usatvline Chapter 471 Punished
Chapter 471 Punished
Xie Qingzhi slammed the table and said angrily, "What kind of person is your Shangshu Mansion? Is it worth it for me to go to such great lengths to wrongly accuse you?"
"Besides, she's just a lowly poor thing. Even if I sent someone to beat her to death, no one would say anything. Why would I go through so much trouble just to frame you? Do you really think I and the Queen have so much free time? I'm putting on this show for you to watch."
"My Pingxibo Mansion would never do such a dirty thing. You blame others for things you don't understand. I used to think that Minister Kong was a sensible person, but I didn't expect that he would educate such a thing." Pingxibo quickly spoke to distance himself from the matter.
If the emperor knew that he and the queen were tied together, the person in the palace would probably be angry.
Minister Kong was really shocked by his son's stupidity.
Let’s not talk about Pingxibo Mansion for now.
Just talking about the Queen and the Queen, if this incident had not happened, no one would have come to their house at all, let alone designing to wrongly accuse a poor person, which would not benefit them at all.
Minister Kong quickly knelt down and apologized, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have been so rude and have offended both Your Majesty and Your Highness the Duke with my nonsense. I beg you to be magnanimous and not pursue this matter."
"The Minister is so funny. I have been magnanimous enough. If I were not, I would have had him dragged out and handed over to the imperial guards to be beaten. After all, the crime of framing the queen and the royal family is clear to the Minister better than anyone else." Xie Qingzhi adjusted his sleeves and could not help rolling his eyes.
Hearing this, Minister Kong, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his head and looked at the queen with a dim gaze.
The ***'s anger is nothing, what's important is the Queen's anger. This brat has been dancing on the Queen one after another. If the Queen is completely angered, they will be completely finished.
Gu Jianchu tapped the table with his fingers. The crisp sound, accompanied by the crackling of the burning charcoal brazier, echoed throughout the room, disturbing the hearts of everyone present. They wondered how the queen would deal with this matter.
"Minister Kong, please stand up first. You are already quite old, yet you still have to clean up the mess for the younger generation. It's not easy. I believe Kong Lin was bewitched by women, which is why he said such outrageous words. I can forgive you once, but you have repeatedly provoked me, which makes me seem too good-tempered. Since Minister Kong can't educate his son well, I will help you educate him well later."
Hearing this, Minister Kong wiped the sweat from his head again and didn't dare to say a word.
Minister Kong didn't dare to speak. However, Mrs. Kong, who was standing by, was anxious when she heard that her grandson was going to be punished. She rushed over without caring about anything. "Your Majesty, please understand! This little bastard must have been bewitched by a woman to say such outrageous words. Even if Your Majesty wants to punish him, you should punish the source of this matter instead of directly punishing my poor grandson. He was also deceived by this woman."
Originally, the Queen might not have punished too severely, but what Old Lady Kong said angered the Queen again.
Minister Kong's brows twitched at Old Madam Kong's words. He glared at her fiercely with cold eyes, "Mother, please stop talking. Do you want to completely kill Kong Lin?"
Mrs. Kong hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter yet. Even after being scolded by her son, she couldn't help but retort, "I didn't say anything wrong."
"The old lady certainly didn't say anything wrong." Gu Jianchu agreed.
Hearing the queen's words, Mrs. Kong was overjoyed, as if her words were approved by the queen.
But before Mrs. Kong could be happy for a while, Gu Jianchu's voice rang out again, "Being deceived by a woman may be the woman's fault, but he believes that he himself has some problems in being deceived. What's more, those outrageous words were not instigated by others, but came from his own mouth. I have heard that if the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. Today I have seen it. Lord Kong's son is not well educated. I am afraid it has something to do with the elders. It is really not easy for Minister Kong to be in such a difficult situation. It is not easy at all. If this family tradition is not strict, it will sooner or later cause trouble."
"Although Lord Kong was able to serve in the imperial court after passing the imperial examination, he has been in the capital for many years. He should know that the reason many aristocratic families gradually decline is mainly because they fail to educate their descendants and are unable to support the family. This is the case for aristocratic families, let alone ordinary people."
"The Kong family's foundation is already weak. If we continue to let it go, I'm afraid it will be ruined after Lord Kong's generation. This is enough for me."
"As for Kong Lin's repeated offenses against me, he indeed deserves to be punished. After the matter is over, he will be given a twenty-foot-tall lash to serve as a warning to others." Gu Jianchu said coldly.
Old Mrs. Kong wanted to plead for mercy, but Minister Kong quickly grabbed her and asked her to swallow the rest of her words.
Although it was very embarrassing to be educated by a young girl like the Queen, what the Queen said was not wrong. If aristocratic families fail to educate their descendants well, they will decline, let alone ordinary families. I am afraid they will also decline. I just don’t know if Kong Lin can be educated back. After all, he has been spoiled by the old lady. If he can’t be educated back, I can only find another way to support the illegitimate son in the mansion. After all, it is not easy for the Shangshu Mansion to support until today. We cannot lose all the foundations that have been laid with great difficulty. Even if we can’t continue to inherit the glory of the Shangshu Mansion, we must keep some of it.
In the past, he only placed his hopes on his legitimate son, but he didn't expect that his legitimate son would be spoiled by the old lady.
Now I can only look back at those illegitimate sons. I don’t expect them to be of much use. As long as they follow the rules and don’t make mistakes, they can continue to lead the Shangshu Mansion forward.
Minister Kong kowtowed to Gu Jianchu and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your magnanimity. I will obey your command."
After saying this, Minister Kong helped his old mother stand up and sat back down.
But he did not forget to give Kong Lin a final warning, "Don't continue talking nonsense, otherwise it will not only kill you, but the entire Shangshu Mansion."
"I'm not talking nonsense. What I said is true. Wenwen is innocent. They are deliberately framing her. Dad, you can't just compromise like this under the suppression of imperial power. Wenwen has done nothing wrong. Are you going to forcibly put the blame on Wenwen just to whitewash another person?" Kong Lin stiffened his neck and kept arguing with Minister Kong.
Minister Kong rubbed his brows, stood up, and kicked Kong Lin again. "Just shut up and say less. Who can wrongly accuse her of something she didn't do?"