Chapter 6: Don’t be too thorough in your double standards
I'm helping my sister kick a bastard, what does it have to do with these three old foxes?
Xiao Jingfan's eyes darkened and he was about to get angry.
[Frog fun! Are you using victim blaming and moral blackmail? These three old men are really evil!]
"Master Zhang, when your youngest daughter argued with her husband about not allowing him to take a concubine and ran back to her parents' home to complain, not only did you personally come to support her but you also threatened her with demotion. Why didn't you point out that it takes two to tango, and that your daughter was also at fault? Don't be so hypocritical!"
[Minister Wen, when your legitimate son rode his horse in the street and injured someone, why didn't you tell him not to ride his horse in the street, lest the people follow suit? So, no one follows your family's example, and as soon as the eldest princess divorced her husband, the people started scrambling to get theirs, right? The people said, "Please don't cue me. We're not as idle as you!"]
"Minister Meng, your good-for-nothing brother, who relied on his power to force a commoner woman into becoming his concubine, when the news reached you, why didn't you scold him for being unethical and have him hung up and flogged? Aren't you afraid of giving someone else a chance to exploit you?!"
Rules are made by people. What's wrong with the rules passed down from our ancestors? Smart people should inherit the essence and discard the dross. If they change now, won't the new rules become the rules of our ancestors in a few decades or even hundreds of years?
[Damn it! You're not meddling in the world or people's divorces. If you have the time, take care of your own little piece of land first!]
Chu Liuzheng cursed in his heart, and heard Xiao Jingfan's anger gradually subside.
If this woman knows how to curse, she should curse more.
If Xiao Jingfan didn't want others to discover Chu Liuzheng's extraordinary abilities, he would have wanted to confront Chu Liuzheng in person.
These three old-timers just deserve to be scolded!
However, being an emperor still requires some dignity, and it is not convenient to be so confrontational.
Xiao Jingfan was too lazy to talk so much with the three old hands.
"I am the Son of Heaven." He glared coldly at the three heads before him, his imperial majesty evident. "What I say is the rule. If you have any objections, why not follow Bi Gan's example and die by cutting out his heart in protest?"
Grand Scholar Zhang: “…”
Minister of Personnel: “…”
Minister of Revenue: “…”
No one dared to answer.
Not to mention that they have never thought about dying for their advice, even if they are willing to risk their lives to do so, Your Majesty uses Bi Gan as an example. If they do so, wouldn't that be a disguised way of calling Your Majesty a tyrant who is as disregarding human life as King Zhou?
The word "tyrant" may be mentioned in private, but who would dare to say it to your Majesty's face?
Didn’t you see that even the most staunch people in the Censorate didn’t dare to mention the word “tyrant”?
In the Princess's Mansion, everyone knelt on the ground and the scene was silent.
Except...
[Wow! Bakugan is so domineering!]
Xiao Jingfan's eyes twitched when he heard this, and he almost couldn't maintain his dignified expression.
He cleared his throat and said in a cold voice, "Qin Lang is unkind, unjust, disloyal, and unfilial. He is unfit to be the eldest princess's match. From today on, the eldest princess will divorce him. His son will take his mother's surname and be included in the imperial family. He will no longer have any connection with the Nanyang Earl's Mansion."
The eldest princess was overjoyed and pinched her palms hard to keep herself from losing composure. She bowed to Xiao Jingfan and said, "Your Majesty is wise and wise. Long live your Majesty."
No matter how reluctant they were, the others all followed suit and shouted, "Long live the king!"
Xiao Jingfan glanced at the prince consort who was kneeling on the ground with lifeless eyes, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.
"The wicked woman Zhou has poisoned the princess, and the evidence is irrefutable. I order her to be stripped of her second-rank imperial edict, demoted to a commoner, and executed immediately. Her son Qin Lang has committed numerous crimes, which are unforgivable. I order him to be stripped of his title of Earl of Nanyang and executed immediately."
Xiao Jingfan still took into consideration the relationship between the late old Earl of Nanyang and the late emperor, and did not really order someone to torture Qin Lang to death.
Poor Zhou had just woken up, and after hearing what Emperor Shunguang said, she cried out in pain and then fainted again out of fright.
The Jinyiwei stepped forward and dragged the mother and son out.
The matter is not over yet, Xiao Jingfan decided to support his royal sister to the end.
He ordered the Jinyiwei: "Investigate Qin Lang thoroughly. All his concubines will be thrown into a pig cage. If he has children, all his children will be cast into slavery. His descendants will never be able to escape from slavery."
"Investigate the Princess's residence thoroughly. Anyone who knows anything but fails to report it will be imprisoned in Shuntian Prefecture. After investigation, they will be executed on a chosen day!"
If the servants hadn't helped to deceive her, how could the imperial sister have not noticed anything unusual about the prince consort?
The accomplices should also die!
Zhou Yuande asked, "Your Majesty, what should be done with the people in the Qin Palace?"
The Qin Mansion was the former Nanyang Earl's Mansion. Now that the title was gone, it naturally could no longer be called the Earl's Mansion.
[Oh my, Eunuch Zhou is so quick to change his stance. Is he seeing that the tyrant cares about the eldest princess, the emperor's sister, and is trying to take advantage of her?]
Xiao Jingfan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the eunuch beside him.
Zhou Yuande suddenly felt a chill on his back and wondered, "Could it be that His Majesty doesn't want to deal with the Qin Mansion? Is he adding unnecessary pressure?"
Of course it has to be dealt with.
Xiao Jingfan said, "Considering the late old Earl of Nanyang's many years of loyal service to the late emperor, I will grant a lighter sentence to the Qin family. However, while the death penalty may be spared, the living punishment cannot be escaped. All property of the Qin family must be confiscated, and everyone must be expelled from the capital. Their descendants will be prohibited from entering the government for the next five generations."
Everyone sighed inwardly. With their property confiscated and no one in their five generations allowed to enter officialdom, the Qin family was completely finished.
*
It was already evening when he returned to the palace. When he walked into the tea room, Chu Liuzheng found out that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had arranged for a new palace maid to come.
Looking at the girl in front of him wearing the crimson palace dress, Chu Liuzheng thought to himself: She came back quite quickly this time.
"Sister Liu Zheng, my name is Cuiyun." Cuiyun had obviously inquired about the news in advance. She took out a moon-white purse from her sleeve and handed it to Chu Liuzheng, her face full of smiles. "I used to work in the Shangyi Bureau. This purse I embroidered myself. Please don't dislike it, sister."
There are two lifelike fat koi embroidered on the purse, which looks very cute.
"It's embroidered very well." Chu Liuzheng took it and found that the weight of the purse was wrong as soon as he touched it.
Since she was transferred to serve tea in front of the emperor, she has received no less than ten purses like this.
There are different amounts of silver, but I have about two taels in my hand now.
——Those who have been in the palace and don’t understand the ways of the world would have died in some corner long ago. How could they be transferred to serve the emperor?
Putting the purse into his sleeve, Chu Liuzheng smiled sincerely. "If you have any questions in the future, just ask me. I'll tell you the emperor and the other gentlemen's preferences for tea and snacks. Remember these carefully and don't make any mistakes when serving tea."
"Thank you, sister." Cuiyun agreed happily, and her heart finally settled down.
She smiled flatteringly and said, "Everyone says that my sister is a good person. Now that I see her, I can see that she is indeed beautiful and kind-hearted."
Who doesn’t like to hear good words?
Chu Liuzheng said that he was just an ordinary person.
Looking at Cuiyun's happy face, she sincerely hoped that this person could hold on a little longer and not follow in the footsteps of the previous ones.
(End of this chapter)
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