kvmb Chapter 128: Become the Minister of Justice (9)
Chapter 128: Become the Minister of Justice (9)
Shangtan was surprised for a moment. Logically speaking, it was unreasonable for a father to help his son.
Even if a father and son serve in the same court, the father is usually in a higher position. Even if under special circumstances the son's official position is higher than the father's, they should avoid being in the same department. This is also to avoid the embarrassing situation that the son is the father's superior.
However, he saw that Xie Lang did not care about this, but was quite interested. He also had a hunch that when the Shangshu mentioned her father, he did not have the respect and love of children for their parents, but only the intention of a hunter toying with his prey.
For a moment he had doubts, are they really father and son?
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More than half a month later, in Linshui County, far away from the capital.
Since Linshui County is too far away from the capital, news is delayed, so the news that Xie Lang is in power in the capital has not yet spread here.
On this day, the court sent an "angel" to convey the emperor's order to transfer Xu Guanghai to the capital to serve as the head of the Ministry of Justice.
When Xu Guanghai heard the news, he was overjoyed and held a banquet to entertain the "angel" who came to read the decree.
The 'angel' only stayed for half an hour and then left. He did not tell Xu Guanghai that the Minister of Justice was Xie Lang, so Xu Guanghai did not feel anything was wrong.
Xu Wanxin also laughed when she heard this, and then went to Xu Guanghai's study and said, "Father, congratulations on your promotion. You will be able to see my eldest sister soon."
Xu Guanghai's face changed immediately when he heard this. He looked outside the study door. After making sure that the servants had not heard him, he warned Xu Wanxin vigilantly: "What eldest sister? You don't have an eldest sister, you only have a third brother."
Xu Yingqing was Xu Guanghai's first daughter, but not his first child. She had two older brothers, but they were all uneducated and failed to even pass the examination to become a scholar.
"Father, the truth will come out one day." Xu Wanxin said to Xu Guanghai, "Father, do you still remember my eldest sister's aunt? I think my eldest sister is resentful of you because of my aunt."
"Impossible, I'm her father." After hearing Xu Wanxin's words, Xu Guanghai instantly understood what she meant, and then his face changed drastically.
"My eldest sister threatened my father to make a fake identity for her in order to become an official. Is there anything else she dare not do?"
"How do you know?" Xu Guanghai showed a dangerous look. Logically speaking, only he and Xu Yingqing knew about this matter, so how did Xu Wanxin know it?
"Father, I know a lot."
Xu Wanxin is a member of the fast-travel department. She has a fast-travel childbirth system that allows her to go to the small world and give birth to children for the male protagonist in the small world.
So she knew the plot of this world clearly, and then said to Xu Guanghai: "Father, do you still remember that handsome man from half a year ago?"
Half a year ago, Xu Wanxin brought back a man. Because the man had an extraordinary demeanor, Xu Guanghai felt inferior in front of him. In addition, the fabrics he wore were either rich or expensive, so Xu Guanghai treated him well.
I don’t blame Xu Wanxin for bringing the person back secretly.
"This man is the prince."
When Xu Guanghai heard this breaking news, he was stunned and it took him a long time to calm down.
Xu Wanxin continued, "The prince is quite fond of me now, and he has promised me that I will become his crown princess. As long as I can completely win the prince's favor, I will take the initiative to reveal my elder sister's identity. In this way, I can resolve her threat to the Xu family, and my father's official position will also be promoted to a higher level."
"Are you sure? You should know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor."
"My daughter has it." She has a system, so how can she not be sure.
Her purpose of coming to this world is to improve Song Chengze's favorability. As long as her favorability is maxed out, let alone the crime of deceiving the emperor, even if she wants the moon in the sky, Song Chengze will pick it down for her.
As for Xu Yingqing, a woman, and the daughter of a concubine, she actually wanted to be an official?
In her modern world, she once watched a TV series about Xu Yingqing, which made her feel sorry for the male protagonist.
She failed to be a good imperial concubine and ended up dies by hitting her head against a pillar. Is this worthy of the male protagonist's deep affection?
The hero likes her, so he tries his best to please her, but no matter what he does, he cannot warm her cold heart.
The hero is the prince. Isn’t she satisfied that a prince would lower himself for her?
She is so ungrateful. If it were any other woman, she would have accepted it happily.
Let her save the male protagonist and let Xu Yingqing get the retribution she deserves.
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More than half a month passed.
Xu Guanghai and his group came to the capital, but they did not come to Xie Lang's mansion.
Instead, he stayed temporarily in an inn.
Xu Guanghai went to inquire about some things in the capital and contacted Shangguan, the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue, whom he had been trying to please. When he was in Linshui County, he extorted a large part of the people's wealth and used it to honor the officials above him.
In the hope that the other party will say good things about him, maybe he will get promoted because of a word from the other party.
This time, Xu Guanghai thought that he was transferred to the capital because of the other party's efforts, but he didn't know that the superior he relied on had been imprisoned by Xie Lang half a month ago, and his entire clan was exterminated.
The reason why the news was so blocked was, firstly, that the officials who spoke ill of Xie Lang had been dealt with by Xie Lang, and secondly, Linshui County was too far away, and it was difficult for news from the capital to reach there.
On the other side, Xu Wanxin went to meet the prince by chance.
The system has a positioning function, which can locate the position of the male protagonist, Prince Song Chengze.
In a teahouse, the sound of porcelain breaking came from upstairs.
"Xu Yingqing, Xu Yingqing, why is it her again? Does she still take me, the prince, seriously? She knew that Master Zhao was my teacher and on my side, but she skinned Master Zhao alive with the ridiculous charge of 'improper conduct in front of the king, unfit to be the prince's teacher'. This is trampling on the face of me, the prince. I must kill her, I must kill her."
Song Chengze was so angry that he was furious. Since Xie Lang came to power, one of the officials from the prince's faction was imprisoned every once in a while, and the charges were very ridiculous.
Some were executed by Xie Lang because they entered the hall with their left foot.
Some of them were executed because they laughed in the court, and Xie Lang said that their laugh was too ugly and insulted the emperor.
The emperor believed it and did not consider at all that he was the prince's man.
This time the case was even more serious. Taifu Zhao was highly respected, but just because he said in front of the emperor that Xie Lang was too cruel, he was skinned alive by Xie Lang in person.
"Has my father gone mad? Who will rule the Jin Dynasty in the future?"
Song Chengze became more and more angry as he spoke, and then he looked at the messy room with a pile of food on the floor.
Then, in a rage, he looked at the table where the food was spilled, walked over and pushed the table over with a "pong" sound.
Several officials stood nearby with their heads slightly lowered.
At this moment, Xu Wanxin had already walked downstairs of the teahouse.