"I'm asking you, are you deaf one or two?!" The emperor's face was gloomy and he said angrily.

Seeing that he was really angry, Liu Yushi and the others could no longer continue to pretend to be quails, so they could only stubbornly say: "If you go back to the emperor, you can't blame Yushitai for not doing things well." ”

"There are so many people spreading such rumors on the streets nowadays, and the source of the rumors has long been impossible to verify, and the ministers really have nothing to do unless all the people are arrested and tortured to extract confessions."

"But it's not a way either, and it will stir up public anger, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"And although the ministers are the imperial historians, they have the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials and cleaning up etiquette and discipline, but they do not have the power to arrest people to extract confessions, how can they dare to easily arrest people and put them in prison? Isn't that a substitute for me? Liu Yushi said sternly.

Although he was suspected of shirking responsibility, he was indeed right.

Yu Shitai is no better than the Criminal Department, it cannot be said that people will be arrested when they are arrested, and it is even more impossible to abuse lynching and torture to extract confessions.

And everyone says that they don't blame the public, even if Yushitai really has the power to punish Diao Min, but if he really wants to arrest all the people who have spread rumors, I'm afraid that just like Liu Yushi said, it will be angry with the public.

And when this anger is committed, it will be troublesome.

That group of people will not only target the Yushitai, he, the emperor, will inevitably become the target of everyone's crusade.

When the time comes, his prestige among the people will fall again and again, will he still be able to sit firmly on the throne?

But if you don't severely punish the person who spreads the rumors, will he, the emperor, still have to suffer this dumb loss?

Then he, the emperor, is too aggrieved!

The more the emperor thought about it, the more ugly his face became, but there was nothing he could do to reverse the situation, so he could only sprinkle this anger on Liu Yushi and others.

"If you can't arrest people, can't you find a way to help me save my reputation? You're just watching my image in the hearts of the people plummet?! The Emperor glared angrily.

Liu Yushi really wanted to say, isn't the current situation all made by yourself, Your Majesty the Emperor? Why do you blame them for their inaction now?

Besides, it wasn't that they didn't persuade the emperor at the beginning, but he himself didn't listen, what could they do as courtiers?

If he cherished his reputation at the beginning and did not welcome the Wan family into the palace, or after the Wan family entered the palace, he did not give her the favor of a special room, which led to resentment in the harem, how could those folk rumors become more and more intense as soon as they came out, so that they reached the point where they are out of control now?

In the final analysis, it was not the emperor's own misconduct and lust that put him in such a dilemma.

But Liu Yushi never dared to say these words.

It's one thing to be dissatisfied in your heart, but if you really say these words, you are looking for death.

You must know that their majesty the emperor is not a master who can listen to the advice of the contrary, and dare to say that he is not, that is, the old birthday star hanged himself - he is afraid of a long life.

But it can't be done if you don't speak, in case the emperor is angry with the imperial history platform, their group of imperial historians will not have good fruit to eat.

Thinking of this, Liu Yushi said decisively: "Your Majesty is angry, although the ministers don't know where this rumor came from, and you can't prove your innocence to the world through the method of tracing the source, but it is not really impossible to save Your Majesty's reputation." ”

Hearing that his reputation could be salvaged again, the emperor suddenly came to his senses and quickly urged: "Tell me quickly, what is the method?" ”

"The minister thinks that His Majesty can snub Wan Meiren for a while, so as to prove to the world that His Majesty is not a person who is faint and intellectual, so that the resentment of the harem can be calmed down, and the folk rumors will be calmed down."

Liu Yushi's method, although it can't have an immediate effect, is also a remedy, and it is indeed worth trying before there is no other better solution.

But if he wants to snub Wan Liyue......

This emperor was not very reluctant.

God knows how much Wan Liyue has his heart.

And these days, when they're together, it's a great taste.

The emperor was a little reluctant to have such a wonderful taste.

He pursed his lips and didn't say anything for a long time.

What kind of virtue is the emperor he serves, Liu Yushi naturally knows it in his heart.

Seeing that he wanted to save his reputation and didn't want to give up his pleasure, Liu Yushi couldn't help but shake his head secretly.

It's not that he is worried about the sky, there is such a king, and the world of this Zhao will be defeated sooner or later.

Liu Yushi thought so, and couldn't help but sigh again, if only it was King Nanping who inherited the throne back then.

If the king of Nanping inherited the unification, maybe the Jokhang would not have been corrupted and defeated so far over the years, right?

But now the situation was great, and even the former emperor had no choice but to take away the military power of the king of Nanping to save his life......

The emperor didn't know that Liu Yushi had completely lost his heart to him.

After frowning and thinking for a long time, he still didn't take Liu Yushi's suggestion, but instead said with a heart: "If I really snubbed Wan Meiren because of just rumors, wouldn't it just prove to the world that I am empty-hearted?" ”

"That's not a good idea."

The suggestion was rejected by the emperor, which was something Liu Yushi had expected a long time ago, so he didn't have a surprised look at all after hearing this.

He didn't even argue anything, just said very calmly: "Then Weichen has no other way." ”

Liu Yushi has no way, what can other imperial histories do? I could only confess to the emperor one by one.

In this way, the emperor was naturally angry enough.

He felt that the old guys of Yushitai deliberately didn't help him find a way, just because he didn't follow Liu Yushi's advice and snubbed Wan Liyue, so they gave him such a silent counterattack.

The emperor was even more angry, and he couldn't wait to immediately call the guards in front of the palace and drag out this group of useless and stubborn old guys out and cut them down.

But thinking that his reputation was now crumbling, he still held back his anger and didn't make more moves to destroy his future.

It's just that although the emperor didn't cut off Liu Yushi's head, he was also very dizzy and thought that since this group of old guys had to force him to cold Wan Liyue, then he would give her more grace and be angry with them.

Thinking so, the emperor turned his head and ordered the big eunuch beside him to send Wan Liyue a lot of rewards, which made the unfavored concubines in the harem red-eyed with jealousy.

Then, the rumors outside the palace that the emperor and Wan Liyue had an adulterous affair became even more prevalent, and there were even many different versions of the emperor's concubine's love story in many restaurants and tea shops.