novelhk Chapter 140: Investigating the Case Impartially
Chapter 140: Investigating the Case Impartially
After being scolded by the emperor, the court officials stopped talking.
"Everything is up to your majesty to decide!" Censor Chen looked at Censor Xiao proudly, thinking that your majesty would definitely not ask for mercy for Qi Shuo.
The emperor held the evidence in his hand, pretending to look at it carefully, and then he hummed and said, "I see that the evidence is well-organized and doesn't seem to be fake!"
"Yes! Your Majesty is wise, this is fake...ah?"
Censor Chen took over the conversation and suddenly realized what His Majesty had just said: Is this evidence true?
This……
Why would Your Majesty speak up for Censor Xiao?
Your Majesty, do you not intend to strike back at the Duke of England?
Censor Chen was completely confused.
The emperor ignored Censor Chen and said to the court officials, "Since there is new evidence and witnesses, let's hand it over to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to handle the case together! We must investigate this matter thoroughly, and we must not wrongly accuse good people, and we must not let a single criminal go!"
The Dali Temple, Qiu Changye, is on the emperor's side, but the Ministry of Justice... the Minister of Justice, Meng Zhiqing, was promoted by the Duke of England!
Qiu Changye looked at the emperor, wondering what the emperor was thinking.
If the emperor wanted to kill Qi Shuo, he would have asked him to kill him long ago. But the emperor asked him to try the case together with the Ministry of Justice. Obviously, he was suspicious of waterproofing?
Is the emperor going to pardon Qi Shuo?
Qiu Changye figured it out, and immediately accepted the order and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will do my best to investigate the case."
Meng Zhiqing also stood up and said, "I will also do my best to investigate this matter as soon as possible!"
"Now that this matter has been arranged, let's withdraw from the court!"
With a usable chess piece, the emperor was in a good mood and sent his men away.
"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty!"
After the emperor left, all the ministers slowly stood up and walked out of the hall.
Qiu Changye looked at Meng Zhiqing and said with a smile: "We still need Lord Meng's help in this matter!"
"It's natural!"
Meng Zhiqing said in a neutral voice.
He looked down upon these flatterers. There were two parties in the court, one for the emperor and the other for the British government. In fact, he was no one's party. All he wanted as an official was to be fair and do things for the people.
Many times, when the Duke of England fought for his country and was short of soldiers and food, he would speak for the Duke of England. Naturally, in the eyes of the emperor, he became the Duke of England's man.
But at this point, he was too lazy to explain any more. As long as he was still in power, he would just do more for the people.
Meng Zhiqing did not give Qiu Changye a good look, and the smile on Qiu Changye's face faded. He snorted in his heart: What the hell, they are officials of the same rank, and he is still giving me a bad look?
Qiu Changye was about to leave, cursing in his heart, when suddenly, a person outside the hall quietly blocked his way.
"Oh, it's Eunuch Guo! What's up, Eunuch Guo?"
Guo Baocai smiled and said, "Sir Qiu, His Majesty asks you to go."
Qiu Changye was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, I'll go right away!"
Qiu Changye followed Guo Baocai all the way to the imperial study, wondering why the emperor called him here. He must have wanted to instruct him about Qi Shuo.
Qiu Changye followed quietly into the imperial study and bowed: "Your Majesty!"
"Okay, no need to be so polite. I called you here to give you a few words of advice!" said the emperor.
Qiu Changye responded: "Yes, I am all ears."
"You don't have to intervene in Qi Shuo's case. Just ask the Ministry of Justice to investigate! Just report whatever you find out."
Qiu Changye was not a fool. When he heard this, he knew that the emperor really wanted to save Qi Shuo!
Qiu Changye didn't ask any more questions and immediately responded, "Yes! I will do as you say."
"Now that you know, go ahead!"
"Yes!"
After a while, Qiu Changye retreated.
He wondered why the emperor released Qi Shuo so easily. Could it be that Qi Shuo had said something to the emperor that day?
Qi Shuo didn't tell him, and Qiu Changye didn't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, this matter had nothing to do with him.
Therefore, the Ministry of Justice received the emperor's order and began to investigate the death of 20,000 generals in Shanzhou.
As for the Dali Temple, it has simply disappeared. Only when there is something going on will they come out to take a look, but otherwise, basically no one can be found.
Meng Zhiqing was still puzzled. He originally thought that the Dali Temple would intervene in this matter, but who knew that it would be so easy for him to do it.
He quickly interrogated Qi Shuo and Tan Dunsheng, and then understood the whole story clearly. He then presented the evidence to the emperor in the court.
The emperor took the evidence and read it secretly for a while, then said: "Since Qi Shuo is innocent, let him go! However, he is responsible for the poor supervision, so he will be demoted as a punishment!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" All the officials bowed one after another.
Now that this was settled, the court began to report other miscellaneous matters. The emperor was also annoyed listening to the officials quarreling.
"Alright, alright, let's adjourn the court! We'll discuss this tomorrow!"
The emperor stood up and left without waiting for the officials to speak.
The court officials were still a little puzzled! But the emperor had left, and no one would listen no matter how much they argued, so they had to give up.
The emperor returned to his harem, enjoying the sweet service of the beautiful women, and all of a sudden his fatigue faded away.
"Your Majesty, let me massage your forehead!"
"Well! Good, your craftsmanship is the best. Just give it to me. I am annoyed by the noise of the court officials today."
Concubine Xin is a new maid who entered the palace recently. She happened to be favored by the emperor and was selected into the harem. She was originally just a talented woman, but later, because she was favored by the emperor, she was promoted to a beauty not long ago. Her promotion speed was extremely fast.
"Your Majesty, what are the court officials arguing about? Are they annoying Your Majesty so much?"
Xin Meiren asked gently.
"It's just those crap!"
Every time the emperor thought about it, he felt annoyed. Could all these court officials listen to him?
It's all that Duke of England's fault. He always goes against me. I'll have to get rid of him sooner or later.
Lady Xin smiled faintly and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers are bothering you, just tell them to shut up, nothing is more important than your Majesty's health!"
"You're right!" These words hit the emperor's heart, and he liked Concubine Xin even more.
Lady Xin massaged the emperor's head with great care, which made the emperor feel very comfortable. The emperor's fatigue disappeared and his mood became very good. Now he was energetic and could enjoy the beauty.
The emperor lifted Lady Xin's chin and said with a smile, "It's great to have you by my side."
"It is my blessing to be by your Majesty's side."
A charming laugh was heard from the imperial study. The eunuchs and guards outside the door all lowered their heads, not daring to make any more noise to disturb them.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince? Why are you here?" When Guo Baocai saw the man coming, he immediately stepped forward and stopped him.
The prince said directly: "I'm here to see my father!"
"Your Highness, His Majesty is busy right now, please come back later!"
When the prince heard the laughter inside, he couldn't help but frowned.