The next day, most of the adults stood on top of the court with dark circles under their eyes, and it seemed that there were many people who had not been able to sleep soundly all night.

The emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair had sharp eyes like an old cat who wanted to move at the right time, and he stretched out his claws with cold light when there was a wind and grass.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" All the officials fell to their knees, and the mountains and the sea shouted.

"Flat!" The two words without emotion came from the mouth of the emperor, and the courtiers all heard the taste of the different past, and they realized that they were missing the words "all Aiqing", and the people with ghosts couldn't help but secretly taste the taste brought out by the emperor's words, and their hearts were even more uneasy.

"I've heard that several ministers have been busy all night, but is there really such a thing?" Without adding oil and vinegar, and even less tactfully talking about him, the emperor did not wait for Sun Gonggong to shout "If there is something to play early, there is nothing to retreat from the court", and he went straight to the topic.

Above the silent court, the ministers who rolled their eyes like hamsters looked at each other, and then secretly looked at the emperor on the dragon chair, bowed their heads deeply and did not dare to come out, lest they be called out of the queue by the emperor.

"Zhou Tao!" In the quiet court, the emperor suddenly shouted, which shook everyone's hearts for a while.

Unexpectedly, the first person to be called out of the queue by name was himself, Zhou Tao was suddenly frightened and his legs were weak like noodles, so he didn't listen to the call, his throat was like a mouthful of rice balls that he couldn't swallow, and he responded vaguely: "Minister... In ......".

"Say! What was the outcome of last night's deliberations with a group of ministers? ”

I couldn't see the emperor's breathtaking gaze when he raised his eyebrows, but the information revealed from the words made Zhou Tao, who was kneeling on the ground, tremble like chaff, and the matter had been carefully checked by the emperor so far, and I don't know if the specific measures with his close friends have also been mastered.

"Wechen is guilty, I beg the Holy God to punish him!"

"Good confession, good! Good! Good! The emperor, who applauded again and again, stood up and shouted: "At this time, I am also guilty, how dare I violate the criminal law in the first place!" Do you really think I'm blind!? Someone came ......, picked the top of this guy and wore a flower feather, and was detained in prison pending trial! ”

At this time, Zhou Tao knew that the deadline was approaching, and he didn't even have the courage to say a word of imploring the emperor to be lenient. drooped his head, just waiting for an order to give his head to the ground, and he was so worried.

Glancing at the muddy Zhou Tao with disdain, the emperor brushed his sleeves and sat back on the dragon chair, and said coldly: "Who else?" Automatically stand up. I'm tired of calling you out one by one! ”

It's like a herd of pigs in a pigsty, not carrying their ears, and not knowing which one the butcher has taken a fancy to. As everyone knows, the emperor will never put all the Manchu officials in prison with a stick, expecting that he is not the focus of the emperor's crackdown, how dare he easily break the painstaking operation that has been lost for many years? Hesitantly, his head lowered, he glanced left and right, all silent, and refused to come out.

"All loyal ministers!? I thought, not really! Like a cat playing a hamster, the emperor, who had finished speaking, actually laughed, "Hahaha..."

This laughter is not arrogant, nor is it ruthless, but everyone feels eerie and terrifying in their ears, their hearts are even tighter, and their thoughts have become trance, and before they can exhale a breath, the emperor's shout scared everyone into feeling suffocated.

"Li Ziqin!"

How can there be Li Ziqin, this is Li Guifei's pro-Laozi, the emperor is determined to make a big move?

"Old... The minister is here. Li Ziqin, who came out of the ranks, was quite calm, and he didn't know what kind of thoughts he had, and he bit the "old" very hard, and he couldn't help but think about it in everyone's ears.

The officials standing on the court know that eight out of ten are old ministers who follow the emperor to power, not to say that they have made great contributions, at least they have worked hard for Da Antai for half their lives, although the emperor's rectification of the court was sudden, but he couldn't understand what his intentions were, which was the most unclear and incomprehensible thing since the emperor ascended the throne.

The first to take the brunt of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhou Tao, without asking a question, took off the top and wore a flower feather and was imprisoned, everyone was afraid in their hearts and felt cold, and their panicked eyes secretly looked at Li Ziqin who was out of the ranks, hoping that he could take some measures, maybe things have taken a slight turn, and they will not be so passive, right?

But after waiting for a long time, the emperor didn't ask, and Li Ziqin couldn't help but lose confidence in his heart, what was going on, shouting out of the queue but refusing to make it clear. This, just now there was an auditory hallucination in the ear? The emperor didn't call himself at all? With doubts in his heart, he looked up at the solemn face of the emperor, turned his face to see that all the officials were secretly looking at him, and couldn't help but be embarrassed and at a loss.

"Ahem......" Prince Qing coughed suddenly, and in the quiet court, he suddenly looked at him with a brushed gaze.

"Hmmm! Li Aiqing, have you heard of Zhou Tao, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as a traitor? ”

This question is a little unclear, is it asking about the adulterous criminal department before last night? Or did you conspire with a few officials last night? Li Ziqin hesitantly raised his head again, and saw that the emperor was staring at him for a moment, and his heart began to panic.

Li Ziqin knew that it was not easy to answer no matter what. said that he knew, why did Lord Shangshu, who was the yamen of the Criminal Department, not take any measures before, until he was pressed down by the emperor in court at this time, wouldn't it be that he Li Ziqin was responsible for dereliction of duty in supervision. If you don't know, you will be caught by the emperor, wouldn't the yamen of the Criminal Department be deaf ears, just an ornament!? The emperor found out that Zhou Tao was a traitor, wouldn't this group of officials of the Criminal Department eat official salaries and do nothing!

"Huh!?" After not seeing Li Ziqin's answer for a long time, the emperor had completely cooled down.

Not daring to hesitate any longer, Li Ziqin said slowly: "Your Majesty, the old minister also heard that last night... Zhou Tao entangled several ministers with plots. ”

This old fox avoided the important and trivialized, not mentioning Zhou Tao's past traitors, but talking about the fact that he Zhou Tao had plotted against him recently, the officials listened to it in their ears, and secretly admired Li Ziqin for daring to fight with the emperor, but also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Humph!" The emperor snorted angrily and hatefully, and it was not difficult to see that he was obviously very dissatisfied with Li Ziqin's statement of avoiding the important and taking it lightly. The emperor looked left and right for the adults on both sides, "It's okay, since Aiqing heard that Zhou Tao entangled several ministers to plot misdeeds last night, Aiqing doesn't know which ones?" Then, I'm really disappointed in your criminal department's yamen. ”