All my subjects want to usurp the throne

Chapter 273

"Your Majesty, I admit this matter. There are old and young in my family. I don't want to spend the rest of my life in this prison."

Some time ago, Hubu Shilang and Zhu Yushi were sent to death row. It is estimated that they will never recover from this, so he does not want to follow in the footsteps of the two adults.

"Master Liu, you said that if you had thought of this earlier, maybe you would not have embarked on such a path. Now that you are an official in the court, if you do not set an example yourself, sooner or later the Qi Dynasty will collapse. In the hands of you people!"

Ling Xiao said sharply at this time, while the Minister of Rites was prostrate on the ground, trembling all over.

He didn't expect this matter to be so serious, but now he seemed to have nothing to say except begging for mercy.

Because he knew that His Majesty had started to thoroughly investigate the corrupt officials in the court a few days ago, but he really did not expect that His Majesty would personally come to the people this time to observe the people's sentiments.

Now, the house he took over just happened to be resting upstairs, and everything was so crooked.

Seeing this, Li Dequan next to him spoke coldly.

"Minister of Rites, you are so brave. Now you can ask ordinary people for 100 taels of silver. Do you know what the name of these 100 taels means to them?"

Along the way, Li Dequan also noticed it. Although this Yuecheng is not as prosperous as the capital, you can still find a few refugees who were affected by the disaster along the way.

Now they can't even get enough food, but they still have to be squeezed by these people, who doesn't feel chilled after seeing it.

The current servant of the Ministry of Rites dare not say a word, and besides him, there are the shop owner and the waiter beside him.

At this moment, they knelt in a row one by one. Originally, they were domineering in this place because they were surrounded by court officials behind them.

But today they never expected to alarm His Majesty. It seems that now they have only a dead end.

Ling Xiao rubbed the center of his eyebrows at this time, and Wu Zhao felt a little distressed when he saw it for a while.

She can see what His Majesty has done these days, and what happened in the palace a few days ago is a very good thing for His Majesty.

But now that he has met these people again in the process of investigating the public sentiment, it is estimated that His Majesty will feel doubly disappointed.

When Wu Zhao thought of this, his slender hand touched Ling Xiao's temple, and then gently rubbed it for him.

"Your Majesty, the servant of the Ministry of Rites has already pleaded guilty, so don't be so worried, Your Majesty."

Wu Zhao also felt sorry for His Majesty, and through this incident, she also found more and more that His Majesty is only for the people now.

Although she had heard a message about His Majesty before, about His Majesty at that time.

He is obsessed with beauty and has nothing to do, but now he finds that a man with a career is the most handsome!
Ling Xiao sighed helplessly at this time, then he glanced at the Minister of Rites, pointed at him and said.

"Minister of the Ministry of Rites, since you have pleaded guilty to this matter today, you should be dismissed and investigated first. Now that this restaurant was bumped into by me personally, I wonder if there are any sneaky tricks behind you!"

When the servant of the Ministry of Rites heard this, he was a little panicked. If he lost the black gauze hat, what would he do in the future?

"Your Majesty, I..."

Ling Xiao interrupted him directly at this time.

"There is no need to say anything else. Today's dismissal and investigation are light enough. If you disobey my order again, you will be thrown into prison together with the two previous imperial officials!"

When the Minister of Rites heard this, he didn't dare to say a word at this moment.

And Li Dequan next to him also echoed: "Now His Majesty is merciful to forgive your death penalty. Are you still not clean and thanking you?"

Li Dequan has been with Ling Xiao for so long, so he naturally has good eyesight.

He knew that if the Minister of Rites continued, His Majesty would be furious again.

So before Ling Xiao got angry, he had to quickly shut up this person and confess his guilt, so that this matter could be overturned.

When the Minister of Rites heard this, he was very sad at this moment, so he had to say to Ling Xiao: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, Lu Fengxian glanced at the shop owner and waiter who were kneeling and shivering next to him, and asked Ling Xiao.

"Your Majesty, what do you plan to do with these people?"

Upon hearing this, several people raised their heads quickly, and looked at Ling Xiao with expectant eyes.

Ling Xiao naturally knew what they were thinking from the eyes in their eyes.

But at first Ling Xiao felt that these people should be locked up, but after thinking about it, if it weren't for the ministers in the court to support them, how could they have such courage.

So clean up these court officials first, and give them another chance as for these people.

"You guys have handed over all the money you stole from the people since you opened the store. If you dare to covet even a penny, you will be punished with death!"

Upon hearing this, the shop owner and Xiaoer turned pale with fright.

To be honest, they have indeed embezzled a lot of money since they opened the store, but most of them were given to the servant of the household department, and now they don't have much left.

"Your Majesty, this money was not embezzled by us. The Minister of Rites has much more money than we do. How could we come up with so much money in such a short time?"

After hearing this, Ling Xiao gave the Minister of Rites a hard look, and then spoke to them.

"Since this is the case, he will hand over the money that the minister of rites has corrupted, but you must hand over everything in your hands, otherwise the whole family will be copied and executed!"

Slash all over the house!

When everyone heard this, they quickly knelt on the ground to thank them. The only way for them now is to quickly fill up the big hole, otherwise it would be a death penalty for the entire family!
And the man who was beaten before was also very relieved, Ling Xiao noticed him for a while, so he asked him.

"What's your name?"

Hearing this, the man quickly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, my name is Lu Yu, and I also do some small business in the capital, but my family lives in Liucheng, which is next to Yuecheng, and I am a little tired from the journey. So I stopped at these stores, but I didn’t expect to find a shady store!”

Lu Yu explained his experience to Ling Xiao, and Ling Xiao said to him: "Get up quickly, and hurry up before it's too late."

Now this store cannot allow more people to be harmed, so Ling Xiao also decided to seal the store first.

And the shop owner immediately understood Ling Xiao's intentions, so he hurriedly said to Ling Xiao: "Your Majesty, I hope you can give us another chance, we will never do such a thing again!"

Just when Li Dequan was about to scold him, Ling Xiao stopped him.

(End of this chapter)