Did the eldest daughter ascend the throne today?

Chapter 453 His Heart Should Be Punished

"Cousin, be careful." Bai Zhanyang screamed.

Cui Yanxi was frightened and stepped back subconsciously, but Bai Zhanyang was behind her and she had nowhere to retreat.

Just when the situation was extremely dangerous, Cheng Qian kicked the man in the lower body. The man let out a shrill scream, his body arched involuntarily, and the blade in his hand fell to the ground.

Cheng Qian picked up the blade on the ground, a trace of anger flashed in her eyes, "What do you want to do?"

Are you trying to ruin a girl's face? Damn, this is too despicable, shameless.

Before he could finish his words, the scholar screamed, "Help! The female official is bullying others, she is killing people, everyone come together!"

The other scholars looked fierce and rushed towards the two female officials, punching and kicking them.

Cheng Qian was very strong and had practiced some martial arts, but her skills were just fancy moves and she was soon defeated.

However, Cui Yanxi was powerless and was hit several times. She fought back and smashed the people with the book.

Bai Zhanyang stepped forward to protect her and shouted, "Stop, stop hitting me."

Seeing this, the men attacked even harder, "You are a grown man and you are helping the evildoers. Let's beat you together."

The scene was in chaos, attracting countless onlookers, who pointed and said all kinds of things.

"What's going on? Why did they start fighting out of nowhere?"

"A few grown men besieging two girls is too much. What the hell."

"There must be something wrong with these two girls. Why don't they attack others, but only attack them?"

"The world is going downhill. Women nowadays are too restless. They actually fight with men in the street. This is unheard of and a shame for all women."

"Are you sick? How can you blame a woman for this?"

"Women should stay at home, take care of their husbands and children, and live in peace and quiet."

"Is the man afraid? Afraid that he can't win against the woman? So he starts suppressing her with all his might?"

The two parties were quarreling fiercely.

When the defenders arrived, both sides in the fight were injured.

Bai Zhanyang was the worst offender. His handsome face had swollen like a pig's head, it was a horrible sight.

The city defenders frowned and said, "Take them all away."

A group of people were thrown into jail, Cui Yanxi and Cheng Qian were in one room, several men were in another, and Bai Zhanyang was in another.

Cui Yanxi frowned, "Cousin, I'm sorry, I implicated you."

Bai Zhanyang's face was so ugly that it couldn't be looked at. "What nonsense are you talking about? We are family, how can I just sit there and do nothing? Don't be afraid, we are innocent and nothing will happen to us."

Cui Yanxi originally just treated this cousin as a courtesy, and was willing to be just okay with him, but his performance today made her look at him with new eyes. It seemed that he still cared about family affection. "Thank you, cousin."

Bai Zhanyang smiled slightly, "What are you thanking me for? If I have any problems, you will help me, right?"

“Yes.” Cui Yanxi has always been unwilling to accept favors from others.

Bai Zhanyang said softly, "That's all, don't think too much."

Cheng Qian on the side couldn't help but say, "I thought Mr. Bai was just a showy guy, but I didn't expect that he has good character."

She spoke a little loudly, and Bai Zhanyang's mouth twitched. Cui Yanxi smiled and tried to smooth things over, "My cousin is a good man."

On the other side, those men were still cursing loudly, and their curses became more and more unpleasant, even daring to curse the emperor.

Cui Yanxi shook her head, this was courting death.

"Hey, I just don't understand, what are these people crazy about?"

Not long after, the Ministry of Rites sent someone to bail out the three of them. Not only were they innocent, but they also made contributions in protecting the empress.

Before leaving, Cheng Qian deliberately angered those scholars, "We can get out, what about you? Oh, didn't your family come to bail you out? How pitiful."

Cui Yanxi said slowly, "Maybe he can't find a way. After all, he is not an official."

Every time he stepped on them, he hit their sore spots, and they all became furious and swore at him.

After walking out of the prison, Cui Yanxi let out a long breath and turned to look at Bai Zhanyang, "Cousin, what are you looking at?"

Bai Zhanyang was looking back at the prison, and heard the voice and said, "I hope these people will learn a lesson and stop talking nonsense."

Cheng Qian snorted coldly, "Your Majesty is a man of great talent and strategy, how can they criticize him? Humph, it would be better to keep him in prison for a few more days."

This matter is neither big nor small, it all depends on what the empress thinks.

No one took it personally, and let it pass. Who knew it would lead to such a big storm?

On this day, Ning Zhiwei attended the morning court. Civil and military officials discussed matters and tried to finish the backlog of official business as soon as possible.

At this moment, someone reported, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Justice has important matters to report."

Ministry of Justice? Everyone looked at Rong Jing, who was temporarily serving as the Minister of Justice.

Rong Jing raised his eyebrows. He was just a temporary replacement and would only intervene if something big happened.

These days we have been dealing with the post-war mess. The army needs to be reorganized, food and fodder need to be prepared for the northeastern and northwest armies, the people need to be appeased, and new policies after the founding of the country need to be formulated one by one. There are so many things to do and we are very busy.

"Your Majesty, those sour scholars imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice died suddenly, and none of them escaped."

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene fell silent, and the ministers had different expressions.

The conflict between those sour scholars and Lady Tiaohua could not be hidden from their ears, but the matter was a bit sensitive and involved the empress, so everyone just watched.

Ning Zhiwei's face darkened, "Died suddenly in prison?"

She knew about this, but she had always handled it coldly, not wanting to bring the idea of ​​male-female confrontation to the table and escalate the conflict.

Thousands of years of thought cannot be changed by just a few words from her. She can only repeatedly promote the idea that those who are capable will get the job and those who are able will win, and change the world bit by bit.

"Yes."

Rong Jing realized the seriousness of the matter at the first moment. The prison of the Ministry of Justice has its own system, and ordinary people cannot enter, let alone do anything.

"That is to say, there is a problem inside, and I will investigate it."

Ning Zhiwei frowned slightly, "What do you want to achieve by killing someone for no reason?"

Another person asked to see him, "Your Majesty, everyone in the streets is talking about the sudden death in the Ministry of Justice prison, and everyone thinks it was... you who did it."

The news came out so quickly, they just found out, something is wrong.

Moreover, how did the outside world know about the sudden death?

Ning Zhiwei's face was as dark as water. "What else?"

Whenever there are people, there are disputes.

The man spoke cautiously, "They say you are a dictator who has been purging dissidents and killing meritorious officials to seize military power. You are just throwing away the bows after the birds are gone and throwing away the rabbits after the dogs are dead."

There were precedents of killing meritorious officials in the Jiang Dynasty and the Qi Dynasty, either because their achievements surpassed their masters or in order to consolidate imperial power.

Usually, a founding emperor conquers the world by force, so he is naturally wary of his generals, fearing that they will follow his example and put his throne in danger.

These people are needed when conquering the world, but when the world is at peace, there is no need for so many generals, and eliminating a group of them is a common practice.

"Boom boom" As soon as these words came out, everyone's face changed. Killing the meritorious official?

This day is changing!

Ning Zhiwei frowned. The person behind this should be killed.