Inside the Imperial Study, Emperor Jiade stared intently at the young man before him, while Eunuch Fu beside him wore a similarly curious expression.
"Is it really just a chance encounter between you and that young woman?" the emperor asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty," Murong Jing replied immediately.
The emperor slammed his hand on the table beside him and said, "Do you think I'm a child? So easily fooled? You would have stood up for her at the Wei residence if we had just met by chance? You would have come to me for her sake, just to get her involved in the case of Prime Minister Dong's youngest son?"
When pressed by the emperor, Mu Rongjing remained calm and composed, saying, "Your Majesty, if Dong Yuefan insists on not pleading guilty, the case will drag on, and Prime Minister Dong will be unable to attend to state affairs. If Dong Yuefan is wrongly convicted, it will only discourage Prime Minister Dong and allow the real culprit to go unpunished."
"Your humble servant and Eunuch Fu both witnessed that secret technique at the Wei residence. Why not grant her request and let her try? Your humble servant is eager to broaden her horizons further; such an opportunity is rare and precious."
"Very well, since you've spoken, I certainly won't let you lose face in front of that little woman." After saying that, he issued an imperial edict to the Ministry of Justice, appointing Murong Jing to assist the Ministry of Justice in handling the case of Dong Yuefan's rape and murder of the dancer Meiniang.
Once he's chosen to assist Murong Jing, it's entirely up to him who he brings along.
Of course, we can't write that young woman's name. She's a woman from the martial arts world, so young, practically an unknown nobody. How could the people from the Three Departments possibly approve of her and cooperate with her?
No, that's not right. It was this nobody who ruined his position as Minister of Works among the Six Ministries. He's completely ruined. Although he's still alive, he probably won't live long. He's vomited blood several times already. It's no wonder he's not going to live much longer.
Gu Tongfan, the Minister of Works, had worked hard for most of his life and finally reached the rank of Second Rank. If it weren't for that young woman, his goal should have been First Rank. But, because he was petty and vengeful, he went to watch the celebration at Minister Wei's mansion. In the end, the one who ended up with the big celebration was Gu Tongfan himself.
After the morning court session this morning, Gu Tongfan went to the palace to request an audience, saying that he was old and unwell and could no longer serve the emperor, and submitted his resignation. In just a few days, Gu Tongfan looked much older.
The person who secretly went to Minister Gu's residence to investigate has already reported what happened there. Even the emperor couldn't help but feel sorry for Minister Gu, who had so many sons, yet only the child born to his deceased first wife was his biological son.
Then there's the one who's far from the capital and not in the Minister's residence, but it's still uncertain if that's the case.
There are stories of fathers-in-law committing incest in the common folk, but I never expected that it would happen in the Gu family as well. Gu Tongfan's father, who is very cultured and looks like a gentleman, is so greedy. He has committed incest in every possible way.
In fact, even if Gu Tongfan himself did not resign, he planned to dismiss him from his post. With things in his own household in such a terrible state, how could he trust him to handle the affairs of the Ministry of Works?
Eunuch Fu also said that on that day at Lord Wei's residence, the young woman had reminded Minister Gu that it was not easy to reach the position of a second-rank official, and once one fell from that position, it would be very difficult to rise again. However, Gu Tongfan did not listen to advice!
The emperor then thought that it was this same young woman who had enabled him to bring Empress Jinning out of the Cold Palace, to cure Jinning of her poison in time, and to learn that Jinning had indeed been framed back then. He also realized that Jinning had given birth to a prince, but that vicious and despicable Consort Xi Muyun had switched the child with him.
Although some details are still unclear, the main points are already clear and the evidence is conclusive. He plans to issue an edict in the next few days to exonerate the Empress and has ordered the Imperial Observatory to select an auspicious day to restore Jinning to the position of Empress.
Whether it was the Empress's affair or Gu Tongfan's affair, it all stemmed from a young woman from the martial arts world entering the capital. In just a few days, she caused quite a stir, if not earth-shattering.
Therefore, after Mu Rongjing explained his purpose, he did not think it was outrageous that the young woman wanted to get involved in Dong Yuefan's case. On the contrary, he felt that she had the ability to do so.
Watching Mu Rongjing take his leave, Emperor Jiade muttered to himself, "So it seems that Prime Minister Dong's youngest son isn't entirely useless after all." Otherwise, how could he have gotten to know that young lady, and even though he had already left the capital, upon hearing about her on the way, he immediately returned to the capital overnight?
People in the martial arts world value loyalty and brotherhood. What special thing did that young man from the Dong family do for that young lady Hong that made her so devoted?
(Dong Yuefan: Your Majesty, I beg you not to be curious! If you know the truth, I'm afraid I'll really be imprisoned, and without any injustice!)
"Your Majesty, what about the Ministry of Justice? Should I go and take a look?" asked Eunuch Fu, who was standing nearby.
"Go and take a look for me? I think you just want to go yourself!" the emperor immediately exposed.
The emperor was also very curious; this eunuch Fu had never been so gossipy before!
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Inside the teahouse, Hong Xiaoduo, who was waiting for Mu Rongjing, was bored and went into her spatial dimension.
It feels like it's been a long time since I've seen Old Man Luo. I wonder what he's been up to.
After relaxing on the massage chair with nothing to do, I realized it had been quite a while since I'd checked the status on the redemption device.
She pressed the switch, and huh? Looking at the orange exchange bar displayed on the screen, Hong Xiaoduo quickly opened the explanation interface. Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple—when did the exchange bar upgrade to level two?
Moreover, these two levels are almost at their maximum.
Hong Xiaoduo wanted to figure out what she had done to deserve the energy reward from the system.
However, no details about the source of the energy were found; it was simply stated that: "If you do something meaningful, the system will automatically send out reward energy."
Well, something meaningful? That's quite vague! But for Hong Xiaoduo, it's very friendly.
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