After their minds were read, the entire court trembled with fear.

Chapter 84 Shen Zhiyi: I really want to be a little lewd.

[General Wei Hu's wife is truly a woman of strong character. She went to a teahouse with some girlfriends to play dominoes, but unexpectedly, one of her girlfriends' husbands came up and beat her up.]

How could General Wei Hu's wife pretend not to see such a thing?

[Naturally, he went up and started beating the man who was hitting him, but he didn't know his own strength and it seems he killed him?]

[They must have killed him, right?]

General Wei Hu wiped the sweat from his face.

Shen Zhiyi, please look more closely, did they actually kill him?

Please don't kill him! The old emperor is still here. If he's killed, he won't have the guts to use his connections to suppress this matter.

[Hmm, the legs seem to be moving; it probably isn't dead.]

not dead!

General Wei Hu felt himself standing tall.

As long as the person is alive, everything is fine.

[Roar! The wife of the man who hit someone is going to sue General Wei Hu's wife!]

Huh? Everyone was confused by Shen Zhiyi.

Whose wife is going to sue whose wife?

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review glanced at the people around him with disdain and whispered, "Fool! General Wei Hu's wife's little sister is repaying kindness with enmity!"

Okay, I got it.

General Wei Hu was furious.

No, what does that woman mean? His wife kindly helped her, and she wants to sue his wife??

"Your Majesty, I have three urgent needs!"

The old emperor waved his hand: "Go, go."

[Hmm? Is the old emperor in such a good mood today? Isn't it forbidden to go to the toilet during court sessions? Isn't that considered a great disrespect to the old emperor? So what am I doing wearing a diaper?!]

The eyes of all the officials lit up.

Diapers are such a wonderful thing!

It's important to know that one cannot move around freely during court sessions, which means one cannot go to the toilet.

After all, even the old emperor didn't go to the toilet. If his ministers were to go to the outhouse, it would leave a very bad impression on him and could affect their careers.

Therefore, many officials did not drink water when they came, and tried their best not to eat anything. If they felt the urge, they had to hold it in.

[I really admire those court officials below me. Take, for example, the compiler who's got a stomachache right now. Does he really need to go to the toilet?]

Xu Xiuzhuan: Damn it, Shen Zhiyi, stop talking! It's really bad luck to be your colleague!

[And that other guy, the Minister of War, I really want to pee in a lewd way, but never mind, I still have to maintain my manners.]

The Minister of War had an extremely unpleasant expression on his face.

I think you, Shen Zhiyi, have absolutely no manners!

He wasn't really keen on going to school at first, but now he really wants to.

"Pfft."

The old emperor immediately suppressed the smile that had been on his face.

After watching the commotion for a while, the Minister of Rites stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I wish to impeach the Vice Minister of Rites, the Assistant Minister of Rites, the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy, and others for their favoritism, acceptance of bribes, and cheating during their tenure as chief examiners of the imperial examinations. They have violated the fairness of the examinations and I beg Your Majesty to punish them severely."

The old emperor's eyebrows twitched, and he even pulled out a whole bunch of things along with the radish. Shen Zhiyi had only mentioned the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, but he didn't expect that the investigation would uncover a whole bunch of people.

[Wasn't the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy already beaten to death? The Minister of Rites is truly meticulous; he doesn't even spare the dead.]

The Minister of Rites proudly raised his head.

That's a must. You have to be meticulous in everything you do. The last time, the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was an exception.

"Your Majesty, I've been wronged!"

When the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites saw that his name had been called, he immediately knelt down and came out.

What are you accusing me of? Do you think you can get away with burning the ledgers?

You'd never guess that your original account books were actually secretly presented to the old emperor by your younger brother.

"what!"

The Vice Minister of Rites felt a wave of dizziness wash over him. He never dreamed that the one who would betray him would be his own cowardly and insignificant younger brother.

"That's impossible."

The Right Vice Minister of Rites certainly wouldn't believe it, thinking his own younger brother, who always shrank back, definitely wouldn't have the guts.

Vice Minister of Rites: That's right, that's right.

But people like that are usually terrified of death. If what you've done is exposed, it's a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your family. Your brother still wants to live.

The Right Vice Minister of Rites was furious. He wished he had killed that good-for-nothing brother of his.

Another batch of officials were executed for cheating in the imperial examinations, but given that the Spring Festival was approaching, the old emperor planned to hold the executions after the New Year.

A number of seats became available, so we had to rearrange them.

So, Chen, the Assistant Minister of Rites who was still grading papers, was honorably reinstated to his original position, but his position changed from left to right.

The old emperor wished the Minister of Rites well, saying, "Have those examiners grade the papers as soon as possible."

[Oh right, that reminded me! Let me see how Su Ziruo did on the exam. I had high hopes for you!!!]

Uh, the names are all blurred out, I don't know which one is which, never mind, I'm not going to look anymore.

Shen Zhiyi switched the surveillance footage to General Wei Hu's, then her eyes widened.

[Old Emperor, I'm going to tattle! General Wei Hu wasn't even going to the outhouse!]

The old emperor: Going to save my wife is indeed a matter of urgent need, no problem.

How did General Wei Hu know that his wife was in trouble?

The entire court of officials froze in unison.

The old emperor winked at his subordinates, urging them to quickly come up with a reason!

The entire court looked at each other, wondering how to salvage the situation.

[Forget it, who cares how they knew? This couple is hilarious. They're pinching the legs and nose of the man who was hitting me, as if he's really dead.]

Shen Zhiyi cleared her throat, and the old emperor and all the officials knew that Shen Zhiyi was about to put on a dramatic performance again.

[The young lady of General Weihu's wife cried out: You killed my husband! I'm going to report you to the authorities! I'm going to report you to the authorities! Husband, please don't leave me alone!]

[General Wei Hu's wife: Have you lost your mind? He's beating you like a punching bag, and you're still not willing to let him go? A person like that deserves to be beaten to death.]

[The wife of General Wei Hu's little sister: What do you know? A woman follows her husband after marriage. Her husband is my everything. You killed him, how am I supposed to live alone?]

Shen Zhiyi felt a chill run down her spine after spitting out her disgust.

[This is utter nonsense! This guy would think even a pigsty full of manure smells good. Unbelievable!]

Clearly, besides the furious Shen Zhi, General Wei Hu's wife was also very angry.

[General Wei Hu's wife: I think you've lost your mind. What's the point of trying to bring back the soul of this pig?]

[Hahaha, this General Wei Hu's wife is truly my mouth mum! It would be such a shame if she really ended up in jail because of this couple.]

Murder cases are usually tried at the Dali Temple.

Since one of the parties involved General Wei Hu, the people of the Dali Temple were waiting for the Dali Temple Minister to return before taking action.

The old emperor also realized this, so he adjourned the court and took his entourage to the Dali Temple.

[By the way, is that pig-headed guy who beat people up dead? He's not dead, right? He's dead, right?]