If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

In recent years, except for several wars with the western Xinjiang, the border of the Yong Dynasty has been relatively stable.

However, the Ministry of War always submitted memorials to the court requesting the allocation of food and fodder.

The emperor had long wanted to investigate the Ministry of War's use of military pay, but as soon as he started the investigation, he lost several of his trusted associates.

The Gong family has infiltrated too deeply into the Ministry of War, and that is a drawback that has existed since the time of the previous emperor.

From the capital city to the military forces in various places, it will take more than a few days or months to dig out the cancer that has rotted to the root.

In order to prevent the next generation of emperors from being shackled, the emperor asked Lu Yuan to investigate the rotten roots of the Ministry of War three years ago.

The evidence had just been delivered to him when the Gong family took action against Lu Yuan.

With new grudges and old hatreds, the emperor wished to tear the Gong family and Concubine Xian into pieces.

"Send a message for Lu Yuan to enter the palace."

"Go, let Gong Feng and those ministers in."

Eunuch Fu'an immediately went to pass on the order.

Concubine Yao knelt in front of the emperor. She was always strong, but now she was in tears.

This was the first time the emperor saw Concubine Yao so vulnerable.

He knew that she had not slept well these days because of the humiliation of her daughter.

"I will definitely give Guangning an explanation." The emperor's voice was low.

He suspected that some concubines in the harem had interfered and harmed Guangning.

Even the Queen and Yongning were suspected by him.

The only person he never doubted was Concubine Xian.

When he was in the Qiandi Palace, Concubine Xian was already his concubine. She had a weak personality and injured her body after giving birth to the eldest prince. She has been living in seclusion for many years.

The eldest prince was cheerful and generous. He asked to go to the border at the age of thirteen. The emperor liked this son very much.

I didn't expect that Concubine Xian was so vicious under her gentle appearance.

Gong Feng and others entered the hall, but waited for a long time for the emperor to appear.

"Eunuch Fu, where is the emperor?" Gong Feng asked.

"Lord Gong, please be patient." Eunuch Fu said calmly.

Gong Feng looked outside suspiciously.

Soon, Lu Yuan was also brought in.

Seeing that Lu Yuan was dressed neatly and didn't look like he had been tortured, his face darkened.

He even bribed the people in the Dali Temple and asked them to treat Lu Yuan well.

"Eunuch Fu, why is this person here?" Gong Feng asked angrily.

"I asked Lu Yuan to come. Do you have any objection?" The emperor, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, walked out of the palace with a cold face and looked at Gong Feng sharply.

"I dare not." Gong Feng knelt down quickly and saluted.

"Yao Jin, have you found the real murderer who kicked Gong Zhenglang?" The emperor ignored Gong Feng and looked at the Dali Temple Minister.

"Your Majesty, the Dali Temple is still working day and night to compare footprints. Everyone who went to the theater that day has been invited to the Dali Temple. Only the prince consort is not in the capital, so a comparison cannot be made for the time being." Yao Jin said.

Gong Feng's face darkened. Before the emperor could speak, he had already scolded, "The Dali Temple is really getting more and more unreasonable these days. If you can't find the murderer, won't you ask Lu Yuan? He was the one who sent people to beat up my son!"

"Since the murderer has not been found yet, let's deal with the other case first." The emperor ignored Gong Feng's rudeness and looked at Lu Yuan.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial to make." Lu Yuan took out the memorial from his arms.

"This is the evidence of corruption of officials from the Ministry of War and the Imperial Household Department through years of investigation and investigation by the Pacification Office."

When Gong Feng heard this, his face changed instantly.

"Lu Yuan, you are slandering me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Huairen, the Junior Secretary of the Imperial Household Department, stood up.

"Your Majesty, I am suing the Minister of the Imperial Household, Gong Feng, for misappropriating horse breeding money and embezzling horse taxes, which has caused the horse breeders on the border to live in poverty and the people to live in misery..."

As Gong Feng's right-hand man, he must know more inside secrets than anyone else. Only when he speaks first can others be convinced.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of War borrowed half of the annual horse tax from the Imperial Household Department for military pay and fodder, and the virtuous concubine in the palace borrowed another 30% in the name of the eldest prince. The remaining 20% ​​is not enough to raise horses."

"The Minister of War is colluding with Gong Feng. There are at least 2,000 unpaid soldiers out of 10,000. This has been going on since the 15th year of Zhaoyuan..."

"Back then, the old prince's son was murdered on the way because he found out that there were empty salaries in the army. The person who assassinated the old prince Kang and his wife was Gong Feng."

Gong Feng's face turned pale. He didn't expect Zhao Huairen to jump out and sue him at this time.

"Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

"Zhao Huairen must have been bribed and framed me!"

The emperor was furious and threw the evidence in his hand at Gong Feng's face.

"There are witnesses and evidences. What else can you say? The Pacification Office has already found the silver you embezzled in your villa. How much is your monthly salary? They found 30 million taels in your villa!"

"There's even a stamp of military pay and horse tax on it. You're so brave!"

"Come here, take the Minister of War and Gong Feng to jail, and detain all other officials involved. Order the Pacification Office, the Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Justice to jointly investigate this case!"

"Anyone who shields them will be guilty of the same crime!"

Gong Feng was completely stunned. How...how could this happen?

The emperor didn't even look at him, but said to Lu Yuan, "Lu Yuan, you personally lead the troops to seal off the Gong family."

"I accept your order."

The officials who had just helped Gong Feng sue Lu Yuan were all dumbfounded.

This sudden turn of events is too outrageous.

Gong Feng, who was originally the plaintiff, had his house... raided in an instant?

They were completely stunned.

It was only after I walked out of the palace that I felt a sense of clarity.

Could it be that from the very beginning, the emperor and Lu Yuan were just putting on a show in order to find evidence of Gong Feng's guilt?

Of course, they couldn't wait for the emperor to answer their questions.

After coming out of the council hall, the emperor went straight to the harem.

"What happened before? Did the emperor punish Lu Yuan?" The virtuous concubine held the hand of the palace maid. She kowtowed too hard last time and still felt a dull pain in her forehead.

Lu Yuan should be convicted today.

But why did she feel vaguely uneasy?

Over the years, she had quietly eliminated several officials that Imperial Concubine Yao wanted to win over, and she had never made a mistake, but today she was particularly anxious.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor is here." the maid exclaimed in surprise.

The virtuous concubine's heart was filled with joy.

The emperor hasn't come to her palace for a long time, and that bitch Concubine Yao has been occupying the emperor.

"Let's go out and welcome the emperor." Concubine Xian looked a little weak and frail, and walked out of the bedroom with a lithe figure. When she saw the emperor striding towards her, she immediately went to meet him.

"His Majesty……"

boom--

The virtuous concubine was kicked away like a weak willow, and a mouthful of blood vomited out of her mouth.

She looked at the furious emperor with a pale face.

Only then did she realize that the hatred and anger towards her were so obvious in the emperor's eyes.

"Bitch! How dare you hurt my daughter! Concubine, I will turn you into a human pig and make you wish you were dead, but you can't live." The emperor roared.

The palace maids around were so scared that they knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

Imperial Concubine Yao supported the emperor's arm, her voice choked slightly, "Your Majesty, please let the others leave first."

"Your Majesty, I am innocent. Concubine Yao, I no longer dare to fight with you. Why don't you let me go? When have I ever hurt Guangning?" The virtuous concubine's chest ached so much that she could hardly breathe, but she still looked pitiful.

She would never admit that she had hurt Guangning even if she died.

Imperial Concubine Yao lowered her eyes and stared at her coldly, "Did the emperor mention that the person you hurt was Guangning?"

The virtuous concubine's face froze instantly.