All the civil and military officials in the court (except the General of Cavalry and the Minister of Supreme Court) said: Wow, you are a rough guy but you are so quick in your actions.
The old emperor drank his tea in silence and ate some melon seeds to calm himself.
[Wow, what is this called, this is love——]
The ministers in the hall covered their ears synchronously, and when they found that covering their ears was useless, they could only beg Shen Zhiyi to finish singing quickly.
I haven't seen a guy who sings so well in a long time.
【Ah, it's so cool to sing. 】
Ministers: You feel good, but they feel bad.
[Alas, I am a well-mannered person. I know that my singing is not good, so I never sing in front of others. Alas, I am really pitiful. I can only sing in my room and in my heart.]
Everyone: ...
The old emperor felt that one cup of tea was not enough to calm him down, so he had another cup.
After moistening his throat, the old emperor raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "The general wants to sue the Duke of Yong? Tell me about it?"
The General of Cavalry looked to the Minister of the Supreme Court for help.
This, what does he say?
Where should I start?
The Dali Temple Minister closed his eyes and decided that he had to do it.
"Your Majesty, let me speak for you."
"In the 19th year of Emperor Taizong's reign, I once took on a case of a family being exterminated. Duke Yong's ancestors were from Dengzhou in Shannan Road. The only survivor of this family extermination case was Duke Yong's fellow villager."
Duke Yong sneered, "That has nothing to do with me. It's impossible that all the cases in Dengzhou were committed by my Gao family."
[Not 100% full, at least 70% or 80% full. ]
[All the big cases in Dengzhou that were left unsolved were related to Duke Yong. The local officials did not dare to offend Duke Yong, but they cared about the people, so they simply kept the details of each case secretly, hoping that a good official who offended Duke Yong would come to redress the injustice for the deceased in the future.]
[It seems like he is being both responsible and independent, but people are complicated. ]
Duke Yong's eyes were blazing with anger. If the old emperor hadn't been there, he would have wanted to tear Shen Zhiyi apart on the spot.
However, Shen Zhiyi, who had always grown up in a peaceful society, did not sense any murderous intent at all.
[For example, the family massacre mentioned by the Dali Temple Minister should be the one who opened the escort agency. At that time, he accepted a mission from the Duke of Yong to transport a valuable item from Dajing back to Dengzhou.]
[These valuable things... the old emperor would be furious if he knew about them. These are all valuable things that were secretly taken out of his treasury.]
The old emperor clenched his right fist, and his bones creaked, and it was obvious that he was going mad.
What's the difference between stealing his money and taking his life?
The old emperor looked at the Minister of Revenue fiercely.
The Minister of Revenue knelt down immediately.
He wondered how Duke Yong managed to steal things from the national treasury without anyone noticing.
He takes care of it every day, how could he count such a small amount of things wrong!
[Eh? I read it wrong. This is the old emperor's private vault.]
Shen Zhiyi smiled awkwardly.
[Look at me, I was wondering how Concubine Gao De could possibly touch the national treasury. It turns out it was the old emperor's own private treasury.]
The Minister of Revenue heaved a sigh of relief. He looked dehydrated and didn't care about his image anymore. He just sat down on the ground.
He wiped the sweat off his body.
Shen Zhiyi, ah Shen Zhiyi, you almost scared my old bones to death.
The old emperor felt like he couldn't breathe.
[The queen was not in good health, so the old emperor handed the harem to the previous imperial concubine, but the imperial concubine was obsessed with her love affair with the female teacher, so every time she reported to the old emperor, she made up things at random. Hiss, how pitiful for the old emperor.]
[Because this gave Concubine Gao De an opportunity to take advantage of. ]
[Wait, I understand.]
Shen Zhiyi clenched his fist fiercely.
[I finally understand why Concubine Zhang has been in a bad mood recently. No wonder she is like a powder keg that can be ignited at any time. She didn't care when the old emperor said she was rude before, but she kicked the old emperor out that time. It turned out that it was because Concubine Zhang found a lot of fake goods in the old emperor's private storehouse, hahahaha.]
The old emperor bent his back a little guiltily.
Shen Zhiyi gloated over other people's misfortune.
[It's what he deserves. Who made the old emperor bewitched by the beauty of the imperial concubine at that time? In order to please the beauty, he did not give the power of the harem to Concubine Zhang Shu, but gave it to the imperial concubine Wuxin instead. ]
[Duke Yong and Concubine Gao De joined forces to secretly transfer the old emperor's private treasury to the Gao family in Dengzhou.]
[The escort agency kept the items that were being escorted by the guests secret, but one time someone accidentally saw the items that were being escorted. The escort leader of the agency happened to know the royal emblem and could tell at a glance that the items were stolen from the royal family.]
[The escort agency was worried about getting killed, so they were ready to retire after this escort. Unexpectedly, Duke Yong was also ready to quit after this escort.]
[As a result, the entire escort agency was massacred, even newborn babies were not spared, and in the end the whole incident was blamed on the bandits in the mountains.]
[But Duke Yong had never expected that the escort leader's apprentice was preparing to go home that night and witnessed the whole process outside.]
Duke Yong looked extremely unhappy.
I didn't expect that there would be some fish that slipped through the net.
What the Dali Temple Minister wanted to report to the old emperor was almost the same as what Shen Zhiyi said.
At this time, the Dragon Scale Guards, who had killed several horses, brought the evidence sent by the prince to the old emperor.
[What is that? Do you want to take a sneak peek? ]
[Just watch it, no one else knows I watched it anyway. ]
Shen Zhiyi couldn't help but peek after all.
After reading it.
[Oh, so it's a letter from Duke Yong to King Li. ]
After reading it, the old emperor raised his voice.
"Dong Yongguo!"
Duke Yongguo's head fell heavily to the ground.
Chen Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites made a comment: Your knock is not as strong as his.
"I thought I treated you well, but you first stole from my private treasury, then you repeatedly killed people, bent the law for personal gain, and even colluded with Dali. Your crimes are enough to kill all nine generations of your clan."
[Old Emperor, why are you so cruel? You are also one of the Nine Clans. ]
Old Emperor: It’s no big deal. He just took away Concubine Gao De’s position.
Duke Yong gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I have contributed a lot to your current position."
The General of Cavalry did not indulge him.
"You're the only one who contributed? I didn't contribute? They didn't contribute? You're the only one who fought with His Majesty to conquer the world? Why didn't we take human lives lightly? Why didn't we collude with foreign nations? Stop flattering yourself."
"Your Majesty, I believe these nine clans must be executed!"
[Wow, a domineering cavalry general who protects his wife. 】
The General of Cavalry raised his head proudly.
See, Shen Zhiyi was trying to praise him.
For the first time, the old emperor felt that the General of Cavalry had a very pleasant mouth.
After the General of Cavalry gave this opening statement, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down and requested the old emperor to order a strict investigation and severe punishment.
The old emperor was also anxious to get back the things in his private treasury and was very concerned about this matter.
The Gao family, which had once been at its peak, was suddenly confiscated and imprisoned. After the process was completed, they would be beheaded. The old emperor was too lazy to even wait until the autumn to execute them.
Even those who were beheaded included Princess Yonghe and Prince Rui.
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