Chapter 331: Who Is Better, Me or My Elder Brother?

The emperor's eyes were far-reaching, looking out the door, seemingly thoughtful, and then sighed.

"That's right. As a parent, you are willing to endure and sacrifice for your children."

Xie Suzhi lifted his robe and knelt down. The emperor was shocked: "Xie Aiqing, what are you doing?"

Xie Suzhi lowered his head, his voice was cold but firm and powerful.

"The second brother is inconvenienced, and the younger brother and sister made mistakes. As the eldest brother, I am willing to take the punishment on my behalf and ask the emperor to punish me."

At this time, the civil and military officials began to discuss noisily, and everyone had different opinions——

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, this matter is not your fault, why are you doing this?"

"Hey, it's hard for you too when something like this happened at home."

"But the witchcraft involves our general, so we still have to give an explanation."

Lord Zhongshu Ling Qi heard from the side and frowned slightly.

With this trend, why did he quickly switch sides to Xie Suzhi?

The emperor thought for a while and said, "Let's do this, a small punishment but a big warning."

"Your brother and sister are indeed at fault, and for their own selfish desires, they used such vicious methods. I can't justify it even if I don't punish them."

"Just punish her to three months of self-examination in prison. During this period, your family is not allowed to visit, and she is also asked to remember her lesson."

"As for you, you will also be fined three months' salary." The emperor looked at Xie Suzhi.

Xie Suzhi kowtowed: "Thank you Lord for your kindness."

Mr. Qi was a little anxious: "Your Majesty, is this punishment too light?"

The emperor's eyes swept over: "What else do you have dissatisfaction with?"

"Qi Aiqing, do you have a daughter at home? What would you do if you were the second master of the Xie family?"

Mr. Qi argued with reason: "If my wife commits witchcraft, I will only teach her a lesson and set an example for my daughter. Never imitate her mother!"

"Your Majesty, if this matter is not severely punished and outsiders follow suit, how will you calm down the chaotic situation?"

Taifu Ye snorted coldly and stood up to refute Mr. Qi.

"Qi Zhongshu, what you said is wrong. The emperor is both strong and soft. He not only punished the Xie family, but also showed mercy."

"After all, in Prime Minister Xie's house, the eldest son is leading troops to resist the enemy. The second son is working diligently day and night at Dali Temple. Even before Mr. Xie was paralyzed, he had great military exploits and was famous far and wide."

"If the emperor only cares about punishment and does not remember the past achievements, wouldn't it be a chilling thing for the people of the world?"

Mr. Qi gritted his teeth. This old man came out to contradict his words again.

Ever since Ye Changyi was punished by Concubine Rong and almost froze to death in the Zhaori Tower, Taifu Ye had been pressing hard on his family.

The two people have different political opinions, just like the tip of a needle against a wheat awn.

Mr. Qi couldn't explain to Taifu Ye, so he turned his hands and looked at the emperor sincerely.

"Your Majesty! Compassion does not control troops, and emotion does not establish affairs. If you think about showing mercy in everything, how can you intimidate the officials and people below."

The emperor stood up from the dragon throne with a smile and pointed to his seat.

"Qi Aiqing, what you said is really good. How about I take this seat for you?"

Mr. Qi's face turned pale and he knelt down hastily: "I don't dare."

The emperor's expression changed drastically, he was livid and angry, and he waved the memorial on the table with one palm.

"I have already reached a conclusion and you are still insisting on it. How do you feel about it?"

Mr. Qi cupped his hands and spoke bitterly about his loyalty: "I am just speaking out and impartially. I am eating the emperor's salary and worrying about the emperor. The witchcraft curses loyalty. If this matter is not handled properly, how can the soldiers on the border charge into battle without regrets? "

"Be honest and forthright? I think you are avenging a private vendetta! In the early years, Prime Minister Xie impeached you for condoning your subordinates to seize civilian girls. I demoted you to the first level of official, and you will remember it until now."

Mr. Qi's eyes flashed: "Your Majesty, I am wronged."

The emperor was too lazy to talk nonsense: "I have already punished the Xie family. If you continue to pester, it will be in vain and not sensible."

"Besides, if Qi Aiqing really wants to deal with it justly, he should think carefully about how to deal with your sister's fault!"

As soon as these words came out, Lord Qi was trembling all over.

His sister? Concubine Rong? What mistake did Concubine Rong make?

The emperor asked the eunuch to hand the two secret letters from last night to Mr. Qi.

"I originally wanted to save your Qi family's favor, but you insist on being serious with me. In this case, you should take a good look at it yourself!"

Mr. Qi looked pale after reading the two secret letters, and cold sweat rolled down his forehead.

The emperor's face was full of anger and he ordered the eunuch: "Go and read it to all the civil and military officials."

The chief eunuch quickly retrieved the letter from Master Qi.

"After investigation, the last time Miss Ye family was in the palace, she accidentally lost the Buddhist scripture copied by the Ninth Prince. She stole it for Concubine Rong's palace guards, just to frame Miss Ye's fault."

The ministers were in an uproar, and Taifu Ye stared in shock and anger, his white beard rising and falling.

"What?!"

Another secret letter was the testimony of the palace maid named Jin Deng who finally confessed after being tortured.

But she refused to admit that she was ordered by Concubine Rong.

He only said that he was upset by Ye Changyi once, so he held a grudge.

But the secret letter also said that during the interrogation of other palace officials, it was discovered that Concubine Rong was aware of Jin Deng's actions.

The emperor said gloomily: "I might as well tell you that the reason why I came late this morning was to question Concubine Rong."

"She has always been kind and generous, how could she indulge the palace maid below and do such a thing? But Concubine Rong said that Jin Deng had served her for many years. She made mistakes, but she also worked hard."

"She begged me to spare Jin Deng's life. Qi Aiqing, tell me, should I kill this palace maid? If she kills her, will I punish Concubine Rong who knew about it and refused to report it?"

Lord Qi was already sweating coldly, his lips were trembling, and he couldn't speak.

"Minister, minister..."

"Speak, why don't you speak? Didn't you argue with reason and insist that I give a cruel result in everything? Why don't you dare to speak when it comes to your sister!" The emperor was furious.

The ministers hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, calm down."

Lord Qi also knelt on the ground, trembling.

He didn't have the courage of Xie Suzhi to arrest his brother and sister-in-law and put them in jail.

As for his sister Rong Fei, Lord Qi only wanted to protect her, and couldn't even ask the emperor to punish her.

The emperor said in a deep tone: "I have demoted Rong Fei to Rongpin and sentenced the palace maid Jindeng to death. Do you think it's enough?"

Lord Qi finally kowtowed, and cold sweat dripped on the blue stone bricks.

"Minister, I will leave it to the emperor to deal with."

The morning court was dispersed like this.

When Master Ye passed by the absent-minded Lord Qi, he snorted heavily.

"Master Rongpin, you are really kind-hearted, but only to your own people." Master Ye left with a flick of his sleeves.

Xie Suzhi was also about to leave, but was stopped by Lord Qi.

Lord Qi's face was grim: "Prime Minister Xie, you already knew that I was going to report you at the morning court today, right? That secret letter was also written by you!"

"You have such a deep mind. I ask myself if I have ever offended you, why do you hold on to it?"

Xie Suzhi's thin eyes were deep, and he looked at him with a calm gaze, as if looking at a tree.

"You think too much, you are not so important that I personally take action against you."

With that, he left, and Lord Qi was almost angry.

However, Xie Suzhi did not lie. It was really not him who found out about Concubine Rong.

It was Xie Mingan.

At this time, the spy in the palace sent a message, and Xie Mingan went to the National Academy proudly, waiting for Shen Ningning to finish class.

As soon as he saw the little girl coming out of the National Academy, he couldn't wait to walk up to her and share the news with her.

He raised his eyebrows and smiled coldly: "I said that as long as I want to find out something, I can find it out."

"How about it, now you believe what I said, who is better between me and my big brother?"

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