An Jingzhi took some time out to go out and give the token given to him by Yan Su to An's mother Jiang. After receiving the token, the other party smiled happily and went in and out of the palace every few days.

Now, everyone knows that An Jingzhi is in the emperor's favor. Even his mother is allowed to enter and leave the palace at will.

Some people scolded An Jingzhi for seducing Shang Yan, and even wrote a letter to warn Yan Su not to indulge in male beauty.

But there were also people who tried to curry favor with An's father. Officials in the court showed goodwill to An's father and ordered their wives to often entertain Jiang.

Jiang had just returned from a banquet and did not look happy.

Father An put down the book in his hand and said, "What's going on? Wasn't she very happy when she went out?" His wife was more popular than him and went out for social events every few days.

At first, Jiang was really happy when she was invited out. The officials who used to look down on her family because of their poverty all changed their attitude and flattered her, which made her feel very relieved.

But today, after accidentally hearing some words, his face suddenly fell and he left the table in disappointment.

"My son is dependent on His Majesty, so what? His Majesty doesn't even look down on their sons! If they had the ability, they could have given birth to such a promising son! What kind of people are they? They make me so angry."

The more Jiang thought about it, the angrier he became, and everything he saw was unsatisfactory.

Father An picked up the tea on the table and took a sip carefully.

"Ma'am, calm down. Don't you know the nature of these people who just go with the flow? Why get angry over them?"

Jiang said angrily, "I just can't bear it. She said one thing to me and another behind my back. Just now she was bragging to me about how capable my son is, calling him a young talent, a rare talent in the world, and then she turned around and told others that my son is a gigolo. I was so angry that I couldn't help but slap her in the face."

Father An put down his teacup and looked at Jiang in surprise. "Madam, I didn't expect your temper to become so bad now. You even dare to hit people."

Jiang felt a little embarrassed by her husband's gaze and turned her head away. "Didn't she say something bad about my son? She just wanted me to say something good to Jing Zhi and help her son, but then she turned around and criticized our son to others. How could I stand it? I gave her a slap in the face and that was a relief."

Father An noticed that his wife's temper had worsened since she was able to enter and leave the palace freely.

Since their family fell into poverty, they have experienced many such things, but they could only endure them by themselves before. Now they can rely on their daughter-in-law for support.

Thinking of this, he felt very ashamed. It was because of his mediocrity that his wife had to suffer with him for so many years.

"If you don't like it, then don't go there anymore."

Jiang sat for a while, then stood up and said, "I'm going to the palace now. You can have dinner by yourself tonight."

Father An: "..."

His wife was a woman, so it was fine for her to go in and out of the palace, but unfortunately he was left alone to eat at home.

Before Yan Su reached the door, he heard Jiang's voice in the hall.

"These people are such bastards. They want to take advantage of us and look down on us. Who cares about them? I think they're just jealous! And they say you're just a concubine. How can a concubine compare to the emperor's husband?"

Jiang's voice paused, then lowered with some worry, "Son, other emperors have 3,000 beauties in their harems. Will Su'er also take in male concubines?"

"Don't worry, mother. I will only have Jingzhi as my husband in this life."

When Jiang saw the person coming in from the door, an embarrassed smile flashed across her face, as if she was a little embarrassed about being caught.

"Shu'er. When did you come?" Could you have heard everything?

An Jingzhi was speechless and had to look at his mother. His mother didn't think that if Yan Su hadn't come, their conversation would not have reached Yan Su's ears, right?

This is the imperial palace, and everyone here is Yan Su's people.

Yan Su greeted Jiang and walked straight to the table in front of An Jingzhi and sat down.

Jiang was very nervous during the meal. Her daughter-in-law was really scary when she didn't speak.

On the second day, all the officials in the court discovered that there seemed to be something wrong with His Majesty today.

Everyone looked at their noses and their hearts, not daring to move.

Two officials have already been dismissed.

"Sir Yang, is this how you, the Ministry of Personnel, select people?"

Yan Su was wearing a purple-gold imperial robe, his face was dignified and his tone was cold.

Lord Yang immediately stepped out from the ranks of civil servants, bowed, and apologized, "It was my fault for oversight. The assessments of these officials were all handled by Lord Fu, and the days of the annual assessments were my busiest time. I trusted him too much, so I didn't review them carefully."

Upon hearing this, Master Fu turned pale and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy, his whole body trembling with fear. "Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"

The two officials who were just dismissed had financial transactions with him.

He knew that His Majesty was targeting him.

Yan Su's face was cold. "Is the imperial salary enough to support people like you who just sit there and eat for free? Those two people you rated as excellent have made countless wrongful convictions and embezzled countless sums over the years. Are you really unaware of this?"

Lord Fu knew the Empress's methods. He was trembling all over, cold sweat pouring down his back, his hair standing on end, his limbs cold. He just kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, please spare me! Your Majesty, please spare me! I will never dare to do it again!"

Yan Su stared coldly at the people kneeling and begging for mercy, but her sexy red lips uttered words that frightened everyone, "I will forgive you, but who will forgive the people you have harmed?"

"Come here! Strip him of his official uniform! Exterminate his entire clan! Separate the rest and exile them to the northwest! No one from the Fu family will ever be employed as an official!"

As soon as Yan Su finished speaking, Lord Fu was like a walking corpse, allowing the soldiers to pull off his clothes.

The other court officials were all terrified.

In the entire court, except for a few people, it can be said that no one is clean.

Everyone was terrified. Your Majesty, still the same cruel and brutal Majesty.

During this period, Yan Su's methods had become much gentler, which gave everyone an illusion. At this moment, the other party shattered all their illusions.

But what puzzled them was why only Lord Fu was punished? Was it just him who happened to be the target of the investigation? They all knew that His Majesty had a secret guard under his command, and they didn't believe that His Majesty was unaware of the others' corruption, but perhaps just didn't know the specific details.

Finally, Yan Su praised An's father for his efficient work before leaving the court.

After the morning court session, more people gathered around An's father.

Who told him to be the only one praised by His Majesty?

Who told him to have a good son?

The atmosphere today is very solemn and everyone is trembling with fear.

Only An's father was not worried. After all, he didn't have any important work and usually did his job conscientiously, so he didn't do anything to give people any gossip.