Mrs. Yao pulled herself back to her senses and turned to leave.
Prince Yueqing escorted Madam Yao out of the palace and said that he would visit her at home when he was free.
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The investigation into Shen Huai's death had yielded no results for several days, and the matter that the emperor had asked the Secretariat to finalize also encountered obstacles.
The emperor sat on the chair, staring at the people below.
The injuries of several ministers have healed.
"So after all these days, you haven't even figured out such a trivial matter as counting officials?" The emperor frowned.
How many days has it been?
[The reason why the statistics haven't been compiled is because someone is secretly selling official positions. They say one person fills one position, but some of your positions have multiple people filling one position. How can you count them all?]
emperor"……"
He is so bold that he actually sells official positions secretly. Does he think he is dead?
"Your Majesty," several people knelt on the ground when they saw the emperor was angry, and said with bitter faces, "It's not that I can't count, it's really that the personnel don't match up. I don't know what's going on in the Ministry of Personnel, there are quite a few extra Yuanwailang."
[It's okay, it's okay. Minister Zhu is probably having more headaches than you guys right now, hahaha.]
He owed money to the national treasury and had no money to pay it back. Wouldn't he have to sell his official position to raise money to pay it back?
The emperor slammed the table heavily.
The people kneeling below trembled.
It's not them who got so many officials, so why is the emperor angry with them?
It was already unfair enough to be beaten for no reason, and now he had to endure the emperor's wrath.
"Eunuch Cao, go and fetch the Minister of Personnel."
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