Men and women working together make work less tiring.
With Bei Lingyao as his helper, Jiahedi's work efficiency has been greatly improved.
He even had the urge to ask Bei Lingyao to imitate his handwriting and review memorials for him.
Emperor Jiahe secretly despised himself and suppressed the urge to be lazy.
At night, Bei Lingyao stayed in Yongshou Palace.
The two thought about having separate rooms and beds, but Emperor Jiahe wanted to make it easier for him to understand Bei Lingyao and for Bei Lingyao to understand him, so as not to be exposed at least until the two of them switched back.
So the two of them slept in the same bed, separated by a quilt, just like the 38th parallel or the Chu-Han River boundary.
"Tomorrow morning, if you don't understand, have them write a detailed memorial and submit it to me, and I will make the final decision.
Don't panic. You are the emperor and they are his subjects. Just like when you faced the palace maids in Yongshou Palace, you must remain calm, confident and composed. Don't let your subjects lead you by the nose."
Emperor Jiahe talked to Bei Lingyao in detail about the details of the morning court session and the ministers' analysis.
Bei Lingyao listened carefully. She was not really worried about going to court.
However, she was very interested in the fact that Emperor Jiahe would pay his respects to the Queen's Palace early tomorrow morning.
The two of them lay in bed chatting and whispering, as if they had endless topics to talk about.
The night passed quickly, Bei Lingyao was still energetic, but Jia Hedi, who stayed up late, was not in such a good state of mind.
After Bei Lingyao went to the morning court, Emperor Jiahe also got up as usual. Now he didn't have to go to the court, and he felt a little anxious about Bei Lingyao's morning court.
"This body is too bad."
Emperor Jiahe locked himself in the room to exercise, sweating all over, and then asked someone to prepare water for bathing.
In the court, Bei Lingyao sat steadily on the dragon throne, looking down at the ministers.
Zhang De said loudly: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"
"I have something to report."
A minister stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the Earl of Yong'an for allowing his concubine to exchange a concubine for a legitimate wife, and then silencing the concubine after the incident.
Second, we must impeach the Earl of Yong'an for allowing his son to divorce his wife and embezzling his daughter-in-law's dowry."
Bei Lingyao's eyes lit up. Could this be arranged by Emperor Jiahe? Otherwise, why would it suit her so well?
Bei Lingyao had originally wanted to find an opportunity to clean up the Yong'an Marquis's Mansion, and now that the opportunity was delivered to her doorstep, how could she miss it?
Her eyes fell on Earl Yong'an.
Yong'an Earl was startled and immediately stood up, bowing and retorting: "Your Majesty, I accuse Censor He of slandering my reputation. I was not aware of the concubine's exchange of children. As for the embezzlement of my daughter-in-law's dowry, that was Zi Wuxu's fault."
"How could you not know? A lowly concubine gave birth to a bastard's son, yet she had the ability to replace the legitimate son of the wife of the first wife. If it weren't for your indulgence as Earl Yong'an, how could a lowly concubine have such ability?
Even though he is the son of a lowly concubine, why is he still considered the legitimate son even though his identity is known? What qualifications does he have to apply for the position of Crown Prince?"
Censor He was very aggressive and did not give the Earl of Yong'an a chance to refute. He continued to type:
"You said you didn't embezzle your daughter-in-law's dowry. Then why was my son driven out of the Yong'an Marquis's mansion alone when he divorced his wife? When Concubine Bei married into the Yong'an Marquis's mansion, she had 124 loads of dowry."
"Lord Yong'an, is this true?"
Bei Lingyao said seriously.
"It's unfair, Your Majesty. This is just Censor He's one-sided statement."
Earl Yong'an was sweating profusely. He really didn't know about this.
When his third son wanted to divorce his wife, he agreed.
After all, it took him seven years to completely embezzle the property of the Bei family in Wanyun City, Jiangnan.
This daughter-in-law has been childless for seven years, so naturally she is of no value.
What's more, he is just a businessman who has relied on the Yong'an Earl's Mansion for these years. Even if he becomes an abandoned child, he cannot escape from the Yong'an Earl's control.
But he really didn't know about the dowry, it was really unfair.
Yesterday, when he learned that Bei had entered the palace and been appointed as a concubine, and Bei Chengye had been appointed as the Earl of Chunyi, the Earl of Yong'an secretly thought that this was not good, and immediately sent his confidants to hurry and stop the plot before the imperial edict arrived.
I just hope it’s not too late.
The Earl of Yong'an looked at the Minister of the Dali Temple, Yang Chengye, for help.
At this time, Yang Chengye's face looked very unhappy. He had never paid attention to a merchant before, and he didn't expect that he had the same name as him. This made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Yang Chengye
Bei Chengye
Ye Tongye.
Cheng-Cheng has the same pronunciation.
Of course, what made Yang Chengye most unhappy was the news from the palace that his daughter was confined to Yongshou Palace yesterday.
As the empress dowager's eldest brother, Yang Chengye felt that the empress dowager and the emperor were somewhat inconsiderate of their relationship.
For the sake of a merchant's daughter, an abandoned woman at that, he actually offended Concubine Shu and the Yang family.
At this time, seeing Yong'an Earl asking for help, Yang Chengye immediately excused Yong'an Earl.
"Ignorance is not a crime. Earl Yong'an has made great contributions to the Great Xia Kingdom. It is understandable that he is negligent in matters concerning the harem."
Censor He sneered, "The Earl of Yong'an has only been on the battlefield once, disobeyed orders, and nearly made a fatal mistake. In that battle, the [early Earl of Yong'an] saved the day but died on the battlefield. Afterwards, the Earl of Yong'an inherited my father's title and never went on the battlefield again. How can he claim any significant achievements?"
Censor He was contemptuous in his heart, for he admired the late Earl of Yong'an for his bravery in killing the enemy and his iron will.
But he despised the prodigal son Yong'an Bo, who relied on his ancestors' influence, was not good at either literature or martial arts, was an incompetent official, indulged in sensual pleasures, and had no idea how to manage his household.
The Earl of Yong'an was so angry that he was shaking all over. He never expected that the matter that had happened many years ago would be revealed by Censor He.
What kind of hatred did he have with Censor He that made him keep biting him like a mad dog?
Bei Lingyao said: "The Yong'an Marquis's family is incompetent in managing the household, so he was stripped of his position as the Minister of War and asked to return home to reflect on his mistakes.
As for the matter of embezzling the dowry, Zhang De, you go and investigate. If it is true, I will not forgive you lightly."
"Censor He, I remember you and Yu Hongzhi have a history?"
"Yes, yes, it happened before." Censor He broke out in a cold sweat, not understanding what the emperor meant by mentioning Yu Hongzhi?
Yu Hongzhi was once a fourth-rank general and had made great achievements on the battlefield, but he had a bad temper. During the reign of the previous emperor, he beat a civil servant in the court and was dismissed and sent back to his hometown.
"Convey my decree and summon Yu Hongzhi back to the capital to assume the position of Assistant Minister of War."
Censor He was delighted, but he didn't expect the situation to take such a dramatic turn.
He used to be a recorder at the border, recording things happening at the border and on the battlefield.
Fortunately, General Yu Hongzhi saved my life, otherwise I would not be alive today.
It’s just that Yu Hongzhi had a bad temper and a straightforward personality, and he offended many people. So even though he had made great military achievements, he was rewarded and punished, promoted and demoted.
I don’t know if Yu Hongzhi’s temper has improved after so many years.
Bei Lingyao was also upset because Emperor Jiahe had mentioned Yu Hongzhi to her last night.
Emperor Jiahe obviously wanted to use it.
He just happened to take away the position of Assistant Minister of War from the Earl of Yong'an and gave it to Yu Hongzhi.
The other ministers secretly sighed that they were a step too late and lost the opportunity to become the Minister of War.
Now no one paid attention to the distraught, frightened Earl Yong'an.
What followed was another round of wrangling among the ministers.
Other ministries asked for money, and the Ministry of Revenue cried poor. The entire court was in chaos, like a vegetable market.
…
"Dismissal of the Court"
Bei Lingyao had been sitting there for two hours, listening to a bunch of nonsense, and was already getting impatient. She found an opportunity to end the meeting and leave.
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