My Husband Is Not Easy To Mess With. - Chapter 30: He Has No Vision
But the guilt would never be erased.
“Daddy is fine.”
Not wanting his precious son to worry, Dou Jin-yuan quickly collected himself.
He began to admonish his dearest treasure, “But Daddy still thinks Nie Yao is unreliable. He is arrogant and difficult to control; he also lacks the vision to appreciate beauty. Look at the vegetables he grows at home. Do you want to spend your future planting vegetables with him?”
What’s wrong with planting vegetables?
Du Sui-lan felt that his father had too many prejudices against Brother Yao.
He huffed twice, “As long as I can be with Brother Yao, I’m willing to plant vegetables!”
Dou Jin-yuan nearly cracked.
He finally understood the suffering of his subordinates whose children, having read too many romance novels, wanted to elope with poor scholars.
“…A-lan, even the emperor has countless concubines. You are now the Emperor, there’s no need to be fixated on Nie Yao alone. How about putting him aside for now and selecting a thousand handsome men to enter the palace for a look?”
He suggested that his precious son should expand his harem.
Upon hearing this, Du Sui-lan became displeased, “Daddy! How can you be like this? My Father only taught me to love Brother Yao wholeheartedly, he never taught me to be fickle and faithless!”
“Does Daddy truly love me and Father? Why do you dislike Brother Yao, whom both Father and I like?”
These words were very serious.
Dou Jin-yuan realized that his precious son was completely determined, and in the end, he could only concede.
“I’m sorry, Daddy was wrong.”
Unable to persuade him to give up, Dou Jin-yuan could only make other plans.
He had to prepare for other things, so that even if his precious son chose wrongly in the future, he could still cover for him.
As for the present.
Since he couldn’t win the argument, he could only choose to join.
Dou Jin-yuan: “Daddy won’t say these things anymore. A-lan is right, your Father’s vision must be correct, and Daddy will support you in taking down Nie Yao.”
When he said this, Du Sui-lan became happy again.
He smiled and put food in his father’s bowl: “This is delicious, Daddy, eat more!”
“Oh, right, Daddy, don’t you have an iron mine in the north? Could Daddy give it to Brother Yao? He won’t take anything I give him.”
Under the burning gaze of his precious son.
Dou Jin-yuan smiled and nodded: “Okay.”
It was just an iron mine, nothing significant.
He only hoped that Nie Yao, having accepted the gift, would treat A-lan well.
Otherwise.
Dou Jin-yuan tightened his grip on the jade chopsticks, smiling faintly as he deboned fish for his precious son.
On the other side.
Nie Yao had no idea that his future father-in-law was about to give him a grand gift.
He was interrogating Sun Ji.
Having been imprisoned for only two or three days, Sun Ji had lost the imposing demeanor of a former second-rank official. He was disheveled, with bloodstains all over his body.
“Little Sun, are you still not going to talk?”
Nie Yao disliked using torture when interrogating criminals. The wounds on Sun Ji’s body were all inflicted by others before.
After Nie Yao arrived, he kindly had someone treat him, lest the criminal die prematurely.
Dead people were not as valuable as living ones.
A smile bloomed on Nie Yao’s face. However, due to his own person and the environment, his smile appeared grim and terrifying.
It was much scarier than the pain of flesh under a whip.
Even a seasoned court official like Sun Ji couldn’t help but feel a chill in his heart.
Sun Ji sat quietly.
Allowing the imperial physician brought by Nie Yao to treat his wounds.
Sun Ji: “What does Lord Nie want this official to say? How can I speak of something I haven’t done.”
Nie Yao had him arrested partly because he wanted to find out who was behind the plot to support the attempted rebellion.
Arrest them all.
And while he was at it, he also wanted to pocket some money from this fellow.
The renovation of his residence was costly, so he shouldn’t miss any opportunity to accumulate wealth.
Nie Yao: “Little Sun, you probably don’t know this. His Majesty has already dismissed you from your post. The current Minister of Rites is not you, Sun Ji, but Guan Jun-mao, Lord Guan!”
Nie Yao’s tone was chilling, and his few words struck Sun Ji’s heart.
Guan Jun-mao also came from an aristocratic family and had a natural alliance with Sun Ji.
He never expected that after his imprisonment, Guan Jun-mao would not only fail to speak up for him but would also stab him in the back, replacing the position he had painstakingly managed for years in court.
Sun Ji was angry.
“You scoundrel! The new Emperor’s running dog! Traitor! You will all come to no good, pfft—”
He hadn’t finished speaking when Nie Yao slapped him.
Teeth mixed with bl00d splattered out.
The curse was interrupted.
“Cough, cough-cough—” Sun Ji turned his head and said gloomily, “Nie Yao, I didn’t expect you to also become the new Emperor’s running dog. Hehe… Didn’t you always refuse to interfere in the affairs of the Royal Family?”
“It seems you still don’t understand the rules.”
Nie Yao looked down at him and shook his head. He held up a finger and said, “The new Emperor gave me a million taels to ensure that I remove parasites like you who endanger social stability.”
A million taels!
Hearing this, Sun Ji’s eyes widened, losing his composure.
He couldn’t believe that his downfall was due to a mere million taels!
“You, you… Ha, ha…” Sun Ji was so angry that he had trouble breathing, panting heavily, “Short-sighted!”
To risk the future of his family for a measly million taels.
He was simply crazy!
Sun Ji refused to believe that Nie Yao was so foolish, and he quickly articulated the pros and cons, trying to make him see reason.
“Why bother, Little Sun?” Nie Yao patted his swollen face, “You clearly despise me, believing that my current achievements are entirely due to my father because of my young age. Yet now, you are unwilling to believe that I am indeed such a short-sighted person.”
He shook his head with regret.
He asked him, “Do you know why you were actually imprisoned?”
Why?
Sun Ji also wanted to know.
Nie Yao kindly enlightened him: “Because I am, in essence, a corrupt official. It’s a pity you refuse to believe that someone would truly go to such lengths for money.”
“Lord Sun.”
“You were born wealthy, you probably haven’t seen it, have you—some people will risk their lives for a single mouth of food, fighting with hungry wolves.”
Sun Ji had also read widely in his youth, but at this moment, he couldn’t understand what Nie Yao’s words had to do with him.
Right, how would an aristocratic son who had enjoyed wealth and glory as a matter of course since birth understand the logic behind this?
Sun Ji refused to accept it and scoffed, “You are the only son of a general, your background is probably much higher than mine.”
“Tsk~ Sun Ji, did you only hear that one sentence?”
Nie Yao shook his head, lamenting his stupidity.
What he truly didn’t understand was that money was genuinely crucial to the common people.
And which of his soldiers was not of common origin?
Nie Yao: “There’s another thing you probably don’t know. How happy my subordinates were when I sent people to eliminate your aristocratic families.”
Every single one of them was eager to set off.
They were ready to bring their own dry rations just to rush over and eliminate the aristocratic families that exploited them.
“Absurd!!”
Sun Ji didn’t think he was wrong, nor did he believe there was anything improper about his family exploiting the common people and developing themselves amidst the court chaos.
He thought the fault lay with the foolish commoners.
And this Nie Yao, who was mentally disturbed and actually helped the ants!
“Mere humble commoners, it would not be a surprise if they starved to death! You actually laid hands on this official for a group of ants? Nie Yao, you are a madman!”