After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

On the way back, the two went to the palace first to report to the emperor.

The retired emperor had learned from the General of the Household that Prime Minister Xun had been executed, but after confirming it with Lu and Meng Qianqian again, he finally believed that this "powerful minister" who almost stole his kingdom had really been defeated.

The sword that had been hanging over my head for many years was finally taken down at this moment.

As he let out a long breath, he suddenly felt that he had aged a lot.

The ministers have withdrawn.

In the huge East Hall, only Fudequan was left by his side.

Eunuch Fu accompanied the retired emperor through so many ups and downs over the years, and he even followed him when he was imprisoned in a temple.

How could he not understand what the emperor was thinking?

The treacherous minister was brought to justice and the case came to a close, but for the entire Great Zhou, the crisis was not completely resolved.

Meng Qianqian had hardly slept all night and had just fought a fierce battle outside the city gate. When she entered the warm East Hall, she felt sleepy and fell asleep on the table without realizing it.

The emperor looked at her heartless appearance, and his solemn expression suddenly lightened. He couldn't help but laugh: "This girl can fall asleep anywhere. Is my Zhaoming Palace the place where she takes a nap?"

His smile made Eunuch Fu feel relieved.

It has to be Madam Lu.

Eunuch Fu said with a smile: "When Madam Lu arrived at Zhaoming Palace, she felt like she was back home. She felt at ease."

"Xin An, I think you are just too brave."

Although the retired emperor said this, his expression showed a rare doting look.

The retired emperor was always strict with his son. Although his daughters were relatively kind and gentle, the only one who was spoiled to the point of lawlessness was Princess Wanping.

Eunuch Fu felt that the way the retired emperor looked at Madam Lu today was not much different from the way he looked at Princess Wanping.

There's nothing we can do about it. Who made Madam Lu the old lady's sweetheart? Who made Madam Lu so capable that she could make the emperor laugh even when she was taking a nap?

The Emperor gave Eunuch Fu a wink.

Eunuch Fu understood and immediately took the emperor's cloak.

Just as he was about to put it on, Lu Yuan said with a serious face: "She is my wife, please observe etiquette, Your Majesty."

The retired emperor took the whisk from Eunuch Fu's hand and slapped Lu Yuan hard.

Lu Yuan didn't deserve it.

The retired emperor dotes on Meng Qianqian as if she were his own granddaughter. This little brat deserves a beating for trespassing on the emperor's behalf regarding gender differences!

"You, accompany me for a walk."

The emperor said to Lu Yuan in a low voice.

Lu Yuan reluctantly followed the emperor out of the East Palace.

Eunuch Fu put a cloak on Meng Qianqian and asked the palace maid to bring two charcoal basins and place them next to Meng Qianqian.

"Why? Are you worried that something might happen to her in Zhaoming Palace?"

The emperor looked at him and looked back every few steps, and he wished he could hit him again.

But when he looked down, he realized how it would look like for himself, the emperor, to hold a eunuch's whisk in his hand, so he decisively threw the whisk to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan caught the whisk and waved it casually.

The retired emperor inexplicably thought of the lazy King Miao. The behavior of the grandfather and grandson was exactly the same. How come he didn't realize that this guy was quite a scoundrel before?

The emperor snorted coldly, "Now that you've defeated the prime minister, you're too lazy to even pretend?"

I thought Lu Yuan would be polite, but he admitted it generously: "Yeah."

The Emperor: “…”

The emperor said sternly, "Don't think you can rest easy just because Xun Xiuyuan is dead. How do we appease the frontier troops, how do we deal with his private army, how do we suppress the ten great princes? All of these things may not be easier than dealing with Xun Xiuyuan."

Lu Yuanfeng said calmly: "There must be a road in front of the mountain."

"What road?"

The emperor asked unhappily.

Lu Jia said: "Shanghai's twins have been rescued from Qianji Pavilion. With them here, we can pacify the border troops."

The Emperor said, "What about Xun Xiuyuan's private army? Although he is dead, there is no guarantee that his former subordinates will not unite with the ten princes to launch a mutiny under the banner of revenge for him."

Lu Yuan said solemnly: "Private armies are indeed very troublesome. Rong Chen will think carefully about how to recruit them or destroy them after returning. We must not give them the opportunity to launch a mutiny!"

mutiny?

impossible.

The military pay is gone, what can we use to launch a mutiny?

Loyalty and pride?

With that kind of thing, could Prime Minister Xun train him into a private army?

Naturally, Lu Yuan couldn't tell the truth. If he did, he would have to give up the military pay.

Soon there will be three more mouths to feed in the family, and if the gold is spit out, the family will be stretched to the limit.

In addition, there is another reason, which is that the emperor must not feel that the matter is too easy to resolve, otherwise it will seem that the matter itself is not worth mentioning.

You have to do things and take credit for them, and take big credits.

The emperor looked at Lu Yuan deeply and asked, "How sure are you?"

Lu Yuan: “Seventy percent.”

If someone else said this, the emperor might think that the other person was talking nonsense, but Lu Yuan won a beautiful victory in Beiliang on his first expedition, and his ability is beyond doubt.

Such a Lu Yuan reminded the emperor of someone.

Forget it, Lu Yuan is from Miaojiang, how could he be related to that person?

The Emperor shook his head and asked Lu Yuan, "The ten great princes surrendered on the surface, but they were actually conspiring with Xun Xiuyuan. Last time you said that Chen Long was the prince of Loulan. Can he really save the princes from disaster?"

Of course not.

The trouble for the princes lies in their territories. Unless their fiefdoms are all changed hands, they will never submit to the imperial court.

But if Lu Yuan didn't say that, how could the emperor forgive Chen Long's sins?

The princes want to kill him, and the brother-in-law wants to save him.

Lu Yuan said calmly: "The King of Loulan is the leader of the ten great princes. As long as we help Chen Long regain the throne of Loulan, the troubles of the princes can be easily solved."

The emperor paused and looked at the endless snow scene: "Kill the ten great princes."

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows.

The old man has a very dark heart.

Coincidentally, he and Meng Xiaojiu had the same idea.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

The emperor asked suspiciously, "Prime Minister Xun has six adopted sons. I already know about you guys. Xun Yi and Xun Wu never showed up. Why is that?"

Lu Yuan said, "Let's talk about Xun Wu first. Xun Wu has been doing business in various countries, providing financial support and gathering information for Prime Minister Xun. Since he is well-informed, it is impossible for him not to know the situation of Prime Minister Xun. Either he is dead, or he has also rebelled."

"As for Xun Yi, none of us have ever seen him. I suspect he is not from the Great Zhou, or there may not be such a person at all."

"No matter what, since they didn't show up when Prime Minister Xun was in the most critical moment, they probably won't show up again for his affairs."

Upon hearing this, the emperor felt relieved.

When the two returned to the East Palace, Eunuch Fu found that the worry between the retired emperor's brows had disappeared, and he looked much more relaxed.

It seems that the worries of the emperor have been resolved by Governor Lu.

The young couple, one is the emperor's happy pill, and the other is the emperor's think tank, neither of them can be missing.

The emperor was very happy, but when he turned around, he couldn't smile anymore: "What are you doing?"

Lu Yuan returned the whisk to Eunuch Fu, bent down and picked up the sleeping Meng Qianqian: "Take my wife home."

The Emperor: "Let's go after the snow stops."

Lu Yuan: “Stop.”

The emperor glanced at the snowy courtyard and found that it was not snowing.

"Look how anxious you are."

The retired emperor also disliked Lu Yuan a little. No wonder King Miao always called Lu Yuan a bad boy. Isn’t Lu Yuan a bad boy?

Lu Yuan wrapped Meng Qianqian tightly with his cloak and snorted, "If you want someone to accompany you, go find your own wife. There are so many beauties in the Empress Dowager's palace, and there is a different one every day. Why do you want to monopolize my wife?"

The retired emperor snatched the whisk from Eunuch Fu's hand and angrily drove Lu Yuan out.

-

The news that the situation in the Prime Minister's Mansion had changed overnight spread throughout the capital in less than a day.

The people did not believe it at first, until the Ministry of Justice posted official bulletins all over the streets and alleys, detailing the numerous crimes of Prime Minister Xun, and then the people believed it.

The common people do not have a deep understanding of crimes such as raising private armies, colluding with princes, and attempting rebellion.

All they want is to have enough food and clothing for their family. It doesn't matter to them who rules the country or who becomes the emperor.

But when they saw the last sentence in the court bulletin, they found out that someone had distributed the taxes stolen by Prime Minister Xun to the common people, with each household having ten taels of silver stolen from them!

Twelve!

The anger of the people was ignited at once.

Master Hu looked at the people who rushed to the Ministry of Justice and wanted to drag Xun Yu out of the cell and beat him to death. Jianzi was stunned: "The Grand Commander's trick is really effective. Anyone who dares to say a good word for the Prime Minister will be torn to pieces by the angry people."

The evidence that should be handed over has been handed over, and the people who should be killed have been killed.

How to deal with the aftermath and how to provide relief to the people is no longer the responsibility of the Governor's Office.

We can't just shoulder everything on our shoulders; we have to give civil and military officials a chance to show their skills.

Meng Qianqian went to buy paper money and held a memorial ceremony for the deceased from the Chu Palace and the merchants at the back mountain of the Governor's Mansion to comfort their souls in heaven.

Sometimes she didn't understand why she was reborn.

Now she understood that she had returned with a mission of revenge.

Meng Qianqian knelt in front of the sacrifice, took out the booklet in her arms, and crossed out the name of Prime Minister Xun.

"Dad, Mom, Second Uncle, Second Aunt, Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, Fifth Uncle... Xiaoqi, don't worry, I won't let any of those who killed you go."

The night is quiet.

A figure stood behind the rockery, staring at Meng Qianqian's back without blinking.

Only after Meng Qianqian left did he bring the incense, candles, and paper money that he had prepared long ago and pay tribute to the people that Meng Qianqian had paid tribute to.

-

This month, the capital city was extremely busy.

The affair of Prime Minister Xun caused a great uproar in the capital. The prime minister's residence had been confiscated, but there were still many people who went to the door of the prime minister's residence and cursed him.

There are people being trampled on every day.

Meng Qianqian didn't know how many injured people she had treated in the Ministry of Justice.

That day, she went to the Ministry of Justice to see a patient again and returned home after dark.

As soon as I entered the yard, I found it was empty, without a single person in sight.

"Strange, where did he go?"

As soon as Meng Qianqian finished speaking, a familiar and hearty voice came from behind her: "Granddaughter-in-law! You're back!"

"Grandpa?"

Meng Qianqian's eyes lit up and she turned to look towards the door.

The Miao King walked into the yard, exhausted and said, "Grandson's wife, look who I brought back?"