Chapter 812: Desperate
Qian Qiyue looked at Tang Ning: "Aning, do you want to take care of this?"
Tang Ning said "hmm".
Qian Qiyue hesitated. Although she also hated the officials' behavior and couldn't stand their humiliation of female prisoners, she still thought... "Southern Qi and Northern Ling are in chaos right now, and the court is busy with the border war. Will it be troublesome to reorganize the criminal department officials at this time?"
Tang Ning looked at Qian Qiyue in surprise.
Qian Qiyue glared at her immediately: "Why are you looking at me like that? I just don't think as quickly as you do, but I'm not stupid. If this were a normal court rectification, I would definitely support it wholeheartedly, but now is a special moment."
There are always cases of officials protecting each other. It is obviously not the first or second time that those officers dared to ask for benefits and humiliate female prisoners so blatantly.
Over the years, countless prisoners have been exiled from the court. Some were cowardly and endured it, but not everyone is spineless. It is impossible that there would not be any who filed a complaint or risked their lives to expose the truth and leak the information to the court.
However, the news was never made public, and even the death of the official was not reported. She only learned about it by accident from someone else. Obviously, the people above the officials tacitly agreed to not care about these things.
Qian Qiyue muttered quietly, "The people below are doing whatever they want. They must be protected by someone above them. Maybe some of the money they earned was given as a tribute to the higher-ups. That's why they turned a blind eye and pretended not to know. No matter how big the incident was, they suppressed it."
"If you start to discipline the officers below, it will inevitably implicate those who protected them. Even if no one was intentionally protecting them, you will still be charged with negligence and inaction for disregarding human life and allowing your subordinates to abuse female prisoners."
"Aning, His Majesty is not in the capital right now, and you are the only one in the palace. Many people in the court are already dissatisfied with you taking over the government, and those people from the aristocratic families are even more restless. Will it cause trouble if we ask the Ministry of Justice to investigate this matter at this time?"
She hesitated and said:
"How about we let it go for now, and wait until the Southern Qi incident is resolved and His Majesty returns to the capital?"
After dealing with those people outside, we can then deal with the internal troubles. By then, those people will not be able to cause any trouble.
Tang Ning listened to Qian Qiyue's careful analysis and whispered advice to her. She was a little surprised: "How do you know that people from aristocratic families are restless? Did Lord Qian tell you?"
"My dad won't tell me."
Qian Qiyue snorted, "My father never tells me what's going on in the court, and my brothers and I just treat me like a little girl. I guessed it myself."
Seeing Tang Ning looking at her with raised eyebrows, she hummed and said:
"When King Ying and his men entered the palace, people from aristocratic families got involved, and today Wang Yuzhen suddenly came looking for you."
"Wang Yuzhen has been very close to the girls from the noble families recently. I've seen them hanging out together several times. She's a very cautious and polite person. Aunt Rui said that she and A'ru ran into her by accident today, or that she took the initiative to ask to enter the palace."
Qian Qiyue pursed her lips when she said this:
"I don't know about the others, but A'ru is devoted to you and would never do anything to undermine your dignity as queen. If it weren't for something extremely urgent, she wouldn't have brought Wang Yuzhen to Yongzhao Palace without informing them."
If it was something concerning the Wang family, or if Wang Yuzhen wanted to ask for help, Xue Ru would definitely refuse. At least she would tell Tang Ning before bringing the person into the palace. She would never give anyone the opportunity to embarrass Tang Ning.
The only reason she was brought in so directly was that what Wang Yuzhen wanted to say was related to Tang Ning, and it was extremely important.
In addition, when Tang Ning came over and they asked about Wang Yuzhen, she concealed the matter, and Xue Ru also avoided the topic and obviously didn't want them to know. So it could only be something that happened in the court.
"Wang Yuzhen is just a girl in the boudoir. How could she possibly know about the affairs of the imperial court? She must have heard some news from the aristocratic families..."
Tang Ning listened to Qian Qiyue's mumblings. Although there were some differences, they were almost the same as the truth. This time, she really looked at Qian Qiyue differently.
In the past, Qian Qiyue would never have thought about these things. She was simple-minded and acted impetuously. She did everything based on her recklessness. Once her recklessness got the better of her, even eight cows could not restrain her. Although she was a little clever, she never knew anything about the affairs of the court. But unexpectedly, she could think clearly this time.
Tang Ning did not deny it, but just glanced at her with a smile: "Sister Yue is smart."
"Of course!"
Qian Qiyue puffed out her chest with a look of pride, but then became worried again. "Are those people from the noble families really causing trouble? Then the people from the Ministry of Justice must not be touched. Although the He family and the Wenxin Marquis Mansion are related by marriage, and Minister He is definitely on your side, the others in the Ministry of Justice may not be so."
Just like in the Ministry of Revenue, her father was wholeheartedly doing his job for the emperor, but there were always those with ulterior motives. On the surface, he claimed to be loyal to the emperor, but secretly he was trying his best to hinder him.
Her father would scold her every now and then, and would pound the table in anger when he talked about something. This was because His Majesty had previously taken the opportunity to purge the people in the Ministry of Revenue because of the deficit in the Ministry of Revenue, and the people in the Ministry of Justice had not been touched much, so who knew how much dirt they had hidden.
"Aning, why don't you take it slow first? I'm afraid they'll become desperate and do something desperate."
Tang Ning looked at her worried expression and couldn't help but chuckle: "I want them to be desperate and do something desperate."
"ah?"
Qian Qiyue was at a loss.
Tang Ning beckoned her to sit on the couch nearby. After she went over and sat down, she said, "Some people in the aristocratic families are restless and have been secretly making moves. But Liang Guangyi never mentions this when he comes to see me in court every day. Do you think that with all the skills he's used over the years, he won't be able to discover what they're up to?"
Qian Qiyue understood what she meant and her eyes widened instantly: "He..."
Tang Ning snorted coldly: "Liang Guangyi is not unaware of this, he just lets it go."
His elder brother promised him a high position and gave the family dignity, but Liang Guangyi was still not satisfied and kept testing the emperor. On the one hand, he had to be "loyal" to the imperial power because of the weakness of the family, but on the other hand, he still wanted to help the family find an opportunity to restore its former glory.
He himself did not break the deal with his brother, but he allowed his subordinates to do it.
Tang Ning was almost certain that Liang Guangyi must have known about those people secretly returning to Beijing. He neither interfered nor helped them, but once the aristocratic family really had a chance to succeed, Liang Guangyi, who now seemed honest and resigned to his fate, would definitely side with them without hesitation, and even take action against his brother.
That old fox never really bowed his head and gave up his family.
Whether it's Liang Guangyi, those people from the aristocratic families, or King Hui, these people are hidden dangers that will explode sooner or later. Instead of letting them secretly set up schemes and try to cause bigger troubles, she might as well take the initiative to give them a chance to take action.
Don’t they want to cause chaos in the court?
Then let them have their wish.
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