Because of a memorial brought by Princess Yongxi, everyone in the court suddenly felt insecure, as if a chill was coming out of them.
Thinking about the recent turmoil in the harem, a pair of sisters served the emperor together, one was the wife and the other was the concubine, but the concubine always dominated the wife.
I originally thought my wife would not resist, but I didn't expect her to use such a big trick. And this is really a big trick!
The explosions hit the front yard directly. Everyone started to think about whether they had done such things. Those who hadn't were naturally relieved.
As for some people who were starting to panic, they finally decided that they would be nicer to their wives after they returned home today.
Xiaoman also stood quietly aside, waiting for these people's answers. After all the ministers read the memorial, they passed it to Minister Lin.
When Minister Lin saw these words, his heart sank. Just as he had guessed, today he would either lose his life or lose Wushamao.
All in all, he was in a bad situation. He could not even kneel properly and the memorials fell to the ground. The eunuch was very smart and immediately reduced the number of memorials.
The emperor looked at the silent civil and military officials, then looked at Xiaoman, feeling a little troubled about how to solve this matter. Finally, he looked at Gu Xiangning again.
"Gu Aiqing, how do you think this matter should be resolved?"
The emperor thought, since it was your wife who brought it up, you'd better have a solution. Otherwise, you can't let all the civil and military officials remain silent.
Speaking of it, the military officers in the court can actually be ignored, because most of them are Mu Yexiao's subordinates and Gu Xiangning Xiaoman's subordinates.
Although all the people in Mu Yexiao's faction have been handed over to the emperor, they will definitely support Xiaoman in the small matter of favoring a concubine and destroying his wife that Xiaoman has proposed.
Even if it was just to save face, it was good. After all, favoring concubines over wives was not a common practice among military officers. This was because of the influence of Mu Yexiao.
Many military officers even had only one wife, and even if they had concubines, their status was low. The same was true for the generals who followed Xiaoman.
Knowing that Xiaoman hated concubines, he seldom took one. Even if he already had one, the concubine would not pose any threat to his wife.
As for the civil officials, they have a lot of wives and concubines, so maybe there will be some problems. Gu Xiangning is now the head of all officials. He should be the representative of the civil officials.
But he happened to represent a military officer, who was both civil and military, so this question was definitely suitable for him to answer, so the emperor looked at Gu Xiangning with his bright eyes.
Gu Xiangning's mouth twitched, and he looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, I agree with Princess Yongxi's point of view. Those who favor concubines and destroy their wives should be executed."
"But this matter also needs to be considered in moderation. For example, some people favor their concubines over their wives, or even kill their wives to favor their concubines, making the concubine become their wife. They should be punished with capital punishment!"
The whole court was shocked. Could such a thing happen? It was really abominable. Such a person deserved death!
After taking a look at the silent court and hearing no objections, Gu Xiangning continued, "Of course, our Minister Lin has not reached this level."
"Minister Lin, can you tell me about your wife's recent situation?"
Minister Lin was stunned for a moment. Ever since Lin Chuwan entered the palace, she had been favored by the emperor. The same was true for her mother, the favorite concubine of the Lin family. She was even called Madam Lin.
As for the real Mrs. Lin, she had become invisible. He had no idea what Mrs. Lin had been doing recently, so he couldn't answer Gu Xiangning's question for a while.
When he looked up, he found that everyone was looking at him. Lord Lin was really embarrassed. Even the Emperor was the same. He looked at Minister Lin and was speechless, feeling a little angry.
Although he had ignored and even hated the Queen during this period of time, he knew about the Queen's schedule and Siqi, and he paid attention to them.
In fact, the emperor would not tell anyone because he was worried that the queen would use a trick to harm his favorite concubine. Unfortunately, the queen never fought back.
But Gu Xiangning personally went to invite Xiaoman back, which was more powerful than any counterattack. He sighed, "Minister Lin, you are in such a difficult situation."
"It shows how much you favor your concubine over your wife. Someone, take off Minister Lin's official hat. You will not be allowed to be an official in the future!"
The emperor was still thinking about this. In case his favorite concubine wanted to see her father someday, he would need someone to help her. Besides, this Minister Lin was the queen's father.
It can't be too miserable. As soon as the emperor gave this order, Duke Zheng, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, just because you favor your concubine and kill your wife."
"Isn't it a bit of an overreaction to dismiss a minister?"
The emperor coughed twice, not knowing how to answer. To be honest, if this matter was brought up by someone else, it might really be ignored.
But the person who brought it up was Princess Yongxi. You know, even if what she said was nonsense, there would be people who didn't want to ignore it. Xiaoman looked at Duke Zheng.
She had some impression of this person. After all, he was the father-in-law of the former Third Prince. A smile appeared on her lips as she looked at Duke Zheng.
"Yongxi meets Duke Zheng. May I ask Duke Zheng, a word from the ancient sage Cheng Shuoguo: How can one rule the world if one's family is not peaceful? A person who can't even rule his own family well."
"How can you be qualified to govern the country? The Great Zhou is full of talented people, and we don't need someone who can't even govern his own family!"
Duke Zheng actually wanted to say that Minister Lin handled all official affairs very well, but when he thought of the meaning behind the county lord's words, no matter how capable he was.
If you can't handle family affairs well, you are not qualified to handle state affairs! This made Duke Zheng speechless for a moment! Seeing that Duke Zheng was frustrated, others dared not speak.
The emperor sighed, asked the eunuch to come in and take off Minister Lin's black gauze hat, and prepared to take Minister Lin away. At this time, the emperor looked at Yongxi.
"Princess Yongxi, do you have anything else to say?"
The meaning of the words is very clear. I have already fulfilled your wish. You can leave now! But Xiaoman has something else to say: "Since the emperor asked, Yongxi still has one more thing to ask the emperor to decide."
"Although Yongxi is not an official of the imperial court, he has conquered thousands of miles of territory. How can I get rid of this anger when someone points at my nose and calls me a nobody?"
The emperor was stunned. You have directly taken away the official position of someone's father, but you are still finding a reason to refuse to let go.
The emperor frowned and was in a dilemma. Xiaoman was not so aggressive before. Everyone shuddered again when they heard Yongxi's words.
This woman is not to be messed with. Minister Lin, who is being dragged out by the guards, no, now he can only be called Lin Buyi, after all, he is just a commoner.
He rushed to Xiaoman, but Xiaoman remained calm: "County Lady, I have been dismissed from my position, why don't you let me go?"
Yong Xi glanced at Lin Buyi mockingly and said, "What a deep love between father and son. However, this Lin, I will call you Mr. for the time being, although you don't deserve this title."
"The reason why this county lady came to Mr. Lin is because you favor your concubine over your wife. You knew your son had gotten into trouble, yet you brought your concubine to beg for mercy time and time again!"
"You even openly announced that this is your Madam Lin. Where do you put the real Madam Lin? This is why I am reporting you for favoring your concubine over your wife!"
"Besides, you have failed to educate your son properly. You have allowed your son to oppress the people and even dared to loudly criticize the county lord. What am I now that you know the truth?"
"How dare you call the youngest son ignorant without any sincerity? Do you know that your so-called youngest son is one or two years older than this county lady? You are here to insult this county lady!"
"Since you are now an ordinary citizen, I will be generous and not argue with you, but who do you think I am?"
"Can anyone insult someone?"
The emperor did not know about this matter before, and the ministers also suddenly realized that this insincere apology was simply meant to provoke people.
No wonder Princess Yongxi took such crazy revenge! The emperor's eyes flickered at this time. If he had this attitude towards Princess Yongxi, what about other ministers
It seems that he has really given too much favor to the Lin family recently. The emperor was still thinking about it, but suddenly heard Xiaoman's words: "Your Majesty, who gave the youngest son of the Lin family such great power?"
Xiaoman's words were almost like scolding the emperor, "How dare you let someone insult me like this?" Looking at Xiaoman's eyes, the emperor actually felt a little guilty.
He touched his nose and looked at Xiaoman: "Lin Xin, the son of the Lin family, is so bold and disrespectful to the heroes. He will be exiled three thousand miles away!"
The emperor was also ruthless, but he did not execute him. Xiaoman snorted with satisfaction. "Yongxi's matter has been dealt with, so I'll take my leave now."
Seeing that Xiaoman did not target Lin Chuwan, the emperor was confused. He also knew that Xiaoman had another purpose in doing this, which was to support the queen.
Shouldn't the imperial concubine be dismissed as well? Little did she know that Xiaoman was planning to leave the imperial concubine, Lin Chuwan, to the queen herself!
Even though she did everything for him, the queen still couldn't learn to grow up! Looking at Xiaoman's departing back, Lin Buyi really fell to the ground this time.
The whole person fainted. His most beloved son! Would he still be alive after being exiled three thousand miles away? Watching a series of events, the emperor glanced at the eunuch beside him.
The eunuchs immediately began to shout: "Dismiss the court."
He even skipped the memorial and retired directly. However, the emperor called Gu Xiangning and said, "My dear Gu, wait a minute. I have something else to discuss with you.
Gu Xiangning knew that the emperor was going to make trouble for him. After all, Xiaoman had not told the emperor about her actions, and the emperor still had some thoughts in his mind.