After the villain was defeated, she still had power in the government

Zhao Yong paused and looked over.

Seeing that it was Fu Yutang, his expression changed slightly. He was a little confused about her intentions, so he could only pull the corner of his mouth and salute, "Master Fu."

Fu Yutang returned the greeting briefly, raised his eyes and asked, "Master Zhao, are you going back to the Ministry of Personnel?"

"That's right." Zhao Yong replied respectfully, paused, and took the initiative to ask: "I wonder what Master Fu wants to see me about?"

"It's nothing serious. I just have a question that I can't figure out..." Fu Yutang glanced at him and saw that he had a questioning look on his face. He didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "It's like this. Lord Jiang, that is Yueming, gave me a set of files from Jingzhao Prefecture. I learned that your son disappeared during the Lantern Festival..."

At this point, he seemed to hesitate, paused, sighed slightly, and then continued: "I thought that since your son was missing, Lord Zhao would hate those kidnappers, but I never expected that Lord Zhao would stand up and plead for them today. Lord Zhao, is your son not as good as the kidnappers in your eyes?"

"Yer is my eldest son. How can I not feel heartbroken when he disappears?"

Ever since Fu Yutang took over Jingzhao Prefecture, Zhao Yong knew that Zhao Ye's disappearance could not be concealed, especially since Jiang Yueming brought people to visit him yesterday but returned empty-handed. He expected that Fu Yutang would come to his house in person to inquire one day.

However, he did not expect Fu Yutang to act so quickly. He caught the kidnappers in just one night. At the morning court, he immediately proposed to the emperor to severely punish the kidnappers. He did not visit at all, and of course did not mention Ye'er's disappearance.

He thought that Fu Yutang was going to follow Zhang Xiaoshuai's example and deliberately ignore his case because he was Minister Qian's man, which was why he did not mention it at all in the morning court.

But he didn't expect that it was waiting for him here.

Zhao Yong breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Fu Yutang had stopped him most likely to find out about Ye'er, or perhaps to use Ye'er's disappearance to criticize Zhang Xiaoshuai for being a bad person and take the opportunity to sow discord between him and Minister Qian.

Knowing the other party's purpose makes it much easier to deal with it.

Zhao Yong showed an expression of great pain at the right time, closed his eyes and said: "I hate those kidnappers. If it weren't for them, how could my Ye'er be missing? Ye'er has always been smart. He could read poems at the age of three, knew more than 300 characters, and could recite "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic". It is not an exaggeration to say that he has a photographic memory. If he hadn't disappeared, he would be my proudest child and the most outstanding child in the Zhao family..."

Speaking of his eldest son, Zhao Yong was really sad. He couldn't help crying and choked up, "But all this was ruined by those kidnappers! Lord Fu asked me if I hated those kidnappers, and of course I did. But Ye'er is missing, so what if they were killed? Moreover, amending the law is a big deal, which may cause panic among the people and make them mistakenly think that the current emperor is a cruel and inhumane monarch. That's why I dared to stand up and oppose it."

"I see." Fu Yutang suddenly realized and replied, "I thought there was a traitor in the Ministry of Justice who secretly informed Lord Zhao."

"What?" Zhao Yong was stunned, his tear-stained face showing a dazed expression, not quite understanding what Fu Yutang meant. "Master Fu is very skilled and knows how to control his subordinates. Everyone in the court knows that the Ministry of Justice is an iron wall. Who could have planted a spy inside?"