Chapter 135 Watching a show does not comply with the unspoken rules
There was no way to sue Ji Yunkai and Xiao Jiu'an, so the eldest princess could only focus on transplanting flowers and plants to cover up the fact that the flowers and plants in the mansion withered overnight.
Tens of thousands of flowers and plants need to be replanted, which requires the help of gardeners. Under such circumstances, the eldest princess will naturally not massacre the gardeners in the mansion, and the hundreds of gardeners finally saved their lives.
In order to save their lives, the gardeners naturally worked hard and worked hard. In just two days, they transplanted tens of thousands of flowers and plants, and it was completely impossible to tell that they were newly planted.
Seeing the colorful flowers in the garden, the eldest princess breathed a long sigh of relief. She finally didn't have to worry about rumors.
In order to break the rumors and prove that the flowers in her house did not die overnight, the eldest princess opened the garden and allowed common people to enter and enjoy it.
This move not only clarified the rumors, but also won a lot of favor for the eldest princess, but these had nothing to do with Xiao Jiuan.
He didn't take the eldest princess to heart at all. If Xiao Shaorong hadn't wanted to save the gardeners, there wouldn't have been so much trouble.
Xiao Jiu'an's focus during this period was on tracking down the third prince of Southern Xinjiang. As soon as Xiao Shaorong appeared, Xiao Jiu'an asked: "Is there any news about the third prince of Southern Xinjiang?"
"Not yet." Xiao Shaorong said these three words a little weakly.
The prince has asked several times in the past few days, but there has been no progress at all on this matter. He must be weak and angry.
"So, what have you done recently?" After four or five days of checking, there was no news at all. Did Xiao Shaorong really pay attention?
"I found out that Mrs. Qin Xiang arranged for someone to send the young master of the Qin family away today." Finally, there is one thing that can prove that he has done something.
"Just inform the government. There is no need to inform the king." The situation has already been set up, he just needs to watch.
"I have informed Feng Zhao a long time ago. If there is no accident, this person should be guilty and captured." Mrs. Qin Xiang secretly changed someone from the prison of the Criminal Department to replace the young master of the Qin family. When this happened, everyone in the Criminal Department was cheated.
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But if someone from the Ministry of Punishment discovers this and catches the prisoner, they can make up for it to some extent.
They don't have a close relationship with Feng Zhao, but they have figured out their tempers after a few interactions. Feng Zhao is not annoying, and he is a capable person. Selling Feng Zhao to them will be in their best interests.
No harm done.
As Xiao Shaorong expected, Feng Zhao got the news and when he led his people to the city gate, he not only captured the young master of the Qin family, but also Mrs. Qin Xiang.
Feng Zhao didn't know whether to say that Mrs. Qin Xiang was stupid or that Mrs. Qin Xiang was emboldened. She was caught by the officials of the Ministry of Justice. Not only was she not afraid and uncooperative, she also threatened them with Qin Xiang, asking them to release her immediately, otherwise they would not be able to eat.
They went around and removed all their official positions.
Upon hearing the threat from Mrs. Qin Xiang, Feng Zhao just wanted to laugh.
They made it clear that they were here for the Qin family and wanted to take advantage of the Qin family. Mrs. Qin Xiang actually threatened them. She was really embarrassed.
Mrs. Qin Xiang didn't take them seriously, so they were rude. They took custody of the person first and then waited for daybreak to send the person back in an open and honest manner.
The Minister of Punishment is a neutral faction and has nothing to do with Qin Xiang's lineage or Xiao Jiu'an's lineage. He is a diligent, serious and responsible old man. Feng Zhao also respects him very much, but...
Positions in the officialdom are like carrots and pitfalls. If you want to get to the top, you have to squeeze out the people in front of you. Now that he has such an opportunity, the Minister of Punishment can only admit that he is unlucky.
Taking advantage of the fact that all the officials of the third rank and above had gone to the morning court, Feng Zhao led the officials to escort Mrs. Qin Xiang and the young master of the Qin family through the market, and sent Mrs. Qin back to the Qin family in a high-profile manner, and then took the young master of the Qin family back to the Ministry of Justice.
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Feng Zhao's move can be said to be an act of killing first and reporting later. He directly made public the behavior of Mrs. Qin Xiang's use of her power to help her son escape legal sanctions. By the time the Minister of Punishment and Qin Xiang received the news, it was already too late.
The Minister of Punishment was furious. Feng Zhao's move did not comply with the unwritten rules of officialdom. In officialdom, all of them were used to covering up the situation in advance and then exchanging it for benefits privately.
Under normal circumstances, they would never bring things to light that they could resolve privately, let alone expose them to the emperor, but Feng Zhao did not do this.
Feng Zhao went beyond everyone to reveal this matter, which also revealed the chaos and corruption within the Ministry of Punishment. Even the Minister of Punishment's attempt to shirk responsibility would not work.
Of course, the biggest headache at this time was not the Minister of Punishment, but the Prime Minister of Qin.
As the prime minister of Tianqi, although Prime Minister Qin is not inferior to one person or superior to ten thousand people, he can indeed cover the sky with his hands, but...
Even if Prime Minister Qin's hands can cover the sky, there are some things that can be done privately but not openly.
For example, Mrs. Qin Xiang intervened in the Ministry of Justice this time to replace someone from the prison of the Ministry of Justice for the sake of her youngest son. No official would dare to say no to it in private, but not if it was exposed.
When this happened, it was a sign of darkness in the officialdom and contempt for the emperor.
Not to mention the literati who value their reputation, not even the emperor could bear it. Mrs. Qin Xiang completely treated the Ministry of Punishment as her own backyard and did whatever she wanted.
The emperor was furious and immediately ordered a thorough investigation. This investigation revealed that Mrs. Qin not only regarded the Ministry of Justice as her own back garden, entering and exiting at will, but also the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of War.
In the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War, Prime Minister Qin's posts were more useful than his words as an emperor. Even a word from Prime Minister Qin's wife could open the city gate in the middle of the night.
The city gate is so important, but Mrs. Qin Xiang opens it whenever she wants and closes it whenever she wants. Does the Qin family take him as the emperor into consideration?
The emperor was so angry that he issued three decrees in a row to denounce Prime Minister Qin, which pushed Prime Minister Qin's reputation to the bottom.
Yes, the emperor's decree is all about scolding Prime Minister Qin, and has nothing to do with Mrs. Qin. It is clear that everything done by Mrs. Qin is to be blamed on Prime Minister Qin.
Qin Xiang was a confidant of the late emperor. He was cautious and won the emperor's heart. The emperor also trusted Qin Xiang. In addition, Qin Xiang had many disciples in recent years and his power was growing. The emperor couldn't move him even if he wanted to, so he let him
He has always stayed in the position of prime minister.
However, the fact that the emperor has always reused Prime Minister Qin does not mean that he regards Qin as his confidant. He just cannot find the opportunity. Now that Prime Minister Qin has exposed such a big excuse, if he did not take the opportunity to suppress Prime Minister Qin, he would not be the emperor.
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Prime Minister Qin had known the emperor's intentions for a long time. Over the years, he had been cautious and careful, not daring to make any mistakes. Even if something happened to his son, he did not dare to intervene in the case of the Criminal Department. He just watched helplessly as his son was sentenced to exile.
However, he had been careful all his life and was a cautious boy, but in the end he was harmed by two women in the backyard, and he couldn't say anything because one of these two women was his mother and the other was his wife... (Unfinished)