Chapter 32: The Voice Expands
After Zhao Jiaoyang finished changing his clothes, before he even reached the main hall of the imperial study, he heard the cheerful surround sound of the system.
Zhao Jiaoyang was extremely surprised.
I was just thinking about whether there was any way to expand Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess's range of food. It would only take a moment to change my clothes, and the problem would be solved!
Zhao Jiaoyang looked up and glanced at the main hall of the imperial study, and saw the eunuch with his mouth wide open and his eyes full of fear.
Zhao Jiaoyang realized that not only the scope had expanded, but the number of people had also increased.
“Cough cough cough!”
The eunuch's expression changed instantly, but the suspicion and fear in his eyes lingered for a long time.
While the system was selecting skins, Jing Han experimented and found that the system could not sense what she was thinking at the moment.
[Hey, little brat, I used to be a leader. How can I get you to work actively and voluntarily if I don't tie a carrot in front of you?]
Zhuge Ming and others: Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess’s thoughts and ideas have blinded me!
Jing Chengji: I just feel relieved.
The children are older now, so there is no need to worry about being cheated.
"Han'er, have some snacks to fill your stomach."
"My dear ministers, please use some of this as well."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Jingcheng Ji ate it.
[Hey, I didn't expect it to be hot. I thought it was something cold enough to freeze my teeth. This osmanthus cake is delicious. This mung bean cake is also good. Hmm... Hmm... Hmm...]
After listening to Jinghan's heartfelt words, their appetites improved a lot. They had clearly been invited by His Majesty to stay in the palace to have snacks before, so why did they feel that the pastries this time were particularly delicious?
Although Jinghan felt impatient in his heart, he tasted the food slowly and leisurely.
For a moment, the only sounds in the hall were those of people eating snacks and drinking tea.
[I've eaten and drunk enough, it's time to return to my palace to rest. I wonder if Mother has anything else important to tell me!]
Jing Chengji took a few bites and thought to himself that he was indeed tired after a day, so there was no rush to eat the melon today.
Besides, she also learned a lot of information about the other world, which was enough for now.
So she spoke out.
"Han'er, you should go back and rest early. Your legs are still uncomfortable. You must drink the tonic medicine prescribed by the imperial physician on time."
"Understood, Queen Mother."
[How much coptis root did Doctor Zhang give me? It's so bitter!]
Jing Chengji and others laughed. As the saying goes, good medicine tastes bitter, but it really doesn't taste good.
Just thinking about the bitter Chinese medicine that could kill people, several people felt that the pastries in their mouths had a bitter taste and suddenly lost their fragrance.
After Jing Han left, Jing Chengji and the others looked serious.
"Do you have any ideas?"
"Your Majesty, we will cooperate with you and will not arouse the suspicion of Her Highness the Crown Princess."
"Um... what did you guys just hear?"
Jing Chengji suddenly turned his attention to several palace maids.
The chief eunuch was also called in.
Several palace maids trembled and fell to their knees with a plop.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life..."
"Remember, you know nothing, otherwise, I will cut you into pieces!"
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I dare not."
The eunuch was extremely frightened just now, but after hearing Jinghan's voice, he seemed to understand something and was not as scared as before.
He bowed to Jing Chengji and expressed his sincerity.
"Your Majesty, this is what I saved."
"Well, of course I believe you!"
After Zhuge Ming and his companions left the imperial study, all the palace servants, including those who could hear Jinghan's inner thoughts, were cleared out of the hall.
Only Jing Chengji was left in the hall, and he made a gesture.
Like a ghost, a figure suddenly appeared.
"Go and investigate whether those palace servants can spread what they heard. Regardless of whether they can or cannot, as long as they have other intentions, they will be dealt with!"
"Yes, Master."
The figure flashed and disappeared in the hall.
After pondering for a long time in the imperial study, Jing Chengji asked the eunuch to bring the memorial and began to review it.
At the same time, the entire family of Sima Shi and the entire family of Yu Fen had been driven into the courtyard by the guards, and would later be taken to the Ministry of Justice prison.
After some of them have died, the rest will be exiled.
Sima Shi's family wailed and blamed each other.
Sima Shi's house was searched thoroughly by the guards, leaving no place unsearched, and all the property in the house was confiscated.
There was no time left for them to hide the money.
None of Sima Shi's concubines were spared.
Sima Shi looked ashen and just numbly followed the guards' orders.
But the family members burst into tears. They had no idea that in just a short while, no one in the family, young or old, would be spared and would all become prisoners.
Sima Shi's wife had no idea that her own sisters were so bold as to collude with Sima Shi to embezzle military pay, frame the Crown Princess, and commit murder for money, which were worse than those of beasts.
Sima Shi's wife Zhao Meilong fainted several times.
But the guards had no sympathy. They looked down upon every member of Sima Shi's family equally. Even if they really didn't know, they had actually enjoyed those blood-stained properties.
Sima Fang, Sima Qin's cousin, was shocked.
She couldn't believe that the Sima family would end up like this.
She didn't listen to a word of what the imperial edict said, she just kept shouting.
"My son is wronged, my son is wronged, someone must have wronged my son..."
He also tried to confront the guards.
What he got in return were two merciless whippings from the guards.
"You mean that Your Majesty has wronged Sima Shi? Is this true or not? Ask your son yourself. If he disrupts official duties again, I will give you a few more lashes."
Sima Fang immediately shut her mouth, as if she remembered something.
He actually pounced on Zhao Meilong.
He slapped me twice hard.
"You are such a jinx! You must have corrupted my son. Otherwise, how could my son, a high-ranking official, end up as a prisoner? You are such a scoundrel! I will beat you to death..."
Sima Fang was reluctant to blame her son, but she was furious because Zhao Meilong was the only victim.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Meilong didn't indulge her at all.
"Who do you think you are? Your son has implicated my Zhao family, and I haven't even come to you to settle the score, but you're already talking about my faults! Your son is a piece of shit with a rotten heart. You blame me, but I'm wrong. I misjudged him, and he implicated my sister."
While cursing, Zhao Meilong responded by giving Sima Fang several loud slaps in the face.
Sima Fang was old after all, and was beaten by Zhao Meilun so hard that he spun around several times and fell to the ground.
The guards did not stop them. As long as no one was killed, they would just watch the fun.
Sima Fang cried out, "Oh my God, my daughter-in-law hits me! Is there such a daughter-in-law in the world? She actually dared to slap her elders..."
Sima Shi was already upset. His death was imminent and he wanted some quiet time, but his mother didn't understand him at all.
"Shut up, it's all your fault!"
Sima Fang was stunned. Her heart ached badly and she asked in disbelief.
"Shi'er, are you blaming your mother?"
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