Chapter 673: Close to the face and open up
Chapter 673: Close to the face and open up
“How outrageous!” Emperor Jingyang shouted angrily. He pointed at Ji Yuntang, his fingertips trembling.
"Princess Ye, you are just a woman, how dare you interfere in the affairs of the court?"
"I'm talking to the Night King, you have no right to interrupt me, why don't you get out of here and stay."
Ji Yuntang looked at him and sneered, "Your Majesty, don't forget that it was you who sent Eunuch Zhang to invite my husband and me into the palace."
"I am actually married to His Majesty the Night King, so his affairs are my affairs. I cannot just watch him being wronged and remain indifferent."
Seeing that Emperor Jingyang had a very ugly expression on his face, Ji Yuntang raised her eyebrows and continued to move closer to his face and opened the camera wide.
"Your Majesty, don't forget that I am the champion of Canglang Poetry Talk. In the law test, I scored a perfect score of 100."
"Others may not be qualified to comment on state affairs, but as this term's crown prince, I am well versed in laws and policies, and I am qualified to give advice to the court."
"This rule was set by Master Mei of Qingyun Pavilion. I think I am right, right?"
Her words blocked what Emperor Jingyang was about to say next.
His angry curses were stuck in his throat, unable to rise or fall, tormenting him to the point of being extremely uncomfortable.
Ji Yuntang was right. The harem could not interfere in government affairs, and the inner chambers were even less qualified to do so.
But as the winner of this year's Canglang Poetry Talk, she is qualified to be a woman official.
Therefore, the opinions put forward by Ji Yuntang could still be adopted by the court.
Back then, she proposed the strategy of opening girls' schools and revising the laws.
After these valuable suggestions were implemented by the court, they received unanimous praise from the people.
As for the other three countries, after using Ji Yuntang's suggestions, their capabilities in all aspects were significantly improved.
Even if Emperor Jingyang didn't want to agree with this, he couldn't help but admit her excellence.
Emperor Jingyang thought of this, suppressed his anger, and asked: "You keep saying that the case of smuggling salt has nothing to do with the Night King, then do you have any evidence to prove it?"
Luo Junhe pursed his lips and said, "I was looking for some evidence, but that evidence was destroyed by someone three years ago."
"The people from the Ministry of Justice came to the Night Prince's Mansion and told him that I had hidden thousands of kilograms of contraband salt in my villa outside the capital and was smuggling it for sale."
"I just want to ask, if they are so sure that I did it, why did they capture my two guards and convict them?"
"Besides, what evidence do they have to prove that this private salt was hidden in the other courtyard by me?"
Emperor Jingyang said unhappily: "It was found in your villa. Who else could it be if it wasn't you who hid it?"
Ji Yuntang sneered, "According to what the emperor said, His Royal Highness Ye Wang is so stupid?"
"He knew clearly that smuggling salt was a capital crime, yet he still blatantly hid thousands of kilograms of salt in his own courtyard. Was he afraid that others wouldn't find out?"
Emperor Jingyang: "..."
He also felt that something was wrong with this matter, but he didn't want to admit it.
After all, if Luo Junhe wasn't stupid, then he would be the stupid one.
At the beginning, after the case came out, he just went with the flow and did not want the Ministry of Justice to thoroughly investigate the whole thing.
In the eyes of Emperor Jingyang, Luo Junhe's achievements were so great that he posed a great threat to him.
At that time, he was worried that he could not find a reason to take back the military power from Luo Junhe.
The smuggling of salt cases gave Emperor Jingyang an opportunity to confiscate his military power.
To him, he didn't lose anything.
Not only that, he also confiscated the tiger talisman from Luo Junhe's hand, thus solving his biggest worry and obtaining thousands of kilograms of contraband salt for free.
why not?
It is precisely because of this that Emperor Jingyang wants to settle this case as soon as possible.
Therefore, when the ministers put pressure on him, he immediately put pressure on the Dali Temple and asked them to close the case.
He is now confused about who the culprit is.
But he knew that the other party must want Luo Junhe to die.
However, what surprised Emperor Jingyang was that Luo Junhe would actually stand up and bring up the case again.
He was feeling resentful, so naturally his tone of voice was not very good.
"The case from three years ago, whether it was you who did it or not, has been closed. I don't want to pursue it any further."
"But you two should never have gone to Liangzhoukou to rob the prison, released all the prisoners, and allowed them to beat the mayor of Liangzhoukou to death."
"Do you know how much trouble and impact this has brought to the court?"
Luo Junhe's eyes were calm. He looked at Emperor Jingyang and said, "The mayor of Liangzhoukou has done many evil things and deserves to die. I don't think that my wife and I have done anything wrong."
"Jiang Wangbei arrested people everywhere, tortured and killed innocent girls, and teamed up with merchants to raise the price of rice and oppress the people."
"He knew that Liangzhoukou was suffering from drought and the people had not harvested any crops for half a year. A large number of people starved to death, but he still did not allow the people to spontaneously ask the capital for help."
"Doing this is equivalent to forcing the people into a desperate situation, isn't it?"
After Luo Junhe finished speaking, Ji Yuntang also said: "Ahe is right. The people in Liangzhoukou have long been resentful of Jiang Wangbei. They need a chance to vent."
"It's a good thing for such a corrupt official to die like this. Doesn't the emperor think we are getting rid of harm for the people?"
"It's fine that the emperor didn't reward us, but he also blamed us for causing trouble. May I ask what kind of trouble have we caused to Liangzhoukou?"
Emperor Jingyang: "..."
Emperor Jingyang: "!!!"
He didn't expect that Luo Junhe and Ji Yuntang would find excuses to refute everything he said.
Everything they said made sense, and he couldn't find any words to refute it.
In his opinion, it was a disgrace to the royal family for a prince and princess to carry out a prison break openly.
Then, they are causing trouble for the court.
But looking at it from another perspective, Luo Junhe and Ji Yuntang solved the drought problem for Liangzhoukou, helped them get rid of corrupt officials, and also helped them solve the problem of food.
So in the eyes of the people, they are the saviors and benefactors of Liangzhoukou.
Emperor Jingyang suddenly felt a headache.
Before sending Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe here, he had already thought of how to punish them.
Even if they don’t die this time, they will be skinned alive.
Unexpectedly, what was supposed to be a conviction meeting turned into a debate contest between the two of them and themselves.
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