BHBF Chapter 78.4

Boss, He’s Becoming a Father (Arc 4) Chapter 78.4: Playful Son (31)

“You said that it was Shao Yu who took the initiative to send someone to deliver it?” asked the old emperor.

The prefect of Jingzhao nodded and asked, “Who should try this case and how should it be tried? Your Majesty, please make the decision.”

The old emperor flipped through the case file, read it from beginning to end, picked up the letter and read it carefully for a long time.

“Shao Yu pleaded guilty?” the old emperor asked.

“Master Shao accepted it.” The prefect of Jingzhao replied.

The old emperor said: “Send someone to verify the situation first.”

The Jingzhao prefect naturally admitted it, but seeing Shao Yu was so sure, he felt that it was most likely the case.

The old emperor said to the old eunuch beside him, “Go out and invite our Dali Temple Minister.”

The old eunuch nodded.

Although this case proved Shao Yu guilty, to be honest, the old emperor didn’t actually want to deal with Shao Yu.

After all, Shao Yu was capable and liked by the old emperor, and the old emperor couldn’t find a replacement for a while. The older the old emperor got, the more nostalgic he became, and he was unwilling to easily deal with the old people around him.

Shao Yu soon entered the palace.

The old emperor looked at him for a long time before asking, “What are you trying to do?”

“I have done something wrong, and I feel guilty about it, so I can’t sleep since I got up early.” Shao Yu said.

The old emperor said, “Just for five hundred taels? That’s not like you.”

Shao Yu said: “It’s all the fault of the minister.”

The old emperor took the letter and read softly, “Greetings to the Madam.”

“Why does the Taiming County Magistrate want to ask about your wife’s health?” the old emperor asked in a deep voice.

Shao Yu only said: “I don’t want to lie to Your Majesty, and I can’t explain it to Your Majesty.”

After hearing what he said, the old emperor glanced at the letter again and naturally understood everything. He said, “Your wife made a mistake, so you want to take the blame for her?”

In the old emperor’s mind, if a woman made a mistake, the worst that could happen was that he would divorce her. Why would he involve himself in it?

But Shao Yu said: “Husband and wife are one body. Although the matter was initiated by Madam, it was due to my negligence that she made such a big mistake.”

“Madam, is a woman, it is not convenient for her to show her face in public, and the children at home are still young, she needs to take care of them, but if she makes a mistake, she should be punished, otherwise where is the national law and family rules, and where is the seven lives that died in vain? This minister is a man, I should bear these responsibilities for her.”

When the old emperor heard this, he naturally understood that Shao Yu was sincere in every word.

Shao Yu does his job very cleanly, and it is because of this honesty that the old emperor promoted Shao Yu to his current position.

Seeing Shao Yu being so straightforward, the old emperor was not too surprised. He just asked, “Have you made up your mind to plead guilty?”

Shao Yu nodded.

The old emperor sighed, thinking that in his court, the upright people were too upright, and the smooth people were too smooth.

Since Shao Yu decided to protect Xiao Han, the old emperor could only help him. However, the old emperor was reluctant to let Shao Yu go into exile, so he said, “I’ll give you two choices.”

Shao Yu raised his head and looked at the old emperor.

“Or, exile for three thousand miles.”

“Or, you can be transferred to a remote place as a county magistrate. But if I don’t see any real results within three years, then you can never return to the capital.”

Shao Yu naturally understood that the old emperor was giving him three years. If his performance was good in those three years, he would naturally be transferred to the capital.

As for why it was three years, Shao Yu felt that this time point was a bit subtle. Although the old emperor was in good health, no one knew whether he could hold on until three years later.

Even if he could hold on until three years later, when the imperial power would not be far away, Shao Yu, this upright and loyal minister, would become a knife left by the old emperor for the new emperor.

The old emperor gave him a way out, so Shao Yu naturally followed suit and accepted the second option.

Soon, the case spread throughout the court and the country, and the trial was changed from being conducted by the Jingzhao prefect to being jointly tried by the Ministry of Justice.

The case was clear and the result came out quickly. The magistrate of Taiming County never figured out why Shao Yu blew himself up until his death.

But this was not the only case involving him. As the magistrate of Taiming County had committed too many crimes, he was sentenced to death by hanging.

Except for the dowry of Shao Yu’s original wife, all other property was confiscated. In the future, the confiscated money will be given to the victims by the court according to Shao Yu’s wishes.

All the other members of the victim’s family, the Sun family, died, leaving only a married woman alive. After receiving the compensation, the married woman divorced her husband who had been abusing her, and established a female household with her child, changing the child’s surname to Sun.

Before Shao Yu left the capital for Lingnan, he entrusted several of his old friends to remember to take good care of the girl from the Sun family.

The Shao family’s property had been confiscated, and this time Shao Jiashan took out the money on his own initiative without anyone reminding him.

Shao Yu arranged for Xiao Han’s dowry to be handed over as compensation to the Sun family. Xiao Han did not feel any resentment in her heart, after all, all the trouble was caused by her.

Shao Yu did not punish her in any extra way, but just asked her to recite and copy the laws of the dynasty every day, and Xiao Han did exactly as she was told.

When Shao Yu left Beijing, there were very few people who saw him off, except for a few old friends.

None of Shao Jiashan’s former friends, Shao Jialiang’s former friends, or the families that Xiao Han was on good terms with came out to see him off.

Because of this incident, Shao Jiashan looked a little depressed along the way. He originally thought that these people were his good brothers, but he didn’t expect that once something happened to the Shao family, these people all disappeared.

Shao Jiashan held it in for many days, and finally couldn’t help asking, “Does it mean that my family is not doing well, so I don’t deserve to have friends?”