The western warm room of the Qianqing Palace.

"Then Your Majesty, can we just let this matter rest?" Feng Bao asked tentatively.

"How can that be possible?" Long Qing said seriously, "I have already promised to give justice to Lord Xu. If we just let him go, wouldn't it make the Prime Minister feel disappointed?"

Emperor Longqing seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Well, even if the court lets him go, I can't let him go either!"

"Your Majesty, please make your decision." Feng Bao sighed inwardly. Well, this number one scholar is destined to have a disaster.

Just sit still and endure it.

"Hanlin editor Zhao Shouzheng has no respect for his superiors and beat up a third-rank official in public. He shall be fined three years' salary, given 500 strokes of the cane, and immediately demoted and transferred to an official position 2,000 miles away!"

"Ah?" Feng Bao's jaw dropped in shock. Even if he had his men hold back and beat him, he would probably turn the top scholar into meat scraps.

"Your Majesty, isn't that too harsh? If you were to use five hundred sticks on your head, your newly crowned number one scholar would not be alive."

But Longqing changed the subject and said expressionlessly: "Then allow him to pay silver in exchange for the caning. One hundred taels of silver for one caning."

"Your Majesty is merciful. I was mistaken." Feng Bao thought to himself, it turns out that Your Majesty is short of money. Your Majesty is really becoming more and more treacherous.

Now Eunuch Feng can put his mind at ease. It becomes a matter of money and not a problem for the Zhao family.

As for a three-year salary deduction? Haha…

"The latter one is not allowed to be included in the imperial edict." Emperor Longqing said in a muffled voice: "You are not allowed to tell him right away. Tell him after he has been frightened enough."

"Ah?" Feng Bao was stunned, thinking what kind of trick was this? Why did he want to prank Zhao Zhuangyuan?

~~

Zhao Hao and his son, as well as Xu Fan and Dong Chuanze's gangs, were still waiting for the emperor's order outside the Meridian Gate.

The people on both sides were separated by the central imperial road, a distance of seven or eight feet.

This was specially arranged by the chief guard of the Meridian Gate. If the two sides were to be brought together, blood would be splattered all over the Forbidden City.

"Son, what a pity!" Zhao Shouzheng was so proud. From the moment he came out of the East Pavilion until now, he has been immersed in his own superb performance and couldn't extricate himself.

"You and your...grandfather didn't see with their own eyes the scene where my father displayed his divine power. Ding ding ding ding, those powerful words were spoken out, and those ministers and censors were all convinced at once!"

"Oh oh." Zhao Hao was stunned. But think about it, even rabbits bite when they are angry, let alone dad?

"The old senior is really a role model for our generation!" Li Chengen was actually here too, he came to cheer for the old senior. Without him, Zhao Hao really couldn't come to the Wufeng Tower.

"Hahaha, man, don't learn from me, learn from good people." Zhao Shouzheng's tail was soaring up to the sky.

"In my eyes, the old senior is the best man in the world!" Li Chengen's face was full of admiration, and Zhao Hao was stunned again.

I thought to myself, could it be that my father has some other good qualities that I haven’t discovered?

How come the little lord is so obsessed with it?

"Son, son, can I pass this test?" Zhao Shouzheng asked Zhao Hao again with a calm face. In fact, he had the answer in his heart, which was to let his own son praise him.

"No." Unexpectedly, Zhao Hao shook his head. He had already learned from the eldest princess that the emperor already knew about the affairs of his godmother and father.

If I were Emperor Longqing, how could I miss this opportunity to clean up the house?

"Ah?" Master Zhao's face immediately turned purple.

At this time, Feng Bao came out of the Meridian Gate, looked at the two groups of people, and went to the Zhao family's nest first.

Eunuch Feng cleared his throat: "Zhao Shouzheng, listen to my orders!"

"Your Majesty, I, Zhao Shouzheng, respectfully listen to your instructions." Zhao Shouzheng hurriedly bowed his head.

"Hanlin editor Zhao Shouzheng has no respect for his superiors and beat up a third-rank official in public. He shall be fined three years' salary, given 500 strokes of the cane, and immediately demoted to a post 2,000 miles away. This is my decree!"

"How much?!" Zhao Shouzheng straightened up.

"How much?" Zhao Hao and Li Chengen also straightened up together.

"How much?!" Even Xu Fan and his group straightened up.

Like a pack of weasels looking in the same direction.

"Hahaha..." But soon, Xu Fan, Dong Chuanze and their gang burst into laughter of gloating.

The loud laughter echoed continuously in front of the Wufeng Tower and was very harsh to the ears.

"Are you sure?!" Zhao Hao looked at Eunuch Feng in disbelief. "What's the point of the court meeting then?!"

"Even if the old senior's butt is as hard as an iron egg, it can't withstand such a beating!" Li Chengen jumped up and cursed: "Whoever dares to touch the old senior, I will kill him!"

"Alas, the power of heaven is unpredictable." Feng Bao gave Zhao Hao a look that urged him to stay calm, and only then did Master Zhao stop cursing.

Fortunately, more than 200 of Zhao Shouzheng's peers were blocked outside Chengtian Gate, otherwise there would have been a riot in front of Wumen.

Zhao Hao calmed down the furious Li Chengen and his disciples, and then looked at his father, who was so scared that he fell to the ground.

Alas, this family’s soft rice doesn’t taste good either.

~~

"Hahaha, you didn't expect that!" Seeing Zhao Shouzheng lying on the ground in fear, Xu Fan laughed out loud, "You've done the opposite of what you thought, haven't you? That's fate!"

"Yes, it shows your majesty's deep affection for Yuan Fu." Dong Chuanze also wiped his tears and smiled, "It's a waste of effort, right? Your majesty must have seen through the conspiracy, so he gave this guy double the punishment!"

"Five hundred strokes of the cane in the imperial court, this is unheard of in the imperial court." Zhu Wenke and several other imperial censors could not help but exclaimed, "Isn't this too harsh?"

"This is not a caning, this is a meat paste..."

When they were gloating over someone else's misfortune, they saw Eunuch Feng turn around and look across the imperial road at the laughing Xu Fan and say:

"I have a message for Xu Leqing."

"Hahaha, wait a moment..."

Xu Fan quickly wiped away his tears, rubbed his face vigorously with both hands, and then knelt again and said: "Your Highness Xu Fan listens to your instructions!"

"Your Majesty has an order: Xu Fan, what's wrong with you? Are you not keeping your word? Why haven't you fulfilled your agreement with Zhao Hao yet?"

"Uh..." Xu Fan's face immediately turned purple, thinking, why do I have to wait here? Isn't this just walking into a trap?

But if I wasn't here, how could I watch Zhao Shouzheng perform this human tragedy?

Alas, it’s really hard to have everything in this world.

Never mind, it’s worth it to see Zhao Shouzheng beaten into a pulp.

He then said in a muffled voice: "I will obey your instructions."

Then he turned to Zhao Hao and kowtowed to him, "Zhao Daizhao, oh no, Doctor Zhao, I..."

"Shut up first!" Zhao Hao ignored him and leaned over to ask Eunuch Feng in a low voice, "Sir, what's going on?"

"Well, you'll know after you beat him." Feng Bao nodded behind him, not daring to make any big movements.

Zhao Hao looked blankly behind Feng Bao, and was suddenly pierced in the eyes by a reflected light from the Wufeng Tower.

Huh? Telescope!

Young Master Zhao understood immediately, my god, it turns out he is another sister-con!

But Zhao Hao was no longer worried at all. After all, although a sister-con hates the person who took his sister away, he is more afraid of losing his sister's love.

Therefore, the Jinyiwei first pulled away the young lord who was about to go crazy and others, then put a straitjacket on Zhao Shouzheng, and tied ropes around his body and pulled them at all ends, just like they did to Shi Xing that day.

Master Zhao was immediately pulled into the shape of a "木" character!

ps. Second update, please give me monthly votes and recommendation votes~~Also, please wait for the last three chapters, I will post them after checking them.