New widow

Su Du and Zhang Qing hurried to the magistrate's office. As soon as they entered, they were invited into the study by the housekeeper. In the study, the prefect was bald and not wearing official uniform. He was holding an approval document in his hand and frowning.

"Sir, what is written in this batch of documents?" Zhang Qing asked directly. The prefect sighed: "What else can be said in this batch of documents? It's accurate."

The prince was sentenced to death and Qiu Hou was beheaded. Even if the Wang family had extraordinary abilities, they could only allow the prince to live for another half year.

"Then why are you so anxious?" Zhang Qing asked, and the prefect threw the approval document on the table: "Although this approval document has been approved, who will go to the Shangshu Mansion to report it?"

"I'll go." Su Du said these two words lightly. The prefect was waiting for Su Du's words, so he smiled: "Okay, okay, okay, I'm just waiting for your words."

"Is this why your Excellency called us here?" Zhang Qing asked, and the prefect looked at Zhang Qing: "This is not a small matter, but a big thing, a very big thing."

Su Du knew that the purpose of knowing the government was just to have a smooth official career, which was human nature, so Su Du returned to Tongpan Mansion, changed his clothes and went to Shangshu Mansion.

The front door of Shangshu Mansion was originally very lively, but now it is very deserted, and there are not many people coming to pay homage. Su Du got off the sedan, knocked on the door himself, and handed the film in.

When the film was handed in, the concierge just looked at Su Du, said two words, waited, and went inside. It was normal to be treated like this. Su Du was not upset, but stood there looking at the sky outside.

Soon the door opened again, and the concierge said to Su Du: "The master is waiting for you in the hall."

Su Du straightened his clothes and walked inside. The Shangshu Mansion looked no different from when Zhou Le stayed there last year, but there were far fewer people coming and going. Occasionally, when he saw a servant, he was also in a hurry. Even Su Du felt that the clothes worn by the servants were not as bright as before.

Ordinarily, when spring comes, the servants should also change into spring clothes, instead of being like now, obviously still wearing last year's style.

Wang Shangshu was sitting in the hall and did not stand up when he heard Su Du's footsteps. Su Du walked up to Wang Shangshu and saluted Wang Shangshu: "Sir, the approval from the Ministry of Punishment has come."

"So, are you here to tell me that my son is going to be beheaded?" Wang Shangshu stared at Su Du and said this. Su Du was not frightened by Wang Shangshu and only said softly: "Sir, If you don’t teach your adopted son, this is..."

"Don't try to teach me a lesson!" Wang Shangshu picked up a teacup and threw it out, but he was old and frail, so the teacup didn't hit Su Du and fell to the ground.

"I know, I know, you all want to see my jokes. Those who were my former descendants were happy when they saw that it was my son who opened the door, so they approved the approval document early, without any hesitation. In one month, tell me, when did the Ministry of Punishment become so fast?" Wang Shangshu's eyes were sunken and his face was full of wrinkles. He was no longer the white-haired and childlike old man last year, but a dying old man.

"At this time, Sir, do you still think that it is everyone else's fault?" Su Du asked back. Wang Shangshu coughed, but no one came in to serve him. After a while, Wang Shangshu said: "I just want to accept someone." Concubine, let me live a happier life in my later years. I am not the only one who dotes on my children. Why am I the only one who has suffered such a big sin?"

"The sky is clear!" Su Du only answered these four words. Wang Shangshu was already laughing: "The sky is clear, the sky is clear. I didn't expect that you, a descendant of a noble family, could actually say these four words. It's incredible. ridiculous."

"Sir..." Su Du was still about to speak, but Wang Shangshu slapped the table: "Get out, get out, get out!"

"At this time, Mr. Lao, he still regrets that his reputation has been damaged. Mr. Lao has also been an official for one term and was once called a capable official. Why, at this time, has Mr. Lao not seen where he went wrong? If Sir, Still like this, don't you care about your eldest son's career?" When it came to his eldest son's career, Wang Shangshu finally looked at Su Du: "What crazy talk are you talking about? My eldest son is already a senior citizen at this time. Deputy envoy."

"If you move forward to the third rank of officialdom, you will either become a feudal official or enter the cabinet." Su Du continued what Wang Shangshu said. Wang Shangshu looked at him and said: "How can he be compared to your little sixth-grade mandarin?"

"My official position, in the eyes of adults, is just an ant. I will die if I crush it." Su Du said frankly, and Wang Shangshu smiled: "Since you know, why don't you persuade the prefect to let my son go?" A way out."

"When your Majesty behaved wildly, did you ever think about letting others live? Those people are the subjects of the imperial court, not the careless people in your heart." This sentence only caused Wang Shangshu to say: "It's ridiculous."

"Whether you think it's ridiculous or you think I'm telling the truth, anyway, now that the sentence has been handed down, I'll just wait and send someone to collect the body when the time comes."

"How dare you!" Wang Shangshu just yelled and fell down on his chair. In the past six months, Wang Shangshu has been really hit hard, and this blow comes from those ants that look like ants to Wang Shangshu. This made Wang Shangshu even more angry, so angry that he wanted to crush Su Du and others to death.

"You guys come in and serve the boss." Su Du was not intimidated by Wang Shangshu. He just shouted loudly. The housekeeper waiting outside the door hurriedly walked in and saw Wang Shangshu slumped on his chair, coughing. Stop, the housekeeper hurriedly led people to beat Wang Shangshu on the back and made him spit.

Su Du gave Wang Shangshu a cold look. This powerful old man could no longer dominate. Su Du turned around and walked out. The housekeeper had already chased Su Du out: "Su Tongpan, this matter..."

"What, you still want to say that I've made the boss mad to death?" Su Du's words made the housekeeper almost kneel down in fright: "Don't dare, we are just, just thinking, should we write to the boss about this matter?" .”

The eldest master is Deputy Wang. He is an official in a neighboring province. Before Su Du could say anything, Wang Shangshu shouted in the hall: "No!"

The housekeeper turned around and ran into the hall. Su Du took a look at Shangshu Mansion and walked out without stopping. As soon as he returned to Tongxuan Mansion, people from the magistrate's office were waiting there. Su Du knew what the magistrate wanted to hear, so Su Du just said to that person: "I have already told the minister, as for the prison, let's just see what happens." .”

Prince Wang's life in prison these days is not as good as before. After being beaten, he is not as showy as before. Although good food is delivered every day, he cannot eat or sleep as before.