Empress in her second playthrough: Something's not right with this plot!

When Su Yingjie revealed his plan, he took the initiative to say that he also had evidence of Li Yunsheng's crimes of leaking exam questions and selling official titles.

He had long suspected that Li Yunsheng was selling official titles and ranks privately, but he lacked evidence.

Everyone knows that Su Yingjie never gets involved in factional struggles.

If the Empress hadn't ordered an investigation, Su Yingjie wouldn't have helped him this time.

That's why he chose to believe Su Yingjie when Su brought it up.

Looking back now, I realize how incredibly stupid I was.

They didn't even bother to check the alleged evidence and believed it so easily!

It now seems that Li Yunsheng knew all along what was going to happen today and had a plan to deal with it.

The officials are now furious, and their anger has shifted from corruption and bribery to framing loyal officials.

Thinking of this, Fei Su was both shocked and resentful, and fine beads of sweat instantly appeared on his forehead.

Su Yingjie had no way to express his suffering, as he did indeed possess evidence of Li Yunsheng's crimes.

However, he no longer dares to produce those pieces of evidence.

Seeing that the groundwork had been laid, Li Yunsheng slowly stood up.

Chapter 5 Prime Minister Li, truly brave!

Seeing that Li Yunsheng had stood up, the arguing among the officials gradually subsided.

"I have been entrusted by the late Emperor to assist Your Majesty, and I dare not slacken in the slightest."

However, I truly do not wish to see treacherous officials ruin the country, nor do I wish to see petty men in the court slandering and disrupting the government.

The Empress sneered inwardly, "You have the nerve to call others treacherous officials? You are the biggest treacherous official of this dynasty, a colossal villain!"

She cursed Li Yunsheng in her heart again, but she couldn't lash out.

"Minister Li is overthinking things. I will never be misled by treacherous officials."

Li Yunsheng continued.

"Your Majesty, the one who forms cliques and plots to usurp power is none other than Fei Su."

Fei Su united the military governors and generals of Longyou Circuit, Jiangnan Circuit, Jiannan Circuit, and Guangling Circuit.

Under the guise of expanding the army and building camps, and exchanging land for land, they seized large swathes of private land.

Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, Fei Su and his cronies have seized more than one million hectares of farmland and land!

"It is because I discovered Fei Su's crimes that he framed me."

Ok?

Fei Su never expected that the matter would involve land grabbing; he was caught off guard.

"Your Majesty, land enclosure is not the same as seeking personal gain, much less disrupting the government."

The generals in various regions all followed the imperial decree in order to control the barren fields and wilderness.

"Land acquisition is for expanding the army and building camps, for the strength of our Great Chu, and is a legitimate strategy for national power."

Li Yunsheng had long anticipated that Fei Su would resort to such sophistry.

"Under the guise of exchanging soil for soil, they forcibly exchanged land with the people in barren lands such as the Gobi Desert and barren mountains that are unsuitable for planting."

This led to widespread public discontent, and the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial court had reached a boiling point.

This even sparked popular riots, which local generals then labeled the people as bandits and forcibly suppressed.

This has caused the people to direct their resentment towards His Majesty and the court. Is this the strategy for a strong nation?

On the dragon throne.

The empress's breasts gleamed, and she gripped the dragon head armrests tightly with both hands.

Due to excessive force, even the slender fingers turned slightly white.

According to her plan, Fei Su would impeach her, and some court officials who supported her would also take the opportunity to petition.

In this way, even if Li Yunsheng had accomplices, they could not cover up the truth.

Furthermore, given her biased nature as emperor, she could certainly hand Li Yunsheng over to the three judicial departments for trial.

Without Li Yunsheng, the Li faction would not amount to anything.

However, the moment Su Yingjie stepped forward, things went awry from her plan.

Fei Su was more trouble than he was worth; when he sought help, he ended up with Li Dang's men, only to be betrayed and bitten in return.

In addition, his manuscripts were not clean, which allowed others to use them against him.

Given this situation, apart from a few staunch supporters of Fei Su, naturally no courtier dared to speak up for him anymore.

After much planning, not only did they fail to bring down Li Yunsheng, but they also lost Fei Su, the only person who could rival him.

Jiang Qingying grew angrier the more she thought about it, a feeling of frustration stuck in her chest.

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Li Yunsheng wore an expression of righteous indignation.

"Your Majesty, I have five unpardonable crimes against Fei Su: first, forging an imperial edict to seize land; second, forming cliques for personal gain; third, embezzling and accepting bribes; fourth, slandering and disrupting the government; and fifth, framing loyal officials!"

"The treacherous minister is none other than Fei Su, Your Majesty."

Immediately afterwards, he took out the prepared memorial to the throne.

"Your Majesty, I have also collected substantial evidence of Fei Su's crimes, as well as accusations from officials both inside and outside the court, and request your review."

Jiang Qingying sensed a conspiracy and felt a chill run down her spine.

She wanted to take action against Li Yunsheng today, but he seemed to have foreseen it and prepared evidence of Fei Su's crimes in advance.

What does this mean?

Li Yunsheng's spies and informants have become all-pervasive, infiltrating every corner around her.

The female official was about to take Li Yunsheng's memorial, but he scared her away with just one look.

Li Yunsheng went directly onto the platform, walked to the dragon throne, and personally handed the evidence of his crimes to the Empress.

Jiang Qingying stared at Li Yunsheng with her phoenix eyes, somewhat incredulous.

This thief dared to openly climb onto the platform; he's trying to rebel!

Jiang Qingying gestured to the officials with her eyes, "Look quickly, he's about to rebel!"

The officials all bowed their heads in unison, as if they hadn't seen anything, but in their hearts they were all shouting—

Prime Minister Li, you are truly brave!

The Empress's ascension to the throne was contrary to the prevailing trend, and many people did not recognize Jiang Qingying's status.

Therefore, while they were powerless to stop Li Yunsheng's autocracy, they also secretly rejoiced in it.

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Seeing that the Empress wanted to lash out but had to hold back, Li Yunsheng found it amusing.

I have to say, it's actually quite fun to bully the character you created.

Upon seeing this, Fei Su shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, Li Yunsheng and Su Yingjie are in cahoots; they are both traitors and heinous villains!"

Su Yingjie retorted.

"Prime Minister Fei, are all the civil and military officials in the court traitors?"

In the imperial court, once Li Yunsheng had expressed his opinion, the Li faction followed suit.

"Any one of these is a capital offense."

"He should be arrested and imprisoned immediately!"

This person should be severely punished!

"Please issue a decree, Your Majesty."

On the dragon throne, Jiang Qingying was completely panicked.

She looked among the officials for help, eventually settling her gaze on Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng, the Grand Secretary, was a veteran official who had served three emperors. At this time, only his words carried any weight.

"Liu Qing, is there anything you want to say?"

The elderly Liu Cheng twitched his ears, but he remained standing still.

Helpless, Jiang Qingying raised her voice a few decibels.

"Liu Qing, what do you think of this matter?"

Seeing that he still didn't hear, someone tugged at Liu Cheng's sleeve.

"His Majesty is asking you a question."

Liu Cheng stepped forward shakily, pretending to listen attentively.

"What did Your Majesty say?"

Jiang Qingying took a deep breath.

"I'm asking you, what's your opinion on this matter?"

"Magic tricks?" Liu Cheng bowed slightly. "Your Majesty, I do not know magic tricks."

Jiang Qingying opened her mouth, wanting to say it again, but Liu Cheng choked her back.

"If Your Majesty wishes to see, I can go and learn; there are quite a few in the West Market—"

"Get out!"