: Recruiting the Ministry of Justice

When the empress dowager arrived at the imperial study room, Chang An had just reported that when he saw Empress Dowager Long, his expression changed slightly. He quickly knelt on one knee to greet him, "I will meet the empress dowager."

Queen Mother Long glanced at him, "What errands are Mr. Chang doing recently?"

Chang An said: "If you say back to the Queen Mother, I will do my job for the Emperor."

"Nonsense, of course, I'm doing it for the emperor. Who else can I do it for? You're just perfunctory to the empress dowager, what should I do for?" Aunt Guo Yu said lightly.

Chang An's eyes flashed, "Aunt Guo Yu is so serious. I dare not talk too much about the errands given by the emperor."

"I dare not talk too much about the errands assigned by the emperor. What about the errands assigned by the concubine Ming? Can you tell me?" Aunt Guo Yu asked with a faint smile.

Chang An's expression remained unchanged, "I don't know what Aunt Guo Yu means? Please make it clear!"

Queen Mother Long glanced at him, and without saying a word, she went in directly.

The palace servant who was serving hurriedly came forward to greet him, "Oh, is the Empress Dowager here?"

The emperor heard the voice and walked out to greet him.

"Sons, please see the mother!"

The queen mother looked at the emperor with a smile, "Your Aunt Guo Yu knows that you are busy recently, so she must have ignored her health and stewed ginseng soup for you."

"My mother, I'm sorry, aunt." The emperor ordered the eunuch to pick up the soup.

After inviting the empress dowager in, the emperor saw that the soup was not soup, but ginseng tea, so he knew about it and said, "Why do you want to go there yourself? Just ask the people below to send it here."

"I would like to recommend someone to preside over the case of Chen Jinning." The empress dowager said.

"Oh?" The emperor was not surprised that the empress dowager would know, and just asked, "Who?"

"Chen Mu!" said the Empress Dowager.

The emperor thought that the empress dowager would recommend Su Yi or someone close to Chen Jinning, but he did not expect to recommend Chen Mu.

Chen Mu and Chen Jinning have always had personal grudges.

The Empress Dowager has been protecting Chen Jinning again. What does her move mean?

"Mother Queen, Chen Mu has been temporarily suspended."

"That was just a test for him and let him reflect. I think that he had enough reflection. He had a useful person in his ability. If he lacked people in the court, he could use it." The Empress Dowager said.

The Empress Dowager has rarely interfered in the affairs of the court in recent years.

"This..." the emperor hesitated for a moment, "Okay, then I'll hire Chen Mu first, but he can't be allowed to be the judge alone."

"Let the emperor arrange the rest," said the empress dowager.

"Yes!" the emperor responded.

"Then it won't delay the emperor's drinking soup." The empress dowager stood up and left.

"My mother, go slowly!" The emperor stood up and gave him a look.

Queen Mother Long and Aunt Guo Yu walked out of the imperial study room, and Chang An was still outside.

Seeing the Empress Dowager come out, Chang An bowed, "Send him to the Empress Dowager!"

The Empress Dowager walked down the stone steps and looked back at him. When she glanced, her eyes were faint, but she contained sharp light, as if she had seen everything. Chang An was startled and bowed his head suddenly.

The Queen Mother turned and left without saying a word.

However, just this gaze made Chang An cry out in a cold sweat.

The emperor considered the empress dowager's meaning and asked the eunuch Yang, the eunuch in charge of the eunuch, "What do you think the empress dowager means?"

"I dare not talk too much!" Eunuch Yang said justice.

"I'm sorry for your guilt!" The emperor said lightly as he drank the ginseng soup.

Eunuch Yang walked up, bowed and said softly: "Emperor, the Empress Dowager has always liked the princess, but today he has promoted Lord Chen to preside over the trial of this case. I am stupid and dare not speculate on the Queen Mother's intention. However, I think I can think about it in another way. Lord Chen will never dare to abuse lynching or slander. He can only handle it impartially, so that he can handle it impartially. If this is the Queen Mother's intention, it shows that the Queen Mother believes that the Princess is not a detailed work."

"What you think is what I think." The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "I actually don't believe that Chen Jinning was doing it in detail, but the other three detailed confessions reported by Chang'an all identified her. Moreover, the two previous detailed testimonies were bitten to death, so it was really hard for me to tell the truth about the false."

Eunuch Yang didn't dare to give any more advice, just said: "I am stupid and can't see through it."

The emperor thought for a moment and issued an order to let the Duke of Jingguo and Chang'an work with Chen Mu to try the case.

Chen Mu received the imperial edict and was transferred to the position of Minister of Justice, and he could not believe his ears.

He knew something about the eunuch who said it was the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager rarely interferes in political affairs, but this time she came forward for Chen Jinning and ordered him to preside over the trial. Then, the Empress Dowager must have her intention.

After he received the order, he first entered the palace to thank him for his kindness.

The Jiangning Marquis Mansion received news that Chen Mu was appointed as the Minister of Justice. After Li Qirong found out, he stood there on the spot and immediately went to find her mother like crazy.

She went in and made a big fuss and cried, "You said you were not going to follow him, and he would be just a commoner in the future. Now that he is in office as the Ministry of Justice, are you hurting me or loving me? Why are you so cruel? I said that I don't divorce you, why are you so cruel?"

Mrs. Jiangning Hou sat on the warm kang, holding a book in her hand and watching quietly, her expression unchanged, as if she was just a noisy mosquito in front of her, not her heartbroken biological daughter.

Seeing that she didn't say a word, Li Qirong stepped forward and snatched her book and threw it aside, crying, "Mother, what should I do now? Will he still pay attention to me?"

Mrs. Jiangning Hou then slowly raised her eyes and looked at Li Qirong, who was flowing with tears and snot, frowned, "Look at what you look like? You look like a shrew."

"Why am I like a shrew? It's not your fault." Li Qirong sat down, took out his handkerchief to wipe his tears, and cried whimperingly.

"You ran home and cried and said that you couldn't stay at your husband's house, right?"

"I'm wronged, can't I come back and cry?"

Mrs. Marquis Jiangning said: "You said you can't stand your mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and you don't want to go back in the future. Since you don't want to go back, my mother will have to make the decision for you. Isn't it now that I have nothing to do with you? You have nothing to do with that, even if he becomes the prime minister, it has nothing to do with you. Why are you crying? Since some things have been chosen, you have to bear the consequences. No matter how cruel the consequences are, this is what my mother has always taught you."

Li Qirong said desperately: "This is not my choice, this is your choice."

"You agree." Mrs. Jiangning Hou was as calm as an outsider.

"You said, just to threaten him, you mean he would not be separated, but he wrote a letter to release his wife and signed his name, and you had no choice." Li Qirong thought about it, crying miserably.

He came to ask for something, but her mother didn't allow her to be soft-hearted, but she really didn't want to leave her.

"Don't say how innocent you are. When you asked your uncle to inquire, you said that the emperor had already disliked him and could not use it. What do you think in your heart? Don't answer me, just answer yourself."

Li Qirong was stunned for a moment, and a look of even more despair was flooded in his eyes.

She did say that if he was just a commoner in the future, she would not go back.

She is the legitimate daughter of the Marquis' Mansion and the wife of the Minister. She must not be an ordinary woman from a commoner's family.

"Wipe dry your tears, no matter how bitter you feel, don't let people see your regrets. After adjusting your emotions, go out."
Chapter completed!