Unlimited Resources: Raising a Minister with a Space Supermarket-Chapter 470 - 425: Good for Both Families?

Chapter 470: Chapter 425: Good for Both Families?
When Old Jiang and his son, Jiang Mangzi, arrived at the county government’s entrance, Min Fengyi had already reached the mid-point of the case hearing.
As Min Fengyi’s secretary was reading the new law regarding the molestation of women, Old Jiang suddenly burst into the court and knelt before Sun Wulin’s wife and Sun Manyue with a thud.
However, before Old Jiang could begin his tearful plea, he was grabbed by the nape and dragged out by Jiang Han.
"Old man, do you know that disrupting the court can get you caned?" Jiang Han, being tall and strong, easily lifted the scrawny Old Jiang like a twig.
"Sir, we wish to privately settle with the Sun Family, please grant us some time to negotiate," Jiang Haiqiu, unable to bear the sight of his grandfather being dragged out, had to thick-skinnedly plead with Min Fengyi in the court.
Min Fengyi had already heard from Jiang Dingcai that his brother was related by marriage to the Sun Family and that they could persuade the Sun Family to drop the lawsuit given time. Seeing the Jiang family’s eldest son arrive, he wondered if the Sun Family would give face to Jiang’s eldest.
Considering these relations, Min Fengyi decided to temporarily adjourn the court to allow the Jiang and Sun families to negotiate. After all, this matter of molesting a woman is typically not pursued unless ed.
Many families, when faced with such situations, are forced to marry their daughters to the perpetrators, and sometimes women themselves would entice men to marry into their favored families.
After Min Fengyi adjourned the court, he did not leave. He was very interested in the matters of the Jiang and Sun families, wondering what was so special about the girls from the Sun Family that had the eldest son married to one and the second son coveting another.
Min Fengyi rested his chin on one hand at the desk, adopting a gossip-eating mode, with no trace of a magistrate’s dignity.
"Ahem... Lord Eight..." Min Fengyi’s secretary, whom he brought from the Capital, tried to remind him seeing his disregard for his image.
Min Fengyi rolled his eyes at Secretary Liu, "Oh, this isn’t the Capital. Why the fuss about proprieties?
Besides Prince Jin, I’m the top dog here in Luocheng, no one can control me!"
Freed from his father’s control, Min Fengyi seemed to indulge in self-liberation.
Back in the Capital, his father often reminded them to avoid trouble, fearing they’d cause issues and implicate his childless Imperial Concubine aunt.
Three years ago, when the late emperor passed away, his childless aunt was ordered to be buried with him by the Empress, reasoning that she had no children but was exceptionally favored, thus ought to accompany the late emperor to repay his grace.
With his aunt’s death, the Min family’s support vanished. The Empress’s son ascended to the throne, and the Empress became the Empress Dowager, retaliating against the Min family and other concubines’ families who once rivaled her for favor.
The family’s rise and fall could no longer depend on a woman’s support. Min’s men, whether in literature or martial arts, had to excel. Min Fengyi belonged to the kind who, with a little effort, excelled greatly.
Three years of diligent study were not in vain. Min Fengyi successfully passed the advanced scholar examination.
But considering staying in the Capital might get him targeted by the petty Empress Dowager, his father, after much effort, got Prince Jin to have Min Fengyi reassigned to Luocheng.
Luocheng was the Min family’s ancestral home, and even now their old residence in the west of the city stood.
Secretary Liu, dispatched by Min Fengyi’s father to assist the newly appointed Min Fengyi in Luocheng, could only gently remind him of certain matters as he had no power if Min Fengyi didn’t listen.
Alas, heaven is high and the emperor is far away!
Seeing the Jiang family rushing towards Sun Manyue, Sun Manyue’s four uncles immediately guarded her behind them, not allowing the Jiang family to approach.
Sun Sillin, seeing his son-in-law also involved, looked displeased and showed it.
"Why are you here too?" Sun Sillin addressed Jiang Haiqiu coldly.
Because of Jiang Haifu, his niece Sun Manyue’s reputation was tarnished, and the reputations of other Sun daughters were also affected. Not one person in the Sun Family didn’t hate Jiang Haifu. In their eyes, anyone pleading for Jiang Haifu was considered dubious and possibly of the same ilk.
Who in good conscience would speak for Jiang Haifu?
Even Village Chief Qi supported the Sun Family’s countercharge, yet his son-in-law was still so brazen as to come here!
"I don’t care why you’re here. You’d better leave before I lose my temper, or don’t say I didn’t warn you!" Sun Sillin’s eyes flared, on the verge of exploding.
Jiang Haiqiu’s appearance triggered his anger instantly. If Jiang Haiqiu were his son, he’d have slapped him already.
Seeing Sun Sillin’s barely restrained demeanor, Jiang Haiqiu felt uneasy, but for the chance to save Jiang Haifu, he mustered the courage to say, "Father, Haifu indeed erred, but his crime isn’t worthy of death. Could you spare his life? I promise he won’t dare act improperly again."
Sun Sillin was livid when Jiang Haiqiu spoke, yelling, "I’m not the one wronged, my say doesn’t count!"
When he returned to Taohua Village, he would definitely have a good talk with his son-in-law. Though kind-hearted, the boy was too young, and being soft-hearted was a major flaw sometimes.
"Manyue, please don’t file the complaint. Sun family, we beg you not to. He’s my only son.
If you agree to a private settlement, we’re willing to meet any condition, even if you want Haifu to marry Manyue in a grand procession. I promise, once she’s married into our family, she won’t have to lift a finger, and I guarantee she will be well taken care of..."
"That’s nonsense!" Sun Wulin’s wife shouted, interrupting Mrs. Lu’s plea, "Our Manyue will never step into your Jiang family’s home, give up on that thought!"
"Didn’t Zhao Luoguo from Xinghua Village marry his daughter to the third monkey in their village after he grabbed her a**? Now they have several kids and live well enough, why won’t you agree to marry into our Jiang family?
Sun family, let me tell you, you’re being foolish, and soon you’ll see your daughter can only marry into our Jiang family.
No one else will have her."
"Why keep her by your side, making it harder for her to marry later? If she marries Haifu, then both our families benefit!"
Mrs. Lu originally thought the Sun Family would willingly offer their daughter, given her tarnished reputation. She planned to raise her conditions so the Sun Family would send a significant dowry, letting her son marry Sun Manyue without spending a coin on the bride price.
The miscalculation was in underestimating the stubborn temper of these people from the Northern Land.