The empress is wild and cool, and I'll help her secure her throne

On this day, a very interesting scene took place at the imperial banquet with a hundred tables in Corpse Seaming Street.

Ye Qianxuan asked Uncle Fu to bring the injured Nine Gates Governor's yamen runners and the remnants of Southern Wu to first confirm that Li Youming was a Southern Wu spy!

Afterwards, Ye Qianxuan asked Duan Zhenggang to come out and testify that Li Youming was the confidant of Li Mingda, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue!

Duan Zhenggang couldn't ask for more!

Since a spy from Southern Wu appeared in the Jiumen Commandery, the person who should have been investigated the most was him, the Jiumen Commandery!

Now that Ye Qianxuan had given him such a good opportunity to pass the buck, and the person he was biting was someone from the civil service group, Duan Zhenggang naturally cried out in tears, explaining how the Right Minister Li had placed Li Youming in his Nine Gates Governor's Office, and even let Li Youming presumptuously handle Ye Qianxuan's assault case!

In a word, Li Youming has a very close relationship with Li Youshilang of the Ministry of Revenue, and has nothing to do with the Nine Gates Governor's Office!

Then, the nature of the matter changed.

An unprecedented quarrel broke out between the civil service group and the military service group!

It’s a hundred times more lively than usual court sessions!

Ye Qianxuan, on the other hand, hid himself among the crowd, keeping his achievements and fame secret.

He knew that it was useless to just frame someone. He had to stir up the entire military officer group in order to completely pin the blame of collaborating with the enemy on Li Mingda!

Things are getting more and more serious, and there are signs that both sides are about to start a war!

The empress was furious and stopped everyone, ordering the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate to handle the case and give a result before noon tomorrow.

As a suspect in the case, Li Youshilang was first sent to the Censorate.

The person in charge of interrogating him was the Left Vice-Minister of Justice.

Logically speaking, these three departments are basically civil servants!

Even if they are not from the civil service group, they will definitely be given some face.

But what no one expected was that this third-rank Left Vice-Censor-in-Chief did not give any face to his fellow civil servant and directly gave Li You Shilang a beating with a stick!

Right Minister Li was nearly sixty years old, so how could he withstand this? After he was beaten to death, the Left Censor-in-Chief slammed the gavel and said, "Li Mingda! That Southern Wu spy Li Youming is your distant cousin!"

"Yes!" Li Mingda could only admit it.

This kind of thing can be found out by checking with the Ministry of Revenue.

Although he had changed Li Youming's household registration information in order to place him in the Nine Gates Governor's Mansion, there is no impenetrable wall in this world. As long as he checked carefully, he would definitely find out. It would be better to admit it.

"Since he's your distant cousin, there's no need for further investigation. Just sign and seal the agreement!"

Two yamen runners came forward, one of them held out a confession letter, and the other forced Li Mingda to sign it.

Li Mingda cursed the Left Vice-Minister of the Imperial Censorate a thousand times in his heart, and said to himself, "Once I get through this, I will kill you!"

According to the review process of the Three Courts, after the Censorate completes the review, the verdict is handed over to the Ministry of Justice. If the Ministry of Justice does not agree with the result of the Censorate, it will request a retrial.

So Li You Shilang was sent to the Ministry of Justice, where his treatment changed drastically.

After all, the six ministers are the backbone of the civil service group!

Of course, we have to give this face.

The Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, who was in charge of the interrogation, first found a doctor to treat the wound on Li Mingda's buttocks, and then provided him with wine and meat, allowing him to sleep peacefully on the goose down mattress in the prison!

After a night of "interrogation", the result of the Censorate was overturned, and it was determined that Li Mingda was innocent. He was completely unaware that Li Youming was a spy for Southern Wu. Ye Qianxuan was completely framing him!

The files were transferred to the Dali Temple.

Now that the Censorate and the Ministry of Justice each have their own opinions, the outcome of the Dali Temple's trial has become crucial.

At the same time, when Duan Zhenggang of the Nine Gates Governor's Office was arresting Li Xiuming that night, he "accidentally" found a large amount of gold and silver of unknown origin in Li Mingda's mansion!

This was considered to be the huge profits Li Mingda made from selling out his country!

The next morning, the Dali Temple Minister personally went to court to try the case. Without saying a word, he gave Li Mingda a beating. After a rigorous interrogation, the Dali Temple found Zhou Li guilty!

He deliberately placed Li Youming in the Nine Gates Governor's Mansion in order to transmit intelligence to Southern Wu and obtain huge profits, thus confirming his crime of treason!

Li Mingda was completely pale at this moment and had no choice but to plead guilty.

One day later, because of collaborating with the enemy, all the assets in Li Youshilang's mansion were confiscated and he was beheaded in public at noon!

Li Xiuming and his family members should have been punished together, but the representatives of the civil service group, such as Zuo Cheng, pleaded for him with tears in their eyes. The empress was grateful and only exiled his family members to the southern border, and they were never allowed to enter the capital again for the rest of their lives!

……

In room number five of Xuanzi.

Ye Qianxuan drank a pot of wine, leaned against the stove, and enjoyed Chu Yao's massage service. How pleasant it was!

Minister Li's complete downfall scared the Minister of Rites to the point that he has been quiet recently!

While Chu Yao was massaging Ye Qianxuan, she whispered, "Chu Yao has something I want to ask the Master."

Ye Qianxuan didn't look at her. He just took a sip of wine and said with a smile, "I'm curious why the three courts under the civil service group would convict Li Youshilang?"

Chu Yao nodded and said thoughtfully: "Chu Yao only wants to understand part of it."

"Although the Left Vice-Minister of Justice is a civil servant, he is very close to the eunuch group."

"The civil service group has been gaining strength recently, and the eunuch group must be trying to suppress it. The rank of Li Youshilang is just enough to suppress them!"

"There's no need to explain the Ministry of Justice. They are colleagues of the civil service group."

"Then why did the Dali Temple Minister, a civil official, also want to kill Li Mingda?"

"Also, why doesn't Li Mingda explain why his gold and silver weren't obtained through collaborating with the enemy?"

Ye Qianxuan laughed heartily: "Because before Li Mingda was handed over to the Dali Temple, the Nine Gates Governor's Mansion had already found a huge amount of gold and silver!"

"The Dali Temple's ruling is a reminder to Li Mingda that if you honestly admit your crime of collaborating with the enemy, we can still protect your family."

"So he just pleaded guilty."

"I don't understand." Chu Yao shook her head, still unable to figure it out.

"Think about it, if we really find out the source of Li Mingda's huge amount of gold and silver, how could it not be related to people from other civil service groups?"

"By then, relying on this connection, who knows how many people from the civil service group will be implicated along with him!"

"Although the crime of corruption in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was not punishable by death, but only by dismissal or exile, it was definitely a significant weakening of the power of the civil service!"

"In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, where three powers are competing with each other, this is the scene that the civil service group least wants to see!"

"It would be better to let Li Mingda admit that the gold and silver were obtained by collaborating with the enemy. That way, at least he will be the only one to die!"

Chu Yao's eyes lit up and suddenly became clear.

"To put it bluntly, my slander was just the fuse, and party disputes were the most critical reason for Li Mingda's death!" Ye Qianxuan said lightly.

Chu Yao was convinced: "Master, you are really amazing!"

"Chu Yao, remember, apart from blood relatives, all friends and enemies in this world are bound together by the word 'interest'!"

"The world is bustling with people because of profit, and the world is bustling with people because of profit!"

Ye Qianxuan grabbed Chu Yao's soft hands and instilled in her the dangers of this world!

After all, this girl is so simple!

"But Chu Yao is willing to sacrifice all her own interests for the Master." Chu Yao said firmly: "If the Master needs it, Chu Yao can do anything!"

"Uh……"

Yes, it’s for nothing.

But it seems to be pretty good to have such a beautiful woman who is devoted to you by your side!

Ye Qianxuan was just about to do something bad to verify whether Chu Yao could do anything, when suddenly there was a knock on the door of Xuanzi Room 5, followed by a soft, charming, choked voice:

"Please ask Master Ye to sew up my father's body!"