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Chapter 156 Beat him
After Shen Xin passed away, her book "Shen Xin Embroidery Manual" was officially published. The book contains more than 100 Suzhou embroidery needlework methods and more than 800 silk thread color levels. It is the first book in the world to summarize and explain Suzhou embroidery. Once it was published, it was regarded as a benchmark by Jiangnan embroidery artists and was reprinted again and again.
As if deliberately echoing the hot sales of Shen Xin's works in the south of the Yangtze River, Yu Hui was unwilling to be left out and also wrote a shocking article in the north. He wrote tens of thousands of words and wrote an article "The Painful History of the Yu and Shen Couple". In the article, he scolded Minister Ying for forcibly intervening in the relationship between the Yu and Shen couple, causing the couple to break up. He claimed that Minister Ying had always detained Shen Xin in his yard and did not allow the couple to meet, forcing them to be a pair of cowherds and weaver girls. After Shen Xin's death, Minister Ying did not allow Shen Xin to enter the Yu family's ancestral tomb, and did not allow her to take her husband's surname on the tombstone. He even tried to occupy Shen Xin's inheritance. This is simply intolerable.
In order to prove the affair between the two, Yu Hui described in detail the details of their relationship, including Minister Ying picking up the boat in the middle of the night to ask for a doctor, personally boiling and delivering medicine in the early morning, carefully drawing up the menu every day, and co-writing the embroidery pattern...
Yu Hui carried his masterpiece with full confidence, planning to have his own book publisher print it into a book and distribute it in the market. He vowed not to be a human being if he did not discredit Minister Ying.
When we went to the first bookstore, the owner read the manuscript and said, "What a mess! How can a man put a green hat on his head? Are you sick?"
Yuhui angrily scolded the owner of the bookstore for not knowing the value of the book and went to the second one.
The second owner was a thin and even pretty young scholar. After reading it, he actually sobbed: "This kind of love should only exist in heaven, but now I hear it actually exists in the world!"
Yu Hui felt something was wrong, "Who are you talking about?"
"Of course it's Winner and Shen!" The scholar's eyes flickered with emotion, and a crystal teardrop hung on his eyelashes.
Yu Hui felt a chill and snatched the manuscript from the scholar's hand: "You don't need to print it!"
He angrily went to several places and finally found a little-known bookstore that agreed to print it for him.
He printed a large number of manuscripts and gave them away everywhere, which finally caused a sensation in the capital. The censor heard about it and reported it to the court, and began to impeach Minister Ying for misconduct.
Minister Ying did not submit a memorial to defend himself, but instead submitted two other memorials.
The first one was to ask for credit for Shen Xin. Despite her frail body, Shen Xin compiled her life's hard work into a book and shared it with the world for free. She also established an embroidery school to train embroidery talents, which was a great contribution to the development of Jiangnan embroidery industry.
The second one was to resign. He requested to resign from the post of Minister of Works and stay in Jiangnan from then on.
These two memorials undoubtedly confirmed everything that Yu Hui said in the manuscript, and instantly sparked heated discussions in the court and among the people.
The Minister of Industry sighed secretly. Linhai County's coastal defense was very well built. Last summer, it withstood the once-in-a-century typhoon and tide. Yingzhou and Ji Zimo made great contributions. They were supposed to be rewarded and promoted after returning to Beijing. Yingzhou's actions were tantamount to destroying his own future.
On the other hand, Crown Princess Dong also brought Shui Qinghua's letter to ask for an audience with the Queen and the Queen Mother to plead for Shen Xin's credit.
A few days later, the court finally made a decision. Yingzhou left the Ministry of Works and was sent to the Jiangnan Province Censorate, with his rank unchanged. Ji Zimo, a Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, was promoted to the Minister of Works, rising from the fifth rank to the third rank.
As for Shen Xin, the Queen Mother still commended her for her contribution, awarded her a third-class medal, and ordered people to expand her cemetery in Linhai County.
As for this complicated and tangled relationship, the court did not mention a word about it.
On the day when the dust settled, the emperor's favorite, the Earl of Yongwu and the commander of the Guard Bureau, Shen Yi, stopped Yu Hui in the street.
Shen Yi was wearing casual clothes and said to the onlookers: "Today, I am here in my private capacity to handle some family affairs. Please give me some convenience."
After that, he beat Yu Hui in the street until he screamed and screamed. He was very measured in his beating, and he beat Yu Hui so hard that there was not a single piece of intact skin on his body, but his bones were not hurt at all.
"Shen Yi, you are an official appointed by the court, and you committed a crime in the street. You broke the law knowingly. I'm going to sue you!" Yu Hui held his head with both hands, curled up into a ball, and shouted.
"As a brother-in-law, I beat up my brother-in-law to vent my sister's anger. Who is I bothering?" Shen Yi gritted his teeth and rained fists on Yu Hui.
As the people watched and made a noise, they said, "The wife's family hates this son-in-law so much, which means he is not doing a good job!"
"That's right. I heard that the Shen family was like a bodhisattva and did so many good things in Jiangnan. After she passed away, many embroiderers worshipped her tablet at home!"
"What good will it do him to tarnish his wife's reputation? What a fool!"
"He is such an unfaithful and ungrateful person. I heard he was a scholar. If such a person becomes an official, the people will suffer!"
Yu Hui was beaten and kicked, and heard the people scolding him. As a scholar, he had never suffered such humiliation in his life. He suddenly couldn't breathe and fainted.
Shen Yi took him into a clinic, threw down a few taels of silver, and went to ask Shangguan for apology.
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At Shen Xin's cemetery, Shui Qinghua burned the last piece of paper money.
Their family is about to leave Jiangnan, and this is the last time they will see Shen Xin.
Ji Zimo and Minister Ying stood side by side, gazing at Qianting across the way from afar.
"Master Ying, have you really decided to settle down in Jiangnan from now on?" Ji Zimo asked.
Minister Ying said, "Of course it is. I have only one daughter, who has married in the capital. I am alone and have no worries. If I stay in Jiangnan, I can sweep her grave and talk to her during the Qingming Festival and the anniversary of her death. Otherwise, she will be too lonely."
Ji Zimo was silent. As an inspector, his rank would remain unchanged, but Minister Ying would not have any real power and would not be promoted in this life. In short, his career was over.
Minister Ying must have understood the consequences of his choice, but he did it anyway.
"Master Ying, who said you are alone? My daughter will stay in Jiangnan. Is that okay with you keeping her company?" Shui Qinghua walked over and said with a smile.
She was referring to Ji Fei. The full cooperation between Shuixiufang and Siyifang had just begun. Although it was difficult, Ji Fei was very confident and unwilling to give up. She asked her mother to stay in Jiangnan for a while to do this well. Jiangnan was rich and there were many businessmen. She could learn a lot here and was happier than in Jiangxia and Beijing.
Shui Qinghua was very reluctant to leave, how could she leave her alone here? After thinking about it, there were two people she could entrust to, one was Shopkeeper Wang, and the other was Minister Ying. No matter in terms of past affection or character, these two people were trustworthy enough.
Minister Ying showed a delighted look on his face: "That's great! Let Ji Fei be my goddaughter. I promise that I will treat her as my own daughter."
Before leaving, Ji Fei moved to Shen Xin's embroidery school and lived with the embroiderers. Minister Ying had spent almost all his money on Shen Xin's medical treatment, and now he used up his last bit of savings to buy Ji Fei a small house in Suzhou, where she could stay for a while when she went to discuss business, and it would be her dowry in the future.
Shui Qinghua wrote another letter to the capital, asking for A Xiao to come over to be Ji Fei's personal guard, only then was she settled.
Ji Zimo told Shui Qinghua: "I have already petitioned the court. We will not return to the capital directly. We will first go to Jiangxia to visit our relatives and old friends before returning to the capital to take up our posts."
Shui Qinghua's eyes suddenly lit up. She took a step forward and put her arms around Ji Zimo's neck: "That's great! I've been away from home for a few years. I miss my parents, sisters, and my Shuixiu Workshop!"
Seeing her happy, Ji Zimo was happy too. He picked her up by the waist and spun her around: "Yes, we can go back to Jiangxia!"
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