The little queen is squeamish, and the tyrant of prey coaxes her every night

Chapter 12 Can be more ruthless
Zhang Taifu has been working in Qizhou, why did he suddenly appear here, and still look like this?

The emperor and the queen mother confronted each other, and the courtiers gradually divided into two factions. It would be fine if they just sat together to eat and talk and laugh. Now that Zhang Taifu appeared in such a state, the peace on the bright side was instantly broken.

The atmosphere in the hall was almost at the point of tension.

The empress dowager's color difference was extremely extreme, Li Wei was the only one in Weiyang Palace who smiled slightly.

The clay pot was placed in the middle of the hall, Zhang Xiangxin was obviously still alive, and when he saw the Queen Mother, he burst into tears.

He breathed violently, his throat was choked, and his eyes clearly meant to ask for help, but unfortunately his mouth was sealed by something, and he was unable to speak, only whimpering with unknown meaning.

Chen Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is a member of the Empress Dowager. Seeing this, he cupped his hands and said: "The emperor held this dinner to pray for the Empress Dowager. Now that he is being attacked by the evil spirit of blood, I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

"Working hard for the country's affairs, how can you be afraid of the evil spirit of blood, besides, the Queen Mother has always cared about the temple and the people, even just now she did not forget to teach me, how can I slack off?"

Li Wei's emotionless voice echoed in Weiyang's public, making it difficult for people to hear his sorrows and joys, but even so, no one dared to move around for a while.

The high hat of patriotism and love for the people is regarded as being held to death by the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager was passive this time, and she couldn't even say a word of refutation, so she took the time to drink tea and gave the Minister of Rites a look.

Chen Xiao understood, and saluted again: "Since that's the case, the old minister has something unclear, so please ask the emperor to clarify."

"Chen Aiqing spoke bluntly."

"The emperor just sent someone to inspect Zhang Taifu's relief work five days ago. The Taifu has lived in Qizhou for a long time, and Qizhou is thousands of miles away from here. It takes more than four days to go back and forth. According to the normal regulations, today should not...should not... "

The Minister of Rites stuck for a long time and didn't know how to describe it best. Finally, with a complicated expression, he simply said: "You shouldn't appear on the hall like this."

"That's right, I only released the news five days ago, but if the evidence wasn't conclusive, how could I arrest the old officials at will?"

Li Wei hooked his lower lip as if there was nothing: "The Ministry of Rites' jurisdiction has nothing to do with Jingzhaosi, but even you know that Qizhou is far away, and it is impossible to catch people at a normal speed in five days. The wind is always better than the legs." Hurry up, if I don't strike ahead of time, what will happen if I am run away by a treacherous minister who is doing harm to the common people?"

Chen Xiao was stunned, sweating coldly.

He was speechless.

This matter is Zhang Taifu's own fault, as long as the embezzlement of disaster relief money is conclusive evidence by the emperor, then he can only be reduced to an abandoned son.

——Even if the money is for the empress dowager.

"Zhang Xiangxin has lived in Qizhou for many years since he became the Grand Tutor. Qizhou has a special location, the river hangs high above the ground, and the embankment broke once three years ago, and the flood was raging. Zhang Taifu is responsible for disaster relief and repairs.

"There was a disaster again this year, but the money has not yet been allocated. However, the money that has disappeared from Mr. Zhang's hands is also worth a million taels. If I remember correctly, this is probably all the money for disaster relief three years ago. money?"

Surprised all around, even Fu Yao's eyes widened.

Full payment for disaster relief?

How could he be so greedy? !

"Perhaps tonight, some people will think that my methods are ruthless and pungent, so you can go and see the people of Qizhou for yourself! Digging three inches of soil, I'm afraid they are all bones." Li Wei stood on the high platform, wearing a solemn and luxurious red dragon robe. If someone like Zhang Xiangxin comes again, my methods will only become more ruthless.

"Ministers who have ghosts in their hearts, remember to keep your eyes open when you sleep at night."

As he spoke, he walked down the high platform step by step, his slightly thin body was straight and slender.

"However, I'm not an unreasonable person. With a million taels of silver, it takes 30 years of hard work to spend normally." Li Wei walked up to Zhang Taifu, with a sneer at the end of his eyes, "but you can't find so much silver at home. .”

The man was short and smelled like blood, but Li Wei didn't care at all. He even got close to Zhang Taifu, took the cloth ball from his mouth with his own hands, and whispered in his ear: "—Tell me, you spend the money. Where is it?"

Zhang Taifu's mouth had been sealed for a long time, but it was difficult to close it at this moment. He stared at Li Mi as if he had seen a ghost in daylight, and tears flowed down almost physiologically.

Weiyang Palace was dead silent.

- Dead silence.

After a long silence, the young monarch suddenly chuckled.

He straightened up, and his aura was even stronger than before.

But the tone is still calm: "He is dead, drag it down and bury it."

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Fu Yao returned to the palace, and finally couldn't help retching.

She is too sensitive to the smell of blood, even if she sits on the highest place, the disgusting smell can still penetrate into her internal organs along her sense of smell.

Even though it was icy cold outside Weiyang Palace, she walked all the way, the snow-wrapped wind still couldn't blow through her blood.

She suspected that this was the shadow left by her death in her previous life, but she didn't know how to dispel it.

What made her even more uneasy was that Li Mi was so cruel. Zhang Taifu deserved the torture, but why did he die in court?Still so sudden?

Was it Li Shu who killed him?

After the dinner, Fu Yao didn't have to go to the Compassionate Palace to put on a show, and went straight back to Fengluan Palace, Li Wei didn't follow.

Fu Yao also had no plans to go with her, the bloody smell in the hall forced her to flee.

She sat on the bench with a tired face, and Nanny Zhang took off her fine clothes.

Fu Yao always felt that his clothes were stained with blood.

She suddenly wanted to throw it out, or ask someone to burn it, but she felt very uncomfortable. She stood in front of the dress for a long time in a daze, but in the end she was still reluctant to throw it away.

"Wash," she sighed, pointing to the clothes, "wash."

Nanny Zhang was shocked.

In the past, Fu Yao couldn't tell whether it was dirty or not, and it was common for him to stuff shortbread into his mouth directly, not to mention asking for cleaning.

She will now? !
Could it be that the empress is gradually recovering her mind?

Zhang Nanny's eyes were filled with dismay, so she almost hugged Fu Yao for a spin.

Fu Yao didn't understand what she was happy about. She thought it was because she didn't explain clearly, so she pointed to the clothes and repeated as hard as she could: "Yes, I need to wash it."

"Wash and wash, servant girl, go and wash now!" Nanny Zhang quickly picked up the clothes, and signaled to the palace servants behind, "Hurry up and bathe your mother, there are freshly picked plum blossoms by the pool, put more in the water for your mother. "

The two little maids brought Fu Yao to the side of the bath, and Fu Yao slowly soaked in, and the blossoming white plums floating on the water rippled.She closed her eyes comfortably.

The faint plum fragrance lingers on the nostrils, and the terrified heart in Weiyang Palace finally calms down slowly.

After washing and getting up, Fu Yao put on a white velvet coat, turned around and saw a very familiar figure cast on the screen.

The screen separated the bathing pool and the changing area, and the man sat behind the screen, watching her quietly.

She stopped suddenly, not knowing whether she should go forward or not.

"It smells so good of plum blossoms," Li Wei said, "I always feel comfortable by the Queen's side."

Fu Yao stood still, and Li Wei seemed to have noticed something unusual, so he stood up and said, "Can I come over?"

Fu Yao suddenly tightened the collar and placket.

(End of this chapter)