Empress please be more ruthless

Chapter 38
Shui Jing also stood up, followed behind her, and said in a low voice: "Tongtong, even if you only have one year, I hope that I can accompany you to finish the rest of the journey, please think about it and tell me. "

Song Qingtong listened silently, her heart was beating wildly, and she wanted to plunge into Shui Jing's arms, no, Shui Jing likes dignified and reserved women, so this time, she must wait for him to act first.

Song Qingtong resisted again and again the urge to jump into Shui Jing's arms, but after waiting for a while, Shui Jing didn't make any movement, she gritted her teeth and turned around, "Shui Jing, I..."

The voice stopped suddenly, Song Qingtong couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, where is he?Looking at the door of the palace, the door is still closed, the window is half open, did he walk along the window?He just left?I ran to the window and pushed it open, a gust of cool wind burst in with the elegant fragrance of chrysanthemum.

At this time in Jinxiu Palace, the eunuchs had already fallen asleep, and because Song Qingtong withdrew the foot restraint order, the Jinyi guards guarding Jinxiu Palace also withdrew.There was only one candle burning on the table, and the huge hall looked dim and unclear. Across the table, Fa Luan was lying on his side on a soft couch, with his head propped on one hand, looking drowsy.

A cool breeze blows, and a ghostly figure floats in through the open window. Looking at it in a blink of an eye, the person is already leaning silently in the carved lacquer chair.

Fa Luan half-opened his eyes and looked at the person coming. He was covered with a dark gray cloak, and the brim of the cloak covered half of the person's face. Under the dim light, he couldn't see his face clearly at all.

Fa Luan slowly got up from the soft couch, and said, "Why are you here? You are a rare visitor." Walking up to the visitor, he bent down and gave a salute.

The pleasant voice of the visitor said, "She has started to pay attention to you."

Faluan played with the folding fan in her hand, and the smile on her face was quite cynical, "So what? I didn't show any flaws, and she was just suspicious, but I don't understand how she can still live after being drunk , Hmph, this stupid king's life is really big enough!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a crisp sound of "pa", Faluan felt numbness in his hand, when he looked down, his jaw almost fell to the ground, the folding fan was cut off at the waist, the incision was smooth as if cut by a sharp sword, and he took a look at it with lingering fear Man, I haven't seen you for a month, my temper is good, what did he say wrong?

"Don't call her a fool, and from now on, don't touch her!" The voice was cold, revealing unquestionable authority.

Fa Luan couldn't help shivering, feeling full of grievances, who wants to touch that dissolute woman!If it wasn't for the completion of the mission, he would never sacrifice his 20 years of chastity, and if he let his brothers know later, it would be a wonder if he didn't get laughed out of his teeth.

He was dissatisfied in his heart, but he didn't dare to express it in his mouth. If he came so late, something would happen, right?So he asked: "My lord, is the plan going smoothly? It takes so much trouble to destroy Bei Qin?"

The visitor nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "If you want to take Bei Qin, you must first start with Chu Tianmo. The news of Chu Tianmo protecting the assassin will soon spread throughout the capital, and he will be in danger by then!" After finishing speaking, Pointing to the ground, his figure jumped out of the window like a civet cat.

Fa Luan stared at the dark window with Shui Xing eyes, and was in a daze for a while, why did the lord come here?It wasn't until he undressed and went to bed that he figured it out. He couldn't just tell him not to touch the stupid woman, right?Is this worth the trip?
In the next day, at the Golden Luan Hall, after three prostrations and nine kowtows to proclaim long live, the day's court meeting kicked off.

Dongfang Rui came out first, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others have already known about the assassination yesterday. The palace will be heavily defended. I hope the Emperor will not take it lightly."

Song Qingtong was slightly startled, the news spread so quickly?But he said: "What the Tai Tuo said is very true."

Dongfang Rui nodded, and suddenly said with a smile on his face: "I just received the letter from Fei Ge, and Jun Xie will be able to arrive in Beijing today." The words were full of warmth.

"Okay, then I will come out of the palace to welcome you." Leng Junxie moved quickly enough.

Censor Zhu Li walked out of the queue and reported: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister brought the assassin who was assassinated last night back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he did not take him to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial. It is said that the assassin is the Prime Minister's younger sister. The Prime Minister is related to the criminal. This case should be avoided. , Assassination of the Emperor is a matter of great importance, for the sake of prudence, I think the assassin should be handed over to the Ministry of Punishment, and will be interrogated together with Yushitai and Dali Temple."

Song Qingtong naturally couldn't agree. Chu Tianmo had the grace of saving her life and teaching her skills. Since he opened his mouth, she had to give her whatever she wanted. This matter must be suppressed. She looked at Zhu Li and smiled slightly: "Lord Zhu , It was I who handed over the assassin to the Prime Minister, and I believe that the Prime Minister will be able to judge the case impartially, and this matter shall not be discussed again."

There was a murmur of discussion below, a minister of medium build walked out of the civil servants, Song Qingtong looked over, his face was dark, it was Cheng Zhou, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, after Cheng Zhou saluted, he said righteously: "Your Majesty, if the law is not upright, the country will be in chaos." , It has always been the responsibility of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple to try criminals, and it is illegal to hand over an assassin to the prime minister, and I hope the emperor will make a clear decision!"

Immediately afterwards, several courtiers came out to second the proposal.

Zhu Li said solemnly: "The emperor handed over the assassin to the prime minister out of his trust in the prime minister, but the prime minister knows the law well, but knows how to break the law, how can he be the prime minister of a country!"

Song Qingtong frowned, she would surely die if she handed over Mei Wanru to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, she was already a foolish emperor in the eyes of the world, so what if she pretended to be one more time today, she was about to give a lecture, but unexpectedly Chu Tianmo strode to the center of the hall , After standing still, he said in a deep voice: "If the prime minister trades the position of prime minister for the assassin's life, Master Zhu, do you have anything to say?"

After finishing speaking, he squinted sharply at Zhu Li who was standing beside him. Zhu Li was stunned by Chu Tianmo's imposing eyes, and was at a loss for words for a moment. Chu Tianmo raised his hands, took off the official hat on his head, Lifting the robes and knelt on the ground, "The minister is not worthy to protect the assassin, please make an order from the emperor."

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the hall!
Only now did Song Qingtong realize the seriousness of the problem. Li Gong had already issued a Holy Snow Order, and no one else knew about it. She was entirely dependent on Chu Tianmo. At this time, it was just Chu Tianmo's aspect?Isn't it a joke!But Chutian Mo Libao's assassin is hard to convince the crowd, what should she do?He hesitated for a moment, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Going down the jade steps, Chu Tianmo said again: "I recommend Lin Kuang, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to take over as the minister. I hope the emperor will approve."

(End of this chapter)