"Your Majesty, my son would never dare to do such a beastly thing. It's just that... it's just that he's young and blinded by beauty."

The Minister of Rites' back was soaked with sweat. Just as the Emperor had said before, he could ignore it, but if he did, it would be a great blessing if his young son's life could be saved.

"Beauty? Would beauty alone make him rebel?!"

"Outrageous! I, the Emperor, decreed this marriage! How dare he secretly plot to divorce his wife behind my back! Fearing I would find out, he conspired with his concubines to put his wife to death!"

"Guards! Go to Lord Wei's residence and arrest him!"

The Imperial Guards around him moved at his command, while Huo Xiaolong stood aside, looking at the current emperor with a complicated expression.

If you say he's bad, he's quite respectful of powerful ministers, but if you say he's good, you can't find a single redeeming quality in him as an emperor.

Immediately, the ministers listened as Fan Lihua's small mouth rattled off the crimes of the Minister of Rites.

"A father who cannot discipline his youngest son and does not care for his second daughter is unworthy of being a father!"

"You, as his subject, have failed His Majesty's trust and disgraced him. You are unworthy of being a subject!"

"How dare such a disloyal and unjust person stand with us in this court?"

Wow.

Those around him were instantly reminded of what Fan Tiezui and his son were saying when they heard this.

Of all those present here who have been impeached, who hasn't been accused of being disloyal, unjust, unkind, and unfilial?

This little girl is so beautiful, and her mouth is so sharp, just like her grandfather's and father's.

"Imperial Censor Fan".

"Your subject is here," Fan Tiezui replied.

“I wasn’t talking about you, Censor Fan.”

"Your subject is present."

"I wasn't talking about you! I was talking about your daughter!"

Pear Blossom Bowing Way

"His Majesty's orders."

"I will thoroughly investigate the matter concerning Lord Wei, but he is old and, after all, the Minister of Rites. Let's give him some face."

The Minister of Rites was being publicly insulted by a mere child, which was somewhat disrespectful, considering he was his father-in-law.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Watching Lihua follow her grandfather and father back into the ranks, Yuwen Xuanhong breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't know what got into me back then, but I believed Huo Xiaolong's nonsense, saying that after Miss Fan entered the Censorate, the two men would be gentler, since their daughter would be by their side.

He didn't know whether the two Imperial Censors Fan were gentle or not, but Fan Lihua was certainly gentle, so gentle that she immediately berated her father-in-law mercilessly.