kvmb Chapter 124: Become the Minister of Justice (5)
Chapter 124: Become the Minister of Justice (5)
"You are forcing me to confess by torture. Let me go immediately. I want to see His Majesty. I want to see His Majesty..."
Hearing Xie Lang's words, Wang Xiang's eyes widened and he glared at Xie Lang fiercely, then continued to struggle.
Except for Wang Xiang, everyone present felt it was ridiculous.
"You are right. I was forced to confess. What do you think?"
Xie Lang smiled at Wang Xiang, and although it was a warm smile, it gave people goosebumps.
"you……"
Wang Xiang was unable to refute Xie Lang's words, so in the following period of time, he suffered all kinds of inhuman torture.
An hour later, Xie Lang walked out of the Ministry of Justice prison holding a blood-stained evidence.
The sun was shining brightly outside, and when it shone on Xie Lang, she looked even more sacred.
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Inside the imperial palace, more than 200 civil servants were kneeling in an orderly manner outside the Jinhua Gate.
They have been kneeling here for two hours.
Xie Lang passed by them holding the blood-stained indictment, and could see that some officials were exhausted from kneeling for too long.
But despite this, they still shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, please withdraw your order. Although Xu Yingqing has made great contributions in his inspection tour of the country, he is not qualified to be the Minister of State."
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Minister of Justice Wang Xiang has done nothing wrong, why did Your Majesty put him in jail?"
"Your Majesty is so stubborn, how is he different from a tyrant?"
At this moment, Xie Lang saw Wang Chengzhong come out to persuade the officials to leave quickly. At this time, an official in his fifties who was kneeling in the front row stood up tremblingly. He had been kneeling for too long, and his hands and feet were a little numb, but his eyes were still clear. He said to Wang Chengzhong: "Eunuch, Eunuch, please inform His Majesty as soon as possible and let me in. If His Majesty still refuses to listen, I...I will hit my head and die here."
"Old sir... Old sir, you can't do that!" The officials behind him spoke up to stop him, their voices choked with sobs.
"We, the officials of the Fengxiantaiyuan, are supposed to advise the king. How can we appoint and dismiss officials at will just because of one person's mood? Now your Majesty is insisting on appointing Xu Yingqing as the Minister of Justice, and even imprisoning the Minister of Justice Wang Xiang for this. This is so absurd. As the Imperial Censor, how can I ignore my own safety and watch your Majesty continue to be so stupid?"
"If Your Majesty does not withdraw your order today, I will crash into the pillar of this Jinhua Gate and die."
Lin Xun pointed at the pillar next to the Jinhua Gate and spoke to the crowd with a righteous look, as if he was going to kill himself if the emperor didn't listen to his advice.
"Old sir, as a pillar of the country, you must not make any mistakes. Leave this matter of dying for remonstrance to me. Since ancient times, civil officials died for remonstrance, and military men died in battle. If my death can make His Majesty accept the loyal advice, then my death will be worth it."
At this moment, a young official stood up from the team. His name was Chen Yuan. He was an examinee of the same year as Xu Yingqing. Like Xu Yingqing, he belonged to the Censorate, but he was the Supervisory Censor.
After he finished speaking, he slammed hard into the pillar of Jinhua Gate, then fell down with a bleeding head.
The scene suddenly became chaotic.
"Call the imperial physician, quickly call the imperial physician over..." Some people in the crowd were frightened and shouted.
Wang Chengzhong, who walked out of Jinhua Gate, was also shocked by the scene. At this time, he also saw Xie Lang walking towards Jinhua Gate.
Then Xie Lang's cold voice rang out: "No need."
"Since he is determined to die, just satisfy him."
Hearing this, many officials looked towards the source of the sound.
They looked towards Xie Lang. They were so focused on admonishing the emperor that they didn't notice that the real person had arrived.
When Xie Lang walked to the Jinhua Gate, he glanced at Chen Yuan who was lying beside the pillar of the Jinhua Gate and said coldly: "It's bad luck to dirty the gate of the imperial palace."
"Sir, you are here. His Majesty has been waiting for you inside for a long time."
When Wang Chengzhong saw Xie Lang coming, he spoke to her respectfully and then welcomed Xie Lang in.
The other officials became anxious and wanted to go in, but were immediately blocked by Wang Chengzhong.
The emperor only allowed Xie Lang to enter and no one else was allowed in.
"Father-in-law, this..."
"His Majesty has ordered that if you want to die here, you should die as soon as possible. This will leave a vacant official position." After Wang Chengzhong said this, he ignored the anxious people kneeling on the ground outside and went in.
Wang Chengzhong didn't know what was going on with His Majesty today, and why he would issue such an order.
But since it is your majesty's order, we will follow it unconditionally.
After Wang Chengzhong left, the officials became even more anxious.
"My Lord, what shall we do now? His Majesty will not listen to my advice."
"Tell the Crown Prince about this matter. His Majesty will probably listen to him. If that doesn't work, we can only wait until tomorrow morning court." After hearing what Wang Chengzhong said, Lin Xun realized that forcing officials to make remonstrations would not work.
So we had to take another path.
Even if they don't listen to the prince, the emperor can't refuse to see them at the morning court tomorrow.
"Hurry up, send Chen Yuan to the hospital."
Then Lin Xun looked at Chen Yuan who was still lying on the ground, and spoke to the other officials.
Today, Chen Yuan dared to risk his life to make a remonstrance. If he had not died, and his story had spread, he would have become a role model for the literati.
However, it was precisely because of Chen Yuan that these officials found that their death-defying advice was not working, so they all retreated.
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The next day, morning.
Many officials arrived at the court hall early.
When Xie Lang walked in, he saw that the ministers were looking at him with strange expressions.
Xie Lang's expression was very calm. She ignored everyone and walked straight to the row belonging to the Minister of Justice.