From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 58 Say thank you

Qing Kingdom, Imperial Capital, South of the City, Cao Mansion

Cao Anqing, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing a gentry hat, looked a little fat and looked at the man in front of him with a blank face. Beside him, two men in black were holding his son Cao Pengfei tightly. Cao Pengfei's fair and handsome face was full of fear. Like his father, he didn't know what was going on.

Isn't this Uncle Liao? He used to be close to his father, even closer than brothers, but today he seems like a completely different person.

He was fine when he came in, but as soon as he entered the study, served tea and closed the door, his aura instantly turned cold. He took out a small porcelain bottle, poured a lot of gray powder into the tea, and then asked him and his son to drink it.

As soon as he showed signs of resistance, he was captured by the two men brought by Uncle Liao.

Until now, he is still confused.

"Not really, not really!" Cao Anqing hadn't realized what was happening. "Isn't it just that there's no business? What's the big deal? We can just make more money. The pleasure boats on the Liujing River are no longer viable. Let's switch to other businesses. We have plenty of people and money. We..." His voice gradually faded, until it was as thin as a mosquito. "We're just doing business."

"Yes, we are just doing business." Uncle Liao sighed, sat on the chair, and smiled self-deprecatingly. At this time, a scream was heard.

Following the first scream, there was a flood of screams, shouts, pleas for mercy, shouts, and sounds of hacking and killing...

"This……"

"Send them on their way." Uncle Liao smiled and said to Cao Anqing, "Old Cao, I know you just want to do business, but if you don't die, more people will die. If you die, many people will die less."

"I..." Cao Anqing's face turned pale. Just as he opened his mouth, a man in black picked up the tea with added ingredients on the table and poured it into his mouth. Cao Pengfei next to him did the same. Although both of them struggled hard, those men in black seemed to be born to do this. When they poured tea, they didn't even spill a drop.

At this time, the shouting and screaming were getting closer and closer, and the sound of armor colliding came from outside.

Uncle Liao sighed, picked up the small celadon bottle in his hand, and poured it all into his mouth. When the men in black saw Cao Anqing and his son foaming at the mouth, they simultaneously took out a dagger and slashed their necks.

When the study door was kicked open by a big foot, seven corpses were exposed in front of a group of black-armored knights.

Some were sitting peacefully on chairs, some were lying on the ground, some were bleeding, some were foaming at the mouth...

"Quick!" The leading black-armored knight looked at the corpses on the ground, his eyes narrowed, "Finish off the kills, and withdraw."

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Time flies, and it's the day of the grand court meeting again.
In Chengtian Hall, civil and military officials were separated and the atmosphere was solemn.

During these seven days, many major events happened in Kyoto and even in the entire Daqing.

Some things were shocking, some were puzzling. Among the ministers in the palace, only about five knew the truth. The others, the smart ones could guess some clues, while the stupid ones and those who were slow to react had no idea what was going on. However, the atmosphere in Kyoto obviously made most of them uneasy.

Emperor Qing sat on the dragon throne, his eyes sweeping over the courtiers and suddenly said, "Where's the Crown Prince? Why isn't he here? Call him over."

This question stunned everyone.

Prince?

Didn't he always keep his distance from state affairs?

He never attended court.

The last time he lost his temper here was because someone impeached him, so Emperor Qing called him here.

Is someone going to impeach him again today?
But no one spoke!

Is it...

Soon, everyone understood that this meant that the prince was going to officially participate in politics.

Or perhaps, is it to punish the prince for going crazy in the palace last time?

Following Emperor Qing's command, the eunuchs immediately rushed to the Eastern Palace. When the eunuchs went to summon the Crown Prince, Emperor Qing didn't signal for the grand court meeting to begin. He simply sat on the Dragon Throne with a fierce expression, uttering no words, waiting.

Under such circumstances, all the ministers knew what to do and kept silent, lowering their heads. As time passed, the atmosphere in the hall became lower and lower, and Emperor Qing's expression became more and more ugly.

It was not until half an hour later that the eunuch pushed Li Chengqian slowly into the hall.

"My lord, see your majesty."

"You are the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, but you don't even attend the grand court meetings. You are so lazy. How can you be the Crown Prince? Can you still be the Crown Prince?"

As soon as Li Chengqian finished speaking, he was met with a roar from Emperor Qing, "If you don't want to be the emperor, then find someone else to be the emperor."

Li Chengqian curled his lips and thought, why the hell do you change it! !
But he said helplessly, "I know my crime."

"You know your crime, what crime do you know? Do you know that impeachment memorials have piled up like a mountain these past few days?"

"I know a little, but not much. They are just fools. Your Majesty, don't take them seriously."

"Do you think you are the only smart person in the world? Get out of my way." Emperor Qing was very angry at his look. He felt that if he continued talking, he would fall on the dragon throne. He could only let him stay aside and calm down.

"When there is something to do, we will start to act, but when there is nothing to do, we will retreat."

With a loud shout, the grand court meeting officially began.

"My Majesty, Mei, from Kyoto Prefecture, is in charge of the ceremony."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man appeared from among the civil officials. "We've investigated and discovered that some unruly people in Jingdu have formed a gang called the Jinfeng Tower. They've been harassing the people and committing all sorts of evil. We've dispatched the Five Cities Military Division to suppress them. We've eliminated one bandit leader and over 300 unruly people. They've all been captured and eliminated. According to the confession of the bandit leader, Jin Deyi, he was instructed by Dongping Earl Ma Cheng to hand over most of the Jinfeng Tower's illegal gains to the Dongping Earl's Mansion."

"Mei Zhili, you are slandering me and framing me."

Just as Mei Zhili finished speaking, a man rushed out, pointing at him angrily and cursing, then prostrated himself in the hall, shouting, "Your Majesty, he slandered me, slandered me!!"

"Frame-up, slander?" Emperor Qing's eyes were cold as he looked at the suddenly appearing Earl of Dongping. "Did he really slander you? Are the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver he earns every year also fake? Were the ten beauties you received last month also fake?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." For a moment, the face of Duke Dongping turned pale, he was speechless and could not utter a word.

Emperor Qing gazed at the collapsed Earl of Dongping with a gloomy gaze. "Dongping Earl Ma Cheng has colluded with bandits and committed crimes. He is to be stripped of his title, imprisoned, his illegal gains investigated, and his family sent back to their place of origin."

When the boots dropped, everyone in the hall felt a chill in their hearts. This was the cause of the incident.

It was common for princes, nobles, and powerful families to secretly support one or two lower-level forces. As long as they didn't overdo things, basically no one cared. Even the lowest order in Kyoto needed these underground forces to maintain it. This was almost everyone's consensus. What the Earl of Dongping did was just the most common thing, but today, Emperor Qing actually used this as an excuse to strip the Earl of Dongping of his title and confiscate his property. This...

As soon as Emperor Qing finished speaking, two strong men came out, one on the left and one on the right, and pulled up the Duke of Dongping, who was like a puddle of mud, and took him out of the hall.

Squeak, squeak—

Suddenly, the sound of a wheelchair rolling was heard in the quiet hall, and Li Chengqian's wheelchair slowly moved in front of the Earl of Dongping.

"Is the prince going crazy again?"

What is this prince up to again?

At this time, the Earl of Dongping had been pulled up. Seeing the prince coming to his side, his eyes were filled with despair and confusion.

Li Chengqian came to the side of Dongpingbo and said calmly, "Say, thank you!"

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(End of this chapter)