A new wave of investigations into spies has swept through the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty.
The court officials once again began impeaching Bo Jiudao, for no other reason than that he was the one who nominated the inspector who had swindled the Celestial Empire's mineral resources.
As the person in charge of the Heavenly Dynasty's finances, you are now facing such a huge deficit in the Heavenly Dynasty's finances, and that person named Sheng Lingxiao was recommended by you.
If not you, then who should we impeach?
However, the previous suspicions that he had leaked secrets to the Nine Heavens Mystic Dao Sect have disappeared, because neither the Heavenly Emperor nor the Crown Prince believed that he would do such a thing.
Liu Tongyuan of the Military Armor Bureau was the first to step forward, and then joined forces with most of the court officials to impeach Bo Jiudao, pinning all the blame for the theft of spirit crystals and spirit iron on Bo Jiudao.
But faced with the impeachment from most of the court officials, Bo Jiudao remained calm and composed. After all the officials had shut up, he stepped forward and asked them questions.
"Are you done talking?"
"Then punish them."
After saying that, he looked at Liu Tongyuan and said, "I recommended Sheng Lingxiao as the inspector, so I should be charged with negligence. According to the laws of the Celestial Empire, negligence will result in a demotion of three ranks, a deduction of ten years' salary, and a ten-year ban on promotion."
He then bowed to the Heavenly Emperor, who sat high on the bright yellow dragon throne, and to the Crown Prince Yun Liandu, who sat at the head of the table below him.
“I recommend that the Crown Prince investigate His Majesty’s decision. According to the laws of the Celestial Empire, both the Crown Prince and the Emperor should be held guilty of negligence and should be demoted three ranks.”
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically, and they waved their hands repeatedly at Bo Jiudao.
You fucking said it.
We were so happy when you were demoted three ranks that we went home and threw a feast to celebrate. Without you blocking our way, it would be so much easier for us to apply for money and get things done.
We just wanted to mess with you. If you want to argue, just come at us. It's not like you haven't done this before. But why did you drag the Heavenly Emperor and the Crown Prince into this?
Even if you are demoted three ranks, it only means you're a lower-ranking official. Given your prestige over the years, even if you become a low-ranking clerk, no one will be able to shake your position.
You dare to say that the Heavenly Emperor and the Crown Prince were demoted three ranks?
What kind of position is it for the Heavenly Emperor to be demoted three ranks? And he can't be promoted for ten years either. Isn't this a way of forcing the Heavenly Emperor to abdicate?
What about the crown prince who was demoted three ranks?
But Bo Jiudao seemed not to notice their waving hands and continued to speak.
"But this is based on the premise that Sheng Lingxiao did indeed swindle all the money. In all my years of life, I have never seen anyone with such a large storage space."
"It's plausible that they had accomplices, but where are they? Have they been caught? Have they been found the huge amount of lost spirit crystals?"
"Now everyone says that Sheng Lingxiao stole the money, but Sheng Lingxiao is now nowhere to be found. The Imperial Observatory has already set up an array to deduce the truth, but found that his presence has been completely lost."
At this point, he looked up again at the Heavenly Emperor, who sat high above him.
"If it were a case where the Crown Prince recommended the inspector who was investigating His Majesty's decision, and then the blame for embezzling a huge sum of money was shifted onto a dead man, then the nature of this matter would be completely different."
"I hope Your Majesty will investigate this matter thoroughly."
After finishing speaking, he returned to his seat and closed his eyes to rest.
He didn't engage in verbal sparring with the court officials from beginning to end, nor did he try to exonerate himself; instead, he took the initiative to admit his own guilt.
Then the situation was instantly reversed.
The court officials desperately tried to explain to the Emperor that Sheng Lingxiao had indeed stolen all the valuables, but... they couldn't find any of Sheng Lingxiao's accomplices, and they didn't know how he could take so much stuff by himself.
See, it's not that I'm not giving you a chance to impeach me, it's just that you're too incompetent.
So many people impeached me, but all I said was that you were begging for mercy and making excuses. Then you couldn't hold onto the pot you were holding up, and ended up putting it all on your own heads.
Sigh, it's not that I'm so outstanding, it's all because of my colleagues who make me look good.
Emperor Yun Qintian's expression was very unpleasant, and Yun Liandu's expression was even more unpleasant.
The dignified civil and military officials of the Celestial Empire all act like idiots and morons, scheming and engaging in corruption every day. The Celestial Empire is already in such a state, yet they still think about internal strife.
With such courtiers in power, it's no wonder the Celestial Empire lost.
The Celestial Empire is constrained at every turn, and its repeated attempts to intervene have all ended in crushing defeats. This must be due to spies passing intelligence out to the outside world.
Today's court assembly was originally intended to thoroughly investigate spies, but it has been turned into a farce by this bunch of good-for-nothings.
They all knelt down in fear after hearing Bo Jiudao's words, terrified that the Heavenly Emperor would pin the blame on them. What use are such useless ministers?
And how can we rely on them to find out who the traitor is?
Today's court session left Yun Liandu extremely disappointed, disappointed with the court officials of the Celestial Empire, and disappointed with his own predictions.
He thought he could see who the most suspicious person was today. No matter how well someone hides their true nature, they will eventually reveal a flaw in such a situation.
For him, even the slightest flaw is enough.
But to his surprise, all the civil and military officials had the same expression, except for Bo Jiudao, who remained calm and composed.
If only one courtier knelt in fear, there would definitely be a problem. But now everyone is like this. Surely not all courtiers are spies sent by the Nine Heavens Mystic Path Sect.
If the entire court is full of spies, then the Yunqin Heavenly Dynasty has no reason to exist.
But amidst the disappointment, there was also a sliver of relief.
Based on the current situation, the spy should not be within the imperial court.
Since he wasn't in the imperial court, he must be outside of it. If that were the case, he would have absolute confidence in uncovering the spies and agents hidden within the Celestial Empire.
Zhang Kaifeng, I won't lose to you.
I will show you that only I am worthy of you.
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