Chapter 301 My Yuan family is born noble!
Since his mother was so ordinary and was a concubine, Yuan Wei was naturally not taken seriously.

In addition, Yuan Wei himself had mediocre qualifications and had not made any achievements in any aspect, so Yuan Mochu had no impression of him.

The only thing I remember is that this cousin seemed to be managing the Yuan family’s assets. He was a very honest man and didn’t fight for anything.

How could such a person commit a crime that could land him in prison? Yuan Mochu didn’t believe it. This must be a frame-up by the dog emperor to threaten him!

Yuan Mochu was not as smooth as Cao Mengde. He was outspoken and said bluntly: “I remember this cousin of mine as a very honest man. How could he be guilty of a crime that could land him in prison? It must be you, the tyrant, who did this!”

Li Changge glanced at Yuan Shao calmly and said:

“This person manages the Yuan family’s business and does the hidden accounting.”

“He kept two sets of accounts, one openly and one secretly. The money he ate was enough to get him a prison sentence of three thousand miles.”

“Is this what you call an honest person, Mo Chu?”

Yuan Mochu opened his mouth to explain, but then he couldn’t say anything.

Yuan Mochu must have known about this kind of shady accounts, but in her eyes, it was extremely normal. It was just eating up some tax money, which was extremely common among the aristocratic families and was not even a big deal.

But according to the law, this punishment is not wrong, but…

Yuan Mochu had an extremely strange feeling, which made her choose to shut up at this time.

Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Li Changge continued to walk forward, while Yuan Mochu continued to follow behind him.

The two of them seemed to have telepathy and ignored Yuan Wei who was knelt and begging for mercy behind them, but his loud cries were so harsh in Yuan Mochu’s ears.

Li Changge brought Yuan Mochu to a prison door, where a thin figure was imprisoned.

The thin figure saw Yuan Mochu as if he had seen a life-saving straw, and he scrambled to the prison door, grabbed the railing with both hands and shouted:
“Sister Mo Chu, Sister Mo Chu, is that you?”

“Help me, help me!”

“I want to go home, I want to go home!!!”

Seeing the thin figure’s face clearly, even though it was a little dirty, Yuan Mochu still clearly recognized that it was her cousin Yuan Fan.

Yuan Fan was the disciple of her fifth uncle. He doted on his son, whom he had in his old age, so he became spoiled.

But Yuan Fan is still a child. Should a child be locked up in the prison?
As if he could see Yuan Mochu’s confusion and anger, Li Changge looked at Yuan Fan with a hint of disgust in his eyes, and spoke slowly.

“I have always acted according to the law and would not harm anyone without reason.”

“This little bastard is much more hateful than Yuan Wei.”

“I have only sentenced him to beheading him in the autumn. Not cutting him into pieces is already a mercy on my part!”

Upon hearing this, Yuan Mochu retorted: “My cousin is only thirteen years old this year. What crime did he commit to deserve being sentenced to death?”

“Rape women.”

“what?”

Li Changge turned his eyes away from Yuan Fan in disgust, looked at Yuan Mochu calmly and said:

“He got into trouble because he raped a 12-year-old girl from Bali Village.”

“But he is indeed young. If he made such a big mistake just because of a momentary thought, I will not execute him later.”

“But this isn’t his first time.”

“He is only thirteen years old this year, but he has already committed the crime of raping women four times before.” “It’s just that the Yuan family was so powerful in the past that these dirty crimes were covered up by the Yuan family using money and people.”

“Do you still think that his crime is minor?”

“Do you still think the excuse of being young is acceptable?”

Yuan Mochu couldn’t understand why Li Changge could be so serious about such trivial matters.

No matter what, Li Changge is a very generous person in Yuan Mochu’s eyes. After all, even a complete traitor like Dong Bai, Li Changge can tolerate him and even help him to the position of queen.

But now Li Changge is actually making a fuss about such a small matter, which is too ungenerous of an emperor.

Whether it was tax evasion or raping a few common people, in Yuan Mochu’s eyes, it was not a big deal and was far from being comparable to a serious crime like treason.

Yuan Mochu gritted his teeth and said stubbornly:

“To be frank, these are just trivial matters. Are you just forcing me to submit in order to take revenge?”

“If everything in the world really had to be done according to the law, why would they be punished only today?”

“To do selfish things in the name of justice is nothing but hypocrisy!”

Li Changge glanced at her with contempt and said calmly, “I am too lazy to talk to you. You don’t deserve to hear it.”

However, Yuan Mochu’s eyes suddenly turned red. Obviously, no matter how many relatives were thrown into prison, they were not as damaging to Yuan Mochu as the words “You don’t deserve to hear it”.

“Why am I not worthy of listening? Or have I touched your tyrant’s sore spot? You just…”

Before Yuan Mochu could finish her words, the terrifying innate energy instantly suppressed Yuan Mochu and made her unable to move. Li Changge grabbed Yuan Mochu’s neck with one hand and lifted her up.

Yuan Mochu was still very weak at the moment and had no power to fight back against Li Changge’s sudden attack.

Yuan Mochu was lifted up by Li Changge like a little chick. He tried hard to struggle and his face turned red, but he was still unable to move.

Facing Yuan Mochu who had no power to resist, Li Changge looked at him with contempt. Yuan Mochu was very familiar with that look. She herself had the same look towards those guys she looked down upon.

“You are right. When the Yuan family was powerful in the past, these were indeed insignificant matters. No one would bother with you.”

“But this is a different time. Your Yuan family is already in a state of decline. Who else can you hope to protect?”

“These people deserved to die, but they were able to live in peace because of the protection of the Yuan family.”

“But the Yuan family’s reputation is now worth less than grass, who else do you want to protect?”

“You think you are still the arrogant eldest daughter of the Yuan family? How ridiculous.”

“If I say you don’t deserve to hear it, then you don’t deserve to hear it!”

After saying that, Li Changge threw Yuan Mochu casually and hit him against the stone wall beside him, causing a slight crack to appear on the stone wall.

Yuan Mochu, who was finally freed from his restraints, struggled to get up, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. Yuan Mochu then wiped it gently with his sleeve.

“My Yuan family has three dukes in four generations. We are a family of geniuses. We are invaluable!”

“So what if I lose power for a short period of time?”

“A noble family will not change anything just because of a short-term loss of power!”

“You, the dog emperor, are just dreaming about insulting the Yuan family!”

Yuan Mochu stood up after falling to the ground. She felt that the Yuan family was just like her. A brief period of weakness would not affect anything. The Yuan family was born a noble family and would stand up again in the end!
(End of this chapter)