Lu Ling saved Rong Qing, so he deserves credit for it, but he attacked the empress, which was a crime. However, he had no weapons on him at the time and no intention to kill, he was simply going crazy.

Xiao Li didn't kill him, but had him locked up and left him alone.

While Jiang Zhou was still being tortured between his father and brothers, the governors from various states arrived one after another.

"Luoxia City Governor Qiao Youcai pays respects to His Majesty!"

"Jiang Ming, the governor of Yuancheng, pays respect to His Majesty!"

"Songzhou Governor Kong Sheng, I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

"Shanzhou Governor Su Ze and Kangcheng Governor Wu Jiang pay their respects to Your Majesty."

The empress is a woman, but she is also an emperor, and a tyrant who holds great power, is powerful, and is very aggressive.

These governors who have been in power for many years, no matter how experienced they are, can only kowtow politely when they come here.

The Empress is not a vegetarian, and the Silver Armor Guards' swords are even less so.

Xiao Li glanced at these people. On the surface, they seemed quite decent. The youngest was in his early forties and the oldest was no more than fifty-five.

He doesn’t have the youthful vigor and vitality, but he is more stable.

Xiao Li didn't exchange too many pleasantries with them. After meeting them, he listened to their work reports.

Everyone was trying to pick out the good things to say, hoping to make their political achievements look better. Only Jiang Ming, who relied on his son to steal the test questions, honestly said his shortcomings and revealed the things he had done wrong. Finally, he humbly expressed his willingness to learn and correct his mistakes in order to make progress.

Jiang Ming felt very uncomfortable when he felt the strange gazes from others, but he had to stay calm.

Last night, his son Jiang Ming climbed over the wall to find him and repeatedly warned him not to fool His Majesty with fake political achievements like others did.

Not every emperor likes to deceive himself by looking at those beautiful political achievements. The empress is not an emperor who can be fooled or deceived. She cares more about facts and real abilities.

Jiang Ming didn't believe it at first. How could he not know how much his son weighed?

He had been an official for many years and had met the previous emperor. How could he be taught by a young boy like Jiang Zhou?

But Jiang Zhou persuaded him with his official uniform.

The seventh-rank ceremonial officer is just a small official, but when he is personally appointed by the empress and serves in front of the emperor, his significance is different.

The reason why old foxes are old foxes is not only because they are cunning and treacherous, but also because they can accurately seize opportunities that are beneficial to them.

As soon as Jiang Ming said that, Xiao Li knew that Jiang Zhou was giving his father special treatment, but Jiang Zhou might not understand it so thoroughly, so there must be an expert who gave advice on this matter.

Xiao Li glanced at Wang Wanqing who was standing upright beside him.

Noticing the empress's gaze, Wang Wanqing grinned guiltily. She was not sincerely helping Jiang Zhou, she was just giving him a few casual suggestions.

Fortunately, Xiao Li had no intention of arguing with her. Having connections and advice is a skill, and the fact that Jiang Ming, a frontier official of his age, could listen to the advice of two juniors and change, also proved that Jiang Ming was a person who listened to advice.

After listening to everyone's performance reports, Xiao Li did not comment. This was just a process, and what really determined their fate were the screened files.

The evidence is ironclad and no amount of sweet talk can change it.

All the prefects retreated with trepidation and waited for notification. Xiao Li also stood up to move around, but not long after, he received a report that something had happened to Wang Wanqing.

Kong Yunfei came with his father as a guard. He took the opportunity to find Wang Wanqing. When he saw her, he attacked her and shouted that Wang Wanqing was his married wife.

When Wang Wanqing resisted, he scolded her for breaking off the engagement and being heartless and ungrateful.

The Silver-Armored Guards were protecting Wang Wanqing, but Kong Yunfei actually started fighting with them.

When Xiao Li brought his men there, Kong Yunfei was holding a knife to Wang Wanqing's neck, threatening the Silver Armor Guards to retreat.

Xiao Li narrowed his eyes: "Where's Kong Sheng?"

Yang Jun glanced around and said, "Kong Sheng is here, he's over there."

The Kong family is a martial arts family. Kong Sheng, dressed as a civil servant, also walked with a fierce and imposing manner. Seeing this situation, he ignored everything else and walked straight towards Kong Yunfei: "Rebellious son, why don't you let him go quickly? This is in front of His Majesty. Do you want to kill our entire family?"

Kong Yunfei still listened to his father and threw away the knife. But Wang Wanqing wanted to run away, so he pulled her back and held her tightly, with a fierce look on his face: "Where do you want to go?"

When the silver-armored guards saw that he had no weapon in his hand, they rushed forward and snatched Wang Wanqing from his hands in a few moves.

Just as Kong Yunfei was about to resist, countless knives were pointed at his neck.

Wang Wanqing was finally rescued, but she did not run away. Instead, she pulled out a dagger from her body and stabbed Kong Yunfei fiercely.

This blow naturally couldn't kill Kong Yunfei, but she didn't finish him off. She just looked at the pained Kong Yunfei with disgust: "You are the most disgusting person I have ever seen."

After saying that, he stood up and walked towards Xiao Li without looking back.

There was a cut on her face from which blood was dripping, her neck was covered in blood and had deep fingerprints, as if she had been tortured, and she looked very miserable.

But this most delicate crybaby didn't cry this time. She just stood in front of Xiao Li and said: "I have caused trouble to Your Majesty. Please forgive me."

Kong Sheng came over and knelt down to apologize, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It's fine for me, Kong Sheng, to teach my son, but my son and Miss Wang were already engaged, and Miss Wang ran away when the bridal sedan was almost at the door. My son was completely infatuated with Miss Wang, and I was devastated that day. I still refuse to accept this fact. When I saw Miss Wang again today, I lost my mind for a moment and did something foolish. Please understand, Your Majesty."

Kong Yunfei was taken away, and at this time he also saw Xiao Li. When he saw the face clearly, he immediately understood that Wang Wanqing was on that carriage that day. Even if she was not there, she must be in that team.

No wonder Wang Wanqing wanted to escape the marriage, it turned out that the empress was backing her up.

These two unfaithful bitches!

Kong Yunfei struggled hard despite his injuries, but was pinned down by the silver-armored guards. He could only stare at the two men with hatred.

There was something behind Kong Sheng's words, and Kong Yunfei's resentment and dissatisfaction were clearly written on his face.

It is obvious that both father and son are very dissatisfied with this matter.

"Didn't Wang Changwen tell you that everything concerning Wang Wanqing is decided by me?"

Kong Sheng: "Your Majesty, the marriage contract was arranged by the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. My Kong family went through the three letters and six ceremonies, three matchmakers and six engagements, and nothing was missing. We sincerely wanted to marry Miss Wang, and Yunfei was deeply in love with her. But Miss Wang agreed to get in the bridal sedan, but she ran away halfway. Shouldn't Yunfei be given an explanation?"

What I mean is that we are following the rules, that's right.

Your Majesty allowed the bride to run away from the marriage, and we are the victims.

Xiao Li was almost laughing out of anger. They actually tried to use what they thought was right to confront her.

Who gave them the courage?