Uncle Detective Di Renjie, I build a crime-solving team

There was indeed a quarrel going on in the Taiji Hall at this moment.

Emperor Wu Zetian sat on the dragon bed and did not make a speech, while the Prince's Secretary and the Prince's Guests were speaking heatedly, seemingly arguing for their point.

Prince of Wei, Wu Chengsi, held his head high and acted as if it was none of his business. Zhang Jianzhi tried to persuade him, but it seemed to have no effect.

Wenchang Youxiang, Liang Wang Wu Sansi and several Shangshu were also talking privately about something, but at a glance, you could see that they all had red faces and thick necks.

Di Renjie glanced at everyone helplessly without saying a word.

The ministers of the six ministries had basically no right to speak at this stage, but it was normal for them to discuss the matter below. However, the ministers outside the Taiji Hall all looked at each other in bewilderment.

People who were standing close to the Tai Chi Palace could hear what the people were arguing about, but those who were far away could only look at each other and join in the fun.

Li Cunxi and others had already stood up, standing on tiptoe to look inside.

This is against etiquette, but no one would pick on their gifts at this time.

The noise in the Tai Chi Hall caused a lot of confusion among the people below, and this confusion has spread. Now everyone wants to know what happened inside.

After leaning his head and looking around for a long time, he saw Wu Zetian, who was sitting high on the dragon bed, saying something coldly, and the important ministers below also stopped talking and kept silent.

Less than half a cup of tea later, a eunuch walked out of the Taiji Hall, gathered all his strength and shouted:

"If you have something to say, please submit a letter. If not, please leave the court!"

Many ministers had nothing to report, but they had a good show to watch.

Today, the eunuch in Tai'an Palace came to Li Cunxi to ask for the regular silver, saying that it was to honor the eunuch official Zhu Liren. If Li Cunxi could tolerate this, why would he still worship Wu Chengsi as his mentor.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Cunxi who was at the end of the court. Li Cunxi, who already knew the procedure for submitting memorials, knew that this first memorial was of vital importance.

He straightened his clothes, walked out of the court with his head held high, turned to face the direction of the Taiji Hall, and said loudly:

"I, the Censor Li Cunxi, have a written document to submit to you!"

The eunuch turned around and said:

"Censor Li Cunxi has a document to submit."

Wu Sansi's heart skipped a beat.

This eunuch's provocation to Li Cunxi was just before the court meeting. How did Li Cunxi manage to write documents during the court meeting?

Or did Li Cunxi have already completed this document when he was in Tai'an Hall?

"Order Li Cunxi to come to the palace!" Wu Zetian said.

"Li Cunxi, come to the palace!" the eunuch shouted at the top of his voice.

Taking the four-square step that he had just learned, Li Cunxi walked towards the Tai Chi Hall.

This was his first time attending court and also his first time submitting a formal letter.

Li Cunxi had seen most of the officials for the first time.

These people either ignored Li Cunxi, or had cold expressions on their faces, or sent him off with a smile. The forces behind them were clear at a glance.

Outside the Taiji Hall, Hu Jinghui and Li Cunxi exchanged glances. They had not seen each other since the Huzhou case, but when they met today, their relationship was no different from usual.

After exchanging glances, Li Cunxi stepped into the Taiji Hall, stood among the third-rank officials, and bowed to Wu Zetian.

"Your servant, Li Cunxi, has a document to present."

"Bring it up."

A maid walked down the steps, took Li Cunxi's document and presented it to Wu Zetian.

"The eunuch Zhu Liren asked you for a bribe?"

Wu Zetian frowned. Although she was speaking to Li Cunxi, her eyes were on Prince of Liang Wu Sansi.

The eunuch Zhu Liren was the brother-in-law of Wu Sansi's wife. It was because of Wu Sansi's strong recommendation that the greedy Zhu Liren was able to become the eunuch of the imperial palace.

Unexpectedly, that Zhu Li guy seemed to be blind and dared to ask Li Cunxi for a bribe. He was really like a dog with eyes that could not recognize the gold and jade and did not know who was in front of him.

Is this Li Cunxi so easy to get along with?

King Liang lowered his head, not daring to look into Wu Zetian's sharp eyes.

Wu Zetian had no choice but to look at Li Cunxi and said:

"Cunxi, tell me, what's going on?"

Li Cunxi was not timid at all. He explained everything that happened before he went to court clearly, word for word, but he also added fuel to the fire where necessary.

Even if many ministers were present at the time, who would dare to stand up and say that Li Cunxi was lying?

after all.

Li Cunxi in the Taiji Hall merely exaggerated a little bit, but the general situation was indeed similar.

Seeing that Li Cunxi had finished speaking, Wu Zetian looked extremely unhappy. Wu Chengsi took the initiative to stand up and said to Wu Zetian:

"Your Majesty, I request that Zhu Liren be executed first, and then investigate the crime of the eunuch to serve as a warning to others!"

Wu Sansi was gritting his teeth with anger, but he and his brother-in-law were in the wrong now, so he had to look at Wu Zetian with a pleading look, hoping that Wu Zetian would spare Zhu Liren for his sake.

However, all of Li Cunxi's backers were present today, and Wu Sansi himself didn't know whether Wu Zetian would give him this face. He just hoped that Zhu Liren would not die in too ugly a way.

Di Renjie also walked out of the court and said to Wu Zetian who was obviously in a dilemma:

"Your Majesty, my nephew has only been the Censor for a month, and his salary is still in my house. How can he have 3,200 taels of silver to give to that Zhuli man as a gift?"

"Cunxi is so young, just entered the palace, and has been harassed like this. I am really sad. How about this, I am willing to take Cunxi to the mansion, take out the 3,200 taels of silver, and give it to the Liang Wang Mansion, so as to shut up the Zhu Li people and stop harassing Cunxi in the future."

Di Renjie's move of diverting the blame directly drew everyone's attention to Wu Sansi.

Everyone knows that this Huangmen official Zhu Liren was recommended by Wu Sansi? Zhu Liren is Wu Sansi's brother-in-law and he usually considers himself a relative of the emperor.

All the officials who had just entered the palace knew that the Zhu Li people always called themselves "Zhu Guoqin". Without the usual silver tribute, it would be extremely difficult to get an audience with the emperor.

If anyone wanted to impeach Zhu Liren, a relative of Zhu Guo, Wu Sansi was standing in the way. Unless one was not afraid of Wu Sansi's slander, no one would dare to impeach Zhu Liren.

Now is a good time to get rid of the Zhuli people. Wu Chengsi and Di Renjie spoke one after another, and everyone naturally wanted to give the fallen dog a beating.

Yao Chong, the Minister of War, came out and said loudly:

"Lord Li Cunxi is a court official who handles cases. He has only been in office for a few months, but he first solved the Youzhou case with Lord Di, and then investigated the Huzhou case. Now he is handling the Xue Mansion tragedy. His Majesty promoted him to the rank of Junior Inspector of Jingzhao Prefecture the day before yesterday!"

"Leaving aside the Eighth-rank Senior Censor, Lord Li Cunxi is still the Fourth-rank Lower Jingzhao Prefecture Shaoyin. He is only thirteen years old and already a Fourth-rank Lower. This kind of status is probably extremely rare!"

"This Huangmen official Zhu Liren, who sought bribes from Lord Li, is truly despicable. If we cannot punish such people, where is the law of the country?"