Chapter 587 Slap Him in the Face
In the end, all three were eliminated, and Motu won the bet!
Because everyone thought that no matter how powerful the queen was, she would not dare to be too tough when it came to letting the emperor take a concubine. Who knew that she was really tough enough!
But doing so would also damage the interests of many aristocratic families. If their daughters could not enter the palace to compete for favor, wouldn't the Prime Minister's Mansion be the only one in power in the future?
Many aristocratic families jointly wrote a letter accusing Su Ying of being jealous and asking the emperor to choose a new concubine.
At the morning court, Xiao Jin asked Zhang Shuming to bring up all the memorials accusing Su Ying. "Which minister wrote these memorials? Take them back."
The ministers looked at the pile of memorials and did not step forward.
Xiao Jin was not annoyed. He just picked up a memorial and opened it. There was a lot of impassioned speech on it. He first quoted from classics, and then went on to talk about how Su Ying went against the ancestral teachings and how she shouldn't be so jealous. This was not what a wife should do. If it was like this, let the emperor depose the queen!
Deposed Queen!
It’s a pity that these old guys dare to write this.
"Doctor of the Ministry of Justice, I remember that day when your daughter came to take part in the last test, when danger came, not only did she not think of rushing towards me, she even screamed and lost her composure in front of the palace. I still remember her terrified look!"
The doctor of the Ministry of Justice originally thought that his daughter had hope, but in the end his hopes were dashed. He was very dissatisfied and wrote a memorial to follow suit.
Now that the emperor had pointed out the matter in front of all the officials, he really wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
"Your Majesty, I am still young and have been living in seclusion since I was young. This is the first time I have encountered such a thing and I really can't react. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Xiao Jin sneered, "You mean, the assassins who want to kill me have to wait until your daughter is trained before coming, right?"
"That is not what I meant. Your Majesty, please forgive me."
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, women should be in the harem to take care of their husbands and children. The Queen is not only interfering in politics, but also jealous. This is really against the ancestral teachings. If this continues, I don't know what the Queen will do to harm the country of Chu. Please reconsider the matter of selecting a concubine."
"The national treasury is so empty. As the Minister of Revenue, you don't think about how to fill it up. How can you have the time to care about such trivial matters in my harem?" Xiao Jin suddenly stood up, picked up the memorial and threw it in the Minister of Revenue's face.
With a "pop", the Minister of Revenue's face hurt so much that he wanted to cry!
"Your Majesty, calm down."
Before the Minister of Revenue could even stop wailing, another memorial was slapped on the face of the Censor-General. "Corrupt officials, raping and plundering, committing all kinds of evil, I have seen them all, but you, the Censor-General, can't. If your eyes are useless, I will have them dug out for you!"
The Censorate trembled with fear and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
"As officials appointed by the imperial court, your contributions to the State of Chu are not as good as those of the Queen, yet you dare to point fingers at the Queen in the palace because of such a small matter! I will investigate all the memorials submitted to me, and thoroughly investigate the three generations of your ancestors and grandchildren. If I find out that you have failed to fulfill your responsibilities or committed any crimes, I will make you pay!"
The emperor was furious, and all the civil and military officials were silent.
If anyone has climbed to his current position without being involved in something behind the scenes, and the emperor is really determined to investigate, they won't have an easy time!
This also made them fully aware that the Queen was absolutely the Emperor's weak spot and no one could touch her!
Forget it, forget it. Why bother about whether their daughter can enter the palace? If the emperor loves the queen alone, then let him dote on her. They shouldn't have such unrealistic ideas as letting their daughter persuade the emperor. Now they are also in trouble!
The cases triggered by the emperor's taking concubines shocked the entire court. Everyone was in danger. Who had the time to care whether it would be reasonable for the emperor to have more talents in his harem?
Su Ying was so happy that she was counting the silver bills she won while eating melons in Fengluan Palace.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. The face of the censor is still swollen. It shows how much force the emperor used when he threw that memorial."
Su Ying threw the melon seed shells on the table and said, "As long as I, Su Ying, live in the harem, there can only be one owner here." She didn't have the hobby of sharing her things with others.
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Chu Min was the leader who instigated the emperor to turn the tables. After his colleagues around him were investigated one by one, he became annoyed and irritated.
"Come, Lord Chu, have a drink. This wine is a fine wine that is several decades old. I had to persuade the shopkeeper for a long time before he sold it to me." King Jiangning raised the wine glass to Chu Min. His face was flushed and he was a little drunk.
Chu Min came back to his senses and picked up the wine glass to deal with it, "I was wondering why this wine is so fragrant, it turns out it is decades old."
King Jiangning raised his head and drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, "Mmm, good wine."
Chu Min picked up the wine jug and filled it for Prince Jiangning. Ever since his eldest son was executed, those people in the capital who used to curry favor with him no longer dared to have too much contact with him. Although the emperor did not do anything to Prince Jiangning, others were afraid of getting into trouble and carefully avoided him, making it impossible for Prince Jiangning to find anyone to drink with.
Chu Min put down the wine pot and asked casually, "Your Majesty, what happened with Shihang?"
King Jiangning was already a little tipsy after drinking half a pot of wine. "What happened? That bastard actually wanted to rebel, and the emperor found out and beheaded him. If the emperor hadn't been concerned about me, would I still be able to drink such good wine now?"
Chu Min was shocked, but he didn't show it on his face. "So that's how it is. It's really a misfortune for our family. Come, Your Majesty, have a drink."
"Drink, drink."
"Then Your Majesty, have you ever thought about returning to your own fiefdom?"
King Jiangning's second son was sent to his fiefdom shortly after he was born and has never left in all these years.
King Jiangning shook his head upon hearing this. "What am I going back for? I have everything I need in the capital. Why would I go back to that remote corner?"
Chu Min did not continue the topic. After King Jiangning became drunk and unconscious, Chu Min had him carried back.
As soon as I returned to the Duke Jingguo's Mansion, the butler came to greet me.
"The elder master is back. The master has been waiting for you in the study. He told you to come over as soon as you come back."
Chu Min nodded slightly and followed the butler to Duke Jingguo's study.
"Master, please go in."
The lights in the study were on, but Chu Min felt that Duke Jingguo's face was particularly gloomy.
"Father."
Duke Jingguo slowly raised his head from the desk, his cloudy eyes full of harsh criticism. He threw the memorial on the desk in front of Chu Min and said sternly, "Did you write this memorial?"
Chu Min glanced at the letter on the ground and knew without opening it that it was written by him.
"yes."
"You bastard!"
(End of this chapter)
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