After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 268 The Li family’s surrender

"Fool! Stupid!"

As soon as he returned home, Li Xuelin called Li Ce to the ancestral hall, and then kicked the nephew to his knees in front of all the ancestral tablets in the ancestral hall.

"How dare you! Do you think that everyone in the world is dead and let you cover the sky with one hand? Huh?"

After kicking him, he was still not relieved, so he ordered someone to get an iron ruler, and pulled it across Li Ce's back.

"Ah, uncle, listen to me..."

"You still want to quibble in front of me? Tell me! What's going on!

"If you tell the truth in one word today, I will break your legs in front of our ancestors!"

Li Xueming, Li Ce's father, heard that his son was being raped by his eldest brother in the ancestral hall, so he hurried over.

"Brother, what are you doing? A Ce is not young anymore, he is almost old enough to be a grandfather, and you still resort to violence against him? How will A Ce behave if word gets out?"

Li Xuelin simply laughed angrily, "You still care about how he behaves? Do you know what he did? This beast committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, and almost caused us to behead everyone in our family. Do you know?"

Li Xueming: "What? Ace, what's going on?"

Li Xuelin threw away the iron ruler, "You tell me!"

Li Ce mumbled and told the story again, "It's all this boy A Rui. He wrote to me and said..."

In short, he blamed Li Rui for everything, and he was deceived.

Li Xuelin: "You are so brave, you even dare to withhold official memorials!"

He pressed his forehead and felt his brain throbbing and painful.

It was only today that he discovered that this nephew was so stupid!

The mistakes he made were enough to cut off his head three times.

But he happened to protect him in front of the emperor.

If the explanation he gave afterwards did not satisfy the emperor, the Li family might be coming to an end.

Thinking of this, he couldn't wait to slap Li Ce, his stupid nephew, again.

Li Xueming's face was also very ugly, "Withholding the memorial, you are bullying the emperor and ignoring the emperor. Ce, you are confused!"

But there was no mention at all about seizing the threshing machine and hiring murderers to kill the Lin family to silence them.

Because he didn't regard the common people as human beings at all, he naturally didn't think it was important to steal things from the common people or kill them.

He only hated his son for being careless and letting that commoner live to complain to the emperor.

If he had died, these things would not have happened.

Early the next morning, Li Xuelin took Li Ce to the palace to plead guilty.

There was a three-day holiday during the Mid-Autumn Festival and there was no need to go to court, so the emperor got up later than usual.

When Jiang Hai came to report that Li Xuelin came to the palace to ask for an audience, the emperor was still sleeping soundly with his daughter in his arms.

He kissed his daughter's fleshy and pink face, and at the Queen's urging, he reluctantly got up and went to see someone.

As soon as he entered the palace, the emperor immediately put on a majestic mask.

"Your Majesty, I have investigated the matter clearly. Li Ce and his son robbed the threshing machine built by Lin Sanfu, took it as their own, hired murderers to kill him, and also withheld the memorial written by the magistrate of Qingyuan County to plead for Lin Sanfu... Such crimes are unforgivable.”

Li Ce was kneeling like a quail. Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head and looked at his uncle. Why is this different from what he said when he came?

Li Xuelin didn't even look at him, "Li Ce and his son allowed your majesty to behave. I only ask that your majesty will not tell the world about this for the sake of my face. I am deeply grateful. I will be driven by you in the future."

This was his explanation as Zhongshu Ling and the head of the Li family.

Zhongshu Ling is the boss of Zhongshu Province, and where is Zhongshu Province?

It is the place where decisions are made and government orders are issued.If the emperor wanted to implement any policy, he had to go through the Zhongshu Province first.

In addition to the Zhongshu Province, there is also the Menxia Province, which is responsible for reviewing government orders.

If the review fails, the decree will still not be promulgated.

Under the Menxia Province is the Shangshu Province, the department that specifically implements government affairs.

This kind of imperial organization was inherited from the previous dynasty. After all, it had not been long since the founding of the Yong Dynasty, and it was impossible to create a completely new system from the beginning.

It can only be improved as you use it.

However, the emperor wanted to improve and reform, but the courtiers did not necessarily want to do so.

Because reform means change, it means that the power of the family may be weakened.

They just want to keep things as they are so that their power can be passed down from generation to generation.

As a result, the emperor's power was greatly restricted.

And now, the boss of Zhongshu Province, Li Xuelin, the head of a first-class family, had to surrender to the emperor in order to cover up his family's scandal and save so many members of the Li family.

The emperor showed a victorious smile, stood up and stepped forward, personally helping Li Xuelin up.

"Li Qing, please get up quickly. Jiang Hai, why are you still standing there? Why don't you bring a chair for Mr. Li?"

Seeing the emperor's behavior, Li Xuelin knew that things were stable, and his heart gradually returned to its original position.

As for Li Ce and Li Rui, the stupid and poisonous father and son, no matter what fate they end up with, they deserve it.

As long as the emperor does not implicate the entire Li family because of the father and son, he will be lucky.

Seeing that Li Xuelin was so sincere, the emperor reciprocated the favor and exiled Li Ce and his son instead of killing them.

Exiled to Qizhou, a barren land thousands of miles away.

When Li Ce heard the verdict, he sat down on the ground.

Qizhou... It is said that the people there wear hair and drink blood, just like wild beasts. Will he still be alive if he goes there?
It’s all the fault of Li Rui!
If it weren't for his instigation, would he have ended up in this situation?
When he saw him, he wanted him to look good.

What Li Ce didn't know was that his evil son Li Rui got drunk while swimming in the lake and "fell into the water and died".

Not even the body could be recovered.

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Lin Xi received a letter from Lin Wushang.

"His Majesty decreed that Lin Sanfu should be granted the title of Uncle Divine Worker, and be given a mansion. He was also appointed as a member of the Ministry of Industry (sixth grade). However, Lin Sanfu stated that he did not want to stay in the capital and be far away from his family. Your Majesty did not force him, and gave him the title of 'Inspector Worker'." The appointment of Shi' (sixth grade).

"This is an official position specially created by His Majesty for Sanfu, so that Sanfu can return to Qingyuan County and work locally.

"Your Majesty came out of the palace incognito to meet me. He saw Lin Dayou practicing archery, and his arrows were all fired. He was very happy to see him and had a test with him.

"In the middle of the competition, an assassin attacked, and Lin Dayou saved him. Your Majesty became interested in talents and wanted to recruit him into the Dragon Scale Guard.

"This is a guard specially designed to protect His Majesty. Only those with strong martial arts skills and His Majesty's trust can enter. Your Majesty has the idea of ​​​​cultivating Lin.

"Lin Dayou thanked him on the spot and agreed..."

Lin Xi took the letter to Chun Niang and the others.

When she learned that her eldest brother had entered the Dragon Scale Guard and that her third brother had been named uncle, Lin Chunniang was filled with disbelief and was so happy that she almost floated.

Others were also surprised and happy, feeling like they were in a dream.

Lin Chunniang: "It's such a big happy event, do we have to have a banquet to celebrate?"

Lin Xi: "Celebrate! Set off firecrackers! Set off fireworks!"

(End of this chapter)