"Okay, I'll do as you say." The woman finally nodded and agreed.
At the same time, the ministers in the Purple Palace were impeaching the commander of the Imperial Guard.
The Minister of Justice was filled with righteous indignation. "Commander Shangguan, what explanation do you have?"
The Minister of Justice was a man under thirty years old with a square face. He looked very upright, and the fire in his eyes was directed at Shangguan Qing.
The reason why the Minister of Justice was able to take the position of Minister at such a young age was puzzling to all the court officials.
Of course, there are also many opponents. How can his qualifications be enough?
The Minister of Justice was previously just a clerk in the Ministry of Justice and did not even have a rank. He was able to get to this position because he was lucky and had a sister who was as beautiful as a fairy.
One day, Emperor Xuantong was traveling in Beijing in disguise and rescued a woman who was being bullied by a bully.
Emperor Xuantong could not bear to see the beauty being bullied, so he remained indifferent and immediately came to the rescue of the beauty.
After this rescue, the beauty fell in love with the majestic Emperor Xuantong, and the emperor was conquered by the pure beauty.
The two of them quickly mixed together.
After Emperor Xuantong revealed his identity, he brought the beauty into the palace and named her Tianmei.
And the sweet girl is the sister of the Minister of Justice.
After entering the palace, Tian Meiren was the only one favored by the emperor for a while, and Emperor Xuantong stayed with Tian Meiren for half a month.
In just half a month, the sweet lady was crowned the Sweet Concubine.
Tian Fei's brother was parachuted into the position of Minister of Justice.
Initially, the ministers opposed it and put pressure on Emperor Xuantong. As long as the Sweet Concubine showed any sign of sadness, Emperor Xuantong would take action against her.
Or they would make up excuses to demote or transfer the "culprit" out of the capital in order to win the beauty's smile.
After dealing with several ministers in this way, the opponents knew that Emperor Xuantong was deeply obsessed with beauties and that he was determined to act on his own.
He was afraid that the fire would burn him, but in the end, all his efforts were in vain, and he lost both the wife and the army.
So, they learned their lesson and did not confront Emperor Xuantong head-on, but chose to "fight" with the Minister of Justice.
Initially, I thought that I only needed to use a little trick to make him make a mistake and get him removed from office.
It turned out that he skillfully resolved "tests" of all sizes.
I thought I could bring this person down in the shortest possible time and use this to support my own people to take the position.
As a result, it really proved the saying that after all the efforts, he sat on the position of Shangshu as stable as a rock and looked down on the "heroes".
Even though the Minister of Justice rose to the position through nepotism, he was a man of real talent and knowledge, and he handled cases in an orderly, clear, and reasonable manner.
Now, he has firmly established himself as the Minister of Justice, and it is not easy to shake his position.
Shangguan Qing's face turned pale, and he wanted to kill the Minister of Justice. "I just did what I had to do. Since they have problems, they must be brought back for further investigation."
"The rumors in the capital are getting more and more intense. If we don't find the person behind it, the capital will be in chaos. If the capital is in chaos, then Great Yue will be in chaos. I will eliminate all sources of chaos for the emperor."
Shangguan Qing spoke with such conviction, as if he was determined to devote himself to the cause until his death, and it sounded like it was true.
After Deng Weiping, the Minister of Justice of the Dali Temple, came out to pay his respects to Emperor Xuantong, he looked at Shangguan Qing with a smile and said, "Commander Shangguan, you have guessed the emperor's intention very thoroughly!"
Emperor Xuantong, who had just been sleepy, sat upright and looked at him with squinted eyes.
Shangguan Qing's scalp tingled. What a jerk Deng Weiping was. He actually set a trap to trick him?
He was sweating, his legs were shaking, and then...
“Plop!”
Shangguan Qing knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and hurriedly excused himself, "Your Majesty, the sun and the moon shine, and the heavens can see. I am dedicated to helping Your Majesty solve his problems, and I dare not speculate on your intentions."
Emperor Xuantong gave him an unpleasant look.
Shangguan Qing was startled. Could it be that Emperor Xuantong believed Deng Weiping's "false accusation"?
Deng Weiping lowered his eyes, knowing that Emperor Xuantong would not punish Shangguan Qing, but making Shangguan Qing bleed a little and being disliked by Emperor Xuantong would also be considered a gain.
So he submitted the file and stated his investigation results one by one.
In short, the "suspects" sent to the Dali Temple were all innocent ordinary people, and the story also emphasized Shangguan Qing's evil nature of slaughtering ordinary people in the streets.
Soon after, the Minister of Justice also submitted a file with roughly the same meaning as Deng Weiping. In addition, he asked Shangguan Qing to atone for the sins and take responsibility for the deaths of the people.
Shangguan Qing was about to argue, but was stopped by a look from Emperor Xuantong.
Shangguan Qing didn't dare to act rashly. Even the prime minister just stood there watching, showing no intention of stepping forward to help him out of his predicament.
Today, he was surrounded by two people and had no power to resist.
If he finds the opportunity in the future, he will repay today's humiliation a hundredfold or a thousandfold.
"Shangguan Tong will use money to appease the victim's family and bury the innocent victim, and will be fined one year's salary."
Shangguan Qing finally felt relieved when he heard what Emperor Xuantong said.
It was just a fine on his salary and some money, which was no big deal to him.
It won't hurt the root.
After all, things that can be solved with money are not a problem. Power is the root of everything. As long as you have power, spending a little money is nothing.
Deng Weiping clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves.
Although I already knew that Emperor Xuantong would just let this matter go, I was still... disappointed by his indifference.
The lives of the people could not cause a ripple in the eyes of Emperor Xuantong.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Su Chun stepped out with the memorial.
"allow."
Sima Chengze hid the impatience in his eyes, annoyed by the lack of vision of these ministers.
Forget about the others, why did Su Chun join in the fun?
"Your humble servant has received news that some people in the east, west, north and south are secretly recruiting soldiers and buying food and fodder on a large scale." The rumor also included unusual movements of the three kings.
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