"Imperial Consort."
Su Pan’er bowed respectfully, "Why is there no sign of this tea on the list of diets the Empress gave earlier?"
"This is just a refreshnt, which is not on the list in the Imperial Kitchen."
Imperial Consort Hua noted the insinuation in Su Pan’er’s words and furrowed her Liu i brows, annoyance seeping into her eyes, "Pan’er, is there sothing wrong with this tea? This is a prescription presented to by a talent, claiming it is beneficial for beauty. I brought it to the Imperial Physician for examination and was told that it has no problem. That’s why I used it. Pan’er, have you found anything unusual?"
Her gaze was profound and her implications were clear. There was so involvent in this matter, and if Su Pan’ er could not explain clearly, it would be difficult to settle nicely.
"The Imperial Physician is correct, there is no problem with this refreshnt,"
Su Pan’er shook her head directly denying it.
"Oh?"
Imperial Consort Hua raised her brow.
After pondering deeply, Su Pan’er had a flash of insight. She felt fully relaxed, and the confusion she had before was suddenly cleared. She promptly replied: "I felt it was strange that there were flowers and plants placed outside your sleeping chamber. Now I realise that the one who placed the floral plants there is indeed scheming."
Imperial Consort Hua was shocked!
She imdiately stood up from her chair and walked to Su Pan’er’s side. She glanced sideways at the Palace Maid who brought the tea, her eyes flashed with Killing Intent: "This dastardly wench dared to poison my tea. Take her out and beat her to death with a chaotic stick!"
The Palace Maid was already very frightened, and upon hearing this, she imdiately cried out!
"Please spare , Empress!"
Her crying did not arouse any rcy from Imperial Consort Hua. Two guards quickly stepped forward, imdiately covering her mouth and dragged her down.
Imperial Consort Hua didn’t even bat an eyelid. She stared at Su Pan’er for a long ti.
Seeing this, Su Pan’er was a bit baffled. She thought there was sothing on her face and couldn’t help reaching out to touch her face.
Imperial Consort Hua smiled faintly and sat back down: "Pan’er, I guess you have already found the root cause of your aunt’s long illness. Do you now have confidence to treat her disease?"
Su Pan’er smiled lightly, "Now that we’ve found the cause of the disease, the rest will be easier. If Her Majesty trusts , I can administer acupuncture right away to purge the toxins, and make an Oral and Topical dicine. I will also give you a prescription and you just need to follow what is written."
Her face was full of confidence, she clearly had a good grasp of the situation for the treatnt of the disease.
While Su Pan’er was detoxifying Imperial Consort Hua, His Majesty summoned Ye Han and Qin Yi.
At first, Qin Yi assud that His Majesty was just an aging emperor with dimd vision, but was surprised to see an energetic elder with a full face and a naturally imposing deanor.
When they were granted an audience, His Majesty was sitting on the dragon throne, flipping through the morials to the Emperor. After reading one, he closed it, picked up another one, browsed it briefly and discarded it on the dragon desk. His gaze carelessly scanned the two of them and he slowly said, "Ye Han, you ca to see today, do you have any urgent matters?"
"Answering Your Majesty, this man here is Qin Yi, the County Magistrate of Changze County and your appointed Transport Envoy. It was he who led his wife to Changze County for disaster relief and epidemic control, successfully suppressing the epidemic and revealing the source of the corruption case in Changze County. After receiving your grace and becoming the County Magistrate, he single-handedly investigated the allocation of disaster relief funds. He is undeniably capable and the cornerstone of our nation!"
"Answering Your Majesty, this person here is Qin Yi. He led the disaster relief to Changze County, and uncovered the source of the corruption case in Changze County. He then single-handedly tracked the allocation of disaster relief funds. He demonstrates exceptional ability and is a true pillar of the nation!"
"Pillar of the Nation?"
His Majesty slightly lifted his eyelid, chuckled, "Would the pillar of the nation ignore the lives of commoners? Would the pillar of the nation abandon his duty? Would the pillar of the nation break the law despite knowing it?"
Qin Yi and Ye Han were stunned!
Qin Yi kneeled at once, his face filled with sincerity, "I, the County Magistrate of Changze County, greet His Majesty. I committed the act of abandoning my duty and it is indeed true. Please punish , Your Majesty, but allow to explain the other accusations."
The emperor’s eyes flashed a faint smile, but he still kept his face stern and indifferent.
Ye Han quickly knelt down on one knee, "Your Majesty, I witnessed Qin Yi’s capabilities with my own eyes. He is not frivolous or arrogant. It’s impossible for him to break the law knowingly or ignore the commoners. I implore Your Majesty to discern the truth!"
"Discern? Do you know what is written in these morials in front of ?"
His Majesty scoffed, picked up several morials, and threw them in front of Ye Han, "These were personally written by Prefect Jiang himself. Each one allows the charges against County Magistrate Qin to be laid out one by one. Everything is written clearly on the morials. Take a closer look!"
Qin Yi, with his head bowed, glanced at the morial that fell next to him without moving.
On the other hand, Ye Han quickly picked up the morials and quickly examined them one by one. After reading the last morial, he showed a relieved expression and smiled.
"Your Majesty, there is a morial here that I wish to present as well! As long as Your Majesty reads this one, he would understand why Lord Jiang continued to present one morial after the other against Lord Qin."
As Ye Han said this, he also took out a morial from his sleeve and held it high above his head.
His Majesty showed no emotion on his face, watching them coldly, and nodded to the Eunuch who relayed his orders on the side.
The Eunuch quickly ca down from the platform, received the morial from Ye Han’s hand, and carefully held it in front of His Majesty.
His Majesty looked at both n for a mont before opening the docunt.
As he examined this morial, his expression clearly changed. From initial indifference to surprise, then disbelief, and finally a steely countenance.
Slap!
He forcefully slapped the morial onto the dragon desk and asked coldly, "Is everything written on this morial true?"
"Absolutely true!"
Ye Han answered without hesitation.
"I didn’t ask you. I was asking him!"
His Majesty pointed directly at Qin Yi, "You tell what exactly happened? Is it true what is said in this morial - that Prefect Jiang is also involved?"
Being nad, Qin Yi showed no sign of cowardice!
He took three steps forward, kneeled with one leg and said, "Answering Your Majesty. Everything written on the morial is true. Prefect Jiang has colluded with nurous officials in the county, embezzling the disaster relief funds and grains allocated by the court. Furthermore, the three-year tax exemption granted by the court was exploited, despite public announcent that only the poll tax was exempted, the Grain Tax was increased by 30 percent on the contrary...."
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