Chapter 1235 The Queen curses without using any dirty words

There are many sleepless nights, but there are very few sleepless nights where people are scared and can’t fall asleep.

And tonight.

Destined to be sleepless.

The unwritten rule in the officialdom of Daxia.

If you have offended the emperor, go to the empress and ask her to plead for mercy.

But if you offend the Queen, you are finished, and you have offended the Emperor as well.

All officials remember this rule clearly in their hearts.

But as time went on, some honest and straightforward people saw the Empress who was always laughing and getting close to others, and it seemed as if they had forgotten her identity.

My queen is very friendly.

But they forgot that the empress was just too lazy to attend court with the emperor. Otherwise, if the two saints were to attend court together, the phoenix seal would also have the power of life and death.

After the bodies were carried out of the palace, they were sent to the residences of their owners, accompanied by the Chixia Army, as well as officials from the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Jingzhao Prefecture.

It seemed as if the messages were sent out with no intention of being blocked, and they quickly spread to all the mansions.

There was a lot of panic.

All the gates of the mansions were closed.

The court officials sat in the lobby of their respective residences, waiting quietly.

The location of the Lingqi Pavilion in the palace.

Ruyu and Kuangjue were holding buckets of water and wiping the bloodstains outside the yard.

There wasn't much blood, because right after he died, the Huanglong Guards came forward to carry him away, fearing that it would dirty the residence of the Emperor and the Empress.

But the atmosphere in Lingqi Pavilion was so solemn and depressing for the first time.

Xun Kuang was taking notes in the lobby.

Mu Xu and Li Lingyun, the doctor of the Imperial Censorate, looked at the evidences taken out of the box.

As the saying goes, some things are not worth a single ounce if they are not weighed, but they cannot weigh a thousand pounds if they are weighed.

Especially the things that happened behind the scenes of those who served as officials abroad.

Mu Xu and Li Lingyun watched on, both of them were filled with anger.

Lu Qingxu and Li Endi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, Dugu Ruyuan and Zhuo Wen, the junior minister of the Dali Temple, and Luo Anxu of Jingzhao Prefecture were counting the items while recording and filing them one by one.

Su Ziyu and Wei Jiu assisted from the side.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the last piece of physical evidence has been verified with the officials involved in the crime." Lu Qingxu stepped forward and bowed to Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang.

Su Changan nodded slightly and glanced at Xia Fengxiang.

Xia Fengxiang stood up calmly, with Su Changan supporting him.

Seeing His Majesty and the Queen stand up, the officials in the hall stood up one after another and did not dare to sit down.

Seeing this, Su Changan smiled and said, "Just sit down. You must be tired. I asked Xuanxia and the others to prepare some easily digestible midnight snacks. We can eat together later."

Mu Xu and others hurriedly thanked him.

All the officials in the hall had seen the scenes on the battlefield, so they didn't care about the death.

What happened tonight really shocked them.

Mu Xu was now sober and holding a scroll in his hand, tightly clenched.

Just seeing the Queen looking at him, Mu Xu smiled.

Su Changan smiled lightly and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Master Jijiu. You were drinking when we called you here."

Upon hearing this, Mu Xu immediately bowed and said, "This old minister dare not. It is only because I was inspired by the poem "Humble House Inscription" written by Your Majesty that I had a few sips."

Su Changan looked at Mu Xu: "Is Linhan willing to show it to you?"

Mu Xu immediately shook his head: "Su Wenqing only read a few sentences. Lin Han listens too much to her grandfather."

Su Changan smiled lightly and walked out of the courtyard with Xia Fengxiang.

Swish!

All the officials outside whose crimes did not deserve the death penalty were already trembling with fear. They were not like Mu Xu and others in the hall who were upright and had nothing to fear. They were all very insecure.

Especially after watching one person after another die under that sword, he almost peed himself.

Seeing His Majesty and the Queen coming out, they all knelt on the ground with their foreheads touching the ground, not daring to breathe.

Su Changan looked at them and said, "Your crime is not punishable by death, but the matter is not over yet. What did those people do to help Shen Yuanhao? You need to explain clearly when you are interrogated by the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple."

Everyone responded immediately in unison, "We dare not hide anything."

Su Changan turned around and said, "Don't leave yet. Shen Yuanhao has been waiting for a while. Let's listen to what he says."

Everyone was still surprisingly unanimous: "Yes."

Xia Fengxiang looked at them and wanted to curse, but he held back and just said coldly: "Not killing you is the Queen's mercy. If I were to interrogate you tonight, the scene would not be like this!"

When these officials heard this, they all trembled and immediately said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace. Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Su Changan glanced at Xia Fengxiang.

Xia Fengxiang glared at these people with a look of disappointment on his face. Even though these people's crimes did not involve any deaths, the severity of the crimes they committed varied. But Xia Fengxiang had already made up his mind about one thing.

Never hire!

Su Changan held Xia Fengxiang's hand and looked at Sheyue beside him: "Let Lu Cai bring him over."

Sheyue clasped her fists.

When the officials outside saw that the Queen and His Majesty had returned, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but they still knelt on the ground and did not dare to act carelessly.

Shen Yuanhao had actually arrived a long time ago, but the case was being tried here, so Su Changan asked Lu Cai to throw him into the yard where they were waiting and lock him up first.

Therefore, after Su Changan helped Xia Fengxiang sit down on the cushion, Lu Cai and Sheyue brought Shen Yuanhao over.

Shen Yuanhao was still elegant, but his clothes were a little dirty.

Seeing him, Su Ziyu clenched his fists and sighed.

He knew Shen Pei, although he didn't understand why such an ambitious Shen Pei would join the Eighth Prince and later fled to Mobei.

However, after the emperor's edict was issued, Shen Pei was cleared of all charges and everything was made public.

Only then did Su Ziyu realize what Shen Pei had been doing while bearing the stigma.

The demeanor of an ancient gentleman was only matched by Shen Pei.

but.

Seeing his younger brother doing these things, Su Ziyu couldn't help but feel annoyed.

Shen Yuanhao looked at Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang, bowed and clasped his fists: "Shen Pei's younger brother pays homage to His Majesty, the Empress."

After that, he looked at everyone in the hall and said, "Greetings, gentlemen."

Su Changan looked at Shen Yuanhao: "Lu Cai said that there are some things you must say in front of me and His Majesty?"

Shen Yuanhao said, "In reply to your Majesty, that is true. However, I wonder if I should ask Your Majesty and Your Majesty a question."

Li Lingyun stood up and scolded: "Shen Yuanhao! Don't forget your etiquette!"

Shen Yuanhao looked at Li Lingyun and raised his lips: "Sir Li, in the officialdom, etiquette is the content. But I am a dying man, not an official anymore, why should I pretend to be so?"

Li Lingyun was about to speak when Xun Kuang hurriedly stopped him.

Xia Fengxiang was originally leaning on the cushion looking at other memorials in his hands, and now he glanced at Shen Yuanhao.

Su Changan looked at him and said, "I have a question too."

Shen Yuanhao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will definitely inform you and His Majesty about that."

Su Changan waved his hand: "I know you will definitely tell us. I knew it when you took out these boxes and saw how His Majesty and I would deal with these people. But what I want to ask you is, how can you have the nerve to call yourself Shen Pei's brother!"

Bang!

Shen Yuanhao felt his heart sink and his knees fell to his knees uncontrollably.

Moreover, the direction in which they were kneeling was not towards Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang, but towards the north.

"I told you the night before last, don't bring up Mr. Shen. You don't deserve it. Have you forgotten?" Su Changan looked at Shen Yuanhao.

Shen Yuanhao's breathing was rapid. He wanted to turn his head to look at Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang, but found that he could not move at all, so he laughed, "How does your Majesty know? I am not worthy! If I am not worthy, where did these evidences come from? How could I, a mere warehouse-keeper, command so many high-ranking officials? Although I am not as capable as my brother, in terms of talent, I am much better than him!"

"How dare you!" Mu Xu stood up and pointed at Shen Yuanhao. "I taught you to focus on your work, but you're shallow-minded, lacking talent but arrogant. That's why you're only a Weiwei Temple Secretary! Shen Pei is humble. When I recommended him to Your Majesty, I also thought I didn't have the talent and didn't dare to be qualified for the Thirteen Guards, fearing that I would mislead others. And do you know that you can't even be a Weiwei Temple Secretary? Your brother died for the country, and Your Majesty missed him, so he let you do it! And look at what you did!"

Shen Yuanhao looked at Mu Xu and said, "Teacher, tell me, how is it that I can control so many officials and use them for my own benefit? And it's all under your noses! Even among them is Hu Youxian, the man you are so optimistic about!"

Su Changan said, "You had someone lure some people into your trap, and sent people to watch their every move. If they made a mistake, you would have something to hold against them. Is that talent? Haha, you've completely brainwashed yourself by using the Dao fruit as a cause."

Xia Fengxiang closed the memorial in his hand and looked at Shen Yuanhao: "Tell me what you have done in this position of Weiwei Temple Secretary."

Shen Yuanhao laughed. "What can an officer who looks after the weapons in the warehouse do? Your Majesty, do you want me to polish the weapons and armor every day?"

Su Changan said, "There's a man named Yan Shu, now known as Yan Stuttering. A while ago, he was expressing his feelings for Gu Chiyu and stuttered. I heard he was jokingly called the stuttering champion. You should know him, right?"

Shen Yuanhao said: "Yan Sanwen, I know."

Su Changan said, "He's an editor in the Hanlin Academy. To put it bluntly, he's in charge of the palace's library. He's a minor official. Occasionally, if he's lucky, he can be seconded to help with some work, but most of the time he stays in the Hanlin Academy's library. What do you think of his position?"

Shen Yuanhao couldn't turn around to look at Su Changan, but he seemed to have noticed something and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, are you comparing me to Yan Shu?"

Su Changan shook his head: "You don't deserve it."

Su Chang'an went on, "He's been there, constantly reading, bringing order to the chaotic library. In the past, whether it was Your Majesty or me, we always had to tell them a day in advance when we needed a book so the palace could find it easily. But now, just give a call and it's delivered in no time, because he has sorted the classics, history, and literature into distinct categories. He's a great librarian, while you, a fifth-rank official, are completely ineffective! That's why Yan Shu was the top scholar, while you couldn't even make the second place."

At the end of his speech, Su Changan waved his hand.

Shen Yuanhao felt that he could move again, and immediately looked at Su Changan and Xia Fengxiang while panting: "Empress, I am not Yan Shu!"

Su Changan looked at Shen Yuanhao and said, "I know. I just mentioned Yan Shu so that you can have a magic mirror. Anyway, at this point, it doesn't matter whether you have talent or not. No one cares. Okay, ask the questions. After you ask, tell me what you've been hiding, and then I'll send you back."

Xun Kuang raised his eyes and glanced at Su Changan.

My dear, the queen never scolds or hits anyone on weekdays, she just makes people playful.

This is an insult without any dirty words.

What a great way to mention Yan Shu, what a great way to have a magic mirror!

This is probably more painful than beating Shen Yuanhao.

Scholars are proud of their talent, and the thing they hate most is being outdone by younger people.

Shen Yuanhao was so self-righteous, but when the Empress brought up Yan Shu, he just spoke in such a nonchalant tone. Tsk tsk.

Xun Kuang lowered his head and glanced at Shen Yuanhao.

Ouch, that look.

The Empress's appearance tonight is incredible, incredible.

Shen Yuanhao laughed out loud and looked at Su Changan: "This is the first time I've seen Her Majesty act like this. But since Her Majesty has said so, I'd like to ask Your Majesty."

As he spoke, Shen Yuanhao looked at Xia Fengxiang: "Your Majesty! I want to ask, you have no children, and you have publicly announced that you will not take male concubines. What do you think will happen to the future of our Great Xia? How many people will be loyal to you, a son of heaven without descendants and unable to establish a crown prince? They!"

Shen Yuanhao pointed at Xun Kuang and others in the hall and said, "Will they still be loyal to you in the future? So what if we are powerful now? Even if we adopt other royal families, what will happen? My Great Xia..."

Xia Fengxiang yawned and interrupted Shen Yuanhao, "Is this all you want to ask?"

Shen Yuanhao was stunned: "Your Majesty has no offspring, and Daxia has no future! This matter..."

Xia Fengxiang said: "You really have no talent."

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Ps: I was busy with family matters all afternoon, because I asked for leave two days ago, so I didn’t update until the evening, sorry

The other update is in the morning or evening, after I eat.

(End of this chapter)