After a brief silence, Chen Xiao saw that no one came forward to refute her final arrangement.
Xu Ruyu is both a second-rank imperial concubine and a fourth-rank official, serving as the Minister of Personnel. Furthermore, Chen Xiao used the word "replacement" instead of "temporary appointment." The word "temporary appointment" indicates that Xu Ruyu is not just temporarily holding the position, yet they are not in a hurry.
Chen Xiao was somewhat puzzled.
Faced with His Majesty's doubts, the officials were speechless: How dare we! Putting aside whose son Xu Ruyu is, just based on Xu Ruyu's methods, we dare not say anything! Besides, if Xu Ruyu had not entered the palace as a concubine, he would probably be an official of the third rank or above by now. He is only a fourth-rank official now, how dare we refute anything!
Just then, Xi Xi suddenly and accurately conveyed the officials' thoughts to Chen Xiao. Before Chen Xiao could even ask Xi Xi about the Yuan Realm, he was already impressed by this powerful ability.
"Oh right, you mentioned you had this function back in Guangling, and now you've finally shown it to me. Tongzi, I love you, mwah!"
Xi Xi was leisurely drinking her milk tea when she was choked by her host's disgusting kiss, and started coughing incessantly.
Seeing that Xi Xi ignored her, Chen Xiao didn't mind and instead announced the end of the court session in a good mood.
Xi Xi: I do want to say something!
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The Hall of Diligent Governance.
As Chen Xiao reviewed the memorials, he was secretly pleased: the Yuyao case had been resolved so smoothly; it seemed Xu Qian had put in a lot of effort last night! He would have to ask Xu Qian about it later.
Just then, Chief Steward Shen came to report, "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister requests an audience."
Just as Xuan Xuqian entered, she saw through the crack in the door—one, two, three, four, five, why are there so many people!?
They are Xu Ruyu, Xu Ruyan, Yuan Yin, Qi Yanshang, and Qi Yanyun. These five people are together.
With Xu Qian included, there are six people.
Are they here for team building?
Chen Xiao was lost in thought.
Thus, the following situation arose: Xu Qian was the first to gain the right to discuss matters with His Majesty, while the rest of the people lined up obediently outside the hall according to their rank, eagerly waiting to chat with His Majesty. (Of course, only Xu Ruyan was eagerly waiting.)
While Chen Xiao and Xu Qian chatted inside the hall, Ye Qi and the others kept a tight watch on the area within a few meters of the hall, ensuring their safety while also protecting their conversation from being overheard by those outside.
Meanwhile, the people outside the hall, who were being treated with extreme caution, were chatting amongst themselves, keeping a safe distance from the Hall of Diligent Governance.
Chen Xiao was unaware of Ye Qi and the others' underhanded actions and was listening attentively to Xu Qian's speech: "Your Majesty, last night I went to see Yu Yao on my own and found that he was originally planning to escape, but after seeing Yu Yan's suicide note, he stayed and told me everything. His only wish was that I would not make Yu Yan's matter public."
"But I did not agree to his request. Yu Yan is a man who always prefers to be direct, no matter what."
Chen Xiao nodded in agreement. Although she had only met Yu Yan once yesterday, it was easy to see that Yu Yan was a very straightforward woman. She did not beat around the bush when asked questions and was also bold in love and hate when it came to relationships. As for her cruel methods... Chen Xiao naturally ignored them.
Xu Qian continued, "Originally, only Yu Yao and Yu Yan remained in the Yu family. Yu Yan was unmarried and had no children, as was Yu Yao. After autumn, the Yu family will cease to exist completely."
Hearing about the Yu family's fate, Chen Xiao thought of Yu Hang and sighed almost imperceptibly, "Evil thoughts really do harm both others and oneself!"
Xu Qian paused for a moment before continuing, "As for Zhu Zhengbin and Du Jingshu, both of them are single, just like Yu Yan from Yuyao. They only have maids and servants in their household. I wonder what Your Majesty's plan is to deal with these people?"
Chen Xiao frowned upon hearing this. This question had truly stumped her. As an ordinary college student in modern times, she had never experienced any fighting or killing. It wouldn't be appropriate to order the execution of all these servants, but if she let them all go, what if someone was involved and went unnoticed?
Chen Xiao's reaction was exactly what Xu Qian expected, because in his eyes, Chen Xiao was still young and did not understand the ways of the world. He was also pure and kind-hearted. Faced with such great pressure and human life, he would definitely not make a good choice.
...Although Xi Xi couldn't hear Xu Qian's thoughts, she was, after all, a high-level system, and was well-versed in the field of micro-expressions. Judging from his expression, she knew that Xu Qian must have a very good impression of Chen Xiao, and was probably thinking something like, "Chen Xiao is very kind."
Xi Xi snorted quietly and muttered to herself in the space, "All that time we spent together was for nothing."
After pondering for a long time, Chen Xiao still couldn't bring himself to kill all those people. He stubbornly said, "Let's keep all the servants in their mansions under guard for now. I'll order people to thoroughly investigate them. We'll deal with those who have problems, and let those who don't go free. What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Xu Qian looked at Chen Xiao's somewhat cautious appearance and shook his head helplessly. "Your Majesty, you wouldn't have needed to be so careful in front of me before, let alone now. Your Majesty is kind and has your own ideas, which is naturally a good thing. In any case, I will always follow, support and help Your Majesty, so Your Majesty can rest assured."
Chen Xiao was stunned by Xu Qian's words and murmured to Xi Xi, "Is Xu Qian some kind of reincarnated loyal minister? Why is he treating me so well? I haven't done anything!"
First, I verbally abused him in court, then publicly reprimanded him, made him kneel for so long that he fainted, and then I found out he had a relationship with you. Was it because we were both 'mission takers'? But that shouldn't have made him treat me like this, right?
Upon hearing this, Xi Xi unconsciously stood up and straightened her little tie... oh no... she's in a girl's body now, so she'll straighten her little ponytail!
Then she looked at Xu Qian on the screen with a face full of pride, which made her extremely proud!
Then, she proudly boasted to Chen Xiao, "Well, look who taught him! It was me! It was someone as upright, great, and powerful as me who could have taught such a pioneer of ancient thought! Hahahaha! I'm simply amazing! Hahahaha! I truly deserve to be called the number one system in the Yuan Realm! I'm so awesome..."
...It's so noisy!
This was the first time Chen Xiao had heard Xi Xi talk so much, and so loudly. The more he listened, the more his hearing seemed to deteriorate, so he quickly blocked out Xi Xi's voice.
Sure enough, the world is quiet now!
She no longer had the mind to think about why Xu Qian was so good to her, because all she could think about was that 'Xu Qian was taught by Xi Xi'.
Well, she's been brainwashed too.
Seeing Xu Qian's sincere appearance, Chen Xiao once again staged a moving and touching scene of loyalty between ruler and subject, version 2.0.
After Xu Qian came out of the hall, he saw the group of people who had been chatting lazily suddenly stand up straight and obediently line up.
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