Liu Yijing's expression was not very good. He had never expected that things would turn out like this. What on earth had gone wrong?

He couldn't help but look at Zhang Yingdao, but Liu Yijing found that his student was not looking at him.

At this moment, Liu Yijing realized that things had taken a turn for the worse. It seemed like he had been tricked!

Liu Yijing scanned the faces of many ministers, trying to find out who had plotted against him. However, he found that no one was looking at him.

Even if someone looked at him, they would glare at him directly like Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong did.

Even Han Yu, who was standing below, looked at him with an inexplicable look. Liu Yijing now felt that he was so wronged.

He felt that he should stand up and say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

Liu Yijing was just about to speak when Zhu Youxiao actually spoke.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Yingdao and slowly said, "As an imperial censor, you have done what you were supposed to do. Discussing politics is not something you should do. Since you recommended yourself, I will not pursue you."

"How this matter will ultimately be handled is not something you can participate in. Even if it is finally done, the decision on who the Censorate will send out will be made by Yu Aiqing, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate. It is not your place to express your opinion. Please step back."

Zhu Youxiao's words were very serious, basically representing that Zhang Yingdao's future in the Censorate ended here.

In fact, what Zhu Youxiao said makes sense.

The Censor was only a seventh-rank official. If he hadn't been impeached, he wouldn't even be qualified to stand in this hall. Once the impeachment was complete, his job was done. He wasn't supposed to be involved in other matters.

How could a seventh-rank censor express his opinion on such a major matter as the political discussion?

Although Zhang Yingdao had made preparations and said that he was here to ask for help, everyone could see through his clever tricks.

So Zhu Youxiao scolded him, and Zhang Yingdao had to leave the hall in shame.

Although Zhu Youxiao scolded Zhang Yingdao, the atmosphere in the hall was still very strange.

In particular, Liu Yijing's face became very ugly, because Zhu Youxiao drove Zhang Yingdao away, so this matter could not be brought up again, which meant that he had no chance to defend himself at all.

He also couldn't just stand up and tell everyone that this was not my order.

Even if he said so, someone has to believe it.

So Liu Yijing was bound to bear this loss.

Zhu Youxiao didn't look at Liu Yijing, but instead glanced at the other ministers in the hall. He slowly said, "This is a big deal. I wonder what your opinions are? Feel free to share."

After Zhang Yingdao's commotion just now, the atmosphere in the hall had become very solemn.

At this time, the Minister of Rites Sun Shenxing gently opened his eyes, glanced around, winked at someone, and then slowly narrowed his eyes, as if he had done nothing.

You know, ever since the commotion just now, Sun Shenxing has been squinting his eyes, as if the matter has nothing to do with him.

Gao Panlong was extremely anxious and gave Sun Shenxing several looks.

But Sun Shenxing closed his eyes and could not see anything, let alone react at all. It seemed that everything had nothing to do with him. Whether it was Zhang Yingdao attacking Zhao Yingxing or Cui Chengxiu coming up and attacking him directly, Sun Shenxing did not react at all.

Now Sun Shenxing finally responded, but it was just a wink.

A man stepped out from the crowd, bowed respectfully to Zhu Youxiao, and then spoke directly, "Your Majesty, I believe this matter should have a conclusion. Since the incident, the court has been in a state of panic, and officials are all worried about their own safety. This is not a long-term solution."

Everyone looked at the person who spoke, and their expressions became serious again.

This person stood up at this time, proving that the matter has reached a high level.

Because the person who stood up was called Wang Guozhen, who was ranked 120th in the top three of the imperial examination in the 23rd year of the Wanli reign.

Wang Guozhen's ranking was indeed not very good, he just barely passed the exam, but he did a very good job as an official.

He was originally the chancellor of Shuntian Prefecture, and had just been promoted to the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate a few days ago and was stationed in Tongzhou, supervising grain storage and recruiting and training soldiers.

This person was Xu Guangqi's immediate superior. Xu Guangqi's failure in training his troops was basically due to this person.

One of the main reasons why Wang Guozhen was able to get to where he is today was because he had a classmate who was the third place in the imperial examination that year. His name was Sun Shenxing.

The person who passed the imperial examination after Wang Guozhen, that is, the 121st ranked Jinshi, was named Sun Chengzong.