I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 6: Don't be too thorough in your double standards

I'm helping my sister kick a bastard, what does it have to do with these three old foxes?

Xiao Jingfan's eyes darkened and he was about to get angry.

[Frog fun! Are you trying to use the victim-blaming theory and moral kidnapping? These three old men are really evil! ]

[Master Zhang, when your little daughter quarreled with her husband because she didn't allow him to take a concubine and ran back to her parents' home to cry, you not only personally went to support your little daughter, but also threatened to demote her. Why didn't you say that it takes two to tango, and your little daughter was also wrong? Don't be too hypocritical! ]

[Minister Wen, when your son rode his horse in the street and hurt someone, why didn't you teach him not to ride his horse in the street, so that the people wouldn't follow suit? It seems that no one follows your family's example, and as soon as the princess divorced her husband, the people started scrambling to divorce her husband, right? The people said, don't cue me, we're not as idle as you! ]

[Minister Meng, your good-for-nothing brother took advantage of his power to force a commoner girl to be his concubine. When you heard the news, why didn't you scold him for being unrighteous and hang him up and beat him? What's going on? Aren't you afraid of giving others a handle? ]

[Rules are made by people. What's wrong with the rules of our ancestors? Smart people should inherit the essence and discard the dross. If they are changed now, after a few decades or hundreds of years, won't the new rules also become the rules of our ancestors? ]

[Damn it! You have no time to bother with the world and people's divorces. Why don't you take care of your own little piece of land first?]

Chu Liuzheng cursed a lot in his heart, and heard Xiao Jingfan's anger gradually subside.

If this woman knows how to curse, she should curse more.

If Xiao Jingfan didn't want others to discover Chu Liuzheng's extraordinary abilities, he would have wanted to confront Chu Liuzheng in person.

These three old-timers just deserve to be scolded!
However, being an emperor still requires some dignity, and it is not convenient to be so confrontational.

Xiao Jingfan was too lazy to talk so much to the three old hands.

"I am the Son of Heaven." He glared at the three heads in front of him with a cold gaze, his imperial majesty fully displayed, "What I say is the rule. If you have any objections, you might as well learn from Bi Gan who cut open his heart and died to make a protest."

Grand Scholar Zhang: “…”

Minister of the Ministry of Personnel: "..."

Minister of Revenue: “…”

No one dared to answer.

Not to mention that they have never thought about dying for their remonstrance, even if they are willing to risk their lives to do so, Your Majesty uses Bi Gan as an example. If they do so, wouldn't that be a disguised way of calling Your Majesty a tyrant who is as disregarding of human life as King Zhou?
The word "tyrant" may be mentioned in private, but who would dare to say it in front of His Majesty?

Didn’t you see that even the most staunchest people in the Censorate didn’t dare to mention the word “tyrant”?

In the Princess's Mansion, everyone knelt on the ground and the scene was silent.

Except...

[Wow! The domineering Explosive Dragon! ]

Xiao Jingfan's eyes twitched when he heard this, and he almost couldn't maintain his dignified expression.

He cleared his throat and said in a cold voice, "Qin Lang is an unkind, unjust, disloyal and unfilial person, and is not fit to be a good match for the princess. From today on, the princess will divorce him, and his son will take his mother's surname and be included in the royal family. He will no longer have any relationship with the Nanyang Earl's Mansion."

The princess was overjoyed and pinched her palms hard to keep herself from losing composure. She bowed to Xiao Jingfan and said, "Your Majesty is wise and wise. Long live your majesty."

No matter how reluctant others were, they all followed suit and shouted: "Long live the king!"

Xiao Jingfan glanced at the prince consort who was kneeling on the ground with lifeless eyes, and a hint of coldness flashed across his eyes.

"The evidence is solid that the evil woman Zhou poisoned the princess. I order her to be stripped of her second-rank imperial edict, demoted to a commoner, and executed immediately. Her son Qin Lang has committed numerous crimes that are unforgivable. I order him to be stripped of his title of Earl of Nanyang and executed immediately." Xiao Jingfan still took into account the relationship between the late Earl of Nanyang and the late emperor, and did not really order Qin Lang to be tortured to death.

Poor Zhou had just woken up, and after hearing what Emperor Shunguang said, she cried out in pain, then fainted again out of fright.

The Jinyiwei stepped forward and dragged the mother and son out.

The matter is not over yet, Xiao Jingfan decided to support his royal sister to the end.

He ordered the Jinyiwei: "Investigate Qin Lang thoroughly, and throw all his concubines into the pig cage. If he has children, all his children will be thrown into the slave class, and his descendants will never be able to escape from the slave class."

"Investigate the Princess's Mansion thoroughly. Anyone who knows about the incident but fails to report it will be taken to Shuntian Prefecture Prison. After the investigation is complete, they will be executed on a chosen day!"

If the servants hadn't helped to conceal the truth, how could the imperial sister have failed to notice the prince consort's abnormality?
The accomplices should also die!
Zhou Yuande asked, "Your Majesty, how should we deal with the people in the Qin Palace?"

The Qin Mansion was the former Nanyang Earl's Mansion. Now that the title is gone, it naturally cannot be called the Earl's Mansion anymore.

[Oh my, Eunuch Zhou is very quick to change his attitude. Did he see that the tyrant cares about the eldest princess, the emperor's sister, and wanted to take the opportunity to sell her out? ]

Xiao Jingfan raised his eyebrows and glanced at the eunuch beside him.

Zhou Yuande suddenly felt a chill on his back and thought: Could it be that His Majesty does not want to deal with the Qin Mansion? Is he adding unnecessary trouble?

Of course it has to be dealt with.

Xiao Jingfan said, "Considering the fact that the late old Nanyang Earl had followed the late emperor for many years and served his master loyally, the Qin family will be given a lighter sentence. However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped. All the property of the Qin family will be confiscated, and everyone will be expelled from the capital, and no one will be allowed to enter the government within five generations."

Everyone sighed inwardly. With their property confiscated and no one in their five generations allowed to take up official positions, the Qin family was completely finished.

*
It was already evening when he returned to the palace. When he walked into the tea room, Chu Liuzheng found out that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had arranged for a new palace maid to come.

Looking at the girl in front of him wearing scarlet palace dress, Chu Liuzheng thought: She came back quite quickly this time.

"Sister Liu Zheng, my name is Cui Yun." Cui Yun had obviously inquired about the news in advance. She took out a moon-white purse from her sleeve and handed it to Chu Liu Zheng with a smile on her face. "I used to work in the Clothing Bureau. This is the purse I embroidered myself. Please don't dislike it, sister."

There are two lifelike fat koi embroidered on the purse, which looks very cute.

"It's embroidered very well." Chu Liuzheng took it and found that the weight of the purse was wrong as soon as he touched it.

Since she was transferred to serve tea in front of the emperor, she has received no less than ten purses like this.

There are different amounts of silver, and now I have about two taels.

——Those who have been in the palace and don't understand the ways of the world would have died in some corner long ago. How could they be transferred to serve the emperor?
Putting the purse into his sleeve, Chu Liuzheng showed a sincere smile on his face: "If you have any questions in the future, just ask me. I will tell you about the preferences of His Majesty and the others in tea and snacks. Remember it well and don't make mistakes when serving tea."

"Thank you, sister." Cuiyun agreed happily, and her heart finally settled down.

She smiled flatteringly and said, "Everyone says that my sister is a good person. Now that I see her, my sister is indeed beautiful and kind."

Who doesn't like to hear good things?

Chu Liuzheng said that he was just an ordinary person.

Looking at Cuiyun's happy face, she sincerely hoped that she could hold on a little longer and not follow in the footsteps of the previous ones.

(End of this chapter)