Selling wife for fame? Kick out the scumbag and marry the new emperor to enjoy the harem of favors

Chapter 5 She is also his knife
The next day is dawn.

The news that Zhao Xingjin issued an edict last night ordering Xie Jiu to be the princess's tutor has spread throughout the court and the harem.

Hiring a tutor was not a rare thing. Not only princesses, but also ladies from wealthy families would hire a tutor to teach their daughters, or send their daughters to girls' schools.

However, the imperial edict was issued at night, and Xie Jiu had not left the palace that night, or even until now.

He said he was accompanying the princess, but who was he accompanying? How could everyone not guess?

Wu Que was very upset last night and didn't want to face the ridicule and mockery of the crowd today, so he took sick leave and did not come to court. This led to Xie Mingshen becoming the focus of discussion among the officials.

After all, he is Xie Jiu’s biological father.

"Thank you, Prime Minister. Congratulations."

Wei Zhang, who was also in the cabinet and held the position of Second Assistant, smiled and bowed to Xie Mingshen.

"It's a unique situation in the capital that the daughter of the Prime Minister can be chosen by the Emperor to be the princess's tutor. This shows that the Xie family is very good at educating their daughters and is worthy of being the most scholarly family."

Wei Zhang was the first counselor under Zhao Xingjin when he was a vassal king. Now that Zhao Xingjin has taken the throne, Wei Zhang can be regarded as Xie Mingshen's biggest political enemy.

If Xie Mingshen had not been in business for many years and had established a good image of integrity in the hearts of scholars and students across the country, and had not been cautious in doing things and left no handles, and had not had the reputation of the Xie family as the number one scholarly family, Zhao Xingjin would probably have abolished his position as prime minister when he seized the throne and let Wei Zhang take it.

This is also the reason why Xie Mingshen agreed to Wu Que and presented Xie Jiu into the palace.

He now feels that his power is unstable, and he hopes to use this method to secure his position.

Although pillow talk is not acceptable, it always works.

"Thank you, Lord Wei. It is my daughter's blessing to be favored by the emperor and serve the princess." Xie Mingshen smiled.

He already knew what happened in Weiyuan Marquis Mansion last night.

After a brief review, I understood what happened.

After thinking about it all night, Xie Mingshen has decided to draw a clear line with Wu Que and only recognize Xie Jiu as his daughter from now on.

After all, Xie Jiu is now with Zhao Xingjin, so her marital relationship with Wu Que will be in name only.

In Xie Mingshen's opinion, given Zhao Xingjin's current unruly behavior and his dislike of being bound by rules, he would sooner or later openly take Xie Jiu into his harem.

Now, the excuse of being the princess's tutor will only be a temporary transition.

And when Xie Jiu entered the harem, how could he gain a foothold without the support of his natal family?

The interests of biological father and daughter will be aligned again, and any previous grudges should be put aside.

Besides, he had never personally admitted that he had colluded with Wu Que. Even if Xie Jiu bore a grudge about this matter in the future and wanted to pursue the matter, as long as he firmly denied it, put aside his fatherly airs, and said some soft words, I think the father and daughter would be able to reconcile.

If Xie Jiu becomes favored in the future, he will also benefit from it.

With this in mind, Xie Mingshen didn't care about Wei Zhang and other people's sarcasm at all.

He had a smile on his face, as if he was really happy.

As a result, many people who came to deliberately ridicule ended up asking for trouble. They secretly cursed Xie Mingshen in their hearts for being shameless and then left.

But there are always a few stubborn ones.

As soon as the morning court began, someone jumped out and said that there was no problem with Xie Jiu being Princess Wenxi's tutor, but how could the family of an official stay overnight in the palace at will? It was against etiquette.

But these people were giving serious advice, but Zhao Xingjin, sitting on a high seat, looked nonchalant and indifferent.

He turned a deaf ear to them, and the ministers became increasingly bored as they spoke.

After all, Xie Jiu entered the palace under the pretext of a legitimate reason, so it was not easy for these people to confront him and directly ask, "Your Majesty, how can you have an affair with a minister's wife?"

So after a while, the sound gradually died down.

Only at this time did Zhao Xingjin raise his eyelids and speak slowly.

"Are you finished?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the audience immediately fell silent.

Zhao Xingjin's eyes swept over the court officials, and then he threw away the stack of papers at hand.

"Now that you've finished talking, let's take a look at these. I was wondering why the national treasury is so empty. It turns out it's all because of these parasites who embezzled it!" As he finished speaking, many officials below changed their expressions instantly.

Xie Mingshen, who was standing at the front row of the officials, remained calm. Together with Wei Zhang, he picked up the things on the ground. After looking through them, he immediately looked surprised and angry.

"Your Majesty, these people are so bold that they dare to embezzle so much military silver and food. They should be punished!" Wei Zhang spoke first.

Then he turned and glared at Xie Mingshen, "Master Xie, many people here have close ties to Weiyuan Marquis Wu Que. I think the Wu family must be involved. Wu Que is your son-in-law, so how involved are you in this matter?!"

"Don't spit blood on me!"

Xie Mingshen remained calm, immediately refuted, and bowed to Zhao Xingjin.

"Your Majesty, let's not talk about whether the people mentioned in these things are connected to the Wu family. Even if the Wu family is involved, I have absolutely never been involved with them. I hope Your Majesty will understand!"

At the top, Zhao Xingjin seemed to believe Xie Mingshen's words and was nodding repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, I believe that Prime Minister Xie will not collude with these parasites. Yesterday, I met the wife of the Marquis of Weiyuan. She is well-educated, gentle and virtuous. Prime Minister Xie has raised his daughter so well, so he must be honest and upright!"

When he said this, it was as if he was blinded by lust and loved everyone in his house.

Seeing this, Xie Mingshen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In the past, Zhao Xingjin always attached great importance to Wei Zhang's words. Under normal circumstances, Zhao Xingjin would definitely follow Wei Zhang's words and ask someone to investigate the Xie family.

At this moment, Xie Mingshen felt the change in Zhao Xingjin's attitude towards him. He was really glad that his daughter entered the palace. He immediately decided to repair his relationship with his daughter as soon as possible to prevent his daughter from being unwilling to use him in the future.

Zhao Xingjin seemed to have no suspicion of Xie Mingshen at all. After retracting his gaze, he only ordered in a deep voice:

"Grand Justice of the Dali Temple, listen up! Immediately investigate and prosecute the officials who embezzled military funds!"

After saying this, Zhao Xingjin announced the end of the court session and left.

Xie Mingshen also hurried out of the palace and secretly called several close ministers under his command to discuss countermeasures.

Based on his experience, Zhao Xingjin would definitely start with this and begin investigating corruption in the court.

He himself knows best whether his hands are clean or not.

We must not take it lightly and must respond early.

Compared with Xie Mingshen's nervousness and caution, Xie Jiu was actually at ease in Chengming Palace at this moment.

Although she was appointed as the princess's tutor, Zhao Xingjin did not arrange for anyone to take her to see Princess Wenxi. He only asked her to stay temporarily in a side hall of Chengming Palace.

Xie Jiu realized that Zhao Xingjin was playing a trick on her.

There was no reason for the princess's tutor to live in the emperor's residence. This clearly told others that the relationship between the two was unusual.

But it should be done more for the Xie family to see.

After thinking about it all night, Xie Jiu roughly guessed the purpose of Zhao Xingjin keeping her in the palace.

Use her to deal with the Xie family.

In his previous life, Xie Jiu had full faith in his father's character and had never noticed anything. But now that he was reborn and saw his father colluding with Wu Que, Xie Jiu realized that his father's position as an official might not be so clean.

A new emperor appoints new ministers. Would Zhao Xingjin be happy to see someone like Xie Mingshen always occupying the position of prime minister?

But the Xie family is well-established and deeply rooted, and Xie Mingshen has a great reputation and leaves no room for error. If one wants to get rid of him, one has to do it slowly and steadily.

He wanted to take revenge only on Wu Que and Xie Mingshen, but Zhao Xingjin had bigger plans. He wanted to eradicate the entire Xie family, and even the court officials who were attached to the Xie family.

This is really courting disaster. Xie Jiu lowered his eyes and sighed in his heart.

Originally, I thought she was using Zhao Xingjin to avenge herself, but now it seems that she has become a knife in Zhao Xingjin's hand, being used by him.

What will happen to her if she is no longer useful in the future?

Xie Jiu didn't dare to think too much about it. He just felt that he had just come down from the mountain of swords, and the road ahead was a sea of ​​fire.

Just as Xie Jiu was lost in worry, there was a knock on the door of the side hall and Yang Zhian's voice came from outside.

"Madam, the emperor invites you to speak in the main hall."

(End of this chapter)