Chapter 781 Lost his official position
Madam Ji said, "You are really going too far."
As she said this, she was about to kneel down before the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
Xiao Xuanli hurriedly said, "No need to be so polite."
The palace maid next to her immediately stepped forward to support Madam Ji.
Madam Ji also took advantage of the situation and did not continue to kneel. She said with tears in her voice, "Grand Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, my granddaughter and her family have been bullied for half their lives. Now that they have finally had a few days of good life, someone dislikes them and wants to destroy them. I beg you to stand up for them and give them justice."
The Grand Empress Dowager consoled him, "Don't worry. Today is such an important day, and everyone would be extremely cautious. However, some people, out of selfish desires, want to exploit this day, use me and the Emperor, to frame others and ruin their reputations. Neither I nor the Emperor will allow such a thing to happen."
Old Madam Ji felt relieved.
Xiao Xuanli said solemnly, "Come here, drag Gou away and put her in jail. The Minister of Works is not a good steward of his household, and his family members have repeatedly committed mistakes. He is no longer worthy of the position of Minister of Works. From today on, he will be demoted to a commoner."
Sheng Pengchi was shocked. He became a commoner and lost his official position?
how so?
Sheng Pengchi said anxiously, "Your Majesty, please be merciful. I have done my best during my time in office. Even if I have no merits to the court, I have worked hard. Please revoke your order."
Xiao Xuanli said sternly, "Dedicated? Hard work? Yes, your time in office was indeed very difficult. You were busy giving and taking bribes, forming cliques, and killing people to silence them. Don't think I don't know what you did. I didn't tell you what you did just now because I wanted to give you and the Song family some face. Since you don't want it, then go to jail with your wife."
Sheng Pengchi was stunned. In other words, he was dismissed today not because of Gou Yingya, but because his other affairs had been exposed?
Zi Tan said, "Given what you did before, beheading is not too much."
Sheng Pengchi's face turned pale, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted instantly.
Gou Yingya suddenly became anxious, knowing that Sheng Shuwan was the only one who could plead for mercy, so she quickly looked at her and said, "Awan, I know I treated you badly in the past, but the Sheng family is your mother's family after all, and your biological father's family. You can't just ignore your father, so please plead for mercy."
Humph, you have to beg for it today.
You have to ask even if you don't ask.
There are so many people here. If you don't beg for mercy, I wonder what good reputation you will have in the future.
If you don't even help your own father, I wonder who will dare to contact you in the future.
Sheng Shuwan looked at the fallen Sheng Pengchi with a complicated expression.
Just as she was about to speak, Madam Ji spoke first, "Don't think I don't know. You're just going to force Awan. But just now you wanted to ruin Awan's husband's reputation. Now that it's exposed, you want others to plead for you. You've taken advantage of both the good and the bad. There's no such good thing in the world!"
The other ladies also despised Gou Yingya's behavior.
"I didn't expect her to be so shameless. She wants to hurt others and ask for help."
"Not only is he thick-skinned, but he seems to have a problem with his brain. He's talking nonsense."
"Maybe she's really been traumatized now. Her son is gone, and her husband's future is ruined. If I were her, I certainly wouldn't be able to handle it."
"She deserves it. She treated her stepdaughter badly and even seized her stepdaughter's biological mother's property. I heard she even made her stepdaughter's daughter serve her granddaughter who has no blood relationship with the Sheng family. If I were a member of the Song family, I would wish their whole family would die."
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