With the exposure of Shen Yuexuan's identity, Li Hang, who was deep in the palace, also knew that Mo Rongzhan was in the capital. When he wanted to send someone to invite him into the palace, he found that Mo Rongzhan and the others had already left. Novel Chinese xiniqi
Ye Yiqing brought people to confiscate Shen Yuexuan's family, including all of his businesses and shops in the capital. This filled up Dongqing's national treasury. As for Shen Yuexuan's business in the Jin Kingdom, that was the Jin Kingdom's business.
However, the people of the Liu Family refused to let go of this matter, especially Liu Wenzhi, who was the Minister of War. He even submitted a memorial to Ye Yiqing for not reporting the truth and hiding the truth that Mo Rongzhan was in the capital. He claimed that Ye Yiqing had the intention to commit treason.
Li Hang ignored all the memorials.
Liu Wenzhi was the father of Imperial Concubine Liu. He had been forcing the Emperor to appoint a crown prince. Everyone knew that he wanted to help his grandson become the crown prince. However, Imperial Concubine Liu was locked in the Cold Palace and the Eldest Prince was grounded in the prince's residence. He could not see his daughter and grandson. He was already very angry. Now that he had a chance to deal with Ye Yiqing, how could he let it go?
Originally, Ye Yiqing did not care about this matter. However, as Liu Wenzhi encouraged the other censors to target him, he had to face this problem.
In the court, the Liu faction began to attack Ye Yiqing for hiding Mo Rongzhan's identity.
"Lord Liu, what is the relationship between the Jin Kingdom and Dongqing?" Ye Yiqing finally spoke after a few days of silence.
"What relationship could it be? We just had a war not long ago. What does Lord Ye think the relationship is?" Liu Wenzhi asked coldly.
Ye Yiqing laughed silently. "It seems that Lord Liu does not care much about the affairs of the court. Dongqing and the Jin Kingdom have already become allies. The citizens of the Jin Kingdom can do business in Dongqing as long as they have a customs pass. On the contrary, it is the same for Dongqing. Since the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom came incognito, we naturally treat him like an ordinary citizen. Otherwise, what does Lord Liu think we should do? As allies, shouldn't we respect the Emperor of the other country?"
Liu Wenzhi snorted coldly and said, "The alliance countries only signed the treaty to ease the war. If Mo Rongzhan was in our hands, we wouldn't have to worry about starting a war with the Jin. Lord Ye, you're afraid that Dongqing will grow stronger and swallow up your old country."
"I, Ye Yiqing, cannot do such a thing. Even if it is not the Jin Emperor but the emperor of another country, as long as he is an ally, he should keep his promise and respect the treaty. He should not go back on his word and capture the other party's emperor right after signing the treaty of peace and trade," Ye Yiqing said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, I think what Lord Ye said makes sense. The Jin Kingdom is more powerful than the Dongqing Kingdom. If we had been disrespectful to their Emperor, I'm afraid that the consequences would be dire." The other ministers stood up to support Ye Yiqing.
Liu Wenzhi snorted coldly, "Your Majesty, this subject does not mean this. I only feel that the matter of Ye Daren secretly hiding the Jin Emperor in the Prime Minister's residence is very suspicious. If Mo Rongzhan was treated as an ordinary commoner, would Ye Daren still need to invite him to his home to serve him? It is clear that he has other intentions."
Ye Yiqing smiled and shook his head, "Lord Liu, I, Ye, am entertaining my future son-in-law in my home. Is this worthy of your suspicion?"
"What future son-in-law?" Liu Wenzhi asked in confusion.
Li Heng glanced at Liu Wenzhi indifferently, "Beloved Official Liu, do you still not know? Prime Minister Ye's daughter is the Jin Emperor's fiancee, and Mo Rongzhan is Prime Minister Ye's son-in-law. Prime Minister Ye has already told us about this matter. Why do you keep harping on it?"
Liu Wenzhi's expression changed. He did not know that Ye Yiqing's daughter was the future Empress of the Jin Kingdom. No one had told him about this matter!
No! He had been schemed against!
"Your Majesty, this subject …" Liu Wenzhi hurriedly tried to explain.
Li Heng waved his hand impatiently, "Liu Wenzhi, we thought that you were an official of two dynasties and should be reasonable. But you could not distinguish right from wrong on the matter of Prime Minister Ye, inverting black and white. It is clear that you do not know anything and treat everyone else as you!"
Liu Wenzhi hurriedly knelt down, "This subject knows his mistake."
"We think that you have become muddle-headed. Go home and reflect on yourself," Li Heng said in a low voice.
"Your Majesty!" Liu Wenzhi was shocked. What did the emperor mean by this? Was he going to remove his official position?
Li Heng said faintly, "Yang Bai, you will take over all the affairs of the Ministry of War for the time being. Lord Liu seems to be too tired to be confused."
The middle-aged man standing behind Liu Wenzhi stood up and saluted to accept the order.
Ye Yiqing lowered his head, the corners of his mouth curved into an imperceptible arc.
"Daddy just lost Liu Wenzhi's official position!" Ye Zhen listened to her father tell her about the events in the court. She was stunned and surprised. How could the Minister of War be so easily removed from his position?
"Do you think it's really that simple?" Ye Chunnan laughed. "How many days has it been? That old man Liu Wenzhi sends memorials to the emperor every day. He is eager for the emperor to know how many claws he has in the court. He is threatening the emperor to touch our father. Do you think the emperor will let him do that?"
Ye Zhen thought that it was no wonder that Imperial Concubine Liu had such a temperament. It turned out to be a family tradition. "Does Liu Wenzhi not have a brain?"
"People who are used to swagger are not very smart. What's more, he has father's people around him." Ye Chunnan said in a low voice, "Our father deliberately let him know about Mo Rongzhan's matter this time. His aides gave him the idea, thinking that he could use this matter to suppress our father. Unfortunately, they just can't take the lesson. Is our father so easy to trick?"
So, letting Mo Rongzhan live at home was also father deliberately tempting the Liu family to make a mistake.
Father is really a thousand-year-old fox.
"The person who replaced Liu Wenzhi as the Minister of War is not father's man, is he?" Ye Zhen asked.
Ye Chunnan looked at her with a smile.
"…" Ye Zhen was speechless. Father's victory was a crushing one.
"However, the most powerful person in the Liu family is not Liu Wenzhi, nor is he the person the emperor most feared." Ye Chunnan frowned.
"Then who is it?" Ye Zhen asked.
Ye Chunnan whispered, "It is Liu Wenxue, who has 100,000 elite troops in the north of Dongqing. He is Liu Wenzhi's cousin."
Ye Zhen looked at Ye Chunnan. "The Liu family is so powerful. A general who suppresses the border and a Minister of War. Does Li Heng want to give his country to the Liu family?"
"What do you know?" Ye Chunnan glared at her sister. "At the beginning, the emperor used the Liu family to suppress the Wan family. It has been less than two years. Is he going to destroy the bridge after crossing the river and reduce the power of the Liu family? If the Liu family did not go to the dead end, the emperor would not have found a way to deal with them."
"They deserve it," Ye Zhen said, but she was still worried that the Liu family was too powerful for her father to deal with.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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