Chapter 67 Blade’s edge (1)
On the third day of the court meeting, the officials of the Eastern Palace’s fraction didn’t begin with their arguments yet, when they received an accusation of misconducting. The attack was so fierce that it made every one of the Eastern Palace turn pale and they trembled.
Sir Wang of the imperial censor accused the head of the Ministry of Revenue sir Li for confiscating the tribute to the court as his personal belonging, stuffing his own pocket and is a corrupt official who hid everything from his superiors and take unfair advantage of those below him…
Sir Sun of the Ministry of Justice accused sir Dai of the Ministry of Revenue for embezzling the silver of the state treasury, causing misfortune to the country and is the moth of the court. He also accused the son of sir Wang of the Ministry of Appointments to have entered an evil cult and colluded with the renegades to rebel against the emperor. This crime should be punished with the death…
Boom, sir Wang knelt suddenly and kowtowed at emperor Jinghui. He said with grief and indignation, “This subject had been wronged. This subject’s son had always been obedient and filial. How could he have had colluded with the rebels? This is framing this subject, Your Majesty, please investigate carefully!” While he spoke, he glared at sir Sun of the Ministry of Justice with a gaze of wanting to eat him, “Sir Sun, you framed a colleague and made false accusation against somebody. Do you know that this is a serious crime? If you can’t put evidence in front of me, in front of the emperor, I must get justice!”
Sir Wang panicked. He couldn’t not panic. Colluding with the renegades and intend to rebel, this was a serious felony which could get his entire clan exterminated! Therefore, he must get rid of the suspicion. If not, he doesn’t have to explain anything more in front of the emperor and could just go die.
Sir Li and sir Dai of the Ministry of Revenue also had long knelt. While they shouted that they suffered injustice, they glared fiercely at sir Wang of the imperial censor and sir Sun of the Ministry of Justice as if they wanted to eat them.
They couldn’t understand. They haven’t offended them, why would they doom them to death for no apparent reason?
Suddenly, cold sweat broke out on sir Li’s forehead. He seemed to have understood something. Both eyes looked in terror at the figure standing next to the dragon chair and his body shivered. That figure seemed to have noticed the gaze and casted him a sidelong glance. There was a mocking smile at the corners of his mouth.
This smile was so evil in the eyes of sir Li that all the blood in his body froze. Sir Li knew that if the person above really intervened in this matter or is the mastermind, then he would have complete assurance to let them admit to the crime.
He glanced at the two other people. They haven’t noticed the strangeness of the matter yet. They still looked with bloodshot eyes at the person who had accused them. Sir Li felt miserable, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. His eyes shot at Situ Yaohua who was standing in the place closest to emperor Jinghui’s dragon chair. He was their last hope!
At this time, Situ Yaohua also realized the strangeness so the matter. Originally, they deliberately wanted to take a step back today to let emperor Jinghui be biased towards them, but he never expected that Lin Qing wouldn’t play according to the reasonable way!
At this time, emperor Jinghui’s face was already ashen. These people at court preached for another to be punished yesterday, today, they had been accused by others. Are they clean? Are they qualified to speak about others?!
Furthermore, keeping the tribute as one’s private possession, utilize the silver of the state treasury and colluding with the rebels; if these crimes were confirmed, then, who were these people standing below the court with him (SY)? Could he still trust them?!
Situ Yaohua wanted to stand out and say something when he saw that the situation was not good, but emperor Jinghui motioned to stop him. Emperor Jinghui suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, “Lin Qing, let the Prefecture of Arrest find out about these within three days! Must give me an explanation within three days!”
The Prefecture of Arrest is under his direct command and it was rumored to do things for him. It is his most confident confidant. He would only feel relieved leaving the matter to Lin Qing. Moreover, the spies of the Department of Supervision were everywhere. It couldn’t be more appropriate to let them handle the matter.
Three days? Lin Qing smiled. He said respectfully and humbly to emperor Jinghui, “Your Majesty, because of the importance of the matter, sir Wang and sir Sun already mentioned this matter to this subject before the impeachment. For Your Majesty, this subject naturally would devote all my energy, do my utmost best and go through fire and water to investigate this matter!”
“Then, does this mean that you already have the results?” Emperor Jinghui asked surprised. At the same time, he got a bad premonition. Since the two officials, Wang and Sun, dared to mention this matter, then it meant that they already have enough evidence to prove that their accusations were true!
“Submit the result of your investigation”! Emperor Jinghui said angrily.
Lin Qing clapped. Under the eyes of the officials, an official of the Prefecture of Arrest respectfully held a pile of information that he had found. He quickly stepped into the hall from the outside. A small eunuch took over the information and respectfully handed it to Lin Qing. Finally, Lin Qing personally handed it to emperor Jinghui.
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