Ch75: The Empress Came With Hostility

"Your Majesty, Official Wang instigated his son to commit a crime, which cannot be forgivable. Please punish him severely."

"Your Majesty, Official Wang did not know anything about it. The criminal is a son of his concubine and Official Wang had no clue about the whole thing. But as the criminal’s father, Official Wang is guilty because he did not discipline his son. However, he has been working diligently and hard for the government, I sincerely hope that you can reduce his penalty."

"Your Majesty, when Wang Ping was arrested, he said out loud that Official Wang asked him to do so! No one would believe that Official Wang did not know about it!”

"Your Majesty, Wang Ping lied because he was too scared. Please find out the truth. Official Wang is innocent!"

"He is innocent? Your majesty, if killing people on the street is innocent, then what is the law about?”

"The murderer is Official Wang’s son. Official Wang’s concubine is the one to blame for he did not do a great parenting job. Official Wang is too busy with work to focus on raising the child. He was guilty but he has a good reason.”

"Your Majesty, the Criminal Department has already gathered all the evidence. There is evidence to prove that Wang Ping followed Official Wang's order…"

"Your Majesty…"

Han Tingxuan yawned carefully. It had been an hour the officials had been arguing about and the fight still went on.

Mo Yanzhi was right beside Han Tingxuan. When he saw his husband's facial expression, he could not help but smiled. His husband was running out of patience.

Tian Yuexi was calm and serious as usual. He might have long been used to it, therefore, no one could tell what he was thinking.

Tian Yushu didn't come to the court this morning. Therefore, there was an empty seat in the front row.

Dongfang Ye and Li Su stood on the far left and far right but in the second row.

There were three people in each row and Han Tingxuan and Mo Yanzhi were at the front.

Behind them were Li Su and Dongfang Ye. The other person was Wang Yi, the senior Minister of the Ministry of Army.

What was going on with the argument now? It sounded about the Official Wang, an associate minister who had been working for the Ministry of Army for several years. His son born by his concubine killed a poor man on the street. The reason was he liked that person's she-man son, but the poor refused to marry his she-man to him.

Even after Wang Ping said his father's name, the poor man refused to.

Wang Ping was enraged. He claimed that he was sent to make a marriage proposal under his father's orders. Then, for some reason, the poor man still turned down the proposal, which angered Wang Ping. Wang Ping quit marrying that she-man but concentrated on harming that poor man. Then, he told his fellowmen to beat that poor man. But unexpectedly, the poor man was beaten to death.

It was a big deal because many people on the street saw it. Wang Ping happened to bump into the patrol squad when he was about to escape.

Coincidentally, the supervisor of the captain of the patrol squad was Wang Ping's old man’s enemy. How could he let Wang Ping go?

Therefore, it went viral. Official Wang's rival was determined to destroy Official Wang this time!

That was why they argued so loud and long.

However, Han Tingxuan also noticed that the person in the highest position did not say anything.

He and Mo Yanzhi would not say anything since it was their first day to attend the morning meeting.

Neither Dongfang Ye nor Li Su spoke, and Tian Yuexi, who was at the top, didn't say anything!

But had they been arguing for too long? He was hungry because he had not had breakfast yet. He should have had breakfast before coming over!

After about ten minutes, Tian Yuexi finally opened his mouth. The moment he opened his mouth, everyone fell silent.

"Left Premier, what do you think?"

Li Su, the Left Premier, took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, Official Wang’s son should be sentenced to death. It is a right penalty according to the law. Official Wang should be severely punished because of bad parenting. But considering that he has been working hard for many years and this is his first time, please reduce the penalty.”

Tian Yuexi said, "If that's the case, do what the Left Premier said. The Criminal Department has evidence to prove that Wang Ping had indeed killed someone in public. Wang Ping is sentenced to death. Wang Liuan has lowered two levels of official ranking, together with a one-year salary reduction. It is a warning and a lesson he should learn from. Hope you all can learn from it. You should manage your own family before you have the power to work for the country.”

"Long live the Emperor!" the officials bowed. So did Mo Yanzhi and Han Tingxuan.

A few minutes later, they were dismissed.

When Han Tingxuan and Mo Yanzhi were about to leave, they were taken away by a she-man maid, saying that Tian Yuexi wanted to see them.

Both Donglang Ye and Li Su had a quick look over and left.

Tian Yuexi invited Han Tingxuan and Mo Yanzhi over for breakfast.

When Han Tingxuan and Mo Yanzhi arrived, Tian Zhuoyou was there too.

"Uncle, Auntie." Tian Zhuoyou was very happy to see the two of them.

"Zhuoyou," Han Tingxuan carried the child up and even pinched the child's face in front of his father. The kid’s cheek was soft, smooth, and felt good.

A child's skin felt much better than an adult's.

Tian Zhuoyou frowned because of a small hint of pain. But he did not say it out loud.

Han Tingxuan gave him a few more pinches as he was having so much. Tian Yuexi could not help but stopped him, “Prince Chen’s husband.”

Han Tingxuan put the child down like he just noticed that the kid’s father was there.

"Greetings to your majesty! Long live the emperor!”

The corner of Tian Yuexi's mouth twitched again and he waved his hand. "Enough. There is no one else. Stop acting.”

He was surely acting. Because he didn't kneel, which was not how you greeted an Emperor.

Mo Yanzhi smiled. His husband was so cute.

"I'm so hungry," Han Tingxuan said directly.

Tian Yuexi said no more. "Sit down. Let’s dig in."

Han Tingxuan immediately sat down.

Tian Yuexi turned to look at Mo Yanzhi. Mo Yanzhi and Tian Zhuoyou sat down together, then looked at Tian Yuexi. "Big Brother."

Tian Yuexi burst into laughter. "How are you doing lately, Yueqi?”

Mo Yanzhi thought about it and said, "Brother, call me Yanzhi when no one is around."

Tian Yuexi paused and nodded. "Okay, Yanzhi."

After breakfast, Mo Yanzhi and Tian Zhuoyou had a walk around the imperial garden hand in hand while Han Tingxuan and Tian Yuexi were chatting in the imperial study.

"Look, this is the peony. Isn’t it beautiful?”

Mo Yanzhi smiled. "Do you like flowers?"

"Mmm!" Tian Zhuoyou nodded. "I like it. I like every sort of flower. I like the wild daisy outside the palace the most, but I don’t see them often."

Does this child-like flowers or outside the palace? Mo Yanzhi sighed in his heart. There was a faint smile on his face. "Next time I will take you out to take a look."

"Okay," the child nodded happily. He was already looking forward to the "next time."

And at this moment…

"The Empress has arrived!"

The sharp voice of the she-man maid drew Mo Yanzhi and Tian Zhuoyou’s attention.

The smile on the child's face immediately disappeared. He suddenly put on a cold and grown-up-like face.

Mo Yanzhi also put away his smile and became cold.

Tian Zhuoyou was not born by the Empress but by Imperial Concubine Yun.

The Empress was from the Sun family of the three great clans, while Concubine Yun was the first-born grandson of the senior Minister of Ministry of Rites, which was neutral.

Initially, the prince born by Imperial Concubine Yun was not qualified to be the crown prince.

However, the previous emperor had a decree. Tian Yuexi’s first-born son would be the crown prince unless he was mediocre talented or made a big mistake.

The former emperor made such a decree because he also knew that Tian Yuexi was too young, and there must be a long way to take before he controlled real power. If the big family had different opinions on choosing which prince to be the next crown prince, it would be bad for the national affairs. Therefore, the former emperor made such a decision.

In this way, Tian Yuexi had to right to make decisions.

He had the right to choose which concubine to bear his child.

But the emperor did not expect that Tian Yuexi would be poisoned after ascending to the throne, and then he would be dead soon. In addition, his health was too bad to have more children.

It was a surprise to Tian Yuexi that Imperial Concubine Yun could give birth to a son! Thankfully, the kid resembled him. Otherwise, he would suspect that Imperial Concubine Yun cheated on him.   Because of the decree of the former emperor, Tian Yuexi’s concubines tried their best, hoping that they would give birth to the first prince because the prince would become the crown prince. When the crown prince became the next emperor, they would be the Empress Dowager!

However, only Imperial Concubine Yun succeeded in the past few years!

After Imperial Concubine Yun got pregnant, many people tried to kill Imperial Concubine Yun. But Tian Yuexi basically 'imprisoned' Imperial Concubine Yun in the palace for ten months until the child was born smoothly.

During that period, no one was allowed to step into the hall!

The other concubines did not have a chance to harm Imperial Concubine Yun. Those who served the Imperial Concubine Yun were all trusted elders working for Tian Yuexi. Luckily, the kid was born without being harmed.

Actually, at that time, Tian Yuexi even had a second thought. Even if the child wasn't his biological son, in the worst scenario, he had to make him the crown prince first! Because he would not live long.

Who would have thought that the child turned out to be his son! This was a miracle!

After Imperial Concubine Yun gave birth to the child, his health went bad. Over the years, he had been recovering in his palace and rarely left his palace.

Empress Sun, on the other hand, was furious. It was hard for him to accept the fact.

However, he did not think that Tian Zhuoyou being the crown prince. As long as he gave birth to a prince and the current crown prince 'accidentally died', his son could still be the crown prince!

However, he had slept with the Emperor many times over the years, but he couldn't get pregnant!

Therefore, Empress Sun’s anger developed to the extreme. Every time he saw Tian Zhuoyou, he would embarrass him.

This time, Mo Yanzhi's return made him feel even more upset. When he saw that Tian Zhuoyou and Mo Yanzhi were together, he came and came in a very graceful manner.

In his mind, he was already thinking about how to humiliate Mo Yanzhi and make Tian Zhuoyou suffer too.