Quick Wear: The Scheming Female Supporting Role is Beautiful and Seductive

Chapter 123: Stupid Beauty VS Cruel Emperor (21)

I don’t know if it was Shen Zhaowan’s illusion, but since that day, Pei Yanheng treated her much more tenderly.

However, the words of the former evil concubine actually spread to the harem, and the situation became more and more serious.

Under pressure from Shen Zhaowan's authority, Xiaobai never spoke in front of her, but he could still perceive some discussions within a limited range.

Demon concubine?

Shen Zhaowan sneered in her heart. She knew very well how much of this was artificially fanned the flames.

Before she could look for the palace servants who were talking behind her back, they disappeared completely, which was a rare occurrence.

For a while, no one in the harem mentioned those two words.

The palace maids in Luanhua Palace secretly felt indignant, thinking that their queen was a beautiful and kind person, and that it was a slander that she was being wronged for no reason. Their queen was not a demon, but a fairy.

If they didn't work at Luanhua Palace, they wouldn't know that the Empress was both favored and good-tempered, and that servants like them had never been beaten for no reason, so they had no idea how happy they were to work.

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The former dynasty, Jinluan Hall.

On the magnificent dragon throne, Pei Yanheng was looking down slowly with a calm gaze.

The ministers below only felt that their scalps were being swept inch by inch, making them feel cold and gloomy, and even their breathing was deliberately slowed down.

This unbearable moment of palpitations is all because of the Minister of Revenue and the censor Mr. Qi.

Everyone thought that this was an ordinary court session, but they did not expect that because of those two people, they were forced to bear the endless pressure from His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. This concubine Zhao has already caused public outrage. She is a scoundrel and a disaster for the country. Please order her to be beaten to death."

As soon as Lord Qi said this, the eyes of the other ministers who had bowed their heads darted around, and a cold feeling of terror crept into their hearts.

Lord Qi, do you want to die?

“Tsk, haha…”

A sudden laugh came from the front of the hall, followed by Pei Yanheng's voice.

"Speak frankly? Sir Qi, do you have any evidence?"

"Of course I have searched carefully. Ever since Zhaopin entered the palace, there have been strange phenomena in the sky and rumors among the people. Moreover, she was sent from Xichang State. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Lord Qi knelt on the ground.

"Oh? Lord Qi, don't you have any evidence?" Apart from the feeling of oppression on his body, Pei Yanheng's eyes were surprisingly calm, but the tone of his words was somewhat sarcastic.

"Of course I have evidence." Lord Qi presented a memorial, which was densely filled with quotations from classics, from events in the previous dynasty to current rumors, all of which tried to prove that Shen Zhaowan was not tolerated in the world and was a sign of disaster for the country.

Even the heavy snow was blamed on Shen Zhaowan.

As long as any bad things happened recently, they could be linked to Shen Zhaowan. Pei Yanheng looked at it again and again and threw the memorial directly in front of Lord Qi.

"Master Qi, I didn't know you had such ability. You should go to the Imperial Observatory."

Imperial Observatory official: ...They don’t make things up.

"Your Majesty, even if you can't bear it, I still have to say this for the sake of the country. Your Majesty has already reached adulthood and has been on the throne for three years. Even though you like Concubine Zhao, you have to give her up for the sake of the country. Your Majesty might as well let the selection go. You will always meet a woman you like, and you can also suppress Concubine Zhao's tendency to cause trouble~"

"She is a member of the royal family of Xichang State~"

Is this crazy?

Pei Yanheng felt annoyed by the noise.

I didn't know before that Lord Qi was so confused. On the contrary, the Minister of Revenue who made the statement with him seemed as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Master Chen, what do you think?"

The Minister of Revenue who was named stood up with a tepid look on his face and said, "It's all up to your Majesty to decide."

The wound on his forehead had already scabbed over and looked extremely prominent.

The other ministers had already broken out in cold sweats, hoping that this farce started by the minister would end quickly.

"I think what Lord Qi said is unfair. It was His Majesty who decided whether Zhaopin entered the palace. Are you questioning His Majesty? Zhaopin did not participate in the affairs of the previous dynasty. As for the rumors, they are nonsense. I think Lord Qi is too old to be wise."

Prime Minister Shi Shiran stood up and started to refute.

It is extremely absurd to convict a woman in this way.

Besides, they have other intentions. His sharp eyes lingered on Lord Qi and Lord Chen.

Many people agreed with the prime minister's words and echoed him.

Lord Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, had cold sweat on his forehead. He moved his drooping eyes and saw the robe of Lord Chen beside him out of the corner of his eye.

He took a deep breath and continued to advise. He was a censor, and there would always be a loophole for the success or failure of this matter. As for what would happen afterwards, that was not something he could decide.

"… Prime Minister, what you said is wrong. The concubines in the harem are role models for all women in the world. If spies from other countries destroy the world, what will you do?"

Pei Yanheng stared at him coldly. Could it be that he had the ability to sit on the throne but couldn't protect the world? He used ridiculous words to question him and Shen Zhaowan.

"presumptuous."

For a moment, everyone in the hall fell silent.

Lord Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, had his heart beating like thunder and cold sweat on his back.

"Lord Qi, are you dissatisfied with my decision? Come, come up and sit on the dragon throne." Pei Yanheng said in a flat tone.

"Your Majesty, I am terrified. That is not what I meant."

“…Your Majesty, please think twice!”

Everyone around knelt on the ground, their eyes filled with horror.

"Then take a look at these first."

Lord Chen felt uneasy instinctively, and now this feeling was growing stronger.

Impossible, it won't happen.

He swallowed, but the next moment, his face turned completely pale.

A few letters and a few account books were all things he had hidden with great effort, and no one knew where they were except him.

Now it was so clearly scattered in the court that within a moment, some sharp-eyed people had caught some of the words and looked at Lord Chen in shock.

"Your Majesty, it's unjust."

The originally calm Lord Chen was completely panicked. Everything was over.

Originally, today he could have borrowed the censor's mouth or his life. As long as he gave in on the matter of the selection, everything would be fine. And as long as his relationship with His Majesty became stronger, would there be room for turning around these worrying things?

Among his six daughters, he always hoped that one would be able to succeed him, but based on what he saw before him, his delusion only stopped there.

Seeing him like this, the censor Lord Qi also felt heavy-hearted. His son was still in Lord Chen's hands, and what he did today was nothing more than exchanging his life for his son's.

"...These? I didn't expect you to do this." Lord Qi pinched the paper in his hand, trembling. In addition to abusing his power to oppress others, he also participated in corruption. Was his son a part of this?

"Your Majesty, I have no face to see you again." As soon as he finished speaking, he hit his head against the pillar and died.

Pei Yanheng didn't even blink, he just glanced coldly and then stared at Lord Chen again.

The blood flowing from Lord Qi's head in the hall stimulated everyone, and the smell of blood continued to penetrate into their lungs, making people frightened and a little nauseous.

Some ministers seemed to have returned to three years ago.

The Golden Palace was also covered with bloody skulls, and Pei Yanheng was still sitting on the dragon throne.

"Unjust? How could you be wrong in everything? I thought you were quite capable of committing crimes, but now you are begging for mercy?"

"Wow, wow, wow~" Lord Chen was in tears. Not only had his plan failed, but his life might be in danger. His Majesty might have been keeping an eye on him for the past few days, but he was still watching his performance without showing any emotion.

He was quite scheming, and he collapsed to the ground, all his spirit gone.

"If you violate your superiors, discuss state affairs, abuse your power, take bribes and pervert the law, you will be executed along with all your clans!"

Pei Yanheng's light words made Lord Chen wail in regret for no reason.

The rest of the people kept silent and lowered their heads, fearing that they would be implicated. Those who were related to Lord Chen were taken away immediately.

"What do you think of what Lord Qi said just now?"

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and you know how to rule your people."

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