Zhao Xin took Su Qingyu to the edge of the couch, held her in his arms, and let her sit on his lap.
"Yu'er, you came to see me, but what's the matter?"
In broad daylight, the emperor behaved so intimately that even though they were the only two in the palace, Su Qingyu's pretty face still blushed and she felt shy.
As if to conceal her feelings, she placed the food box on the low table in the middle of the couch and said, "I personally cooked some nourishing soup for the emperor."
Today is the first day that the emperor attends court. Although she does not understand the affairs of the court, she knows that the powerful ministers in the court have absolute power.
The emperor does not have a good relationship with the Cui family, and I don’t know what will happen in court today.
She was a little worried about the emperor, afraid that he was tired from handling government affairs, so she made a nourishing soup and came to see him.
As she spoke, she opened the food box and brought out a bowl of tea-colored nourishing soup.
"Your Majesty, you are very tired from handling state affairs. Have a bowl of soup and rest for a while."
Her bright watery eyes were filled with unconcealable concern and tenderness, which made Zhao Xin feel warm in his heart.
At the same time, he felt hungry and remembered that he had not had lunch yet.
Zhao Xin drank the tonic soup and said with a smile, "Yu'er, you're so thoughtful. I haven't had lunch yet. Yu'er, please stay with me."
It's already this late, and Your Majesty hasn't had his meal yet.
Su Qingyu felt even more distressed. The emperor was probably too busy dealing with government affairs to have time to eat.
She came here after lunch, but Su Qingyu was very happy to be able to have lunch with the emperor.
After lunch, I felt full and warm and thought about sex.
Looking at the queen, who was so beautiful and charming in her eyes and eyebrows, Zhao Xin felt eager to make a move.
However, Cui Cen's matter had not completely relieved his worries, so he did not do much and let Su Qingyu return to the palace.
There is still a long way to go in the future when it comes to romance, and the primary goal now is to get rid of Cui Cen, this thorn!
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The capital city is bleak and cold in late autumn.
After an autumn rain, the cold wind was almost biting.
Outside the Kou Mansion, a haggard-looking woman came.
The woman looked anxious and frightened, banging on the heavy red door.
The gatekeeper inside quickly opened the door and asked, "Who are you?"
The woman knelt down, tears streaming down her face, and said, "I would like to see Lord Kou. Big brother, please be kind...
Let me meet Lord Kou!"
The gatekeeper asked, "What do you want to see my master for? He's not in a position to see guests right now. Why don't you come back another day?"
The master was just released from the imperial prison two days ago. He was injured and needs to recuperate. He is weak and I am afraid it is inconvenient for him to see outsiders.
Kou Huairen was a well-known honest official in the capital.
He was in charge of judicial affairs and held a high official rank. Logically speaking, if the people had any grievances, they were not qualified to go directly to the Supreme Court to seek justice.
But nowadays, officials in the officialdom are all protecting each other and colluding with each other. The common people have no way to file a complaint when they are wronged, and instead they end up destroying their own families.
Kou Huairen never showed favoritism in handling cases, and his reputation gradually grew. As a result, the people who had been wronged were forced to go to Kou's house to seek justice.
Whenever Kou Huairen encountered this, he would take it extremely seriously.
Make every effort to uncover wrongful convictions and bring the guilty to justice.
As it happened more and more times, it spread among the people.
Everyone praises Lord Kou as the most upright judge in the world.
But because of this, Kou Huairen offended too many people.
The tainted court officials regarded him as a thorn in their side, and Cui Cen also regarded him as an obstacle.
So, they joined forces with Wang Jin to frame him and put him in the imperial prison.
When the news of Kou Huairen's arrest and imprisonment spread, many people were outraged and spontaneously gathered at Kou's mansion to appeal for justice for Kou Huairen.
However, the situation was finally calmed down after Cui Cen sent people to suppress it in a bloody manner.
Now that Kou Huairen has been acquitted and released from prison, few people know about it.
If the woman had not been advised by the Inspector of the Imperial Capital, Ma Youjiang, she would not have thought of coming to Kou's house for help.
The woman hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and begged, "Please, big brother! I can only ask Lord Kou to save me now..."
I have heard that Lord Kou is an honest and upright official in the capital.
My husband has been wrongfully imprisoned. I hope Lord Kou can save him..."
Upon hearing this, the servant went to find the housekeeper, and the housekeeper brought the woman to Kou Huairen.
The room was filled with the aroma of medicine.
Kou Huairen was lying on the bed, his face pale but his eyes bright and lively.
He asked the housekeeper to help the woman, who was kneeling on the ground in tears, to her feet and asked:
"Who are you? What's your grievance?"
When the woman saw Kou Huairen lying on the bed, seriously injured and weak, she couldn't help but hesitate.
Lord Kou is so injured now, can he help her?
She heard that Lord Kou was imprisoned because he had offended Prime Minister Cui's people.
Now... her husband has also offended Prime Minister Cui's party. If she comes to ask Lord Kou for help, won't she implicate him again?
Seeing the woman hesitate and lose her concentration, the housekeeper comforted her:
"My lady, if you have any grievances, please tell our masters.
The Lord will definitely help you."
The woman's eyes reddened and tears welled up as she said, "Sir Kou, my surname is Zhou, and I am the wife of the Northern Commander of Kyoto.
Regarding this matter... I know it's not appropriate to ask Lord Kou for help...
But in the capital, I really don’t know who to turn to for help…”
"Just tell me, I will definitely help you."
Kou Huairen's firm tone made the woman feel a little relieved, and she told him the whole story.
This Zhou's husband is Liang Xiping, the Northern Commander of Kyoto. He is now unjustly imprisoned and will be executed soon.
It was just because Liang Xiping punished a man named Liu Yishan.
This man was a notorious bully in the capital. He was lustful and dissolute, and had raped countless decent women.
A few days ago, he met a beautiful young businessman's daughter on the street and had evil thoughts about her.
Liu Yishan immediately used his usual method to kidnap him.
The woman's father is related to Liang Xiping and is actually his distant cousin.
After his daughter went missing, the businessman asked the Liang family for help in finding her.
After investigation, Liang Xiping found out that the man was taken away by Liu Yishan and found a house.
He discovered that many innocent girls whom he had forcibly taken away were imprisoned in this place, as well as the girls who had been reported missing to the authorities in recent years.
Liang Xiping found his cousin's body in a dry well in the backyard of the house, and there were also several skeletons in the well.
They were all brutally tortured to death by Liu Yishan. Liang Xiping was filled with indignation when he found out.
After collecting evidence, they took people to raid the house and arrested Liu Yishan and put him in prison.
After this incident spread, the people in Beijing were shocked, especially those whose daughters were missing. They were furious when they learned that they were killed by Liu Yishan.
In fact, many ordinary people knew that their daughters were harmed by Liu Yishan, but nothing happened for so long because they had no one to turn to for help.
Now that Liu Yishan is imprisoned, it is a great relief to the people.
But the good news did not last long. Within two days, Liu Yishan was acquitted!
Instead, Liang Xiping was accused of killing several women and was arrested and imprisoned.
The verdict will come soon and the execution will take place soon!
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