[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1007":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1544242,2006,"Chapter 1007 - 1007 1002 Confrontation in the Imperial Court","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1007",1007,"\u003Cp>1007: Chapter 1002: Confrontation in the Imperial Court 1007: Chapter 1002: Confrontation in the Imperial Court Jie Minister narrowed his eyes and whispered to his guard, “You go check who spread those words.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Minister.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jie Minister stroked his palm-length beard as he entered the tent, thinking to himself, Someone can’t hold back and wants to take this opportunity to revolt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as well, King Jin is here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floods, epidemics, and rumors abound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Protector of the Nation instigated King Jin to take over this mess, let’s see how the Ducal Residence handles it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jie Minister’s guard soon returned, his face somber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the matter?” Jie Minister asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard said in a low voice, “Minister, those words spread even before we arrived; it seems they originated near Qingshui Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s too late to trace the source now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qingshui Town?” Jie Minister pondered, tilting his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qingshui Town, Lotus Village, Tianmen Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are no secrets that don’t leak out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although everyone deliberately covered up the incident on Tianmen Mountain, it still spread to some extent, unspoken but understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The collapse of Tianmen Mountain, last year’s struggle between Tianzong and Xuanzong from the Dao Family, was it a coincidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was or wasn’t, he didn’t believe the heavy snows in the north or the flooding in the south could be faked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s just that someone is using this year’s unique weather to stir up trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the fear of public opinion was truly troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard expressed his worry, “Minister, the disaster relief this time seems challenging; we…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, never mind!” Jie Minister raised his hand, his face showing a hint of a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m just a humble censor with no real power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could I be the one to decide such matters?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up, ah, the tall ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tell the people in charge of food distribution to add a dish for King Jin’s meal tomorrow, get him a chicken.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard didn’t quite understand his master’s words, but the minister’s orders were always right, so he confusedly passed them on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jie Minister was immensely grateful that the Protector of the Nation and King Jin had stepped in; otherwise, if the Crown Prince’s disaster relief was just for show, he alone really couldn’t handle such a situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News of the disaster area quickly reached the ears of the Emperor in Beijing, who, holding Jie Huanzhi’s memorial, threw it onto the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let the ministers have a look as well,” the Emperor said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wangong Gong picked up the memorial that the Emperor tossed on the table and presented it to the ministers in the hall, who hurriedly examined it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Court took this disaster very seriously, dispatching all available grain for relief efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought it would surely earn the people’s praise, but instead of praise, there was a litany of complaints.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Court had done so much for disaster relief, only to face the people’s doubts about the current Emperor’s legitimacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountains of Tianmen were sealed, and the Emperor was said to mimic the First Emperor in his greed for eternal life, inviting the wrath of the deities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xian Huang saw that the Emperor was unkind, so he did not pass the throne to the Crown Prince but to the benevolent and filial Third Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the current Emperor framed the Third Prince as a rebel and had him executed, an affront to the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Protector of the Nation held up the document and loudly denounced it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Jie Huanzhi, what has he written?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Treasonous, truly treasonous!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your Majesty, I speak boldly to request your order to have that Jie Huanzhi brought back to Beijing for trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s civil officials are becoming increasingly unspeakable, truly uncensored.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xingyi stepped forward and spoke calmly, “Protector of the Nation, your words are mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If civil officials dare not speak, what use are they?”\u003C\u002Fp>",657,"2026-06-06T06:55:03.124Z",1,"novelbin.me","84b23b3121578d51a3c45808da5b5f9930fe1e336188ea1ed83d16b8b8577264","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1008","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1006",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]