Count Jingwen's Estate felt a sudden chill in his heart. The laws of the Great Qi explicitly prohibited the family members of officials from engaging in usury; violators faced demotion or stripping of titles at the very least, and exile at the worst.
Just last year, the wife of a junior vice minister in the Ministry of Revenue had been involved in such a scandal, resulting in her entire family being banished to Lingnan.
"This, this..." Count Jingwen's throat bobbed. He turned toward Fu Jing'an and barked angrily, "Wretched girl! What on earth is the meaning of this?"
Chapter 66