Chapter 46 : Impeachment

"Greetings Your Majesty, I have this to present!"

In the morning court, Pei Si Yan stepped out before all the officials and bowed respectfully to the emperor above the high seat.

The crowd looked curiously at the thick books of sonata in her hands, secretly guessing what this young witch Pan is going to do.

"Aiqing please speak." The Emperor said, his tone was without ripples, as if it was a pool of stagnant water.

Pei Siyan's corner of the eye swept to the other three auxiliary ministers, raised the zhang folders in his hand high above his head, and said aloud, "I have submitted a petition to impeach ... the Imperial Master, Lord Feng Dingyuan, who deliberately plotted to harm my minister, with the intention of misbehaviour! These are the evidence that I have collected."

The moment this statement was made, the hall exploded with the sound of astonishment and disbelief. Wuluo stared faintly at the zhengshi in Pei Si Yan's hands, as if he was thinking about something. Wu Li's brows were furrowed in a look of indecision. A surprised smile surfaced on Wu Dai's face and he nodded slightly.

One or two of the officials from Feng's faction were bold enough to shout, "Wu Pan falsely accuses Master Feng, please be clear about this, Your Majesty".

His Majesty's gaze fell on the calm and collected Wu Pan, not hearing the cries of injustice, but only frowning more deeply.

Pei Siyan swept a glance at the crowd's reaction and once again raised her voice: "Your Majesty, I would also like to report that Xu Tuan, the Minister of the Ministry of the Army, Chen Zhulun, the General of the Martial Guards, Ye Wenqing, the Minister of the Ministry of the Household, and Qiu Zhaofu, the Minister of the Interior, have been working in cahoots with Feng Taishi to corruptly bend the law and seek to endanger the country! I have listed their incriminating evidence on top of the zhang folders, please be clear with your holiness!"

Pei Si Yan said it in one breath, her heart feeling relieved.

Feng Taishi had hidden his incriminating evidence quite well, she had sent out numerous scouts to investigate, but the incriminating evidence collected over the months was few and far between, and not enough to bring him to his death.

She originally wanted to impeach a few officials under Feng's command first, and then interrogate the evidence of guilt from the mouths of these officials. However, now, a single letter of secret communication between Master Feng and Lady Yueruo, pointing out the plot to murder Tantai Yu, made her take the lead in proposing the impeachment of Master Feng.

Eunuch Qian cautiously stepped forward and took the zhengzuo from Pei Si Yan's hands, who gave him an ill-conceived smile.

Only then did Eunuch Qian remember that among the impeaching officials was his own top boss, Eunuch Qiu, and recalling the incident when Lord Wuban asked him if he wanted to sit in the seat of the Inner Chamberlain's Supervisor, he suddenly understood, secretly smiled gratefully at Lord Wuban, turned around and walked up the steps, handing the zhang folders over to the Emperor's hands.

"Your Majesty!" Ye Wenqing, the minister of the household department, ran out of the column and knelt behind Pei Si Yan, shouting, "Your Majesty, I'm innocent, I've always been self-restrained and courteous, how could I have done something treasonous? It must be Lord Wu Pan who falsely accused me!"

Pei Siyan mood happily looked at the officials who tried their best to defend themselves, thinking that when he was falsely accused, and now all of them to their own way to cure this group of wolves and wild hearted guys.

The emperor looked at the thick folders, his eyes more and more cold, as if three nine days in the biting wind.

"Lord Wu Pan, what exactly are your intentions!" The Great General of Martial Defence couldn't stand the Emperor's silence any longer and jumped out to accuse, "My humble servant has never offended you!"

Pei Si Yan responded to his duty with aplomb, "General Chen, there is a saying, 'If you want someone to know, unless you don't do it', there is no impermeable wall in the world, sooner or later, what you have done will be revealed to the world, I am merely exposing it."

Chen Zhulun glared viciously at Pei Siyan and bowed to the Emperor again, "Please be clear about this, Your Majesty!"

"Yes, General Chen definitely won't be corrupt, after all, he is the person under the hand of Taishi Feng."

"Lord Wu Pan can really ... alas, too unintelligent, is not playing around!"

A group of officials were talking, pointing their fingers directly at Pei Si Yan.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Wuluo stood to Pei Si Yan's side, his face was plain, a grey and white robe set off his still graceful, elegant and soft.

Pei Si Yan had always felt that Wuluo's appearance was more like that of a literati who walked amongst the mountains and waters, rather than a country's auxiliary minister who stood in the courtroom and reigned supreme.

Feng Party stopped arguing and quietly and even somewhat timidly looked at Lord Wuluo.

"Aiqing say it." The Emperor said, his gaze still resting on the zhang folders.

"Last night, I was assassinated by an assassin, and Lord Imperial Prefect is already investigating the matter," Wuluo, as with his outward temperament, said unhurriedly, "However, I inadvertently picked up one thing left behind by the assassin, and I would like to personally present it to the Emperor for his eyes." Saying this, he pulled out the token and letter from his sleeve.

Pei Si Yan glanced at those two things, and an imperceptible smile surfaced at the corner of his lips.

Eunuch Qian forwarded the things up again, and when the Emperor took a look, he couldn't help but freeze, "This, this isn't ..."

Wuluo took over, "This is a token from the Feng Taishi's residence and the Feng Taishi's handwritten letter, proving that the assassin was sent by the Feng Taishi."

Once again, the court set off a huge /wave, two of the four great auxiliary ministers even went up to the court on the same day to report on the offences of the Feng Taishi, it was thought that there was going to be another unavoidable bloodbath in the court.

The Imperial Prefect wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and respectfully echoed: ''Your Majesty, Lord Wuluo was indeed assassinated last night. The humble minister has not yet identified the real culprit."

General Chen over there was still trying his best to refute this as he sneered, "Lord Wuluo is not playing a bitter trick to frame Lord Feng, is he? My humble servant has heard that your lordship and Lord Feng have had some conflicting misunderstandings over the past few months."

Wuluo slightly inclined his body and looked at General Chen fixedly, "General Chen, your sentence sounds more like a false accusation, doesn't it?"

Wuluo's quiet and dark eyes looked at Chen Zhulun's heart, he scrambled to avoid it and looked towards the emperor on the high seat, "Why did Lord Wuluo make such a statement? Lord Feng has always been extremely respected in the official world, he is a person of high moral standing and is loyal to the king and loves the people, how could he possibly be plotting against an important official of the imperial court with ill intent?"

"As the saying goes, you know a man's face, but you don't know his heart," the one who took over the conversation was Wufan, who looked at the Feng Party officials with contempt, "You are the lackeys under Lord Feng's door, so naturally, you are helping to speak for him. Just think about it, Lord Wu Pan has always been neutral in the court, never forming parties, and even more so, she has no grudges against anyone, so what reason does she have to falsely accuse Lord Feng? Since she was able to report Lord Feng's guilt, it only shows that Lord Feng and you few do have problems. Besides, Lord Wuluo's purity and integrity is also evident to all, so why would General Chen say such a thing?"

General Chen was stumped by Wuluo's words, he looked to the other two for help - they were all grasshoppers tied by the same rope, all for the good, all for the bad!

Ye Wenqing stepped forward, "Just like your saying 'knowing the face of a man is not knowing his heart', Lord Wuluo and Lord Wuban might be the same?"

Wufei smiled faintly, "Then you also agree with this saying? Investigating whether the evidence of the crime is true or false will make it clear whether it is right or wrong. But before that, please have some co-operation from a few of you, don't force your words!"

"Your Majesty!" Several officials "flopped" and knelt on the ground, shouting like a daughter-in-law who had suffered a great injustice.

After all the people had argued for such a long time, the Emperor finally raised his head, held up the letter that was sandwiched between them, and asked in a cold voice, "Wufan, was this really found at the second house's head who intended to murder you?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pei Si Yan replied, "After last night's palace banquet, the head of the second house, Lady Yue Luo, bribed the maidservant beside me with the intention of plotting against me! I was extremely angry, and after searching the second house, I found this letter, only then ..." her eyes reddened, choking up and almost unable to speak, "only then did I realise that the original minister's father, Lord Feng, was killed by Lord Feng!"

Matters are getting more and more serious, the former Wu Pan was jointly murdered, two auxiliary ministers suffered misfortune on the same day, and also associated with the second prince was revealed to be hypocritical face, the dragon robe appeared in the house of the Feng Taishi, the recent rumours in the marketplace, all the officials passed each other's eyes - could it be that the Feng Taishi is really intending to change the dynasty and change the position?

The Emperor's face was terrifying, the veins on his forehead were almost clearly visible, and the tone of his voice was cold, but he did not show any outbursts of anger, which frightened the crowd even more.

Mixed in the officialdom for many years of officials know, the emperor is now in the endurance, to a certain time anger burst out, that ... consequences can not be imagined, not to mention that in recent days the court situation in succession, the emperor suppressed under the anger is certainly much more than before ...

Thinking of this, fear will be implicated officials head hanging lower, hate to find a hole in the ground to drill in, earlier to leave this depressing and fearful place.

The Emperor asked again, "Then, where did the Minister of Love get the evidence of the crimes of Xu Shangshu and the others?"

"Your Majesty, I first inadvertently learned of some of the wind, afraid that a few people will do what chaotic things, I do as one of the four auxiliary ministers, have the obligation to the emperor and the court to do their best to maintain the emperor and the safety of the court, in line with the idea that it is better to believe that there is not to believe that there is nothing, ordered his men to investigate the investigation, respectively, went to a few adults frequented the taverns, greenhouses, shops, private The only way to gather this is to ask around in the neighbourhood."

Several impeached officials cast disgusted gazes at Pei Si Yan, gnashing their teeth in hatred.

The Emperor pondered for a short while and ordered, "The relevant people are temporarily dismissed from their positions and put in the prison to await interrogation. Woo Ru, you and the Da Lisi together thoroughly investigate this matter, no matter what methods, must be investigated a water fall out! If the crimes committed are true ..." the emperor's gaze became harsh, sweeping towards the Feng party officials, "severe punishment will not be tolerated!"

The impeached officials were shocked at heart, their legs softened and almost didn't make a fool of themselves in public.

The means used by Lord Wufei to interrogate the prisoners was scandalous, the reason why the Feng Tai Shi was not imprisoned for the time being was for the sake of his old man's patriarchal and important minister. But they are a few people are not the same ... If the interrogation can not let the witch against the adult satisfaction, not dead also want to become crippled.

Wufeng asked, "Your Majesty, does Lord Feng continue to be under house arrest at home, or ..."

The Emperor said without hesitation, "All members of the Feng family will be escorted to the dungeon!"

"I understand!" Wu Dai revealed a satisfied smile and raised his head high, like a great general returning triumphantly from a victorious battle. The matter of his nephew, His Imperial Highness, being given to death because of the Second Prince's design to frame him had always haunted him, looking forward to the day when he could personally avenge himself on the group of Imperial Master Feng, and today was finally the day he was expecting it!

He wants to let this group of people know what is called blood debt!

The guards came up to the palace to arrest the people, General Chen had his official hat removed, his eyes widened in anger as he glared at the silent Pei Si Yan and yelled, "Tantai Yan, you shall not die!"

Pei Si Yan raised one eyebrow, unimpressed.

Anyway, her surname was not Tantai name Yan at all, so such a curse would have no effect.

The Emperor suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, his eyes were getting blurry, his throat was salty and he wanted to vomit, he rubbed his forehead and barely managed to hold on. Eunuch Qian noticed the Emperor's abnormality, and hurriedly shouted "Retreat", then helped the Emperor to leave in a hurry.

As if on the verge of amnesty, the officials rush to the outside of the main hall, fearing that if they are late, they will also be arrested and locked up in the prison, and be subjected to horrific and unimaginable abuse.

Pei Si Yan walked out of the great hall, looking towards the clear and clear as a wash of the sky, taking a deep breath of air, her chest felt soothed and in a good mood.