Chen Wanrong and Yang Sixu came to the Daming Palace. There were crowds at the entrance of the palace, from the prime minister to the nine palace officials, everyone came.

Today is not the New Year and New Year, and the ninth-rank officials should not come to the morning court. Chen Wanrong couldn't help but wonder: "Why are they here?"

Yang Sixu was also surprised: "Yes! It must be the emperor who issued a special order, otherwise they would not have come."

According to the Tang Dynasty, a dynasty will be held on two days of the first and second month, and officials in Beijing will pay homage to the emperor regardless of their rank. Of course, there are exceptions, that is, the emperor issued a special order to hold a dynasty.

Chen Wanrong guessed: "Mr. Yang, will it be related to what happened last night? The emperor summoned them to wake them up and asked them to have a long memory."

Cui Shi was making a big fuss. He used him as a "negative textbook" to scold the ministers and asked them to behave properly. Yang Sixu nodded and said, "The emperor must be trying to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys. But, Lord Chen, you probably have a share."

Chen Wanrong shook his head, stopped talking, and entered the palace gate. Several officials signaled to Chen Wanrong to say hello, probably the officials whom Ge Shuhan made friends. Yang Sixu saw it and was happy in his heart. He muttered softly in Chen Wanrong's ear: "Mr. Chen, with them helping him, this matter is much easier to handle. They are all famous people!"

Only with fame can one have influence and can one lead others. Chen Wanrong was relieved and smiled and said, "Yes!" He followed the abortion to Hanyuan Palace.

The main dynasty of the Tang Dynasty was in Xuanzheng Hall, which was the Japanese dynasty because there were few people. Today, the dynasty was held, and there were too many people, so the Hanyuan Hall was necessary.

"I've met Brother Wanrong." Wu Jing found Chen Wanrong and quickly came over to greet him.

Chen Wanrong was very happy and smiled: "I have met Mr. Wu."

Wu Jing didn't say anything extra: "Brother Wanrong, I already know the matter. You don't have to worry about this. I have already agreed with a few familiar ministers that I will keep you safe no matter what."

He and Chen Wanrong had a good relationship, character and talent convinced Chen Wanrong. After hearing this, Chen Wanrong was very grateful: "I know Mr. Wu's kindness. However, Mr. Wu, if the situation is not good, you don't have to get in."

Wu Jing smiled and said, "Brother Wanrong, don't worry, the emperor has always looked at historians with different eyes, and nothing will happen." His writing is like a rafter, and even the emperor has to be afraid of it. As long as Wu Jing is not excessive, Ruizong will definitely not blame him.

The two entered the hall and stood at their own positions. After a while, all the ministers arrived and gathered together. The number of people was really large, several times more than that of the Japanese court.

The ministers whispered and asked each other why the dynasty was held today. Not many people could know the whole story, so naturally they were not convinced. You said it, he guessed it, and for a moment, there was endless discussion in the hall, and buzzing sounds were everywhere.

An official who knew the truth looked at Chen Wanrong from time to time. However, Chen Wanrong looked like he had nothing to do with the matter and let the ministers watch.

Not long after, a sharp voice sounded: "The Emperor is here!"

The ministers quickly stopped their voices, not daring to discuss anymore, and waited respectfully for Ruizong to arrive. Ruizong walked in his head, Princess Taiping and Li Longji followed him and strode. When he arrived in front of the throne, Ruizong did not sit down immediately, but slowly glanced over the ministers.

Chen Wanrong was very familiar with Ruizong and found that today's Ruizong was very different from the past. First, his eyes were much sharper. In the past, Ruizong was humble to everyone, warm-hearted, and had no emperor's majesty at all, let alone such a sharp gaze.

Second, Ruizong's steps were very steady, as if they were confident. In the past, Ruizong's steps were a little elegant when walking without much strength, but today it was so steady, which was really unexpected.

The most important thing is that Ruizong is full of confidence and the majesty of an emperor. Although there is not much majesty of an emperor, it is much worse than Li Longji around him. After all, it is the first time. He became an emperor twice and became an emperor for the first time. Under Wu Zetian's high pressure, he was trembling and trembling. Don't talk about the majesty of an emperor, it is out of reach. Although he was the most powerful among the three giants, he did not have the majesty of an emperor.

Many ministers discovered the strangeness of Ruizong and looked at each other, not knowing what happened, which caused such a big change in Ruizong. The court officials with a quick mind guessed that Ruizong suddenly wanted to have a grand dynasty today, and something shocking would inevitably happen.

When Ruizong glanced over Chen Wanrong, there was no pause or any abnormality. In his eyes, everyone in the hall was the same and did not add any color to anyone.

After looking at it, Ruizong sat down and the ministers began to meet. The ministers saw Ruizong's majesty today, and they were no longer as relaxed as usual. They were all cautious, for fear of making a mistake.

When the ceremony was over, Ruizong slowly spoke: "My ministers: Today is not the time for a great dynasty, but I issued a special order to carry out a great dynasty. Do you know the reason?"

The ministers didn't know about this, and said, "I'm asking the Emperor for the Holy Tribute!"

Ruizong nodded slightly, looking like an ancient well, without any expression, and explained the whole story: "Last night, something big happened. As the prime minister, Cui Shi actually ran to Chen Wanrong's mansion to go wild. As a result, he did not ask for the benefits, but instead bullied Chen Wanrong and dung all over the end."

The ministers dared not think about the matter of pouring feces on the prime minister. As soon as Ruizong finished speaking, the ministers changed color. When the hall was ready, a buzzing sound broke out, and the ministers were talking. The ministers around Chen Wanrong were a little scared and hurried away from Chen Wanrong. They dared to bully the prime minister, so they were so brave that they could not be afraid.

Ruizong pressed down with both hands, and the ministers hurriedly shut up: "A prime minister actually lost his moral integrity and rushed to the house of a seventh-rank official to go wild. Where is the court's face? The prime minister actually poured a head of a seventh-rank official. It's shame and shame, a great humiliation that has never been seen in the ages! I am really blind and actually used such a useless person as the prime minister!"

What the court wants is decent and face. Cui Shi relied on his high position and power to go to Chen Wanrong's mansion to act wildly. This is a mistake and is inconsistent with the identity of prime minister. If you bully Chen Wanrong, he not only lost the face of the court, but also proved that he was incompetent. Such a person must never be prime minister anymore.

Dou Huaizhen and the others were very quick-thought, so they naturally guessed this point. Even Princess Taiping could not keep Cui Shi's position. There was just one question, who belonged to the position of prime minister? Li Longji and Princess Taiping must take action, and Ruizong would not let it go. It seems that the three parties have a fight.

Dou Huaizhen and the others thought that such a big thing had happened, and Princess Taiping should have summoned them to discuss, but Princess Taiping did not do this, which was too incredible. Looking at Princess Taiping, she saw that Princess Taiping was as normal as usual, without any abnormality. If she didn't understand her thoughts, it would be hard to say this. Maybe she had to act according to the opportunity and would follow her whatever she said.

Amid the suspicion of the ministers, Ruizong finally said: "You all tell me, how should we deal with this matter?"

As soon as the words fell, the ministers stopped and no one dared to speak first.

For those of Princess Taiping like Dou Huaizhen, it is appropriate to seek justice for Cui Xi and make a sigh of relief for Princess Taiping. However, Ruizong said this very skillfully. As long as he was not a fool, Ruizong attributed his sins to Cui Xi, which clearly wanted to attack Cui Xi. They did not dare not take Ruizong, the most powerful among the three giants, seriously, and could only choose to remain silent.

The other ministers did not dare to speak rashly because Ruizong was very different today. It was beyond the expectations of the ministers. No one could tell him what he thought. He would not dare to touch this bad luck, and it would be better not to be the first to be a leader.

It was Wu Jing who took the lead in breaking the silence: "Emperor, Wu Jing, the minister, thought that Cui Shi, as the prime minister, should know that the court's laws and regulations are majestic and would not go to Chen Wanrong's mansion for no reason. Why is the cause of this matter? Please tell me."

When this is the point, if you want to judge right and wrong, you must first understand the cause. The ministers hurriedly agreed: "I will discuss it!"

Chen Wanrong understood Wu Jing's intention. He already knew the cause of this matter. If he really wanted to investigate, Cui Shi would be most wrong. At most, Chen Wanrong just asked for the crime of not following the law and insulting important officials of the court. What Chen Wanrong did was big or small. From a big point, it would be fined for the border. From a young point, it would be fined for a salary and reduced by two levels.

Once Ruizong ordered the investigation, everything was revealed to the world. Even if someone wanted to make things difficult for Chen Wanrong, it would be impossible. Wu Jing helped Chen Wanrong to help him with confidence.

Ruizong nodded and said, "Wu Qing said very well, first find out the whole story, distinguish right from wrong and then discuss the crime. Minister of Justice."

The Minister of Justice came out and said, "I am here."

Ruizong waved his hand, and an old eunuch picked up a yellow silk scroll on the imperial desk, walked down quickly, came to the Minister of Justice, and handed him the yellow silk scroll in his hand.

The Minister of Justice opened his eyes and his face changed drastically. He looked at Ruizong in surprise and said, "Your Majesty, this..."

The ministers looked at the shocked look of the Minister of Justice, but they did not understand the reason and were very curious.

Ruizong was much calmer than the Minister of Justice: "I personally ask you about the crime of the prince's handwritten letters. Please read it to them."

The Minister of Justice responded and cleared his throat: "Dear colleagues, this is Cui Zhengyuan's crime that the emperor personally asked about. There are 23 articles, including five robbery of women in the country, twelve pieces of land and property, three taints of people's wives and daughters, and three slaughtering people's wives and daughters."

This general situation alone surprised the ministers and everyone's faces changed color.

Ruizong struck while the iron was hot, slapped heavily on the imperial case, stood up suddenly, and glanced at the ministers with sharp eyes: "You all told me. I know that there are not only Cui Shi who committed the crime, and there are many people among you. There are people behind you, relying on their power and power to do a lot of bad things, don't think I don't know. I have told you today. Today, I have finished this matter, and if there is shit on my butt, I will go to the Ministry of Justice to receive punishment. I will deal with it as appropriate. If I don't go and find it out for me, don't blame me for not recognizing anyone!"

He is humble and respectful to others, and even when facing his ministers, he is very easy-going. This is the first time he will be invincible. Once an angry person gets angry, he will be scary and all the ministers are silent. Especially those ministers who have done bad things are as if they are upset and want to end the morning court as soon as possible.

"Bring it in!" Ruizong took a move and sat back on the imperial throne.

The soldiers escorted two people in, one was Cui Shi and the other was Cui Zhengyuan. Cui Shi was not wearing an official robe and was wearing ordinary clothes. I don’t know when he took off the official robe for Ruizong. Fortunately, Cui Shi had experienced many strong winds and waves, and could actually ensure calmness. His head was spinning around. When he saw Chen Wanrong, his eyes were like fire spurting out, and he wanted to swallow Chen Wanrong alive.

Chen Wanrong looked calm and looked at Cui Xi coldly. This revenge has been settled, are you afraid of you?

Cui Xi was dismissed from office, but he didn't expect that Ruizong would take action so quickly and seize his official position before he went to court.

Of course, the sensitive minister wanted to see that this was a demonstration to Princess Taiping. The reason why Emperor Ruizong took action so quickly was to create a faita accompli before Princess Taiping intervened, and she had no chance to intervene.

Ruizong has always decided on matters, first, to seek the opinions of Princess Taiping, and second, to ask Li Longji again, that such arbitrary thing was done, but the first thing he had in more than a year since he ascended the throne, was both accidental and surprised by the ministers.

Chen Wanrong looked at Duke Taiping. Princess Taiping had no reaction at all. She was still the same, calm and composed, as if Cui Shi had nothing to do with her. Chen Wanrong had to convince her deep scheming.

Cui Zhengyuan would not have the courage of his son. His face was pale, his legs were weak, his eyes were dull, and his eyes were distracted. If the soldiers hadn't pushed him, he would have fallen to the ground long ago.

Ruizong looked at the two of them coldly: "You read it to them."

The Minister of Justice responded and then he began to recite the crime according to the crime. One by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one by one, one can’t overturn the evidence even if one can tell the dead that they are alive.

After a moment of thought, the entire hall was silent, and the ministers looked at each other. No one expected that Cui Zhengyuan would do so many bad things.

"No! My son is definitely not like this!" Cui Shi shouted, very wronged: "Your Majesty, this is not true, absolutely not true! Yuan'er is a little arrogant, but he still knows that at least he will never do such a thing! This is a reproach, and ask the emperor to take charge of his subjects!"

Ruizong stared at Cui Xi and did not say a word for a long time. After a while, he said, "Cui Xi, you have reached this point. You still have fantasies. You are so embarrassing to do this. Let me tell you the truth. This is what I personally asked last night. I have never touched a finger of your fool son."

Cui Wei stared at the boss with her eyes wide open, still unable to believe it, staring at Cui Zhengyuan: "Yuan'er, you say, this is not true! Tell dad, this is not true!"

Cui Zhengyuan wanted to say it was not true, but after looking at Ruizong, he finally nodded and said, "Dad, I'm sorry for you, my son!"

Cui Shi suddenly fell to the ground with a pale face and murmured to himself: "Yuan'er, you have suffered so much! Dad has caused you so much trouble!" He covered his face with both hands and couldn't help but cry.

Princess Taiping shouted loudly: "Cui Shi, this is the court, not your backyard. You can let you cry whenever you want, and laugh whenever you want. Fortunately, you were the prime minister of the court, so you didn't even have this little self-sustainment! Get up and stand up!"

Dou Huaizhen and Xiao Zhizhong understood, exchanged glances with each other, nodded slightly, and had an idea.

Cui Shi stood up with tears in his hands, trembling slightly, and he could fall down at any time.

Ruizong stared at Cui Xi and then criticized: "Cui Xi, it's too late to regret it now! Everyone has the heart to love your son! It's understandable that you care for your son! But there are not many people in the world who are so spoiled like you. At such a big age, you still have a snot and tears, crying like a woman. You should ask yourself whether you have any faults. If your son doesn't teach you, will your father be less guilty?"

These words were ruthless, but they were true. Most of the people in the court, except for a few young ministers, were already fathers. Knowing that Ruizong's words were scolding people, they were not allowed to agree. They agreed from the bottom of their hearts, and said, "Thank you the Holy Trinity of the Emperor!"

Ruizong continued: "Cui Shi, if you can cry, it means you are a little ashamed, but it is too late to regret it! I here warn every minister, whether you are a father or not, you must listen to me: If you want to be a minister, you must first be a father; only by being a good father can you be a good minister!"

"I will obey the order!" All the ministers received the order.

Ruizong's admonition is not over yet: "If you cannot be a good father, you should not be a minister! I want you to remember that what happened to Cui Shi today is a shame! You all have children, so let me take care of it! If you do this again, don't blame me for not recognizing others!"

"Abide by the order!"

Ruizong's eyes fell on the Minister of Justice: "Minister of Justice, what should Cui Zhengyuan be guilty of?"

The Minister of Justice said without thinking: "Your Majesty, Cui Zhengyuan's crime is clear. I think that according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, I should be executed. I will be imprisoned in the death jail first and wait for the execution!"

"Authentication!" Ruizong nodded, and the soldier escorted Cui Zhengyuan out. Cui Shi just took a look weakly and closed his eyes again.

Ruizong's eyes stopped on Cui Shi and said, "You guys say, what should Cui Shi do?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dou Huaizhen came out and said, "Your Majesty, I think Cui Shi has three major crimes: First, Cui Zhengyuan committed crimes and acted heavily. Without Cui Shi's indulgence, Cui Zhengyuan would not dare to be so arrogant. Although Cui Shi did not do it personally, he could not escape the blame. Second, Cui Shi was prime minister, misunderstood his bad son's words and broke into Chen Wanrong's mansion. This move violated the laws of the court. What's worse, he was bullied by Chen Wanrong. As the prime minister, he had no ability to escape from his integrity. It is really a pity! With these three points, Cui Shi was dismissed from office. I also asked the emperor to sage!"

Dou Huaizhen, like Cui Shi, is a princess Taiping person. Even he said so. What else can the ministers say? The only one who is concerned is Princess Taiping, but after waiting for a while, Princess Taiping did not say anything. The ministers no longer hesitated and agreed in unison: "I'm going to discuss it!"

Cui Shi had already been mentally prepared for the dismissal of office, but he said it from Dou Huaizhen, and he still felt very uncomfortable. He had a sharp light in his eyes, he glared at Dou Huaizhen, and then closed it weakly, and kept shaking his head.

Princess Taiping then said, "Cui Shi, you don't ask yourself, but you think that your ministers and workers are taking advantage of the situation. You are so lucky to not put you in the border area because of what you did. The emperor and sister thought that your ministers and workers said that what you said was very true, and Cui Shi was dismissed from office."

Ruizong nodded slightly and looked at Li Longji in accordance with the old rules of Princess Yi Taiping and the Second Prince. Li Longji just said lightly: "Father, my son-in-law thinks that although Cui Xi is guilty, he has done things for the court and made merits. Merits are merits, and merits are merits. Merits cannot be punished, and merits cannot be concealed. His official position can be taken away, but his salary should be retained."

"What the prince said is very true. Cui Xi was dismissed from office and paid a salary with the fifth rank. He was allowed to live in Chang'an for retirement!" After the announcement of the Ruizong, the soldiers pushed Cui Xi out. Cui Xi did not resist either.
Chapter completed!