Hey! I suddenly had an idea! Hey! I suddenly had an idea! Hey! I thought about doing this!

Minister Liu has his own way of being an official, in modern terms, it is to ride on the popularity.

As long as there are more people writing letters about a certain opinion, he will join in.

If this opinion pleases the emperor, the emperor will usually reward them together. If he encounters an opinion that annoys the emperor, he will not be the first to speak out, and he will usually not be severely punished.

Being an official does not depend entirely on talent. If the qualifications are high enough, mediocre people can also climb up. The premise is that they will not encounter any incidents along the way that will cause them to lose their jobs/live.

So, relying on this ability to occasionally ride on the popularity, he successfully became the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.

However, mediocrity is not terrible. What is terrible is that people who have been mediocre all their lives, Hey! I suddenly had an idea! Hey! I suddenly had an idea! Hey! I thought I could do this!

I thought -

I could get a Liu Qingtian!

"Master Qingtian!" The old emperor clenched his fist and tapped the table lightly, smiling: "How about you judge this case?"

Liu Shilang's face changed drastically.

He could bite the bullet and judge the case, but... Looking at the old emperor's face, Liu Shilang's only remaining desire to survive made him decisively admit: "Your Majesty, I am stupid and can't judge the case."

The people outside the yamen were all in awe.

In their simple concept, how could a Qingtian not judge the case?

The old emperor asked knowingly: "Then why did you stand up just now..."

Minister Liu lowered his head and looked down, pushing away the honor that had been imposed on him before: "I can't judge a case, but I can still talk."

The people's cries became louder, and their eyes turned contemptuous towards Minister Liu.

The old emperor was satisfied.

- No one wants to swallow his stuff! If you swallow it, you have to spit it out!

However, the son-in-law still has to be caught, and it's best not to expose her female identity.

With the evidence conclusive, who can do this?

His eyes began to scan the scene.

...

Xu Yanmiao stood on the edge of the yamen hall.

This is an excellent position to eat melons, which is convenient for observing the whole scene, and you can retreat behind everyone in case of danger.

Then, he felt the old emperor's gaze fixed on him.

Xu Yanmiao: "?"

The old emperor smiled and waved at him.

Xu Yanmiao was shocked: [No way? Is this dynasty over? I thought the prime minister asked the Ministry of Personnel to investigate the thief, but now the emperor asked a clerk from the Ministry of Personnel to judge the case? The people in the Dali Temple are not dead yet. ]

*

People are visual animals. When a young man as beautiful as a peach blossom came out to judge the case, the people outside the yamen cheered.

No one cared about the prince consort's confession at the beginning. In their eyes, this was more ups and downs than the show on the stage. They wanted to get a result, but they didn't want it to end so quickly.

Xu Yanmiao imitated the TV drama in his memory and slapped the wooden door hard. Then, he asked the woman to show her household registration in Liaodong.

The old emperor was about to nod and praise Xu Yanmiao's quick mind with other ministers, when he heard Xu Yanmiao's inner voice:

[Well... this lady has indeed lived in Liaodong for more than 20 years and has not left. Just take a look at the household registration. I have to take this time to think about how to end the case with the son-in-law being framed. ]

There was silence in the hall: "..."

The Minister of Justice took a breath and was particularly regretful: "Why can't Xu Yanmiao leave the Ministry of Personnel?"

This way of judging the case is so convenient! Just look at the result, no matter what happened in the middle, as long as it can be connected.

The Minister of Revenue was more regretful than him: "Yeah."

The two looked at each other and sighed.

They knew that their idea was impossible to realize. Whether Xu Yanmiao went to the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of Justice, it would cause a major earthquake and make everyone feel insecure. Xu

Yanmiao was a more casual person, and he always said in his heart that he wanted to "lie down" and "salt fish", but he had an advantage, that is, he was good at his job. When he was in the position of the Ministry of Personnel, he never slacked off in his job - handing over and issuing official documents.

If he was placed in the Ministry of Revenue or the Ministry of Justice, he would inevitably use the power of the artifact to check the account books and observe the cases. In this way, countless corrupt officials would be brought down, and countless people involved in the case would be pulled out.

It looks like a good thing, but...

The two ministers looked at each other again, and they could only see helplessness.

Sometimes, being too transparent and exposed does not necessarily make politics clear. It is more likely that things will turn into the opposite and the collective will be in chaos - anyway, you know I didn't break the law, I just did my job so-so.

If the water is too clear, there will be no fish.

*

Xu Yanmiao didn't know that they thought so much at once. After the household registration of the woman and her son was sent to him, he took a look at it and put it aside: "In this case, it is indeed a coincidence that you and the prince consort met in Liaodong."

The woman smiled bitterly: "How dare a country woman deceive a senior official."

Xu Yanmiao did not comment.

[It's a pity that the person who instructed this lady is very cautious and always meets with a mask. From the gossip on the lady's side, it is impossible to tell who is the mastermind behind the scenes. 】

The gossip system does not require him to know other people's identities to read gossip, but it can't be as vague as "the one who instigated the aunt to frame the prince consort".

【Let me think about whether I can start from the prince consort and the princess... Let me see, um... The prince consort was raised as a boy since he was a child, and he wears men's clothes when he goes out with her mother. Wow! Her mother is so amazing——】

The old emperor sat aside with his arms folded, disdainful.

How amazing can she be? Can she be as amazing as the female number one scholar? Or can she be as amazing as Madam Chongyi who Yan Chun asked for a title before?

Anyway, they are just some people who raise their daughters as sons...

【The prince consort's father got drunk and joked with her mother that her mother couldn't give birth to a son, and he wanted to sell her and marry someone who could give birth well...】

The old emperor frowned slightly.

How can he treat the hair like this...

[That night, she was smothered to death by her mother with a quilt.]

The old emperor: What?

[Oh, what a deadly joke.]

[The next day, the government was informed that she died suddenly, and she was buried on the third day.]

The old emperor: What? ?

[On the fourth day, the household registration was registered with the government, and it was said that the then ten-year-old son-in-law was a son.] The

old emperor: What? ? ? ?

The prince's face was also shocked and blank.

For a moment, he didn't know whether he should first express his admiration for his brother-in-law's mother's preemptive action, or whether he should express...

No wonder no matter how he checked, he couldn't find out that the son-in-law was dressed as a man - when the son-in-law was ten years old, it was still the previous dynasty! In the last years of war and chaos, household registration could be fabricated as much as one wanted. By the time the new dynasty was established, the prince consort would have grown up, and it would be easier for her to disguise herself as a man. Unless she took the initiative to expose herself, who could expose her?

[Wu Hu!!!]

[I know how to expose her!]

Xu Yanmiao's heart suddenly jumped.

The emperor and his ministers of Daxia were confused.

What happened? How come there is evidence all of a sudden? !

The young man's eyes lit up: "This lady..." The officials who were so polite that they almost wanted to cover their faces, thinking that Xu Lang looked too easy to bully.

"When you and your husband got married, did you have the three letters?"

The woman covered her face with tears in her eyes: "No. At that time, there was chaos and war, so how could there be such conditions? Later, there were conditions. We have been married for many years, but he never mentioned it, and I never thought too much about it."

The husband knelt beside her, lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Princess Fangling looked at the woman coldly, as if analyzing and thinking about something.

Xu Yanmiao asked again: "Then have you ever met your husband's parents?"

The woman seemed helpless: "Don't make fun of me, sir. When I married into the Yan family, my uncle and aunt had passed away..."

- She was indeed well prepared. I'm afraid she had memorized the husband's family background information by heart.

Xu Yanmiao smiled and interrupted the woman: "You have been married to the prince consort for so many years. Has she ever taken you to sweep the graves of her parents?"

The woman fluently told the address of the prince consort's parents' cemetery: "Yan Lang and I go there every year..."

Xu Yanmiao asked again: "Can you read?"

The woman said shyly: "No..."

Xu Yanmiao seemed very surprised: "Didn't the prince consort take the initiative to teach you to read and write?"

The woman was also surprised: "No matter how talented Yan Lang is, he would not teach me to read and write, he--"

"I can."

The woman stopped talking abruptly, slightly surprised. She saw Yan Chun, who had lowered her eyes and knelt upright, quietly waiting for the government's verdict, turn her head to look at her and sighed: "If you were really my first wife, I would take the initiative to offer to teach you."

Princess Fangling laughed, coldly, sharply, and without warmth: "There is a line of words on the tombstone of the son-in-law's mother. It was carved by his close friend, the contemporary master Tong Xin. But people like you and the people after you will not care even if they see it."

The old emperor asked his attendants directly: "What words would Master Tong carve?"

Old Yu Shi pondered for two breaths and said: "Master Tong has always been called a demon scholar. He is a heretic. He once said bluntly: There is no difference in talent and intelligence between men and women. If women can escape from the palace, men of the world will not dare to speak out. Therefore, I think the core of his remarks will be engraved on the tombstone of his close friend - 'There are long and short views, but there is no difference between men and women'."

[All correct! 】

Xu Yanmiao whistled in her heart to show her agreement.

【Yan Chun had listened to her mother and Master Tong discussing Taoism since she was a child, and she also helped her mother copy the letters between the two. Influenced by them, she decided to try her hand at the imperial examination when she grew up - after all, her parents were both dead and her family was not yet in the hands of the emperor. 】

【Who would have thought that she would pass the imperial examination and become the top scholar, and by some strange coincidence, she would be directly appointed as the emperor's consort, and there was no way to refuse. 】

【It seems that the princess didn't know she was a girl at the time - ah! Sure enough, she didn't know! She was so confused on the wedding night, it was so funny that she could stick to this marriage because the princess would never lose face! 】

【Let me see, let me see, what did she say at the time? Oh! 'I don't care whether you are a man or a woman, if you become the emperor's consort, you must save my face.' '】

The old emperor: "..."

The prince: "..."

Okay, now they understand why Princess Fangling would tolerate her daughter-in-law.

——My daughter/eldest sister who has been strong all her life.

The case has been concluded, Xu Yanmiao can rest assured to continue digging.

【In order to prevent the identity of the daughter of the prince consort from being exposed, and to make it easier to do business, they ran to Liaoning! 】

【It's cold here and it's a border, a bitter and cold place. It's not easy for them to persist for thirty years and be promoted from a county magistrate to a patrol officer. 】 【

Oh! The patrol officer's governance credit is half and half! The princess also often travels in men's clothing, pretending to be a patrol officer - huh? It's so funny, the people in the government basically pretended to be blind, pretending not to know that there were two patrol officers, anyway, no one reported to the central government. 】

A group of central officials: "..."

We know now.

So what should we do? Pretend to be blind and deaf, knowing nothing?

They all looked at the old emperor, wanting to say something but stopping themselves.

Should we remove the female consort's official position, or make the best of a bad situation? Give me a definite answer!

The old emperor originally wanted to directly remove Yan Chun's official position and let her be a bald consort - if possible, it would be best if she didn't even have to be a consort, but his concubine probably wouldn't be happy.

However, at this moment, after hearing Xu Yanmiao's words "half of the credit for governance", he suddenly had an idea - if

the concubine has half of Liaoning, it means that she has half of it, which means that my family has control of Liaoning and there is no need to worry about rebellion.

The old emperor: "..."

I'm a little moved. Let me think about it.

【Wow! They got married first and fell in love later! And they have children!】

The old emperor: “?!” Yes! He has six granddaughters, where did they come from? !

【Oh, they were adopted, all girls, to make it easier for them to inherit his business.】

【Three of them have the surname Gao, and three have the surname Yan.】

Old emperor:)

It's fair.

There is a palace in the south that permanently guards Yunnan, but there is no palace in the north that permanently guards Liaoning. Liaoning is close to Shanhaiguan Pass and is very important. He is worried about handing it over to others, always worrying that the other party will join forces with the barbarians outside the pass to rebel, so he has not sealed this land off yet.

But... if Fangling is the one guarding Liaoning, and there are successors...