Empress looks forward to falling out of favor every day

Chapter 359 It's Not You I Want To Touch
The civil and military officials were separated on both sides, and His Majesty sat in the upper seat, and Eunuch Li's powerful voice sounded.

"It's something, play!"

After the words fell, Xiao Nanzhu stepped forward slowly.

A slender and tall figure appeared in everyone's sight.

Everyone was slightly startled when they saw Xiao Nanzhu, and then they looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

This Dali Temple manages mostly cases.

But recently, there have been no shocking cases in the capital, or even in the whole of Pingyan, nor any cases involving a wide range of cases.

What is the minister of Dali Temple going to play?

Xiao Nanzhu stood in front of the hall, held the jade board and bowed to him.

"Your Majesty, this minister has something to play."

All the Chinese and military officials in the palace focused their attention on Xiao Nanzhu.

Just listen, he said slowly.

"Recently, I have arrested a group of villains. These villains took money and wanted to murder a woman in a brothel. I thought it was a small case, but I didn't expect... this case has a lot of background in it."

"The minister interrogated these people carefully, and they all said that the money was collected from a eunuch in the palace, and then, the minister also interrogated the eunuch, and the eunuch said..."

"It's... the imperial concubine ordered him to do this."

After Xiao Nanzhu finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Cai Kang.

After the words fell, Shangshu Xingbu, who was standing among the officials, was slightly taken aback, as if he didn't expect that this matter would be related to his daughter.

Recently, he and the Empress Dowager exchanged letters, more or less knowing about the absurd things his daughter had done recently.

But this one, he didn't know.

When did Ru'er actually bribe a eunuch to embarrass a woman in a brothel?

What other absurd things did she do that she didn't know about!
Cai Kang looked worried, and gradually calmed down.

Eunuch Li stepped forward and took the confession from Xiao Nanzhu.

Xiao Nanzhu continued: "This matter is related to the empress in the palace, I really don't dare to make a claim and decide the case arbitrarily."

After the words fell, a person came up beside Xiao Nanzhu, it was Cai Kang.

"Your Majesty, Ru'er's temperament is the humble minister's clearest. Ru'er is not such a person. Please show your majesty that Ru'er should not be wronged because of a little eunuch's one-man opinion."

"One person's words?"

Xiao Nanzhu smiled and turned to look at Cai Kangdao.

"What? Isn't Master Xiao so stupid that he even believes a eunuch's words?! If you want me to say, this kind of eunuch who talks nonsense, Master Xiao can just kill him directly. Why should such a trivial matter be reported to His Majesty? Your Majesty Ninth Five-Year Supreme. If this kind of trivial matter is also taken care of, I think Master Xiao, the Minister of Dali Temple, can step down from his post."

Civil and military officials are not used to seeing Xiao Nanzhu and Cai Kang's posture.

These two have always been at odds.

Xiao Nanzhu still had a smile on his face, without even a trace of anger.

"Oh? According to what Master Cai Kang said, this matter, according to the procedure, since the eunuch testified that it was Concubine Ru, then Xiao should put Concubine Ru in the cell at this time. Xiao should not report this matter to His Majesty, but directly tell Concubine Ru to be arrested in the cell of Dali Temple."

"You..." Cai Kang knew that Xiao Nanzhu had never been an easy-to-handle person, and the two had confronted each other many times, but each time they were still very angry.

"Your Majesty! Concubine Ru is an honorable person, how could she be put in jail just because of a little eunuch? This matter must be investigated!"

Ye Mohan glanced at the confession, then raised his hand.

Eunuch Li understood: "Let's discuss this matter again and retreat from the court!"

All the officials knelt down.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Ye Mohan got up and left.

Hundreds of officials have dispersed.

Seeing Xiao Nanzhu's back as he was about to leave, Cai Kang rushed forward, pulled him back, and questioned him in a low voice.

"Xiao, what do you want to do?!"

Xiao Nanzhu turned his head slightly, with a face as warm as the wind, and gently brushed away Cai Kang's hand.

"What does Mr. Cai mean? Xiao doesn't understand. Xiao is just doing business. The fair and selfless Mr. Cai doesn't understand?!"

Cai Kang looked at Xiao Nanzhu, his eyes gradually narrowed, and he asked in a low voice.

"Didn't Xiao Nanchen teach you to do this?"

When Xiao Nanzhu heard this, his eyes turned slightly cold.

Heh, he wished it was his elder brother who asked him to do it.

"Lord Cai, I've already said that I'm just doing business, so don't make unwarranted guesses."

"You... oh, good, good."

"Xiao Nanzhu, let me tell you, it's just a matter of a brothel girl being beaten. You can't cause any troubles! You can't touch me and deal with our Cai family."

Xiao Nanzhu's footsteps down the steps paused, and he glanced sideways slightly, the smile on his face remained unchanged, but there was a deep coldness in his eyes.

"This matter is just me warning you. Xiao knows this trivial matter. Mr. Cai has a high position and authority, so he cannot be shaken. But what I want to touch is never Mr. Cai, nor the Cai family. What I want to touch is Mr. Cai's daughter, Concubine Ru!"

"Also, is Mr. Cai so sure that this is the only thing I know? I know much more than you imagined. This thing is just the most trivial thing in it."

Cai Kang was startled, Xiao Nanzhu looked at Cai Kang's reaction with satisfaction, turned and left.

Cai Kang's eyes drooped, what did Xiao Nanzhu's words mean just now.

What else does he know.

Although he didn't know about Ru'er attacking the girls in the brothel, he knew very well about Ru'er's plan to murder Xiao Yueyao.

However, this matter has been stopped by the queen mother in time, and the evidence should also be eliminated.

How could Xiao Nanzhu know?
Or, is he just thinking too much?
Cai Kang was panicked.

According to the fact that His Majesty values ​​the Xiao family so much now, and loves Xiao Yueyao so much.

He couldn't feel at ease about this.

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What happened today was quickly spread into the harem.

"What?! Concubine Ru paid someone to get rid of a woman in a brothel?" Concubine Yan and Concubine Zhen were very happy when they heard this.

Especially Concubine Yan, who still hated how Rufei rejected her a few days ago.

She was not angry when the queen drove her out.

But what kind of a concubine is she? Isn't she relying on being favored by the queen mother!

Neither did I ever sleep with you!
"It's really stupid, but how did this brothel girl offend our lofty sister Rufei? She is also a poor person. Could it be that she is jealous of the brothel girl's good looks? Hehehe..."

"Who can tell for sure, this joke picked up for nothing, don't read it for nothing."

"However, sister, have you heard? This matter was revealed by Concubine Xiao's elder brother, Master Xiao."

"This Cai Kang and Xiao Nanzhu have been at odds for the past few years. This kind of 'good thing' has naturally come out, but this matter is too small, at most it can only disgust Rufei and Lord Kang, harm..."

(End of this chapter)