The eldest son is fierce

Ministers such as Liu Wen and Zhao Ke have deep-rooted power in the court. It is impossible to take them down based solely on the case of Tang paintings!

If we take action against them because of the Tang painting case, it will only backfire.

Now, we can only continue to weaken their control over the government, and then look for opportunities to defeat them one by one.

Of course, this is Tang Yi's task.

How to do it is up to that guy.

The most important thing now is to mobilize supplies to support the northern border.

During this period, these old guys have been delaying material support to the North for various reasons, which has made him very unhappy.

Now is a good opportunity to take advantage of this opportunity to give them a warning.

"I will obey your orders!"

Although Liu Wen, Zhao Ke and other ministers were furious at this time, they could only obey the order.

What could they do now? The emperor was furious. To refuse was to seek death!

Fortunately, they were all kneeling on the ground, otherwise they would have jumped up and trampled Tang Jing into a pulp!

Seeing what you and your son have done, I really believed your lies.

You are more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. Our plans have been ruined by you and your son.

Little Poet Fairy was not killed. Instead, we watched him show off on the stage and rubbed all of our faces on the ground.

Now, even the supplies that had been delayed in being shipped to the north had to be sent there promptly.

This round, we lost completely!

Next game...

Thinking of this, everyone felt a chill down their spines.

What's next?

The next round is the case of Gu Cheng, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!

They all owe money to the Ministry of Revenue. Could it be that Tang Yi really has the ability to make them pay the money back?

They used to be dismissive of this, but now looking at Tang Yi, everyone felt inexplicably nervous.

The Imperial Guard supervises all officials. His Majesty sent Tang Yi to the Imperial Guard and went to such great lengths to pave the way for him, obviously intending to use him.

Could it be that His Majesty let Tang Yi join the Jinyiwei in order to deal with them?

Yuwen Feng was so angry that he laughed on the spot when he saw this scene.

You are playing this on me in front of me?

Really looking for death!

"Alright, everyone else stand up. Tang Jing, you kneel first."

Emperor Yanwen waved his hand and asked all the ministers to stand up, but he did not allow Tang Jing to stand up.

His eyes fell on Tang Jing, and instantly made Tang Jing feel uneasy.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I didn't teach my son well enough. Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Before Emperor Yanwen could even open his mouth, Tang Jing had already begged for mercy.

At this moment, his mood was like ice and fire, with a mixture of fear and alarm.

Originally, everyone came here to see Tang Hua crush the whole audience and let the Tang family enjoy applause and compliments, but now Tang Hua has become the clown in the audience and the Tang family has become the biggest joke.

The most favored son is a sinister villain, while the least favored son is a learned man!

I'm afraid that Tang Jing will become a negative example for countless powerful families and clans for thousands of years to come.

"Forgive me? Are you not a strict parent?"

Emperor Yanwen sneered and said, "Tang Jing, you really gave birth to a good son!"

"Stealing poetry and using it to gain fame and honor is blatant cheating!"

"To use such blatantly fraudulent poetry to admonish and mock me is to deceive the emperor!"

"Tang Jing, tell me... which crime alone is not enough to kill all your clans?!"

Hearing this, Tang Jing fell to the ground in shock.

Tang Hao was so scared that he peed his pants on the spot. Tang Hua was shaking like a sieve and shivering on his knees on the ground.

He was only interested in fame and fortune at the time, and he felt that Tang Jing was in a high position of power and could do anything. So what if the truth was revealed? Wouldn't it be solved with just a word from Tang Jing?

But he didn't expect that the truth would be revealed, and the powerful Tang Jing would be so insignificant.

Yan Shuangyu also took several steps back, frightened out of her wits.

She just wanted to prove that she was no worse than those young ladies from aristocratic families, that her son was better than Tang Yi, and that she wanted to be proud of herself in Kyoto.

Damn it, why did they prevent her from fulfilling such a small wish?!

"Tang Jing, you are the Minister of Personnel, a role model for all officials. Is this how you set an example for them?"

Emperor Yanwen flicked his sleeves and said coldly, "Today, for the sake of the little poet, I will spare your life, but you will be demoted three levels and transferred to the position of Junior Magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture to see how you perform!"

"If you make a mistake again, don't blame me...for turning against you!"

Tang Jing knelt on the ground, shaking like a sieve, with mixed emotions in his mind.

He was a high-ranking and powerful official of the Ministry of Personnel, of the fourth rank, but now he has become the Shaoyin of Jingzhao Prefecture, of the fourth rank.

It was thanks to his most despised son that he avoided the death penalty. Otherwise, the whole family would have been thrown into the vegetable market.

The son he valued most brought the Tang family to ruin, while the son he despised the most saved the Tang family... Haha, how ironic!

At this moment, Tang Jing thought of what Tang Yi had questioned him that day.

"I said I am the Little Poet Fairy, do you believe it?"

"I said that the top scholar in Tang Dynasty painting won it by plagiarizing my poems. Do you believe it?"

"I say that the Tang Dynasty painters who won the top three prizes in the imperial examinations were all due to favoritism and fraud. Do you believe it?"

"..."

Every question was like thunder exploding in Tang Jing's head, making him clench his fists and his heart bleed.

It turned out that what Tang Yi said was true.

And he never believed him.

If I had believed him, I wouldn't be so humiliated today.

Tang Jing looked up at the young man, who was wearing a Feiyu suit and carrying an embroidered spring sword on his waist. He was talking to Yan Wang Xiao Di at this moment, with a confident and sunny smile on his face.

From beginning to end, she didn't even look at him.

The Tang family was so harsh to him, and he, Tang Jing, was so mean to him. Now that His Majesty is dealing with the Tang family, how happy would that be for him?

However, there was no trace of emotion about the Tang family on his face.

It was as if His Majesty's punishment of the Tang family and the extermination of the nine clans of the Tang family had nothing to do with him... Thinking of this, Tang Jing's heart felt like it was stabbed by a sword.

It hurts!

It hurt so much that he couldn't breathe.

That boy is no longer a boy of the Tang family!

"Your Majesty, thank you for your grace!" Tang Jing kowtowed heavily to the ground, his voice trembling.

Emperor Yanwen's gaze fell on Tang Hua, and Tang Hua's body stiffened and he fell to the ground.

"Hmph, a mere mediocre person dares to disrupt the government and the imperial examinations of Dayan. His crime is unforgivable!"

Emperor Yanwen waved his hand and shouted coldly, "Come here, immediately publish a notice to the world, stripping Tang Hua of all his honors, removing his position as an editor in the Hanlin Academy, demoting him to a commoner, and never employing him again in his lifetime!"

"Also, immediately take Tang Hua into custody and throw him into jail to await your punishment!"

When Tang Hua heard what Emperor Yanwen said, he fell to the ground in fright.

Finished!

Waiting for your fate, isn't that just waiting for death?

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Your Majesty, please have mercy. I know I was wrong."

"Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me!"

However, Emperor Yanwen didn't even look at him.

Ning Chuan waved his hand, and the Jinyiwei immediately stepped forward and dragged Tang Hua away.

Listening to the wailing sounds gradually fading away, Yan Shuangyu's face turned pale as paper. She wanted to plead for her son, but her whole body was swallowed by fear at this time. Her feet felt like they were filled with lead and she could not move.

Beside her, Jiang Yunna's legs were trembling and she could hardly stand.

Fake, fake, all fake!

What about the literary talent, what about the profound learning, what about the perfect man... It turns out that they are all fake, just plays in Tang Dynasty paintings.

Jiang Yunna's eyes were red, she bit her thin lips slightly, and tried to look up at the stage.

On the stage, the familiar young man stood there tall and confidently, with the sunlight shining on him, making him look particularly dazzling, but in her sight his figure seemed blurry and unclear.

It turns out that from the very beginning, the boy who followed her and obeyed her every word was the real treasure boy!

But she pushed him away with her own hands.

"As for the Tang family..."

Emperor Yanwen lowered his head, his cold eyes fixed on Tang Jing. "Mind your own business! If I ever hear of your family's troubles again, you, Tang Jing, will never be able to return to Kyoto again!"

He was too disdainful to punish Yan Shuangyu and Tang Hao, such fools, it would be a disgrace to his status as an emperor.

Having said that, if Tang Jing still doesn't know what to do, then God will punish him and he deserves the bad luck.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty obeys." Tang Jing said tremblingly.

At this time, his body had become hunched, as if he had aged ten years in an instant, and there was no trace of his former vigor and vitality.

"Today, the Shenyuan Poetry Festival ends here!"

Emperor Yanwen looked at Qin Yu and Yuwen Feng standing on the stage and said calmly, "I declare Tang Yi the first place winner of the Shenyuan Poetry Competition today. Do any of you... have any objections?"

Qin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Yuwen Feng's face was gloomy.

They knew very well what Emperor Yanwen meant. He had given you a chance, but you were useless. So don't make trouble now.

But how could they just let it go like this? They represented Dongyu and Beidi, and were they just going up on stage to serve as a foil for Tang Yi? Didn't they have any dignity?

If you can't compare with poetry, won't you choose something else?

But before they could speak, a cold voice was heard.

"Whether they have any objections, ahem... I don't know, but... I do have an opinion."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw the sickly Long Zhan standing in the audience, smiling and standing up.

He pointed his toes, his body flew up, and after two jumps he landed on the bridge in front of Luming Lake.

Then he looked up at everyone by Luming Lake and spoke with a smile.

"Excuse me, everyone. You are surrounded by my Anjing Tower."

"Today, either give me money or give me my life!"