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Chapter 142: A Major Reshuffle in the Court

Thinking of this, the Grand Secretary's voice trembled as he spoke, "Your Majesty, I am already in my twilight years. I am willing but unable to handle the affairs of the court. I hereby resign and take my entire family with me to return home! I beg Your Majesty to grant me permission."

At this time, the Minister of the Imperial Guards, who was kneeling not far away, looked at his father with disbelief on his face, and his words were sharp and harsh, "Dad, you are getting old and confused, you are crazy, you are destroying your son's official position."

The Minister of Weiwei Temple thought that his father must be crazy. He wanted to give up his bright future and ruin it just because of his father's words.

As long as he asked the emperor and severely punished the rebellious son after returning home, the problem could be solved. Why did he have to retire? And retiring to his hometown would be fine, but he actually wanted to take the entire family with him. His father was going to ruin the careers of all of them!

The Grand Secretary felt dizzy and shouted in a trembling voice, "Rebellious son, shut up!"

Although the civil and military officials did not raise their heads, their expressions showed a sneer at the stupidity of the Minister of the Imperial Guards.

Even at this point, he was foolish enough to think that the emperor would let their family go.

System: [Host, you can't let them retire and return home. If they defect to the enemy country or sell our secrets, it will be terrible. This grandson's son can do this, and his grandson can do it too. If it really doesn't work, let your father let them go on the surface, and then secretly deal with them on their way back home. Don't be soft-hearted at this time.]

Xie Chuyue nodded and replied in her heart: [I know that this Weiwei Temple Minister and his son, the Shaobao, are not good people, typical villains. I believe that the emperor will make a decision. I also know that being kind to the enemy is being cruel to yourself. Once you are soft-hearted, this dog will bite you back next time.]

Emperor Mingde nodded slightly, little Yue'er has grown up.

This time, his methods were indeed a bit tougher, so he could not continue to be angry, so he nodded and said, "I agree to the Grand Secretary's request. After all, the Grand Secretary is old, and it is indeed time for him to retire and return home!"

"Yes, I, your Majesty, thank you for your grace!" The Grand Secretary prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowed to Emperor Mingde with his son and grandson, then stood up, hunched over, and left the Golden Throne Hall with the two of them.

The Grand Secretary's heart was as clear as a mirror. How could His Majesty let him go? He thought that as long as he did not make any mistakes, he could save his son and grandson, and keep their family prosperous.

But who knew things would come to this.

Looking at his son and grandson who were walking beside him with unwilling looks on their faces, he sighed deeply.

The Minister of Weiwei Temple was very unwilling in his heart, and his resentful eyes could hardly be hidden.

They said that his son was taking advantage of the power of others. Who hasn't taken advantage of the power of others before? Just because of this small crime, they let them retire and return home. How could he swallow this?

After the Grand Secretary and his family of three left, the Golden Palace fell into an eerie silence again.

At this moment, the Chief of Works, who was kneeling behind, thought that the people the emperor dealt with today were all those who were involved by the little princess some time ago, and he was among them. Thinking of this, he was frightened and fainted.

Everyone looked over and saw the commander lying on the ground.

Emperor Mingde ordered with a dark face, "Doctor Ye woke him up for me."

Doctor Ye responded, took out the silver needle he carried with him, and gave Jiang Zuojian a few injections. Sure enough, after a while, Jiang Zuojian woke up slowly, but looking at the people still kneeling in the court, he almost fainted again. Fortunately, Doctor Ye was quick and gave him another injection.

Seeing this, the Chief of Works could no longer kneel down, and after kowtowed to the emperor several times, he said in a mournful voice, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me once."

Emperor Mingde looked at the Chief of Works with disdain. How could there be such a useless minister among his officials?

The frightened Chief of Works didn't realize that the emperor had already disliked him, but he still kowtowed and admitted his mistake.

Emperor Mingde was too lazy to look at this man's ugly face, and said in a deep voice: "Is it useful for you to tell me that you are wrong now? When I asked you to build the princess's mansion, I used all the best things. I gave you so much power, but you dared to cut corners. If Princess Chunyang encounters any accidents in the mansion, I will kill all your clans."

Hearing this, Xie Chuyue said to the system in her heart: [This person cut corners when building my princess mansion, using only medium-quality items, and he took all the remaining money. I am really speechless. He could have reported a little more and used the most expensive items. Wouldn't the remaining money be yours? He is really stupid. ]

The commander was filled with remorse at this moment, and he swore that he would never embezzle again.

Emperor Mingde became even angrier after hearing Xie Chuyue's thoughts. He had filled the national treasury with great difficulty and wanted to build a magnificent mansion outside the palace for his daughter, but he never expected that it would lead to such a death.

The furious Emperor Mingde didn't even bother to look at the Chief of Works, and directly ordered Xie Yunqing, "Second Brother, after the court session, you lead the troops to destroy the Chief of Works' residence, take out all the silver he embezzled, and then put him in jail to await your punishment."

"Yes!" Xie Yunqing responded respectfully.

Xie Yunshen quietly raised his head and glanced at Emperor Mingde, then looked at his second brother. Did his second brother find out anything about him?

Just when everyone was feeling uneasy, they finally heard the words that sounded like the sound of nature, "Withdraw from the court!"

Everyone felt relieved and quickly said, "Your Majesty, we respectfully send you off."

After seeing Emperor Mingde leave the Golden Palace, all the civil and military officials began to climb up tremblingly. Even some elderly officials could not get up, and their legs were shaking when they stood up. In the end, they had to support each other to barely take a few steps.

Xie Yunshen also breathed a sigh of relief. Before Xie Yunqing left, he came to Xie Yunshen and whispered, "Hide your tail better next time. I won't help you next time."

Xie Yunshen nodded and left tremblingly.

In fact, Xie Yunqing found out that the brothel was opened by Xie Yunshen and was also an intelligence base.

If this is reported, the prince will be accused of running a brothel and he will be severely punished if he doesn't die. Although the emperor won't do anything to the fourth son, he will never be able to leave the palace again.

Xie Yunqi looked at his royal sister who was still standing nearby, walked over, patted Xie Chuyue on the shoulder, and left first.

Everyone had left, leaving only Xie Chuyue standing in the hall, looking at the wheelchair her father had been sitting in for a long time, and the entire hall. Finally, she returned to Changle Palace alone, and then went to see Concubine Rong.

After she returned to the princess's mansion, she never came out again.

On the other side, such a big thing happened in the morning court. In the capital, people watched the officers and soldiers coming and going, and they all stopped to watch the excitement.

This day was destined to be an uneasy one. After returning to their palaces, all the civil and military officials stayed indoors. If anyone went out out of curiosity at this moment, they would get into trouble and lose more than they gained.

So they all closed their doors to visitors!