Marrying Wife and Concubine Together: After Rebirth, I Remarried the Scumbag's Father on the Sp

He burst into tears and begged: "Your Majesty, I just want to help Concubine De to plead for mercy, and I have no other thoughts!"

Emperor Sheng An raised an eyebrow in mockery. "Just wanting to plead for Concubine De, you dare to incite everyone to trespass into the Imperial Study? Chen Feng? Are you stupid, or do you think I'm stupid? Would I believe your clumsy lie?"

Before Chen Feng could argue, he heard Emperor Sheng An speak: "Come here, pass on my decree to dismiss Chen Feng from his position as Minister of Works. All officials who appeared in the Imperial Study today will be demoted three levels!"

A series of punishments came down, and everyone's faces turned pale with shock.

They knelt and cried out, "Your Majesty, we are wronged. Please revoke your order!"

Emperor Sheng An didn't bother to pay attention to them and shouted directly: "Drag them away and beat them with a stick fifty feet each. Leave Chen Feng alone!"

Chen Feng watched helplessly as officials were dragged away one after another, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

When he was the only one left in the hall, there was already a foul-smelling pool of water under him.

Emperor Sheng An kicked him with a look of disgust on his face: "Is this all you have? Chen Feng, weren't you so arrogant just now? If I hadn't come out, would you have torn down this imperial study?"

Chen Feng shook his head in fear: "I dare not!"

Emperor Sheng An sneered, "I think you're quite daring. Tell me, who ordered you to come to the Imperial Study and cause trouble?"

Chen Feng denied it without hesitation: "No, no one ordered me to do that. My daughter used to be in the Noble Ladies Academy. She respected the Virtuous Consort very much. After hearing that she was thrown into the water dungeon, she couldn't sleep or eat. I love my daughter very much!"

Emperor Sheng An nodded and said, "What a kind father's heart! I am deeply moved. Since your daughter respects Consort De so much, I will allow her to accompany Consort De in the water dungeon!"

Chen Feng's face changed drastically. He pleaded anxiously, "Your Majesty, please don't. Please have mercy and release my daughter!"

Emperor Sheng An frowned. "Look at what you're saying? I'm clearly helping her, or are you lying? This matter has nothing to do with her?"

Chen Feng was so frightened that his teeth chattered. He lowered his head and dared not say a word.

Emperor Sheng An spoke without hesitation: "Come here, arrest Chen Feng's family and send them all to the water dungeon!"

Chen Feng suddenly knelt and crawled to his feet, begging, "Your Majesty, please don't do that. I have your permission. I don't know who that person is. He only sent me a letter saying that you were in danger after leaving the palace. If I can make it known to everyone, then Zhan Yan, who took you away, will become the most sinner in the dynasty!"

Emperor Sheng An asked coldly, "Since you don't know who he is, why do you follow his orders? Chen Feng, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"

Chen Feng sobbed and denied, "No, I dare not deceive the emperor. The reason I obeyed his orders was because he had something on me. He actually knew that I embezzled money when I was supervising the construction of the Nandi Dam!"

Emperor Sheng An was so angry that his eyes went dark. It was really like pulling out a radish brings out the dirt.

I thought it was just a crude conspiracy to frame Zhan Yan, but I didn't expect that such a shocking secret would be uncovered during the interrogation!

He, Chen Feng, is very good!

He tried hard to suppress his anger and said, "I remember when the Nandi Dam was being built, the Ministry of Revenue allocated you 500,000 taels of silver, right? How much did you embezzle?"

A hint of panic flashed in Chen Feng's eyes, and he stammered, "No, not much!"

Emperor Sheng An slammed the table and said, "Speak!"

Chen Feng shuddered all over: "Twenty-five, two hundred and fifty thousand taels!"

Emperor Sheng An's vision went dark, and he subconsciously grabbed the desk tightly, which prevented him from fainting.

He squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "The Ministry of Revenue allocated you a total of 500,000 taels of silver, and you embezzled half of it. Chen Feng, you have such a big appetite!"

Chen Feng begged, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me. The dam is not in danger, and I haven't caused any serious harm!"

"Bang!" Emperor Sheng An smashed a memorial hard on his head.

Chen Feng's head was broken and bleeding, but he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it.

He said anxiously, "Your Majesty, it's not too late for you to know now. You can send people to remedy the situation. As long as the court gives you more money, I promise to reinforce the dam again and never let you down again!"

Emperor Sheng An looked at him in amazement. After a moment, he raised his hand and slapped himself hard in the face.

Chen Feng was so frightened that he even forgot to cry. He asked tremblingly, "Your Majesty, does your face hurt?"

Emperor Sheng An bared his teeth and said, "I only hate myself for being blind. How could I have chosen someone as shameless as you to be the Minister of Works? Chen Feng, you deserve to die!"

Chen Feng kowtowed vigorously and hurriedly: "Your Majesty is wise. I am the most wronged. I only got 30,000 taels of silver. The remaining 220,000 taels have been taken away by a mysterious person!"

Emperor Sheng An felt a sharp pain in his heart. He could not listen to Chen Feng anymore, otherwise he would be angry to death.

He said quickly, "Come here, take Chen Feng to the prison. All the men and women in the Ministry of Works' mansion are arrested!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he staggered and sat down on the chair.

Chen Feng was being taken away howling like a ghost, and then he saw Li Delu limping in quickly.

While he was calming Emperor Sheng An down, he comforted him, "Your Majesty, please be more open-minded. If you fall, how will the people in the south survive?"

Emperor Sheng An pounded his chest hard, "I blame myself! I always thought that under my rule, the people would live in peace and contentment. I never expected such a corrupt official to embezzle even the money for the dam's construction!"

Li Delu said, "Chen Feng certainly deserves to die, as he was the instigator, but the most despicable person is the mysterious man who blackmailed him. He knew how important building the dam was to the people of the Southland, yet he watched helplessly as Chen Feng put them in danger!"

Emperor Sheng An closed his eyes tightly. He had already guessed who the mysterious person hiding behind was.

No one else except Ye Tianqing has such skills and such scheming.

It’s really terrifying when you think about it!

When the dam collapsed and the people were in dire straits, he appeared again to save the situation. From then on, the people in the south only remembered Ye Tianqing's kindness, but blamed him, Emperor Sheng An, for being a tyrant who raised a parasite like Chen Feng.

He clenched his fists tightly, and the veins on his forehead kept throbbing.

The reason why he was able to get back in time was because he had prepared secret guards in advance and sent him to the imperial study at full speed.

He urged anxiously: "Li Delu, send someone to pick up Zhan Yan and ask him to enter the palace quickly, quickly!"

Li Delu quickly responded, "I have already ordered General Li to lead the Imperial Guards to support Marquis Zhan Yi!"

Emperor Sheng An finally took a deep breath and said, "You did a good job!"

Li Delu asked worriedly, "Should I ask Imperial Doctor Lin to take a look at you? You look very bad!"