After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

"Your Majesty doesn't like Mr. Lu?" Aunt Fanghua asked.

Ye Qinghuai fell into silence.

she does not know.

The relationship between her and Lu Yanchen was far less pure than Qin Baozhu. There were too many things between them, which made her unable to see her heart clearly.

"I did like him, but what I liked was not the real Lu Yanchen. What I liked was Lu Yanchen, a scholar who was rich in knowledge but cool and self-possessed. However, the real Lu Yanchen could kill enemies on horseback with a single stroke.

With hundreds of enemies, I ordered secret guards to privately rob the prison, and with a lot of money in hand, I secretly funded the students' uprising. I know nothing about the real Lu Yanchen, how can I dare to say that I like him?"

"What Mr. Lu did without His Majesty's knowledge was done for Your Majesty. Whether he killed someone or started an uprising, it was all for Your Majesty." Aunt Fanghua was rarely excited.

"For me? He used to hide his clumsiness in front of me. Is it also for my own good? He can hold this sharp blade in my hand today, but who knows if he will turn the blade to face me tomorrow!"

"Your Majesty!" Aunt Fanghua suddenly raised her voice and interrupted Ye Qinghuai. She looked at Ye Qinghuai in disbelief, as if she didn't know her, "Mr. Lu came to the palace single-handedly for you and was injured like that.

He looks like he almost died, how can you say such things to question him? If Mr. Lu knew, he would... how chilling he would be. Can't His Majesty see that he likes you?"

Ye Qinghuai's pupils trembled slightly, then his face darkened, and he asked: "Why did aunt say this?"

Only then did Aunt Fanghua realize that she had made a mistake. She lowered her head and said, "During the day, when my servant helped Dr. Zhou change Mr. Lu's dressing, he woke up once. But he was not quite conscious yet. He was confused.

I vaguely saw the slave and called out...'Qinghuai'."

Ye Qinghuai was surprised at first, and then asked: "Is this why my aunt thinks he likes me? I'm afraid she's a bit arbitrary."

"I have watched His Majesty grow up, but even if I talk in my sleep, I will not call you by your first name when I think of Your Majesty, let alone Mr. Lu. Moreover," Aunt Fanghua sighed vaguely, "If Your Majesty hears Mr.

No matter how you call me, you will feel that Sir pleases His Majesty."

Ye Qinghuai's heart moved slightly, but he quickly calmed down and said, "Not to mention what he really thinks about me and why he has these thoughts. Even if I really are in love with him, my aunt told me

, what should I do? Should I tell the world that I am a woman and hire him as the husband of the country? Or reject the marriage between the Gu family and the Chen family and make a private life with him? Aunt, Concubine Lan's body has not been buried yet! I am no longer Ye Ye

I am in love with you, I am the Emperor of Suihe!"

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Then, Ye Qinghuai restrained his energy and murmured: "It can only be Emperor Suihe."

She looked at Aunt Fanghua, her expression returned to calm, and said: "Auntie, I haven't had such an argument with me in how many years. What happened today?"

Aunt Fanghua's eyes filled with tears and she said: "Your Majesty, I cannot watch you fall in love with a woman. If the Queen Mother had known better, she would have felt sorry for herself. You have never had the happiness of a girl's family since you were born.

It’s been hard enough…”

Ye Qinghuai interrupted her: "Why am I suffering? There are too many people in the world who are suffering more than me."

She sighed and said to Aunt Fanghua: "Aunt, I'm tired. You should also rest."

——

The next morning, as soon as the court opened, Du Jing, the Minister of Punishment, came out to start the memorial.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Punishment suddenly investigated the case of the suspect switching of the three divisions overnight. After investigation, it was found that the case was committed by Qian Deliang, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment. Because he had a personal grudge with Wang Lisong, he secretly changed the suspect before the three divisions' joint trial, which led to confusion and misleading of the case.

Thoughts on the trial. Yesterday, when I went to his house to pick up someone, he had already committed suicide in fear of guilt. Before committing suicide, he left a handwritten confession, which I respectfully read to the emperor."

After saying that, he raised the sealed handwriting in his hand and handed it to Li Baoquan.

Ye Qinghuai took the handwritten letter. The envelope was sealed with wax and stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Punishments. The palm print was intact.

She opened the thick handwritten letter and read it.

Qian Deliang described in detail how he replaced Wang Lisong with Song Zhe, at what time and by what means he bribed whom, listing them one by one with meticulous logic.

For a person who is about to commit suicide, it is incredibly calm to write such a detailed handwriting before his death.

If it weren't for the fact that there were only two ministers in the Ministry of Justice, and they were of the third rank and held real power, Gu Shihai would not use outsiders in such a position, and Ye Qinghuai would have doubted whether Qian Deliang was the scapegoat.

Qian Deliang could take all the blame for the crime at this moment and then "commit suicide out of fear of crime". This is probably a move by the Ministry of Punishment to retreat in order to advance and abandon the car to protect the commander.

"Have all the principals and jailers mentioned in his confession been dealt with one by one?" Ye Qinghuai asked while looking through it.

"Your Majesty, everyone has been captured and is being interrogated one by one. No one will slip through the net." After answering, Du Jing knelt down and said, "I am the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and there has been such a big mistake in the Ministry of Punishment.

I failed to notice it in time, so I should bear joint and several responsibility. The crime is the same as dereliction of duty. Please punish me."

Ye Qinghuai looked at his figure kowtowing at the foot of the stairs, and then raised his head to look at Gu Shihai.

Gu Shihai was looking at her with a calm expression.

Their eyes met, Ye Qinghuai's expression darkened.

She withdrew her gaze and said to Du Jing, who was kneeling at the foot of the steps: "Although you have been guilty of this case before, the fault does not lie with you. Moreover, this time the investigation was good, it was handled quickly, the merits and demerits were balanced, and there were no rewards or punishments. Get up."

.”

Gu Shihai took the initiative to sacrifice a minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the implication was that the matter could be settled with him.

Ye Qinghuai decided to sell him this face.

She had no intention of punishing Du Jing in this way.

It was just a crime of negligence. At most, he would be demoted one level. The punishment was too light.

Du Jing got up from the ground, his face turned pale. He slowly took two steps back and returned to where he was standing.

"Du Jing, please recommend another person to fill the vacancy of the Minister of Justice." Ye Qinghuai said.

When she said this, everyone in the court looked at her with surprise, including Gu Shihai.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Punishment has just made such a big mistake. Before the case has been investigated and closed, it is inappropriate for the Ministry of Justice to recommend candidates from within." Yan Guan added.

"The Ministry of Punishment now has a backlog of several major cases to handle, and it's the right time to hire people. Moreover, the Ministry of Punishment's regulations are cumbersome and it's hard for outsiders to get involved. Let's bring in someone from within to take care of it first, so as not to delay the handling of the case." Ye Qinghuai said.

"In addition, I have several personnel changes to inform you. The former commander of the Forbidden Army, Luo Zichang, has been dismissed from his post and suspended. I will temporarily take charge of the commander of the Forbidden Army. Chu Dingguo, the former captain of the Twelve Guards of the Forbidden Army's Right Yamen Guard Outpost, has been promoted to the right of the Forbidden Army.

General Wuwei of the Yamen Guards. In addition, the Imperial Master Lu Yanchen, as a foreign minister, rode his horse to kill people in the palace. Although he was ordered to protect him, it was against the teacher's ethics, so he resigned from the position of Imperial Master and returned to the Taiqing Pavilion.

Bachelor. I am grateful for his profound kindness as a teacher and his talent for long-term control, and I specifically order him to join the government from now on."