Chapter 138 The Delicate Little Emperor Is So Unruly (19)
Chapter 138 The Delicate Little Emperor Is So Unruly (19)
From the current angle, Wen Luo could see him out of the corner of his eye if he turned his head slightly.
Everything was the same as before in the morning.
Xing Chen listened carefully to everyone's reports, occasionally raising his own questions. After receiving a satisfactory explanation, he was always generous with his praise.
A joyful and peaceful atmosphere.
After the ministers had finished their presentation, it was almost noon outside.
Some people's stomachs have already started to growl, and everyone is waiting for Eunuch Fu to call for the end of the court.
At this moment, Xing Chen suddenly stood up from the dragon throne.
He walked down the steps with a smile, looking at the two adults in front of him and said:
"Lord Han, Lord Lu, I haven't heard you two quarreling for a few days. Don't tell me, I miss you a lot."
Everyone burst into laughter, and Mr. Han and Mr. Lu blushed.
"Your Majesty, you are just joking. That was not a quarrel. We just had different political views and it was just a normal exchange and discussion."
"Yes, yes, yes, as the sage said, if you don't argue about the truth, you won't understand it."
Xing Chen smiled and said: "You two have the same goal at the moment."
As he finished speaking, he had just walked to Wen Luo's side. Somehow his feet suddenly slipped and he was about to fall to the ground.
Wen Luo was quick-witted and quick-handed. He grabbed Xing Chen's armpit and held him tightly amid the exclamations of the crowd.
Just as everyone was about to gather around, Xing Chen quickly waved to them.
"It's okay, no need to come over. I just slipped. I'm young and strong. It's just a small matter."
No one knew why he suddenly came down, nor why his feet slipped on the clean and tidy ground.
But there is nothing wrong with the term "young and strong", as he is the youngest person in the hall.
Of course they had to listen to His Majesty's words. Besides, he had the strong Regent by his side to support him, so he really didn't need these old men to help him.
Everyone stopped obediently.
So, in full view of everyone, Xing Chen pressed his palm on the Regent's thigh and stood up by supporting himself with his thigh.
Wen Luo: “…”
This action is actually very common. When you squat on the ground and stand up, it is normal to use objects beside you for support.
So a bunch of ministers watched Xing Chen stand up, and no one thought there was anything wrong with his action.
Only Wen Luo, who suddenly stiffened like a piece of wood, secretly clenched his back teeth.
Wen Luo felt that Xing Chen's palm was like a red-hot iron in a charcoal fire.
Under Xing Chen's palm, holes seemed to have been burned in his thin robe.
Wen Luo could even hear the "sizzling" sound of the flesh on his thigh being cooked.
It was only a brief moment that Xing Chen stood up, and the hot iron was quickly removed from his thigh.
But the temperature there seemed to be no way down.
It was like the burn marks had merged with the flesh and blood, leaving scars that would never go away.
Wen Luo sat on the armchair like a stick, with a stern face and not moving.
After Xing Chen got up from the ground, he pretended not to notice his stiffness and didn't even look at Wen Luo. He walked in front of the Minister of Justice Ge Weixing as if nothing had happened.
"Master Ge, the last fight in the capital left one person dead and two injured. I see you have closed the case, right?"
"Your Majesty urged me to handle the case personally, and I dare not slack off."
"Master Ge is very efficient. Everyone is here today. Please give us a brief description of the case."
Ge Weixing felt uneasy, because the words "very efficient" didn't sound like a real compliment.
He pondered for a moment and began to describe the case.
“The victims of this case are three brothers, who were well-known hooligans in the Kyoto Paint Workshop area.
On the day of the incident, the three brothers molested a woman in the street, using vulgar and obscene language.
When the woman's husband arrived, he wanted to calm things down and took the crying woman away. However, seeing that the woman's husband was cowardly, the three men not only refused to give up, but became even more aggressive.
They followed the two people in front and behind, deliberately blocking their way, pulling the women's clothes, and so on, while constantly swearing at them. "
Han Yuxi couldn't help cursing when he heard this: "How dare someone do such a dirty thing in broad daylight under the emperor's feet? He deserves to die."
Xing Chen said to Ge Weixing calmly: "Master Ge, please continue."
"Until this point, the woman's husband also felt that he was powerless and did not dare to interfere. He just tried his best to protect the woman and bypass the three people, hoping to leave the troubled area."
After describing this, the officials began to whisper again.
"This is not what a real man does. I really can't stand it."
"I also feel that even if I can't beat them, I can't bear this. I will make these three hooligans suffer a little bit of punishment even if I die."
"Mr. Zhang is right, but it is possible that the husband is afraid of offending these three people, which will cause endless trouble in the future."
"Thinking about it this way, what Lord Li said is true. This husband is also a man of foresight. After all, patience can keep things peaceful."
"Most people can't stand it."
"Didn't they say one was dead and two were injured? It seems that in the end, it is intolerable and there is no need to endure it any longer."
"..."
After hearing everyone's discussion, Ge Weixing felt a little relieved.
At Xingchen's signal, he continued speaking.
“But the three brothers had been drinking that day, and they were even more daring. The more they saw that the other party didn’t dare to provoke them, the more excessive their actions became. In the end, they tore the woman’s clothes in the street.
It was not until this moment that the husband suddenly jumped up and wrestled with the three men. Because he was extremely angry, he was able to fight against three people alone and not be at a disadvantage.
It so happened that where they were fighting, there was a sapling that had been broken by some naughty boy. During the fight, one of the three brothers fell face down, and his throat was stuck in the broken trunk of the sapling, piercing through it and killing him on the spot.
"It is true that evil deeds will be punished by God." Everyone praised in unison.
Ge Weixing looked at Xing Chen and said, “Your Majesty, this is excusable. The casualties were entirely accidents caused by self-defense, and the husband did nothing wrong.
There were also multiple eyewitnesses to the entire process, and their descriptions of what they saw were identical. Everything has been recorded and can be checked at any time.
Those three brothers were habitual offenders, and they were in and out of the classroom many times because they molested women. After this incident, the remaining two received such a severe lesson, and they will definitely not dare to do evil again. "
Xing Chen looked at the passionate Ge Weixing, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
When the officials around him saw that his face had turned cold, they stopped whispering.
After a while, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"Master Ge, are you still secretly happy, thinking that the husband is getting rid of harm for the people?"
Ge Weixing looked a little flustered, obviously not knowing what was wrong.
"Your Majesty, I am stupid."
Xing Chen's eyes swept across the crowd, and his powerful aura seemed to be pressing on everyone's heads.
His voice was not loud, but it spoke loudly:
"Everyone is here, the Ministry of Justice, the Defense Department of Kyoto, and the Imperial Guards. I want to ask you, when I need the people to eliminate harm themselves, why do I need you to come?"
In the silent hall, there seemed to be an echo lingering in everyone's ears.
Xing Chen stood there, still looking like a teenager.
His frail figure had nothing to do with being tall and majestic, but at this moment he looked extremely tall.
All the ministers in the hall knelt on the ground.
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