Chapter 30 Deliberately Raising You to Be a Weak Person
Xia Zhengqi was slightly startled when he heard his daughter's inner voice.
What? Even the Supreme Court Minister is a man of Grand Tutor Jiang?
[Send Minister of Justice Cui Lie! ] Xia Miaoyuan was so anxious that he was dancing with all his might.
Minister of Justice Cui Lie?
Xia Zhengqi was surprised to hear the name Cui Lie.
He had always disliked this Cui Lie.
Because Cui Lie advocated severe punishments and was known for his cruel methods.
Xia Zhengqi believed that it was easy to get wrongful imprisonment under severe punishment, so he disagreed with Cui Lie's concept.
He had always wanted to change someone to be the Minister of Justice, but he couldn't find any major faults in Cui Lie.
[Alas, in fact, Cui Lie is a rare good official in charge of the prison. For many years, he refused to go along with Grand Tutor Jiang. 】
【I remember in the book, the emperor hated him because of his political differences. 】
【After Master Jiang seized power, he immediately took revenge on him. 】
【As a result, the prince of the fallen country took the opportunity to recruit him. 】
【He then became the prince of the fallen country's right-hand man. 】
【Alas, he was a loyal minister of Daxia, but he became a helper in the destruction of Daxia! 】
Xia Miaoyuan recalled the plot in the book.
What? The prince of the fallen country?
Xia Zhengqi's heart tightened.
Does the prince of the fallen country refer to the prince of the already destroyed Liang Kingdom?
In other words, in his daughter's prophecy, the remnants of Liang Kingdom will make a comeback?
And they will destroy Daxia!
Xia Zhengqi felt like falling into an ice cave when he thought of this.
He paused for a moment, then came back to his senses, and said slowly: "I just thought about it. There are too many officials involved this time. The Dali Temple Minister is old and I am afraid that his body can't bear it."
"Let the Ministry of Justice take full responsibility! Imprison all 14 of them in the Ministry of Justice prison!"
[Hahaha, the emperor daddy is so cute! You just avoided a big mistake because of your care for the elderly!]
Xia Miaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
The Dali Temple Minister was petrified on the spot: Ah, why? I can be promoted, my body can bear it.
Less than half an hour after the morning court ended, Xia Zhengqi's decree shocked the entire palace and even the entire capital.
"Have you heard? The Emperor sent 14 ministers to prison in one morning court session."
"This is really unheard of!"
The two little eunuchs whispered.
"How dare you! What happens in the court is not for you to discuss!" Nanny Ji beside the Empress Dowager passed by them and shouted angrily.
The two little eunuchs begged for mercy one after another.
Nanny Ji supported the Empress Dowager, who was followed by the Fifth Prince, and they walked towards the Palace of Heavenly Purity together.
"Your Majesty, how could you send your uncle and your two cousins to prison?" The Empress Dowager questioned Xia Zhengqi as soon as she saw him.
"That's your uncle who loves you and your cousin who you grew up with!" The Empress Dowager showed a look of great pain.
[Hahaha, you are so shameless to say that, old woman! 】
After Xia Miaoyuan and Xia Zhengqi finished the morning court, they were fed by the wet nurse and fell asleep in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that she was sleeping soundly, Xia Zhengqi simply held her in his arms in the Qianqing Palace to let her sleep well.
The empress dowager's commotion woke Xia Miaoyuan up.
"Qier, please let them go for the sake of their relatives." The empress dowager looked at Xia Zhengqi pitifully.
"If they were tried by Cui Lie from the Ministry of Justice, they would lose half their lives if they didn't die!" The empress dowager covered her face and cried.
【Huh, how ridiculous! Relatives? 】
【What kind of relatives are those people in the Jiang family to daddy? ! 】
【Relatives who deliberately scared daddy and made him a coward? 】
Xia Zhengqi's face suddenly sank.
What? Deliberately scared yourself?
Deliberately let yourself develop a cowardly character?
Childhood memories emerged in Xia Zhengqi's mind.
Since Empress Dowager Jiang married into the palace and became the successor to the empress, the young him was brought up by Empress Dowager Jiang day and night.
Empress Dowager Jiang often visited the Jiang family at that time, and Xia Zhengqi followed every time.
The father and son of the Jiang family treated him very well, just like a nephew or a cousin.
He regarded the father and son of the Jiang family as his uncle and cousin, and trusted them very much.
As a result, during a game of hide-and-seek, the eldest cousin Jiang Zhiyuan suddenly jumped in front of Xia Zhengqi wearing a scary ghost mask.
Xia Zhengqi, who was only 5 years old, was so scared that he wet his pants.
Another time, the three of them were playing an adventure game in an abandoned courtyard of the Jiang family. When it was getting dark, the two cousins suddenly disappeared.
Xia Zhengqi bravely looked for them in the deserted courtyard.
But until it was pitch black, he did not find any trace of them.
At this time, a strange laugh was heard in the deserted courtyard.
The young Xia Zhengqi was frightened and fainted in an instant.
Xia Zhengqi recalled carefully and suddenly realized that these two scares had a significant impact on his growth process.
He used to have a cheerful and sunny personality like his elder brother Xia Zhengjie, but after two intimidations, he became timid and sensitive.
He would get nervous and sweat at the slightest disturbance.
Over time, he became timid and cowardly.
Xia Miaoyuan looked at Xia Zhengqi's stunned expression and thought he had softened his heart again. She kicked her feet and babbled anxiously.
[Emperor father, you can't be soft-hearted!]
[Your stepmother, you think she treats you like her own son and is grateful for her upbringing. In fact, she has been acting all these years.]
[She treats you well just to win a reputation as a wise man and the favor of the late emperor.]
[She takes good care of you and doesn't let you play any boy's competitive games. She says it's for your safety, but she's deliberately making you useless!]
[She doted on you since you were little and never criticized your homework. She's deliberately letting you neglect your studies!]
[She's even so vicious that she ordered her two nephews to scare you out of your wits!]
Xia Zhengqi felt a chill all over his body. It was midsummer, but he was shivering from head to toe.
He suddenly realized.
Empress Dowager Jiang had two different attitudes towards her biological son and her adopted son.
She was very strict with her biological son, the sixth prince Xia Zhengze. If he was a little lazy in his studies, he would be spanked.
But to her stepson, she was extremely gentle and never hit or scolded him. Even though she ranked last in the exam, she just advised him not to take it to heart.
Ah... I am a joke! She
is a vicious stepmother who deliberately raised a useless stepson, but I have regarded her as a loving mother for decades!
The Fifth Prince, who was standing silently beside the Empress Dowager at this moment, widened his eyes after hearing Xia Miaoyuan's thoughts: What? The Empress Dowager was so vicious to my father?
Seeing that Xia Zhengqi was silent, the Empress Dowager thought that her trick worked, and quickly gave the Fifth Prince a look, indicating that he should assist.
The Fifth Prince was shy and showed a reluctant expression.
Ever since he heard from his sister that he was snatched from his biological mother by Concubine Jiang, he lost all feelings for the entire Jiang family.
Now that his grandfather and two uncles were imprisoned, he was not moved.
But under the threat of the royal grandmother, the fifth prince finally said, "Father, please forgive my grandfather and uncles."