Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

"The Queen Mother has decreed that His Royal Highness Fan Xin, King Xuanyan, enters the palace!"

In the high-pitched voice of the chamberlain, Fan Xin walked into the hall wearing a white shirt.

"My lord, Fan Xin pays homage to the Queen Mother!"

"Fan Qing, you are back!"

Li Lingyue stood up suddenly, stared at Fan Xin with her phoenix eyes, and opened her mouth.

Fan Xin smiled and nodded.

"Queen Mother, I'm back." There were many emotions in her words.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."

Li Lingyue took a deep breath, and the sadness that had been between her brows for a long time dissipated, revealing a long-lost smile.

Seeing the couple reunited, all the officials in the palace showed surprised expressions.

The Queen Mother's expression didn't look like she wanted to punish her.

Looking at You Nailiang, who was looking at the couple smiling at each other in the palace, a shadow flashed deep in his eyes.

It turns out that the person who hindered him from getting close to the Queen Mother was this guy.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall fell into a weird state, a thin figure jumped out.

"His Royal Highness King Yan! How dare you come wearing a shirt when you enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, and you don't even follow any rules!"

"You are…?"

"Untalented, Censor Sun Wen." Sun Wen stroked his beard and said with his nostrils pointing towards the sky.

"It turns out to be Sun Yushi. I went to the Queen Mother to plead guilty. You said I was guilty."

"Do you also think that I am not guilty?"

After being choked by Fan Xin, Sun Wen hesitated and shook his sleeves angrily.

"Stop talking useless words. I am asking you whether your followers embezzled tens of thousands of taels of silver while pretending to be the governor of Youzhou."

"You spend tens of thousands of coins, spend all day in a brothel, and take pleasure in raping girls from good families?"

Faced with Sun Wen's series of questions, Fan Xin smiled calmly.

"It's a joke. I have always been as honest as water. I only wear a few clothes all year round."

"How could it be possible for my king's followers to embezzle and accept bribes of tens of thousands of taels of silver?"

"There is also a follower of this king who has not yet married. Does he dare to rob women from good families?"

Sun Wen smiled coldly: "If I guess you won't admit it, it doesn't matter. The witness will come back later with the Criminal Department and Dali Temple."

"Let's see how you quibble then!"

The other ministers on the side couldn't stand it anymore.

"Your Highness Prince Yan, if you say you don't know what the six sons are doing, I will still believe you."

"But it would be too hypocritical for you to say that you are as clean as water and only take a few sets of clothes throughout the year."

"As far as we know, Prince Yan's annual income is at least two and a half million copper coins, and there are twelve copper warehouses just to hold the money."

"Can your conscience tolerate what you say?"

Huang Guang, the Minister of Household Affairs, said dissatisfied.

"Yes, your clothes are inlaid with gold and silver. Aren't you ashamed to tell us this?"

Fan Xin's face turned red and he coughed awkwardly.

"You adults have no other abilities, but your ability to dig into other people's backgrounds has improved a lot."

"I do have a generous income, but my family's treasury has been emptied by the palace, leaving only a mere 700 guans, and 600 guans were stolen."

"If you don't believe me, go to Prince Yan's Mansion and have a look. Apart from the servant Feng Ma and a little maid, what I eat the most on weekdays is radish and cabbage, without even any meat."

"you!"

"Okay, stop chatting, let's spread the word to Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment will go to the palace!"

Seeing both sides choking, Li Lingyue shouted impatiently.

Under the gaze of everyone, several leaders from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment walked in.

Behind them followed some handsomely dressed young men.

"I am here to see the Queen Mother."

"No need to be polite, I would like to ask you how the investigation of the Youzhou case went?
After hearing this, Wang Peng, the minister of Dali Temple, stood up from the ground.

"To report to the Queen Mother, through various efforts, I have collected a total of 3,000 witnesses and 1,200 exhibits."

"The case has now been thoroughly investigated."

After speaking, he handed a thick pile of evidence to the chamberlain, who would forward it to the Queen Mother.

Looking at the iron-clad evidence in front of her, Li Lingyue hesitated for a moment, and finally opened one of the books.

She was the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty. Even if her heart was biased towards Fan Xin, she could not refuse in front of all the ministers.

However, when Li Lingyue saw the content above, she was stunned.

He looked at Wang Peng in surprise.

"Wang Qing, are you sure you have investigated clearly?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, the facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. The file contains the fingerprints of 30,000 people in Youzhou."

"Hahaha, okay, now the Youzhou case can be settled."

Seeing the Queen Mother laughing, Lu Wenzhao, the Minister of Punishment, also laughed.

"Your Majesty, since the facts of the case are clear, let's punish him as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

"Yes, Queen Mother, the national law is ruthless and does not tolerate any favoritism. You can issue the decree." The Minister of the Ministry of Finance also echoed.

Glancing at the two old guys with a playful look, Li Lingyue asked while suppressing a smile.

"Are you sure you want to punish him?"

After hearing this, Lu Wenzhao stood up with a loud voice and spoke righteously.

"Queen Mother, the laws of the country are ruthless, how can we abandon them at will? Today it is said that King Yan, even the old grandson, has the same righteousness to destroy his relatives!"

"That's right. The Tang Dynasty has always governed the country with strictness. How can we ignore the law for personal reasons?"

"Queen Mother, you must not show favoritism!"

At the end, the two old ministers showed sadness and anger in their writings.

The ministers who were affected by the emotion bowed and prayed for punishment.

At this time, two cries sounded from the crowd.

"Grandpa, you are too cruel, the child doesn't want to die!"

"you are?"

Lu Wenzhao looked back and glanced at the fat boy with big head and big ears. He always felt familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.

"Grandpa, it's me, Lu Qian!" The fat boy crawled out from the crowd, hugged Lu Wenzhao's thigh and cried.

"Qian'er! Qian'er!"

The two old ministers were shocked when they suddenly discovered that the crying person was their grandson, and their expressions were extremely ugly.

"What's going on! Aren't you guys just keeping to yourself behind closed doors and eating steamed buns for two months?"

"Why are you so fat?"

Wang Peng sighed and took the initiative to explain.

"To be honest with the two ministers, Lingsun was caught by us when he was holding an unobstructed meeting in the brothel."

"While in Youzhou, these two people secretly stole the governor's seal and treated Youzhou officials as pigs and dogs at will."

"In just two months, each of them embezzled more than 20,000 taels of silver and several copper coins."

The right servant of the Ministry of Justice on the side answered.

"More than that, the two openly boasted at the banquet that they were the Grand Governor. If they want to be an official, they have to pay according to their rank."

"And he said..."

Lu Wenzhao didn't hear a word of what was said next, his head was buzzing.

To this day he still can't believe that his grandson did these things.

When he thought about Fan Xin's attitude before setting off, Lu Wenzhao felt terrified.

It turns out that they were plotted by each other at that time. Fan Jing's expression was equally ugly. He never expected that the grandsons of two old guys would be so stupid.

They are still complacent after being taken advantage of, and they don't show off by pissing themselves off. Is it something they can do if they sell their official positions?

Looking at each other with Lu Wenzhao, the Minister of Hubu knelt on the ground with a bang and begged Li Lingyue.

"Your Majesty, my grandson is twenty-six years old. He is still young and ignorant."

"I hope the Queen Mother will save their lives, Queen Mother!"

"Lu Aiqing, if I remember correctly, you were the one who asked me not to show favoritism just now."

"Forgot so quickly?"

Li Lingyue leaned on the dragon chair and said with a faint smile.

Lu Wenzhao blushed and said: Queen Mother, Qian'er is my grandson...

Bang!
Li Lingyue slapped the dragon chair hard and said coldly.

"Lu Wenzhao, since you became the Minister of Punishment of the Tang Dynasty, not a single major case has been solved."

"I used to think that because you have worked hard without any merit, I won't care about you!"

"Now you don't want to repent, but you allow your grandson to go to Youzhou to pretend to be the governor and blame Fan Xin."

"What crime should be committed!"

A loud shout frightened Lu Wenzhao, and the Minister of the Ministry of Finance turned a little pale.

They put their heads on the ground and shivered, knowing that nothing they could say was useless at this time.

If you keep your mouth shut, you might end up with a happy ending.

His eyes swept over the two of them, Li Lingyue flicked her sleeves and turned away.

"As a king and a minister, I don't want you to end up with your body and head missing. Please take your grandson to live happily ever after."

The two of them were shocked, and then kowtowed in frustration.

"I thank the Queen Mother for not killing me."

After kowtowing, under the complicated eyes of the ministers, he led his grandson and walked out with a dull look on his face.

After more than thirty years of ups and downs in his official career, he finally got to this point and was finally relieved.

Looking at the backs of the two of them, Fan Xin sighed secretly.

The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure, turn around in vain.

The two old guys had been greedy for a lot of money, so the Queen Mother was particularly gracious to them to end up with a good death.

Next it was his turn to face the catastrophe of life and death.

Sure enough, after looking away from outside the palace, the Minister of Punishment coughed.

"Your Majesty, this time the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple made a surprising discovery when they were investigating the case of pretending to be the governor of Youzhou!"

"What discovery?"

Li Lingyue seemed to have thought of something in her heart.

The Minister of Justice glanced at Fan Xin, his tone a little regretful and a little shocked.

"When I was investigating the counterfeiting case, I discovered the bodies of thousands of intelligence officers on the outskirts of Youzhou."

"Even Deputy Director Xiao Long was buried in a mass grave."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall was in an uproar, and everyone suddenly turned to look at Fan Xin in the hall.

Shocking! incredible!
No one expected Fan Xin to be so courageous.

The Intelligence Department, the Queen Mother's eyes and ears, has the power to monitor all officials in the world.

Even if a mistake is made, the Queen Mother will handle it personally.

Even the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yushitai have no right to interrogate their existence.

Just like that, Fan Xin was buried in a mass grave!

How dare he?
Fan Jing was shocked and angry. No wonder his repeated attempts to contact Xiao Long were met with silence. It turned out that he died at the hands of his father!
His eyes turned red when he thought of this. Xiao Long and the intelligence department agents were the people he spent three years and spent a lot of money to put in place.

Just waiting for one day when the dynasty changes, as an insider to help him control the palace.

Now that everything is in vain, how can he not hate it?

At this thought, Fan Jing no longer cared about his identity and stood up personally.

"Your Majesty, the Intelligence Department, as a holy mission, was ordered to handle the case. What mistake did they make that led to them being executed on the spot!"

"If I don't make an explanation to the people of the world today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone!"

When the King of Han saw his master taking action in person, he immediately followed suit.

"Your Majesty, this son is only in his twenties, but he is so bold as to attack and kill a spy from the Intelligence Department. There must be someone behind it!"

"That's right, Liu Zi is so young that he definitely doesn't have the courage. It must be the person behind the scenes who instigated him."

First losing two generals, and then losing the eyes and ears placed in the inner guard, Fan Jing suffered heavy losses.

Therefore, the counterattack launched in anger was quite violent.

In addition, Li Tang's old ministers were severely damaged in the coup.

For a time, the court was full of impeachment remarks from the King of Han and his party.

Above the Luan Palace, an imperceptible smile flashed across the corner of You Nailiang's mouth.

Just now he was thinking about how to get rid of this stumbling block, but this time it was easier.

Li Lingyue sat high on the dragon chair and looked at Fan Xin who was surrounded by the ministers with complex eyes.

His right hand was tightly clasped in the armrest, and there was a sense of anger in his heart.

That's right, she sent Xiao Long to Youzhou with the intention of using Fan Xin's help to get rid of Fan Jing'an's spy around her.

It can be said that it is all her fault that Fan Xin has reached this point.

what to do? What if Fan Xin can't bear the pressure and abandons himself and his son?
Just when Li Lingyue was feeling anxious, she suddenly noticed a gaze coming towards her.

When she looked up, she saw Fan Xin smiling silently at her.

There was a sense of pride in his eyes, as if telling her that it was okay.

"Fan Xin!"

Li Lingyue's eyes were slightly red, and his hands looked pale from exertion.

The eternal hardship has left us with no choice.

Li Lingyue wished she could stand up now and tell the people all over the world that it was she, Li Lingyue, who got rid of the intelligence agents with the help of her husband.

But she can't, at least not yet.

Because once the truth is told, it will inevitably break with Shangguan Wan'er.

Once the war breaks out, the Tang Dynasty will fall into pieces in an instant.

Di Renjie, who had been observing the Queen Mother's expression, sighed, feeling very sorry in his heart.

He did not expect that Fan Xin would go on a killing spree for his wife and children.

I didn't expect the relationship between the two to be so deep.

This time the ministers did not continue to press, because they saw Fan Xin's attitude.

Knowing that further questioning would lead to no results, they all remained silent, waiting for Fan Xin's final decision.

In the hall, Fan Xin bowed his hands to Li Lingyue calmly.

"Your Highness, the killing of Deputy Director Xiao was all done by an old minister and had nothing to do with anyone else. Although I was wrong, I have no regrets.

"King Yan, you!"

Li Lingyue stood up from the dragon chair, her lips trembled twice, and a line of clear tears flowed down her cheeks.

Fan Xin took a deep look at his wife, then turned around and came to Fan Jing.

"Second brother, it's the father's fault for not educating you well. As the ancients said, it's the father's fault if a son doesn't teach you well. In the past, your father didn't educate you well, which led to the situation like today."

"All the blame will be borne by my father alone. I hope you can be a virtuous king in peace and stability in the future, otherwise my father will have no choice but to kill the family out of justice..."

Being stared at by Fan Xin, Fan Jing felt a little weak for no reason and his eyes dodged.

"The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Even though the father is a relative, he is not immune. The child is just discussing the matter."

"Okay! Remember what you said today, my father will never condone you in the future!"

(End of this chapter)