Madam Liu, being the grandmother, took the initiative to stay and take care of things.
Meanwhile, when the letter from the old home arrived, some developments occurred in the capital, with Emperor Xuanming being increasingly unpredictable in court, having recently stopped attending morning court sessions.
The reason was a recent illness, and he often dealt with memorials to the throne only in his sleeping quarters, while imperial consorts in the Imperial Harem frequently visited the Imperial Study.
Ye Muyu noticed this because the Deng Family was being increasingly favored, yet the Emperor still indulged them.
Previously, the Deng Family was tasked by Emperor Xuanming to deal with Remnants, and recently, the Deng Family indeed privately met with many officials.
The court’s ministers had been waiting to see the Deng Family make a fool of themselves.
Those implicated, in fact, wished the Deng Family would directly collapse.
Of course, some involved officials tried to bribe the Deng Family.
Unexpectedly, the Deng Family indeed found ways to exonerate these officials in private.
When a minor sixth-rank official was only demoted, and another scapegoat was found to take his place, everyone initially thought it was because the Deng Family was bold; this was obviously opposing the Emperor, as if they cared nothing for their lives.
But strangely, Emperor Xuanming did not even reprimand the Deng Family for this.
Subsequently, Grand Tutor Deng continued to handle the next batch of implicated officials in the same manner, forcibly absolving many and releasing some innocent men and women who had been implicated, without caring what kind of life awaited them after returning.
In reality, many of those rescued had no family members willing to go to the yamen to claim them, and some were even sold again by their families.
Some of these people were even bought back by the originally implicated officials.
Ye Muyu noticed this issue and arranged for people to purchase those willing to leave who had nowhere else to go.
In her view, while innocence was important, so too was survival.
However, these people indeed suffered some psychological trauma, not easily recoverable, so Ye Muyu only bought those still willing to help themselves and sent them to the Manor to work, at least giving them something to do and divert their attention.
Ye Muyu thus paid more attention to the Deng Family.
She discovered that the Eldest Young Master of the Deng Family continued to live a decadent life, pletely unaffected by any involvement.
After acmodating dozens of people at the Manor, spending a few hundred taels, Ye Muyu arranged for them to be sent out of the capital.
Tang Dongfeng recently bought a Manor and needed many hands there, so these people were sent over just in time.
She also dispatched a manager with a gentle disposition and a tolerant heart to teach these young men and women.
The reason Ye Muyu did all this was due to the trouble the Deng Family had been causing her.
If these people stayed too close, they could easily be used by the other side to create trouble. She thought it over and decided to send them away, which wouldn’t hinder their new life.
In the afternoon, a few shopkeepers came over to report that they had resolved the trouble, although it caused some time delays and affected business.
Only the bookstore, after publicizing and obtaining actual reference results, gained fame as a group of scholars spread the word, and more people were recently going to the bookstore to read various books.
"Madam, the current situation is still good, but I found that those who caused trouble seem somewhat dissatisfied, and continued entanglement might make it difficult to vindicate ourselves," the shopkeepers couldn’t help but remain vigilant.
Especially after hearing from Ye Muyu that those orchestrating these events might be people sent by the Grand Tutor Deng’s Household.
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