Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

The officials present all lowered their heads, but their eyes kept glancing at Emperor Qian.

Concubine Xiao Shu sat beside Emperor Qian, feeling complicated as she watched his face turn from green to red.

She didn't know whether to be happy or angry about what Qin Ming had done.

In theory, this is a good thing.

This will cause Qin Ming's status in Emperor Qian's heart to decline again.

But why, I also feel extremely angry.

Qin Ming seemed to really not care about the position of crown prince.

I just came here to recite this poem to Emperor Qian...

Finally, Emperor Qian spoke with a gloomy face.

"Stay at home all day, studying these sour poems?"

"It's a blessing for this dynasty that someone as ignorant as you isn't the crown prince!"

Emperor Qian’s words were very serious.

Qin Ming's poems brought back some memories that he didn't want to mention.

He had long forgotten that woman.

No one in the court dared to mention it.

Except Qin Ming.

Click!

Following a voice.

On the porch in front of the main hall hung a plaque welcoming the Nanyang merchant caravan. Perhaps due to the eunuchs' carelessness, it was not hung properly and fell to the ground.

Broken into several pieces!

Everyone's faces suddenly turned ugly!

Sun Lianying's heart sank, and he hurried forward to take people to clean up.

The words that Emperor Qian was about to use to scold Qin Ming got stuck in his throat.

He looked up at the sky, his eyes throbbing.

Is this some kind of omen from God?

After a long while, Emperor Qian gritted his teeth and asked the people from the Ministry of Rites:

"Who is in charge of this banquet?"

"Your Majesty, it is you, my humble servant."

A voice full of fear came from the crowd.

When they saw the person who was speaking, Emperor Qian and Concubine Xiao both froze.

Concubine Xiao Shufei's younger brother, Xiao Pingshan, the Deputy Minister of Rites!

In terms of status, Xiao Pingshan is Emperor Qian's brother-in-law.

"Why are you in charge of this?"

"Originally, the King of Qin was in charge of the banquet. Since there's no one this year, I'll be in charge."

Xiao Pingshan swallowed and spoke hesitantly.

In fact, he was greedy for a lot of money at today's banquet.

He even replaced the rivets that hung the plaque with the lowest quality ones.

It’s not that the little eunuch is incapable of hanging up, but this thing itself is a defective product and can’t last for too long.

I thought it was just a party and no one would notice.

But just when Emperor Qian was most angry, a big incident happened.

Chen Shimao, who was sitting below, shook his head slightly.

Qian Cai curled his lips and said to the people around him:

"If His Highness were still in the court, this kind of thing would never have happened."

"We've been trading for several years now. Now that Your Highness is gone, we can't even hold the most basic banquets."

"I don't know what kind of trade success this is celebrating. Do you really want to disgust the Nanyang merchant caravan?"

His voice was neither loud nor soft.

It could not reach the ears of Emperor Qian, but it could reach the ears of his ministers.

It immediately caused quite a stir.

"I heard that Zhao Xi caused a big mess in this trade, and Your Highness went over to clean up his mess."

"Didn't His Majesty mistakenly trust Zhao Xi a few days ago and dismiss His Highness's three guards?"

"That happened a few days ago. Later, I went back and gave him another Wuwei Battalion, begging His Highness to stabilize the Nanyang Merchants."

"In the end, it was His Highness who had to take action. Why bother with all the fuss..."

Although Qian Cai's voice did not reach Emperor Qian's ears.

But Emperor Qian actually heard the discussions of the ministers.

He had just said that Qin Ming was not suitable for the position of crown prince of this dynasty.

Immediately, the plaque fell off, and compared with previous banquets, it was a slap in the face.

But the one who made the mistake this year was Xiao Shufei's extremely doted brother.

"You bastard..."

Emperor Qian's teeth were about to break, his chest ached, and he even wanted to kill Xiao Pingshan.

Concubine Xiao Shu was frightened, because Xiao Pingshan was the only son of their Xiao family in this generation.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have spent so much effort to promote Xiao Pingshan to the Ministry of Rites.

If Emperor Qian kills him today, the Xiao family will be extinct!

"Your Majesty, please don't get angry..."

Concubine Xiao Shu hurried forward to comfort her, her face full of fear.

But still said:

"This is Pingshan's first time hosting a banquet like this. He was in such a hurry that some mistakes were inevitable."

"Xiao Pingshan, why don't you go and accept your punishment! If you do it again, you will be stripped of your official position!"

Watching Concubine Xiao Shufei giving him a way out.

Xiao Pingshan nodded repeatedly and knelt on the ground with a thud.

"I am guilty, and I will accept the punishment!"

After saying that, he stood up like the wind and prepared to run away.

The ministers frowned as they watched this scene.

In front of the Nanyang merchant caravan, he not only lost face for Emperor Qian, but also for the imperial court.

Concubine Xiao Shufei is so good that she can't tell right from wrong!

With just a few words, a big thing can be turned into a small thing, and a small thing can be turned into nothing!

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the crowd.

"Your Majesty, when did you ever need to make decisions about court affairs?"

"I remember the harem can't interfere in politics, right?"

Qin Ming walked forward and spoke lightly.

Concubine Xiao Shu's face suddenly turned ugly.

"What does His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin mean?"

"My point is very simple. How can such a big event as a banquet be treated so lightly?"

"Not only did you treat the banquet as a joke, but the accusation you made shows that you don't take this banquet seriously at all!"

Qin Ming had disliked Concubine Xiao Shufei for a long time.

However, Emperor Qian fell into the woman's crotch and couldn't get out, so he protected her tightly.

This made it difficult for Qin Ming to deal with her.

But it doesn't matter. If she gets the chance, she can deal with the only child in the Xiao family.

Qin Ming remembered that Xiao Pingshan had taken advantage of his sister's favor to create many obstacles for him in the past few years!

"Your Majesty, the King of Qin is being so extreme and lacks manners."

Seeing that the situation was not right, Concubine Xiao Shu quickly asked Emperor Qian for help.

Emperor Qian took a deep breath and looked at Qin Ming with disgust.

"Okay, let's do it this way first."

Chen Shimao and others frowned.

In front of so many people, he was so biased towards Concubine Xiao Shufei.

I'm afraid that after she leaves, countless officials will point at Concubine Xiao Shufei's spine and start scolding her.

But things have almost come to this point.

Just as Xiao Pingshan glared at Qin Ming angrily and was about to leave.

Qin Ming suddenly stopped him.

"Father, Imperial Concubine Xiao doesn't understand the laws of our dynasty. Have you forgotten?"

"Our Daqian is a country of etiquette. Anyone who violates the etiquette and causes serious consequences will be punished with thirty strokes of the cane!"

"Considering that this is Xiao Pingshan's first offense, I will spare him some leniency and give him twenty-nine strokes of the cane. How do you think?"

The officials below twitched their lips when they heard this.

If you don't want to forgive, you don't have to.

Just giving someone a little mercy, isn't that just disgusting?

"Don't go too far!"

Concubine Xiao Shufei became anxious.

Their court caning is particularly cruel.

A few beatings with sticks can leave a person unable to get out of bed for half a month.

Thirty strokes of the cane can cripple a person!

Emperor Qian was also held up at this time.

Only then did he realize that he had never taken his son seriously.

He actually knew the imperial laws like the back of his hand.

The ancestral laws are here, how can I save Xiao Pingshan?