"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered the officials and others to welcome the empress and leave the empress to stay in Da'an County for a longer time!"
The prefect said anxiously, "His Royal Highness also hid out on purpose!"
When everyone saw that the prefect had already recruited, they were afraid that if they were too slow to recruit, others would finish their words and they would have no chance.
"I would like to inform you that I can find your location today, and it was your Highness who informed me!"
"Yesterday, His Highness the Crown Prince asked his subordinates to summon the people to prepare!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that if he doesn't show up, the empress will probably return to the capital directly, so he asked the officials and others to gather the people to keep the empress alive!"
"The desire to retain the empress is true, and the enthusiasm of the people is also true! Therefore, the subordinates did not feel that there was anything wrong... It was not that they deliberately neglected their duties and wasted people and money!"
Han Xian's eyes widened and he was secretly speechless.
The empress's trick is really powerful... she's using it really well.
Your Highness, even if you rush back now, it may be difficult to save the situation.
"Mother!"
Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives.
Prince Xiao Yu and Imperial Master Zhou Lingfeng didn't know which door they came in through?
Or, they never walked through the door at all.
They ran forward quickly, went straight to the front, and knelt in front of Wen Jin.
"Mother, it is indeed my son who ordered the officials to prepare. During these days when I was treating the plague, I have been hearing about the changes that my mother's southern tour has brought to various places. The floods in Xizhou, the drought in the southwest, and the many difficulties encountered along the way. Unjust cases, corrupt officials...
"My son admires and loves his mother, but he doesn't know how to express his respect and love, so he came up with this clumsy idea. It's because he is stupid and reckless and did something wrong.
"I beg my mother to give my son and the officials of Da'an County a chance to correct their mistakes!"
Wen Jin looked at Xiao Yu.
"Yu'er, I have always trusted you. But your behavior this time has greatly disappointed my mother."
Yu'er glanced at Wen Jin with complicated eyes, then buried her head deeply.
Wen Jin said with a stern face, "The emperor breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Yu'er, do you know you are wrong?"
Yu'er kowtowed, "My child knows that he is wrong, and I beg my mother to punish me."
Wen Jin looked at Han Xian standing aside and asked, "Mr. Han, do you have your ruler?"
Han Xian bowed slightly and asked the female officer on the side to summon a ruler.
In front of Wen Jin and many officials.
Han Xian grabbed the prince's hand and said, "Your Highness, please bear with me."
"Snapped--"
It's so hard that it hurts.
The officials kneeling close could not help but shrink their necks.
What followed was intensive thrashing sounds.
"Empress! Since this is the prince's first offender, and the prince is young and has no experience, I would be noble and forgive your highness!"
The officials below were originally worried about their situation.
But seeing Taifu Han, he had no intention of showing any favoritism at all.
If the queen doesn't say stop, he really won't stop!
Bang bang——
The ruler hit the ground hard and down, and the prince's still immature palms were already visibly swollen.
But he gritted his teeth and said nothing, not even a hum.
Even if they could not protect themselves, the officials could not help but plead for the prince.
Wen Jin looked at Yu'er's hand, which was swollen into a big bun.
As the saying goes, a hit on the son hurts the mother's heart.
Wen Jin is also a human being, so naturally she is not exempt from vulgarity... She also feels sorry for her son.
She waved her hand, and Han Xian stopped immediately.
"Since you have stated the reason why you want me to come, why are you avoiding me and refusing to meet me? Don't you know that your words are contradictory?"
Wen Jin asked in a cold voice.
Yu'er pursed her lips. Just as he was about to speak, his hand hurt so much that he gasped.
"hiss……"
This inhalation made the officials kneeling below shrink their necks.
The queen can beat her own son so cruelly, so how about dealing with officials like them who are not relatives but not friends...
Everyone was secretly frightened and couldn't help but kneel down even lower.
Yu'er calmed down and said slowly, "When I return to my mother, I am stupid and naive. I want to keep my mother in Da'an County for a longer time."
"In fact, I also know that my mother has other things to do. I thought that by hiding from her, I could let my mother stay longer.
"One more thing... I want my mother to see Da'an under my rule. Da'an has already recovered from the raging plague.
"The government and the people are united to resist the plague, and today Da'an County has recovered its vitality... The sons and ministers do not want to 'sell melons', but they also want to be truly praised by the queen...
"I realize that I am wrong. As a prince, I should not have such naive and vain thoughts. I beg my mother to punish me!"
Yu'er kowtowed and said.
His every word was sincere and sincere.
The words express the sincere thoughts of a child who respects his mother and hopes to be praised by his mother.
Among the people kneeling below, who has not grown up from their youthful days?
Who, when they were young, did not wish to be praised by those they admired?
After hearing the prince's heartfelt words, everyone couldn't help but feel the same way and nodded repeatedly.
"I would like to express my gratitude to you, your Majesty, for failing to admonish His Highness the Crown Prince in time. This is really a dereliction of duty... But I beg your Majesty, for the sake of the Crown Prince's sincerity, to give him a lighter punishment!" Zhou Lingfeng said, cupping his hands.
All the officials in the courtyard also said in unison, "I beg you to give the prince a lighter punishment!"
Wen Jin looked at everyone, but she hadn't spoken yet.
Han Xian also bowed to persuade her, "Empress, Your Highness the Crown Prince is still a young man! Even though he is a prince, he has no wealth and no one is perfect. Who doesn't grow up by making mistakes?
"Seeing that the prince has achieved remarkable results in treating the plague, and the merits outweigh the faults, I beg you, my queen, to forgive the prince this time!"
After Han Xian finished speaking, even the female officials led by Wen Jin bowed and begged, "Please forgive the prince!"
Wen Jin took a deep breath and looked at everyone calmly.
"As Zhou Guoshi said, the prince is young and reckless, and the ministers should advise him, instead of just watching, thinking it is a small mistake, and then condoning it."
Everyone hurriedly said, "I am guilty!"
Wen Jin added, "Anyone who deliberately fails to show up today will be dismissed from his post on the spot. For vacant positions, officials will be re-appointed by the court. Anyone else who refuses to persuade will be fined three months. Those who participated in the plan together will be fined half a year!"
The prince quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
The ministers below also breathed a sigh of relief.
The tense atmosphere in the yard relaxed a lot.
The salary of Daliang officials has been proposed since Wen Jin became empress, "high salary to support integrity". Officials' welfare benefits are very good and their salaries are also high.
The fine is three months, half a year, which is quite a sum of money.
But compared with dismissal from office, it seems not worth mentioning.
Wen Jin drew up a list of new officials to replace the dismissed officials, and two-thirds of the candidates were women.
She sealed the list in a sealed envelope and sent it directly to Kyoto by Xinying.
After these matters were settled, Wen Jin summoned Prince Xiao Yu alone.
"Mother, I know you are wrong." Yu'er lifted her robe and knelt down as soon as she entered the door.
Wen Jin waved his hand, and the accompanying palace attendants quickly exited and closed the door.
Wen Jin helped Yu'er up and looked down at his hands.
Han Xian was an honest man, and he beat her so hard that Yu'er's hand was severely swollen.
