The court meeting has not started yet.
Li Yuanxian received a bloody letter from Dou Huaishan pleading guilty and resigning.
Yes, it is a real blood book.
The blood letter reads: "I am guilty, I would like to beg for my body, resign from all official positions, retire and return to my hometown!"
Li Yuanxian looked at the blood letter and felt a surge of unknown anger.
Even if you want to resign, do you need to write a letter in blood?
Besides, what kind of crime does this count as admission of guilt?
This is a threat, this is threatening me!
Li Yuanxian was so angry that he grabbed the blood letter and was about to tear it into pieces, but suddenly, he calmed down.
"Dou Huaishan, you are really difficult to deal with. Do you deliberately want to anger me with this blood letter? You underestimate me!"
He sneered and waved to Wang Chun, "Get ready to go to court!"
After the meeting begins.
Many officials began to denounce the Dou family's crimes.
In particular, the censors were frothing at the mouth and acted as if not punishing the Dou family severely would not satisfy the common people.
"Then how do you think I should severely punish the Dou family?"
After the censors finished their speeches, Li Yuanxian also looked at the officials and asked.
"I think your majesty can remove Dou Huaishan from the post of General Zhenyuan and take back the military power of Xizhou." One of them denounced the most vicious censor Dao of the Dou family.
"But Marquis Dou doesn't seem to have any major faults except for his usual style of work. Is such a punishment too severe?" Li Yuanxian asked.
The imperial censor was startled, "Your Majesty, the Dou family's crime is not just a matter of style. They also brought smallpox to the capital. This is with ulterior motives and they want to cause trouble to the capital!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Dou family's crimes go beyond style." Several other imperial censors also hurriedly said.
They were also a little confused. Didn't His Majesty want them to remonstrate with them to remove Dou Hou from his position as general and take back the military power in Xizhou? Why did he say that the punishment was severe now?
Li Yuanxian glanced at the imperial censors and the officials who had impeached Dou Huaishan.
He sneered secretly.
Most of the people who impeached Dou Huaishan were officials who had a good relationship with the Dou family. However, few officials who really disliked the Dou family came out and basically maintained a wait-and-see attitude. .
He now understood that the wall he thought everyone was pushing against was not the Dou family's wall, but the emperor himself.
Although he really wanted to remove Dou Huaishan from the post of General Zhenyuan and take back military power in Xizhou, the current reasons were not enough.
Dou Huaishan was using these ministers to paralyze him, and today's blood letter was completely intended to make him angry and issue such an order.
Then the Queen Mother will inevitably be alarmed and provoke a dispute between him and the Queen Mother.
Even then, the ministers who impeached Dou Huaishan may turn against him and accuse him of being the emperor.
After all, don’t those censors rely only on their mouths?
Those censors who shouted the loudest may have been bribed by Dou Huaishan long ago.
Dou Huaishan, you are indeed an old fox, I almost fell into your trap.
After calming down, he said slowly.
"Marquis Dou has always been an important minister of the court and the pillar of the country. Even if the Dou family is infected with smallpox, it is not Marquis Dou's fault. Speaking of which, the Dou family is also a victim. Moreover, Marquis Dou specially sent me a letter for this matter. Please resign in blood, which shows that Dou Hou feels deeply guilty for this matter!"
As Li Yuanxian spoke, he also showed the blood letter.
All the ministers looked at each other in confusion as they looked at the blood letter.
The censors also lost their voices completely. Why didn't this develop as they expected? They didn't know how to speak even if they wanted to speak.
"Every word is written in blood, which shows how much pain and grievance Dou Hou suffered in his heart."
"So, I decided to take the imperial doctor with me and go to the Dou Mansion in person to express my condolences. Such an important minister of the country must not let the ministers in the world feel cold!"
Li Yuanxian’s final words were sonorous and powerful.
"Your Majesty, there is smallpox in the Dou family. How could your dragon body go to such a place?" Several censors also said quickly.
The ministers who had remained silent looked at each other even more.
Your Majesty, what kind of drama is this being staged?
"It doesn't matter if there is smallpox. It is not as important as our Dacheng, who is such an important official. Don't talk about it. I have made up my mind!"
Li Yuanxian waved his hand and directly announced that he would go to court.
Then he really took a team of imperial doctors to the Dou family.
Naturally, many officials followed closely.
The journey seemed vast and majestic.
The news reached the Dou family.
Dou Huaishan's eyes first stared, then narrowed.
"It seems that I have really underestimated our emperor!"
