Tang Dynasty: The seventh rank of official residence, and you will be given the Ten Thousand People

"The Queen Mother has decreed that His Royal Highness Fan Xin, King Xuanyan, enters the palace!"

In the high-pitched voice of the chamberlain, Fan Xin walked into the hall wearing a white shirt.

"My lord, Fan Xin pays homage to the Queen Mother!"

"Fan Qing, you are back!"

Li Lingyue stood up suddenly, stared at Fan Xin with her phoenix eyes, and opened her mouth.

Fan Xin smiled and nodded.

"Queen Mother, I'm back." There were many emotions in her words.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."

Li Lingyue took a deep breath, and the sadness that had been between her brows for a long time dissipated, revealing a long-lost smile.

Seeing the couple reunited, all the officials in the palace showed surprised expressions.

The Queen Mother's expression didn't look like she wanted to punish her.

Looking at You Nailiang, who was looking at the couple smiling at each other in the palace, a shadow flashed deep in his eyes.

It turns out that the person who hindered him from getting close to the Queen Mother was this guy.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall fell into a weird state, a thin figure jumped out.

"His Royal Highness King Yan! How dare you come wearing a shirt when you enter the palace to meet the Holy Spirit, and you don't even follow any rules!"

"You are…?"

"Untalented, Censor Sun Wen." Sun Wen stroked his beard and said with his nostrils pointing towards the sky.

"It turns out to be Sun Yushi. I went to the Queen Mother to plead guilty. You said I was guilty."

"Do you also think that I am not guilty?"

After being choked by Fan Xin, Sun Wen hesitated and shook his sleeves angrily.

"Stop talking useless words. I am asking you whether your followers embezzled tens of thousands of taels of silver while pretending to be the governor of Youzhou."

"You spend tens of thousands of coins, spend all day in a brothel, and take pleasure in raping girls from good families?"

Faced with Sun Wen's series of questions, Fan Xin smiled calmly.

"It's a joke. I have always been as honest as water. I only wear a few clothes all year round."

"How could it be possible for my king's followers to embezzle and accept bribes of tens of thousands of taels of silver?"

"There is also a follower of this king who has not yet married. Does he dare to rob women from good families?"

Sun Wen smiled coldly: "If I guess you won't admit it, it doesn't matter. The witness will come back later with the Criminal Department and Dali Temple."

"Let's see how you quibble then!"

The other ministers on the side couldn't stand it anymore.

"Your Highness Prince Yan, if you say you don't know what the six sons are doing, I will still believe you."

"But it would be too hypocritical for you to say that you are as clean as water and only take a few sets of clothes throughout the year."

"As far as we know, Prince Yan's annual income is at least two and a half million copper coins, and there are twelve copper warehouses just to hold the money."

"Can your conscience tolerate what you say?"

Huang Guang, the Minister of Household Affairs, said dissatisfied.

"Yes, your clothes are inlaid with gold and silver. Aren't you ashamed to tell us this?"

Fan Xin's face turned red and he coughed awkwardly.

"You adults have no other abilities, but your ability to dig into other people's backgrounds has improved a lot."

"I do have a generous income, but my family's treasury has been emptied by the palace, leaving only a mere 700 guans, and 600 guans were stolen."

"If you don't believe me, go to Prince Yan's Mansion and have a look. Apart from the servant Feng Ma and a little maid, what I eat the most on weekdays is radish and cabbage, without even any meat."

"you!"

"Okay, stop chatting, let's spread the word to Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment will go to the palace!"

Seeing both sides choking, Li Lingyue shouted impatiently.

Under the gaze of everyone, several leaders from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment walked in.

Behind them followed some handsomely dressed young men.

"I am here to see the Queen Mother."

"No need to be polite, I would like to ask you how the investigation of the Youzhou case went?

After hearing this, Wang Peng, the minister of Dali Temple, stood up from the ground.

"To report to the Queen Mother, through various efforts, I have collected a total of 3,000 witnesses and 1,200 exhibits."

"The case has now been thoroughly investigated."

After speaking, he handed a thick pile of evidence to the chamberlain, who would forward it to the Queen Mother.

Looking at the iron-clad evidence in front of her, Li Lingyue hesitated for a moment, and finally opened one of the books.

She was the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty. Even if her heart was biased towards Fan Xin, she could not refuse in front of all the ministers.

However, when Li Lingyue saw the content above, she was stunned.

He looked at Wang Peng in surprise.

"Wang Qing, are you sure you have investigated clearly?"

"Back to the Queen Mother, the facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. The file contains the fingerprints of 30,000 people in Youzhou."

"Hahaha, okay, now the Youzhou case can be settled."

Seeing the Queen Mother laughing, Lu Wenzhao, the Minister of Punishment, also laughed.

"Your Majesty, since the facts of the case are clear, let's punish him as soon as possible, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

"Yes, Queen Mother, the national law is ruthless and does not tolerate any favoritism. You can issue the decree." The Minister of the Ministry of Finance also echoed.

Glancing at the two old guys with a playful look, Li Lingyue asked while suppressing a smile.

"Are you sure you want to punish him?"

After hearing this, Lu Wenzhao stood up with a loud voice and spoke righteously.

"Queen Mother, the laws of the country are ruthless, how can we abandon them at will? Today it is said that King Yan, even the old grandson, has the same righteousness to destroy his relatives!"

"That's right. The Tang Dynasty has always governed the country with strictness. How can we ignore the law for personal reasons?"

"Queen Mother, you must not show favoritism!"

At the end, the two old ministers showed sadness and anger in their writings.

The ministers who were affected by the emotion bowed and prayed for punishment.

At this time, two cries sounded from the crowd.

"Grandpa, you are too cruel, the child doesn't want to die!"

"you are?"

Lu Wenzhao looked back and glanced at the fat boy with big head and big ears. He always felt familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.

"Grandpa, it's me, Lu Qian!" The fat boy crawled out from the crowd, hugged Lu Wenzhao's thigh and cried.

"Qian'er! Qian'er!"

The two old ministers were shocked when they suddenly discovered that the crying person was their grandson, and their expressions were extremely ugly.

"What's going on! Aren't you guys just keeping to yourself behind closed doors and eating steamed buns for two months?"

"Why are you so fat?"

Wang Peng sighed and took the initiative to explain.

"To be honest with the two ministers, Lingsun was caught by us when he was holding an unobstructed meeting in the brothel."

"While in Youzhou, these two people secretly stole the governor's seal and treated Youzhou officials as pigs and dogs at will."

"In just two months, each of them embezzled more than 20,000 taels of silver and several copper coins."

The right servant of the Ministry of Justice on the side answered.

"More than that, the two openly boasted at the banquet that they were the Grand Governor. If they want to be an official, they have to pay according to their rank."

"And he said..."

Lu Wenzhao didn't hear a word of what was said next, his head was buzzing.

To this day he still can't believe that his grandson did these things.

When he thought about Fan Xin's attitude before setting off, Lu Wenzhao felt terrified.