The Emperor's Favorite: The Beauty Disturbs the World

Chapter 306

It is often said in agricultural proverbs that the plan for a year lies in spring, so the first court meeting after the beginning of spring every year is particularly important, and it is also the best time for Chang'an City and local officials to listen to the holy will, because ordinary court meetings are very difficult for them with their official ranks. Participated!
The Hanyuan Hall, which was originally spacious and grand, seemed a bit crowded after accommodating hundreds of officials. Some purple-robed adults would touch the waists of their predecessors when they lifted the wat board, but the atmosphere in the whole hall was respectful and rigorous. He lowered his head and looked at the white jade bricks under his feet.

On the golden lacquered and carved dragon throne in the hall, sat a monarch who looked down on the world, and below were the civil and military men of the court who bowed their heads and ears. When he got up, he lowered his head again, not daring to look at the king on the throne.

The entire court meeting started with a memorial from Zhang Jiuling, and then there was a lengthy collection of political achievements from various places. It's official business, so I didn't take it seriously. When the magistrate standing in the corner at the end yawned secretly, everyone thought that the court meeting would end with Gao Lishi's screams, but at this moment, A low-ranking official stood up and said in a low but clear voice: "Li Linfu, the minister of the official department, has a book to play!"

"Sure!" Gao Lishi waved his whisk and said loudly.

The faces of His Highness’s ministers all darkened. They got up before dawn to go to court. Breakfast is useless. It’s over when it should be over. You are a petty official, why are you joining in the fun? Everyone is unhappy for a while , Waiting boredly to see what the official minister has to say!
Li Linfu raised his voice, "My minister impeached the great uncle Wang Shouyi, relying on himself as a relative of the emperor, thinking that His Majesty chose the concubine as an excuse, and robbed the women of the people in Chang'an City, causing the common people to live in poverty, full of complaints, and almost sparking a civil uprising. Your Majesty, please be aware!"

As soon as this remark came out, the four seats were in an uproar!

How dare the little servant of the Ministry of Officials participate in the performance of His Majesty's eldest brother-in-law, the Queen's biological brother!For a moment, the half-drowsy officials were all startled by the loud words, and all looked at the uncle Guo who was standing in the first row, only to see his slightly white beard floating in the air In the middle, together and ups and downs, obviously extremely annoyed!It's just that Li Longji hasn't opened his mouth yet, so he doesn't dare to say more.

Li Longji frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Uncle Guo, is there such a thing?"

Wang Shouyi waited for this sentence, and hurriedly stood out, held up the wat board and said in a loud voice: "The empress is filial, virtuous and virtuous, in order to relieve your majesty's worries, spread branches and leaves for the royal family, and deliberately choose beauties from the people, and this It is also a routine general election every three years in the palace. The minister is responsible for recruiting the family members of the people to enter the palace. When did he rob and rape the daughters of the people? Master Li is talking nonsense and intends to frame the humble minister. Unbearable, please His Majesty punish him for blaspheming the chief!"

Everyone understood Wang Shouyi's argument, and secretly praised him.

Then Li Linfu said in a loud voice: "What I said is true. Is it true that the uncle of the country has robbed the civilian girl? I have important witnesses. I am now outside the palace. Please allow her to enter the palace!"

Witness?Li Longji thought for a moment, "Heir certificate!"

"Heir certificate!" Gao Lishi dragged out a syllable.

A moment later, a woman in a light blue shirt walked slowly up the hall along the corridor in the middle under the gaze of everyone.I saw her about fifteen or six years old, with a slender figure, and she walked like a willow in the wind, quite charming, but her face was covered with a green veil.

Gao Lishi shouted: "Above the hall, don't cover your face!"

The woman knelt down slowly, and uttered a crisp voice, "Minister Zhou Min'er sees Your Majesty! May Your Majesty live long and live forever. Because of her ugly appearance, the Min girl frightened His Majesty and the civil and military men of the Manchu Dynasty, so she brought a blue scarf to the palace. Please Your Majesty." Forgive the girl for her disrespect!"

Everyone listened to her nice voice, elegant conversation, and polite manners, so they liked her a little more. Sure enough, Li Longji on the throne softened a little, and ordered: "I don't blame you, but you have to take off the blue scarf." , Show people your true colors!"

Zhou Min'er seemed helpless when she heard this, hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out her jade hand to take off the hairpin behind her ear, and slowly uncovered the blue scarf. Li Longji on the throne looked at her little by little revealing face, with eyes as deep as the sea. There was a hint of pity and resentment, and everyone was surprised why Li Longji had such an expression. After Zhou Min'er slowly turned around, everyone couldn't help but secretly gasped.

On a fair face, there are curved black eyebrows, affectionate eyes, a small nose, and a cherry-like mouth, but she should be a peerless beauty, but there is a terrible scar from her chin to the right, which goes straight into her face. The sideburns divided an originally delicate face into upper and lower halves. The upper pair of bright eyes slanted left and right, the lower corners of the mouth were high in the east and low in the west, and the scars were full of flesh, which made people sick to see.

Li Longji said coldly: "Who did it?" Obviously, this scar was artificially caused by scratching with a sharp knife!
Everyone's hearts are clear at this time, this must be done by the uncle of the country!This uncle of the country is really vicious, he doesn't have the slightest thought of sympathy and pity, he actually turned a peerless beauty into this look of neither human nor ghost, and blamed Li Linfu for impeaching him.

Just as everyone felt sorry for Zhou Miner and scolded Wang Shouyi secretly, Zhou Miner's words shocked everyone even more!
"This scar was made by the girl herself with a dagger!"

Li Longji wondered: "Why?!"

Zhou Min'er hesitated for a moment, "My concubine heard that there was a white-headed palace lady in the palace! When this woman entered the palace, all the best years of her life were buried in the dry well of Yongxiang. Minnv didn't want to be such a white-headed palace lady, so she rejected the palace. What's more, Min'er was betrothed to the eldest brother next door since she was a child, and there is a marriage contract. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, women from good folk families who are married can not be selected, but the uncle of the country relies on himself as a relative of the emperor. He insisted on arresting Minnv and entering the palace, but Minnv's parents stepped forward to plead, but was severely beaten by his minions. Her mother died on the spot, and her father was also dying on the bed. Indulging domestic slaves and disregarding human life, she scratched her own face in anger, and escaped the persecution of the uncle! But the daughter of the people was divorced because of this matter, and her parents died. There is no way to appeal, Your Majesty Make decisions for the women of the people!" After saying these words, tears rolled down, along the face of the ravine, it was even more heartbreaking to see!

Wang Shouyi didn't recognize Zhou Min'er when she went to the palace, and when she took off the blue scarf, he was frightened out of his wits!It turned out that he had indeed done this a few days ago, but afterwards, in order to prevent Zhou Miner from leaking the secret, he had secretly sent soldiers to kill her whole family!Why is Zhou Min'er still ordered to testify against herself this time?Did those dead men miss again?What a waste!The last time he assassinated Concubine Hui, the entire army was wiped out. Today, there was also a mistake in killing the civilian daughter. It really is a group of wine bags and rice bags!But at this moment, he was already on the verge of riding a tiger, so he could only vehemently deny it, pointing at Zhou Min'er and yelling, "You are bold...you...you...you are talking nonsense!"

Originally, he wanted to reprimand him righteously and restore his reputation, but unexpectedly his eloquent Uncle Guo actually stuttered, which made everyone even more suspicious!
Li Longji snorted coldly, ignored him, and turned his head to ask: "Cai Qi, you are the censor of the capital, do you know about this?"

Cai Qi secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He had indeed heard about it, but Wang Shou was so powerful and he was choosing a concubine for His Majesty, so he didn't dare to say more. Seeing Li Longji asking about it, he panicked. There was an uproar in the eastern suburbs of the capital, and His Majesty checked it out, and he could no longer take the risk of keeping a secret for the uncle, so he quickly explained: "I did hear it...but... But there are many things recently, and I forgot to tell your majesty Report! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Li Longji was furious after hearing this, he didn't want to deal with Cai Qi's crime of dereliction of duty for the time being, but this Wang Shouyi is too worthless!Originally, he got a nominal Gaojue based on his nepotism, and he didn't want to make progress but made trouble everywhere!What angered him the most was that he dared to cause such a scandal in the name of concubine selection. There is no doubt that he was the one to blame!
"You did a good deed!" Li Longji threw the memorial in his hand on Wang Shouyi's face in a panic, causing him to kneel down and shout for injustice!

Li Longji said coldly: "Is it true that I will call all the neighbors around this woman to the Hanyuan Hall to investigate, so that the uncle of the country will plead guilty?!"

Hearing this, Wang Shou was sweating profusely. He could manipulate Zhou Min'er secretly, but he didn't have the guts to kill everyone nearby!If they were summoned to the temple, he would be exposed immediately!At that moment, he kowtowed and begged for mercy: "This minister is guilty! This minister was just confused for a while, please Your Majesty spare my life for the sake of past affection!"

Li Longji snorted coldly, "I don't think you are confused, but too shrewd!"

Wang Shou blushed, and Li Longji saw that his purpose of recruiting beauties was nothing more than to make the chosen beauties favored by Li Longji, so that he could take the opportunity to be promoted!

Li Longji really hated him so much, this kind of scum, who has no talent, will definitely damage the reputation of the royal family, so he wanted to decree to abolish his title and demote him to a commoner!Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, Li Linfu stepped forward and said: "My lord uncle, besides this, there is another serious crime!"

Everyone's hearts were full of fear, today Li Linfu bit the uncle of the country!A small official minister dared to challenge the powerful again and again, saying that there was no one behind him, and no one would believe it!It seems that today's matter is far from being as simple as impeaching Wang Shouyi!At the moment, all keep your eyes open and pay attention to the subsequent development of the matter!
I just heard Li Linfu holding up the wat board and shouting: "The uncle of the country is practicing witchcraft in the harem, using the magic talisman to beg for the queen's son, please strictly investigate!"

As soon as this remark came out, the entire Hanyuan Palace fell silent, Li Longji's face was terribly gloomy, and all the ministers also looked at each other, seeing great fear in each other's eyes.Zhang Jiuling's forehead showed obvious wrinkles as sharp as a knife, and the uncle Wang Shouyi, who still had the strength to defend himself, had a face ashen ashes, his legs shook a few times like chaff, and he collapsed on the ground, unable to get up again up.

(End of this chapter)