I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

Zhang Yonghong's answer in the court this time was a complete slap in the face to Xu Renyou.

Before this, officials led by him had repeatedly impeached Shen Ye for this reason.

But now, the situation has taken a big turn, so how can impeachment be carried out?

Even Zhang Yonghong himself doesn't mind these things, so how dare these court officials dare to bring up this matter again?

From Zhang Yonghong, we learned that he was planning to give Xiaoshuang to Shen Ye. In this way, Shen Ye could not be considered a person of bad character at all.

"Mr. Zhang has a broad mind, which is really admirable."

At this time, Jiang Zuo spoke.

"Thank you for the compliment, Prime Minister Jiang." A drop of sweat appeared on Zhang Yonghong's fat face.

The environment in the court really made him feel quite uncomfortable.

As for why the matter was not pursued, it was of course something that Zhang Yonghong and Jiang Zuo had discussed privately. A deal was reached between the two of them.

As for Xu Renyou, Zhang Yonghong didn't care at all.

After all, with the power of the Zhang family, he doesn't have to worry about revenge from Xu Renyou and his gang.

As for Shen Ye, Zhang Yonghong didn't care. Anyway, compared to that concubine, the deal Zhang Yonghong reached with Jiang Zuo was more important.

At this moment in the court, apart from Xu Renyou, the person with the ugliest expression was Lu Jun who had been silent the entire time.

As early as a few days ago, he had submitted his resignation request to the empress, and now there are only twenty days left before the one-month deadline.

In order to exit with dignity, Lu Jun apparently stopped participating in the matter, but when he saw that Shen Ye was able to get away with it, he felt quite uneasy.

The Shen family has a deep hatred for Lu Jun. If Shen Ye is allowed to turn the tables, he will definitely retaliate against the right-wing officials in an even more severe way in the future.

But in this situation, what else can they do...

"Mr. Zhang's personal presence has proven Shen Ye's innocence. Do you have anything else to say?"

Jiang Zuo looked around, scanning everyone's expressions.

Many officials' eyes were more evasive at this moment.

"Now that the truth is out, I should apologize to Shen Ye."

At this time, Xu Renyou was quite sensible. When he saw that the situation was not good, he immediately admitted his mistake and would never let the empress catch him.

He was extremely puzzled as to why Zhang Yonghong suddenly responded. The sentence about helping Shen Ye almost killed the whole situation.

"I apologize as well."

The officials who impeached Shen Ye along with Xu Renyou also stepped forward and said.

There were many people in the court who had nothing to do with the matter and watched the whole process as a spectator, and were glad that they did not get involved.

Facing these hypocritical people, Chen Qingyun could only sneer in his heart.

Just based on the fact that they impeached Shen Ye, they cannot be charged with any serious crime. The most they can do is to ask them to apologize verbally.

Chen Qingyun doesn't need this method to deal with these old ministers. She has another card in her hand.

"Publicly announce this matter. If anyone spreads rumors, they will be arrested and put in jail."

Chen Qingyun ordered sternly.

"My minister obeys."

Under the current circumstances, no one dares to go against the Empress's wishes.

The matter between Shen Ye and Xiao Shuang will no longer be discussed in the court.

"Retreat!"

Chen Qingyun didn't want to look at these ministers any more.

"Mr. Zhang, thanks to your testimony, Shen Ye was cleared of all charges. Thank you for your hard work. Please go back."

Jiang Zuo held Zhang Yonghong's hand tightly.

"You're welcome, you're welcome."

Zhang Yonghong smiled and couldn't help but look at the other officials standing beside him.

At this time, Xu Renyou glared at Zhang Yonghong meaningfully, then groaned and followed Lu Jun away.

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Yonghong whispered, "Master Jiang, what we talked about before..."

Jiang Zuo interrupted him and said, "It's all true. I will never break my promise. Please rest assured, Mr. Zhang."

It seemed that they had really reached some agreement between the two of them.

But apart from the two of them, no one else knew.

Royal study room.

Chen Qingyun pulled out the stack of impeachment memorials and ordered, "Take all these waste papers out and burn them."

Now, whenever she sees impeachment memorials against other officials, no matter who they are impeaching, she feels annoyed.

That group of court officials never impeached anyone. The so-called impeachment was just to satisfy their own personal goals.

As soon as all the memorials were sent away, Jiang Zuo came to the imperial study as usual.

Every time the empress saw Jiang Zuo, she would feel a little more relaxed.

"Thanks to you, this matter has been resolved. I won't have to be bothered by those old guys anymore."

Chen Qingyun breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past few days, she has been holding back a lot of anger.

Because of Shen Ye's incident, the empress has not reviewed the official memorials for two days and has been busy dealing with these so-called impeachments.

Jiang Zuo said: "Your Majesty should not be so upset, calm down."

Chen Qingyun said: "Now the voices of those officials in the court can be suppressed. The only thing left is the opinions of the people outside the court about Shen Ye."

Now in the capital, Shen Ye has become a big shot, but the news about this so-called big shot is mostly negative.

Those rumors have become more and more outrageous. If they are not stopped, Shen Ye’s reputation may really be irreparable.

Although no matter what Shen Ye's reputation is outside the court, as long as he is loyal to the court and can work for the court, Chen Qingyun will still use him. However, if he wants to give this person a permanent position in the future, he is afraid that there will be some bad voices outside.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this. I will definitely be able to handle it." Jiang Zuo was also quite confident. After all, he was most familiar with manipulating public opinion. Now that Zhang Yonghong had changed his words, as long as Jiang Zuo made a slight move, he could reverse the entire public opinion.

"I am very curious, how did you persuade Zhang Yonghong?"

Chen Qingyun was quite confused. Although she didn't have much interaction with Zhang Yonghong, she only knew that he was related to Concubine Zhang, and she also knew the character of this second richest businessman in the capital.

What method did Jiang Zuo use to make Zhang Yonghong willing to act as his godfather and agree to this marriage?

It's quite strange indeed.

Jiang Zuo smiled. "This matter started from last night."

last night.

Outside Zhang's house, several people came to the gate quietly.

The lantern on the door illuminated several serious faces.

Soon, someone came up and knocked on the door.

After a while, the housekeeper in the mansion said, "Who is knocking on the door so late?"

"Qianqisi."

The person outside the door shouted.

Hearing this, the butler quickly opened the door and asked in confusion, "What are you doing at the Zhang Mansion?"

The leading Qianqisi guard did not answer. Behind him, a man came out and said, "I want to see your Master Zhang."

This person is Jiang Zuo.

This time, Jiang Zuo personally visited Zhang's house for the matter of Shen Ye...