Chapter 351 - 125: Furious_4
Ye Shijie said, "His Majesty has already ordered the Ministry of Punishment to review the case. Honestly, I did not expect the Drum of Injustice to achieve such an outcome, prompting the emperor to personally supervise the matter."
"What’s so surprising about that," Ye Mingyu replied nonchalantly, "Shijie, you didn’t see it. The citizens of Tongxiang are in a terrible plight. Feng Yutang is truly a despicable man. The emperor must stand up for the people. We risked the penalty of fifty strokes to beat the Drum of Injustice; now that the emperor has heard it, of course, he should step in to uphold justice for the common folk, shouldn’t he?"
"Third uncle, you’re thinking too simply," Ye Shijie said gravely, "many things cannot be achieved just by being justifiable. If mishandled, even His Majesty could lose the people’s support in this case, which is quite tricky. I suspect it’s not because of the case itself, but because of the person involved in it, right?" He looked at Jiang Li.
Jiang Li smiled. Ye Shijie was maturing quickly; from the start, she had believed that this young man was extraordinary. Although his tenure as an official was still brief, he had already grasped some of the rules of officialdom.
She said, "Yes."
"What exactly did you write in that petition?" Ye Shijie asked, "You said that there’s someone behind the Xue Family’s case—someone with power and influence. This person must be the key to the emperor’s personal supervision of the case. Who is it?"
The petition to the emperor was not written by Ye Shijie, but by Jiang Li, who had asked Ye Shijie to present it on her behalf. Ye Shijie hadn’t read the petition and was unaware of who else was involved in the Xue Family’s case. However, he could feel that the crux of the matter hinged on this person.
"Yeah, Jiang Li," when Ye Shijie put it this way, Ye Mingyu also remembered, "You told me before that there is a powerful and influential person behind the Xue Family’s case, the real mastermind. You mentioned that when we got to Yanjing City, I would naturally understand. Now can you tell me who this person is? I want to see which influential person is so shameless, harboring such deep hatred for the Xue Family that they would go to such lengths to target them."
Jiang Li looked at the two men, sighed softly, and uttered a name.