Chapter 436 was robbed!
The Queen Mother drank her tea in silence.
How could she, as a mother, not know the emperor's worries? But why did she have to be a palace maid?
She had sent people to find out everything. Chu Liuzheng had no other strengths except that he was dedicated to his work. How could he have caught the emperor's eye?
In fact, if the emperor was willing to follow the procedure, the empress dowager would not say a word of "no", and might even happily reward Chu Liuzheng with something. But who asked the emperor to place him in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and treat the entire harem coldly for one person?
How could the Queen Mother not be worried?
How could Xiao Jinshu not understand the Queen Mother's concerns? She continued to persuade her a few more times, and finally coaxed the Queen Mother into smiling. She invited her to have dinner in the palace and ordered someone to bring the young master into the palace as well.
When the news reached Wenhua Palace, Xiao Jingfan knew that his elder sister had persuaded his mother to calm down. He immediately stopped worrying and continued to concentrate on handling government affairs.
The next day, the rumors about Chu Liuzheng in the palace suddenly disappeared, as if they had never appeared.
After the Empress Dowager invited Chu Liuzheng three times but failed to get anyone accepted, everyone finally saw the Emperor's attitude clearly.
The emperor didn't even give the empress dowager face. He was determined to protect Chu Liuzheng. Who would dare to spread rumors so recklessly? The emperor had to respect the empress dowager and showed no mercy to them.
Chu Liuzheng was still following the story of the Demon Concubine with her as the protagonist through the system, but it was a pity that the person who spread the rumors stopped writing halfway through.
The harem was quiet, but the voices from the front court grew louder. The memorials from the Censorate impeaching and admonishing the emperor piled up on the imperial desk like snowflakes.
Xiao Jingfan chose to turn a blind eye.
The ignored censors were dissatisfied and were about to make trouble.
The first person to speak out made a suggestion in person at the court meeting, hoping to be the first to speak. However, before he could finish his passionate speech, a thick book of evidence of his crimes was placed in front of him.
The censor will not be punished for his words, but he will not be immune if he commits other crimes.
The first person to stand out was dumbfounded, his legs were shaking like sieves, and cold sweat was soaking his clothes. He didn't understand when the emperor knew all this?
Xiao Jingfan didn't give him a chance to ask, and demoted him to the lowest position and exiled him to the frontier.
Seeing their colleague being dismissed from office like this, the imperial censors were outraged. Some of them immediately stood up in disbelief and made speeches, spitting all over the imperial steps.
The emperor listened in silence, with a thoughtful look on his face, as if he had heard it all.
The censors were immediately overjoyed.
But it's obviously too early to be happy.
Just when everyone thought the emperor had listened to the advice and realized his mistake, news came out the next evening that the unbelieving censor was chased naked in the moat by the eldest son of the widow of the King of South City and almost drowned.
This man actually used clever words to force Widow Wang to commit adultery just because she looked like his childhood sweetheart who died early. He also forbade her to tell anyone, otherwise he would have her two sons arrested and put in jail.
To protect her son, Widow Wang had to endure and conceal the truth. Unexpectedly, her eldest son, who had left work early, caught her there. He was so angry that he grabbed a broom and hit the unbelieving censor, forcing him to run out naked, attracting a large crowd of onlookers.
His official reputation was ruined. Not only did he lose his position as an imperial censor, but he was also sued by the widow Wang's son in court, begging the officials of the Dali Temple to give him justice.
When this matter reached the ears of the officials, they could not help but think of the emperor. Otherwise, why was this matter not exposed earlier or later, but only after he had advised the emperor not to indulge in women?
When everyone savored it carefully, they could taste a sense of tit-for-tat retaliation.
That’s right, it was indeed Xiao Jingfan who asked the Jinyiwei to do this.
He had originally just asked the Embroidered Uniform Guard to investigate whether this person had done anything corrupt or illegal, but he hadn't expected to uncover such a scandal.
I don't believe that the evil censor deserves his punishment, but Widow Wang is innocent.
There's no shortage of victim-blaming ideologues. For example, there's a popular belief that if Widow Wang hadn't resembled the childhood sweetheart of the unbelieving censor, nothing would have happened; and if Widow Wang had stayed true to her husband's ways and stayed inside, the unbelieving censor wouldn't have seen her and harbored evil intentions. Many people agree with this.
If left unchecked, the rumors alone would drive Widow Wang to death.
The emperor was so busy with his daily affairs that he didn't notice these little things, but Chu Liuzheng noticed them and mentioned them while taking a walk after dinner.
Xiao Jingfan handed the matter over to Dong Yi.
Within three days, the rumor changed direction.
After seeing in the system that Widow Wang was no longer bothered by the rumors, Chu Liuzheng put the matter aside, called Chen Xing and Si Yue, took the good things and went to Yuechi to fish.
Since signing the bet, Xiao Jingfan transferred the two of them to Chu Liuzheng's side for close protection, which was equivalent to the existence of a senior palace maid.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Before the three of them even left the gate of the Yangxin Palace, they were informed that the emperor had urgently summoned them, so they had to give up their fishing trip.
【What could be the urgent matter? 】
The sedan swayed slightly, and Chu Liuzheng opened the system to check, wanting to be mentally prepared.
[News about the Emperor...]
She scrolled down from the latest news, and when she saw the third piece, her eyes suddenly stopped and her vision went dark.
[Holy crap! My brother got robbed!!!]
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The sedan stopped at the entrance of Wenhua Palace. Chu Liuzheng did not need to report before entering the palace. Since no ministers came to see him at the moment, he just walked in with his skirt lifted.
"Your Majesty, may you be well." The emperor did not allow her to kneel, so she bent down and bowed.
"Come here." Seeing the anxiety in her brows, Xiao Jingfan guessed that she had probably seen it in the system. He didn't keep her in suspense and directly handed over the secret letter.
Chu Liuzheng took it and looked at it carefully, his face becoming darker and darker.
[Frog fun! This is actually a story about a woman who stole the wrong lover and decided to go along with it.]
"If you want to take over Prince Xiao, then take over Prince Xiao. Why would you take over my brother? One is in a wheelchair and the other isn't. How could you take over the wrong person with such obvious differences?"
[And a twelfth male concubine? My brother really can’t afford it! ! ]
Chu Liuzheng was extremely upset.
She had a bad feeling when her brother left with King Xiao, but she just thought her brother's life was in danger. She checked with the system almost every day, and only felt relieved when she saw that her elder brother was fine.
Seeing that Prince Xiao had successfully persuaded Prince Li and the group had set off for the capital, she thought that everything should be fine with so many guards accompanying them. In addition, there were too many rumors in the harem, so she had not had time to check for news about her elder brother in the past few days.
But within a few days, my eldest brother was kidnapped by the mayor of Guiyun City!
It was stolen by mistake! He stole it by mistake and he didn’t return it! What kind of thing is this?
Her eldest brother is still a virgin!
"Don't worry." Seeing Chu Liuzheng's pale face, Xiao Jingfan stood up and took her in his arms and sat her down behind the desk. "I have already ordered people to find out the truth. With my third brother here, I will definitely not let anything happen to my eldest brother."
[You sound quite good calling me "big brother."]
Chu Liuzheng calmed down, thinking that Prince Xiao was reliable, and she felt more at ease. She looked at the emperor beside her and asked, "How many days will it take to get news?"
Xiao Jingfan said, "It would take about three or four days to send a letter by carrier pigeon."
(End of this chapter)
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