The hall was filled with the voices of Liang Ruitian's family pleading for mercy.
The emperor stood on the high seat, looking down at Liang Yuyu.
The little guy's eyes were wide open, and his black pupils were rolling around.
She placed her right thumb on her lips, opened and closed her pink lips, sucked on her fingertips, and stared at the emperor intently.
I never thought that the most united moment for my family would be to save my life.
[This scumbag dad usually cares so much about his reputation, but now he's kowtowed for me.]
Liang Yuyu felt a surge of warmth in her heart.
The more I feel the warmth from my family, the more aggrieved I feel.
As she thought about it, her nose twitched and a pearl-like tear overflowed from her eye socket and slowly fell down her rosy little face.
This tear fell directly into the emperor's heart.
His furrowed brows slowly relaxed, he paused slightly, staggered back a step, and tumbled into the dragon throne.
The emperor lowered his head and pondered for a long time before slowly raising his hand holding the red silk card from under the table.
He sighed deeply and gently placed the red silk card back on the table: "Alas, my ninth princess was only this big when she died young."
Hearing this, Liang Ruitian carefully raised his eyes, his chin trembling slightly, and looked at the emperor tremblingly.
His forehead was red, swollen and broken, and blood was dripping down his temples.
Liang Ruitian ignored the pain and knelt forward: "Your Majesty, so, are you willing to spare my daughter's life?"
Minister Cen watched as the Emperor's rage subsided somewhat, and he spoke immediately, "Your Majesty, corruption and abuse of power, disregard for the lives of the people, are crimes worthy of punishing the entire clan. If this case cannot result in a conviction, won't it only encourage corruption and bribery? Who will truly serve the court in the future?"
Liang Yuyu was awakened by Minister Cen's words.
What evidence is there to convict you of? It's just a few servants repeating rumors circulating in the capital. Do you have any evidence?
[There is no evidence, it's just groundless accusations.]
Liang Ruitian turned his head away, staring at Minister Cen with bloodshot eyes. "You accuse me of corruption and abuse of power. Do you have any evidence?"
"These are all your servants. Don't their words count as evidence?"
Liang Ruitian sneered, his lips curled up in disdain. "Minister Cen, everyone in the capital knows that you failed to search my Liang Mansion a few days ago, and in the end you had to apologize to me. You have a grudge, so it's not impossible that you bribed them to give false testimony. What kind of evidence are their words?"
[Yes! That's it! If he has the guts, make him produce the money or letters his father used to embezzle and accept bribes. That would be conclusive evidence.]
A flicker of relief flashed across Liang Ruitian's eyes, but he quickly covered it up and looked back at Minister Cen. "Minister Cen, if you can show me the money I embezzled or the letters of bribery, I'll naturally be convinced. Otherwise, it's far-fetched and arbitrary to accuse me of such a big thing based on the nonsense of just a few people."
Minister Cen was speechless for a moment, with his mouth half open, unable to utter a word for a long time.
"Minister Cen?" The emperor looked at him with a hint of displeasure, "Do you have any concrete evidence?"
"Your Majesty, I have already sent people to the Ministry of Revenue to check the accounts since I arrived. I believe we will have an answer soon. Please be patient."
The Emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, then knitted his brows tightly together. He tapped his right hand twice on the table. "You're still checking the accounts even though the matter has already come before me. Minister Cen, why didn't you make preparations earlier?"
Minister Cen could hear the dissatisfaction in the emperor's words, but he had no choice.
Liang Ruitian is of noble status. Who would dare to check his accounts without reason unless he had the imperial order?
Fortunately, I was well prepared. Even if I couldn't prove that Liang Ruitian accepted bribes, at least he couldn't get away with embezzlement.
If his entire family is not killed, he will at least be exiled.
Time passes by every second.
There was silence in the hall.
"Your Excellency." The sharp voice of the young eunuch outside the door broke the silence in the hall.
Everyone turned to look at the same time.
Even Liang Yuyu pulled at her swaddling clothes, stretched her neck as far as she could, and looked out.
Minister Cen stepped forward quickly and whispered to the young eunuch.
Others couldn't see Minister Cen's expression clearly, but Liang Yuyu could see the trembling on Minister Cen's face clearly from the unique angle.
[It seems that Minister Cen has no evidence to produce.]
Perhaps because she was relaxed, Liang Yuyu couldn't help but yawn.
As soon as she opened her mouth, a crisp "Wow" was clearly heard by everyone in the hall.
The corners of Shen Yuexi's lips twitched. She quickly lowered her head, raised her hand to cover Liang Yuyu's mouth, and made a gesture to her to silence her: "My dear, bear with it for a moment."
[Mei Niang, I'm just a little baby, how can I hold back my yawns? ]
As if to express her dissatisfaction with Shen Yuexi's request for her to be patient, Liang Yuyu rolled over and swung her chubby legs up and down on Shen Yuexi's arms.
She turned over, facing Chen Yuexi, and stretched out her right arm.
The milky palm slapped Shen Yuexi's face, and the little feet kept kicking to show dissatisfaction.
Shen Yuexi was worried that the emperor would blame her, so she looked up at the seat with embarrassment.
Unexpectedly, the emperor was staring at the little guy.
Seeing Shen Yuexi looking at him, he comforted her warmly: "It's okay. My Ninth Princess was also so lively and active back then. Children, if you are not lively, it will be boring."
[Did you hear that? Mei Niang, even the Emperor said so. Yawning is okay.]
Liang Yuyu turned her head, smacked her lips and looked at the emperor, even blinking at him twice.
Her cute and naive look made the emperor laugh out loud.
"emperor."
Minister Cen's deep voice interrupted the emperor's laughter.
He restrained his expression, frowned, and looked at Minister Cen: "But do you have evidence?"
Minister Cen lowered his brows and eyes, looking dejected. He clenched his hands and shook his head slowly: "The auditors from the Ministry of Revenue have reported back..."
Minister Cen glanced at Liang Ruitian from the corner of his eye. After staring at each other for a long time, he said angrily, "There is no problem with Sir Liang's accounts. It seems that those rumors are just rumors."
The Emperor stared coldly at Minister Cen: "I'm so grateful for your trust in you, and this is how you repay me?"
Minister Cen suddenly raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, it was due to my negligence that I failed to verify the facts in time and acted impulsively. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
Not only did Minister Cen lose face in this incident, but the emperor also felt deeply humiliated.
He simply pointed at Liang Ruitian and said, "Since today's matter is between Minister Cen and Lord Liang, then Lord Liang has the final say."
[The old emperor is truly extraordinary. With just one sentence, he turned today's incident into a conflict between Minister Cen and his scumbag father, completely clearing himself of any responsibility.]
[Awesome, awesome! You really are a leader.]
Shen Yuexi winked and kept giving Liang Yuyu the eye contact, signaling her to stop talking nonsense, completely forgetting that the emperor could not hear Liang Yuyu's thoughts at all.
Liang Ruitian regained the initiative and glanced triumphantly at the servants of the Liang Mansion: "Where did you all see me embezzling or accepting bribes?"
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