Joy of Life: Starting by clinging to the eldest princess's coattails!

Chapter 139 Let Ye Liuyun make the trip.

In less than half an hour, the four officials—Prime Minister Su Shenzhi, Minister of Revenue Liu Hanjiang, Minister of War Zheng Ting, and Minister of Personnel Zhang Jianzhi—appeared at the palace gate simultaneously.

The group looked at each other but remained silent.

The rest of them knew roughly what had happened in Suzhou, but whatever the reason, Li Yunrui had gone a bit too far this time.

Who would kill an entire family the moment they go up there?

Who wouldn't be afraid of such ruthless methods? Who wouldn't worry that their own family would be the next victim?

At the same time, all four understood that His Majesty had summoned them to the palace at the same time to ask them how they viewed the matter.

In fact, Su Shenzhi couldn't understand why His Majesty insisted on suppressing Li Yunrui.

Because no matter what, Li Yunrui is just a princess.

Even if she gains power, even if she rebels directly, which official in the court would follow her?

It would be better to cultivate a good relationship with Li Yunrui, as Li Yunrui would definitely be a great help to His Majesty.

Putting aside everything else, who wouldn't be envious of Qingyutang's annual profits?

Thinking of this, Su Shenzhi shook his head and sighed softly.

Liu Hanjiang, Zheng Ting, and Zhang Shuzhi glanced at Su Shenzhi, knowing that even the old prime minister was having a headache this time.

The four of them soon arrived at the Imperial Study.

Eunuch Hou pushed open the door and stepped aside to invite the four people in.

The light in the imperial study was soft. Emperor Qing sat on a soft couch by the window, with several memorials piled on the low table in front of him.

At this moment, Emperor Qing's emotions had calmed down.

There was absolutely no trace of the rage he had displayed half an hour earlier.

The four men approached the bedchamber and bowed in reverence, saying, "Your Majesty, we, your humble servants, pay our respects."

Emperor Qing waved his hand: "Rise, all of you. Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The four people thanked him.

Emperor Qing looked at Eunuch Hou, picked up a memorial and handed it to him: "Eunuch Hou, show this memorial to Prime Minister Su and the others."

Eunuch Hou bowed and stepped forward, took the memorial with both hands, turned around and handed it to Su Shenzhi.

Although he knew the memorial was about Suzhou, Su Shenzhi still read it carefully.

As he looked at it, his brows slowly furrowed.

After reading it, he handed the memorial to Zhang Jianzhi, who was standing next to him.

Zhang Jianzhi took it, read it, and then handed it to Zheng Ting.

Finally, Liu Hanjiang also watched it.

After reading it, all four of them discovered that the memorial contained much more detail than they had known.

The imperial study was quiet for a few moments.

Emperor Qing's gaze fell on Su Shenzhi, and he asked directly, "Prime Minister, as the head of all officials, what is your view on this matter?"

Su Shenzhi cupped his hands in greeting to Emperor Qing and said, "Your Majesty, Xie Yu is the Prefect of Suzhou, and Xu Jingyuan is the Commander-in-Chief of the Suzhou Garrison. One is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, and the other is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. Perhaps we should first consider the opinions of Minister Zheng and Minister Zhang."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Ting and Zhang Jianzhi both cursed him inwardly as an old fox.

Emperor Qing's gaze fell directly on Zheng Ting and Zhang Jianzhi, and he asked, "One of you is in charge of the Ministry of War, and the other is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. Tell me."

Zhang Jianzhi glanced at Zheng Ting.

Helpless, Zheng Ting could only cup his hands and say, "Your Majesty, the situation in Suzhou is unclear, and I—cannot make a judgment. But if someone really dares to assassinate Her Highness the Princess, the Suzhou Prefect and the Suzhou Garrison have a responsibility to deal with it. The only question is, having arrested so many people, do they—have conclusive evidence?"

Emperor Qing did not express his opinion, but looked at Zhang Shuzhi.

Zhang Jianzhi cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Prefect of Suzhou has supervisory and judicial power over all officials in Suzhou, both high and low. Whether Xie Yu's actions this time followed the laws of Qing Kingdom requires further investigation by the Ministry of Personnel before a decision can be made."

Emperor Qing's eyes remained calm.

Zheng Ting and Zhang Jianzhi both meant that as long as evidence was found that Xu Jingyuan and Xie Yu's actions violated the laws of Qing Kingdom, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel would take action against Xu Jingyuan and Xie Yu.

Conversely, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel would not take any action.

He looked at Su Shenzhi and Liu Hanjiang, who had worked with Li Yunrui.

Neither of them objected.

It seems that since Li Yunrui broke the rules of the game this time, the two of them won't stop him anymore.

Now all that's left is to find evidence that Xu Jingyuan and Xie Yu violated the laws of Qing Kingdom, then he can use the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel to get rid of Xie Yu and Xu Jingyuan.

"Draft an imperial edict." Emperor Qing looked at Eunuch Hou.

Eunuch Hou hurriedly walked to the desk, spread out an imperial edict, picked up a pen, and waited for Emperor Qing to dictate it.

Emperor Qing immediately ordered: "The Censorate, the Court of Judicial Review, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Personnel shall send personnel to Suzhou to investigate the Suzhou Prefect Xie Yu and the Suzhou Garrison Commander Xu Jingyuan for their extensive detention of Suzhou officials and civilians. If any violations are found, they shall be arrested and escorted back to the capital for trial."

Zheng Ting and Zhang Jianzhi stood up, cupped their hands, and said, "Your subjects accept the decree."

"Step down." Emperor Qing waved his sleeve.

"We take our leave." The four men bowed and clasped their hands in greeting before quickly leaving the imperial study.

After their footsteps disappeared under the eaves, Emperor Qing looked at Eunuch Hou again.

"Has Ye Zhong's family all returned to Kyoto?"

Eunuch Hou bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, the Ye family, as well as the main branch of the Ye family, except for Grandmaster Ye Liuyun, are all currently in the capital."

"It's fine as long as we're in Kyoto." Emperor Qing leaned back on the soft couch, tapping his fingers lightly on the armrest. "Speaking of Ye Liuyun, I—haven't seen him for quite some time now."

His voice was calm, yet it carried an air of authority.

Eunuch Hou bowed, not daring to reply.

Your Majesty's meaning is—

"Send a Grandmaster to Suzhou." Emperor Qing's eyes turned cold. "Find Ye Liuyun and send him to Suzhou. Li Yunrui is acceptable, but that Wu Feng—must die."

Hou Gonggong was startled.

He immediately bowed and said, "This old servant will make the arrangements right away."

After saying this, he walked out of the imperial study and gently closed the door.

The imperial study fell silent.

Emperor Qing sat on a soft couch, gazing at the lake outside the window.

The lake surface shimmered, and a breeze blew in, carrying a hint of coolness.

At the palace gate.

Just as Su Shenzhi, Liu Hanjiang, Zheng Ting, and Zhang Jianzhi were about to get into their own carriages, they saw a black carriage slowly approaching.

A menacing cavalry unit followed behind them.

It's Chen Pingping and his Black Knights!

The black carriage stopped at the palace gate, and a black-clad rider carried Chen Pingping down from the carriage and placed him in a wheelchair.

Then they pushed him over.

The four of them politely bowed to Chen Pingping, addressed him as Dean Chen, and then got into their carriage and left.

Upon seeing this, Chen Pingping's expression darkened slightly, and he had a bad feeling that he might be too late.

"Go back, don't go into the palace." Chen Pingping gestured.

At this time, both the lakeside cottage and the city of Suzhou were peaceful.

Two days ago, when the people of Suzhou learned that those arrested were all for trying to harm Xiaohuangnu, they were so angry that they almost stormed into the prefectural government's jail.

Xie Yu's men almost couldn't stop him.

Lakeside Cottage.

Li Yunrui was engrossed in reading a storybook, a sickly smile occasionally creeping across his face.

"Little Wu." Li Yunrui called softly to Wu Feng, who was meditating not far away.

Wu Feng opened his eyes, got up and walked to Li Yunrui's side, asking softly, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

She pointed to the words "purple stepmother dress" on the page and asked in a soft voice, "Stepmother dress—what kind of dress is that? This Empress—"

Want to try it————

Wu Feng did not respond immediately. Looking at Li Yunrui's plump body and her increasingly protruding belly, he couldn't help but swallow.