I was the one trapped underneath. Was it really because I was moving too fast?
Grandpa Ma rubbed his dizzy head and bent down to pick up the dust from the ground.
Seeing the deputy commander walk away, Eunuch Ma slapped his forehead and turned to walk inside.
"Your Majesty, the ministers are already waiting in the Xuanzheng Hall."
At his desk, Xiao Jingzhao held an apple in his hand, lost in thought. Hearing Eunuch Ma's voice, he put the apple back in the box and closed the lid before Eunuch Ma could see what was inside.
Xiao Jingzhao composed himself and walked out, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
In a side hall of the Xuanzheng Hall, the ministers stood solemnly, each organizing the documents in front of them.
Jiang Zhengming looked at the compiled files in front of him, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
As the Minister of Revenue, he was in charge of taxes and household registration, and also held the reins of the court's salary and provisions.
Prime Minister Wei held a high position of power and was also the former father-in-law of the emperor. I had done him favors more than once.
It wouldn't normally be a problem for a prime minister to have hundreds of servants in his residence.
But it turned out that the Prime Minister had ordered someone to take weapons from the armory and bring them back to his residence, and then distributed them to the servants in his residence.
With irrefutable evidence, Prime Minister Wei is doomed to fail.
Jiang Zhengming regretted his past actions, realizing he was related to the Wei family by marriage. Since the fact that his illegitimate daughter had married into the Wei family could not be changed, he could only voluntarily hand over the evidence of Prime Minister Wei's embezzlement in order to ask the Emperor for leniency.
The side hall was so quiet that only the rustling sound of turning over files could be heard.
At this moment, a eunuch brought tea and pastries into the hall.
"Gentlemen, please have some pastries to fill your stomachs. His Majesty will be back soon."
After the morning court session, the emperor kept everyone in the side hall. Jiang Zhengming had no appetite for pastries; he had just drunk a lot of tea because he was anxious.
Suddenly, he had to relieve himself, so he got up and walked towards the side door of the side hall.
Looking up into the distance, I saw several people walking towards the Imperial Hospital, and one of the figures looked very familiar.
"Why is she in the palace?"
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