Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

At this moment, Xia Yuxiao's expression was very calm, so calm that Qin Ji wondered if his hand touched someone else instead of the girl in front of him. However, if you observe carefully, you will find that compared with her extremely calm tone, that The face that was already red to the ears and the trembling pupils were enough to prove that she was flustered.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty."

Qin Ji really couldn't think of any excuse to explain his behavior of publicly touching other people's snow dumplings in the court just now, so he simply broke the pot and did not explain, but withdrew his hand in a very calm tone, and then generously He walked down the steps, faced Xia Yuxiao, and bowed down:

"I implore Your Majesty to give me the punishment."

"You still know you're guilty?"

Xia Yuxiao took a deep breath, obviously trying to ignore the feeling in her chest just now.

Qin Ji didn't speak.

"I know what you think in your heart, but even if you have a marriage contract, you shouldn't be so impatient," Xia Yuxiao looked at him, but she still had an expression on her face that no one would be able to sway labor and management, "Punish the salary In one year, copy "Xia Li" for me three times, do you hear me clearly?"

"Yes, I thank Your Majesty for not killing me."

Qin Ji stood up, and then met Xia Yuxiao's eyes, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Xia Yuxiao stared at him for a long time, then sighed and waved her hand: "Come back, we haven't finished talking yet."

"Yes."

And the ministers have already seen the clues.

If it were someone else, it would be possible to kill the three clans with just this one blow, which is a huge sin.But when he came to Qin Ji, what he got was to copy the etiquette book three times and a one-year salary.

The former is not a punishment at all, and he was fined to copy it three times without saying that he must copy it three times himself, and he can just find someone to copy it for him.As for the one-year fine, it would be even more ridiculous...

As far as Qin Ji's financial resources are concerned, salary is really not the main income. Now Qin Ji can earn a lot of money just by buying some properties. This is on the premise that he hardly spends on military expenses. It was enough for him to eat.

So this penalty is rounded to equal nothing.

But the ministers were powerless to refute.

First, where is Qin Ji's wrist, there is no need to offend him at all.

Second, you said he was disrespectful to His Majesty, that's true, but how disrespectful is it?There is really no item in the etiquette that specifically measures this situation.

After all, etiquette would not have expected that the emperor would be attacked by treacherous ministers while being a female emperor... It can only be said that saints cannot predict the future after all, so naturally they would not think of such ghostly things.

Anyway... hey.

The ministers present are all good people, think about it carefully, although the Taiwei is actually a high-ranking man, he is still a young man, Your Majesty... the age is even younger, between the young people who are about to get married It's better for them to take care of things.

Under such an episode, the minister who originally planned to refute also forgot the words, and the people who came to present the joint book were also stunned, so Qin Ji and Xia Yuxiao made a decision-retire first.Discuss again.

The ministers walked out of the hall with an inexplicable embarrassment, and they tacitly did not mention this matter.

Everyone knows about this, but no one dares to say it. After all, it's useless to say it. Don't recruit people from Huilin instead.Officials are very clear about what to say and what not to say.

After retiring from the court, Qin Ji knew very well that he couldn't return to his Chunning Palace immediately and everything would be fine. The most urgent thing to do was to see Xia Yuxiao as soon as possible, otherwise the matter would not be clear.

However, he needs to solve a small obstacle first.

Lingyan was accompanying Qin Ji at the moment, and as the leader of Huilin Department, she naturally wanted to go up to court, so she naturally watched the whole process.

Now that I am by Qin Ji's side, I don't have any bad thoughts. I just simply asked my young master. After all, he is going to marry His Majesty in the future. Before getting married, he made such an outrageous behavior. bad words...

"Master, your actions today are very inappropriate."

"Sorry, Lingyan, I didn't expect this to happen. I just wanted to take revenge on Your Majesty..." Qin Ji saw what she meant and hurriedly explained.

"Even if you want to take revenge on His Majesty, you shouldn't. Young master, this is a court meeting, how can you embrace your personal feelings and disregard the general situation?" Lingyan told him clearly what was wrong.

"It's my problem." Qin Ji also had to admit that he was indeed inappropriate, "Also, I'm sorry Lingyan, I really didn't mean it. On this point, I..."

"Please don't misunderstand, young master, I'm just worried that you will be affected by this. If you give someone else a handle because of this, then..."

Lingyan's voice became smaller and smaller.

Qin Ji looked at her suspiciously.

"never mind."

There was a murmur like a mosquito, and then, Qin Ji's waist, which had just been severely injured at the court meeting, was severely injured again.

"hiss--"

There is a world of difference between Lingyan's strength and Xia Yuxiao's. If Xia Yuxiao's strength can be tolerated, Lingyan's strength is equivalent to the pain that makes people feel like a piece of flesh is about to be twisted off.

"I just don't like you, young master, to do this kind of thing in front of me and so many people... If you think such feelings are wrong, young master, please tell me and I can change it."

What Lingyan said seemed to be very respectful, but it was a rare waywardness.

"...You don't need to change, Lingyan. It's my fault."

Instead, Qin Ji felt even more guilty.

All of a sudden, both parties were offended.

"It's fine if you know you're wrong. Although I never thought of monopolizing you, please restrain yourself a little bit." Lingyan regained her usual calmness, and then bowed slightly with the etiquette of being a guard in the past, "Then, young master, Please allow me to escort you to His Majesty's residence."

Seeing His Majesty's funny expression was also a joy for Lingyan.

For the young master, she is indeed a loyal and excellent bodyguard and even a family member.but......

Lingyan's own personality is actually not that good.The majestic emperor whose body has never been touched like this must be very exciting when he encounters such a situation.

As a "rival in love", this is enough to make her happy for a long time.

Chapter 15 Apologizing

In the bedroom, Xia Yuxiao was working.

Even so, when she heard that Qin Ji was coming, she was still a little uncomfortable. Considering that the other party was probably apologizing to herself, it would not be good to leave him alone, so Xia Yuxiao just waved her hand, Let the dragon guards let him in.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

The fluctuations in her heart still haven't calmed down, but she still looks very good on the surface, she looked at Qin Ji pretending to be calm, and asked.

"Your Majesty, what happened in court today was really my negligence. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Didn't I punish you before? You don't have to make a special trip to apologize to me," Xia Yuxiao felt her face turn red again, and continued, "Be careful next time, after all, it's at the court meeting, yes Everyone is bad."

"Yes, I will remember His Majesty's instruction. I will keep in mind what happened today."

"...There is no need to keep this kind of thing in mind."

Xia Yuxiao was speechless, what do you remember about this?Remember the feeling?

She didn't know exactly what kind of hand feeling Qin Ji felt, but Qin Ji's hand really impressed her deeply.

Unlike many civil servants, Qin Ji's hands are not delicate, they are broad and strong, and...even a little hot.

"I need to remind you, Qin Ji, now that we are not married, your behavior is still a little too much. I don't know why you did such a thing on a whim...In short, I hope you can bear it .”

Thinking of that strange feeling, Xia Yuxiao's voice suddenly became a little weaker, she emphasized her bottom line - no matter what, Qin Ji's behavior is very corrupt to the etiquette, Da Xia has indeed opened up a lot of social atmosphere in recent years, But it was not to the extent that he could do such a thing to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this is just an accident."

"I understand, I understand," Xia Yuxiao said with a wry smile, "Anyway, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't fulfill the obligations of husband and wife, just stick to it for half a year, otherwise those old people will make irresponsible remarks. It's really not possible. …”

She looked at Lingyan next to her thoughtfully, and then continued:

"It really doesn't work, you can find someone to help you, um... solve it?"

Lingyan standing gracefully beside her was full of question marks.

What are you thinking, Your Majesty?

Oh, if my young master can't bear it anymore, he will let him take me down, right?Is my wife a meal replacement?Although it is not impossible, I always feel that my dignity seems to be contemptuous.

"Your Majesty, my energy is also limited, I hope you don't put extra workload on me."

So, Lingyan made a polite protest.

"Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about you."

Although Xia Yuxiao said that, even Lingyan could easily see that she was talking about herself.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I didn't mean that."

Qin Ji didn't bother to continue explaining, anyway, she could believe it or not.

"That's good, let's get back to business, what do you think of these people's impeachment of Advisor Cheng?"

Xia Yuxiao really didn't want to continue such a topic, so she used work to divert it.

"I believe that such impeachment seems to be justified, but it is actually groundless." Qin Ji said solemnly, "First of all, some local officials are mobilized and rewarded and punished to a certain extent according to the law. It has the power itself. It’s just that according to the regulations, it needs to report to Your Majesty and review it when he returns to Beijing to report on his duties. Advisor Cheng has only done a little bit, and has not violated the law.”

"As for the refusal to cooperate with local officials, it is even more reckless. The imperial envoy symbolizes the majesty of the emperor. Why should we cooperate with local officials? If the imperial envoy must cooperate with the work of local officials, then the status of imperial envoy is still What's the point? It can be seen from this, Your Majesty, these people are nothing more than nitpicking."

When Qin Ji expressed his opinion, he let go a little bit. Some words in the court should be carefully considered, but when communicating with His Majesty in private, there is no need to engage in those useless things.

"Advisor Cheng's method of dealing with some officials is indeed a bit too direct and harsh." Xia Yuxiao took his words and said, "However, if it is not strict, the court officials will definitely not sound the alarm. Advisor Cheng should It's also very clear that we used his meaning, so he did exactly what I expected."

"This person still has room for development in the future."

Qin Ji gave such an evaluation.

If being an official depends entirely on ability and achievements, then the consultant Cheng is undoubtedly the best among them. It can be seen from the survey documents of various water conservancy river embankments that he submitted to the court before that this guy is really working. mad.In terms of seriousness in work, he is far beyond ordinary people, in terms of ability, he is considered top-notch, and in terms of loyalty, he is also considered reliable.

Such a person, if he were Qin Ji, would want to use it with confidence.

"As for these officials, I originally thought that they would get some people to sign a letter, but this time the number of people is a bit beyond my imagination."

Xia Yuxiao looked at the long signature on it, some of these names she knew, some she had heard of, some were officials, some were gentry, there were no common people anyway.

Oh, there are a few "common people" who collect land rent.

Looking at these people, one could tell which group Consultant Cheng had offended.

"Person No. 130, this is not easy to dismiss."

With so many people submitting letters, in fact, from another perspective, it is tantamount to challenging the emperor, so it is impossible to treat such memorials as if they have not seen them, nor can they be dealt with hastily.After all, the officials put a lot of effort into the joint letter, and your emperor still needs to show a little bit of importance.

"To a certain extent, what you did today can be regarded as giving everyone a chance to rescue them in the court." Xia Yuxiao said half-jokingly.

It made her uncomfortable, after all, her full dignity was almost lost by that touch, but his touch did relieve her troubles, allowing her to successfully activate the dragging formula.

"Thank you Your Majesty for the compliment, I will definitely make persistent efforts next time."

Qin Ji's usual practice is that if His Majesty says he is not good, he will be perfunctory, and if he is good, he will thank you. Such an answer is almost a conditioned reflex.

But this time, it was obviously the wrong place to flatter.