Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

"My son, since the Minister of Personnel said yesterday that the emperor has no family affairs, today's matter is also a court matter, so you should naturally shoulder your responsibilities."

When the second prince heard this, he was terrified. Was his father dissatisfied with him because he had been pretending that it had nothing to do with him recently?

"Yes, I will remember this."

The emperor glanced at his second son with a slight smile, then turned his gaze to the person involved, the fourth prince: "Do you have any defense?"

The fourth prince stepped forward and admitted his mistake without any hesitation: "Father, I know my fault. I was just a little angry yesterday, so I acted rashly. After the court is over today, I will come to apologize to the Minister in person."

The target of everyone's attack disappeared immediately, catching everyone off guard. The prime minister played the role of peacemaker and took the lead in praising the empty words of admitting mistakes and correcting them, and the matter was over.

Of course, some ministers who were suspicious would secretly speculate whether this was a signal from Concubine Ying and the Second Prince to show their submission. Or was it because the Fourth Prince was under pressure from the Second Prince that he confessed so straightforwardly?

"Well, let's put one thing first. Since the matter has been concluded, Your Majesty, please re-examine the situation of Prefect Zhou and give a clear statement to the Ministry of Personnel."

The person who spoke was the Minister of Personnel. He was already in a difficult situation because his people were beaten, and now the prince and his concubine were involved, and there was no conclusion yet.

"If someone impeaches someone, there should be someone to investigate. If the results are not dealt with, it will make officials dissatisfied and make some villains think they have climbed up a big tree and can do whatever they want."

These words were almost directed at the Second Prince, but he was still very patient. He just silently glanced at the person who spoke, vaguely remembering that it seemed to be the eldest brother's person.

Why is the big brother going to give me a kick too?

"I think this statement is too extreme. It is understandable that the crime should be punished, but it also depends on what the crime is and how the punishment should be..."

"So according to what you said, my Lord, the laws of Daxia are meaningless?"

The court sounded like a very high-class place, but since Lu Anyuan opened his own palace and could attend court independently, he found that it was actually no different from selling and buying vegetables in the market. So he just listened and gradually closed his eyes.

"Ahem!" The emperor finally couldn't stand it anymore. Every time something happened, these ministers would make a fuss and would inevitably talk about completely unrelated things.

"If there is a mistake, there should be punishment. How can the laws of Daxia be just empty words? Lord Xing, you will be in charge of the sentencing of the Suzhou prefect."

The Minister of Personnel came out to express his gratitude, and everyone finally got the emperor's clear inclination. This meant that the matter would be handled impartially.

Lu Anyuan had already thought of what his father meant, so there was nothing to be surprised about. However, on his way back from court, he was stopped by the Second Prince and he didn't know what was going on.

"Second brother, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, you know that in three days it will be Mother's birthday. This year Mother doesn't want to have a big celebration, so she'll just hold it in the palace. As a brother, it's rare for me to get together with everyone on weekdays, so this time I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you and your sister-in-law to join me. I wonder if you'd be willing to honor me?"

Lu Anyuan listened for a long time and realized that he just wanted to call everyone into the palace to celebrate Concubine Ying's birthday, so he said a lot of things.

"Of course. My wife and I will definitely attend on time." Lu Anyuan bowed slightly and said goodbye.

After dealing with everything here, Lu Anyuan returned to the Prince’s Palace with a lot of doubts.

"Madam, this is very strange!" After taking off his court robes and lying down on the bed, even Xu Yixing felt that their relationship heated up too quickly, causing Lu Anyuan to no longer care about his image in front of him.

"What's weird?"

"This morning, Fourth Brother admitted his fault very straightforwardly, and even went to the home of the Minister of Personnel to apologize. The officials were already very angry, but this time it was just a dud."

Xu Yixing, wearing a casual long skirt, walked over slowly and sat down beside the bed. Fortunately, the bed was big enough and did not feel crowded.

"Is this a rare thing? Didn't you say that the Fourth Prince just wanted to make things bigger? Now that he has achieved his goal, he naturally wants to clear himself of all responsibility."

"You are right. I am increasingly confused by what Fourth Brother does. Who cares? By the way, it will be Concubine Ying's birthday in three days. Second Brother has invited us brothers to the palace to celebrate. Don't forget."

Xu Yixing really didn't want to go, but he couldn't say it out loud, so he could only say it in a roundabout way: "The Emperor will take care of Concubine Ying's birthday, why do we need to go?"

"Hehe." Lu Anyuan turned over and sat up, hugged Xu Yixing's waist and pinched it twice, making her scream with itchiness. "I heard that because of Lord Zhou's matter, Concubine Ying and the emperor were angry and haven't seen each other for several days. I guess the emperor won't do it for her this time. He asked us to go just to show off his power and save the situation."

"Oh." Concubine Ying really has a childish temper. She is already forty years old, but she still acts like a young concubine. I just don't know if the emperor will fall for this trick. "So, the emperor is not going to favor the Zhou family this time?"

"Yes, there was endless quarreling at the morning court. Father asked the Minister of Personnel, Lord Xing, to take full responsibility. I think he will be dismissed or demoted."

It seems that the second prince's uncle is going to be in trouble this time. If the amount of corruption and dereliction of duty is particularly huge, I am afraid that even beheading is possible. However, considering the favor of Concubine Ying, it is estimated that even if the emperor is really angry, he will not kill her brother.

"Ma'am, I have a plan, would you like to hear it?"

Xu Yixing leaned over and heard Lu Anyuan mumbling a lot, feeling a little surprised.

"So you're ready to take action? Isn't this a bit too fast..."

"The arrow is on the string. Today even my eldest brother's people have started to take the lead in dragging down the Second Prince. When everyone is taking action, I am the only one who doesn't take action. Isn't it a pity?"

"Your plan is quite comprehensive, but it's a bit risky. Are you sure the Second Prince will act as you said? What if the Second Prince keeps his composure this time and doesn't do anything? Wouldn't that expose our cards?"

"Don't worry, someone will definitely make great efforts to promote this matter, and it's not just us who are working hard."

Xu Yixing thought about it for a long time. In fact, Lu Anyuan didn't need to tell him about this plan, but because he needed Wu Xueyan's cooperation, he discussed it with him.

She always felt that Wu Xueyan was a witness who could prove everything the Second Prince had done to her, and that he valued her very much, otherwise he would not have let the shadow guards set up a plan to rescue her.

But unfortunately, Wu Xueyan is disposable. If this plan fails, she will be useless and Xu Yixing will have wasted a good card.

"Well, raising an army for a thousand days starts today."