Chapter 157: Let the Queen Mother be infamous forever! Spurned by everyone!

At the Li Mansion.

In fact, there was a small battle.

But after all, His Majesty had already asked the masters in the Shen Ce Palace to make preparations in secret.

So even if the people from the Qingyi Sect entered the Li Mansion, they wanted to kill Li Jiulang.

But it didn't work.

Not even Prime Minister Li was hurt.

And at this moment.

Li Jiulang was standing in the Li Family Ancestral Hall, holding the tablet he had made in the morning in his hand, looking at the empty seat. After thinking for a long time, he finally smiled helplessly and left with the tablet.

After all, I still feel that my sister is somewhat unworthy.

Li Xingyue stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall and looked at her father.

After all, she had just experienced the assassination, and she also learned from the counselors around her father what would happen today and what her aunt was going to do.

Take it for granted

Li Xingyue was also shocked, because this matter was too big. The Great Xia Dynasty had not experienced a rebellion since the one experienced by Emperor Xuanzong.

But his own aunt actually rebelled and killed the king.

How could this not surprise Li Xingyue?

But at the same time, Li Xingyue also understood why her father acted like that this morning, and why he asked her so many questions about her aunt.

Now.

Li Xingyue watched her father walk out with an empty tablet, and hesitated, but still said, "Dad, why don't you put it up there? He's dead after all."

Li Jiulang was stunned for a moment, then he smiled and rubbed Li Xingyue's head. "I have been thinking about whether to put your aunt's tablet there, but forget it. If I hadn't gotten out early, our entire Li family would have suffered for what she did. If I put it there, all the ancestors of the Li family would come looking for me. Besides, it's also Dad's fault for being too sentimental that he actually made a tablet. I knew that she no longer considered us as relatives, but I still thought about her as my sister. Don't think too much about it. It's Dad who hasn't gotten over it. But it doesn't matter."

Although Li Xingyue was not good at studying, she understood these principles, so she nodded.

Li Jiulang smiled and said, "Let's go. There won't be any assassins coming to our house. Go and help Dad get his court robes ready. I need to go into the palace."

Li Xingyue nodded, but glanced at the empty tablet in Li Jiulang's hand, thought for a moment and said, "I'll go burn it."

Li Jiulang handed the tablet to his daughter.

Li Xingyue took the tablet and walked out of the ancestral hall courtyard, thinking about her aunt's appearance in her mind. She didn't know what to say or what to think, but she only knew that a girl's thoughts were innocent, so she burned it and was done with it.

If I don't see these things, I won't have these worries. My aunt will die anyway, so I won't have to think about her after she dies.

Li Jiulang stood at the gate of the ancestral hall, looking at his daughter's back, feeling somewhat relieved. He had taught his daughter so many truths, but he never expected that a phrase "a girl's thoughts are innocent" would make his daughter suddenly open her heart and become a better person.

Whenever he thought of this, Li Jiulang felt that he owed Su Changan too much.

But without thinking about these things, Li Jiulang turned around and looked at his father's tablet in the ancestral hall.

I have already told my old father everything I should and wanted to say about Li Nishang all day long, and there is nothing more to say now.

So after just taking a look and paying his respects, Li Jiulang walked outside.

because

Now it's his turn.

The wind blew gently.

The bell in front of the ancestral hall rang softly.

Li Jiulang was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look at the bell. He couldn't help but think of his sister who used to be so innocent and kept pestering him to ask about the bell.

After looking at the bell with a wry smile, Li Jiulang turned around with a resolute expression and walked towards his own yard.

Just at the gate, Li Jiulang saw the counselor Xu Zisheng in red official uniform.

Xu Zisheng was an official recommended by his father. Although he had always served as a counselor in his house, he actually held the status of an official in the Ministry of Revenue.

Seeing Xu Zisheng like this, Li Jiulang smiled and said, "Zisheng, you don't have to go with me."

Xu Zisheng bowed and said, "I used to follow Li Nishang, and I told you everything I know, but Xu Zisheng still wants to do his best for you."

Li Jiulang smiled and said, "I'm afraid I'll even lose my official position this time. I can't keep your official position."

Xu Zisheng immediately smiled and said, "As an official, what difference does it make whether I do it or not?"

Li Jiulang smiled helplessly, said no more, and walked straight into his yard.

When she arrived at her room, Li Xingyue had already tidied up her purple robe as the Minister of Revenue.

Looking at the court robe he had worn for many years, Li Jiulang smiled and stopped talking.

After sending Li Xingyue out, he changed into court clothes.

After tidying himself up in front of the bronze mirror, he walked to the table, opened the secret compartment, and took out the memorial inside.

Before leaving, he looked at Li Xingyue and said, "Stay at home."

Li Xingyue nodded.

Before leaving, Xu Zisheng looked at Li Xingyue and joked, "Miss, you should practice those etiquettes well. The Palace Administration is a place that specializes in correcting the etiquette of palace maids. I saw your movements today. If you go there, I'm afraid they will correct you."

Li Xingyue was furious when she heard this, but she was embarrassed and didn't know how to refute because she really did not do well.

Li Jiulang smiled helplessly, and then reminded Li Xingyue not to go anywhere, then he and Xu Zisheng got in a carriage and headed towards the palace.

Together with.

There were also three large carts of boxes, totaling eight boxes.

After walking a long way, Xu Zisheng looked at Li Xingyue before returning to the mansion. He smiled and said, "I'm afraid there will be fewer people coming to our Li Mansion in the future."

Li Jiulang smiled and said, "No one will come here anymore. They may even stay away from us."

Xu Zisheng laughed heartily.

…

At the Yang Mansion.

Yang Shanchang sent someone over in the afternoon, asking Yang Guofu to gather Yan Jingqing and others to Yang's house.

So there are now Yang Guofu, Yan Jingqing and other pillars of the Taifu Party, all wearing court robes and holding a memorial in their hands.

Among them, Yan Jingqing looked at Yang Guofu and said with some concern: "Guofu, this is really what the old man asked us to do."

Yang Guofu frowned: "If it wasn't for the old man, would I have called you here? And why would I have asked you to write down the charges against the Queen Mother and those under her in such a hurry?"

Yan Jingqing pursed his lips and looked at Yang Guofu, shaking his head helplessly: "It's really what happened today, I'm still scared. I never thought that His Majesty would stretch out his claws as soon as he said so, and you saw it like that, it's exactly the same as the late emperor."

Yang Guofu also understood Yan Jingqing, but after glancing at the sky outside, he stood up and looked at one of them: "Those censors have already gone."

The official being questioned nodded immediately: "After the old man gave the order, I immediately asked those people to write a memorial and wait outside the palace gate."

Yang Guofu glanced at everyone and said, "It's almost time, let's go too."

Everyone nodded, stood up and walked outside.

After leaving the yard, they got on one carriage after another.

Among them, Yang Guofu was sitting in the carriage with a memorial in his hand. He thought about what the person sent by his father said, that all the charges against the empress dowager should be written in a memorial. Today he would go to meet His Majesty in person to submit the letter. This was a matter involving his own interests, so he had to throw away everything.

Thinking of this, Yang Guofu sighed. They didn't have much direct contact with the Queen Mother. It was just that some businesses were controlled by the Queen Mother's people, so in order to save on toll taxes, they gave some to the Queen Mother.

but

This will undoubtedly make them hand over this business!

So Yang Guofu felt distressed, very distressed!

But when he thought of the emperor's appearance at the altar today, Yang Guofu was still frightened.

Just as Yan Jingqing said just now, just like the late emperor.

But what Yang Guofu couldn't figure out was.

Why did his father let the messenger say that all officials who had contact with Li Nishang, even if they were small county magistrates, must be dug out, the more the better.

Even if people from both the King of Shu and the Eighth Prince were dug out, it didn't matter, as long as there were enough people.

Although he did as he was told, he still couldn't figure it out.

However, he did not write about the King of Shu's people because they were useful.

But he has written a lot about the Eighth Prince's people.

…

The court for interrogating the officials of the Queen Mother's party today was set up in the largest outer court of the Ministry of Justice.

The specifications and scale are rare even in the entire criminal department files.

Taifu Yang Shanchang, Zhongshu Ling Su Zimu, Dali Temple Minister Dugu Ruyuan, Ministry of Justice Minister Lu Qingxu, and Taishi Su Wenqing who was not present yet.

It can be said that among the officials of the third rank and above in the current dynasty, all the officials involved in court affairs and investigating cases are here.

On both sides, officials from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice who were of the fifth rank and above all sat there to listen.

There were dozens of officials in total, all sitting in the yard, making the usually spacious yard suddenly seem a little crowded.

There were many suspects in the court, but the officials being interrogated were more than a dozen people of the fourth rank or above who had followed the empress dowager in the past.

In the court, although the Minister of Justice Lu Qingxu was a woman, she was upright and serious. At that moment, her face was ashen and very serious. She stretched out her right hand and slammed the gavel heavily.

'Bang!!!'

A loud and righteous voice echoed throughout the courtroom. The courtroom suddenly became quiet and even the slightest sound could be heard clearly.

"What you have done is extremely treasonous! Thanks to the emperor's careful planning, if anything had happened to the emperor, wouldn't the hundreds of years of foundation of our Great Xia be destroyed in the hands of you traitors! You eat the emperor's salary, but you do things that disrupt the government! You are so bold! You still don't speak frankly after the matter was exposed today!"

"I am innocent!"

"I am being wronged!"

"Lord Lu, although I used to obey the orders of Li Nishang, I didn't know she was going to do such a treasonous thing. It's unfair!"

…

The criminals below were chattering, one after another.

Lu Qingxu was even more furious, especially when he saw Wang Maoqing who was shouting the loudest. He immediately scolded, "Unjust? You still have the nerve to shout unjust! The Queen Mother wanted to transport the materials needed to make gunpowder. Not to mention the altar, even in the Imperial Examination Hall, you filthy traitors were definitely involved. Now you shout unjust?! The left and right guards entered the capital without an imperial edict. If it weren't for you guys interfering, how could such a big commotion not be known by others! ! I never follow the rule that scholars and officials should not be punished. The crime you committed today is a heinous crime that disrupts the foundation of my Great Xia! These words of the saints don't apply here! And you traitors, how dare you call yourselves scholars and officials of my Great Xia!"

After that, Lu Qingxu shouted, "Come here! Arrest him!"

Upon hearing this, the officers from the Ministry of Justice clasped their fists and then turned around and brought up the killing stick and other criminal instruments.

The officials below naturally knew how powerful these things were. After all, they had used them on others many times before. However, they did not expect that these things would be used on them today.

Immediately, the voices crying out for injustice became louder.

Among them, Wang Maoqing even stretched his neck and shouted: "Master Lu, I really don't know, I really don't know anything, I was beaten by Zhu Huang... No, no, I accidentally fell and then recuperated at home. I didn't even go to the altar today."

“How dare you!” Dugu Ruyuan had always been Xia Fengxiang’s man. When he heard Wang Maoqing mention Zhu Huang’s name, he immediately shouted angrily: “All those I’m asking about today are people who follow the Queen Mother. You, Wang Maoqing, have always regarded the Queen Mother as your so-called backer. Now you’re complaining because I said I was recuperating at home?! Come on, slap him in the face!”

When the Shaoqing of Dali Temple heard this, he immediately stepped forward.

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple had some martial arts skills. When he arrived in front of Wang Maoqing, he immediately started to slap him in the face. His strength was so great that after just a few hits, Wang Maoqing's fat face became even fatter, and even blood began to appear.

But at this time.

Su Wenqing's voice came from outside the hall: "It's really lively. I heard the word 'injustice' from outside."

When they saw Su Wenqing at the Dali Temple, the officials from the Ministry of Justice stood up and saluted.

And when Su Wenqing walked over completely, everyone, including the Grand Tutor, stood up.

Su Wenqing was wearing court robes. He glanced at Wang Maoqing, who was beaten like a pig, and smiled, saying, "Oh, it would have been great if you had said this earlier. He has been beaten to a pulp."

Then, he glanced at Dugu Ruyuan and Lu Qingxu who were sitting in the chief judge's position and said with a smile: "It was your fault for not letting the Grand Tutor interrogate them. The Grand Tutor knows what these people have done better than you and I do."

Yang Shanchang smiled and said, "Wenqing is joking. Your Majesty asked me to supervise the trial."

Su Wenqing smiled, turned around and said, "Your Majesty's order."

Hearing this, everyone present walked up to Su Wenqing and bowed.

Su Wenqing said in a clear voice: "The Queen Mother's affairs involve many people, so the Secretary of State Su Zimu was summoned to the palace. Dugu Ruyuan, Lu Qingxu, Su Wenqing, and Yang Shanchang will jointly investigate the case and eradicate the cancer of Daxia."

Upon hearing this, everyone bowed and saluted.

Su Zimu bowed to his father and Yang Shanchang and the others and said, "Well, I will go to the palace to see the saint now. I'm sorry to trouble you all here."

Several people bowed and said goodbye.

Su Wenqing smiled and looked at Dugu Ruyuan and the others and said loudly: "You all don't know, I just came out of the palace, wow, there are the Queen Mother and these people at the palace gate."

Su Wenqing glanced at Wang Maoqing and the others, and then continued, "There are too many people who have reported. I think almost all the people from the Censorate have come out, as well as your son, Yang Guofu, Yan Jingqing and others. They all have memorials in their hands, and they don't plan to hand them over to the Secretariat. They all want to see the emperor. In addition to these, there are also those who have abandoned the dark and joined the light before. I think the memorials in their hands are quite thick, and I think they have a lot to say."

Hearing Su Wenqing's words.

Wang Maoqing and others were stunned.

Su Wenqing smiled and continued, "Your Majesty means that this is a rebellion, but the Queen Mother has been causing trouble to our Great Xia over the years, especially the people under her, so we have to work hard to dig out everything. We should find out everything from these people, including what the Queen Mother has done, who she has harmed, and how she has ruined our Great Xia. When the time comes, we can give an explanation to the people of our Great Xia."

Hearing this

Wang Maoqing and other criminal ministers all gasped.

Some of these people really didn't know that the Queen Mother was rebelling, so they were really wronged.

But if you say that they have never done anything against the law, no one can complain that they are innocent.

But everyone still had some hope in their hearts, after all, there were some things no one knew.

So some of them began to think that they would rather die than admit it. After all, there was no evidence and they could not force a charge on them.

Su Wenqing looked at the expressions on these people's faces and continued with a smile: "Oh, but Li Jiulang is a man who knows the current situation. When I first came out, he was waiting outside the palace gate with several carts of large boxes. I asked him a few questions and he said that they were all the things that the empress dowager had done over the years. As long as he knew about them, who participated, what they did, and what harm they caused, everything was written down clearly."

Then, Su Wenqing looked at Wang Maoqing and the others and said, "So, you better tell the truth. If you don't, our Grand Tutor will have plenty of ways to make you tell the truth."

Su Wenqing smiled, and pulled the tutor towards the main judge's seat. When they got there, he smiled and said to Dugu Ruyuan and Lu Qingxu, "We two old brothers will do the judging first. You two can take a break and wait for the next two to come. There are too many people, so it will take a while to finish it."

Dugu Ruyuan and Lu Qingxu have already figured out what Su Wenqing is up to.

Although the two were surprised that Li Nishang's speed of being pushed down by others was a bit too fast, they couldn't help but smile when they thought about it carefully.

Obviously, His Majesty had arranged it long ago.

Thinking of this, Dugu Ruyuan was lucky to know His Majesty's ability, but Lu Qingxu was impressed by the emperor's ability to keep a low profile in his heart, which was really amazing! After three years of enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, he rose up today, and the arrows were pointed at him. First, he had to remove a big tumor in the capital of Daxia!

However, Lu Qingxu looked at Wang Maoqing and others whose faces were pale with fear.

The current empress dowager was guilty of treason and regicide, which was a serious enough crime.

And it is enough to sentence to death.

but

Is that enough?

In other words, this is the only crime that Li Nishang was accused of in history books? ?

Is it possible? ! !

Li Nishang has done a lot of bad things in the past three years, including some things she did behind the scenes when the late emperor was seriously ill.

Now, it's time to dig them all out.

Spurned by all people!

It will be infamous in history books for eternity!

You, Li Nishang, deserve this!

Especially in the past few years, these officials who relied on Li Nishang to cause chaos in Daxia have done countless dirty things in private, but they were all covered up by Li Nishang!

Think of this

Lu Qingxu's expression became more and more solemn.

Wang Maoqing and the others looked pale. Many of them who had just held on to hope had completely collapsed to the ground because they had forgotten about Li Jiulang!

That person

That person knows everything clearly!!

…

The location of Chengtian Gate.

Officials of all ranks who were going to meet the emperor today entered Chengtian Gate one after another.

Among them, Li Jiulang attracted the most attention, just because of the several large boxes behind him.

Yang Guofu was behind Li Jiulang. He looked at the carts of stuff with his one eye. Finally, he couldn't help it and came up to Li Jiulang and spoke.

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