Daily life of the mistress

Chapter 83 Lu Kuan

When Qin and the old marquis heard Cheng Yunshuo ask this, they were all startled, especially Qin, "What's wrong?"
    "Something big has happened in the capital recently. The Duwei Mansion has received more than a dozen murder cases in a row, all of which are related to loan sharking. This matter has alarmed the higher-ups, and they want to conduct a thorough investigation of loan sharks."

    Cheng Yunshuo looked at the people at the dinner table with a serious face, "Whoever is found to have lent money at high interest this time will be in big trouble, and His Majesty will punish them personally."

    When Qin heard this, her heart was pounding with a strong feeling of fear and secret joy.

    She had experienced the emperor's wrath once, and their Qin Mansion had not recovered until now. Whenever the emperor wanted to investigate something, it was very strict and no one could escape.

    And she...just before the New Year, at Lu Lingyun's suggestion, she stopped lending money at high interest rates!

    Qin immediately looked at Lu Lingjun.

    Lu Lingjun still looked calm and composed. "Mother, we are a family that loves kindness. I have said before that lending money at high interest rates is against the will of heaven and earth. We cannot do this. Don't you agree?"

    "Yes, yes, that's right!" Qin couldn't help but said excitedly.

    She couldn't help but feel fortunate that she had married a good daughter-in-law who saved her family from such a disaster.

    The next day, the old marquis, who had been ill for a long time, attended a court session. Just as Cheng Yunshuo had said, the emperor was very angry about the issue of usury. He attacked several large lenders who lent money at usury. The leaders were those who had frantically snatched money when the Cheng family withdrew from the usury market.

    The most serious case was that he was stripped of his title and official position, stripped of his court robes on the spot, beaten with twenty sticks, and his property was confiscated, and he was demoted to a commoner.

    The others who lent less were also named one by one, fined their salaries, and forbidden to collect usury. Among them was the Li family.

    Being fined the salary and not being allowed to recover the usury is still considered good, but being named will affect your future career!

    After returning home, Li's father and son scolded Wei, who had lent money at high interest, and took away her power to manage the family, leaving it to Li's mother.

    Wei didn't dare to say anything. She was humble and felt very aggrieved.

    Lu Hanyi, who was originally feeling angry, felt relieved when she saw Wei in trouble. The entire Li family was in a panic, but she was the happiest one.

    She rolled her eyes and ran to Wei to ridicule her.

    "Oh, isn't this our Li family's decisive, fair and just sister-in-law?" Lu Hanyi walked up to Wei with her big belly and mocked her.

    When Wei saw her, he was immediately furious.

    She had been scolded by her husband and father-in-law these past two days. Not only had her housekeeper power been taken away, but a lot of her dowry had also been added to the dowry. Her life was already difficult enough, and Lu Hanyi even came to provoke her.

    "Hey, what are you doing here, sister-in-law?"

    "It must feel bad to be scolded. Sister-in-law, just talk to me about it." Lu Hanyi looked at her with a smile.