Chapter 448: Diverting the Trouble
Today's court.
The storm is coming.
Even if the emperor fell ill and could not attend court.
The court meeting continued smoothly.
Anyway, the emperor has been absent from court on the pretext of illness for more than a day or two.
It seems that whether he is there or not has little impact.
The only thing was that all the memorials impeaching the deposed empress were suppressed by Cui Yan.
Who would dare to interfere in such a matter as impeaching the mother of a country and deposing the queen?
We have to wait for the emperor to wake up.
But now no one can see the emperor, and no one knows whether he is dead or alive, or what his condition is.
Yan Xiang and his party were furious.
It was clearly agreed that the emperor would attend court today.
They are fully prepared.
It just so happened that a fire frightened the emperor into falling ill. This old emperor was too easily frightened.
What is most infuriating is that the Censorate heard the news from somewhere and no one knows where they got the evidence from.
A group of people were impeached.
They are all corrupt and have bribes, and their excuses are convincing and well-founded.
There were more than a dozen officials, both big and small.
Cui Yan had them arrested on the spot, and the result was dismissal from office, imprisonment, and confiscation of property...
A large amount of gold, silver, and jewelry were seized, as well as some letters.
The search and seizure covered a wide area, including under the fish pond, on the beams, in the walls, in the chimneys, in the tunnels...
Cui Yan specifically instructed this.
They dug three feet into the ground, leaving no trace.
His daughter mentioned it to him and said she had seen it in a book.
When a corrupt official's house was raided, it looked like it was completely bare from the outside, but it turned out that the walls were made of gold bricks and the beams were stuffed with gold bars. The walls of the house were completely hollow and filled with gold and silver, some of which was even hidden in the ancestral tombs.
Corrupt officials have endless ways of using new tactics.
Even the bottom of the fish pond is paved with gold bars.
The minister whose property was confiscated was petrified when he heard this.
Cui Yan, this old fox, actually had all the gold bars they had hidden dug out.
The mansions were riddled with holes.
They were hiding so secretly.
When the money seized from the house is reported.
All the civil and military officials in the court were shocked. That gold and silver was enough to support another army. The originally empty treasury suddenly became much fuller.
When Prince Chen found out, he wished he could cut Cui Yan into pieces.
Originally, all those golden gold and silver belonged to him, and if anyone wanted to copy them, he would have to copy them himself in the future.
This will be the best move for the new emperor to ascend the throne and win the hearts of the people.
It was actually intercepted by Cui Yan.
Damn it!
But the one who was most angry was the Left Prime Minister Yan Fu.
He was so angry that his mouth was twisted.
It hurts so much, most of that white silver belongs to him.
That damn Cui Yan actually cut off his source of income.
These people all held important and lucrative positions, and they had to give him a lot of good things every year.
He was actually wiped out by Cui Yan.
While feeling depressed, he also realized a very serious problem.
Is this Cui Yan helping the Queen?
Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen in the world?
The damn thing is that the emperor believed Cui Yan and gave him enormous power.
The emperor's current situation is unclear. He wants to file a complaint against Cui Yan, but he has no way to do so.
"Cui Yan, the power given by the emperor is not for you to cover up everything. You have dismissed so many court officials at once. Let's see how you will explain to the emperor." Prime Minister Yan glared at Cui Yan, wishing he could gouge out some pieces of his flesh.
To relieve the hatred in my heart.
"What is the Left Prime Minister talking about? Cleaning up the government and eradicating corrupt officials and treacherous ministers, isn't it our responsibility as the Prime Minister? How can we talk about covering the sky with one hand? Could it be that the Left Prime Minister wants to protect them, or is he involved with them in some way?" Cui Yan looked at him with a slight curl of his lips.
Such a smile on a serious face seems a bit ironic.
"Stop talking nonsense." When his true feelings were touched upon, Minister Yan became furious.
His face flushed with anger.
A mouthful of blood blocked his chest, and he couldn't utter a single curse word.
Cui Yan is a guy who does things flawlessly on a daily basis. It is almost impossible to catch him with any evidence. He is more cunning than a fox.
The most hateful thing is this mouth, which cuts into people's hearts.
I wish I could tear it to pieces right there and then.
When Prime Minister Yan saw Cui Yan's despicable look, his teeth were almost broken.
But at this moment, I can only grit my teeth and swallow it.
Cui Yan wanted to laugh, and he actually laughed.
"Don't be angry, Left Prime Minister. I was just joking. Why take it so seriously? If the Left Prime Minister is a traitor, it wouldn't be them who would be taken away right now, but you."
As Cui Yan spoke, he calmly played with the paper in his hand.
If you are not careful, it will fall to the ground.
It happened to fall in front of the left prime minister, and the names on the list were clearly visible.
"you……"
Halfway through his words, Yan Xiang's attention was attracted by the list on the ground.
The names on the list caught his eye one by one.
The black words on the paper are very eye-catching.
Some of them were circled in red, and they were the dozen or so people whose homes were searched.
The corners of Yan Xiang's mouth twitched, and he staggered back a few steps unconsciously.
this……
This is not the list of court officials who defected to King Chen.
How did it end up in Cui Yan's hands?
Could it be that there are spies among these ministers?
He turned his head and glanced at the people behind him, trying to find some clues from their faces.
Cui Yan picked up the list from the ground, folded it up again, and sneered, "Speaking of which, we were able to catch these parasites today thanks to Minister Jiang. If he hadn't taken Young Master Yan to the Prajna Temple, these little guys wouldn't have seen the spectacle of ministers forming factions. How could they have known that there was actually a small court outside the imperial court? It really opened my eyes."
The corners of Yan Xiang's mouth twitched, and he could hardly control his emotions.
He clenched his back teeth and clenched his fists in his sleeves.
If he had a knife in his hand at this moment, he would definitely stab it into Cui Yan's chest.
But no matter how much he hated Cui Yan in his heart, he did not show it on his face.
He put on an expression as if he was looking at a clown: "Prime Minister Cui is such a joke. If such a thing really happened, how could he let a child know about it? Besides, that child from the Yan family has nothing to do with Minister Jiang, so why would he bring him to the Prajna Temple?"
"That's something you'd have to ask Minister Jiang." Cui Yan crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow at the stubborn old man. "Minister Yan, don't you know that Minister Jiang's daughter, who was just named a princess, often plays with the young man from the Yan family. Not long ago, the two children even stayed at the Jiang family for several days. How can they be so completely unrelated?"
Speaking of his daughter, Cui Yan has been busy with official duties recently and has neglected her.
If Yan Ge'er hadn't gotten the news and came looking for him, he wouldn't have known that the little girl had actually taken the initiative to stay at the Jiang family for several days.
She even lied to her Lu family's grandparents and said that she had entered the palace.
This behavior is exactly the same as Yuqing's.
Now she has sneaked into the palace to find her mother.
Big or small, they all make people worry.
But his daughter is also smart and made a list like this.
This time it came in handy.
Jiang Yunze, this bastard, wants to steal his daughter. He is simply courting death.
Cui Yan thought about it and then added another stab: "Although Lu Sanniang and Minister Jiang have divorced, the child is still his flesh and blood. The Lu and Mu families have always been on good terms. Minister Jiang has to be on his side, right?"
Yan Xiang's mouth twitched.
The fake smile he had just had was long gone, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he looked extremely ugly.
He turned his head and stared at Jiang Yunze with a gloomy and cold look.
In his eyes, Jiang Yunze has always been a clown.
It was because the emperor had previously taken a liking to him, and even though his concubine's daughter disobeyed the imperial order, the emperor did not blame her and only fined her salary.
He also has some unclear connection with King Chen.
Received the order from King Chen to take care of him.
I didn't expect that this guy was actually a spy.
…
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com