Chapter 970: The importance of a mother-in-law

"Does His Majesty really have this preference?"

Zhao Jinming seemed unable to believe it.

Chen Guanlou lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.

Eunuch Lai was a person from the palace, so there was no need to say too much in front of people from the palace. If one wants to say that the human heart is unpredictable, who can compare to the human heart in the palace.

Eunuch Lai smiled. "His Majesty has many preferences. When your daughter enters the capital, I will personally teach her, let her know the depth of the palace. As long as your daughter has a good figure and a good face, plus a smart brain, being favored is only a matter of time. At that time, your Zhao family's turnaround will be easy. Maybe even your case can be redressed!"

"Hahaha... really?" Zhao Jinming was overjoyed after hearing this, grabbing the cell bars, his whole body leaning out!

"What I said is just a word from His Majesty. His Majesty is always generous to favored concubines. Look at the Xiao family, relying on Noble Consort Xiao, from the former fallen family to today's wealth, it only took a few years."

"Yes, yes... the wealth of the Xiao family, everyone sees it, I am extremely envious."

Zhao Jinming began to enjoy the prospect of his daughter entering the palace and being favored, and the Zhao family taking this opportunity to become a new noble in the capital, with everyone currying favor. Even him, the case redressed. If the government office was slow, maybe he wouldn't have to die, and could wait for His Majesty to issue an edict to redress his case.

The more he thought, the more beautiful it was, and he let out a happy laugh.

Eunuch Lai raised his eyebrows slightly, a trace of mockery and disdain flashed in his eyes, urging Zhao Jinming to hurry up and do the business.

After both sides reached a preliminary agreement, Chen Guanlou sent Eunuch Lai out of the Heavenly Prison.

"Before I came, the concubine instructed that if Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen has any requirements, just mention them. Even if the concubine is smashed to pieces, she will share the worries for the Jiang Jiang Yucheng!"

Chen Guanlou sneered, feeling a bit disgusted in his heart. "Go back and tell your concubine, I have no requirements, and I don't need her to be smashed to pieces. Just don't come to trouble me in the future."

"Is Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen dissatisfied with my concubine?"

"Dare not! Different paths do not conspire. Eunuch Lai, from now on, you and the Zhao family contact yourselves."

"Jiang Jiang Yucheng Chen, rest assured, I know you are busy with official business, and I will try not to disturb you."

"That's good!"

After sending the person away, Chen Guanlou returned to the office and drank tea!

People have started dying over at the Imperial Prison.

The fraud case has been investigated until now, seemingly clear and bright, but in fact, there are many inside stories hidden. However, there is a tacit understanding, and several government offices seem to not want to continue investigating.

Even if someone wants to make a big fuss, they are strongly suppressed by an invisible hand and cannot move.

So, ready-made charges, ready-made criminal officials, kill!

First, starting from the Imperial Prison, the officials involved in the fraud case locked in the Imperial Prison, regardless of size, were the first to be killed. They didn't even have time to go to the execution ground for public sentencing.

This is really...

The Censorate must impeach, must make the Embroidered Uniform Guard eat a pot!

Those people are criminal officials, criminal officials, first of all, they have an official skin to be called criminal officials, how can they be killed at will.

How unreasonable!

Bullying people too much!

Unexpectedly, their impeachment memorial, when it reached the Political Affairs Hall, was suppressed, and it was rejected before it could reach Emperor Jian Shi!

Clearly, this was all Xie Changling's idea.

Xie Changling made it clear, wanting to cut the mess quickly, resolve the fraud case as soon as possible, and close the case as soon as possible. He didn't intend to expand the case. Right now, his goal was only one, and that was the Prince of Chu in the south.

As long as the Prince of Chu is not defeated for one day, his heart will be hanging for one day.

Counterattacking the Prince of Chu is his plan, which he has been urging to execute from beginning to end, with various resource allocations, various promises, and various interest concessions.

He absolutely does not allow anyone, or any case, to hinder his plan.

Therefore, the Marquis Pingjiang matter can be shelved, and the fraud case can also be handled with thunderous momentum to avoid expansion.

This is also what most officials in the court want to see.

Even if some people hope for the case to expand, taking the opportunity to strike at political enemies.

More officials hope for the case to be closed early, and not to be implicated themselves. After all, officials in this era, everyone has a pile of broken things under their butts.

Once the case expands, and begins to implicate irrelevant people, everyone will be in trouble.

Whose family doesn't have sons who study, whose family doesn't have a few descendants who want to participate in the imperial examination?

Once this expands, that's it.

Once it expands, no one can control the development of the situation, and the consequences are unpredictable. The fear is that one day, the butcher's knife will fall on one's own head, which is very unjust!

Close the case, hurry up and close the case!

Those dead ghosts in the Ministry of Rites, those who should die, let them die. Those students who caused trouble, those who should be stripped of their merits, strip them, those who should be driven out of the capital, drive them out, those who should re-examine, continue to examine...

Cutting the mess quickly, seemingly unfair, but received the approval of most people. Even the students participating in the imperial examination this time approved.

They were more afraid of the case being delayed for a long time, and the innocent themselves being implicated, losing their merits, losing their future, and even losing their lives.

Everyone knows that the longer the case is delayed, the more people will be implicated. No one is sure whether they will be arrested and subjected to severe torture.

Fear!

This fear makes everyone willing to accept the unfair quick cutting of the mess, just seeking to restore normal life as soon as possible.

As for those who died, those who were unlucky, they can only say: offending Tai Sui!

Xie Changling disregarded all objections and insisted, and the three judicial offices had to cooperate.

Wang Huaimin, as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he should die, he should go to the execution ground to have his head cut off. Regardless of whether he was involved in the case or not.

But he was lucky, having a mother-in-law, Princess Xiangyin, who tried her best to protect him.

Princess Xiangyin didn't want her grandson to lose his father at a young age, so she ran to the palace to cry to the emperor.

Emperor Jian Shi was annoyed to death by her, and finally replied impatiently: "Death penalty can be avoided, living penalty is hard to escape."

Wanting to exile Wang Huaimin.

Princess Xiangyin disagreed.

"If Wang Huaimin is exiled, what should my grandson do? Could it be that he follows into exile? Emperor, look at the fact that I am old and have only one grandson, please show mercy. Otherwise, I won't live either."

"The child doesn't have to follow into exile."

"That won't work either. My grandson will take the imperial examination in the future. Wang Huaimin is exiled, wouldn't that cut off the future of the Wang family's descendants?"

"This won't work, that won't work, Aunt, what do you want?"

"Why don't you exempt Wang Huaimin from the charges and just dismiss him from office."

"Absurd! How can national law be child's play!" Emperor Jian Shi was very dissatisfied.

Princess Xiangyin cried again, and finally promised several benefits, which made Emperor Jian Shi change his words: "Drive the Wang fellow out of the capital, I don't want to see him again from now on, and you don't mention this person in front of me. As for your grandson, he can stay in the capital."

Thus, Wang Huaimin successfully escaped and saved his life. ===== CHAPTER 971 =====