Chapter 119

After hearing this, the ministers were in an uproar!

Although Lin Jiaojiao understood that after this case was overturned, it had already exceeded the scope of the Lin family's small injustice, she didn't feel any revenge satisfaction in her heart!

Xu Xiao was poisoned to death by his son, and his son also committed suicide for fear of crime. This was just the scene presented, but it might not be the truth!

This was very likely a trap set by Su Hongtu himself, so that the Emperor could make a final decision and not investigate further!

She looked at Su Hongtu steadily, then spoke loudly, her voice ringing clearly all around, instantly attracting the attention of all the ministers who were discussing:

"If committing suicide for fear of crime can let family members get rid of involvement, then wouldn't everyone be able to commit suicide for fear of crime, in order to protect those family members and other accomplices who also committed crimes!?"

Hearing this, Prime Minister Su couldn't help but put his hands behind his back and asked half-majestically and half-mockingly: "Lin Zhiyue, you have just been appointed as an Imperial Physician. Everyone says that physicians have benevolent hearts. Why are you so cold-blooded, wanting innocent people to be implicated with Xu Xiao and his son?"

"Also, only if everyone in their Xu family is implicated and their nine clans are executed, can it soothe your heart of revenge for the Lin family being wiped out back then, right?"

Prime Minister Su's words made the ministers discuss, but Lin Jiaojiao stood straight, without any fear of human words, and instead argued with him in the court.

"Prime Minister Su, this is wrong. You are used to stealing logic," she smiled fiercely, making people feel cold, "What I said is accomplices who also committed crimes, not innocent clansmen."

"The Lin family was harmed back then, and even I, who was young, was not spared. I have survived until now, which is a narrow escape from death. What I want is not revenge, but to return justice to our Lin family, and justice to those soldiers who were starved and frozen on the frontier because of embezzled military pay!"

"And the people of the world, the scholars who study hard, I don't know how many people lost their future official career because of the Xu family's buying and selling of official positions. I want to return justice to these scholars of the world!"

"This case, to put it small, is to clear the injustice of the Lin family back then. To put it big, it is for the public and the people. This subject does not want to see this world still have people like Xu Xiao running wild, deceiving the Emperor, and harming the people!"

Lin Jiaojiao's words were like gold and stone falling, and every sentence was sonorous, and it could be made to ring like gold and stone!

Then she knelt and kowtowed to the Emperor, remonstrating: "Emperor is wise! This subject begs the Emperor not to be blinded by Xu Chengpeng poisoning his father to death and committing suicide for fear of crime, and please investigate the people involved in the case deeply and catch all those national moths in one net!"

The civil and military officials in the court looked at each other, but no one dared to say more.

At this time, Remonstrance Official Cheng Jing walked out from among the ministers. He looked at Lin Jiaojiao with a smile, "Truly a heroine who doesn't let men, Imperial Physician Lin, you have said everything this subject wanted to say!"

After speaking, he knelt and kowtowed, repeating Lin Jiaojiao's words: "This subject Cheng Jing begs the Emperor to investigate the people involved in the case deeply and catch all those national moths in one net!"

Lin Jiaojiao glanced at Remonstrance Official Cheng Jing sideways, feeling very touched: It seems that not everyone in this court is Su Hongtu's student; there are still good officials!

After he took the lead, at the same time, more than ten ministers stood out and knelt to ask for an edict!

Among them was the Minister of Justice Wen Yushu!

"We beg the Emperor to investigate the people involved in the case deeply and catch all those national moths in one net!"

Every word of theirs was like gold and stone striking, ringing sonorously in Taihe Hall, full of power!

Among the remaining dozens of people, some still followed and joined the request for an edict. Qin Yuan sat high on the dragon chair, looking at the ministers kneeling and asking for an edict, and couldn't help but feel some emotion.

"Imperial Physician Lin, I thought that if the Lin family's case was overturned and your injustice was cleared, you would be happy in your heart. Now it seems that I underestimated you," Qin Yuan praised with his eyes half-closed, "You care about the frontier military and the people of the world. You have the old style of Lin Ye back then!"

"Now that you are taking the lead in asking for an edict, you still have the style of Prime Minister Song back then. That old boy Song Yi really has a unique vision, directly recognizing you as the Song family's adopted daughter."

But Su Hongtu stepped forward and stood out, "Emperor! Although Lin Zhiyue has been appointed as an Imperial Physician, she is not an official of the previous dynasty. You cannot let such women speak wildly in the court and disrupt the court politics!"

"If the Emperor opens this gap, wouldn't all official women be able to discuss the court politics with women's benevolence?!"

"Not only that, people in the harem will definitely follow suit in the future. If the previous dynasty and the harem are mixed together, it will not be good for the court situation!"

"Absolutely not, Emperor!"

After speaking, Su Hongtu knelt and kowtowed directly, and the remaining ministers who did not ask for an edict followed and kowtowed, shouting in unison, "Absolutely not, Emperor!"

Qin Yuan looked at the ministers kneeling and shouting, and couldn't help but feel a headache. He rubbed his temples with his hands, and a trace of helplessness and annoyance appeared between his brows.

Actually, Su Hongtu's words made sense. Which emperor would let women get involved in politics? Further, women's involvement in politics is a disaster. Those with great means became empresses, but the court politics must be held in the hands of men to be stable!

Taking a step back, those with low means for women's involvement in politics are easy to harm the country and the people, bringing the disaster of destroying the country!

Eunuch Gao seemed to see his annoyance. He bowed slightly to the Emperor and whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty, Dali Temple Shaoqing Song and that Brocade Guard Xiao have not returned to the capital..."

"Right!" Qin Yuan realized suddenly. He immediately sat up straight, faced the ministers who were kneeling on the ground, and said calmly, "Beloved ministers, please rise. This case still lacks evidence. As for how to handle the case, I have my own decision!"

"Dismiss the court!" After he finished speaking, he got up directly from the dragon chair and left Taihe Hall with a flick of his sleeves!

"Long live my Emperor, long live, long live! We respectfully send off the Emperor!" The ministers could only kneel and bow again, then got up one after another, preparing to dismiss the court.

After Lin Jiaojiao got up, she stood in the center of the hall. Remonstrance Official Cheng Jing and several ministers bid her farewell and then left Taihe Hall one by one.

When the Minister of Justice Wen Yushu left, he brushed past her and left a meaningful sentence in her ear.

"Imperial Physician Lin, are you really a person of this world, and not from another world...?"

In an instant, the hair on Lin Jiaojiao's back stood up!

Could it be that he saw it...?!

And Su Hongtu remained last among the ministers, exchanging a silent look with Lin Jiaojiao.

Su Hongtu looked at her coldly, stroking his beard and mocking, "Lin Zhiyue, since your Lin family's injustice has been cleared, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"The small temple of Pei Mansion really can't accommodate you, a big Buddha. I didn't expect you to enter the palace because of this case, win the Saint's heart, and even try to slander the Emperor and disrupt the court."

Lin Jiaojiao was not afraid at all. She smiled and flattered Su Hongtu falsely, "Prime Minister Su, this is wrong. Who is disrupting the court? I think Prime Minister Su has been an official in the court for many years, so you should know better than this subject, right?"