King’s Landing: The Proud Empress

  Chapter 13 and below

  The main hall, which was originally quiet, was so quiet that even the sound of breathing could be heard. All the officials secretly looked up at the person who spoke, and they were all stunned when they saw it.

  Jun Li originally thought that today he could only go through the motions, but he didn't expect that someone would really have something to say. Turning her head to look at the moment, she didn't expect that the person who had something to say was actually her!

Dressed in a purple official uniform of the first grade, with a refined complexion, a tall and straight figure, and a radiant look, even standing among a large group of people, she didn't feel buried at all. Instead, it made people feel that those behind her were just for her As a foil.

  Jun Li smiled lightly, and tapped the armrest of the dragon chair with his fingers one after another, making it hard to see what was going on in his heart.

  The entire hall was eerily quiet. No one spoke, and no one raised their heads to investigate. Everyone was overwhelmed by the weird atmosphere and did not dare to take a breath.

   Even Eunuch Duan twisted his body uncomfortably.

  Among all the people present, only Junli and the person standing in the center of the hall were not affected by it at all. One had a faint smile on his lips, and the other was still tall and straight, standing like a green pine.

   Just when Manchao Wenwu couldn't help sweating on his forehead, there was finally a voice above his head that couldn't hear the emotion, "Zuzao!"

  All the ministers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, the atmosphere just now was really depressing!

   Seeing Prime Minister Meng standing in the middle of the hall unaffected, everyone couldn't help admiring. As expected of the prime minister, he was unaffected at all. If I had known it was His Majesty's coercion!

  That's right, the person standing in the center of the hall just now, who had something to say, was none other than Prime Minister Meng!

  Seeing Jun Li Zhunzo, Prime Minister Meng immediately took two steps forward and said loudly, "Your Majesty, there are many doubts in the case of corruption and taxation by the prefect of Yuezhou a while ago. Please ask your Majesty to order the Ministry of Criminal Justice to re-examine the case."

Jun Li nodded lightly, and was about to answer, when suddenly one of the military officers walked out, cupped his hands towards Jun Li, and said, "Your Majesty, I think the prime minister's words are wrong, and the evidence in the corruption case of Zhang Bu, the prefect of Yuezhou, is solid. A large amount of gold, silver and jade objects were also found in his home, and now he has been imprisoned, and he will only be executed at noon the next day, but the prime minister now says that there are many doubts in this case, what is his intention?"

  Jun Li glanced at the man, saw that he was wearing clothes, and knew his identity in his heart, looked at Prime Minister Meng with a smile, and said slowly, "What does Prime Minister Meng say about this?"

When Prime Minister Meng heard what the man said, his face darkened, he looked at the man sharply, and said in a condensed tone, "General Wei, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately! The reason why I think this case is quite suspicious , because that Zhangbu is a clean and honest official, and he is a good official praised by everyone in the whole Yuezhou. As for the magistrate's mansion, Zhang Bu gave it to those lonely old people without children and children without father and mother. How can such a person embezzle the hard-earned money that the people have handed in so hard? ? The truth is that there are many doubts in this case, because I don’t want Beirong to lose a good official for the country and the people!”

  Jun Li nodded lightly when he heard the words. If that Zhang Bu was really as Prime Minister Meng said, then this case might really be an unjust case.

  General Wei sneered, "For the country and the people? How does Prime Minister Meng know that Zhangbu is not harboring evil intentions? Maybe she just looks clean and honest on the surface, specially made for the world to see, but the inside has long been rotten."

  Junli couldn't help but glance at General Wei, this man really speaks poisonously! On the surface, he was talking about that Zhang Bu, but inside and outside the words, which sentence was not aimed at Prime Minister Meng. It can be said that these remarks were completely scolding Prime Minister Meng through Zhang Bu!

  Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Meng didn't change his face on the spot, and there was nothing wrong with him, as if he didn't understand the implication of General Wei's words.

  How can someone who can sit on the position of prime minister of a country be an ordinary person? How could he not understand the true meaning of these words!

Sure enough, Prime Minister Meng looked at General Wei with a smile on his face, and said in an unusually soft tone, "Then according to what General Wei said, General Wei also pretends to be for the country and the people on the surface, and it is specially made for the world to see. Is the inside already rotten?"

  Jun Li laughed secretly, this Prime Minister Meng is really eloquent!

  General Wei's face flushed with anger, and he said angrily, "Prime Minister Meng, what do you mean by that?"

  Prime Minister Meng said with a smile, "What did General Wei mean just now, and what the real minister said."

   "You—" General Wei was so angry that he stretched out his hand and pointed at Prime Minister Meng, speechless.

   "General Wei, I don't know what crime you are committing next?" Prime Minister Meng stared at the finger that General Wei extended in front of her, and smiled.

   General Wei choked, subconsciously withdrew the finger. But she also thought that all the civil and military officials in the court were watching here, if she admits defeat today, what face will she have in the court in the future.

   Immediately, he straightened his neck and said, "I'm not from the Ministry of Punishment, so how can I know what crime it is."

  Prime Minister Meng said with a smile, "I didn't expect that General Wei, as a great general of a country, would not even know the laws of my court!"

   After finishing speaking, General Wei turned to a middle-aged woman beside him with his green and white complexion, "Since General Wei doesn't know what the crime is, Mr. Lao Yang will tell her."

   "Of course." Master Yang said with a straight face.

  Master Yang, surnamed Yang Mingqing, served as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. He was merciless in trial. However, she has always been jealous, and often stares at the few people in the court, so that although the people in the court dare not get close to her, they dare not offend her, for fear that they will be spotted by her at any time, and they will find out when they wake up overnight. I am in a prison.

  Although Mrs. Yang is an iron judge who is merciless in trial, but because she was a student of Prime Minister Meng in the early years, she respected Prime Minister Meng very much, so now the court is divided into two factions, and she is on the side of Prime Minister Meng.

   "I didn't expect that General Wei didn't even know the most basic laws. It seems that General Wei has to go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to refresh his knowledge when he has time." Master Yang didn't directly state the charges, but said this sentence instead.

Junli wanted to laugh, but he didn't expect that Mr. Yang, who seemed inflexible and inflexible, would be so black-bellied, and he specifically talked about things that people were afraid of. He didn't have to go to the Ministry of Punishment to read the law. Tell General Wei, can you go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for a walk?

  General Wei's face turned pale, and he was too frightened to speak.

"The following offenders are ignorant of the rules. If they are just ordinary servants or civilians, they only need to cut off their hands, but if they are noble officials, they will be executed quickly." Lord Yang glanced at General Wei, Said slowly.

  If it was said that General Wei was just too scared to speak before, then now he is scared to death.

  Seeing that everyone around her looked at her with gloating or sympathetic eyes, General Wei's mind went blank, and he was speechless in a daze.

   After a while, General Wei suddenly came to his senses. He immediately knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to Junli, and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

  Jun Li looked at her indifferently, then turned to Prime Minister Meng, "I don't know how the prime minister plans to deal with her?"

  Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, His Majesty was asking the prime minister how to deal with it? Is Your Majesty asking for the opinion of the Prime Minister?

  In their eyes, His Majesty has always been cruel. He never asks other people's opinions, let alone listens to others' dissuasion. He just goes his own way. But now what they heard, His Majesty actually asks other people's opinions? This is not true, is it!

   Ignoring their surprised eyes, Jun Li stared at Prime Minister Meng with questioning eyes.

  Prime Minister Meng was also taken aback, then shook his head, "I don't know how His Majesty will deal with this matter?"

  Everyone was shocked and asked His Majesty to deal with it. Isn't General Wei dead? No, life is worse than death!

  General Wei's face turned pale when he heard that, and she also knew that falling into His Majesty's hands was more terrifying than falling into Lord Yang's hands.

  Jun Li pondered, "Then this person will be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

  Master Yang cupped his hands, "Yes, Your Majesty."

   "Your Majesty, don't you know about Zhang Bu's case?" Prime Minister Meng asked with a questioning face.

  Jun Li said with a smile, "Since the prime minister said that losing this person is losing a good official of our court, then let's re-investigate the case thoroughly! The Ministry of Punishment, I will leave this matter to you to handle."

  Master Yang nodded, "Yes, I will live up to your Majesty's trust!"

   Seeing that no one reported anything else, Eunuch Duan took two steps forward and said loudly, "Retire!"

   "Your Majesty, I will send you off—"

  (end of this chapter)