I rely on gossip to save the country

Upon hearing Emperor Mingde's order, the Minister of Personnel collapsed to the ground. His face was pale and he looked ten years older. He clearly did not condone the legitimate son bullying the illegitimate son, but the emperor did not believe him.

System: [Master, the eldest son of the Minister of Personnel was so scared when he saw him, how could he have indulged him? This is unlikely. It's his son's fault, so he shouldn't be blamed, right? ]

Xie Chuyue patiently explained to the system: [Although it was not condoned by the Minister of Personnel, he saw the legitimate son and daughter bullying the illegitimate son, but he did not stop them, so he acquiesced. Besides, if the son is not well-educated, it is the fault of the father. If not him, who should be punished? ]

System: [I see. The human world is too complicated.]

The system fell silent.

All the civil and military officials understood that whether they tacitly approved or condoned him, it would be considered as indulgence.

The Minister of Personnel was taken away by the palace guards, and the morning court continued.

Xie Chuyue: [Sadly, Lu Zhixing, a bastard, is not as favored as those little mice raised by the Minister of Personnel.]

System: [What??? He also keeps mice?? Hey, why does he keep that disgusting thing? What kind of hobby is this?]

Xie Chuyue: [You know what, this Minister of Personnel, no, the Vice Minister of Personnel, loves mice so much that he not only feeds them himself, but also builds a small house for his mice to live in.]

Civil and military officials: They don't understand and are shocked. This rat is beaten by everyone when it crosses the street, but he keeps it in captivity and treats it like a treasure. Is this reasonable? This is unreasonable, right?

Moreover, they have to attend court with such people every day. It's so disgusting.

Emperor Mingde: Why do all the civil and military officials in his family have such weird habits? Can we have some normal people?

At this moment, everyone began to dislike the Minister of Personnel.

System: [Host, if you follow his method of keeping rats in captivity, be careful of a rat famine someday.]

Xie Chuyue: [That makes sense. If there is a rat shortage someday, it will definitely be the rats he keeps that are causing trouble. This is a huge hidden danger.]

Emperor: ………That makes sense. He must deal with these in advance to prevent future troubles.

"Prince, after the court session, you should go to the residence of the Minister of Personnel."

As expected of a father and son bond, the prince instantly understood the emperor’s implication.

"Yes, I understand." The prince replied respectfully.

"Your Majesty!" Old Master Su stepped out under the scorching gazes of the crowd and gave advice to the emperor.

Although his daughter had a deep relationship with the emperor, the empress had passed away, and the emperor did not want to take another concubine, he was happy to see it happen.

But the court officials were not happy about this. After all, they still wanted to climb up the social ladder with the help of their own daughters. It was not easy for others to bring this up. Every time they brought it up, the emperor would use the empress as an excuse to stop them.

As a last resort, he, the father of the former queen, had to step in and ask the emperor to select a concubine.

Emperor Mingde also respected his father-in-law very much. When he spoke, his voice was lowered a bit, "Grandmaster, what can I do for you?"

Old Master Su was neither humble nor arrogant, his cloudy eyes were full of shrewdness, "Your Majesty, the selection of concubines has been completed. Please choose an auspicious day to select a concubine!"

Xie Chuyue: [It is a rare event in history. A father-in-law actually gave a woman to his son-in-law. Fortunately, the daughter died, otherwise the father and daughter would definitely become enemies.]

Master Su: ... ... Do you think I want to? If I don't stand up, the threshold of his house will be trampled down by civil and military officials.

Emperor Mingde pursed his lips and smiled, but soon restrained himself.

His daughter hasn't even reached the age of marriage yet, how could she know so much? It's really embarrassing for him as a father.

Everyone: ...You are a big colander, just shut up, you are going to ruin all their good things.

Everyone looked at the emperor nervously, wondering whether their Majesty the Emperor would agree this time?

Emperor Mingde's face was calm, with a hint of anger in his eyes, but he didn't show it on his face. "Grandmaster, you are right. I should also add a few beauties to increase the royal bloodline."

When these words were spoken, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that His Majesty the Emperor had finally become more talkative for a while!

Xie Chuyue: [Fortunately, what father meant was that he wanted to take a concubine, not marry a wife, otherwise I would be dead. I heard that stepmothers all want to kill the ex-wife's children.]

The corners of the mouths of the civil and military officials twitched even more. What on earth was going on? Even marrying her would not shake her position in the emperor's heart. It was impossible to kill her no matter who else he killed. This little princess must have nothing better to do.

After hearing this, Master Su suppressed his laughter and reminded the emperor: "Your Majesty, selecting concubines is a big deal, you must be cautious!"

Emperor Mingde frowned when he heard this. He naturally knew what his father-in-law meant. He had never thought of marrying again.

Thinking of this, he slowed down his tone a bit, "Don't worry, Grand Master. I already have an idea. I will select a concubine in half a month."

Hearing this, everyone's heart was moved.

"Your Majesty, I have a legitimate daughter who is virtuous, generous, gentle, kind, and honest. She has outstanding character and appearance, is beautiful and intelligent, gentle and respectful. She has a gentle and kind temperament, is gentle and virtuous, and has the beauty of peace and uprightness! She can be your Majesty's wife." Prime Minister Du directly recommended his own daughter.

System: [Poor host, you are going to have a stepmother. With a stepmother, you will have a stepfather.]

Xie Chuyue: [I can understand and accept my father taking a concubine, but if you want to be my mother, you can just dream on.]

"Father, this is not possible. The daughter of Prime Minister Du is very spoiled and willful. She would beat her maid to death if she made the slightest mistake. How can such a woman be the queen and the mother of the country?"

In fact, Xie Chuyue didn't say this because she didn't want this person to be her stepmother. In fact, the character of the young lady of the Prime Minister's family was really like this, and she saw it with her own eyes.

If she becomes the mistress of the harem, will those living in the harem have any chance to survive?

Emperor Mingde had a smile on his face and was just about to scare his daughter.

Then Prime Minister Du's angry and sophistry came, "My daughter has always been very particular about etiquette and rules. It was the maid who did something wrong and was punished. How could she be called spoiled and willful by the little princess?"

The Prime Minister was so angry that he almost said it was you who was truly spoiled and willful. However, he knew it was early morning court and the Emperor was in power. If he said it out loud, he would be in trouble, so he endured it and didn't say it out loud.

Prime Minister Duan had been at odds with Prime Minister Du to begin with, and when he saw a way to find fault with him, he immediately confronted him, "Prime Minister Du, with his words, even murder and arson have become good deeds.

You are a father who is eloquent and eloquent, and the daughter of the Du family is so vicious, it is obvious that she is not a virtuous woman. "

Prime Minister Duan was a treacherous minister after all, and he was very smooth. He refuted from the side and not only cursed Prime Minister Du's daughter in a sarcastic manner, but also cursed Prime Minister Du as well.

Prime Minister Du also retorted sarcastically, "The Prime Minister was very sharp-tongued at the time, so I guess your daughter is not much better, right?"

Prime Minister Duan smiled, as if he didn't care. "You are joking, Prime Minister. I have no intention of sending my daughter to the position of Queen."

Xie Chuyue: [Okay, okay, keep quarreling, you are almost like a shrew scolding in the street, what's the difference between you and the common people? You are almost like a vegetable market. ]

Emperor Mingde felt that his daughter's description was very apt, and rubbed his brows in annoyance.

The two people who were still arguing: ………You just cursed, you are also a shrew. And they only said this in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say it in front of Xie Chuyue.

The emperor looked at the two men who had quieted down, and spoke coldly, his tone full of anger, "You two lords can go out and fight, and I will obey whoever wins!"

Xie Chuyue: [Hahahahahahahaha! Father's reply is so infuriating. He knew that the two were civil servants, but he still let them go out and fight. Did they go out and tear their hair? ]

Everyone: ………They also wanted to laugh, but this is the court, a majestic place, so they had to hold it back.