Xiao Ling nodded, "It's just that it seems that there is someone above him, I don't know who it is."
As he spoke, Xiao Ling's eyes swept the scene, and no one dared to say a word.
"According to my guess, that person should be among you."
Zhao Ge's body was a little stiff, Zhao Li's head was lowered, and his eyes were darting from side to side.
Yuan Dai looked at the dazed expressions of these people who were so arrogant just now, and instantly felt relieved. She walked up to Xiao Ling, hugged Xiao Ling's arm, "Your Majesty, please come back, they just planned to bully
My concubine is here!"
Yuan Dai's initiative to approach made Xiao Ling feel a little surprised and even flattered. After all, Yuan Dai wanted to stay far away when she saw him before. Now that she is willing to approach him, does it mean that she forgives him?
The corners of Xiao Ling's mouth raised slightly, "Well, how do you plan to deal with it?"
This is what Yuan Dai has been waiting for. Here is her chance to show off her power!
It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge after ten years. She, Yuan Dai, wants to take revenge now, immediately, immediately!
Seeing this opportunity, the ministers below also panicked and said quickly, "It's just a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding. The ministers also thought about the people, so they got a little anxious and came here without understanding the situation."
It’s a good sentence to think about the people.
These words have almost become a gold medal for these ministers to avoid death.
"It's a good thing to think about the people. However, the country has national laws and families have family rules. If you don't understand the situation, you come to arrest people, and even go beyond the emperor to take action. This crime is serious enough to be beheaded, right?"
A minister became anxious when he heard "decapitation" and wanted to make excuses. Yuan Dai stretched out her hand to stop him, "Hey, don't rush to make excuses. If the emperor breaks the law, he is as guilty as the common people, let alone you, a small minister.
?Do you think I’m right?”
Yuan Dai followed suit. Whatever these people said about her at that time, she repaid them in full.
The people below had earth-colored faces, and they didn't expect Yuan Dai to refute them with what they had said before.
You don't feel the pain when your fist hits others. You only feel the pain when it hits yourself.
"but--"
"I have always been a tolerant person. Although you have committed a serious crime, it is not unforgivable."
Everyone's dim eyes suddenly brightened up a bit.
Many of them came here just because they were hot-headed and followed the trend, and some of them simply joined the camp and everyone in the camp came. If they don't go, they may be ostracized in the future.
No one wants to lose their official position and life because of such an incident.
It would be great if the Queen was willing to forgive them!
"First of all, is it not too much to apologize to me?"
"It's not too much, not too much. It's Wei Chen's fault. Wei Chen apologizes to the Queen and asks the Queen to be magnanimous and forgive Wei Chen's fault."
"Empress, I'm sorry, but I didn't understand the situation clearly."
"When I return, I will do my best to eliminate the rumors for my empress!"
Everyone said something to each other, and Yuan Dai felt a lot more comfortable.
only--
Two others have yet to apologize.
These two people are Zhao Ge and Zhao Li.
The reason why Zhao Ge did not apologize was because he felt that his status was not lower than that of Yuan Dai. It would be somewhat detrimental to his dignity as an important minister of the court to apologize to a woman from the harem in person.
But Zhao Li was simply jealous.
She was jealous of Yuan Dai's good fortune. Every time she was in danger, someone would come to her in time to save her.
Zhao Li originally planned to bite the bullet and get through, but after everyone took their turn, the scene became quiet. Zhao Li was wondering why it suddenly became quiet, and then she noticed that many pairs of eyes were falling on her.
Under tremendous pressure, Zhao Li had to apologize to Yuan Dai no matter how reluctant she was.
She gritted her teeth, then took a deep breath, trying to make her tone sound calmer.
"I apologize to the Empress. The Empress has a lot of things. Please don't argue with me."
Listening to Zhao Li's tea-filled speech, Yuan Dai couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly.
Yuan Dai nodded, "Don't worry, people naturally won't argue with animals."
Zhao Li's face froze, "Mother, how can you say such things about my concubine?"
Yuan Dai pretended to be stupid, "Ah? Did I tell you?"
"I didn't mention him by name. It's up to you to figure it out. It seems like you think you're quite like a beast."
Zhao Li was so angry that her teeth trembled.
Yuan Dai's words just now were clearly talking about her! How could it be that she was the one who made the right decision?
Zhao Li bit her lower lip tightly, her hatred for Yuan Dai rising to another level.
Zhao Li apologized, and then only Zhao Ge was left.
Zhao Ge was an old official in the officialdom after all. Although he was extremely dissatisfied, he did not show it on his face. Instead, he respectfully said to Yuan Dai: "Wei Chen apologizes to the empress."
"Wei Chen was careless about this matter."
Yuan Dai nodded and said nothing more.
But there was an inexplicable strange feeling in her heart. Although she had not been in contact with this Zhao Ge a few times, she had an intuition that this Zhao Ge didn't seem to like her very much, and his gaze on her was always gloomy, which made her feel sad.
People feel very uncomfortable.
Yuan Dai suppressed the weirdness in her heart and turned to look at the group of ministers who were looking at the door and couldn't wait to leave.
The corners of her mouth raised slightly and she made her second request.
"My second request is that in addition to a verbal apology, you must also show some sincerity, right?"
Sincerity?
Does the Empress want some blood from them?
Zhao Li's face was ugly, and after going back and forth for a while, she finally couldn't help but said: "Didn't I already get a lot of gold and silver jewelry from the Jade Kingdom? Why do you still ask for it from the ministers?"
"That's my own money, what does it have to do with you?"
"Is it contradictory that I have money and I need to compensate for being hurt?"
As she said that, she also held Xiao Ling's hand.
"Your Majesty, what do you think?"
【Ah ah ah, dog emperor, support me quickly! 】
[Support me and I will reluctantly forgive you for your previous mistakes!]
Under the gaze of everyone, Xiao Ling nodded, "I think what the Queen said makes sense."
"It doesn't matter if you don't want to. According to the law over there, anyone who offends the Queen or acts beyond his rank will be demoted by three levels."
After Xiao Ling ordered, everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Is it still possible to reduce the rank to three levels?
It may be a little better for junior officials, but for senior officials, the higher you go, the harder it is to rise. Some people may spend most of their lives to be promoted to two or three levels of officials. If this happens,
If you lose three levels, it can be said that your entire future is ruined.