Chapter Ninety-Four: Doing Many Evils
Emperor Wei also deliberately rinsed his mouth with tea, just to cover up the watermelon flavor in his mouth, but who knows, his body was so uncompetitive that he hiccuped......
Now it's okay, the smell of watermelon in the stomach pours into the mouth through the esophagus, and then spreads out from the mouth.
Emperor Wei's face became embarrassed, and he looked at Empress Jiang cautiously, like a child who was afraid of being criticized for doing something wrong.
"Your Majesty, you have drunk too much watermelon juice at room temperature, you might as well go to the Imperial Garden and the Imperial Beast Garden to walk around, the cannas in the Imperial Garden are blooming, and there are also a new batch of rare spirit beasts in the Imperial Beast Garden. Wei Infinity said with a whim.
Empress Jiang turned her head to look at Wei Infinity, and Emperor Wei took the opportunity to cast a "good job" look at Wei Infinity.
Being stared at like this by Empress Jiang, Wei Infinity felt panicked in his heart, but he didn't dare to make any small moves, for fear that the shrewd Empress Jiang would see through his lies.
"Is it really watermelon juice at room temperature?" Empress Jiang looked at Wei Infinity with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Yes, it's true, if the mother doesn't believe it, the slave can go and ask the imperial chef to come over. "Wei Infinite can only go one way to the dark, it's a big deal to let the chef help round the lie, anyway, they are doing things for Your Majesty, and the queen mother is not as old as Your Majesty, at least on the surface.
"Go down and close the door. Empress Jiang waved her hand.
Wei Infinite bowed and exited the door, and closed the door with him.
Emperor Wei and Empress Jiang were left in the Nine Poles Palace, Emperor Wei was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look at Empress Jiang, but Empress Jiang walked to the window and closed the window.
"This dog slave is getting more and more bold, and even the palace dares to deceive? Xiao Xianzi, do you say?" After Empress Jiang closed the window, she turned to look at Emperor Wei.
"He's just showing his loyalty. Emperor Wei smiled awkwardly, Empress Jiang rarely referred to herself as "Bengong", which proved that she was indeed quite angry.
"Alas, don't take it as an example, you are not allowed to eat ice in the future, never again!" Queen Jiang finally relented again.
"Definitely, never again. Emperor Wei kept nodding his head, like a child who had been forgiven for doing something wrong, and he was very happy.
Yes!
Empress Jiang suddenly exclaimed, and her body rose directly into the air, and she was instantly held in the arms of Emperor Wei, and as soon as she looked up, she saw the smiling face as bright as a child.
Empress Jiang glanced at Emperor Wei with disgust: "It's only when there are two of us that you will become what you should be." ”
After saying this, Empress Jiang felt a little distressed again, raised her head, leaned her neck forward, and kissed Emperor Wei's cheek.
"How dare you sneak attack me, see how I punish you!" Emperor Wei said and lowered his head to kiss Empress Jiang's lips, and at the same time, his hand twitched back and reached under Empress Jiang's armpit.
Empress Jiang was enjoying Emperor Wei's gentleness, and suddenly she made a whining sound, and her armpit was poisoned by Emperor Wei, and Emperor Wei was tickling her.
After scratching for a while, Emperor Wei withdrew his hand and put Empress Jiang down at the same time, causing Empress Jiang to roll her eyes.
"I don't look like an emperor!"
"Hey, who just said that I can only be the way I should be when I'm with you? ”
"When I didn't say it!"
Empress Jiang tidied up her messy clothes, looked at Emperor Wei, and her face returned to coldness.
"It seems that the matter is not small?" Emperor Wei frowned and asked, Empress Jiang suddenly came to the Nine Extremes Hall to find him, there must be something important.
"It's not big, it's not too small. If it is handled well, it will be a small thing, and if it is not handled well, it will become a big thing. Empress Jiang said.
"Tell me, what's the matter. Emperor Wei said.
Empress Jiang pondered for a while, probably organizing the language, because this matter was indeed a bit complicated and a little difficult to deal with.
"The son of King Tongli is making trouble and hurting people......"
Halfway through speaking, Empress Jiang took a deep breath, as if she was reorganizing her language.
"Actually, it's not hurting, it should be said that it is an attempted murder, the girl's arms were cut off in public, her legs were broken, and her nose was cut off......"
Speaking of this, Empress Jiang stopped again, glanced at Emperor Wei cautiously, and found that Emperor Wei's face was as usual, but his eyes were very cold.
"Go on. Emperor Wei said in a calm voice.
The people of the Tai'an City Government didn't dare to do anything to him, so they mediated and took out 10,000 taels of gold with King Tong Li and gave it to the victim's family. ”
"It's amazing to buy money for your life. Emperor Wei's fingers tapped on the tabletop, and Empress Jiang could clearly feel the anger that Emperor Wei suppressed in her heart.
"Did the girl's family agree?" asked Emperor Wei.
"Agreed. Empress Jiang nodded.
Emperor Wei suddenly felt that he was asking this question a bit of an idiot, for the powerless and powerless ordinary people, what could he do if he didn't agree? If he agreed, then he took this ten thousand taels of gold, and the matter ended here, if he didn't agree, maybe the family would have a series of "accidents" one after another.
"What about the girl?" asked Emperor Wei again.
"Dead, the moment her family agreed to use 10,000 taels of gold to understand this, she hit her head on the ground and committed suicide. ”
Empress Jiang took a deep breath, the girl's arms were chopped off, her legs were broken, she was carried to the court that day, she probably didn't think that her family would agree to take the money, or she might have thought of it a long time ago.
At the last moment, she was lying on her back on her abdomen, and then the back of her head hit the ground and died, and it is said that her brain burst out.
"King Tongli should be the fourth, right?" is it a county king?" asked Emperor Wei.
In the Wei State, the emperor's own brother will be named a prince, and the emperor's own uncle will also be named a prince, which is a blood relative within two generations, and after two generations, they are all county kings.
There are three princes of Wei, Chen Fengrui, Chen Fengyi, and Chen Fengyu.
Chen Fengrui, the uncle of Emperor Wei Chen Fengxian, and the younger brother of the previous old emperor.
Chen Fengyi, Chen Fengyu, an elder brother of Emperor Wei and a younger brother of Emperor Wei.
These three princes are not regents, but they also have great power and influence.
Under the prince, it is the county king, these county kings are also relatives of the emperor, but they are the second generation later, the power and influence are relatively small, but it is also difficult for ordinary people to reach, and the ministers of the first rank of the court have to salute politely when they see it.
This Tongli King is one of the county kings, and Emperor Wei has only seen him twice, so he has no impression of him.
"Yes, Chen Tongli, the fourth generation of royal disciples, was awarded the title of county king. Empress Jiang nodded.
"This matter is a bit difficult to do, and I don't want to tear my face with these people yet, but this is indeed a bit too much with King Li's behavior. Emperor Wei frowned.
"Your Majesty, there is. Empress Jiang said softly.
"And?" Emperor Wei looked at Empress Jiang with a puzzled expression.
"Yes, there is also the princess of King Kaiqi, who occupied all the shops in a street some time ago, and openly included them in the scope of her ancestral home, and the merchants will only pay tribute to them in the future, and will no longer pay taxes to the government. ”
"This matter just broke out yesterday, and it is said that the prefect of Fu'an City has been posting money by himself for several months to make up for the uncollected taxes, and the family has been almost in vain for a few months. Now, the princess of King Nakaiqi has occupied the shops on the second street, and the prefect really has no money to post it, so he has no choice but to report himself to Lu Zhengxuan of the Criminal Department. Empress Jiang said.
"Report yourself to the Criminal Department?" Emperor Wei frowned, what kind of operation is this? Can't you come to him and sue the emperor directly? The prefects of the nine cities of Chang'an have the right to come directly to meet the emperor.
"The prefect of Fu'an City was afraid that he would be retaliated against after he prosecuted Princess Kaiqi, so he went to the Criminal Department to first report and expose his corruption, let Lu Zhengxuan lock him up, and then confessed the evil deeds of Princess Kaiqi. Empress Jiang explained.
"The prefect of Fu'an City is Dong Lezhang, right? This Lord Dong is really witty, and he knows that the prison of the Criminal Department is one of the safest places in the world, and he is a talent. Emperor Wei was amused.
The prison in the Criminal Department may be the third safest place in the world, and people outside don't want to break in and make trouble, so this Dong Lezhang is indeed quite smart.
The first safe place in the world must be the imperial city, and the second place in the world is the Qiu family in the mountain tomb city of Shoukang Mansion in Xuzhou.
"Lu Zhengxuan didn't come to look for me, let you come to me?" Emperor Wei's brain turned, this matter is in principle investigated by the court lieutenant of the Criminal Department.
"He's already checking, and he's asked me to give you a breath. Empress Jiang said.
Emperor Wei nodded, if Lu Zhengxuan pushed this matter to Empress Jiang and asked Empress Jiang to come to him for an idea, then Emperor Wei would be very disappointed in Lu Zhengxuan, fortunately, Lu Zhengxuan was still the same Lu Zhengxuan, even if the eldest prince made a mistake, he dared to investigate.
"What do you think of this?" asked Emperor Wei.
"Your Majesty, actually, there are still ......," Empress Jiang hesitated and said.
"And?" Emperor Wei was stunned, these nobles are really against the sky!
"Anyone else, say it, I originally wanted to endure it, but it seems that I really indulged them too much!" Emperor Wei looked angry.
"It's the concubine's mother's family......" Empress Jiang was a little embarrassed and guilty.
Emperor Wei's expression froze, he didn't expect that Empress Jiang would be involved in this matter.
"It's a cousin of the concubine, who insulted a few girls from good families in his hometown, and went to Chang'an to find the concubine's second mother to help, my second mother gave him hands, and he took the people back to his hometown. "Empress Jiang really didn't have the face to say what happened next.
"What happened? Emperor Wei saw Empress Jiang's desire to speak and stopped.
"Kill all the parents of these girls from good families, take the girls away, and imprison them in a mountain forest, and do the things of birds and beasts every day. The concubine also found out about this matter recently, and His Majesty forgives her sins. ”
Empress Jiang knelt on the ground, her forehead touched the ground to confess, she was cautious enough, she planted a lot of eyeliner in her mother's house, and some distant relatives and relatives also sent people to keep an eye on them, for fear that they would do something beyond the law, but I didn't expect it to happen.
"Hurry up, it's nothing to blame for you. Emperor Wei hurriedly helped Empress Jiang up and helped her straighten her clothes.
"The concubine sent someone to arrest my cousin, but those girls, although rescued, felt shameless to be born in the world, so they jumped off the cliff and committed suicide. Empress Jiang took a deep breath, tears flashed in her eyes, there were several fresh lives!
Power fuels the ambitions of some people, and also fuels their evil intentions, making them bold enough to do all kinds of beastly things.
"Your Majesty, kill it. Empress Jiang raised her head sharply and begged Emperor Wei to reimpose a heavy sentence.
Emperor Wei closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and nodded slowly, Empress Jiang's cousin is undoubtedly a capital crime, and as for Empress Jiang's second mother, it can be regarded as aiding and abetting.
"How about reducing your second mother to a slave?" Emperor Wei asked.
These people, accustomed to living a high-minded life, have no personal appearance anymore, and really regard themselves as gods and treat others as human beings. Empress Jiang nodded heavily, as long as there is a trace of evil in the family, she will be severely punished and suppressed!
"But those county kings. Alas, the head hurts. Emperor Wei rubbed his temples with both hands, these nobles really gave him a headache.
Most of these nobles are like moths and bloodsuckers of Da Wei, if they make a wound on Da Wei's body, if they continue to do so, Da Wei will also suffer from many "hidden diseases".
Emperor Wei had already planned to cut the flesh and mend the sores, but it was not the time yet, so for the two things that Empress Jiang told him, he couldn't make a big move for the time being.
However, although there can be no big moves, some small actions can still be had, and if those county kings understand and can understand that they are beating them, they should be more restrained.