Need for a Guard

Seeing Cheng Ye, who touched his butt repeatedly, finally knelt in front of him, admitting his mistake humbly, Shi Yue felt extremely relieved. |i^

"Admiral Cheng, are you trying to kill me?"

Shi Yue got cheap and behaved: "You angered the officials, misinterpreted the eldest princess's mind, and slandered the eldest princess's reputation. You should apologize to the eldest princess. Why kneel to me? I can't bear it!"

"However! I have a word of advice to Admiral Cheng. Since you are an official of the imperial court, you must have the necessary awareness and understanding, and you can't break the jar. In the future... you must read more books and don't fart carelessly. , making people laugh, and losing the face of the Nine Gate City Guards."

Cheng Ye held back his anger until his face turned purple, and said respectfully, "Thank you Shi Qianhu for your reminder! I will keep it in mind."

But he secretly scolded Shi Yue ten thousand times in his heart, and then returned to Yantong and kowtowed to confess his guilt!

Naturally, Yantong wouldn't really make things difficult for Cheng Ye. In fact, she didn't have the right to make things difficult for Cheng Ye. She said a few words of grievance and comfort indiscriminately, and made Cheng Ye stand up.

Shi Yue wanted to beat the dog in the water, but he didn't intend to just let it go. His eyes widened, and he stared at Xiao Yan with cold eyes.

Xiao Yan was taken aback: Didn't this guy want me to kneel down for the eldest princess too?

He was afraid that Shi Yue's words would run on him and put him in a passive position, so he took the initiative to bow to Yantong and said: "The eldest princess understands righteousness and cares about everyone while leaving her small family. Xiao is extremely admired, and I often feel sorry for Dayan." If a man has the determination and mind of the eldest princess to win righteousness and become benevolent, why should he be afraid of Mongolian iron cavalry?"

Pointing at Cheng Ye again, he feigned angrily and said, "You unworthy son, I often teach you to read more and learn from the sages, but you just don't listen. Do you think the government affairs of the court are so simple? This has caused a lot of trouble. Just a joke, let's see if you dare to use your tongue indiscriminately in the future?"

Cheng Ye was willing to kneel down to Shi Yue, so why would he care about Xiao Yan's false accusations?Put on an open-minded appearance, nod and say yes, and never resist. |i^

Xiao Yan was scolded until his mouth became parched, and finally, with a cold face, he snorted: "You are unworthy, I am so angry that I can't even eat!

After playing enough roles, seeing that the officials did not have too much hostility towards him, he pretended to be angry and sighed to King Fu: "The people of Xiao Xiao were mad by this unworthy son, lost their manners, and got angry in their chests, so they can no longer be at peace. , have a drink with King Fu and all the ministers, so I will take my leave first, and invite King Fu and all the ministers Haihan."

Then, he glared at Cheng Ye again, "Zhuzi, why don't you get out of here?"

Xiao Yan played a good show, and he was in a hurry to leave with Cheng Ye—not to mention that their son-in-law and son-in-law could not harm others, but instead shamed others, how could they have the face to stand here?What scares them even more is that Shi Yue has completely taken the initiative in the scene at this time, and this guy is in full swing. If he joins forces with Kang Shanzhen and Bai Mochou again, and uses tricks to run them down, he may be in danger of breaking the nest .

If you don't go now, when will you wait?

"Prime Minister Xiao, don't rush to leave!"

How could Shi Yue let Xiao Yan jump away like this?With a whoosh, he jumped in front of Xiao Yan, opened his arms to block his way, and said with a smile: "Prime Minister Xiao, don't rush away! The eldest princess has been wronged, and it is inconvenient to speak, so let me ask you a few questions , after you finish answering, how about going back and spanking your precious son-in-law's ass with a cane?"

Yantong cast a coquettish look at Shi Yue, thinking when did I ask you to interrogate me?I have a good voice, why did I become your 'puppet'?

It's just that Yantong's mentality at the moment is like a little girl who has just begun to fall in love. She will do what Shi Yue says, and she will not think about resisting.

Seeing Xiao Yan looking towards him suspiciously, Yan Tong deliberately frowned, squeezed his throat, and pointed at Shi Yue, proving that what Shi Yue said was true.

Xiao Yan frowned, endured his apprehension, and responded patiently, "My eldest princess asked, and Xiao knew everything."

Shi Yue cleared his throat and snorted, "Prime Minister Xiao, the Eldest Princess asked me to ask you: Cheng Ye is your son-in-law, although he does not avoid relatives, but Cheng Ye has no culture, knowledge, and quality. How did he get promoted? Served in the Nine Gates City Guard? Who recommended it? What kind of intentions did the recommender have? Is it to recommend talented people for Dayan, or to promote some snobs to frame Dayan for injustice? , that’s what the eldest princess asked, how do you explain it?”

This series of questioning only scared Xiao Yan and Cheng Ye into a panic-although the royal family has no actual jurisdiction, they have the right to monitor and hold them accountable, not to mention the eldest princess, even the five-year-old little princess It is reasonable to ask about these words, and it is not too much.

However, what Shi Yue asked at this moment could not have been asked by Yan Tong—Yan Tong was wholeheartedly planning for Jiangnan, and she wished that Dayan's officials were in chaos, so how could she interfere in this?

Therefore, Shi Yue must have asked these words, but the mastermind behind it is unknown!

Kang Shanzhen?Bai Mochou?

Or are the two jointly asking questions?

In normal times, this kind of groundless accountability is like a stone falling into the sea, causing no waves.

But today, Cheng Ye suffered repeated embarrassments, and because of slandering Yantong's reputation, he made a major mistake of injustice. An official is an official, and the most important thing on the surface is righteousness. Beauty must use righteousness to cover up the essence of evil.

Now that this layer of "righteousness" on Cheng Ye's face has been torn off, wouldn't it be very dangerous to his political career?

Bai Mochou and Kang Shanzhen did not discuss this matter with Shi Yue, but they also felt that Shi Yue's question at this time was really a fatal blow to Xiao Yan!

Bai Mochou asked with a cold face, "Xiao Baldy, the eldest princess's questions are to the point, and they are related to Dayan's heavy responsibility in selecting officials. Why don't you answer?"

Kang Shanzhen snorted heavily, "Prime Minister Xiao, you are the head of the cabinet, why don't you ask questions?"

The eyes of all the officials in the court were all aimed at Xiao Yan, so that Xiao Yan had no room to turn around.

Xiao Yan is the head of the cabinet, if he doesn't express his opinion, wouldn't it be tacit consent that he abused his power to defend Cheng Ye and the officials who recommended Cheng Ye?

But if you express your opinion, how should you express your opinion?

It is an indisputable fact that Cheng Ye has not done any meritorious service, and today he can't tell if he has lost his 'righteousness', unless he expresses his opinion to remove Cheng Ye's admiral hat from his head, other than that, any expression is worse than silence.

Cheng Ye sneered, pretending not to pay attention, the wine glass on the table fell to the ground and shattered.

A servant from the Xiao residence hurried in, knelt down in front of Xiao Yan, and cried, "Master, Madam has suddenly passed out due to a sudden serious illness, please return to the residence quickly!"

"what?"

Cheng Ye turned pale with shock, "Mother-in-law is sick? It's really leaking and it's raining continuously, what should I do?" Turning his head, he winked desperately at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan really believed it just now, he was so frightened that his heart was beating wildly!

After receiving Cheng Ye's wink, he hurriedly cupped his hands to Yantong with the nervousness of his heartbeat: "Princess, there is an emergency at home, I dare not delay, I will see the wife first, and then tell the princess clearly! Minister, Xiao will leave first..." He was really afraid of being blocked, so he was dragged away by Cheng Ye.

Xiao Yan ran to the door, tripped over the sill, scratched his skin with his palm, oozing blood, did not dare to delay, scrambled out of the hall, got on the sedan chair, and rolled out of the palace like a mouse!