Playing bad and eating melons: The whole court is laughing? No, no

Jiang Yueyang looked at Emperor Yuan sitting on the dragon throne, worrying about how to tell him about Prince Rong's intention to rebel.

There is also a secret letter on the beam. I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has discovered it?

Thinking of this, Jiang Yueyang angrily muttered to the system: [Your Majesty, the throne is too unstable. Everyone wants to rebel. How should I remind him?]

Upon hearing this, Emperor Yuan said, "My dear ministers, please take a rest. I will be back soon."

[Where are you going, Your Majesty?] Jiang Yueyang asked.

[Isn't it that people have three urgent needs? 】

Before Emperor Yuan stood up and left, he gave a wink to the Crown Prince and the Left Prime Minister, and the two followed him and left without saying a word.

There would also be breaks during court meetings where officials could go to the toilet.

Lord Zhou and Lord Qi, who were previously named, were about to risk their lives to pass on the message, but were taken away and detained elsewhere by the commander of the imperial guards.

After a while, Emperor Yuan came back.

Afterwards, he issued an imperial decree, ordering the crown prince to go to Prince Rong's mansion in person to supervise the beating.

But what Jiang Yueyang didn't know was that the prince also brought a secret order - no one was allowed to enter Prince Rong's mansion but to leave, and the mansion was secretly surrounded.

After the prince received the order and left, the court meeting continued.

Qin Shi reported the progress of Lord Wu's case. Because so much time has passed, no evidence has been found to prove that the death of Li Chengxue's family was related to him.

Lord Wu also refused to admit it.

After hearing what Qin Shi said, Jiang Yueyang muttered to herself, "If they can't find the evidence, won't they torture him? I don't believe that fat guy's bones are stronger than whips and tongs! Qin Shi is still too gentle in handling cases."

The system objectively stated: [He doesn't have the same God's perspective as the host, so he might have concerns and be afraid of wrongly accusing someone.]

Jiang Yueyang thought about it and felt that what the system said made sense. He sighed and said, "In this case, we can only hope that Qin Shi can find evidence. Otherwise, a charge of cheating in the imperial examination won't kill the fat guy."

After hearing Jiang Yueyang's thoughts, Qin Shi knew what he should do.

Initially, he wanted to find actual evidence to prove Mr. Wu's crime and give the victim justice that everyone knew.

But now that Lord Wu refused to admit it, he had no choice but to resort to extraordinary measures.

Just beat him to death, he deserves it anyway.

If this is the case, Li Chengxue's family will not get true justice.

If possible, Qin Shi still hopes that Lord Wu can plead guilty and be punished, and his crimes will be made public.

Emperor Yuan asked Qin Shi to get to the bottom of the matter, no matter what means he used!

This is to accept Jiang Yueyang's opinion.

Then, General Zhenguo stepped forward, clasped his fists, and said, "Your Majesty, General Jifeng and his entourage will arrive in the capital in three days. Would you like to arrange for someone to pick them up?"

Before Emperor Yuan could say anything, a civil servant came out and said in a sarcastic tone, "General Jifeng doesn't need the court to send someone to greet him. There are already many people waiting at the city gate."

Jiang Yueyang looked left and right, his eyes rolling non-stop.

[Little Gua, who is General Jifeng? Why does the atmosphere seem strange to me? His Majesty's expression isn't right either.]

System: [This is the young general Lu Yunting that the storyteller mentioned last time, the leader of the Lu family army. Lu Yunting commands an army of 300,000 men, and these people believe he will rebel, and your Majesty is also wary of him.]

[What the hell! He's rebelling too? Has Your Majesty violated the laws of Heaven? There are already three waves of people trying to seize his throne.]

Civil and Military Officials: Three waves? Prince Rong and General Jifeng, who's the other one?

The system corrected: [Two waves. Lu Yunting never considered rebelling. He didn't even want that position. He just wanted to find out the truth about his father's death.]

These words caused a huge wave in everyone's hearts, and Emperor Yuan couldn't help but sit up straight.

Lu Yunting has no intention of rebelling?

Is there something else behind General Lu’s death?

Emperor Yuan looked towards Jiang Yueyang calmly, saying, "My dear minister, be careful with your words. Even if the common people go to welcome them, the court cannot fail to send people."

As he spoke, he looked towards the generals, his gaze landing on General Zhenguo, "Zhang Tiesheng, send someone to pick him up when the time comes."

"The general will obey the order."

[I also want to go see the famous General Jifeng. I heard he's even more handsome than the Crown Prince.] Jiang Yueyang looked at General Zhenguo with envy.

[That day is not a holiday.] The system reminded.

【I want to take a leave! 】

What's the reason?

【Abdominal pain during menstruation.】

The system said speechlessly: [Host, you haven't had your period yet.]

Civil and military officials: "..."

Emperor Yuan: You will do anything to see a handsome man.

Afterwards, the six departments reported on their respective work.

Among them, Minister Jiang, who was the Minister of Revenue, reported the preliminary amount of disaster relief silver to Emperor Yuan for him to decide.

Emperor Yuan looked at the 200,000 silver coins written on the memorial and agreed to allocate the funds without much thought.

At the same time, Lord Wang, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and a military general were sent to the disaster area to ensure that all the relief money was used for the people.

The generals followed the master to escort the silver and protect Lord Wang.

After a while, seeing that no one came forward, Emperor Yuan asked the eunuch chief Li Fuquan to read out an imperial edict.

Its content is the punishment for the dozen or so officials who took the initiative to submit memorials to apologize yesterday.

Some were dismissed from office, some were thrown into prison, and some were exiled.

After reading the imperial edict, Li Fuquan announced the adjournment of the court at the Emperor Yuan's signal.

All the civil and military officials bowed and turned to leave.

At this time, Emperor Yuan said again: "Bai Ze, you stay."

Bai Ze, the magistrate of Qingping County, felt a pang in his heart. Why did His Majesty leave him alone?

He quickly reviewed the first half of his life and made sure that he had not done anything to let Daxia down.

So why did Your Majesty keep him?

Jiang Yueyang walked out while secretly looking at the magistrate of Qingping County. It seemed that her father accepted the candidate she suggested.

***

Speaking of the Crown Prince, he took his men to the Imperial College, and was told by the academic official that Prince Rong did not come today.

So he took his men to Prince Rong's mansion again.

Princess Chen was very surprised by the arrival of the prince, and at the same time felt a little uneasy.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Chen bowed.

The prince raised his hand to exempt her from the ceremony.

Chen asked, "I wonder why the Crown Prince has come to the palace?"

The prince glanced at the people present and didn't see Yuan Sheng, so he asked, "Where is the prince?"

Chen didn't answer, and asked again: "Your Highness, is Sheng'er causing trouble outside?"

The prince's pupils shrank upon hearing this, and he looked at Chen with disdain, "Send the prince to see me."

Chen's heart trembled, and she dared not say anything more. She ordered someone to call Yuan Sheng. A short while later, the servants of the palace summoned Yuan Sheng.

Yuan Sheng bowed lazily to the prince.

Seeing this, the Crown Prince said coldly, "Your Majesty has falsely accused others of plagiarism, which is a terrible act. Your Majesty has ordered that your title be stripped, your status as a student at the Imperial Academy be expelled, and you be flogged with twenty lashes of the cane."