After the child's mind was read, the tyrant caught the male queen with a black face

The emperor was shocked by the empress dowager's subconscious action, and his previous intention of torturing and interrogating her to vent his anger instantly faded.

The emperor narrowed his eyes, stood up, and said to the Minister of Justice and the Minister of War beside him: "I leave it to you."

The Minister of Justice and the Minister of War looked at each other, and the Minister of Justice bowed and said, "Your Majesty, when will I tell you about the Tai..."

"After the case is closed." The emperor walked out with no interest. "Now it's just like catching a rat in the gutter. It's not worth mentioning."

The Minister of Justice and the Minister of War had a plan in mind and respectfully saw the emperor off.

Then the Minister of Punishment held the criminal document in his hand, and the Minister of War held the relevant information of the Chen State delegation. The two of them walked towards the Queen Mother who was still lying on the ground, with a huge shadow behind them.

……

The court officials who returned home early did not sleep all night and almost kept their eyes open until dawn.

The next day, they got up with dark circles under their eyes, did not even have breakfast, and rushed to the palace in a hurry, all wanting to get the first-hand gossip.

However, when they were halfway through their rush, they suddenly heard a hurried sound on the road.

"Fire! Fire!" "There's a big fire in the eastern suburbs!"

In ancient times, a fire was a big deal. The founding emperor of the Xia Dynasty once issued an edict that whenever a fire broke out, court officials did not have to attend court meetings and had to immediately take people to put out the fire.

The officials of Daxia immediately turned their cars around and ordered the servants to go and put out the fire.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived at their destination, they saw that the people who came to put out the fire were blocked outside by government officials.

The doctor from the Ministry of War, whose personality was similar to that of his own Shangshu, was about to rush in with his fists clenched, but was stopped by the doctor from the Ministry of Revenue next to him.

The military doctor was furious: "Fire! Fire!"

"Calm down! Look at where the fire is!" The doctor of the Ministry of Revenue added in a low voice, "There are so many mansions in the suburbs, but only a few houses of the Empress Dowager's relatives were burned. The Minister of Justice also led people in for a while just now, so wait a moment."

The military official also reacted.

Just at this moment, the yamen runners who were responsible for intercepting the people suddenly moved and opened a passage.

The Minister of Justice and officials dragged a group of men wearing middle-length clothes, with messy hair and handcuffs out of the corridor. These men kept shouting, "They will report to the Queen Mother," "This is a great treason, you will regret it" and so on.

But the Minister of Justice was unmoved and directly ordered his men to read out loud the crimes of the relatives of the emperor's wife, which aroused the indignation of the common people, who smashed whatever they could find at the prisoners.

The military officer quickly retreated to the side of the finance officer and whispered, "I see. It seems that your majesty and the adults are very decisive."

Ministry of Revenue Doctor: "Yes, I just didn't expect that the Minister of Revenue would be willing to do so."

The military official was surprised, thinking that the Minister of Revenue was also connected to the Empress Dowager's power. He whispered, "What is the Minister of Revenue willing to give up?"

"Houses!" The official in charge of the Ministry of Revenue looked at the fire with a distressed look on his face. "It will cost a lot to rebuild them. If we don't burn them down, we can save a lot of money by rewarding the generals when they come back from the battle."

The military doctor put away his gossipy smile and said:...

At this moment, a strange voice suddenly sounded beside them: "My Lords, do you know what the Queen Mother has done wrong?"

The doctor of the Ministry of War and the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue looked over at the same time and happened to meet the eyes of four neatly dressed young men.

They were none other than Prince Jing, Prince Yan, Prince Linjiang and Prince Xiping’s son.

Seeing them, the doctor from the Ministry of War recalled their features after taking off their clothes, and subconsciously clapped his hands and said, "Ah. This is not just a mole, two scars, and..."

The doctor from the Ministry of Revenue kicked the doctor from the Ministry of War hard. They were hiding secretly in the attic at the back and in control of the overall situation. How could they so carelessly talk about the characteristics of the princes' naked buttocks?

The expressions of the four handsome princes were somewhat suspicious and confused.

The military doctor gasped for breath, greeted the four princes first, and then said: "Well, we just got here, and we don't know what we have done. But with such a big commotion, it might be a serious crime like treason."

The military official said this just to leave a foreshadowing for the announcement of the Queen Mother's death later.

As a result, the four princes became nervous instantly.

They all thought at the same time: Hiss, selling out the country?! Confiscating property? This wouldn’t be a secret warning to the princes, right?

Seeing that the four princes were silent, the Ministry of Revenue doctor added: "Do you have anything to ask the Queen Mother? Do you need..."

"No need, no need."

"it's okay no problem."

"We're here just to watch the fun."

The four princes waved their hands one after another, and Prince Jing handed over the breakfast he had just bought: "My lords, this is the Xianxianglou pastry that I waited in line for an hour to buy. It's still hot, so eat it while it's hot. My lords are busy, so we'll go ahead."

Upon hearing that the pastries were from Xianxianglou, the doctor from the Ministry of Revenue chose to take them and swallowed his words of refusal.

The four princes said a few words with a smile, and after turning around, their expressions changed at the same time.

The Prince of Yan, who had a red mole on his forehead, had a solemn expression on his face: "Everyone, there must be something fishy about what the Queen Mother did. I suggest that you all report it back to your father. This will prevent you from being implicated and bringing disaster upon yourself."

"It should be fine." The tall Prince of Linjiang waved his folding fan, looking relieved, "We have been concentrating on studying the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Imperial Master recently, and haven't had time to find other people."

The Prince of Xiping rolled his eyes and said, "You better pay more attention. We didn't look for anyone else, but someone came to look for us! Have you forgotten that the envoy Li from the State of Chen invited you to drink?"

Prince Linjiang paused and said, "That's bad. I'll refuse it right away. I can't get involved in this recently."

Several other princes had the same expression.

……

The authorities did not directly say what the Queen Mother and her forces had done, but this half-hidden state can arouse the imagination of smart people below.

The officials of Daxia collectively began to "examine themselves three times a day", and the envoys of the State of Chen, who loved the drinking culture, were numb after their invitations were rejected again.

Huitong Pavilion.

Envoy Zhou, Envoy Li, and Envoy Liu sat opposite each other, one on the left and one on the right.

The envoys below reported the situation dejectedly, and most of them were bad news that the officials of the Xia State were unwilling to drink and interact with them anymore.

Envoy Li said in disbelief: "No one is coming to drink?"

The people below said dejectedly: "No, the officials of Daxia are avoiding us as much as possible now."

Envoy Li frowned: "How is the Queen Mother of Xia?"

The servant then perked up a little and said, "There is still news, but the Queen Mother said that she can still provide more information, but..." After a pause, the servant whispered, "It will cost more money."

Envoy Li was so angry that he wanted to say in a tough tone, "You evil queen mother, the State of Chu requires so many things from us and yet you still want to add more money."

But due to the tense situation, he turned his head and looked at Envoy Zhou: "Sir Zhou, what do you think?"

Envoy Zhou pinched his fingers and said, "Give it to her! Our goal is the city of Chen. Silver and money are not important. Give it all to her."

The other envoys looked at each other. Although they felt it was a bit wasteful, they also thought it made sense.

At this time, Envoy Liu suddenly said, "My Lords, something seems amiss. Since the Queen Mother's relatives have been eliminated, won't the Xia Kingdom take action against the Queen Mother?"

Envoy Li looked at Envoy Liu in shock and said with contempt, "How did you learn benevolence, righteousness and courtesy? Which royal family would criticize their own queen mother? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at by the world for being unfilial and immoral?"

Envoy Zhou also looked at Envoy Liu sarcastically: "Besides, the Queen Mother was born a princess of the State of Chu. Isn't Xia afraid of being held accountable by the State of Chu for doing this? Even if the Queen Mother has done many wrong things, I think the most they can do is confiscate the property of her relatives and in-laws to intimidate them."

Envoy Liu still felt something was wrong and argued with reason. However, the other envoys disagreed and a fierce dispute ensued. Finally, Envoys Li and Zhou stood up in anger and invited their colleagues to leave together, leaving Envoy Liu alone in Huitong Hall.

Envoy Liu was not annoyed. He took a sip of tea and thought carefully.

Just at this moment, a strange and unfamiliar voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Lord Liu, rather than being ostracized, why not return to your roots as soon as possible?"

Envoy Liu turned around and found that it was the official from the Xia State with whom she had once communicated.