Chapter 248: The harem

interferes in government affairs The corrupt prefect of Qinzhou County was from Prime Minister Song’s residence. Because of this incident, the entire Song family fell from power. If the current

governor of Qinzhou runs into trouble again, I’m afraid the Pei family will not be able to escape.

They are still shirking responsibility even now.

Emperor Xuanwu was furious and walked over and kicked the two men down with one foot: "This kind of corrupt officials appeared under your rule, causing the people of Guiyang to live in misery. You told me that you had no idea. Do you think I am a fool, or do you think all the victims here are fools?"

Seeing this, Pei Zhongshu immediately distanced himself from the matter: "Your Majesty, this governor of Qinzhou was originally a disciple of the Song family. He was also involved in the corruption case of the prefect of Qinzhou. Now that the rule is not strict, and this kind of problem has occurred again, he should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others."

"Then according to Lord Pei, how should it be severely punished?"

Emperor Xuanwu reacted too quickly.

Pei Zhongshu wanted the emperor to be regarded as a tyrant, but the emperor asked back and kicked the problem back to him.

Since you proposed the severe punishment, then tell me how severe the punishment should be.

"This..."

Pei Zhongshu was in a dilemma.

If the punishment was too light, it would be difficult to appease the public anger. If the punishment was too heavy, it would chill the hearts of the court officials who followed the Pei family. What he did was wrong anyway.

"It would be better to dismiss the Guiyang County magistrate, confiscate his property, throw him into prison, and execute him in the autumn."

"The governor of Qinzhou is negligent in his administration and should be demoted. We should investigate him thoroughly."

Someone stood up to rescue Pei Zhongshu: "Sir Zhongshu, you care about the country and the people. You can recommend a more suitable person to serve as the governor of Guiyang and the governor of Qinzhou."

"Puff!"

An untimely sneer was heard, and everyone's eyes turned to Jiang Xinyue: "What are you laughing at, the Imperial Concubine?"

It was the official who flattered Pei Zhongshu: "Do you think it's funny that so many people died? The Imperial Concubine is too vicious."

"How dare you!"

Jiang Yankun did not have the qualifications to accompany them in previous years, but this year, as a second-rank official, he was also among them.

When he heard someone attacking his daughter, he immediately shouted, "How dare you use your most vicious mind to guess the Royal Concubine's mind, what crime should you be punished for?"

She just laughed, maybe she saw something funny?

He controls everything, including people's shit and farts!

Who does he think he is?

The official blushed: "Your Majesty, it is an indisputable fact that the magistrate of Guiyang County took human lives lightly, and no matter how severe the punishment is, it is not excessive. But the Royal Concubine actually laughed in this situation, which shows that she did not take the lives of the people seriously. As the Royal Concubine, she should be of the same

mind as Your Majesty and will..." "But what I am laughing at is that you are worrying about what the Emperor should worry about in order to flatter the Secretary of State!"

"You!"

The official was exposed and immediately became angry and embarrassed: "You are a concubine in the harem, what do you have to do with this? The harem is interfering in government affairs, but..."

"Bang!"

Before he finished speaking, the emperor kicked him with the third flying kick, which made him roll backwards and even his official hat fell to the ground.

It looked ridiculous.

"What do you mean by interfering in government affairs? I don't understand."

Jiang Xinyue walked to the side of Emperor Xuanwu, took his hand, shook her head at him, and then looked at the official who was confused by the fall, and said contemptuously to him: "The promotion and transfer orders of court officials should be decided by the emperor. Why do you want to take over the job? Are you going to arrange for the emperor to listen to you? The Song family and the Pei family used to be in a marriage relationship. One or two of the recommended people have problems, and you turned a blind eye and let the Secretary of State recommend them. A flatterer like you is not suitable to stay in your current position. Who on earth doesn't take human life seriously? Who on earth is lying here with his eyes open, even targeting me just to please his superiors? "

Pei Wu of the Pei family was sent into the palace by Secretary of State Pei to be favored. The whole Yan Dynasty knew about this.

Everyone thought that when Pei Wu entered the palace, she would at least get some favor from Consort Bo.

What happened?

As a result, the emperor did not like the eldest daughter of the Pei family, who was the most beautiful woman in the capital. Pei Wu was only accompanying the queen mother in the palace. The news that she was sleeping with the queen mother was also false. Instead, the prince of Ruyang privately begged the emperor to give Pei Wu to him as the prince's consort.

However, this was done without the knowledge of the princess of Ruyang, so the emperor was just a shield. The ones who really met in the harem were Pei Wu and the prince of Ruyang, Yin Minghuai.

Not long after the "queen mother" was sent to the temporary palace, Pei Wu was married to the prince of Ruyang as the princess.

Now the princess of Ruyang had no choice but to agree, and she could not disobey the order.

The official targeted Jiang Xinyue everywhere, just to curry favor with Pei Zhongshu, but he forgot that Jiang Xinyue's father, Jiang Yankun, was not someone who could be easily provoked.

What's more, the emperor is still here!

How could he tolerate an official whose name he couldn't even pronounce to frame Jiang Xinyue like this?

Jiang Yankun didn't want her to get too involved in this matter. As the Minister of Justice, he still had the right to speak. He took a few steps forward to block his daughter behind him: "Your Majesty, Zhang Jia, the magistrate of Guiyang County, was corrupt and perverted the law, disregarded human lives, and disrupted the government. I propose to execute him on the spot to shock the officials and give the people an explanation."

"No, no... uh..."

Zhang Jia wanted to ask Pei Zhongshu for help, but the emperor gave him a look, and the guard in front of him drew out the cold long sword and gave him a chill.

"Ah!"

The timid screamed and covered his eyes. The governor of

Zhenzhou who was kneeling beside Zhang Jia was so scared that he almost peed his pants. When the guard pulled out his long sword, it sprayed his face with warm blood. The

man who said that Jiang Xinyue was interfering in government affairs in the harem was kicked to the ground by the emperor and became a quiet mouse, not daring to make a sound.

These people are like this. They will only learn their lesson after seeing some blood.

"Good!"

The group of people brought by Wang Dequan cheered loudly: "Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"

Qin Ruofang, the eldest daughter of the Qin family who had rushed out to cry out for justice at the beginning, knelt down again before the emperor: "My parents are dead, and my sister... I am the only one left in the family. I am willing to sell all my family property and donate it to the court. I beg Your Majesty and Your Majesty to allow me to enter the palace. My family has been making custom jewelry for generations, and I have inherited my craft from my father. I want to fulfill my father's last wish and carry forward the Qin family's craft."

Wang Dequan leaned closer to explain: "When I went to the Qin family just now, several members of the Qin family's side branches forced Miss Qin to hand over the Qin family's property and wanted to divide up the Qin family!"

She is a weak woman, and her husband is innocent, but she is guilty of possessing the jade. Those members of the side branches are planning to wipe out her family.

Even if she didn't donate to the court, she couldn't win the fight because the other side had more people and more power.

It would be better to use the Wanguan family's wealth to exchange for a place to settle down, so that she could be favored by the nobles in the palace in the future and promote the reputation created by the Qin family.

When she leaves the palace again, she will have someone to rely on, and these clansmen will not dare to touch her.