When Xiao Ruoyi saw the Dali Temple Minister Wang Changdong, she curled her lips, "Hehe, my blind father is really good at playing tricks on me! The Dali Temple Minister received many benefits from the Pingyang Marquis just to cover up his son's affairs. Now he is being commissioned to investigate, I wonder if he will turn against me?"
Emperor Donglin's face darkened, and he looked at the Dali Temple Minister below with murderous intent. Damn Wang Changdong, he actually dared to accept bribes!
Good, very good! I want to see how you are going to solve this matter!
"You, the Dali Temple, are becoming increasingly useless. The evidence has been presented to me, but you remain indifferent. Do you really think I am blind?"
"I dare not! I failed to supervise! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Wang Changdong immediately knelt on the ground in panic, cursing Marquis Pingyang in his heart.
"In that case, I'll leave this matter to you, the Dali Temple, to investigate. I want to see what you can find out! If there is any discrepancy between your findings and the evidence I know, you will no longer be the Dali Temple Chief Justice!"
Emperor Dong Lin deliberately did not take out the evidence in his hand, just to let Wang Changdong make a choice.
Marquis Pingyang was also very clear about Emperor Donglin's purpose, and he looked at Wang Changdong anxiously. Wang Changdong didn't dare to look at him at all. For the sake of his own future, he naturally had to abandon him.
"Yes, I will investigate it thoroughly and live up to the emperor's grace!"
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Anyway, there must be evidence. Although he suppressed the cases against Pingyang Marquis' son, the evidence was retained, which can be regarded as having Pingyang Marquis under his control.
Now, for the sake of my position, I have to apologize to Marquis Pingyang. I believe you can understand!
After Wang Changdong's answer, Pingyang Hou knew that everything was over. This was no longer a choice of his wife or girlfriend falling into the river, but himself and a person who had nothing to do with him falling into the river, with only a swimming ring as the only choice.
Marquis Pingyang knew that his son might die, and that their Marquis Pingyang Mansion might suffer an unprecedented blow.
All the ministers looked at Marquis Pingyang with sympathy. They naturally guessed what Marquis Pingyang could guess, that Emperor Donglin wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys!
Even Concubine Shu's father, Duke Lu, did not dare to interrupt.
At this moment, Duke Lu's heart is bleeding!
In order to clear himself of the matter, Duke Lu specially gave a generous gift to Xia Huai, hoping that he would step forward first and bring up the matter of Concubine Liang and her daughter before others could speak up.
However, now that Xia Huai has been exposed as a spy, all his plans have been ruined.
Not only did he lose money, but he was also implicated and placed under house arrest for investigation. It was really a loss of both the wife and the army!
I just don't know if it will implicate my daughter and grandson in the palace.
"The case of Xia Huai being a spy has been handed over to the Dali Temple. I will only give you three days to thoroughly investigate the case of Pingyang Marquis' son and Xia Huai. Otherwise, you will no longer be the Dali Temple official!"
Wang Changdong immediately knelt on the ground again, "Your Majesty, three days is too short. I...I am afraid it will be difficult for me to do it!"
If it was just the matter of Marquis Pingyang's son, he would definitely be able to investigate it clearly in three days, because he had the evidence of Marquis Pingyang's son's guilt in his hands and could take it out at any time.
However, now there is the matter of Xia Huai. He really knew nothing about Xia Huai. If the emperor had not exposed his identity on the spot, he would not have known that there was such a scourge in Donglin Country.
Even though he now has the hard evidence that Emperor Donglin helped to find, he doesn't know about other people who might be in cahoots with Xia Huai.
If the evidence he had investigated was not as much as that of the emperor, I'm afraid his head would be saved.
Therefore, even if Emperor Donglin got angry now, Wang Changdong could only apply for an extension of time.
Emperor Donglin pondered. If it were based on his previous personality, he would have felt that three days was too short.
But now that he has his little girl, he knows who to trust and who not to trust in the future, and there is no need to worry day and night about the cancer crisis in Donglin Country.
The reason why Xia Huai was kept now was to shock the entire court. The king of Donglin Kingdom was not someone they could fool at will.
"Then let's first solve the matter of Pingyang Hou's son. You must give me an explanation within three days! As for Xia Huai's matter, it concerns the entire court, so I can give you some time!"
Hearing the words of Emperor Donglin, Wang Changdong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"But I will only give you one month. If you can't find out the truth about Xia Huai after one month, I will chop off your head!"
Before he could finish breathing a sigh of relief, Wang Changdong was almost choked to death by the breath.
Didn't they say before that he was just dismissed? How come now he has lost his head?
"emperor!"
Emperor Donglin raised his eyebrows, his eyes cold, "Well? Do you want to dismiss me, or chop off my head?"
The ministers' mouths twitched, and they all unconsciously cast sympathetic glances towards Wang Changdong. It was so pitiful! The person in charge of the Dali Temple might have to be replaced!
Wang Changdong, "..." Do I have any choice? I don't want to be dismissed or beheaded!
"I...I obey your order!"
Emperor Donglin smiled with satisfaction, today's goal had been achieved.
At today's morning court session, it is not necessary to deal with all the ministers in the court. If they are dealt with, without these ministers, there will be no one to maintain the stable operation of the country, which will lead to chaos in the court and the country will fall into crisis.
It would be better to deal with them one by one, prepare backup people first and then deal with them, so as to avoid chaos in the court.
He would not deal with the Marquis of Pingyang and the Minister of Dali Temple for the time being, but would let them turn against each other and fight among themselves, so that he would not have time to interfere in the affairs of his harem for a while.
Moreover, now that the Minister of Rites Xia Huai has been revealed to be a spy of the Northern Zhao Kingdom, many ministers have been implicated and may soon be investigated by Emperor Donglin.
What Liang Fei? What Xiao Ruoyi? They don't care! For the sake of their official positions and lives, they just want to be dogs. No matter how much benefits they are given, they won't change for anything else!
Today, Emperor Donglin only dealt with a few troublemakers. As for the rest, Emperor Donglin plans to let the secret guards investigate and then deal with them one by one.
Let Xia Huai's case be investigated slowly for a month, so that all the civil and military officials in the court will be trembling with fear for a while and dare not think about the affairs of Concubine Liang and Xiao Ruoyi anymore.
By the time everything was settled, Concubine Liang and the others had already secured their positions.
Emperor Donglin glanced at everyone with dignity, "My dear ministers, do you have anything else to say? Submit it together! I will solve it all at once!"
The ministers were standing below trembling in fear. What else could happen?
Even if there really was something wrong, he didn't dare to report it again, for fear of being implicated by Xia Huai.
I really didn't check the almanac before going to court today. Anyone who dares to step out and be the first to do so will be in trouble. For safety's sake, it's better not to speak.
The only person who could feel at ease at the scene was the great general Tan Xu. After all, he was the only one praised by Emperor Donglin.
Tan Xu even glanced at Pingyang Hou with a gloating look. He deserved it. He should pay the price for doing such a heinous thing.
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