Above the court.

Chen Xian sat on the dragon chair, looked at the people below, and asked in a loud voice, "Can the new decree issued by the widow be effective?" "

Mrs. Lu first said: "Returning to Your Majesty, now according to your will, the reform has begun to bear fruit, officials in various places are rectifying, Lingxi, Min'an and other places also have ordinary people and petty officials jointly playing official corruption, rich businessmen all over the country have abandoned luxury and luxury and turned to simple clothing, clothing, food, housing and transportation have been reined in, Your Majesty is wise!"

After hearing this, Chen Xian bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes! In this way, the outnumbered method really worked!? "

Li Shangshu immediately patted his ass and said: "Your Majesty governs the country with a clear monarch, and now the four seas are peaceful, the country is rich, and Your Majesty is deeply loved by the people!"

"Master Li! This is a very beautiful thing to say, but everyone is embarrassed!" Chen Xian said with a smile.

"What Weichen says is all from the bottom of his heart!" Li Shangshu said.

"What the widow wants to hear is the truth! It's true! It's not flattering rhetoric!" Chen Xian said loudly.

"Your Majesty is angry!" Li Shangshu said a little nervously.

"Stand down! After going down to the court, I went back to reflect on the widow, as an important minister in the court, what should I say! What shouldn't be said!"

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Chen Xian then said to the ministers below: "The widow hopes that the Chen country can be stable and prosperous under the rule of the widow, and the life of the people is thriving, and no one will suffer from hunger anymore. Those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, businessmen and wealthy officials, for a while, were just because they were afraid that the three fires of the new widow would take office and burn on their heads, but they were stable and honest for a while, and they would not take more than two or three months, and they would definitely be exposed in their original form, and their true nature would be difficult to change. It's time to teach these people a profound lesson!"

"What does Your Majesty mean?" Mrs. Lu asked cautiously.

"At noon today, outside the east gate of the imperial city, Zhang Yuanshan and Zhao Yan were beheaded on the street! Set an example! When the time comes, don't forget to go and watch with the widows!"

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in shock, and the king of the Criminal Department said: "Your Majesty, according to the law, the two adults should be handed over to the Criminal Department for trial first, and then they will be beheaded after the autumn!"

"The law? The law is the law of kings, and now the widow is in charge! Zhang and Zhao have conclusive evidence, and they can be exempted from prison trial, and they don't have to wait until the autumn queen to be beheaded. The widow will go there and wait for you before three o'clock in the afternoon!" Chen Xian said decisively.

Then he brushed his sleeves and left.

"Retreat!" Zhao De shouted loudly.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Everyone said in unison.

After Chen Xian walked away, everyone divided into several piles and started talking.

Zhangtai Yushi Hu Fan asked Mrs. Lu: "Your Majesty means this, go directly to the Criminal Department and Zhangtai, this is to establish authority, first give all of us a dismount!"

Mrs. Lu nodded and said, "Yes! Your Majesty's attitude is obviously deeply disgusted by those corrupt people, although it is not done in accordance with the etiquette law, it is indeed a wise move, and the world will be brighter in the future!"

Hu Fan said: "In this way, some people are afraid that they will not have a good life!"

The two of them walked out as they spoke.

Seven or eight meters away from them behind him, Li Shangshu chased after Zhu Yushi and asked, "Zhu Yushi, what does Your Majesty mean by this?" "

Zhu Yushi smiled and said to Li Shangshu: "Lord Shangshu is wise, isn't Your Majesty clear in the court!" Severely punish corrupt officials and corrupt officials to set an example!"

Li Shangshu listened and said with a little hesitation: "But ...... But such a severe punishment is too harsh and cruel!"

Zhu Yushi said: "Master Li was born as a scholar, don't you understand the truth that 'if the law is not strict, it will be difficult to punish crimes, and if the king is not strict, it will be difficult to govern the country'?"

Li Shangshu nodded after hearing this and said, "Your Majesty is wise, but, but, I won't go to this bloody scene of beheading!" I'm most afraid of seeing the head killed!"

Zhu Yushi smiled when he heard this and said, "Master Li is above board, with a clear conscience, there is no need to be afraid of these!"

With that, he strode forward.

Li Shangshu looked at the back of Zhu Yushi leaving, couldn't help but feel embarrassed, wiped the sweat beads from his forehead with his sleeve, and then muttered to himself: "If this official is strong, the king is weak, and if the king is strong, the official is weak, and now this official is becoming more and more difficult to be!"

It was close to noon.

At the entrance of Dongmen Street outside the imperial city, many people were surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, pointing at the two ragged corrupt officials on the prisoner car, scolding them loudly, and some of them threw rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and splashed swill on them.

One of the thin men said: "I have long heard that these two corrupt people have taken a lot of benefits from local merchants, and I don't know how many innocent and poor people have been killed!"

A man with a dark purple birthmark on his dark face next to him echoed: "Isn't it, like them, corpses like them are vegetarian meals, they are powerful and blessed, and they don't treat the people as human officials, so it's good to cut them with a thousand knives!"

Everywhere the prisoner car passed, the people pointed and pointed, and the two people in the car became rats crossing the street, and the glory and wealth of the past, fame and fortune had disappeared.

In the crowd, an eight- or nine-year-old child suddenly ran out and stood in front of the prisoner car, holding a piece of stinky tofu in his hand, and viciously threw it at the two.

"You two big villains, you are the one who killed my father! My father was buried alive in the mine, and he embezzled the compensation money, and my mother's illness was not cured, all because of you! Damn you! Dog officer!"

"Why?" A gray-haired, somewhat hunchbacked old woman staggered over with a cane and shouted to the little boy.

"Grandma, these are these two dog officials, they are the murderers of my father and mother!" The little boy said loudly and angrily.

"God open your eyes! Your father and mother have a spirit in the sky! Finally let the faint official have retribution!" The old woman said.

Over there, on the execution ground, Chen Xian was already standing high above the city tower, and on both sides were hundreds of civil and military officials.

"Everyone, are you all here?" Chen Xian asked.

Zhu Yushi replied: "Back to Your Majesty, except for King An Rui, who is in poor health, the rest of the adults have all arrived!"

"Hmmm! The widow knows! Inform the prison officer that as soon as three o'clock in the afternoon arrives, the execution will be carried out immediately!" Chen Xian said.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Zhu Yushi said, and then hurriedly ordered the officers around him to go and inform the supervisor.

"Such a happy famous scene, Aiqing will have to open their eyes and take a closer look at it later, such opportunities are not often there!" Chen Xian said to everyone.

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty is right!"

"Obey your orders!"

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The ministers responded one after another, and a few of them also sweated, as if the executioner's knife was under their own, and two of them didn't dare to look at it with their eyes slightly closed......

At this moment, the drum beat three times, and the supervisor below threw out the token and shouted: "Three o'clock in the afternoon has arrived!" Immediate execution!"

Zhang Yuanshan and Zhao Yan under the knife wailed one after another, crying: "Your Majesty! The minister is wrong! Spare us!"

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they saw the executioner's hand rise and fall, and suddenly the blood splattered, and the heads of the two also fell to the ground, and they got out of the way, and were taken away by two wild dogs who ran from nowhere!

Only two headless corpses remained, lying on the cold ground!

The ministers on the tower looked at it, and they were all so emotional, that they hid their faces and didn't dare to look at it directly.

Li Shangshu saw it and almost fainted, but fortunately he was pulled by Lord Zhou beside him, and Fang did not lose his temper!

In the Mingyue Building, Xiao Mingyue was feeding a grass-green starling in the cage, and Amber hurriedly ran back and said: "County Lord, the slave maid heard that His Majesty personally supervised the beheading at three o'clock in the afternoon today, and cut off the heads of the two corrupt county guards!" The adults were all there, and I heard that it was very scary, and a few adults almost threw up when they saw it!"

Xiao Mingyue listened, smiled and said, "What should I do!" People who do wrong things will be punished accordingly, not to mention the unpardonable sins!"

Amber nodded, and then said, "I didn't expect Your Majesty to be so ruthless, is this still the Your Majesty we met when we first came?" "

Xiao Mingyue put down the bird food in her hand, clapped her hands, took the handkerchief handed by Amber, and wiped her hands.

He looked at Amber and said, "What? You're just as scared as those ministers who have ghosts in their hearts, aren't you? "

Amber followed behind Xiao Mingyue and said, "The slave just thinks that the current majesty is no longer the majesty of the past, how can you say that...... Long Wei can't be offended, it seems that His Majesty will come again in the future, I have to behave properly, otherwise, if something goes wrong, even if Your Majesty doesn't blame me, just thinking about today's events, I'm already half scared to death!"

Xiao Mingyue smiled and said, "I don't know about others, you can rest assured, Your Majesty is cruel to others, and he won't be harsh on you!"

Amber giggled twice, and then said: "That's right, I'm Miss's personal maid, and Miss is the person on the tip of His Majesty's heart, as the saying goes, the toad in the temple has more face than a frog, and it's different to even take me!"

Xiao Mingyue turned around and sat down in front of the table, and said, "Don't talk nonsense, let people listen carefully, it's not good to spread it!"

Amber smiled and said, "Miss don't worry, the slave looks at your relationship with Your Majesty, Your Majesty will canonize Miss as the queen sooner or later!"

Xiao Mingyue picked up the pen and said, "Be a queen?!"

"That's right! Who else can be worthy of it but Miss!" Amber said.

"I never wanted to be a queen! Don't say anything like that in the future!" Xiao Mingyue said.

"Miss! Doesn't Miss want to be with Your Majesty? Amber said.

"I think it's a lot of thinking, but I don't have to be a queen!" Xiao Mingyue said.

"Huh? Does Miss want to be a concubine? Amber asked, staring at her round eyes.

"Me! I just want to be myself!" Xiao Mingyue said while practicing calligraphy.