Chapter 46: When I'm unhappy...

My father-in-law is absent from work.

I didn't go to work so that I could sleep at home.

"Is my father-in-law okay?"

After hearing his wife's speculation that his father-in-law wanted to see his father-in-law again in a dream, Nie Yao felt that it was unreliable.

Besides, tranquilizers are not something that can be used casually, right?

Can my father-in-law handle drinking like this all day long?

Nie Yao: "Wife, how about we go see my father-in-law first?"

"No need, Daddy's already asleep." Du Suilan clung to her husband, letting him hold her. "Don't worry about it, just let him give up on his own."

Du Suilan also didn't think that he could dream of his father just because he wanted to.

Besides, my father has passed away.

No matter how you mourn, the dead are dead.

Will not be resurrected.

Nie Yao noticed that his wife was not in a good mood either, so he stopped talking and silently carried him into the carriage.

As they parted ways in the palace, he squeezed his wife's hand and whispered, "If you don't want to go to work, why don't we go home and rest today?"

"No, I don't want to." Du Sui Lan shook his head.

After playing around for a few days, if they don't attend court again, those officials who like to worry about everything will think that their country is going to be destroyed.

Du Sui Lan put on the dragon robe and started the morning court on time.

Nie Yao had already instructed his military officers to keep quiet during court sessions if they didn't want to die. No matter how much the civil officials talked, they could just pretend to be asleep.

So as soon as they entered the hall, the military officers all fell asleep in a row.

After so many years of experience in morning court, they had mastered the skill of falling asleep while standing. No matter the bloody storm that was about to come, they did not want to get involved.

Just slept peacefully.

"His Majesty!"

A civil servant pointed tremblingly at the pillars of the hall that Nie Yao had repaired.

Pure wood.

Very fresh.

It looks like it was just cut from the mountains, still retaining the freshness of nature.

Isn't it fresh and tender? This thing was just cut from the mountains not long ago by Qian Daduo's men. Their construction master said that this one pillar would not affect the structure of the hall.

It’s okay to break one.

It’s okay if you don’t practice.

But if they didn't repair it at all, it would seem that they were being too perfunctory. So, for a good sum of money, they asked someone to cut a long enough tree from the mountains to support the bottom.

Just consider it fixed.

"Your Majesty! You ordered Nie Yao to repair the palace pillars, but he, he did this! He's treating you like a fool! Your Majesty, Nie Yao disregarded the imperial order and should—Ah!! Who?? Who's going to hit me?"

Before Duke Le could finish his words, his head was smashed.

It turned out that a gold ingot fell on his head from above, making a hole on his head.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Realizing that something had fallen from above, Duke Le, who rolled on the ground in pain, felt something was wrong. He was helping His Majesty eliminate the treacherous ministers, so why did His Majesty treat him like this?

Duke Le was in pain and confused.

Du Suilan said sternly, "Who thinks I'm a fool, Nie Qing or you, the Duke of the State, who's sitting on the throne and doing nothing?"

Duke Le made his fortune by marrying off his daughters.

When the old toad was alive, his daughter was the most favored by the emperor. Duke Le made a lot of money from this and even got the title of Duke.

There were many things to do after he ascended the throne, and Du Sui Lan had not yet had time to deal with these people.

As a result, the one who stood out today ended up hitting himself.

Isn’t this a coincidence?

Du Sui Lan sneered bloodthirstily, and with a wave of his hand, he ordered the Dragon Guards to chop off Duke Le.

"Swish".

The newly repaired and undecorated temple pillars were dyed red.

The whole audience was shocked.

All the civil servants opened their eyes wide and looked up in horror.

"I have long said that Lord Nie is a loyal minister serving his country and his people. Why, my dear ministers, are you turning a deaf ear to my words?"

He was speaking perfectly fine.

I don't know why, but he became unhappy again.

Raise your hand slightly.

"Swish, swish, swish" several dragon guards came out silently, killed their targets, and then retreated quietly to the dark place where they could not be seen.

“Ah, ah!!”

A civil servant, covered in blood, collapsed to the ground in fear. He let out a howl of fear and trembled all over. He curled up on the ground and covered his mouth tightly.

"His Majesty."

All the officials who were still awake were severely frightened when they saw this scene.

The Prime Minister was away, and the person who stood up at this time was the Minister of Justice Guan Gu. Compared with the other officials who were standing unsteadily, he was relatively calm.

He bent over and asked the emperor above him, "I wonder what offenses have the gentlemen committed that require Your Majesty to behead them in public?"

In fact, Guan Gu also felt that His Majesty might have gone crazy today.

Otherwise, how could such atrocities be committed?

"Your Majesty." Before his wife could speak, Nie Yao stepped forward. His tone was calm, and his inner words spread throughout the hall. "Your Majesty is wise."

"This Duke Le allowed his son to commit atrocities, even allowing his youngest son to abduct a decent woman and commit violence against her. This is simply lawless! Your Majesty is truly heroic for being able to rid the people of this evil today!"

Then, he pointed out one by one the evil deeds of the officials who were killed, such as those who sheltered their family members from committing crimes or those who had done evil themselves.

Then praise your wife for doing a good job.

——Your Majesty, this is not about killing innocent people, but about clearing up the government.

Please don't misunderstand me.

"Master Nie, do you have any evidence for what you said?" Guan Gu pondered, "If it's true, why didn't Master Nie deal with it as soon as possible?"

"What punishment?" Nie Yao smiled, flicking his sleeves. "Master, I'm just in charge of the purse strings. How can I be responsible for someone who takes advantage of others' power to commit evil against the people?"

"What about the evidence? Without it, how can Lord Nie just act so recklessly—"

Guan Gu couldn't finish his words.

The chief steward Xiaodouzi threw down a lot of evidence.

Yellowed papers fluttered in the wind.

Every page was filled with evidence of the crimes committed by those officials.

"It seems that of all the civil and military officials in the court, Lord Nie understands me the best."

Du Suilan slowly stood up and looked down at his subordinates, "Don't you want evidence? Then take a look."

Because Nie Yao would whip everyone in the capital at any time, they were forced to behave themselves and not commit any major crimes in recent years.

But before Nie Yao returned to Beijing, these people had caused a lot of trouble by acting recklessly.

Any one of them would be enough to cost them their lives.

Guan Gu picked up everything on the ground one by one, and also recycled everything that the officials had picked up and looked at.

He first read the relevant evidence of Duke Le, and then handed it to the Minister of the Dali Temple.

Guan Gu: "Your Majesty is wise. Duke Le's crimes are extremely heinous and he deserves death!"

He fell to his knees.

Soon, the Dali Temple Minister also finished reading the many pieces of evidence of Duke Le's crimes.

They also knelt down and praised Your Majesty's wisdom.

With these two beginnings, and with so much evidence just now floating down, the officials who were terrified by what happened today also read some of it.

I understand that those who lost their heads were all caught.

They also knelt down and praised His Majesty's wisdom.

"Oh,"

A short and ambiguous laugh floated into everyone's ears from top to bottom.

Du Suilan: "Now that this matter has been resolved, do you have any other important matters to report?"

There must be something important.

But at a time like this, even if they had ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to say it!!

The civil servant said nothing.

The military officer who could only follow Nie Yao's suggestion naturally did not speak.

Du Sui Lan raised his eyebrows and was about to announce the end of the court session.

"Your Majesty," Nie Yao stepped forward and said, "In about three days, the envoys from Yuan Nation will arrive in the capital."