After lunch, Xi Ning went to Qinzheng Hall in high spirits.

Entering the hall, a group of ministers were reviewing notes just like yesterday. The place had been moved from the outside to the inside. Although the memorials were still piled up, there was obviously no clutter like yesterday.

With a day's experience, everyone continued in an orderly and leisurely manner.

There are a total of twenty people here, and there are hundreds of copies. Basically three people check and review one copy. So one person basically needs to go through more than fifteen copies, plus the current month's papers that were not completed yesterday, the workload is still quite large. .

King Duan sat in the innermost position of all the seats. According to the way of school and examination, he faced the door, while the positions of the ministers were placed five on each side.

Seeing the empress coming, everyone put down their zhazi and knelt down to salute.

Xining said that he was free of ceremony and went to where King Duan was. All the ministers and servants stood up, sat back down, and continued to read the papers.

He casually picked up one of the approved ones on the table, opened it, and looked at it roughly: "Brother Emperor is tired."

"It is my unshirkable duty to share your Majesty's worries." Prince Duan's voice was weak, because there were about ten of the most important notes in the daily notes, which seemed small, but they were all tiring and tiring.

After reading this, Xining nodded. This was a good deal. He took another copy to read, and then said softly: "Brother, this cannot be done like this."

This matter was handed over by the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. The Lin family, a local squire in Heyuan County, sued the only son of the Zhao family, Zhao Qian, for seeing that the daughter of the Lin family was beautiful, and sent a matchmaker there. The Lin family felt that Zhao Qian had a bad reputation and was frivolous in his behavior. Willing to agree to the marriage.

Zhao Qian then kidnapped the Lin family's daughter back to his house halfway. On the day of the forced marriage, the Lin family's daughter inserted a gold hairpin into his chest and committed suicide.

The Lin family went to the county government to file a lawsuit, but the Zhao family denied it. As a result, the county government was afraid of the Zhao family's power and ruled against the Lin family.

The Lin family refused to accept it, so Zhao Qian sent someone to ambush him on the road. On the way to appeal, the elder of the Lin family had one of his legs broken. The owner of the family was so angry that his daughter died and his son's leg was broken again. He was so angry that he vomited blood.

The Lin family later tried their best to sneak to Shuntian Mansion and then filed a lawsuit.

Now Shuntian Prefecture Yin has completed the trial of the matter. Taking into account the special nature of the Zhao family, he reported the truth and asked the Tian family to make a decision.

Xining handed the zazi to King Duan, who looked at it and said, "Your Majesty, please give me a clear explanation."

She asked: "Brother, does the emperor know which family this Zhao Qian family is?"

King Duan responded: "She is the mother concubine of the Thai King and the descendant of Princess Zhao."

Xining nodded: "Exactly! Concubine Zhao is just such a nephew. He is the younger brother of Concubine Zhao. He had a son in his later years. He was pampered too much in his daily life, so he became domineering in the local area and bullied men and women."

King Duan didn't understand: "Because of this, Zhao Qian should be executed. The prince committed the same crime as the common people, let alone a foreign relative."

Xining shook his head with a smile: "Brother, think about it, if Zhao Qian is sentenced to death and Princess Zhao goes to the King of Thailand to cry and complain, will the King of Thailand help her mother? Even if the King of Thailand doesn't care, Princess Zhao will run to the imperial mausoleum. What's the point of crying and getting angry? You have to know that things in the world are inherently volatile. If the Zhao family finds a good lawyer or makes some false testimony and the case is overturned, people will be caught off guard. "

After Prince Duan pondered for a while, he respectfully saluted: "Your Majesty, please make your decision."

Xining thought for a while, picked up a cinnabar pen and started writing on it, while King Duan looked on.

After writing, Wang couldn't help but read out: "The daughter of the Lin family entered the ancestral grave of the Zhao family and was buried as a head wife; half of the Zhao family's wealth belongs to the Lin family."

Xining explained: "The Lin family just needs an explanation. The person is dead and the injured are injured. Even if Zhao Gan is sentenced to execution, the Lin family will not only take a breath of relief, but they will still have to live in the future. Punishment instead of killing, In this way, the Zhao family and the Lin family have equal financial resources, and the Zhao family cannot touch the Lin family. In addition, Mrs. Zhao has an explanation, at least her nephew's life can be saved."

After King Duan praised him, he was worried: "What if the Lin family refuses?"

Unless the Lin family doesn't want money and just wants to vent their anger, then this matter will be troublesome.

Xining put Zha Zi aside for review: "Then Zhao Qian will be sentenced to execution in the autumn. When the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, and the autumn period is over, it will be time for a general amnesty. Zhao Qian will be sentenced to exile in Taizhou."

Taizhou is a fiefdom of the King of Thailand. If the nephew of Princess Zhao is sent to live or die in the future, the empress cannot be blamed.

King Duan smiled at this time. Although the execution could establish authority and please people's hearts, this method was indeed much better than directly executing the execution.

He bowed: "Your Majesty is wise, I am ashamed of myself. I will leave Beijing soon, and the ministers are quite complaining about my assistantship in government, but I still..."

I have been exhausted for half the day today; if this state affairs is not handled well, it will be a big deal. Take advantage of this opportunity to hand over this matter.

Xining sniffed, and his eyes were porphyrin-like like a kitten: "Brother Huang, don't you want me? I'm not in good health yet. Brother Huang, please help me before you leave the capital."

Come on, if you quit, who will I find?

He also stretched out his hand to pull Prince Duan's sleeve, pinched it with two fingers, and pulled: "Brother Emperor, are you okay? Brother Emperor..."

Anyway, when the empress left happily, Prince Duan had not yet come to his senses and was still confused.

When I came back to my senses, I thought about it, how could this empress be more whiny than those beautiful concubines who were rewarded, and she was fooled into it again this time.

After sighing, I picked up the note and continued reading.

On the second day of King Duan's service, four more ministers took their own cars to sit in the prison. Now there were seven ministers in the prison.

The Empress has decreed that if officials of the sixth rank and above want to go to jail, they can go to jail. Not just anyone can go to jail if they want to, they also need to be a Beijing official with official rank.

The governor of Jingzhao personally helped them arrange cells, one for each person, and each cell was far apart. The door was unlocked, but they could not leave the cell, otherwise they would be thrown directly into the sky prison.

Since you are going to jail and the cell door is open, you cannot wander around and disturb the order in the sky jail.

Those seven ministers were quite tough at first, but soon they felt that they were a joke.

Family members are not allowed to visit the prison, they are provided with two meals a day and toilet bowls are collected every three days.

On weekdays, someone would clean the toilet at home, even twice a day. Now it is once every three days, and the toilet is just emptied and not brushed at all. The smell is overwhelming.

Moreover, the ground here is not covered with straw mats, but with straw. There is a torn cotton quilt, and the white cotton has turned black, giving off a sour smell. Fortunately, it is almost summer, otherwise, if you don't cover it, you will freeze to death. It will stink to death if you cover it.

From time to time, there are half-foot-long rats running around. They are not afraid of people and even compete with people for food. You must be careful when sleeping at night to prevent your ears and toes from being gnawed by them.

For two meals a day, what was delivered was either moldy thick bread buns or rancid multi-grain rice noodles. Even the vegetables were boiled, with vegetable skins and roots without much salt.

The ministers have never suffered like this before, and they complain whenever they open their mouths.

The prison head in the cell said with a smile: "Oh, sir, you are a noble man, so of course you don't know that the prison food here is not delicious. We can't treat the prisoners like their ancestors."

Come on. This is a place where you live and eat for free. If you don’t get used to it, just leave, the door will be kept open for you!”
Chapter completed!