Gao Ming knew that many palace maids and eunuchs were replenished in the palace every year, but he always thought that it was just replacing the old ones with young palace maids and eunuchs, rather than the attrition of personnel.

Gao Ming doesn't like to use the word "loss" to describe people at all, because it makes him feel very uncomfortable, but the reality tells him that in the palace of the feudal dynasty, the lives of ordinary eunuchs and palace maids are really worthless.

This is what Gao Ming saw from the corpses of the two girls wrapped in straw mats.

This time Gao Ming accidentally touched it, but when he didn't touch it, how many young lives died silently like this, and then were rolled up in a straw mat and thrown into the wilderness, and since then they have been reduced to a pile of bones.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming felt very uncomfortable, especially uncomfortable!

That's not a grass or a stone, it's a life!

Gao Ming is not a virgin, and in many cases, he is colder than many people, but he feels that even if a person dies, there should be a reasonable reason.

Just like those soldiers who died on the battlefield, because they were soldiers, dying for the honor of the country was something they knew before they went out on the battlefield, and it was also their fate.

But what about the two young palace maids? Why did they die like this? Is it for the sake of the dirty rules in the palace that cannot be seen in the light?

Thinking of this, Gao Ming felt that he had to do something.

"Old man, did you read the civic level I reported to you last time?"

Li Shimin didn't know why he asked about this, but he still nodded.

"Look, and I have already ordered the Criminal Department to incorporate it into the Tang Law."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming suddenly nodded expressionlessly.

"Okay, then if someone defends the wind and openly provokes this new citizen rank bill, what are you going to do, old man?"

"Huh?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly narrowed, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.

"Who?"

"A person named Wu Xiurong should be a concubine in your harem!"

"Wu Xiurong?"

Hearing this name, Li Shimin immediately frowned, but he soon showed a look of sudden realization.

"You can't be talking about Wu Qingli, right? She is the contouring of the nine concubines, how did she offend you? ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately shook his head.

"She didn't offend me, she offended the law of Datang!"

Looking at Gao Ming's expressionless face, Li Shimin suddenly frowned, and then shouted towards the door.

"Come on, go and call Wu Qingli to the imperial study."

"Yes!"

After hearing the sound of promise outside the door, Li Shimin turned his head to look at Gao Ming again.

"Okay, now let's talk about what's going on, right?"

"Well, here's the thing......"

Then, Gao Ming told Li Shimin what he had just encountered, and after finishing speaking, he showed a serious face.

"Old man, I have already said in the rules of the civic hierarchy, even if they are C-class citizens, they all have the right to have their lives protected, and to put it mildly, the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace are all royal people, and you haven't opened your mouth yet, why should others let them die?"

Obviously, Gao Ming's last sentence was in Li Shimin's heart, so he immediately narrowed his eyes.

Looking at Li Shimin's expression, Gao Ming knew that his goal had been achieved, so he continued to speak.

"Everyone says that human life is divided into high and low, I won't say much on this point, I just want to say, whether it is a noble life, as long as it is a child of the Tang Dynasty, except for the laws of our Datang, no one else can deprive them of their lives at will, otherwise what are we?"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming immediately bowed to Li Shimin.

"Old man, I have already asked Liu Bing to investigate the matter, and I believe that there will be a result soon."

"Hmm!"

Li Shimin agreed, and then commanded towards the door again.

"When Liu Bing comes back, let him come in and see me immediately!"

"Yes!"

After instructing the people outside, Li Shimin stopped talking, just frowned and didn't know what he was thinking, seeing this scene, Gao Ming also kept silent rationally.

Not long after, Liu Bing's voice came from the door.

"Your Majesty, the old slave is back."

"Come in!"

"Yes!"

With a "squeak" sound from the door, Liu Bing walked in from the outside, and then saluted Li Shimin and Gao Ming respectively.

"The old slave has seen the saint and His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"Hmm!"

Li Shimin nodded, and then opened his mouth to him.

"Liu Bing, what's going on with Wu Qingli? Got it figured out? ”

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Liu Bing immediately nodded,

"Figured it out, but ......"

Speaking of this, he immediately looked at Gao Ming, and when he saw his action, Gao Ming immediately laughed.

"What? I can't know? Why don't I go out first? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's old face suddenly darkened, and he immediately glared at Liu Bing.

"Say!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Li Shimin spoke, Liu Bing immediately nodded.

"That's the case, Wu Xiurong was jealous because Your Majesty called Cuiliu to the room last time, and found an excuse to order someone to strangle her, Xiao Tao and Cuiliu are in the same room, so ......"

Liu Bing didn't say the rest of the words, but Gao Ming had already sneered.

"So that Wu Xiurong killed her easily, didn't he? Tut-tut...... The mouth of the green bamboo snake, the needle behind the wasp's tail, both are not poisonous, the most poisonous woman's heart, and it is really appropriate to use this sentence to describe this Wu Xiurong. ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's face became even more difficult to look at.

"I just asked this maid named Cuiliu to help hold the lamp, but I didn't expect Wu Qingli to kill her because of this, how could I stay by my side with such a vicious woman?"

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, he suddenly heard a voice outside the door.

"Report to the saint, Wu Xiurong asks to see you!"

Hearing this voice, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of anger.

"She still has the face to see me? Missing! Tell me to go down and hand over this to the Criminal Department! ”

As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, a miserable cry suddenly sounded at the door.

"Your Majesty, what crime has the concubine committed? Yes...... Let me go, I want to see Your Majesty! Your Majesty......"

The voice changed from loud to small, and then gradually disappeared, and it was only at this time that Li Shimin let out a long sigh.

"Alas, I didn't expect that there would be such a person around me, Liu Bing, and ordered to go down and thoroughly investigate all the palace maids and eunuchs who have died in recent years, and all those involved in the harem concubines will be handed over to the Criminal Department for thorough investigation and disposal."

"Yes!"

Liu Bing, who received the order, saluted Li Shimin and Gao Ming again, and then withdrew from the imperial study.

After he left, Li Shimin returned to his place and sat down, and then raised his chin towards Gao Ming.

"Gao Ming, are you satisfied with what I have done?"