Chapter 260 Masterpiece
Xiao Jingfan was multitasking and discovered another benefit of transferring Chu Liuzheng to serve him.
He glanced at the civil and military officials below him, and the corners of his lips rose slightly.
Let him hear what these people have been doing lately.
[Here we come, this haggard guy with barely a clean shave is... Gao Yan, a doctor in the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War!]
Chu Liuzheng glared at the haggard man below.
[Ah, this is the scumbag father who put a poison on his own daughter. Gaopin was killed by your poisonous insect sugar pills. Why are you pretending to be heartbroken?]
She flipped through the system.
[What does this scumbag dad have... Wait! This is...]
Xiao Jingfan pricked up his ears and waited for a long time but received no further news, so he had to turn his attention back to Gao Yan, who was crying below, and Censor Kong beside him.
Censor Kong's brows furrowed as he spoke in a resounding voice: "... In the past, Empress Gouyi of Emperor Wu of Han died of miscarriage, yet she was posthumously honored as Empress. Concubine Wei of Emperor Dezong, who died prematurely from miscarriage, was also promoted to the rank of Imperial Noble Consort. Although Concubine Gao is only a concubine, she has received the rank of a benefactor and deserves the grace of Heaven. I earnestly request that Your Majesty posthumously confer the title of Concubine Jieyu on Concubine Gao and allow her to be buried in the Imperial Mausoleum, to uphold the dignity of the imperial family and to demonstrate Your Majesty's benevolence."
Xiao Jingfan frowned and was about to speak when his ears were startled by the sudden sound of his inner voice.
[Fuck! Tyrant, don't fall for this trick. If you don't want all the Xiao family ancestors to come back to life, you absolutely cannot allow Concubine Gao into the imperial mausoleum! She's now a terrifying insect incubator! !]
Xiao Jingfan: ???
What to cultivate?
Chu Liuzheng was anxious, but he had no way to remind the emperor beside him in public.
The point is that even if she told it, the emperor might not believe it.
If the corpses in the imperial mausoleum were truly transformed into zombies by the poisonous insects and began to slaughter ordinary people, it would definitely cause widespread outrage. The tyrant emperor would be doomed!
Of course, what Chu Liuzheng cares most about is not whether the emperor will be able to finish the job, but that her family is still in the capital!
Just when she was about to risk her life to remind Xiao Jingfan, Xiao Jingfan spoke.
He stared at Censor Kong below, a sneer curling up his lips. "Ms. Gao was vicious, plotting to murder palace maids and the heir to the throne. Considering her pregnancy, I intended to pardon her and allow her to deal with the matter after she gave birth. Now that Mrs. Gao has died of a hemorrhage, while the royal family deserves a reward, she also deserves punishment for the crimes she committed during her lifetime. The two offset each other, so why should she be posthumously honored?"
Censor Kong was stunned. There was actually such a hidden story?!
He immediately turned to look at Gao Yan with a scrutinizing look in his eyes. Are you lying to me?
Gao Yan's face was still covered with tears, and his eyes were evasive, not daring to look him in the eye.
Upon seeing this, Censor Kong immediately realized that he had really been deceived by Gao Yan, a famously honest man.
His chest was boiling with anger, and he wanted to rush over and punch Gao Yan.
He lifted his robe and knelt, kowtowed to the emperor: "I have been deceived by a villain and did not know the true situation. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
He did not name the villain, but all the court officials looked at Gao Yan.
Gao Xiaoren Yan's face turned green with anger. Under the gazes of his colleagues who were watching the show, his fists were clenched so tightly that they made a creaking sound. Where was the trace of grief for the loss of his daughter on his face?
[Oh my~ Your defense is broken already. Now is not the time for you to scheme against others? Tsk tsk, you will have to pay for what you have done. I am afraid that no one in the court will regard this scumbag father as an honest man anymore.]
Chu Liuzheng expressed his hope for more of this popular scene.
Xiao Jingfan glanced at her and called out to Censor Kong to get up.
Since the censor was not guilty of his words, he would naturally not easily do anything to the deceived censor Kong, but Gao Yan...
A cold light flashed across the emperor's eyes as deep as a lake, but he forgave Gao Yan gently because of his deep love for his daughter.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Gao Yan's back was already soaked with cold sweat, and his legs were still a little weak when he returned to the queue.
Censor Kong glared at him coldly, thinking that he would not be a gentleman if he did not take revenge.
Gao Yan gave him a wry grin, which, considering his haggard appearance, did look a bit pitiful.
However, Censor Kong didn't buy his trick and turned his head away without looking at him.
Seeing this, Gao Yan stopped smiling, lowered his head and looked at the ground. His eyes gradually became covered with a haze, and the corners of his tightly pursed lips looked worried.
After the court meeting, Chu Liuzheng walked beside Zhou Yuande, thinking about how to cremate Gaopin's body.
No matter how powerful the insects are, they are afraid of fire. No matter how scary Gao Bin's insect culture dish is, it is just a matter of fire.
Gaopin's body has been transported to Ji'an. According to etiquette, it should be kept there for three days, with monks and Taoists chanting sutras for her soul-restoring, before being buried. However, Ji'an is outside the palace, and I can't leave. How could I have set fire to it?
Chu Liuzheng was so worried that his head turned bald.
Unless it was necessary, she really didn't want to make up lies to the tyrant.
It's really a test of the heart.
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Returning to Wenhua Palace, Xiao Jingfan changed out of his court robes and glanced at Chu Liuzheng who was waiting beside him.
The woman was seen frowning, looking as if she was in a trance, and her soul had flown away to who knows where.
He shook his head secretly and ordered Zhou Yuande to summon Xie Hui.
Xie Hui came on his own without him having to call.
Zhou Yuande invited people in.
Xie Hui saluted: "Your Majesty, may you be well and safe."
"Stand up." Xiao Jingfan ordered someone to serve tea and asked, "Why are you so anxious?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look." Xie Hui handed a letter to Zhou Yuande, who then presented it to the emperor.
Xiao Jingfan took out all the letter papers, a thick stack that was quite heavy.
He roughly guessed what it was, and when he looked down, he saw that it was indeed the anonymous letter written by Chu Liuzheng.
If he hadn't asked Eleven to lead the Jinyiwei away from the duty room, how could this woman have sneaked the letter in so easily?
He glanced at Chu Liuzheng calmly, then read the letters one by one, his face growing darker the more he read.
The characters are big and weird, crooked and even worse than dog's crawl, and there are many typos. It's too hard to recognize. Can't you just write properly?
Chu Liuzheng, who was standing by, also saw her masterpiece, and she did her best to prevent her handwriting from being recognized.
If she were to read it again by herself without checking the system, she might not recognize everything she wrote.
However, the mistakes she deliberately made were insignificant and would not cause any misunderstanding.
Besides, she has confidence in Xiao Jingfan.
[The tyrant has eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, even if you can't understand it, you can still figure it out! ]
Xiao Jingfan: "..."
Thank you!
"I copied a copy last night." Seeing that the emperor had just started reading, Xie Hui hurriedly took out a roll of paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Eunuch Zhou.
Xiao Jingfan took the copied copy and immediately found it much more pleasing to the eye.
This is what we call words!
He read through it quickly, put the copied paper aside, and continued to look at Chu Liuzheng's original copy in a self-torturing manner.
He was worried that Xie Hui might have made mistakes in his copying, so he felt more at ease after reading the originals in person.
After he had read it for a while, Xie Hui said, "The contents of the letter are truly shocking. I dare not act on my own initiative, so I have come to ask Your Majesty for your instructions."
Xiao Jingfan put down a thick stack of letter paper and ordered in a cold voice: "Zhou Yuande and Chu Liuzheng stay, everyone else go out."
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