Chapter 458: The Tyrant is Actually a Very Good Person (4)Accompanied the emperor to have meals.
Jiang Xianyun was arranged to enter the Qingyu Palace.
This palace is very close to where the emperor lives. Just turn the corner on the right and you will arrive. Logically, only a concubine who is favored by the emperor can live in such a place.
However, since the emperor said he would give it to her, it would be useless for others to object.
The Qingyu Palace is very spacious, with a main hall, two side halls, and the residence of the palace maids and eunuchs. There are independent gardens and courtyards, small bridges and flowing water, leisurely and elegant, very suitable for living.
Jiang Xianyun fell in love with this place as soon as he arrived.
"Empress Rong, please come this way."
The eunuch Li Degui who was following her stretched out his hand to lead her. "Madam Rong, this is the main hall of Qingyu Palace. You will live here from now on. I will arrange for someone to serve you later."
After taking a look at the eunuch who was showing his courtesy, Jiang Xianyun nodded slightly.
"Then I'll trouble you, father-in-law."
Li Degui smiled and said, "It's no trouble. It's my honor to work for you, Your Majesty."
What he said was true. This lady was different from the concubines in the harem. She was the only concubine that the emperor had ever favored. There would be more blessings in the future. If she could get pregnant, she might be the crown prince of Xisheng State.
Thinking of this, the smile on his face grew even wider.
"If your Majesty is tired, please take a rest first. I will go and select some palace maids to serve you."
"it is good."
After Li Degui left, Jiang Xianyun did feel unwell.
Some images subconsciously came to my mind, wondering how that posture was achieved.
The furnishings in her bedroom were precise and luxurious, with screens, desks, and a soft couch by the window.
Wait until she wakes up and then take a look at where she lives.
Just lie down and rest.
Jiang Xianyun slept until the afternoon.
As for Zhao Junrui, he met with the ministers in the side hall of Qianyuan Palace, and then spent the entire afternoon reviewing memorials.
At this moment, there were several memorials scattered on the floor beside the desk in the emperor's bedroom.
The emperor sat at the desk with a gloomy face.
Zhao Junrui threw the memorial in his hand to the ground and stood up.
"Tell the Minister of Industry to come and see me,"
The Minister of Works was accompanying his concubine at this time when he suddenly received a summons from the emperor in the palace. He felt a little panicked.
Why did His Majesty summon him at this time? Maybe something big happened. He suddenly thought of the flood in Yizhou a few days ago. He became even more worried.
to the palace.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you. Long live your Majesty."
The Minister of Works knelt down and saluted the moment he saw the emperor.
The emperor, who was sitting at the desk, smiled.
"Your Majesty! I should be thankful that I have a subject like you and I didn't die early. How can I live forever?"
The Minister of Works' expression changed and he lowered his head.
"Your Majesty, I am terrified."
The emperor reached out and threw the evidence collected by the secret guards on the table directly at him. "Take a good look, you are really capable. Do you know how many people died in the flood in Yizhou this time?"
Upon hearing this, the Minister of Works' body went limp.
He looked at the crimes on the ground and his body trembled slightly.
Zhao Junrui looked at him and said in a cold voice, "Yizhou has a lot of rain. I checked the terrain and had people build river embankments in advance just in case. I ordered you to be in charge of this matter and gave you 200,000 taels of silver. Tell me why the built river embankments could not withstand this year's floods."
"Come here, let me listen to your excuses and your stories."
The Minister of Works looked pale, but he was still making his last struggle.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know. Please understand. I didn't know that the people below were so bold as to do such a treasonous thing."
"Oh, it's clear."
Zhao Junrui stood up, walked out of the desk and kicked him to the ground with such force that the Minister of Works hit his face hard on the ground and two of his teeth fell out.
The Minister of Works’ surname was Xu, and his given name was Xu Jingfu. Perhaps his parents gave him this name because they wanted him to become rich and powerful.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I am innocent." Xu Jingfu quickly stood up and knelt down.
Zhao Junrui was so angry that he laughed.
"Of the two hundred thousand taels of silver, one hundred thousand taels are probably in your pocket. Do you think I'm a fool? You cut corners and used a batch of discarded inferior materials. If I hadn't sent someone to check it out, they wouldn't have known that this was the river embankment you built for me. Is that a river embankment? It can be crushed by hand. How can it withstand a flood? You've really brought shame upon me to the enemy country, you son of a bitch."
How could this happen? He had thought it was impossible to happen. Who knew if there would be a flood? He thought the emperor was just making a fuss and wasting money.
So building the river bank was just a show. Who would have thought that three years later, when he had almost forgotten about it, he heard that Yizhou had suffered a flood.
It’s over.
He's done.
"Your Majesty, spare my life."
"Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I am willing to atone for my sins and give away all my wealth to help with disaster relief. I beg Your Majesty to spare the lives of my family members."
"I'll spare you."
"Those dead people can come back to life? If we just say we did something wrong and forget about it, then are the laws of Xisheng country just for show?"
Zhao Junrui said coldly.
"Someone is coming."
A group of people came in from outside.
These are the imperial guards surrounding the emperor.
Several people walked forward and knelt on one knee.
"I will see you, Your Majesty."
Zhao Junrui walked forward, grabbed the sword of the twitching imperial guard, and chopped the Minister of Works to death.
Blood instantly splattered all over the ground, and the Minister of Works fell down with his eyes wide open.
"Minister of Works Xu Jingfu passed off inferior goods as good ones and embezzled 100,000 silver coins that were meant for river embezzlement, which led to the flood and countless casualties. Today I will kill him as a sacrifice to the gods, confiscate his property, and implicate all the others in the case and put them in jail and behead them in public in autumn. All nine members of the Xu family will be exiled to Yizhou to build river ladders."
He threw the knife to the guard.
"Drag them away and hang their bodies on the city wall for three days. Let the ministers passing by on their way to court have a good look at them. I hope they won't be the next ones to be hung there."
He didn't mind cutting a few more if he didn't do anything. At worst, he could open a special session next time and get another batch of useful ones.
Li Degui, the eunuch who served the emperor, was already accustomed to such things. He was so calm that he ordered his eunuchs to fetch water, mop the floor, and use incense to ensure that the palace was clean and free of any odor.
On this piece of land in front of him, the number of ministers who died could not be counted on one hand. The emperor was not short of ministers, and if one died, the next one would take his place, which was not a big deal at all.
"Send the Governor of Yizhou to see you."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
……
Soon, the whole imperial capital knew that the emperor was furious and had beheaded the Minister of Works.
Some people sighed, while others sneered.
"It's good that he died. That old fellow was a tyrant. I have disliked him for a long time."
Some people think that the emperor is indeed a tyrant, killing people is like eating. Others are worried and hope that the emperor's anger has subsided, otherwise tomorrow's court session may not be easy.
The next three days.
Zhao Junrui did not set foot in the harem because he was too busy to have any time.
The body of the Minister of Works was still hanging at the city gate. They could see it every day when they passed by. The astronomical officials started to have nightmares in the past two days.
The military officers, on the other hand, were very calm, and some even commented on how His Majesty's moves were quick, fierce, and accurate.
The people think that the emperor did a good job and that corrupt officials deserve to die.
As for Jiang Xianyun, he had good food and drink in Qingyu Palace, and there were people massaging his legs and shoulders, and his skin turned pale.
【Xiaohua, I have fallen. 】
Jiang Xianyun leaned sideways on the soft couch and ate grapes peeled by the palace maid beside him. This is the legendary life of a parasite~(▽~).
I am bored.
[Xiaohua, what is the emperor doing? He has not been seen for a few days.]
00985 Emperor's Childbirth System: [Busy with disaster relief, killing people, lighting lamps and reviewing memorials late at night, and last night I went crazy because of a headache and locked myself in a dark room all night. Host, why don't you care about your man? 】
Now that I think about it, it's not easy for this emperor.
There were people who came up to her during the past few days while she was living in Qingyu Palace, but Jiang Xianyun was too lazy to pay attention to them.
