Chapter 1536

On the day of the sacrifice, an earthquake occurred, and the first to bear the brunt was the Imperial Observatory.

The date was set by the Imperial Observatory—an auspicious day, lucky and beneficial!

And the result was this?

The Director of the Imperial Observatory led the entire Imperial Observatory to kneel at the palace gate to plead guilty. If the Emperor did not tell them to get up, they dared not get up!

Next was the Ministry of Rites!

This sacrifice to Heaven was a collaboration between the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Observatory. The Imperial Observatory deserved to die, and the Ministry of Rites deserved to die just as much. His Majesty was almost...

Emperor Jian Shi had gauze wrapped around his forehead, seeping blood!

At the moment of the earthquake, sacrificial vessels fell down. Fortunately, Wang Defa blocked it, otherwise the consequences would have been more serious.

Emperor Jian Shi was furious.

"Cut them! Drag them all out and cut them!"

Anyone who has a bad start to the new year wants to cut people. Not to mention Emperor Jian Shi, who is an emperor; his temper was not very good to begin with, and at this moment, his anger was soaring, and he just wanted to kill until the blood flowed like a river to vent his hatred.

The death of the previous emperor was a joke, a laughingstock for the whole world.

Now, it was his turn, and he finally knew the taste, which was comparable to coptis chinensis.

His dignity as an emperor, his majesty as an emperor, were all smashed to pieces today because of an earthquake.

If he hadn't gone to sacrifice to Heaven today, everything would have been fine.

But he chose to sacrifice to Heaven today!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became; he drew his sword and walked toward the palace gate. He wanted to personally slaughter the people of the Imperial Observatory—a bunch of trash!

"Your Majesty, calm your anger!"

"Your Majesty, you must not!"

"How can Your Majesty execute court officials in the hall!"

The officials saw what the Emperor was going to do, and they were all anxious!

The Emperor can get angry, can order execution, can exterminate the nine clans, but he cannot personally kill people. The Emperor should have the appearance of an emperor.

"Don't stop me! Whoever dares to stop me, I will cut whoever it is."

"If Your Majesty must kill someone, the most deserving to die are Consort Jing and her son. I ask Your Majesty to grant Consort Jing and her son death."

The noisy hall instantly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Emperor Jian Shi turned his head slowly, crackling, wanting to see who was so unafraid of death that they dared to provoke him at this time.

The court officials also turned their heads one after another, wanting to see who was so brave that they dared to add fuel to the fire. They actually dragged Consort Jing and her son into it.

Looking closely, oh, it turned out to be the bravest censor of the Censorate, who had deeply learned the true teachings of Zhao Mingqiao, the hot-blooded young faction representative in the capital, Wei Huaizhang.

"Zhang Yushi Wei, shut up!"

Xie Changling suddenly spoke, "Nonsense, roaring in the Golden Throne Hall—drag him out and beat him with boards!"

Saying it was beating with boards was actually protecting the person.

However, Wei Huaizhang obviously did not want to appreciate it and continued to stand out very bravely, "Since last year, Your Majesty has exclusively favored Consort Jing, and later exclusively favored Prince Rui, and the Great Gan state and nation have begun to suffer, with smoke and fire everywhere, and even Heaven cannot stand it. On the day of the grand ceremony of sacrificing to Heaven, an earthquake was sent down.

This is a warning from Heaven, warning Your Majesty not to continue to be muddled and not to be a muddled ruler! I humbly request Your Majesty to issue an edict to execute Consort Jing and her son. Consort Jing is a demon consort who brings disaster to the country and the people, and Prince Rui is an evil prince who snatches the fortune of the Great Gan state and nation! For the sake of the Great Gan state and nation, Your Majesty must not be womanishly benevolent!"

Emperor Jian Shi, with scarlet eyes, dragged his sword and walked slowly toward Wei Huaizhang, "Who told you to say that? The Noble Consort or the Empress, or one of my good sons?"

A look of fear flashed in Wei Huaizhang's eyes, and then he continued to stiffen his neck, looking fearless.

"No one instigated me; what I said before was all from the bottom of my heart. I ask Your Majesty to accept the admonition!"

"Just because of you?" Emperor Jian Shi suddenly laughed out loud, "Someone, drag this dog thief, this rebellious subject who sows discord between the father and son of the Heavenly Family, out, put him in prison, and investigate strictly! You must find out who instigated him and why he jumped out today, at this very moment. Today is the grand sacrificial ceremony; could it be that someone is plotting! Investigate, investigate fiercely, investigate to the end! No matter who you find, catch them all for me!"

Emperor Jian Shi's face was ferocious, and his pair of scarlet eyes looked extremely terrifying.

When the Son of Heaven is angry, blood flows and pestles float!

All the officials present were frightened.

Wei Huaizhang's roar echoed in the hall, "No one instigated me... muddled ruler, muddled ruler will not die well!"

Xie Changling was still calm, giving the eunuchs a look, letting them go forward to take the sword from the Emperor's hand.

However, the eunuchs dared not; they were afraid of death!

"Your Majesty, things have come to this, let's think about how to deal with the aftermath first!" Xie Changling reminded him.

Emperor Jian Shi smiled coldly, threw away the sword in his hand, and said, "Put everyone in the Imperial Observatory into the Heavenly Prison and investigate strictly! The Three Judicial Offices, investigate the Ministry of Rites from top to bottom for me fiercely. I don't believe we can't find the problem! Everyone in the Ministry of Rites is not allowed to take a step out of the office without an edict."

"Your Majesty, you must not! This year is the year of the grand examination, and in twenty days it will be the metropolitan examination. If you keep the Ministry of Rites personnel under guard, what will happen to the subsequent metropolitan examination?"

The officials opposed in unison.

An earthquake is an earthquake, and sacrificing to Heaven is sacrificing to Heaven; no matter how serious things are, they cannot delay the court's grand ceremony of selecting talent, which is the important matter concerning the state and the people's livelihood.

In front of the imperial examination, everyone and everything must give way.

Emperor Jian Shi sneered, "Without the Ministry of Rites, can the vast court not turn? Without the Ministry of Rites, there is still the Secretariat. This year's grand ceremony of selecting talent will be arranged by the Secretariat. Minister Xie, are there any difficulties?"

Xie Changling sighed and could only bow slightly to accept the order, "I obey the edict!"

"Very good!"

Emperor Jian Shi glared at the people of the Imperial Observatory outside the palace gate, wanting to kill everyone in one breath.

But he restrained himself.

Killing people is simple, investigating the truth is difficult! Let them live for now, living a life worse than death.

Today, the Heavenly Prison is very lively.

Chen Guanlou stood in the courtyard, watching batch after batch of prisoners being escorted in, verified, signed, fingerprinted, and sent into the prison cells.

The whole set of procedures was also quite troublesome.

The ones sent first were all small characters, not worth mentioning.

The further it went, the more they were big figures.

Chen Guanlou looked at Wei Huaizhang, who was like a fighting cock, and clicked his tongue twice, "Zhang Yushi Wei, you are a rare guest!"

He had seen this person before at Zhao Mingqiao's place.

He had a mediocre impression of this person.

Although this person acted with hot-bloodedness for the public good, with no selfish motives, and only pleaded for the people, Chen Guanlou just suspected that the other party was faking it.

A faker with deep cultivation!

Of course, it is also possible that he misjudged him.

The case file was recorded very sloppily, obviously the case was handled very urgently. He flipped through the file a few times casually and said softly, "Zhang Yushi Wei, you actually contradicted His Majesty in public and cursed His Majesty as a muddled ruler? You are dead!"

"If I die, I die! If I can awaken more people, if I can make His Majesty repent and change his ways, it is worth it for me to die!"

Chen Guanlou:...

Looking at the other party's righteous eyes, he couldn't help but guess whether it was fake, fake, or fake.

Could there really be a second Zhao Mingqiao?

But he couldn't smell anything similar to Zhao Mingqiao on the other party.

He continued to remain suspicious; the possibility of him being a faker was greater.

But does being a faker require paying such a huge price? Is he really not afraid of death! Or is it that he has a terminal illness and wants to make one last gamble, gambling for a name in history.

It's just a pity that, according to his observation, the other party's body is strong, and there is no problem anywhere. There is no terminal illness!