bestfiction Chapter 141: Waking Up at the Inn
Chapter 141: Waking Up at the Inn
The Queen looked at the younger generation of the Li family who were pushed out and spoke with dignity.
"What Prime Minister Li found yesterday was the account book. This Lord Li is only a sixth-rank official, right?"
"Your Majesty, I was bewitched and embezzled money without the knowledge of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister was not aware of it!" Li Canzhi knelt down and said.
The empress knew she couldn't get anything out of Li Canzhi after seeing him confessing his guilt, so she stopped talking. Then, General Xie from Zhenguo Mansion immediately apologized, saying that the weapons were newly made and were to be sent to soldiers at the border, not for the private use of their Zhenguo Mansion.
"General Xie is truly loyal to his emperor and patriotic, but I'm afraid these ten boxes of weapons are not enough," the Queen said coldly.
"Your Majesty, this is the first batch I made. There are two more batches in the works," said General Li.
"Then wait until General Li is done and send it directly to the border!"
Those who were later found to have embezzled money were mostly those who had their younger family members convicted and paid double the fine.
As for some minor officials who were not threatened, the empress directly dismissed them from their posts, confiscated their property and expelled them from Fengdu.
Afterwards, the empress directly said that the assassination attempt on Lady Su was done by the daughter of Minister Zheng, and the daughter of Minister Zheng said with certainty that it was the eldest daughter of the Yang family who instigated it.
Those wealthy families who had lost their fortunes attacked him together. Before Prime Minister Yang could recover, he was impeached by the wealthy families.
The Queen directly asked Prime Minister Yang to reflect on his actions behind closed doors, and the punishment of the Zheng family would be decided after Cui Yiyang obtained the testimonies of the assassins.
After retiring from the court, the empress was smiling. This time, the treasury would be much more abundant, and even a small part of the weapons at the border could be solved.
Seeing these wealthy families' frustrated and broke faces today is so refreshing!!
As soon as the empress came down from court, she sent a message asking Cui Yiyang to protect Su Yueyao at all costs, and also told Su Yueyao that the assassination was done by the daughter of the Zheng family and instigated by the eldest daughter of the Yang family.
The princes in the harem knew what happened last night, and they all came to the empress to apologize. Even the queen, who was usually quite aloof, wore plain clothes and apologized to the Li family.
The queen was boasting again, and finally all the sons of the family who were found to have been corrupt and accepted bribes were put under house arrest.
Even the Queen did not escape, and she happily lay on the couch in the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, all the noble families have been affected to varying degrees this time. Congratulations, Your Majesty." Fu'an said with a smile.
"And your majesty, there was a message just now from outside that the noble families that were investigated this time are almost all targeting the Zheng family and the Yang family. In particular, after the Academy of Literature received the news, some people directly submitted a petition, and the memorials have just been submitted."
"Then I'd like to see what those literati have to say." The queen happily stood up and no longer lay down.
When I saw the folded paper, I laughed out loud.
"All these memorials are asking for severe punishment for the Zheng and Yang families. In addition to the corruption case uncovered this time, the neutral officials all wrote to ask for severe punishment for Prime Minister Li, and not just fines."
"Tell Cui Song not to patrol too hard today. Let's arrange some people to go and add fuel to the fire where the literati are gathering and communicating," said the Queen.
"Okay, Your Majesty, I understand. I will make good arrangements." Fu'an said with a bow.
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At this time, Su Yueyao, who was at the inn, had just woken up.
For a moment I didn't realize where I was.
"Is the lady awake?"
"Who are you?" Su Yueyao asked when she saw that it was not Chunri or Yang Qianxun.
"I am the personal servant of Mr. Xun Er, Xun Yi."
"How are my master and the others injured? And my servants?" Su Yueyao sat up and asked.
"Lord Su and the others are much better now. They are still arranging some things. The lady's servants don't know about it." Xun Yi said respectfully.
"Oh! I understand. You can leave first. I will wash myself." Su Yueyao said.
"Okay, my lady." Xun Yi stepped out immediately.
Su Yueyao stood up, looked up and found that her neck was slightly painful.
When she looked down, she found a deep red mark on her neck. It looked like medicine had been applied and she had no recollection of it. Thinking back, last night was really dangerous.
Su Yueyao had just washed up and put on her clothes when she heard someone knocking on the door.
"Enter."
"My dear wife, are you awake?" Lu Yuanjin immediately walked up to Su Yueyao and asked with a smile.
"Well, how is the injury on Yuanjin's arm?"
"I'm fine now. I'll be fine in two days."
"Why did Qianqian and Yuanyi stand up? Sit down quickly." Su Yueyao said immediately when she saw Yang Qianxun and Lu Yuanyi at the door.
"My dear wife, we heard that you woke up, so we wanted to come over to check on you." Yang Qianxun and Lu Yuanjin said as they sat on the stools.
"I'm not injured, but you are seriously injured. You need to rest well for a few days."
"We know it."
"My dear wife, please have your meal first! Deputy Commander Cui has received the message from His Majesty and will inform the mastermind behind the assassination." Lu Yuanyi said.
"So fast! There's news in just one night?" Su Yueyao asked in surprise.
"Miss Su may not know her own power. No one from the aristocratic families in Fengdu could sleep last night." Xun Haoxuan appeared at the door and said.
"I can only say that your majesty is very quick in action! I will go to the hall to have dinner and let Deputy Commander Cui talk to him directly. I really want to know who is so stupid as to do this." Su Yueyao said as she stood up.
"Okay, Ayao."
When Su Yueyao arrived at the front hall, the meal was already on the table.
Later she found that her husbands were all injured, so she decided to take action herself.
"Lady Su's husband and servants are all injured. Let me serve food to Lady Su!" Second Young Master Xun immediately sat down next to Su Yueyao, picked up the chopsticks and said.
Su Yueyao felt helpless as she watched Xun Haoxuan's quick movements, and she also discovered that her husbands seemed to have acquiesced to such behavior.
They really recognized this Second Young Master Xun, and they were blatantly trying to cheat on themselves!
When Su Yueyao wanted to refuse, Cui Yiyang appeared.
He was wearing a hard armor and holding a long sword. He looked very domineering. His posture was upright and a powerful majesty emanated from him.
It was too dark last night and she didn't look carefully. When she saw him today, she felt so much pressure that she wanted to avoid him. This man was not someone to be trifled with.
"Ms. Su is awake?" Cui Yiyang's tone was calm but full of unquestionable.
"Well, you're awake. Deputy Commander Cui, do you want to tell me who is behind the assassination?" Su Yueyao looked at him and said, enduring the feeling of oppression.
Cui Yiyang looked at the girl in front of him. There was a hint of resistance in her eyes, but she still dared to look him in the face. It was quite interesting because no girl from aristocratic families in the entire Fengdu dared to look him in the face like this.
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