Chapter 752: Furious
Since ancient times, there have always been intricate connections between the former dynasty and the harem.
Such a big thing happened in the harem, and the former court received the news quickly.
Knowing that the Imperial Concubine was in charge of the Phoenix Seal, a huge uproar ensued, and court officials submitted memorials one after another asking the Emperor to reconsider his decision.
As a result, all the memorials fell on deaf ears and received no response.
Some stubborn and fearless civil officials simply took the opportunity of the morning court to bring up the matter to the emperor in person, begging him on their knees to revoke his decision and not let outsiders take charge of the phoenix seal.
Luo Qinghan actually knew very well in his heart that these people said nice things just to protect the Great Sheng Kingdom from being interfered by foreign races.
However, in fact, they were just afraid that the position of queen would be taken by someone else.
Nowadays, many officials in the court have girls of marriageable age at home. They themselves know best what they are thinking.
Luo Qinghan sat in the main seat with an expressionless face, watching these people talking with saliva flying, and spoke after a long time.
"Now I have handed the Phoenix Seal to the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine has done nothing wrong, but you want me to take the Phoenix Seal back. What do you mean by this? Do you think what I said is a joke and can be invalidated at will?"
Everyone hurriedly said, "We dare not!"
Luo Qinghan sneered: "Don't dare? What else are you afraid of? You even dare to interfere in my family affairs. If this trend continues, I'm afraid you will even be able to make decisions about my kingdom in the future!"
Everyone's face changed drastically and they knelt down in panic.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. We have absolutely no such intention!"
"We are also concerned about the prosperity of our country, and we have no intention of disrespect."
Luo Qinghan glanced at them coldly: "You are all carefully selected talents, all of you are well-read, and any one of you can speak eloquently, but you ignore so many family and national affairs, like a group of gossipy women, staring at the private affairs of the harem all day long, and even ganging up to bully a woman. Don't you feel ashamed? I feel ashamed for you!"
Everyone was scolded so hard that their faces turned red and they dared not say a word.
Luo Qinghan asked Eunuch Chang to bring all the memorials impeaching the imperial concubine.
A big box full.
Luo Qinghan pointed at the box full of memorials and said coldly.
"You have impeached the Imperial Concubine for being overbearing in the harem and maliciously suppressing other concubines. Then tell me, who did the Imperial Concubine suppress specifically?"
A minister hesitated before speaking out: "I heard that the Imperial Concubine framed Lu, causing her to be demoted from a concubine to a concubine, and was banished to the cold palace. Also, Mr. Shao was framed by the Imperial Concubine and forced to confess under torture."
Luo Qinghan had known that they would mention Lady Lu and Shao Liangren, so he immediately had the confessions of these two people brought out and read out word for word, and also ordered people to present relevant evidence.
Looking at the solid evidence and the clear confession, everyone present was speechless.
Luo Qinghan asked again: "You also impeached the imperial concubine for deceiving the king and causing chaos beyond the scope of the government. This is even more ridiculous. I discuss government affairs with the ministers of the cabinet every day, and I have never slacked off in the grand court meetings on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month. I have never made any mistakes in the official business. May I ask what kind of chaos beyond the scope of the government you are talking about?"
Everyone was sweating and couldn't answer.
Luo Qinghan did not expect them to give a satisfactory answer, so he immediately had someone light a fire and in front of all the court officials, burned all the memorials impeaching the imperial concubine.
"I'm going to make this clear today. As long as I'm the emperor, don't even think about touching a hair on my head!"
"From now on, if there are any memorials impeaching the imperial concubine, you don't need to present them to me. Just burn them directly."
"If anyone still wants to use the tactic of threatening death as a warning, I advise you to save your energy. Even if you really die in the court, your reputation will not be improved. At that time, I will let the historian record it in the history books, so that future generations will see your faces comparable to those of shrews!"
After saying this, he didn't care about the shocked or horrified reactions of the court officials. He stood up abruptly, flicked his sleeves, and walked out of the council hall without looking back.
It was not until his back was about to disappear at the door that the court officials reacted and hurriedly saw the emperor off.
Today the emperor was furious in the court, which really scared a lot of people.
At first they thought that the emperor had just ascended the throne and was young and fresh-faced. As long as they joined forces to impeach the imperial concubine, even if the emperor was unhappy in his heart, he would not say much on the surface. After all, the law does not hold everyone responsible.
Unexpectedly, the emperor ordered all those memorials to be burned.
Inside Prince Jing's mansion, the staff knelt on the cushions, shaking their heads and sighing.
"Burning memorials in public, this is totally unheard of!"
Jing Wang Luo Yanzhi put down his teacup, a smile flashing in his peach blossom eyes: "This shows that the emperor is really being pushed into a corner. It seems that our emperor is still a lovesick person."
The aides also laughed: "It is true that he is infatuated, but as an emperor, being too obsessed with love will easily lead to criticism, which is not a good thing."
Luo Yanzhi actually didn't quite understand. Logically speaking, a concubine who could be so infatuated with the emperor should be a stunningly beautiful woman who could overwhelm the whole country.
But the last time he saw the imperial concubine from afar, he only thought that the woman was pretty, but definitely not stunningly beautiful.
I really don’t know what the emperor likes about her?
Is it true, as the rumors say, that the imperial concubine looks similar to the late Concubine Xiao?
If this were true, then the affection displayed by the emperor would be ridiculous.
Luo Yanzhi said calmly: "It's almost the end of the year, the weather is getting colder, and the treasures prepared by various places will soon arrive in Shengjing, right?"
Aide: “It’s almost here.”
Luo Yanzhi smiled meaningfully: "With so many treasures, the emperor should be very happy."
…
In the palace.
Early this morning, Concubine Li and Concubine Min went to the Misty Rain Palace with the account books, found Concubine Lao who was still recuperating from her injuries, and began to check the accounts one by one.
In the end, there were indeed fourteen accounts that didn't match.
The face of Concubine Lao was already pale, and when she looked at the problematic accounts, her expression became even uglier.
She knew that the people under her liked to take advantage of small things, so generally speaking, as long as they didn't take much, she would just turn a blind eye. After all, since they were doing things for her, they had to get some benefits in return.
But the total amount of the dozen or so accounts that had problems this time was nearly a thousand taels.
This is just one quarter's accounts.
It is conceivable how treacherous the hands of those people below are and how much they embezzle.
The tuberculosis concubine felt her throat was dry again.
She took two sips of tea, and when she felt her throat was better, she spoke with difficulty.
"Whether you believe it or not, I really didn't take the money."
Nearly a thousand taels of silver is a lot, but it is nothing to the Bai family. If she is short of money, she can just ask someone to pass a message to her parents' home. There is really no need to take the risk of greedily taking this little money.
(End of this chapter)
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