Fourteen ministers were wiped out overnight.

Among the six heads of the court, the heads of the Casting Bureau and the Punishment Bureau were also beheaded on the spot.

This is a momentous event that will shake the heavens.

Just as Emperor Dayang was about to get angry after receiving the news, a eunuch reported to him.

The Prime Minister, Dongfang Zhige, requests an audience.

Upon entering, Dongfang Zhige immediately proclaimed that His Majesty was wise and benevolent, and that with such a wise ruler as His Majesty, the Great Yang would surely become famous throughout the Holy Spirit Continent.

There was no other reason than that Qi Shanlin was able to become the Prefect of the Capital with the approval of Emperor Chongyang.

The position of Prefect of the Capital City may not seem high-ranking, but it is an extremely important post.

Emperor Chongyang would not allow anyone of any power to take over such a position.

He especially could not allow people related to Dongfang Zhige and Ye Jiusheng.

Qi Shanlin, however, was weak and incompetent and did not belong to any faction.

In Emperor Chongyang's view, Qi Shanlin had the cleanest background.

Therefore, Qi Shanlin, who was clean-cut but timid and cowardly, became the most suitable candidate for the position of Prefect of the Capital in the eyes of Emperor Chongyang.

Yet this Qi Shanlin, who was considered both clean and cowardly, slaughtered fourteen ministers he had supported in a single night.

Even the two chief officials were beheaded.

You say that the so-called evidence of treason that he found is suspected of being fabricated, but can you find someone to confront him?

He killed everyone, so who can stand up and deny that his evidence is fake?

If you accuse him of killing people for not reporting the crime, it is against the law.

However, the laws of the Great Yang Kingdom clearly state that if someone is found to be a traitor or colluding with the enemy, and the evidence is conclusive, they can be executed first and reported later.

See? It's both reasonable and legal.

There is not a single flaw.

Knowing full well that Qi Shanlin had serious problems, and knowing that he was deliberately targeting the people he had secretly supported, he couldn't do anything about it.

Not only should the attack not be allowed to occur, but a hefty reward should also be given.

Because Dongfang Zhige came to ask for a reward on behalf of Qi Shanlin.

Although he was praising Emperor Chongyang for his discerning eye in recognizing talent and for overcoming opposition to promote Qi Shanlin to the position of Prefect of the Capital.

But the real meaning was to tell Emperor Chongyang.

You promoted him.

Now that the person you promoted has done something truly remarkable, don't worry about whether it's true or not, and don't worry about whose side he is on.

You can give it to me first and then we can talk.

If you reward him, you will be a wise ruler praised by everyone for his discerning eye.

If you don't reward them, then you're contradicting yourself.

On the other hand, if Qi Shanlin were rewarded handsomely, the treason of the fourteen officials he had secretly promoted would be confirmed, and there would be no chance of a comeback.

Just as Emperor Chongyang was rapidly calculating in his mind, Dongfang Zhige produced a battle report.

The current Marquis of Shenwei of Dayang, General Zhenguo Sheng, devised a plan to massacre tens of thousands of enemy vanguard soldiers, and will soon engage in a decisive battle with the enemy's main force.

Upon seeing this battle report, Emperor Chongyang burst into laughter.

General Lian Dao is truly a national treasure of our Great Yang. With the General here, we are sure to achieve a great victory.

He knew that he could not afford the consequences of harming Ye Boqi during a time of war between the two countries.

He then issued an imperial decree.

Qi Shanlin killed fourteen enemy spies who had infiltrated the court, a great achievement.

He was granted the rank of a fourth-class marquis and rewarded with a total of over a hundred kinds of elixirs and cultivation items.

However, his official position remained that of Prefect of the Capital.

Along with this imperial decree, a reward was also given to Ye Boqi.

Strip away the official jargon and platitudes, and the central idea can be summed up in one sentence.

The sixth prince is a disgrace to the royal family; Ye Boqi did a good job beating him.

When the imperial decree was delivered to the Marquis's residence, Yi Boqi didn't even glance at it, and immediately turned to ask Soda Lu.

"You mean, the shrew from the Leng family is shouting and cursing outside the Marquis's mansion?"

Soda Lu nodded upon hearing this.

"This shrew came to the Marquis's residence this morning and started cursing..."

Soda Lu stopped halfway through his sentence and looked up at Yi Boqi.

The shrew from the Leng family is Leng Qiuyue's mother, a typical shameless shrew.

In his previous life, when Xiao Boqi asked his maternal grandfather to transfer Leng Qiuyue's father to the capital, this shrew made outrageous demands as soon as she entered the capital.

She said that her family was a prominent and wealthy family in the area, and they lived a very comfortable life.

She was only able to come to the capital because Ye Boqi begged her; otherwise, she would never have given up her comfortable life in the local area to come to the capital to suffer.

But Xiao Boqi already knew the details of the Leng family's background.

In a remote and desolate county, there was a civil official position so low that even if one wanted to embezzle money, no one would offer it to them.

Life was tough; they even sold their property to raise enough money for Leng Qiuyue to get into the prestigious Kongtong Academy in the capital.

She twisted this into a story that it was Ye Boqi who begged her to come to the capital to live a hard life.

He Boqi arranged a two-courtyard residence for the Leng family in the capital and transferred more than ten maids from the Marquis's mansion.

But the shrew said that such a mansion was beneath her dignity, and pointed to the Marquis of Shenwei's residence.

This kind of residence was barely enough to make her submit.

She used the word "concession" to imply that the Marquis's mansion was barely worthy of her status.

After learning that the capital had clear regulations that Leng Qiusheng's official position only allowed him to reside in a two-courtyard residence.

Pointing at Yi Boqi, I said, "You don't have the ability to make my master the head of the Selection and Appointment Office. What are you boasting about, making my master come to the capital to live this miserable life?"

She then vented her anger on the dozen or so maids that Xiao Boqi had assigned to her.

A fifteen-year-old girl named Xiaoju was beaten to death with a wooden stick.

When she arrived at the Marquis's residence as a guest, according to custom she should have paid her respects to Ye Boqi's mother.

But when she arrived at Yiboqi's mother's room, she covered her nose with her hand and rolled her eyes.

Before leaving, he muttered something incoherently.

I'd rather she died sooner, so that my Yue'er could have a place as the mistress of the house.

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