No one expected that the truth of the matter was like this. The imperial court had always opposed bribery, and even if some people had dirty hands and feet, it would have to be done in private.

But Xue Zhao and his group directly demanded and bribed him, and they did so blatantly. They went to other restaurants to eat and drink the best, and after eating, they wiped their mouths and left.

How can such a good thing happen in this world?

Even so, some people were still unwilling to accept it and continued: "Even so, Mrs. Jiang of the Lu family should not use such methods. What does this make the people think? They don't know how to discuss it behind the scenes. The court is talking about the emperor!"

"What Mr. Zhang said is wrong!"

Mr. Kang was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but stand up.

He glanced at Mr. Zhang and continued: "Mrs. Lu is helping the emperor to clean up the moths. What's wrong? Besides, it doesn't matter if the people know, they can just let them discuss it. Discussion, after all, the emperor loves the people as his own son, even if it is a discussion, it will only be a good discussion, rather than spreading some bad rumors. Does Mr. Zhang think that the emperor does not have a good image in the eyes of the people?"

He easily flattered the emperor, and at the same time he bit Mr. Zhang back, which was really high.

The man was so angry that his face turned green, but he still held back the anger in his heart and expressed his loyalty to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of doing this!"

"Okay, I very much support Mrs. Lu's approach in this matter. These people should be given a long memory. Everyone involved will be demoted to the common people with a fifty-fifty ban. They will never have the opportunity to become an official in this life. In addition, these people's families are not strictly governed. , all the officials at home and in the government will be demoted two levels and fined for one year. I hope that all the beloved ministers will take this as a warning."

This punishment is too severe, demoted two levels, God knows, raised two How difficult is it and how many years of hard work will it take?

What's more, the original yamen was downgraded by two levels, and the position was replaced by his former subordinate officials, and they changed from leaders to petty officials. There must have been offenses in the yamen over the years. People, the days ahead will be more difficult than imagined.

A group of people originally thought that the emperor was already wary of the Lu family, and if they took the opportunity to speak ill of Jiang Jiuniang, the emperor would definitely push the boat towards them. However, they did not expect that the emperor would be so strong in favor of the Lu family. Then What was the meaning of the temptation at the previous banquet? Tried to be lonely?

It wasn’t until the matter came to a conclusion that Lu Baichuan slowly stood up and said, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for upholding justice for my wife. The Cao family’s affairs have made progress. Your Majesty, please take a look.”
< br />This is his thank you gift to the emperor.

Since they came back, none of them have cared about the Cao family's affairs. The emperor's people have been dealing with it for such a long time, but there has been no progress at all. In fact, Lu Baichuan has always been on his hands.All these evidences were supposed to be given to the emperor after he returned to court, but the emperor tested his wife like that at the banquet, so he kept the evidences, which came in handy this time.

The emperor did not expect that Lu Baichuan could give him such a surprise. It seemed that although he was expressing his anger on the surface during this period, he actually went to help him check it out in private.

Thinking of what I had done before, I couldn’t help but feel regret again.

The emperor was happy, but some people in the court were panicked. They were the people who had dealings with the Cao family. They thought that if Lu Baichuan did not intervene in this matter, many things would not be discovered. , but Lu Baichuan made such a move, so cruel!

Everyone felt weak standing up, their legs were so weak, I just hoped that I had not been found out.

The little eunuch handed the things that Lu Baichuan took out to the emperor. When the emperor opened it and took a look, the smile on his face froze instantly.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at the crowd of civil and military officials below. His face was so gloomy that it made people feel that he was about to be dragged out and chopped down in the next moment.

"Okay, very good!"

The emperor sneered, feeling that he was too kind to these people, otherwise he would not have raised so many moths.

Since he came to the throne, he has been cracking down on officials who engage in improper activities in order to avoid the occurrence of officials protecting each other. As a result, such things still exist in the court, and many people are implicated.

He read out a string of names, and a group of people came out. They didn’t bother to say more and just went to jail.

Coincidentally, several of these people happened to be the elders of Xue Zhao’s group.

Xue Zhao’s father was among them.

Ever since, the morning meeting was originally meant to denounce Jiang Jiuniang’s extreme behavior, but unexpectedly it turned into a clean-up in the hall, with everyone in the hall wailing, but no one dared to intercede.

Fortunately, he was only imprisoned and not directly convicted.

After all, this evidence was handed over by Lu Baichuan alone. It has not been verified. It must be verified according to the above content before he can be convicted.

But even this was enough to keep the courtiers clamping their tails for a long time.

Outside the palace, Jiang Jiuniang didn't know what happened in the court. She had someone carry a chair and sit at the door of the restaurant, waiting for the people on the street to come back.

Since she was idle anyway, she asked those who came to redeem someone to hand over the money in advance for verification. If the amount was correct, they could pack it up and take it away as soon as the person came back, without having to worry about queuing. .

Xue Zhao’s mother was screaming at the side.Even though her son was so injured, he was forced to be paraded on the street. The Lu family was determined to make things difficult for the Xue family. She had already thought about it. When she picked up her son back in the evening, she would ask her husband to contact her. The connections in the family joined forces to bring down the Lu family and avenge her son!

The capital of the country is very big. The so-called street parade means that you have to visit all the main streets. If you can complete the tour today, it will be considered good.

So, the people waiting at the door to watch the excitement went to the restaurant to eat. Even if something like this happened, the restaurant's business was so good that many customers had no seats and had to wait in line. Food.

At noon, the news from the palace finally came out. The young man from the Xue family came over panting and said in a panic: "Madam, it's not good!"

Mrs. After taking a few breaths, he said: "Something happened to the master! He was found to have contact with the Cao family in the morning, and he has been sent to prison!"

"What, what!"

Mrs. Xue screamed, rolled her eyes and fainted.

The Xue family was in a mess. Before the other families had time to watch the excitement, they saw someone from their own family coming to tell them that something had happened at home as well.

The entrance to the restaurant was very busy for a while. Jiang Jiuniang spoke to Mrs. Yu with a scared look on her face: "Fortunately, we asked them to pay the money before, otherwise they would not be able to take care of us now. ."

Mrs. Yu nodded matter-of-factly: "Three brothers and sisters, you have the foresight!"

Jiang Jiuniang originally wanted to wait outside for the parade team to come back and then collectively shock them. Unfortunately, now that something like this has happened, these people can't make any waves anymore. They suddenly felt bored, got up and walked inside, saying: "Sister-in-law, let's go and count the money!"