Forcing me to raise a concubine? The mistress of the Marquisate has gone mad

Taking the Imperial College entrance exam is a major event in the mind of every student of the Imperial College.

In order to provide Lu Yan with a safe study environment, Shen Ruoyan specifically instructed that no one should disturb Lu Yan.

Everything must be dealt with by her first, and one cannot go to the Son of Heaven without permission.

After Lu Jing learned about this, he told Lu Yan that he didn't need to travel to see him and that he could just focus on preparing for the exam.

As for Old Madam Lu, she ignored him and didn't ask any questions. Her whole mind was on Lu Sinian. Even Zhuhong, her biological mother, didn't spend as much time with her child as she did.

As for the case of the emperor's assassination, everyone thought that the Dali Temple was still interrogating the murderer and trying to find out the mastermind behind the incident.

Unexpectedly, this case actually involved another old case.

"Li Qingzheng, the former magistrate of Songyang County, was accused of embezzling disaster relief funds, causing widespread grief among the people of Songyang County, and was sentenced to death by beheading. The assassin testified that the assassination was carried out to redress Li Qingzheng's injustice, and there was no mastermind behind it."

The Dali Temple Minister presented the assassin's confession separately.

"Your Majesty, these people keep saying that they are the people who have received help from Li Qingzheng. This assassination is to redress the injustice done to Li Qingzheng..."

"They are here to seek justice and assassinate me?" The emperor sneered, "My dear minister, are you saying that I was the murderer who killed Li Qingzheng, so these people are here to seek revenge on me?"

"Wei Chen doesn't dare!"

Cold sweat continued to pour out of the Dali Temple Minister's back, and the color of his dark official uniform had become even darker.

"These are the assassin's confessions. I am only reporting the truth. Your Majesty, please make the decision!"

No matter how they interrogated the assassin's motive, they insisted that it was because of Li Qingzheng.

The Dali Temple Minister thought about it for a night and decided to report the matter to the emperor.

No matter what happened in the past, this is the result now.

Li Qingzheng...

The emperor chewed the name bitterly in his heart, and those memories that seemed to have been forgotten came flooding back again.

When Concubine Lin's brother Lin Si was the prefect of Fanhe Prefecture, Songyang County was under his jurisdiction.

Li Qingzheng opened the granary to release grain, and it was he who led people to capture him and put him in jail afterwards.

Now Lin Si has been promoted to the Minister of Works, holding a high position of power. If this case were to resurface, I am afraid that he would be more than the only person implicated.

At the beginning, it was the emperor who gave the order himself.

If Li Qingzheng was wronged, then he was also at fault.

But how could the king be wrong?

"What nonsense! It's all nonsense!" The emperor threw the memorial down, pointed at the Dali Temple official's nose and cursed: "Go back and check again, there must be someone behind them, don't try to deceive me!"

People can not escape from doing wrong?

Even kings can make mistakes in judgment.

However, the higher one stands, the more timid one tends to become. Perhaps the emperor had the courage to reflect on himself before, but now, he holds all the power, and asking him to admit his mistakes is as painful as asking him to die!

"Wei Chen obeys your orders."

The Dali Temple Minister came out with the memorial. The sky outside was blue, but his heart was filled with gloom.

When did it start?

Whenever the Dali Temple investigated a case, as long as the clues pointed to the royal family, the case would be dropped. In some cases, they were not even qualified to investigate, and the emperor could dismiss them with just one word.

As a result, the arrogant people became more and more arrogant, and the things they committed became more and more rampant - he wanted to control it, but he was powerless.

Just like this time, he summoned up all his courage, put on his official hat, and reported Li Qingzheng's affairs.

In the end, all I got was just four words - nonsense!

Who is talking nonsense? !

The Dali Temple Minister felt extremely tired, not only physically, but more importantly, his heart.

There were many suspicious points in Li Qingzheng's case back then.

Their Dali Temple advocates further investigation and has even arranged people to go to Songyang County for on-site investigation.

But when the emperor discovered that Lin Si was involved, he hastily settled the case.

Even later, when everyone put the blame on Li Qingzheng, he did not stop it.

Sacrificing Li Qingzheng, who had no background at all, in exchange for the support and stability of the aristocratic family was a very good deal for the emperor.

Poor Li Qingzheng was still trying to seek justice for himself until his death, thinking that it was the officials who protected each other that blocked his way to redress.

But he didn't know that at the end of the road was his dead end!

"Master, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple has come out of the palace. The memorial has not been handed out." The secret guards came back to report. They had been following the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple since he left the house.

From the time he entered the palace to the time he met the emperor, Shen Ruoyan's spies followed him all the way.

Know his movements like the back of your hand.

"Li Qingzheng's case concerns the interests of the aristocratic families. If we follow the clues, the melons will be so numerous that even a basket won't be able to contain them. How could the emperor agree?" Shen Ruoyan sneered.

Moreover, once this case is uncovered, the emperor's faults will be known to the world.

At that time, the people of Songyang County risked their lives to go to Beijing to seek justice for Li Qingzheng, but they were all killed on the way.

But those who have experienced it will never forget it. The county magistrate of Songyang County was a good and honest official, but he was wrongly killed because of mutual protection among officials!

They can kill one person, they can kill a group of people, but they cannot kill all the kindness and justice!

Otherwise, how could these assassins enter Beijing?

These people were not arranged by Shen Ruoyan, but they broke into her plan. It is said that the higher you stand, the farther you can see, but Shen Ruoyan only now realized that for some things, if you don't look down, you can't see anything clearly.

She had been the queen mother for too long and had only a vague understanding of what was going on outside.

Now that I am living among the people, I feel like I have a clear vision and a clear ears.

"The emperor will not admit his mistakes on his own initiative. He may even try to suppress the matter. Send people to the Dali Temple to protect those assassins. We must not let them kill them!"

After Shen Ruoyan finished giving the order, he said, "Since the Dali Temple Minister has made his choice, then help him at the critical moment."

In this world, good and evil are not absolute.

Sometimes, keeping safe does not mean going along with evil.

The day you wake up, you can play a huge role!

The Dali Temple Minister seemed to be a fence-sitter. When the emperor was powerful, he leaned towards his side. After the emperor took power, he rushed to show his courtesy to the emperor.

Others looked down on him for being a loser, but Shen Ruoyan knew that when you don’t have absolute say, you can only gain more freedom by relying on a larger force.

This is what the Dali Temple Minister is like.

His attitude is ambiguous, but he is a good at investigating cases, otherwise Shen Ruoyan would not have chosen him among so many people to help him to this position.

As long as he is given a chance, no matter how old or difficult the case is, he will be able to find a breakthrough point -

He must investigate this case!