My Lord, your wife is spreading rumors about you again.

Chapter 57 Fighting between gods
Mo Zhao gritted his teeth in anger: "You! Zhang Zhi, you dandy."

"What do you mean by dandy? Is there anything that Young Master Zhang said that is wrong?"

Mingli interrupted, defending Zhang Zhi, "Evil men can still claim to be innocent, but there is no truth in the mouth of a playboy?" She sneered and retorted, "Your Excellency said it was slander? Very well, then please produce evidence like us. Do you think you can turn yourself into an innocent person just by talking?"

Mo Zhao was so angry that he covered his chest.

"Do you think that the few little girls you brought out can be counted as evidence? I can make up countless stories like this for you in one day! Mingli, you..."

"Father!"

Xi Mo suddenly knelt down in front of him, and the seven-foot-tall man shed several tears of regret, "Father! My elder brother has done something so unjust and outrageous. You, you should stop protecting him!"

Hearing this, Mo Zhao felt a chill entering from the top of his head and flowing along his spine throughout his body.

It was only now that he realized that Xi Mo, Ming Li, and Zhang Zhi were actually on the same line! It was over, it was over, everything was over! Mo Zhao lost his balance, his left foot tripped over his right foot, and he fell heavily to the ground, "Evil creature. Evil creature! Back then, I should have let you die in your womb! You and your whore mother are both bitches!"

Xi Mo clenched his fists. He recalled the scene where his weak and easily bullied mother was still calling Mo Zhao's name before she died.

He wants Mo Zhao to die!
"Sir Sui!" Xi Mo kowtowed again and shouted, "Everyone knows that Master Zhang is a playboy, so you don't have to believe what he says. Xi is an illegitimate child, so you don't have to believe what I say. But the second Miss Ming is the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister Ming, and her reputation for gentleness, courtesy and frugality is well-known in the capital. Who wouldn't praise her when seeing her? You must believe what she says!"

Zhang Zhi: “.”

Damn it, if he wasn’t saying this to help Mingli, he would never be able to swallow this!
"You are a traitor!"

Mo Zhao was so angry that his face turned green. "You lied to me about what you said at the Mo family just now, didn't you? I am your father! How dare you collude with outsiders to harm your father and your own brother?!"

Xi Mo curled his lips and smiled. He looked at Mo Zhao sideways and said, "Father, do you know the meaning of 'sacrificing one's relatives for the sake of justice'? What you and your brother have done is really outrageous to both humans and gods! Forgive me, son, I can't hide it any longer."

"Sir Sui! I am willing to testify that my father, Mo Zhao, as the Imperial Inspector of Salt, did not care about the people's livelihood or investigate the people's sentiments. Instead, he was arrogant and extravagant, abused his power for personal gain, and was a celibate. His greed was insatiable! I was deceived by what Mo Zhao said at first, so I did not tell the truth immediately. Please punish me. But I am willing to atone for my sins and help the court to find out the truth about the salt transport accounts and the water slaves!"

Mo Zhao panicked when he heard this. He knelt down and said, "Sui Yushi! I am innocent! The truth is absolutely not like that. They, the three of them are in the same group!"

"In the same group?"

Sui Zheng was also very angry. He threw the quiver of command arrows down, and more than a dozen command arrows were scattered on the ground.

He angrily said, "Do you think I'm some rookie? One of them is the daughter of the Ming family, one is the son of the Zhang family, and the other is your illegitimate child! Tell me! How can they be in the same group?!"

The plaintiff Zang Bei at the beginning just stood there staring blankly at Ming Li, Zhang Zhi and Xi Mo. One was acting, one was agreeing, and one was making the final move.

In this way, step by step, the entire Mo family was pushed into the grave of death.

Mingli bowed his hands, bowed his head, knelt down, and kowtowed to the ground: "Master Sui, now that all the evidence is complete, please arrest the Mo family father and son according to the law! Seek justice for the people of Daqi, seek innocence for these women, and fight for the people of the world that good will be rewarded and evil will be punished. The law of nature is clear!"

Although her voice was not loud, it was resounding and every word was sonorous. Even Sui Zheng, an official who was used to seeing the ugliness of human nature, could not help but feel his blood boiling. He suddenly thought of his original intention of being an official - to establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a life for the people, to inherit the lost knowledge of the past sages, and to bring peace to the world for all eternity!

"Well said, good will be rewarded and evil will be punished, the law of nature is clear." Sui Zheng clenched the gavel in his hand and kept repeating: "Good will be rewarded and evil will be punished! The law of nature is clear!"

The next second, Sui Zheng's gaze became extremely tough.

He waved his sleeves and ordered: "I hereby declare that the three cases of Mo Zhengfeng's adultery, Mo Zhao's embezzlement of salt taxes, and the Kyoto water slavery case will be investigated together. The Mo family father and son will be imprisoned in the water prison and strictly guarded! After reporting to Prime Minister Lin and reaching His Majesty, the decision will be made!"

"Yes!"

Just when several guards were about to handcuff them, the guards' report cut off all the noise.

"The Second Prince has arrived—"

Why is the Second Prince here? Mingli subconsciously turned his head to look at Zhang Zhi, but saw that he also shook his head.

She had just thought that this was a plan between the crown prince and Zhang Zhi, and that things would be settled, but she didn't expect that something would go wrong at the last minute. Mingli bit his lip and clenched his fist.

Zhang Zhi approached her and whispered to comfort her, "You have done very well. Zang Bei and Mo Zhao are the second prince's helpers. If anything happens to them, the second prince will definitely come. The second prince has received the news, and the crown prince will not be unaware of it. Just wait and see, today is a fight between gods."

"You mean, the prince will come too?" Mingli asked in confusion.

At this moment, another loud report rang in everyone's ears.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived——"

Cheng Wusi, who had been watching the show quietly for more than an hour, almost fell off his chair. Oh my God, there is the crown prince and the second prince. Can his small Kyoto government really support these two big Buddhas?
Outside the government office, the second prince Shen Heng, wearing a colorful, loose robe, came in hopping. His hair was messy, his appearance was awful, he was wearing a pair of cloth shoes, and his hands were casually placed at his sides.

The most eye-catching thing about Shen Heng is his extremely beautiful face.

Shen Heng's mother, Imperial Noble Consort Yun, was a princess from the neighboring country Xiyun. She was extremely beautiful and envied everyone.

After His Majesty got this beauty, he continued to show his favor to her and favored her exclusively. After spending one night with her, he immediately promoted her to the rank of Consort. After confirming her pregnancy, he promoted her to Noble Consort. After giving birth to the second prince, he directly promoted her to Imperial Noble Consort. Even though Empress Lin was still alive, he insisted on granting Imperial Noble Consort Yun the power to assist in the management of the six palaces, with the same status as the Vice Empress.

Just as he was about to step into the hall, he heard the guards' report, so he stopped. After seeing Shen Ke's magnificent procession of honor, he smiled and said with a sigh, "As expected of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, he is so impressive!"

"Second brother, why are you here too?"

Shen Ke pretended to be surprised and walked over quickly. Shen Heng also smiled. The two brothers held hands tightly together, secretly competing with each other. "The prince is here too? Damn it, brother, I didn't even come to greet you!"

(End of this chapter)