Villain: At The Beginning, He Cut Out The Heroine's Pupil With A Knife

The next day. Court meeting.

"Prime Minister... Prime Minister..."

Seeing Chen Yuan coming, the surrounding civil and military officials made way and saluted.

"Good morning, everyone."

Chen Yuan also had a smile on his face, and greeted all the officials enthusiastically.

A sincere and enthusiastic smile, a clear and elegant appearance, and generous and decent etiquette. People who don't know him will only feel like spring breeze.

But how can these old foxes in the court not know the true face of Chen Yuan?

If you are deceived by his kind disguise, he will eat you up without leaving any bones!

Before, there was a young official who reported Chen Yuan for a trivial matter. As a result, within seven days, the official's mansion was besieged by many evil sects!

In the end, not only was the official turned into a human pig by those evil sects, but his wife and daughter were also used as furnaces, and their lives were worse than death!

As a result, the next day, Chen Yuan was still crying about this matter in the court, with tears in his eyes, expressing deep sorrow and regret for the official's experience, and even demanding a strict investigation of those evil sects.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that you didn't know about this matter? Are you kidding?

But Chen Yuan cleared himself too clean! He didn't reveal any clues at all. Even if those evil sect disciples were caught later, they denied that they were involved with Chen Yuan.

But if you say that Chen Yuan has nothing to do with that matter, these officials will not believe it even if you kill them!

Who is not an old fox who has practiced for a hundred years in the court?

Like that kind of young man, I'm afraid there will only be one in a hundred years.

While Chen Yuan was greeting these officials in a perfunctory manner, he was leaning on a cane and limping towards the Golden Palace.

Although Chen Yuan was limping, everyone who saw him turned around and made way.

But there were still people who didn't make way, but stood straight in front of Chen Yuan.

Wei Qi, the commander-in-chief of the Dragon Gate Guard.

"Sir Shen is the prime minister, and he has a leg disease, but he still insists on attending court every day. He is really a role model for all our officials."

This statement seems to be no problem, but it is actually mocking Chen Yuan as a cripple.

Chen Yuan supported his crutches, and the crutches knocked on the bluestone ground, making a "dong dong dong" sound.

"Eat the emperor's salary, share the emperor's worries. Even if I am holding a broken body, I must always think about sharing the worries of Your Majesty. This is our duty as a minister, Sir Wei, don't you think?"

"I didn't expect Sir Shen to have such awareness. It is really a blessing for the court of my Northern Qi Xian Dynasty!"

When saying this, Wei Qi deliberately emphasized the four words "the blessing of the court".

But Chen Yuan seemed not to understand and continued.

"It's not just me, this is the duty of all our ministers, it's what we should do, Lord Wei, don't talk as if I'm so great."

Wei Qi smiled, "Lord Shen is a model for all officials."

Wei Qi didn't get any advantage in the verbal confrontation, so he ignored Chen Yuan.

Not long after, all the officials gathered, and with the eunuch's words that the empress had arrived, the Yaochi Empress slowly landed on the dragon throne.

All the officials knelt together.

"Long live the emperor!"

"All the ministers stand up."

"Today, what do you want to report?"

"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"

"Lord Wei, what do you want to report?"

"I report that Prime Minister Chen Yuan is cruel and vicious, and he forcibly gouged out people's pupils! He regards the laws of our Northern Qi Dynasty as nothing!"

Before Chen Yuan opened his mouth, another official immediately stood up in the court.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister intends to punish the family members who violated the rules at this time, which is understandable."

"Lord Wang is wrong. Even if they are from the Shen family, they are also citizens of our Northern Qi Immortal Dynasty. Do they not have to abide by our Northern Qi Immortal Law?"

"Lord Fang, it is normal to impose minor punishments on someone in the family who violates the rules. Why make such a fuss?"

Seeing more and more officials speaking from the stage, the empress's brows twisted into a "川" character.

These officials who spoke either helped Chen Yuan to exonerate themselves, or helped Wei Qi to deal with Chen Yuan.

There was no one who expressed a neutral point of view!

This also means that these officials have either been included in the "Wei Party" or the "Chen Party".

The situation of forming factions for personal gain is so serious, how can the empress be in a good mood?

"Minister, I have something to say."

Chen Yuan took a step forward and saluted.

The empress frowned: "My dear minister, what do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty, what I did yesterday was for my Northern Qi!"

"Oh?"

Chen Yuan turned around and faced the civil and military officials, his eyes burning. He glanced at them, and those officials who had spoken for Wei Qi before couldn't help but swallow their saliva, then lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Chen Yuan.

"I'm sure you have heard about what happened yesterday, but after all, it's just hearsay, and you don't understand the whole story. Then I will explain it to you adults."

"No need to explain, everyone knows that the prime minister is eloquent and has a three-inch tongue. I'm afraid the prime minister can also turn black into white, right?"

The speaker was a loyal member of the Wei Party, the Minister of Rites Liu Qian.

Chen Yuan didn't say anything, but just looked at Liu Qian meaningfully.

For some reason, when Liu Qian saw Chen Yuan's eyes, he always felt like he was being stared at by a terrifying venomous snake.

Ignoring Liu Qian, Chen Yuan continued.

"Chen Xiao'er of my clan betrayed the family, and her crime is unforgivable! I'm afraid you don't want such ungrateful people to appear in your family all the time, right?"

"Such ungrateful people deserve death, but I am considering his friendship for so many years and intend to let him go, but the Thousand Illusionary Spiritual Eyes are the foundation of my Shen family, how can such a person who betrayed the family enjoy it?"

"I was forced to gouge out his eyes."

"But Chen Xiao'er is just a woman, isn't it too cruel for the Prime Minister to do this? The Prime Minister should know that since the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty by the first female emperor, the laws of the Northern Qi Dynasty have always been lenient towards women."

It was Wei Qi who spoke up, and he would naturally not miss any opportunity to suppress Chen Yuan.

"Master Wei, this is wrong!" Chen Yuan was furious, clasping his fists to the sky, "Think of the founding empress of Northern Qi, Lady Liuli, how heroic she was. Thanks to her, Northern Qi has a history of 500 years!"

"And the greatest advantage of the Liuli Empress is that she knows how to appoint people to positions. Her subordinates are all loyal and righteous heroes!"

"Therefore, in the early days of the founding of the Liuli Empress, no one would abandon the Liuli Empress, even if it was extremely difficult, because they were loyal!"

"And to be ashamed, on the other hand, Shen Xiaoer of my Shen family decided to betray the family just for a man! This is completely different from the ministers of the Liuli Empress. A sharp contrast!"

"In this regard, I just want to say that this disloyal and unjust person has his eyes gouged out, and he is not worthy of sympathy at all! Today, she can betray her family for a man, so if one day, she will betray my Northern Qi Dynasty for other reasons!"

"Disloyal people are disloyal everywhere, and they will never change because there is another man around them!"

"By then, if she betrays my Northern Qi Dynasty for other reasons, what will happen to my Northern Qi Dynasty's national destiny for 500 years? After I die, how can I face the Liuli Empress and the previous emperors of the Northern Qi Dynasty!"

As he spoke, Chen Yuan actually had tears flashing.

The officials in the audience twitched their mouths. They all said that Chen Yuan was good at pretending, but they didn't expect him to be so good at pretending!

You are so loyal to the Northern Qi royal family, but didn't you do this when you killed those Northern Qi officials who disobeyed you before?

Now a mere Shen Xiaoer has been elevated to the national destiny of Northern Qi for 500 years by you?

You really can talk nonsense!