In the imperial court, almost all the ministers looked at the Empress in astonishment.
These thirty ministers resigned, and His Majesty actually granted their resignations?
The thirty-odd ministers kneeling on the ground, along with the Left Chancellor Mu Xianke, were also completely dumbfounded. How could this be! How could His Majesty possibly allow them to resign!
All thirty-odd of them were just putting on an act; who would actually want to resign!
Besides, there were more than thirty people, and they all agreed?
These thirty-odd people are tied to various departments. How can those departments continue to function? Without these key figures, can the national machinery still operate?
Is His Majesty confused? Or has he been bewitched by Qin Chuan and gone mad?
At this moment, an imperial censor stepped forward from behind Mu Xianke and said, "Your Majesty, are you joking? The Left Prime Minister has worked tirelessly day and night for the country and the people. Even if he has not made any great contributions, he has certainly put in a lot of hard work... Without the Left Prime Minister, the court would be half-disrupted. How dare you really resign the Left Prime Minister?"
"How dare you!"
Qin Chuan walked straight over and slapped the censor across the face. Instantly, the man's face swelled up like a peach, leaving five bright red finger marks...
"You...you dare hit me?" The imperial censor, looking aggrieved, turned to the Empress and complained, "Your Majesty, he...he hit me!"
The Empress simply found it amusing and remained silent.
Qin Chuan used all his strength to deliver that slap.
He has been holding back for a long time.
"Who gave you the audacity to speak to His Majesty like that!"
"Your Majesty, you are the sovereign of the nation, the supreme ruler. This man dares to disrespect Your Majesty. Please have him beaten to death!"
Qin Chuan also turned around and spoke to the Empress.
The Empress smiled slightly and nodded her head: "Granted!"
In truth, she had long harbored murderous intent towards this censor surnamed Chao. He was a loyal follower of the Left Chancellor, Mou Xianke, and didn't respect her, the emperor, at all. She just hadn't had the chance to kill him. Now that Qin Chuan had brought it up, she would have him beaten to death...
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
"What crime have I committed?"
The imperial censor surnamed Chao was dragged out of the court by the palace guards, wailing and lamenting, whether out of resentment or regret...
A moment later, the sound of a wooden stick striking flesh came from outside the hall, followed quickly by a muffled groan, and then silence...
The crowd realized that the censor surnamed Chao had indeed been beaten to death.
At this moment, the Empress's cold gaze swept across the entire Golden Palace, and she said in a majestic yet icy voice, "Anyone who dares to speak like Imperial Censor Chao again will be executed without hesitation!"
The others dared not speak further and fell silent.
But it was clear that each of them had a look of dissatisfaction on their faces.
The Empress didn't care whether they submitted or not. She pointed her slender finger at the more than thirty people kneeling there and said, "You...you and you, didn't you want to resign? I've granted your request!"
"You are no longer officials of my Great Gan Dynasty! Guards! Take these people out of the court! Draft an edict! These officials will never be employed by my Great Gan Dynasty again! Draft a will! Their descendants will also never be employed by my dynasty!"
The Empress's voice echoed from the main hall, piercing the hearts of the civil officials like cold glass...
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