to the old home, and the person who sent the letter had left early in the morning.

Official Shi was furious and scolded his old wife, "Why send a letter? I ask you, why send a letter to the old home?"

The New Year gifts had already been sent back a month ago, and everyone who should have been greeted had been greeted. Sending a letter back at this time, what else could it be for, it must be to invite people to the capital for revenge.

The Shi family was very lucky; a clansman from the old home had produced a Ninth-Rank warrior the year before last. The Shi family had been hiding this matter from the imperial court and hadn't reported it.

"What else could it be for. That thief surnamed Chen, relying on the Marquis's Mansion to support him, doesn't put our Shi family in his eyes. Not to mention Shi Youcai's affair, just the matter of Little Thirteen having his legs broken, do you think it should just be let go? He relies on nothing but his strong martial arts to act recklessly. And we aren't without a Ninth-Rank warrior!"

"Absurd!" Official Shi was so angry he wanted to die, "Do you think it's not chaotic enough? Do you think our Shi family isn't eye-catching enough? Are you afraid our Shi family isn't unlucky enough?"

"Old man, what do you mean by this, could it be that something happened in the palace?" The Shi family's old lady was influenced by what she saw and heard, and was actually very sensitive to politics. It was just that when it concerned her precious grandson, it was inevitable that she would be impulsive and lose her mind!

Official Shi told her about the conversation with the Emperor in the palace today one by one.

"The Emperor is dissatisfied with our Shi family. Given the Emperor's temperament, who knows when he will take action. Right now, we should restrain everyone and keep a low profile. You, on the other hand, actually sent a letter to the old home. Are you afraid the Shi family's charges aren't enough?"

"How could it be like this?" The Shi family's old lady's face changed drastically, "We Shi family are descendants of loyal officials; why does the Emperor not like our Shi family?"

Official Shi dared to guess, "Perhaps because of the immunity medal!"

"This..." The Shi family's old lady's face changed drastically, "What should we do. Could it be that we have to hand over the immunity medal. This absolutely cannot be done! Once the immunity medal is gone, half of the Shi family's foundation will be gone. Old man, this matter must be cautious."

"This old official knows! In a while, call the eldest and the others back; this old official has to talk to them properly. You have to pay attention to the family affairs."

"This old woman understands! Send a letter to the old home now and tell them not to come. Just in case, should we arrange for a few children to return to the old home?"

"We should arrange it!"

Official Shi looked distressed!

Chen Guanlou had an uninvited guest here; the Marquis's Mansion's head steward personally brought people to the door.

"This is the Fifth Master of the Shi family; he came over today for reconciliation!"

"Reconciliation?"

Chen Guanlou sized up the other party; his specific age wasn't easy to judge, he looked like twenty-seven or twenty-eight, but with his official power, it definitely wasn't just that. He guessed he was approaching forty.

"Fifth Master, nice to meet you!"

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, nice to meet you!"

"The two of you, please come in!"

Chen Guanlou invited them into his home. Giving face to the head steward, he served hot tea.

The Fifth Master of the Shi family was very surprised; he didn't expect Chen Guanlou's home to be so simple. The furniture and various facilities looked very old and had been there for many years.

I heard that Chen Guanlou loved money to death and went to the brothel to have fun every day. It turned out that the money in his hand wasn't spent at home, but all spent on women's bellies. This was really... indescribable.

But this was also good!

Things that could be solved with money were ultimately much easier.

"Coming here rashly today, I hope Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen will forgive me."

"Easy to say, easy to say!" Chen Guanlou's words didn't go through his heart, very perfunctory.

The head steward coughed lightly and came forward to say, "There have been many things recently, and it's very chaotic, causing some misunderstandings between the two sides and resulting in some consequences. The Shi family has decided not to pester the matter of Shi Youcai's death anymore. As for the brothel fight, they are all young people, and it's normal to have some quarrels and disputes. Look, the Shi family was afraid their sincerity wasn't enough, so they specifically let the Fifth Master come over to reconcile with you face to face. Little Lou, what is your attitude?"

"Me?" Chen Guanlou smiled half-heartedly, "To tell you the truth, before this, I had only heard of the Shi family and hadn't been in contact with the Shi family members. So, I can't talk about any conflict with the Shi family. As for the previous conflict, it was all official business. Reconciliation, well, it's not impossible, but it depends on the sincerity of your Shi family." ===== CHAPTER 1273 =====