The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 138
After Marquis Weiyuan left that night, all the concubines in the harem flocked outside the Qianqing Palace in the name of caring for the emperor.

Fortunately, Xie Xi and Cao Shouli had already made arrangements. The eunuchs in charge of ceremonies had nothing to do with Fang Luan, but they were more than enough to deal with these concubines who lived in the harem for a long time.

Seeing that the person guarding the door was from Dongchang, all the concubines kept silent. Even the most arrogant concubine Tang Zhuang asked Zhang Gu a few words before leaving in a hurry.

It is rare for an extremely harmonious scene to appear in the harem, but the disputes in the former dynasty have intensified.

In the early morning of the second day, the most lively scene of the Zhengxing dynasty took place.

In the past, hundreds of civil and military officials formed factions with each other, and each formed a group, but this time they targeted two people with a tacit understanding - Liu Qingyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Luo Xiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

The chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Qingyuan, has always been a staunch party member. He was regarded as the leader of civil servants in the past, but this time he was impeached for no reason.

The reason for Liu Qingyuan's impeachment is extremely simple, the corpse is a vegetarian meal, and his cronies are indulged.

Luo Xiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, was attacked even more violently. Li Zhuwen, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, gathered two more censors to participate in the performance after the last attempt failed.

In the Dayan Dynasty, corruption was rarely used as a fuss in the participation of civil servants.

The reason is simple. The salary set by Taizu was too low, and the salary of most officials was barely enough to make ends meet.

The annual salary of a fourth-rank official is only enough to cover the expenses of a family of four. Without some extra income, there is no way to support the dignity of being an official.

Not to mention that in the past few years, the imperial treasury has been tight, and the annual salary cannot be paid in full. Most officials rely on income other than salary.

Although it is a well-known secret, after all, it cannot be known by outsiders.

Besides, other people's body is not clean, and their own body is not much better, which is equivalent to participating in the performance of themselves, and no censor would use this charge foolishly.

This Li Zhuwen is an exception. He first served as Qingshui Hanlin for three years, and then served as a scholar and political officer for two years abroad. He didn't know these official rules at all.

As soon as he played this time, all the officials at the meeting were embarrassed.

Zuodu Yushi Tao Ran secretly scolded Li Zhuwen in his heart, he sent someone to deliver a message to Li Zhuwen last night, asking him to get ready to play Luo Xiu's memorial today.

The choice of Li Zhuwen is naturally because this person has no interest in any faction.

In the eyes of others, the playbook he participated in is a little convincing.

Time was running out, and Tao Ran didn't have time to watch Li Zhuwen's performance, anyway, he was just looking for an excuse.

After Tao Ran heard it in the court hall, he was immediately dumbfounded. Li Zhuwen, a bookworm, chose such a reason.

To poke it out like this is to commit public anger.

Tao Ran felt uneasy. The last time Li Zhuwen's memorial was handed over, there was not even a splash.

It's absurd to think about it, Luo Xiu has just taken up the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, and it's only been a few months.Doesn't such a memorial accuse the emperor of unknown employment?

But he had to do it again. In desperation, he chose Li Zhuwen to find out what the consequences would be.

But this time it was beyond his expectation, Xie Yao did not hesitate, nor did he give Luo Xiu any chance to argue.

After the court meeting, Xie Yao issued an edict that Luo Xiu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, suspended his post and waited for participation, and strictly investigated bribery and other matters.

The capital was already covered with dark clouds, and a storm began.

On that day, the Ministry of Punishment sent people to surround Luo's mansion, and Luo Xiu was also thrown into prison by Xie Yao in the name of the prince of Jian Guo.

Immediately afterwards, the disciples and old officials related to Luo Xiu were implicated, and more than a dozen Beijing officials were successively sent to prison by the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The relationship between Lin Yuanzhi and Luo Xiu is not bad, and the Lin family cannot be spared. On the second day Luo Xiu entered the imperial prison, Lin Yuanzhi was also regarded as Luo Xiu's accomplice, and the Lin family also suffered the same experience as the Luo family.

However, the difference is that in addition to cliques, Lin Yuanzhi was also accused of contempt for the royal family, private teaching and receiving, and lax family education.

But fortunately, Lin Yuanzhi has the status of Uncle Kang Ning. According to Dayan's regulations, if a Lord commits a crime, he must be reported to the emperor by the clan's office before he can be convicted.

Therefore, although Lin Yuanzhi had a few more crimes than others, he still stayed in his mansion well.

Lin Zisu, who was far away in the Forbidden City, didn't know that Lin's mansion had been surrounded by the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The emperor's poisoning was very light this time, after being controlled by golden needles, he took the medicine prescribed by Lin Zisu that night, and the symptoms of poisoning disappeared.

Because the queen declared that the emperor would wake up within seven days, Lin Zisu could only temporarily live in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace.

Apart from checking the emperor's pulse regularly, Lin Zisu had nothing else to do. Lin Zisu reasoned back the cause and effect, always feeling that there seemed to be some omission in this matter.

There is such a method of poisoning without anyone noticing, if it is to take the emperor's life, there are plenty of strong poisons, why use such poisons?

If you want the emperor to be sick, and you won't take such a small amount of weight, let yourself relieve it easily.

The emperor's poisoning was hard to explain anyway.

This sudden poisoning caused the emperor to lose his usual rationality. The moment he woke up, he began to reflect on whether he had been too lenient in his administration in the past.

Cao Shouli arranged for people from Dongchang to monitor the movements of civil and military officials.The emperor knew every move of the previous dynasty like the palm of his hand.

After Luo Xiu was impeached and imprisoned, all the officials related to Luo Xiu were liquidated.

When listening to the secret report, the emperor never shy away from Lin Zisu, as if he regarded Lin Zisu as a junior around him.

It seems that the emperor has already made up his mind, and he detoxified him himself, which is worthy of Xie Xi's trust.

After hearing that Lin Yuanzhi was implicated, Lin Zisu's flustered mind finally found it difficult to calm down.

"Su Yatou, do you know why your family is in such a catastrophe?"

Lin Zisu replied without thinking, "Is it because I healed His Majesty?"

The emperor shook his head and said, "You can say yes, or you can say no."

Lin Zisu didn't understand what the emperor meant, and was waiting for the emperor to continue, when the emperor said something irrelevant: "Su girl, don't worry, I won't let those people mess around."

This sentence is quite strange. It stands to reason that as the emperor, he doesn't need to promise anything to himself.

The emperor's promise was to show the importance he attached to himself.

Lin Zisu's hanging heart still couldn't let go completely. Although the emperor used her strategy, it was a few days late, and it was still different from what she expected.

Judging from the secret reports she heard, the emperor has lost control of some things in the capital.

When eating in the side hall that night, a young eunuch who delivered food suddenly sneaked up to Lin Zisu's side and said in a low voice, "Miss Lin, my master asked me to ask you, how is the emperor's condition?"

(End of this chapter)