Chapter 2391 - 2388: Dealing with Third Master Qi

"Gather evidence. As long as there’s evidence, it’s alright if it affects some business," Ye Muyu really didn’t want to be watched like a mad dog by the Qi family any longer.

This time, she’s determined to teach them a lesson!

Originally, she didn’t want to pick sides, but the Qi family pushed too far. If King Qi ascends to power, what good days would there be for the Chu family?

"Send a message to Wang Qing, explaining the situation. He will understand." Ye Muyu had a dual plan.

There were naturally two letters for Wang Qing.

Su Mei quickly took action.

Time flew by.

The atmosphere in the capital remained unchanged.

But Ye Muyu had no free time.

"Madam, another workshop has had an incident, but the secret formulas they stole are all fake," Su Mei said cautiously.

"Is there evidence that the Qi family sent them?" Ye Muyu would ask this every time.

And every closed workshop remained shut for ten days before reopening, the only change being some of the staff.

"Yes, these people are intricately connected to the Qi family, and Zhu San also sent people to steal some secret letters proving their connection."

"These people have not realized that we know it was them, so they haven’t been dealt with by the Qi family yet. Just waiting for the madam to seize the opportunity to punish them."

"Who are these people in contact with?" Ye Muyu suddenly asked.

Su Mei: "Madam, do you mean who are they in contact with for meetings?"

"No, I mean which masters of the Qi family are these people connected to," Ye Muyu shook her head.

Su Mei hadn’t thought about this question, quickly looked through a few letters, and said, "Sixty percent of them are connected with Third Master Qi, the remaining forty percent are linked with the Qi family’s female members."

"Link the remaining forty percent to Third Master Qi as well, and these female members, they should be connected to the Old Madam of the Qi family, right?"

"Madam, what do you mean?" Su Mei’s eyebrows twitched, harboring a terrifying suspicion.

Sure enough, she heard Ye Muyu say without any emotion, "Go ahead, do it naturally, it’s best not to overdo it by adding unnecessary details."

"Even if Emperor Xuanming knows that Minister Qi made a move, he won’t do anything to him. After all, he is the Emperor, who needs balance, not righteousness."

"But it’s different with Third Master Qi. He’s Minister Qi’s own brother and his right-hand man. The Qi family’s growing wealth is accumulated largely through Third Master Qi’s methods of amassing wealth."

"Third Master Qi has been helping the Qi family earn silver since his teens. Now he’s fifty, with more than thirty years of accumulation, it’s beyond what an ordinary person can imagine. However, Third Master Qi is too arrogant. Once he’s caught, it affects national destiny, it becomes something Emperor Xuanming wants to address. An ordinary person without an official status is much easier to deal with than Minister Qi."

"If Third Master Qi is brought down, even the Emperor would be pleased to see it happen," Ye Muyu never underestimated anyone’s desires.

And it was clear that Emperor Xuanming’s desires were growing, nurtured by Chu Heng and her, otherwise he wouldn’t openly offend these clans to change some of the structure in Great Chu.

Previously, he couldn’t handle these noble families without Chu Heng’s efforts, yet these same families rendered Emperor Xuanming helpless.

He could only act in the shadows.

Unfortunately, Emperor Xuanming was ruthless, having secretly cultivated a considerable amount of manpower long ago.

"Madam, since you want to deal with Third Master Qi, why do you still want to implicate Madam Qi with the evidence?"

"Because Minister Qi won’t just stand by and do nothing."