I'm really not doing business

Chapter 738 If you don’t pay the taxes, you will go bankrupt!
"This is impossible! This cannot be possible. Why should this be possible? This is the divorce and marriage certificate given by Zhangzhou Prefecture. Why doesn't the court recognize it?" Liu was really shocked. This is the Ming Dynasty court. How could they go back on their word? !
"Isn't Zhangzhou Prefecture an official residence of the imperial court?"

If this matter was easy to handle, Lu Cheng, the prefect of Zhangzhou Prefecture, would not have sent it to the court to be treated as a difficult case.

Zhao Mengyou said with a serious face: "Because you deceived Tang Zhihan for the purpose of defrauding property, the fact of fraud exists, the divorce letter must be abandoned, and the marriage certificate with Xu Zhenyi is naturally invalid. Before this, you have been transferring Tang Zhihan's family property to Xu Zhenyi's hands, all kinds of property, totaling 1.6 million silver."

"This is an indisputable fact, with irrefutable evidence."

“If the various workshops were not all under the care of Tang Zhihan’s men, would you also transfer these workshops to Xu Zhenyi’s hands?”

Tang Zhihan is a very loyal man. The deeds to those workshops are in the hands of his brothers, and Tang Zhihan takes 30% of the profits from each workshop every year.

The most valuable thing is not the land, but the people who gather together. They use Jilong Island as the source of logs and process the logs. The woodworking masters with more than ten years of experience are the source of profits. The processed wood is sent to various shipyards. Wood processing is Tang Zhihan's most profitable business.

Carpenters have a high status in society and are respected. Their economic status means they have enough food and clothing and can even support a student.

"That's my money too!" Liu's face flushed and she shouted loudly. This was a bit of a coward. She was actually afraid. The court was unreasonable and didn't even recognize the marriage certificate. It was biased towards Tang Zhihan, which caused Liu to feel panic deep in her heart.

"Who made the money?" Zhao Mengyou tried to ask calmly. This Liu's way of thinking was different from that of normal people.

"If you give it to me, it's mine! All mine!" Liu's eyes were already red, and she shouted this at the top of her voice. The louder her voice was, the more guilty she felt.

The adulterer Xu Zhenyi had already completely collapsed on the ground. Liu didn't understand, but Xu Zhenyi already knew the outcome when he heard that he was going to Beijing.

The angrier Liu got, the calmer Zhao Mengyou's tone became.

Zhao Mengyou flipped through the account in his hand and said calmly, "You don't know that this money was earned with lives, and you don't want to know how hard Tang Zhihan worked."

"You don't even seem to know what 1.6 million silver coins mean. That towering bell and drum tower over there cost 1.2 million silver coins to build. Each person goes upstairs for 15 cents each time. Excluding the maintenance costs, the cost of 60,000 silver coins has been recovered so far."

"A high-class Japanese prostitute who can enter the pleasure boat directly only costs fifty taels of silver. This is already the most expensive. Tang Zhihan can buy 32000 of them. Even the most expensive Yangzhou skinny horse costs two hundred taels each. Tang Zhihan can buy eight thousand of them. And you, who can't play the piano, chess, calligraphy, or painting, and whose figure and body shape, uh, are old and ugly."

"If I go out to sell myself, no one will care. Even if I'm ten years younger, no one will care."

Liu shook her sleeves vigorously and said sternly: "I am his wife who has lived through all his hardships. When he was the poorest and there was not even enough bran to eat at home, I was the one who raised his children and asked for food from others everywhere! You compare me with those lowly prostitutes, and you, the great Ti Shuai..."

Liu suddenly became speechless. She looked at Zhao Mengyou in shock, her face filled with uncertainty.

"Speak, continue." Zhao Mengyou raised his head and looked at Liu. There was no sarcasm, no disgust, no emotion, only coldness.

Zhao Mengyou compared Liu to a prostitute in order to let Liu herself say these four words: the wife of one's hard life.

Friends made in poverty and adversity should not be forgotten, and a wife who has shared the hardships of life should not be abandoned.

Obviously, Liu also realized that she had said the thing she was most reluctant to say, that she was Tang Zhihan's wife, and Tang Zhihan had never been a client, and they had always been in a de facto husband and wife relationship.

Zhao Mengyou met too many prisoners, and he found that many of them had self-consistent logic. They told so many lies that even they deceived themselves. In this fictional story that even deceived themselves, there must be a point that is the cornerstone of the entire fictional story.

The biggest cornerstone of Liu's fictional narrative is that she believes that Tang Zhihan only treats her as a housekeeper and that Tang Zhihan is a client, and thus she constructs all the fictional stories and enjoys everything with peace of mind.

To break the prisoner's will and shatter the fictional story is to break this foundation, and the story of self-narrative and self-deception will collapse.

Liu has always been very clear about her identity, Tang Zhihan's wife.

All the luxurious life she had, all the romance she had, even the privilege of not having to kneel when meeting an official and the status of an official's wife, were all earned by Tang Zhihan through hard work outside. She was highly respected only because she was Mrs. Tang, not Mrs. Liu.

"Do you still have any objection to my annulment of the divorce agreement on the basis of fraud?" Zhao Mengyou asked.

"Yes!" Liu answered with a horrified look on her face. This was something she could never admit. Once she admitted it, she would be punished by lightning for what she had done.

"Very good, since you refuse to admit your identity, then you are not the wife of the Ninth Rank Merchant. That's easy to deal with. Come on, give me ten strokes of the cane!" Zhao Mengyou drew out a stick and threw it on the ground.

The reason why Zhao Mengyou did not torture Liu when she was roaring in the court was that if the divorce agreement was to be annulled, Liu would still be a ninth-rank lady.

The wives of officials from the first to ninth ranks in the Ming Dynasty were called Madam, the wives of officials of the sixth and seventh ranks were called Anren, and the wives of officials of the eighth and ninth ranks were Confucian scholars, and of course they were generally respectfully called Madam. This was not only an honor, but also a strict hierarchy. Not beating them before was a rule, but beating them now was to tell Liu why she could speak like that in court.

Two imperial guards grabbed Liu and dragged her out to beat her. Since the stick had already fallen to the ground, it was an order from the official in the court. Even the officials from the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate who were listening in did not try to stop them.

The tragic and shrill screams echoed throughout the court. When Liu was dragged back, she looked like she was dying, and it seemed that she had been beaten very severely.

But Zhao Mengyou knew very well that although the imperial guards fought loudly, they actually did not put in much effort. With so many court officials watching and the emperor in the back hall, it was impossible for the imperial guards to confess under torture.

The reason why he looked dying and about to die was because of Liu's tricks and little thoughts.

Zhao Mengyou had seen too many cruel officials of the Ming Emperor, and always thought that he could avoid punishment with a little cleverness.

"Well, I'm still a little dissatisfied. Give me another fifty lashes." Zhao Mengyou flipped a stick, ready to throw it out.

"I admit it! I admit it!" Liu, who seemed to be dying just now, suddenly shouted loudly. Even if the imperial guards held back, it would still be painful after ten strokes of the stick.

Zhao Mengyou took back the stick and said very clearly: "Ten strokes. If you use extreme strength, you will be killed on the fifth stroke. The reason you are still alive and well is entirely because you are the wife of a ninth-rank official. Everything you enjoy is given by Tang Zhihan, including Xu Zhenyi."

"Yes, Xu Zhenyi is quite handsome, poetic, and good at painting and sweet-talking. He is thirty-seven years old. What does he want from you? Because you are old and ugly? Or because you are unreasonable? Isn't it just for your money?"

"Oh, yes, you know very well that Xu Zhenyi has two concubines and three children born to him. You had a big fight with him because of this, and his face was scratched. Did you scratch it?"

"Boss! Say something." Liu knelt on the ground, looking at Tang Zhihan miserably with pleading eyes. She felt unspeakable pain. Liu did not look at Xu Zhenyi. Xu Zhenyi had already wet his pants out of fear. He could no longer be relied on.

"Tang Zhihan, do you have anything to say?" Zhao Mengyou asked Tang Zhihan.

Tang Zhihan bowed, took a deep breath, and then said loudly: "I have nothing to say."

If Tang Zhihan still pleaded for Liu at this time, Zhao Mengyou could only say that he, Tang Zhihan, deserved it. Before, Tang Zhihan was almost beaten to death in his own home and on his wife's belly, but he was still stubborn and refused to repent. It would be better for him to be beaten to death.

Zhao Mengyou looked at Liu, exhaled and said, "I have never seen a woman as vicious as you. Even Pan Jinlian in the book has some sense of shame compared to you."

Zhao Mengyou was the commander of the imperial guards. He had seen too many criminals, and no woman was more vicious than Liu.

"Since you all have no objection to the abolition of the divorce agreement, then please sign and seal this demand notice!"

"This year, a new wood workshop was opened on Jilong Island, and the accumulated tax arrears amounted to 1,300 silver taels. After the case is settled, it will be paid at the Ministry of Revenue." Zhao Mengyou took out a tax receipt, handed it to the clerk, and asked Tang Zhihan to sign and seal it.

The tax bureaus of the various Maritime Customs Offices are the Southern Treasury of the Emperor. Half of the tax revenue must go directly into the Imperial Treasury. This is His Majesty's money, not a cent less! If Zhao Mengyou doesn't have it, he will have nightmares at night. His Majesty is very generous and often rewards, but His Majesty will personally check the money that should be deposited into the treasury.

After Tang Zhihan signed and sealed his name, Zhao Mengyou checked the files and slapped the wooden stick again, saying in a solemn tone: "According to the Ming Dynasty Law, Criminal Law, Human Life, if a wife or concubine conspires to kill her husband due to adultery, she shall be executed by slow slicing, and the adulterer shall be beheaded!"

After the tax inspection, it was a typical case of adultery. The Ming Dynasty law had three types of punishments for adultery. One was consensual adultery, which meant that both parties were willing to be beaten with eighty sticks, not the pig cage, which was private punishment. After the beating, the couple was sentenced to be separated; the other was treacherous adultery, which meant raping a good woman and the adulterer was sentenced to death;

The most serious of these cases was murder due to adultery, where the woman was tortured to death and the adulterer was beheaded in public.

"Lingchi?!" Liu looked at Zhao Mengyou in a daze. She had never expected that this would be the outcome!
Zhao Mengyou smiled and said, "If you didn't hurt anyone, you would just be beaten with a stick and pay the money back. But if you killed someone, you will be given a heavy punishment."

The Ming Dynasty criminal law stipulated flogging, caning, imprisonment, exile, and death. The first two categories, whipping and beating with a stick, were corporal punishments for minor crimes. However, as Liu had no intention of killing anyone, his crime was considered a minor one, and he could even be exempted from flogging and caning by paying money.

Imprisonment means hard labor, ranging from one year to ten years. Exile means banishment. The death penalty is beheading, which can be either immediate or executed at a later date. Sometimes, if a general amnesty occurs and a person is sentenced to execution at a later date, he or she can still survive.

As for lingchi, it is the most serious crime among all serious crimes, a crime that cannot be pardoned even if pardoned.

Zhao Mengyou began the next step of the trial. Up to this point, it was extremely complicated. Various pieces of evidence kept appearing, and dozens of witnesses came forward to testify. Each witness left a confession, and Dali Temple Minister Lu Guangzu, Ministry of Justice Left Vice Minister Yan Qing, Chief Censor Zhao Jin and others reviewed them one by one, confirmed that they were correct, and kept them on file.

Zhu Yijun sat in the back hall and listened to the interrogation process. No decision would be made today. Zhao Mengyou gave his opinion, and the Ministry of Justice finally confirmed it. After the approval of Lu Guangzu, the Minister of the Dali Temple, it would be sent to the emperor for execution. The death penalty would have to be reviewed three times. Even if it was expedited, it would take ten days to half a month. If not expedited, it would take a year and a half.

"After listening to what I have heard so far, I have discovered one thing. It's not that Liu is not clear, she is just pretending to be confused. She doesn't even dislike Tang Zhihan for being an honest man. It's just that Liu can't control Tang Zhihan, so she found Xu Zhenyi, who is more cowardly and can be controlled, to bully."

"This Liu dared to harass Xu Zhenyi. She didn't dare to disobey Tang Zhihan, so she decided to kill him." After listening to the whole process, Zhu Yijun came to a conclusion.

Tang Zhihan is very powerful, otherwise he would not have been able to take over the Yuegang Ocean Trading Company from the old peak master and former merchant general Li Ruiqi. Tang Zhihan is powerful, and after Liu became rich, some ordinary enjoyment could no longer satisfy her, so she found all kinds of excuses and even took control of Xu Zhenyi, who had controlled her in the past.

And from the trial process, it seems that Liu really enjoyed the feeling of holding Xu Zhenyi in his hands.

"When I was ten years old, my mother took me to the Taimiao and cried. Adults cried, children cried too. My mother told me that there is an old saying that goes, if a woman is in charge, the house will fall down." Zhu Yijun said with some emotion: "My mother said: most women don't read books, and if they do, they read and write female precepts. They don't even read the classics, history, and collections. They haven't read the big principles, and they don't come into contact with people and things outside. They have no experience at all, so the house will fall down." "My mother saw that I was not motivated and that the ministers didn't support me, so she had to let you take care of me and restrain me, and rely on you to deal with the affairs of the world. Later, when it came to state affairs, my mother didn't care if she could, and didn't let the concubines in the harem say too much. I think that's the reason."

Feng Bao was most afraid that the emperor would mention his past. Whenever the emperor talked about his childhood, Feng Bao would break out in a sweat. At this time, Feng Bao's forehead was covered with sweat.

"You're such a coward that you don't even dare to say a word. I keep my words. Just do your job well and I won't bring up the past." Zhu Yijun scolded with a smile. As the Prime Minister of the empire, he acted like a quail when talking about the past, just like how violent he, Zhu Yijun, was.

"Your Majesty, I am really scared." Feng Bao said with a little trembling. He had to tell the truth in front of the emperor.

He was also thinking about the future judgment in the Spring and Autumn Annals. He didn't dare to say that he would sit side by side with the eunuch Zheng He, but he at least wanted to have the reputation of being the minister who restored the Ming Dynasty.

The Central Plains does not dislike eunuchs, but hates the eunuch party.

Gao Lishi of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Zheng He and Liu Yongcheng of Emperor Chengzu of Ming, and Wang Zhi of Emperor Xianzong of Ming were all virtuous eunuchs. Even the scholars who were used to scolding eunuchs had to praise their virtues. Feng Bao had no descendants, so he just wanted to gain a good reputation after his death.

Zhu Yijun leaned back in his chair and said helplessly: "The Production Chart talks about production, saying that people are the sum of all relationships. Mother's words make sense. In the past fourteen years, I have established a girls' school. The children of officers, soldiers, and craftsmen must go to school. In addition, we have weavers. Weaving is a good business. Although they don't earn as much as men, they are careful."

"Go to school and study to learn sensible things, work to have production relations, and know how to handle things. Don't let Liu's incident ruin all my efforts over the past fourteen years."

When Wang Chonggu talked about this case, he said that it was similar to the case of the weavers’ fraudulent marriage in the government factory. After the fraudulent marriage case, prostitutes had to reform themselves and were not allowed to work in the government factory. After the Liu case, all previous businesses were ruined.

Feng Bao hurriedly said, "That can't be possible. Such a vicious woman cannot even be described in books, Your Majesty."

"That's true. I hope it's an exception." Zhu Yijun stood up, took two steps, and said to Feng Bao, "By the way, aren't there still sea merchants beating drums to complain that their money was taken away after they divorced? Tell the commander of the army that if they don't pay the taxes they owe, they won't be able to cancel the divorce."

“Not paying taxes is absolutely not an option.”

"I obey the order." Feng Bao obeyed the leader's order.

Divorces in the Ming Dynasty were different, and the distribution of property between husband and wife was also different.

Returning means that due to an accident or change, a woman returns to her parents' home, taking all her dowry back and returning the betrothal gifts, and then they part ways and live happily together.

If the marriage is cancelled, there are various reasons. For example, the couple cannot make ends meet anymore, or the man made a mistake. After negotiation, the man writes a divorce certificate and asks the woman to comb her hair and eyebrows again and find a good husband. In this case, the couple has lived together for many years, and the woman takes all the dowry back without returning the betrothal gift.
In the case of a divorce, if both parties choose to break up peacefully after negotiation, their property will be divided in half, that is, the couple's property will be divided in half, half to each person. This practice was first implemented in the Song Dynasty. For example, in Volume B of "Yijianzhi", there is a man named Wang Balang who disliked his wife's old age and uglyness, so he divided her property in half after the divorce. Later, he fell in love with brothels and died in the belly of a prostitute.

The seven grounds for divorce are: a woman can take away her dowry and clothing, but not her trousseau;

Divorce is not something that can be done casually. The Ming Dynasty law clearly stipulates three things that are not allowed: a woman who has no place to go (a woman who has been homeless), a woman who has mourned for three years for the man's parents (a woman cannot be divorced after that), and a man who was poor but has lived through all his hardships (a woman who has shared his hardships with him cannot be divorced). If the three things are not met and a woman is divorced forcefully, his house will be confiscated.

If the husband is too cruel or does not work, the wife can go to the government office to sue him. After the government examines the case, it will grant the divorce. In this case, the woman can only take her dowry with her.

A "righteous divorce" means that after a criminal case occurs, the government directly approves the divorce, which means the couple has severed their relationship and often breaks off relations. This situation is quite complicated and often requires specific analysis of each case. For example, in a case like Tang Zhihan, if no one was harmed, the case would have to be sentenced as adultery no matter which official was in charge.

The last option is to avoid disaster and entrust someone else.

After Zhang Juzheng's death, more than a dozen members of his family were imprisoned and starved to death. His eldest son Zhang Siwen even committed suicide to show his determination. Seeing Zhang Juzheng's end, Qi Jiguang, in his later years, divorced his first wife Wang in order to avoid disaster, and even handed his concubines and son to Wang. He was alone and helpless, sick and had no money to treat, and died in depression. This is how he entrusted his wife to someone else to avoid disaster, and it is extremely rare.

Therefore, for the sake of tax reduction and divorce, if the merchants want to cancel the divorce agreement according to the precedent of Tang Zhihan's case, they must pay the tax collection notices and fines issued by the tax inspection office in advance before the divorce agreement can be cancelled. If they do not pay the taxes, they will lose everything!
In the Ming Dynasty, the only things that cannot be avoided are death and taxes!
Zhu Yijun returned to Tonghe Palace and inquired about the Queen's condition. The Queen was about to give birth and the entire Tonghe Palace was very nervous. There had been no happy events in the palace in recent years. Zhu Yijun went to Hua'e Tower specifically to take a look, but did not go in. He just stood in front of the door and talked.

"Your Majesty, victory news from the front!" A Tiqi with a scarlet banner on his back ran to the gate and shouted, "Congratulations to your Majesty, and to the Ming Dynasty! There is victory news from the front. The Japanese pirates were defeated in Kaesong and have withdrawn from Kaicheng and Linqing and are retreating to Seoul!"

"Good! Reward!" Zhu Yijun was overjoyed when he heard this. He took the victory report from Feng Bao and read it carefully for a long time.

Qi Jiguang completely defeated Kato Kiyomasa on the front line.

Qi Jiguang's fighting style was quite simple. When Zhu Yijun watched Qi Jiguang fight, he always had the illusion that he could do the same, but he knew very well that he could not achieve such a brilliant victory. Although it was very simple to command a line-up execution, he was still sure that he was not that kind of person.

The Beijing Camp's Infantry Camp, Chariot Camp, Cavalry Camp, and Artillery Camp took turns to go into battle. It was more of an accumulation of practical experience than a battle, and they were gaining experience by pressing the heads of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates did struggle, and they tried all kinds of methods, but the line formation, which was of a different generation, was still too strong.

Fighting with only firearms was much more terrifying than Zhu Yijun had imagined. It was not an exaggeration to say that one could defeat eleven. Especially for the Japanese pirates who lacked fine steel armor, it was impossible for them to get close to the Ming army's line and they would be defeated.

Kato Kiyomasa formulated a very bold plan. He sailed out to the sea from the Linqing River, passed Incheon, and launched a surprise attack on the Tanggu warehouse in Tianjin Prefecture and Yizhou City. In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao burned Yuan Shao's granary and supplies, thus defeating the strong with the weak!
Kato Kiyomasa dispatched two hundred ships to prepare for a surprise attack!

As a result, as soon as the Japanese pirates left the Linqing River, they were blocked by the artillery of the Ming navy. The Ming navy and the Beijing camp even cooperated with each other, forcing the Japanese pirates to retreat.

Qi Jiguang always considered defeat before victory. He was never arrogant and never looked down on any opponent. When fighting, he would put all his strength into it, beat the opponent to death, and try to kill him with one punch.

This time, the Japanese pirates learned the lesson of the Battle of Pyongyang and did not let the Hwarang Society escape first. Instead, they sent out the Hwarang Society to attract the attention of the Ming army and then fled immediately. When the Hwarang Society rushed out, the Japanese pirates launched a retreat and ran back to Seoul in a flash.

The Ming army recaptured the former Goryeo Dynasty's capital, Kaesong, and the important city of Linqing.

"Madam, it's a happy event." Zhu Yijun said with a smile to Wang Yaozhuo inside the door.

"I heard it." Wang Yaozhuo leaned against the door and said angrily, "Wu Yuanpan is the same. He refused to let my husband in no matter what. My husband is so happy, and I am happy too, but I can't see the good news."

Wang Yaozhuo liked the good news coming back from the front line, as that was the happiest time for her husband. Of course, as the Ming army won battle after battle, the throne of the Ming emperor would be as stable as Mount Tai, and she, as the queen, could take care of her husband and children in peace, and her son could inherit the throne.

"It's okay. It won't be too late to wait a few days." Zhu Yijun said with a comforting smile.

"I still need to recover after giving birth. I won't be able to see my husband for five or six months." Wang Yaozhuo's voice suddenly became higher: "Oh, this child..."

"Imperial physician! Imperial physician!" Zhu Yijun immediately summoned the imperial physician upon hearing this. There was only one female judge in the Imperial Medical Bureau in the Ming Dynasty, Wu Lian, who was a direct disciple of Chen Shigong.

"Your Majesty, the Queen is about to give birth, and the fetus is in a good position." Wu Lian's voice came from inside the door.

Zhu Yijun paced back and forth in front of the door. Although this was already the fourth child, Zhu Yijun was still a little frightened. He was worried about whether to save the eldest or the youngest. He was so worried that he waited for nearly an hour before he heard the loud cry.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, on the birth of a daughter, weighing 16.9 jin. Everything is going well, and mother and daughter are safe." Wu Lian announced the good news, but the emperor still could not enter the delivery room. The rules set by the Women's Court for Wu Lian were a bit strict, and Zhu Yijun had to abide by them.

"Thank you, Judge Wu." Zhu Yijun thanked him repeatedly outside the door, and arranged for Feng Bao to give reward money to everyone in the palace. He also asked Feng Bao to arrange for the eunuchs to take the "Good Luck Box" to deliver the good news to all the officials in the capital.

Wang Yaozhuo's second daughter also had her own name, Zhu Xuan'e.

(List of the Wanli Emperor's heirs)

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is urging you to take concubines again." Feng Bao looked at the emperor who had just finished reviewing the memorials and reminded him carefully.

"Concubine Guo and Concubine Wang, has Judge Wu confirmed that they are unable to have children?" Zhu Yijun asked solemnly. Guo Yunyao and Wang Xiyue had accompanied the emperor south, and Queen Wang was pregnant, but these two still hadn't gotten pregnant, so Empress Dowager Li began to urge them.

Feng Bao whispered, "President Wu said that he lacked a bit of luck."

"Treat her well, don't shortchange her monthly salary, and don't let the palace maids bully her. Call her during festivals and don't neglect her." Zhu Yijun instructed her carefully. If she couldn't give birth, her status in the harem would be so high that even the palace maids would bully her. It would be even more painful to have no children.

"I obey your order." Feng Bao accepted the order. His Majesty still liked Guo Yunyao and Wang Xiyue very much. The two of them listened to the Queen's instructions and tried to serve together, but still to no avail.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "Didn't Concubine Zhou De get pregnant in March? Mother is asking too much. There's no need to rush. We are at the front line fighting and we can't take concubines."

"I have made a note of this and will report back to the Empress Dowager tomorrow. Your Majesty, Madam Ran has arrived." Feng Bao reminded His Majesty that it was time to rest. The Empress Dowager Li's meaning was very clear. It was okay not to take in concubines, but all the concubines in the harem had to get busy.

Ran Siyi, who has a troubled family, is from Yunnan. She is good-looking and knows some medical skills. When she has nothing to do, she follows Wu Lian to learn medicine. She is considered the person who likes medicine the most in the harem. Recently, Concubine Zhou De is pregnant again, and Ran Siyi, who has been studying medicine, has also begun to make progress.

"Let Concubine Guo and Concubine Wang come to sleep with you tomorrow, and try again." Zhu Yijun instructed Feng Bao as he walked towards the bathroom.

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly, and Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall to preside over the court meeting.

"Has the Ministry of Justice reached a conclusion on the three-court trial of Tang Zhihan?" Zhu Yijun first inquired about the case.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice has decided that Liu and Xu Zhenyi should be beheaded in public." Wang Chonggu bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Tang Zhihan was not killed, so this is an attempted murder, so this is decided."

"What does the Dali Temple think?" Zhu Yijun looked at Lu Guangzu, the Minister of the Dali Temple.

Lu Guangzu bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think that it is appropriate to execute him by lingchi and send him to the disembowelment court. This is a serious crime, and if it is not severely punished, it will not have the effect of intimidation."

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and said, "Send him to the Jiekuiyuan."

(End of this chapter)